Karpowitz, Mendelberg, and Mattioli [Politics, Groups, and Identities 3 (1): 149–177. doi:10.1080/21565503.2014.999804] take important steps to advance our understanding of the interaction between individual gender and the gendered social context – a centrally important task for political psychology broadly speaking. In this response I praise their progress in this difficult journey and then point to several lines of research on gender that suggest directions for continued theoretical and empirical progress.


This paper proposes how to prevent of vulnerability from IP add ress attack of Oracle DB by C program environments. An attacker may try to login DB by connectng remote IP address. Recently an attacker use foreign IP address and try to connect to DB using known DB account. Therefore, DB data is frequently disclosed. I propose a new idea that develops specific IP address blocking module in C program in the Oracle DB. By this module, we can use the Oracle DB safely.


Agricultural processing is a derivative demand for many agricultural products. Despite the multiplicity of agricultural production images and patterns in the countryside, the most important is the grain milling industry, in which raw grains are converted into flour and its derivatives and rice patties, in which barley rice is converted into white rice and its derivatives, This research is limited to the variety of types, patterns and brands of agricultural processing units located in the rural areas of the study governorates, but in general they are low in terms of technical and economic efficiency, in addition to the high rates and rates of waste and damage In addition, the manufacturing products of these units are not well-defined. The study aims to improve the efficiency of the technical and economic performance of the agricultural industry in rural Dakahlia governorate in order to increase the added value of many products of these industries in addition to providing new job opportunities for the general youth and graduates, This is in addition to increasing the profit margin as well as reducing the rate of loss and damage and improving the quality of products. The importance of research is due to the possibility of identifying the factors and variables that affect the management and operation of agricultural processing units under study, And the activation of the positive ones, and the inhibition and scaling of the negative, this would lead to the upgrading of the efficiency of technical and economic performance of agricultural processing units in rural Dakahlia It was found that the map of the industrialization in the sample of the field study in Dakahlia Governorate during 2016/2017 included rice stacks, port mills, grain mills, and others. It was found that the rice paddy came first, followed by the port mills in second place, About 32,00%, 21,00%, 20,00% respectively. The percentage of respondents in the sample of the study in Dakahlia governorate was 44.44%, while the rest, 55.56%, reported that there were no problems. The problems were distributed equally about 25%, which is not available, rare, expensive, counterfeit With the sample of the study. As for the relative frequency of the respondents' opinions on the sample of the study in Dakahlia Governorate, these are mainly insurance with a relative importance of about 31.25%, while taxes amounted to 25%, followed by village councils 18.75%. Of which about 12.50%. As for the relative frequency of the respondents' opinions in the sample of the study in Dakahlia governorate on how to dispose of the waste in the sheds in the canals, the sheep and the fallow areas with a relative importance of about 50%. As for the relative frequency of the respondents' opinions in the sample of the study in Dakahlia governorate, 88.89% reported problems and obstacles, while the remaining 11.11% reported no problems or obstacles. Administrative problems were found to be the highest in a government routine with a relative importance of 69.23 Followed by long procedures of about 23.08% followed by administrative complications of about 7.69%. The ration problems reached a maximum of 27.78% of the financial capacity, followed by the lack of government funding capacity with a relative importance of 22.22% And a high interest rate of about 16.67% each and then the size of the loan by 11.11% and brother The terms of repayment difficult by about 5.56%. In terms of technical problems, the lack of technical information reached a maximum of 31.25%, followed by the absence of maintenance workshops at 18.75%, the lack of training for labor at 12,50% Spare parts by about 6.25%.


A freshwater commodity such as the African catfish (Clarias sp.) has the high demand. One way to complete demand is to make the good water quality to get the high productivity. The aims of this research are known about the effect of different probiotic used which contain by heterotrophic bacteria against ammonia and nitrite production in the media. The research using experimental method, with the Completely Randomized Design (CRD). The African catfish kept in 30 days with four treatments and four replications, that is P1 (control), P2 (probiotic A), P3 (probiotic B), and P4 (probiotic C). The obtained data were processed by Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) and followed by Duncan Multiple Range Test because there was significant data. The result showed that the different probiotic used which contain by heterotrophic bacteria in the media giving the significant effect to ammonia and nitrite concentration. The lowest production of ammonia concentration in the media showed by P4 0.2093 ± 0.01483 and the highest production of ammonia concentration in the media showed by P1 0.2641±0.01357. The lowest production of nitrite concentration in the media showed by P4 0.0509± 0.00644, and the highest production of nitrite concentration in the media showed by P1 0.0988±0.00404


The paper deals with a suitably designed system that is being used to separate textual regions from graphics regions and locate textual data from textured background. We presented a method based on edge detection to automatically locate text in some noise infected grayscale newspaper images with microfilm format. The algorithm first finds the appropriate edges of textual region using Canny edge detector, and then by edge merging it makes use of edge features to do block segmentation and classification, afterwards feature aided connected component analysis was used to group homogeneous textual regions together within the scope of its bounding box. We can obtain an efficient block segmentation with reduced memory size by introducing the TLC. The proposed method has been used to locate text in a group of newspaper images with multiple page layout. Initial results are encouraging, we would expand the experiment data to over 300 microfilm images with different layout structures, promising result is anticipated with corresponding modification on the prototype of former algorithm to make it more robust and suitable to different cases.


The purpose of this study was to determine the susceptibility level of the flies from various provinces to insecticides. The adult flies (F 1, F 2 ) were tested by topical application with malathion, fenitrothion, propoxur and permethrin at the dosage rate of 1 microlitre per female fly. The results revealed that many house flies in Thailand were low resistant to malathion and permethrin, but many of them were susceptible to fenitrothion and propoxur.


In the article the formation of sitting action of domestic H'mong short tailed dogs is studied. It is found that for these dogs the sitting action formation needs 116.25 times performing repeated action on average. Environmental condition of training, age and gender of the dogs have fairly significant impact on the formation of the reflex. 8-month-old dogs are capable of forming sitting action faster than the 12-month-old ones, and female dogs do it faster than male ones. Also, H'mong short tailed and Labrado breeds are similar in acquiring the action, but it takes them more time to acquire than Becgie breed.


The ability of the filamentous molds to grow on foods, animal feeds, or the raw material used in their manufacture makes them a problem in that they spoil these commodities and make them potentially dangerous to health. Mold spores are ubiquitously distributed in nature and under suitable environmental conditions in the field or in storage, they will germinate and fungal growth will flourish. Molds on their own may be innocuous. During their growth process, however, toxic secondary metabolites, known collectively as mycotoxins, may be synthesized. Mycotoxins are a broad group of natural products, which have the potential to disrupt n o r d metabolism in man and animals. In their 1975 review of mycotoxins, Hardwig and Munro suggested that the economic importance of mycotoxins and mycotoxicoses in Canada and their implication regarding human and animal health were largely unknown. This uncertainty was due, in part, to limited data on the natural occurrence of these toxins and an inadequate knowledge of their effects on human and animal health. This uncertainty remains today. Should distressed grains, grains contaminated with fungi and mycotoxins, be used in feeds or foods to recover or reduce losses? Problems associated with mold contamination concern many sectors of the agriculture industry. The grain producer suffers economic loss owing to the downgrading when mold is visible on his crop. The feed manufacturer is reluctant to accept contaminated grains for use in diet formulation. A recent case involving alleged mycotoxicosis in swine (Schiefer and O'Ferrd 1981), in which the court held a feed manufacturer responsible for the disease, will cause manufacturers to exercise even greater caution in formulating diets. Farmers are faced with the prospect of their animals growing poorly, becoming ill, or both. The situation becomes most acute for the livestock producer who has home-grown moldy feed. In 1980, unusually wet weather conditions promoted Fusarium mold growth in Ontario white winter wheat and Quebec spring wheat. This was a serious infestation as at least 60% of the 700 800 ton harvest was affected. When the trichothecene, deoxynivalenol, was identified as the predominant mycotoxin, regulatory agencies adopted a cautious management posture. The grain was downgraded to feed grade and a practical solution for its use was adopted. That is, the contaminated wheat was blended with noncontaminated wheat to reduce the dietary exposure to the mycotoxin and decrease the health risk to an acceptable level. This may be an adequate solution when the level of contamination is low and the amount of grain affected is relatively small. However, if the entire Prairie wheat crop were affected, the problem of obtaining sufficient quantities of suitable blending material might prove impractical. Under field conditions, mycotoxieosis in animals is commonly caused by the exposure to a group of mycotoxins, with one or two prominent constituents serving as the major causative agent(s). While the acute effects of purified mycotoxins are well described and we are beginning to understand their metabolism, the potential for synergistic relationships between the various mycotoxins has not been adequately researched. The number of demonstrated cases of mycotoxicoses in Canada is relatively small; however, there are many suspected cases of mycotoxicoses. While the acute effect of mycotoxins is known, the significance of long-term exposure to these food contaminants is not well understood. Pier and Mchughlin (1985) noted that several mycotoxins diminish the effectiveness of native and acquired resistance to infectious disease at dietary levels below those required to produce the clinical symptoms of mycotoxicosis. They suggest that mycotoxins cause animals to be unthrifty or to succumb to infectious pathogens, and since the underlying mycotoxin etiology is not recognized, the symptoms are attributed solely to the infecting agent. In western Canada, the presence of ochratoxin A in the blood of slaughter pigs (Marquardt et d. 1988), T-2 toxin on grain from the Peace River district of northern Alberta and British Columbia (Puls and Greenway 19761, and de-oxynivalenol in Manitoba wheat (Clear and Abrmson 1986) are causes for concern. Ochratoxin A is a potent nephrotoxin and has been associated with endemic neuropathy in human populations. In Denmark, swine carcasses containing oxhratoxin A residues are condemned by law. It has been suggested that the trichothecene mycotoxins, including T-2 toxin and deoxynivalenol, are involved in the causation of esophageal cancer (Schoenea$ 1983), as well as impairing the effectiveness of innate defence mechanisms and immunogenesis (RobbanaB a m t et al. 19881, Therefore, while the absolute levels of these mycotoxins in the food chain may be low, the effect of chronic exposure to such compounds may not be insignificant. The efforts of Dr. Bruce B. Virgo, Special Editor for the Mycotoxin Symposium, and Mrs. Lynda Hendrickson, Editorial Assistant, Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology, are very gratefully recognized, The financial support of Canada Packers Inc. and Prairie Pools Inc. are gratefully acknowledged.


In this project we will conduct a case study of the cooperation between the municipality of Gladsaxe and "the Network for fugitives and immigrants in Gladsaxe" which is an association that does voluntary work. The case will be conducted in accordance with a social constructive approach and the case is selected because the two actors have agreed to a voluntary-contract, the first of its kind in the municipality. During the analysis the theory of social capital and structural holes was used, and an evaluation was made of some chosen initiatives which should improve cooperation between the two actors. The analysis shows, that the cooperation can be done better and that the initiatives have not been so successful yet. Both parties have some blame in this. Anyway the cooperation can still be said to increase the overall social capital in the society.


Thermodynamics Conference 2013 (Statistical Mechanics and Thermodynamics Group of the Royal Society of Chemistry), The University of Manchester, 3-6 September 2013.


: The ability to implement strategies successfully is important to any organization. A successful strategy implementation is a challenge that demands patience, stamina and energy from the people involved. Without implementation, even the most superior strategy becomes useless. The study focused on establishing factors affecting strategy implementation process in microfinance institutions in Kenya. The objectives of the study were to assess the effect of organizational culture in strategy implementation process, to establish the effect of resource allocation in Microfinance Institutions, to determine the extent to which organizational structure affect the implementation of strategy and lastly to assess the effect of communication on effective strategy implementation process. The study adopted a descriptive research design. The target population of this study were 150 employees of Kenya Women Microfinance Bank, Trans Nzoia County who were administered the questionnaires. The sample size was 75 respondents. The questionnaires helped in gathering information. The data collected was analyzed using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS version 20). H0: There is no significant influence of organization culture on the strategy implementation process. The study rejected the null hypothesis (β =0.239, P = 0.001). H1: There is significant influence of organization culture on the strategy implementation process. The study accepted the alternate hypothesis (β =0.239, P = 0.001). H0: There is no significant influence of resource allocation on the strategy implementation process. The study rejected the null hypothesis (β = 0.687, P = 0.000). H1: There is significant influence of resource allocation on the strategy implementation process. The study accepted the alternate hypothesis (β = 0.687, P = 0.000). H0: There is no significant influence of effective communication on the strategy implementation process. The study rejected the null hypothesis (β = 0.387, P = 0.000). H1: There is significant influence of effective communication on the strategy implementation process. The study accepted the alternate hypothesis (β = 0.387, P = 0.000). The study concluded that culture of the organization was influential in the strategy implementation process of the organization. The study concluded that resource allocation of the organization affected the strategy implementation process. This is attributed to the fact that resources are crucial for the successful. The study also concluded that communication within the organization influenced the strategy implementation process. Based on the findings of the study, the following recommendations were made; Organizations should adopt coordination by the administrators of strategy in order to ensure that the strategy implementation process is a success. The organizations should clearly communicate and disseminate information about the organizational developments to all employees The findings on the gender of the respondents indicate that 75.4% were female while 24.6% were male. These findings indicate that a majority of the respondents were female. This could be attributed to the fact that the institution in question is designed to serve females and this could be the reason why there are more females working in the institutions compared to their counterparts. However the male gender was also represented indicating that opinion of both genders was represented. These findings concur with a study conducted by Isaboke, (2015) on influence of organization culture on strategy implementation in selected universities in Kenya. The study used a descriptive survey design to target 103 employees that were sampled by the researcher. The results indicated that organization culture had an influence on strategy implementation in institutions of higher learning and can be concluded that dominant characteristics and behavior norms have a strong influence on strategy implementation. The study also indicated that the ability of the members of the community to be committed towards the vision of the strategy is crucial in the implementation process. These findings also concur with Rajasekar, (2014) who carried out a study on factors affecting Effective Strategy Implementation in a Service Industry: A Study of Electricity Distribution Companies in the Sultanate of Oman. The results demonstrate that leadership commitment is by far the most important factor influencing successful implementation strategy in the service sector.


Typhoon is often accompanied by strong convective weather such as high winds and heavy rainfall. The dualpolarization radar observations show a great performance for quantitative precipitation estimation (QPE) over traditional single-polarization radar by gleaning more useful information about precipitation particle size and shape distributions. According to the simulation of raindrop size distribution data from disdrometers in Guangzhou, China, this paper established a localized QPE algorithm for three typhoons landing in southern China. This regional QPE algorithm was compared with various rainfall relations such as the default Z- R relationship (Z = 300R1.4) adopted by the WSR-88D. Results show that the rainfall estimates with localized algorithms approximate to rainfall observations from surface meteorological stations. The localized QPE algorithm is more accurate and reliable than other algorithms for typhoon events over southern China.


This work is intended to define a new possiblemethodology for the TiO 2 doping through the use of an electrochemical deposition of cobalt directly on the titaniumnanotubes obtained by a previous galvanostatic anodization treatment in an ethylene glycol solution. This method does not seem to cause any influence on the nanotube structure, showing final products with news and interesting features with respect to the unmodified sample. Together with an unmodified photoconversion efficiency underUV light, the cobalt doped specimen reports an increase of the electrocatalytic efficiency for the oxygen evolution reaction (OER).


Low temperature stress is a worldwide major abiotic stress affecting plant yield and quality.Plant physiological ecology of cold hardiness research is a more active and fast growing field.In this paper,advances of study on the mechanism of improving plant cold hardiness was reviewed.Scientific research and production practice have showed that meteorological factors and/or factors of plant itself are the key factors affecting plant cold hardiness;the former is mainly temperature,photoperiod and water;while the latter is mainly plant genetic basis,growth period,development level and cell antioxidant capacity under low temperature stress.Ensuring fully expression of genes of plant cold hardiness is of important significance on improving plant cold hardiness.Genetic mechanism and regulation of plant cold hardiness are mainly through 5 paths to achieve,respectively: the rich diversity of low temperature induced plant proteins;low temperature transcription factor DREB/CBF can simultaneously control a plurality of expression of genes cold induced in plants;interactions of DREB/CBF and cofactor regulate expression of downstream genes;Ca2+,ABA and protein phosphorylation regulate gene expression induced by low temperature in the upstream;and the expression of genes of unsaturated fatty acid synthase.Genetic engineering to improve plant cold hardiness has been significant progress,but from the industrialization has still a lot of pioneering work to do.Currently,genetic engineering of improving plant cold hardiness are mainly through the introduction of regulatory genes and/or functional genes,the latter is mainly the introduction of genes related to osmotic stress resistance,genes of antifreeze proteins,genes of fatty acid desaturation metabolism key enzyme,genes of SOD and other antioxidant system component,as well as genes involved in the regulation of plant hormone.Agricultural and forestry technologies to improve plant cold hardiness have important practical value,many of them are of profound scientific mechanism,im which we focused on the mechanism of 5 main technologies improving plant cold hardiness,respectively: cold hardiness breeding,grafting,cold acclimation,the coupling of water and fertilizer and chemical induction.The prospect of future research on improving cold resistance of plant was discussed.


The article discusses the learner-centered and creative approaches, which is directed to improve educational process. The author describes approaches, methods and techniques, which develop cognitive activities of different levels.


The author interrogates the meanings of heritage and development in various aspects, and the concept of heritage as a development tool. The role of the Centre for Heritage Development in Africa (CHDA)and its approach to development of skills is analyzed comparatively with other heritage training institution in different parts of the world. The book traces the origins of heritage training and capacity building development in Africa and goes further to explore the idea of integrated approaches to both heritage training and management application on the ground. The author further explores the possible roles Museology as a subject discipline can play to enhance the role of heritage in community development based on theoretical knowledge, practice and ethical issues with regards to co-management of heritage resources by different stakeholders. Research findings and recommendations are well presented. This is a useful reference material for a wide range of people from diverse backgrounds including; heritage professionals, government policy makers, heritage training institutions and academicians. It offers a good general reading material to those who want to expand their knowledge base.


Introduction: Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology (FNAC) of the thyroid is a reliable and common method used for diagnosis of chronic Lymphocytic Thyroiditis (LT) which is an autoimmune disease. Vitamin D (Vit D) deficiency, a prevalent health problem, is known to have correlation with various autoimmune diseases especially chronic LT. Aim: To evaluate the relationship between Vit D levels, biochemical parameters with cytomorphological features of LT. Materials and Methods: The present cohort study was conducted on 88 patients with cytological evidence of LT at a thyroid research centre in northern India between June 2017 to September 2018. Thyroid Stimulating Hormone (TSH), Antithyroid Peroxidase (ATPO) Antibody and Vit D levels along with patient's clinical presentation, and thyroid ultrasound were evaluated for all subjects. The cytological grades and other cytomorphological features were correlated with these parameters. Results: Most of the patients were females (82, 93.2%) who presented with diffuse thyromegaly (69, 78.4%) and had hypothyroidism (58, 65.9%). By cytology grade I thyroiditis (40, 45.5%) was commonest followed by grade II (38, 43.2%). The Vit D deficiency and elevated ATPO were seen in 72 (81.8%) and 78 (88.6%) patients, respectively. Lowest level of Vit D (7.8±4.9 ng/mL) was seen in grade III patients. Significant correlation was observed between ATPO and Vit D levels with cytomorphological grades and some cytomorphological features like Hurthle cell change and plasma cells presence. While TSH levels correlated significantly with cytological grades only in hypothyroid group. Conclusion: This study found that Vit D deficiency and ATPO levels significantly correlates with cytological grades of thyroiditis and affect certain cytomorphological features like plasma cells presence, suggesting lower levels of Vit D and higher ATPO may be related to more active disease.


Background The use of social media platforms by both dermatologists and patients is accelerating. However, the magnitude of use and the reciprocal effect of use in communication are still largely unknown in Egypt, and as yet have to be fully evaluated. Objective To assess and quantify the extent of involvement of Egyptian female dermatology residents on social media sites and their attitudes toward communicating with patients online. Participants and methods The present study involved a quantitative, cross-sectional survey using a sample of female Egyptian dermatology residents attending an annual dermatology conference. The tool used was a self-report questionnaire filled by the participants. Results Among the 116 dermatology residents in the present study, 73.28% were living in urban areas and 58.62% practiced dermatology in a public hospital. Among them, 91.38% used Facebook, but the most common method for interaction with patients was the telephone (61.21%). Most of the participants (66.38%) never discussed social media usage with their patients; however, 50% of the responders found it appropriate to interact with their patients professionally through e-mail. Moreover, 73.28% thought that correcting wrong health information online was their duty. Most participants (54.31%) were hesitant to immerse themselves completely into social media due to concerns about public access. A 'friend request' on Facebook was received by 33.62% of the sample from one of their patients, and 39.66% mentioned that they would do nothing if they receive such a request. Conclusion Although the use of social media, especially Facebook, is very common among female dermatology residents, the telephone still remains the most common method for interaction with patients. Dermatologists find it appropriate to interact with their patients professionally through e-mail; however, most of them never discuss social media usage with their patients. This reflects the technological gap between doctors and most patients, especially in rural areas. Inability to have proper medical information is a consequence of lack of proper use of internet by many patients.


The administration of recombinant Factor VIII (FVIII) is the first line therapy for Hemophilia A (HA), but 25–35% of patients develop an inhibitory antibody response. In general, the presence of aggregates contributes to unwanted immunogenic responses against therapeutic proteins. FVIII has been shown to form both native-like and non-native aggregates. Previously, we showed that non-native aggregates of FVIII are less immunogenic compared to the native protein. Here we investigated the effect of native-like aggregates of FVIII on immunogenicity in HA and von Willebrand Factor knockout (vWF−/−) mice. Mice immunized with native-like aggregates showed significantly higher inhibitory antibody titers compared to animals that received native FVIII. Following re-stimulation in vitro with native FVIII, the activation of CD4+ T cells isolated from mice immunized with native-like aggregates is ~4 fold higher than mice immunized with the native protein. Furthermore, this is associated with increases in the secretion of pro-inflammatory cytokines IL-6 and IL-17 in the native-like aggregate treatment group. The results indicate that the native-like aggregates of FVIII are more immunogenic than native FVIII for both the B cell and T cell responses.


Despite their negative social and environmental consequences, claims to land for resource extraction are dominantly asserted under conditions of land-use competition. The 'success' of the extractive expansion relies on very specific labor arrangements. Through dispossession and unfulfilled promises of long-term employment, an overabundance of labor (or employment gap) is generated at extractive sites. Poverty is exploited in order to sustain business as usual: environmental degradation, low average wages and high wage inequality, and abysmal working conditions. In resolving global land-use competition for sustainability transformations, it is necessary to address labor arrangements as a mechanism through which the claim to land for resource extraction is asserted.


Management of land involves for both environmental and agricultural concerns involve many decisions which often have multiple and conflicting objectives.  Therefore, a tool which considers multi criteria decision analysis could be of considerable benefit for management purposes.  Recently, a tool for multi attributive comparison of alternatives has been under development, and in this article the adaptation of this tool where a combination of numerical data and expert opinions is utilized as input will be discussed.  This article will illustrate this new approach with an example.


Mainstream international relations definitions commonly assume that states are identical units in a constant state of competition for survival to increase their power. Yet, such a one-sided approach fails to fully consider that the internal structures and contexts of states at different times and under different leaders exert considerable effects on how states act in the international arena and on the foreign policies that shape their identities, priorities, and thus relations with other states. We begin by questioning such theoretical assumptions and then apply a more appropriate reformulation to the case of Turkey's changing trade policy with the European Union (EU). Examining Gül's administration (2007–2014) and Erdoğan's (2014–2020), we look at whether a change in Turkish leadership resulted in a significant change in trade policy and led to a change in the dynamics of its foreign relations approach. Turkey's relations with the members of the EU are assessed (via panel data estimations) as the volume of trade between Turkey and EU members. The data consists of 25 European states' GDP, Exchange Rate, and Inflation Rate for 2000–2020. We find a significant difference in Turkey's behavior in terms of trade with the EU members between the two administrations under study. This suggests the need to rethink some central theoretical assumptions in certain mainstream international relations perspectives.


Anecdotal evidence suggests that in normal subject, the medial border of scapula is located approximately 7.62 cm. from the midline of the body. Significant deviation from this defined distance has been used to identify abnormal scapular position, which may be associated with


Our country's huge amount foreign exchange reserve gave pressure to RMB revaluation,influenced monetary policy constitution and enforcement.In order to reduce the negative influence to macroeconomics,it is essential to reform foreign exchange system,optimize capital item management,enhance the scale and structure of foreign assets and to invest prudentially.


The article analyzes the phenomenon of the demand for educational programs in the field of art education, culture and art. In the article, on the example of the analysis of school educational programs, the relevance and multitasking of art education is considered. Based on the results of the study, the article concludes that in the countries of Central and Eastern Europe, the main goal of art education is to recognize the importance of the discipline and increase its share in the curriculum of school educational programs. It is noted that the national education authorities unanimously recognize the role of art in the development of the individual, while the discipline is still considered secondary, inferior to the main subjects, which is confirmed by studies of assessing the international competence of students.

https://vestnik.spbgik.ru/vestnic_jurnal/2023-1/Н. А. Михальченкова, Ю. М. Большакова, С. Н. Большаков.pdf


- The price of scheming and manufacturing fixtures can cost up to 10±20% of the total production system costs. To reduce manufacturing costs, an accessory system aims to be competent in fixturing as many work pieces as possible. In mass production, it can be accomplished by fixturing a large quantity of the same kind of work pieces. In low-to-medium scale production, improvement of the flexibility of fixture systems becomes a favourable way to reduce the unit cost of the product. The timer is a tiny component used in war missiles. When the war missile is triggered the timer sets the bullet, and then the bullet is released from the target missile. Timer plays a significant role in the target missile, so this component should be manufactured with dimensional accuracy. The timer is modelled by considering tolerances if specified using NX-CAD. Manufacturing process plan will be developed in CAM system using the NX-CAM software. Process optimization was also carried out by using the fixture for a job holding to reduce damage to the component while manufacturing and reduces rejection and rework rate by maintaining dimensional accuracy as well as designed fixture reduces manufacturing time. The designed fixture is validated using finite element analysis whether it suits for manufacturing timer component. The dynamic analysis shall be performed on the fixture component and from the analysis results mode shapes and frequencies are documented by using FEA software. Finite element analysis of fixture component will be done using Ansys software.


Poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET) fibre occupies the top place amongst the man-made fibres in the world today. During the past few years, very significant developments have taken place in the technology of its production. The resulting.' products like partially-oriented yarns and spin-draw yarns are already well established, while the yarns spun at very high speeds and the micro-denier fibres are showing promise as fibres of the future. These developments have been accompanied by a parallel upsurge in the research and development efforts on PET and its products due to which a more clear understanding of its structure and the underlying fundamentals of structure-property relationships are becoming available. As a result; products to meet specific functional requirements can be designed with increasing confidence. The various developments that have taken place in these areas in the past few years cover a very wide canvas and, therefore, only a few selected developments related to some physical aspects of PET fibre production and structure-property relationships will be considered in this article, the emphasis being on fundamental principles as far as possible.·


This paper sets to examine the impact of the announcement of union budget and monetary policy on the stock market. The time period covered is 10 years i.e. from the year 2000-2009. All the union budgets presented and monetary policy announcements of this period have been considered. The BSE 30 share index Sensex has been taken as the indicator of the reaction of the stock market. Logarithmic daily returns have been calculated for the entire period. Average returns have been calculated during the next and previous three, fifteen and thirty days around the announcements of union budget and monetary policy. Paired t-tests are carried out among different periods during announcement days. F-tests are also carried out to compare the last 30 days returns with next three fifteen and thirty days. The findings of the paper are that the union budget and monetary policy announcements have no impact on the stock market in the long run. However, in the short run impact may be either way i.e. positive as well as negative.


e23043Serum metabolism during breast cancer treatment Background: Breast cancer treatment may include surgery, systemic therapy and radiation, often involving side-effects. Many patients experience...


Dense vegetation is ubiquitous in nature, but challenging to render due to its great geometric complexity. This paper presents a simple approach to vegetation rendering, based on modeling each plant separately using tessellation hardware in modern GPUs. To reduce scene complexity with as little loss in image quality as possible, we use continuous level-of-detail techniques. We do this both at the level of individual plants and the whole distribution of plants on the terrain. Additionally, we describe how to control the distribution of plants over the terrain, using a technique that does not require any additional maps, other than the terrain texture map, and supports multiple species of vegetation with little overhead. In order to leverage the flexibility afforded, we present a method of using separate tessellation and geometry programs for each vegetation species, which enables the efficient rendering of diverse vegetation, or any other objects, provided that their geometry can be generated through tessellation and geometry shaders on the GPU. The basic technique is applicable to any static triangulated mesh, but it can be adapted to the dynamic meshes typical in terrain applications. Details are given for the implementation on ROAM-based terrain.


The scale of power grid and installed power generation in China both rank first of the world. However, the phenomenon of abandoning solar and power become serious in recent years. In order to improve the energy useage efficiency, achieve energy conservation and alleviate the environmental pollution caused by China's electricity sector, the government proposes to implement energy saving power generation dispatching policy. This paper investigates whether the policy which is initiated in Jiangsu, Guangdong, Henan, Sichuan and Guizhou from 2008 really works in China. We prove that for the power plants in the five provinces, if the coal consumption when generating one unit of electricity is increased by one percent compared to the level before the policy intervention, the electricity generation hours will be reduced by 0.03 percent. If the SO2, NOx and dust emissions per unit of electricity generation reduce by one percent, the electricity generation hours will be assigned more by 0.103, 0.085 and 0.069 percent, respectively. We further do a battery of robustness checks to prove that the results we obtain previously are crediable. Finally, we calculate the saved coal and reduced pollutant emissions in two situations. We find that the amounts of saved coal and reduced pollutant emissions of this policy are considerable.


Stewardship of the post-mining environment relies, amongst other things, on our ability to predict the long-
term fate and transport of contaminants. Ideally, if remediation is deemed necessary, scenarios should be
tested numerically prior to scale-up. Pit lakes exemplify post-mining environments that must be
appropriately managed for optimal benefits to local communities. Yet the potential benefits are dependent on
our ability to predict, and possibly manipulate, long term water quality in the lakes. However this predictive
capability requires a detailed understanding of the biogeochemical cycling of contaminants in the post-
mining environment. Our understanding of metal and nutrient cycling in pH neutral conditions is reasonably
advanced, based on the past 100 years of limnological, hydrological and catchment research. However many
post-mining environments are highly acidic, and the impact of acidity on biogeochemical cycling is poorly
understood. In particular our understanding of the interactions between groundwater and surface inflows,
meteorological forcing, lake stratification cycles and local geochemical conditions is limited, in part due to
the lack of appropriate numerical models that bring all of these controls together.
In acidic pit lakes, high levels of dissolved species consist predominantly of Fe and SO4, coming from iron
sulphide oxidation, and Al, coming from accelerated mineral weathering processes at low pH (Eary, 1999).
Addition of alkalinity leads to precipitation of Fe(III) and Al out of solution as (oxy)hydroxides or
hydroxysulphates; these reactions are however associated with proton release. Precipitation of Fe and Al thus
constitute "buffering systems" which must be overcome before the pH will increase. Compilations of data
from multiple mine lakes indicates grouping into the "Fe" and "Al" buffering systems (e.g. Klapper and
Schultz, 1995), which maintain pH at approximately <3.8 and 3.2 - 4.2 respectively, with the more normal
carbonate buffering system coming into play at pH > 6. The buffering capacity is critical for the long term
remediation potential of pit lakes, and must be described in any lake water quality model. Our understanding
of how the three major buffering systems interact, and how transitions occur from one buffer system to the
next, is limited. Yet most of the key contaminant cycles are highly pH sensitive, and thus it is critical that we
quantify the controls on pH, and the subsequent impact on alkalinity generating processes, such as Fe and
SO4 diagenesis in the lake sediments.
Over the last three years, a consortium including the Australian Coal Association, Wesfarmers Premier Coal
Ltd, Griffin Coal Mining Company Pty Ltd and the Western Australian Department of Premier and Cabinet,
has funded us to develop a coupled lake stratification - biogeochemical model for long-term prediction of
water quality in legacy pit lakes. In 2006, we have completed the inclusion of an aqueous and mineral
geochemical module and a dynamic diagenesis module into the previously existing stratification-ecological
model (DYRESM-CAEDYM). All of these components are required to allow investigation of the interaction
between mineral dissolution processes under low pH conditions (geochemical module), buffering capabilities
(geochemical module), nitrate, iron, manganese and sulfate reduction processes (diagenesis module), the
cycling of allocthonous and autocthonous carbon sources (CAEDYM) and how all of these processes are
affected by seasonal stratification cycles (DYRESM). In this paper we present the initial results of this
modelling effort, with a focus on water column processes, and finally with some validation against collected
field data.
Mine Closure 2006 ― Andy Fourie and Mark Tibbett (eds)
© 2006 Australian Centre for Geomechanics, Perth, ISBN 0-9756756-6-4
Mine Closure 2006, Perth, Australia 679


Abstract: Civil engineering is considered as the second oldest engineering discipline of the world. It deals with the design, maintenance and constructions of different structural and building elements like roads, bridges, dams etc. It comprises of many sub divisions like surveying, water resources, environment etc. Remote sensing plays a key role in acquiring and providing topographical data and 3D images. It also helps in examining existing structures and layouts. Thus remote sensing is indispensable in the field of civil engineering. This paper tries to give a brief overview of what remote sensing is and how it plays a vital role in making civil engineering more convenient, simple and efficient.


To the Editor.— The news media, including your own weekly magazine, have lately been saturated with alarms about our ecology. To select a few examples, there are the socalled problems of air pollution with sulfur from automobile exhausts and with particulate matter from burning organic matter, the eutrophication beyond redemption of Lake Erie, mercury in fish, accumulation of DDT in human tissues, and the population explosion. Each of these problems can be solved with a little ingenuity. Sulfur. Trap exhausts in large tough-skinned balloons. This has two advantages: it will minimize damage from rear-end collisions, and the balloons can be deflated into railroad tank cars for shipment of the gas to Arkansas and Virginia to enrich the health-giving sulfur springs. Remember, the railroads need the business. Particulate Matter. This stuff just makes things dirty, and that plagues cleanliness-minded housewives. If the government can successfully run a Peace


In a competitive market where only output price is uncertain, risk averse producers always respond positively to a better protection against downward price fluctuations. In this note, the authors analyze the robustness of this result when there is more than one source of risk. Copyright 1989 by Oxford University Press.


European directives on ambient air quality enter for the first time in Europe the concept of modeling in air quality assessment and management. Modeling of air quality management improves efficiency of the air quality management. By modeling, you can identify the contribution of various categories of sources to overcome the limits. Another major advantage of the use of modeling air pollutants in air quality management and evaluation is to improve capability to represent the spatial distribution of concentrations of pollutants, with effect from regional scale to local scale, even at the level of cities and streets.


This article investigates resilient distributed online estimation (DOE) in unreliable directed networks with differential privacy requirements. In the network considered, some agents are subject to Byzantine attacks and thus could send arbitrary incorrect messages to their neighbors. The remaining agents aim to collaboratively estimate the value of an unknown vector parameter while protecting their private data. In this article, by adding private noises to mask the estimate, a stochastic approximation‐type resilient differentially private DOE algorithm is proposed to protect the privacy of sensitive information. A time‐varying step size is introduced to attenuate the divergence caused by the private noise, and furthermore, guarantees the convergence of the algorithm. When the directed graph is (2F$$ \Big(2F $$ +1)‐robust, the algorithm is shown to be both mean square and almost sure convergence in the sense of ϵ$$ \epsilon $$ ‐differential privacy. A simulation example is given to verify the effectiveness and superiority of the algorithm.


This paper reaffirms the importance of politics in theories on gentrification through analysis of a recent 'regeneration' project based in Craigmillar, a stigmatised district on the southeastern edge of Edinburgh. It sketches the historical backdrop to the area's stigma as a place 'outside' the city, using qualitative research on the Craigmillar Festival Society to highlight how this stigma was produced and intensified as well as contested. By stressing that the main intention of the 'regeneration' project was to attract more affluent residents to Craigmillar, we show how territorial stigmatisation and 'regeneration' through gentrification form two sides of the same conceptual and policy coin: the "blemish of place" becomes a target and rationale for 'fixing' the area, thus obviating and obstructing policies aimed at attacking deprivation, inequality, or the structural problems of advanced marginality. The state's role in creating the very stigma it then insists on scrubbing highlights a major contradiction in contemporary urban policy.


The term halophytes are plants that can occur in a wide range of salinities. Halophytes can tolerate high levels of salinity in water and soil and some extent drought. It grows in water of high salinity, coming into contact with saline water through its roots or by salt spray such as in saline semi-deserts, mangrove swamps, marshes and sloughs and seashores. Halophytes are plants which tolerate even demand sodium chloride concentrations in the soil water they absorb. The plants, which grow in saline habitats, are called halophytes. There is high concentration of salts like sodium hydroxide, magnesium sulphate etc. in these habitats. There are 80 species of halophytes in Egypt, belonging to 32 genera and 17 families. The concentration of salts in halophyte feeds, especially halophyte forages, will restrict the amounts of forage used in livestock feeding systems. Salts are causing tow problems: 1Dilution of organic constituents led to decrease energy density in the feeds; and 2 – A potential direct effect on feed intake or physiological status of animals. Most, Ash content of halophytes is high relative to that of nonhalophytic species. Ash content can be as 200 g / kg for shrubs irrigated with sweet water and as high as 300 to 400 g / kg under saline conditions. The present article review summarizes the utilization of some halophyte forages such as Salicornia bigelovii Torr , Atriplex species, Acacia species and Kochia indica for feeding animals. Salicornia bigelovii Torr is a halophytic oilseed crop tolerant to seawater irrigation. It J.Agric.&Env.Sci.Dam.Univ.,Egypt Vol.11 (2) 2012 2 yielded up to 18 tons per hectare of dry matter biomass under seawater irrigation. The seeds representing 10 – 15% of the harvest weight, contained 30-33% CP, 26-33% Oil, 57% CF and 5-7% ash. Straw contained 4-6% CP and 3045% ash consisting mainly 0f NaCl.. Also, this article explains the chemical composition, nutritive values and using these halophytes in the feeding systems of livestock. Key wards: Halophytes, Salicornia, Atriplex,Kochia , Acacia INTRODUCTION The term halophyte refers to those plants, which tolerate high levels of salinity in the soil and to some extend drought. Growing agricultural crops with direct seawater irrigation has been accomplished by selecting halophytes with inherently high salinity tolerance for use as crop plants rather than by increasing the ability of traditional crop plants to tolerate seawater. Some of the halophytes being investigated for use as crops under seawater irrigation have high nutritional value as forage or fodder crops, and most also have high digestibility. The limiting factor in such use is their high salt content, but this can be moderated. The greatest promise for seawater irrigated halophytes will probably be as seed crops. The seeds of many halophytes have high protein and oil contents and compare favorably with traditional oilseed crops (O'Leary et al., 1985). The use of highly saline water to grow crops requires an adequate drainage system and availability of adequate quantities of water. The abilities of particular plant genotypes to grow and produce yield under high salinity, well drained environment is dependant up on restriction of salt from cytoplasm compartments and maintenance of positive water balance. Temperature, humidity and light intensity have profound interactive effects with salinity at the upper limits of ionic and osmotic stress (Shannon et al., 1993). Qureshi et al. (1993) reported that, in Pakistan, a number of suitable forages species including Leucaena leucocephela, Prosopis cineraria, Acacia nilotica, Sasbania, Atriplex and Maireana spp., Diplachne fusca, Echinochloa curs-gall and Cenchrus ciliris. Among these species, the grasses tended to tolerate both salinity and water logging, while the shrubs and trees were less tolerant to water logging but needed little irrigation. Elshaer et al. (1994) reported that there are 80 species of halophyte in Egypt, J.Agric.&Env.Sci.Dam.Univ.,Egypt Vol.11 (2) 2012 3 belonging to 32 genera and 17 families. The protein content of these halophytes average 10% CP with 21.7% crude fiber and 27% ash.. Nutritive value is affected by species, stage of growth, stocking rate and other environmental factors. Increased stage of maturity is associated with a decline in digestibility and CP. The use of these halophytes as a feed for livestock is considered a solution to the problem of feed shortage in Egypt. The present review will be summarized the effect of feeding livestock animals on some silty plants (halophytes) which contained high levels of salts on the nutritive values, growth performance, efficiency of feed utilization and discuss the utilization of the most commonly halophytic plants, widely distributed at the most arid and semiarid countries with high amount of biomass production, especially, Salicornia, Atriplex (Saltbush), Kochia (Bluebush) and Acacia shrubs. Effect of high concentration of salts in halophytic plants The high concentration of salts in halophyte feeds, especially halophyte forages, is the characteristic that ultimately will restrict the amount of forage which can be used in livestock feeding systems. Salts are causing tow problems: 1Dilution of organic constituents decreases energy density in the feeds; and 2A potential direct effect on feed intake or physiological status of animals. Productivity of livestock depends on animal's ability to increase feed intake to compensate for the reduced dietary energy density. When feed intake is limited, either by gastrointestinal fill or by the direct effect of salt ingestion, energy intake, and efficiency of production will be lower than could be achieved using conventional feedstuffs (Swingle, 1994). Like most halophytes, the ash content of Atriplex barclayang is high relative to that of nonhalophytic species. Depending on the growing conditions, the ash content can be as low as 200g/kg for shrubs irrigated with sweet water and as high as 300 to 400 g/kg under saline conditions (Pasternak et al., 1986). As a result of its high ash content, the growth energy content of its DM is low relative to that of herbaceous species. In general, the apparent digestibility of Atriplex species has been expressed in the literature on a DM basis, whether calculated by in vivo or in vitro methods. This can be misleading because the ash content may include a high proportion of soluble salts J.Agric.&Env.Sci.Dam.Univ.,Egypt Vol.11 (2) 2012 4 of no energy value to animals. Because of the high ash (salt) content of halophytes, animals eating it must have a relatively high water intake in order to excrete the ingested salt. Where drinking water is freely available this may be of no concern, but where the supply is limited, as is often the case in Africa, it may be a serious limitation to use of halophytes as an animal food. Most halophytes dry matter contains high concentration of mineral salts of which NaCl is the principal constituent (Mota, 1987). Glenn et al. (1992) reported that NaCl content in Salicornia biomass accounted for up to 30 % of the dry matter. Gardenswartz and Schrir (1982) suggested that in humans, increased sodium intake and consequent water retention was a shortterm phenomenon. The ability of sheep and goats have capability to ingest high levels of NaCl from saltbush (Atriplex spp.) and Salicornia biomass (Salicornia bigelovii Torr) without ill effects (Wilson, 1966a; Benjamin et al., 1992; Glenn et al., 1992) .The inclusion of excess Na salts in the diet of the ruminant normally results in quantitative increases in the animal's water requirement. Sodium chloride is an effective feed intake inhibitor for both cattle and sheep (Weir and Miller, 1953), and is commonly mixed with protein supplements to regulate (reduce) ad libitum intake in grazing systems. Additionally, many tropical grasses and semi-arid range plants contain elevated levels of Na. Grazing animals usually suffer no observable adverse physiological effects when subjected to feeding regimens, which include elevated amounts of Na if adequate water is provided. Toha et al. (1987) concluded that feeding high levels of Na might be reduce the utilization of feed nutrients, particularly when intake is restricted. Adaptive changes in kidney functions largely seem to account for the observed tolerance (Potter, 1961; Tomas et al., 1973), although changes in electrolyte movements across the rumen wall in response to osmotic stimuli may also be involved (Reffett and Boling, 1985; Toha et al., 1987). Harrison et al.(1975) and Kellaway et al.(1978) showed that sodium salts have an osmotic action in the rumen , which can increase rumen dilution rate . Accordingly, Kraidees et al. (1998) reported that the daily intake of 14.5 and 20.3 g Na and the concomitant increases in water intake of lambs fed on 100 g and 200 g / Kg Salcornia stem – diets, respectively, probably increased the ruminal dilution rate, and thereby the rate of microbial protein synthesis. In addition to that, the implied reduction of digesta-residue J.Agric.&Env.Sci.Dam.Univ.,Egypt Vol.11 (2) 2012 5 time in the rumen might have increased the dietary escaping protein and soluble nutrient flow to the small intestine and resulted in increased absorption of nutrients % dietary origin. This is consistent with the findings of Hemsley (1975) who reported a 22 % improvement in wool growth rate when 130 g of NaCl per day was given in feed. In addition, Kellaway et al., (1977) found that inclusion of Na up to 20 g / Kg DM was well tolerated by calves; the growth rate was 44 % greater at 20 g Na / Kg DM in comparison to 2 g Na / Kg DM. Kraidees et al., (1998) found that lambs tolerated a daily intake of up to 25 g Na without any observable adverse effect on daily gain, however, they reported that lambs ingesting about 35.9 g Na per day from complete diet contained 200 g Salicornia spikes per Kg DM, had negative effect on growth performance . Peirce (1957) su


This study aims to support trust in organizations in mediating leadership and employee job satisfaction. Good leadership will encourage the creation of trust in a good organization will also improve employee job satisfaction. In addition, to support psychological organizational ownership in positioning leadership and employee job satisfaction. Good leadership will create organizational psychological leadership of employees will increase employee job satisfaction.
Data obtained through questionnaires were distributed to employees at Arief Zainuddin Hospital in Surakarta. The sampling technique used was cluster sampling with 93 medical or non-medical employees. Hypothesis testing is done using multiple regression analysis.
The results of this study indicate leadership has a significant effect on job satisfaction in hospitals, leadership influences significantly on trust in organizations in hospitals, trust in organization affects significantly on employee job satisfaction in hospitals, trust in organizations does not significantly mediate leadership and job satisfaction of employees in the hospital, leadership determines the significance of the psychological ownership of the organization in the hospital, ownership of the psychological organization significantly affects employee job satisfaction at the hospital, psychological ownership of the organization mediates the relationship of leadership and job satisfaction of employees at the hospital significantly.
Keywords: Trust in organization, organizational psychological ownership, leadership, employee job satisfaction.


We developed a system for monitoring the ionosphere, which uses the GNSS network located in the western part of Ukraine. The system is based on determining the ionosphere parameters from GNSS observations performed at an individual station. We are proposed algorithm for restoring the spatial position of the ionospheric state or its ionization field according to the regular definitions of the TEC parameter. The description below shows one of the possible solutions that are based on the application of the regularized approximation of functions with numerous variables. To experimentally determine the changes in the ionization field in time, we took measurements from 272 days in 2013 that were determined during the GNSS observations at 17 continuously operating stations of the ZAKPOS network. The resulting error indicators show that the developed algorithm gives consistent results for ionization field restoration that do not depend on the ionosphere state, satellites positions and changes in number of stations in the network used for computations.


Nowadays, poverty-stricken college students have become a special group among the college students and occupied higher proportion in it. How to accurately identify poverty levels of college students and provide funding is a new problem for universities. In this manuscript, a novel model that combined Random Forest with Principle Components Analysis (RF-PCA) is proposed prediction poverty levels of college students. To build this model, data was firstly collected to establish datasets including 4 classed of poverty levels and 21 features of poverty-stricken college students. Then, feature dimension reduction includes two steps: the first step we selected the top 16 features with the ranking of feature, according to the Gini importance and Shapley Additive explanations (SHAP) values of features based on Random Forest (RF); the second step of feature extraction through Principle Components Analysis (PCA) extracted 11 dimensions. Finally, confusion metrics and receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves were used to evaluate the performance of the proposed model, the accuracy of the model achieved 78.61%. Furthermore, compared with seven different classification algorithms, the model has a higher prediction accuracy, the result has great potential to identify the poverty levels of college students.


Artificial reefs (ARs) have been established in Malaysian fisheries waters since 1975 using various materials such as discarded tyres, derelict and confiscated fishing vessel, reinforced concrete, Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC), fiberglass reinforce concrete (FRC), fiberglass, ceramic, combination of several materials (reef balls) as well as abandon oil platform. They are used as a possible tool for fisheries management in maximizing resource enhancement, resource conservation, habitat rehabilitation and mitigating as well as one of the steps to alleviate the problem of depleting fish resources in the coastal waters. This paper outline the historical and the recent trend on development and management of artificial reefs (ARs) program in Malaysia which was carried out by four main departments ie. the Department of Fisheries Malaysia (DoFM), Fisheries Development Authority Board of Malaysia (FDAM), Marine Park Department (MPD) and the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA). A study to understand the developmental changes in ARs technology especially in the design, construction, installation, material used, where these changes were caused by past management policy on ARs development was done. Data and information that was gathered from past published and unpublished papers/technical reports/annual reports mostly written by officers and researchers were reviewed to support the study. Initial monitoring on the fish catches using the latest design of the artificial reefs on few locations was also done. Study shows that continuous research and development as well as management experiences by Malaysia for more than 35 years has resulted in major modifications in ARs technology especially in the design, construction, installation, pre and post-deployment monitoring, as well as material used. It was found that, the four agencies have different in their policy objectives and guidelines in ARs management concerning the material used, deployment and assessment. It seemed that the concept and purpose of establishing ARs from the beginning was also not clearly defined by these agencies and has cause unsustainable way in managing the ARs. Initial results also indicated that using the latest design of artificial reefs has shown some better potential in the type of fish catches and it can be further developed by managing the ARs in a sustainable manner.


The purpose of this paper is to explore internet users' experiences of cyberhate in the aspects of ethnicity, religion, sexual preference and political perspective.,Researchers employed an exploratory survey method to examine internet users' experiences of cyberhate. The participants of the study were determined by purposive sampling methods to attain maximum variety among internet users with high-level digital literacy skills. The data were collected from 355 internet users affiliated with two universities in Turkey and the USA using a personal data form and a survey (Cyberhate Experience Survey) of which reliability and validity indexes were ensured.,The results indicated that participants have observed and experienced cyberhate at different levels targeting their ethnic, religious, gender-based and political identities. The findings also pointed out that gender, income and socio-political identities are significant variables on exposure to cyberhate regardless of cultural and educational boundaries. The majority of survey respondents reported that they had encountered cyberhate mostly on social media platforms.,The findings of the study imply that to address the hate speech problem comprehensively, the author must enlighten people, change their way of thinking and broaden their perspectives by using measures such as intercultural dialogue, critical thinking, media literacy, education on tolerance and diversity.,This research was intended to contribute into the need to elaborate on various aspects of cyberhate, which is shared by academics, thinkers, journalists and educators. It may also serve to clarify how frequently internet users encounter hateful content and harassment online, which can have social consequences and influence young people's trust to other people.


Thank you for reading crash injuries the integrated medical aspects of automobile injuries and deaths. As you may know, people have look hundreds times for their favorite books like this crash injuries the integrated medical aspects of automobile injuries and deaths, but end up in malicious downloads. Rather than reading a good book with a cup of tea in the afternoon, instead they are facing with some harmful bugs inside their desktop computer.


The research aimed to make e-commerce web services using a microservices architecture. Web service was built using Representational State Transfer Protocol (REST) with Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) method and JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) response format. Meanwhile, the microservices architecture was developed using Domain-driven Design (DDD) approach. The research began by analyzing e-commerce business processes and was modeled using Unified Modeling Language (UML) based on business process analysis. Next, the bounded context was used to make a small responsible service for a function. The Programming language used to make the system was Go programming language with Go-kit tool and apply database-per-service pattern for data management. The system also applied the concept of containerization using Docker as the container platform and using API Gateway to manage each endpoint. Last, the evaluation process was carried out using the Postman application by testing each endpoint based on the white-box testing method. Based on the results of the evaluation process, the e-commerce web service can work as expected. The results also show that the system has a high level of resilience. It means that the system has a low level of dependencies between services and adapts to future changes.


To promote the accuracy and degree of automation in the process of oil measuring, an automatic detection system based on machine vision has been established. In this system, CCD camera is treated as a sensor and it collects image of oil level of the measurement cylinder. After image preprocessing, we improve the Canny margin extraction to achieve a better effect on margin detection. And then we use least-squares fitting to detect the sub-pixels margin line of the image. Finally, we calculate the oil volume.


Bike sharing systems (BSS) are critical tools of current policies and practices to address challenges, as part of wider urban mobility management strategies. The key objective of these systems is to provide free or low cost access to bicycles for short distance trips in urban areas as an alternative option to private car use, therefore reducing air pollution, noise levels and traffic congestion. The report on cities' bike-sharing systems facts and figures is a foreseen output of CycleCities project. The facts & figures report on cities' bike sharing systems aims to: a) present up-to-date facts and figures on bike sharing systems currently in use in European cities b) provide evidence on the effectiveness, impact and assessment of certain bike sharing system cases c) allow for valuable insights on the decisive, success factors for sustainable bike sharing systems based on city experiences and lessons learned. An online survey captured the views and opinions of key individuals involved in bike sharing schemes, systems and projects. Bike sharing systems survey aimed at collecting evidence about the main BSS operators and providers, the most usual hiring and payment methods and facts concerning BSS operation. It also aimed at collecting key figures as regards the implementation and operation of BSS in European cities. In this part of the survey, information regarding figures such as number of bikes and stations by city size and cycling modal share, average yearly rents, cost of registration, free use time offered by the systems and level of investments are provided. Finally, an in depth analysis of survey results based on both qualitative and quantitative analysis of data collected through the BSS fact sheet and the BSS survey questionnaire was realized. This study ends up with the lessons learned from this critical view of BSS. Finally a critical analysis and lessons learned concerning the integration of BSS with public transport, the placement of BSS stations, the maintenance and technical support of BSS and also public acceptance of the systems as measure of awareness will be presented.


The invention relates to a shovel type anode scrap electrolyte cleaning device, comprising a catenary car component (7), a camping and holding component (5), a shovel cleaning component (18), a forcible dust collecting component (19) and an electrolyte recovery component (20), wherein the catenary car component (7) is connected with the camping and holding component (5) through a conducive rod of clamping anode scraps; the shovel cleaning component (18) and the forcible dust collecting component (19) are fixedly connected with the camping and holding component (5) respectively; the electrolyte recovery component (20) is arranged at the lower part of the camping and holding component (5) and connected with a base pit. By adopting the shovel type anode scrap electrolyte cleaning component disclosed by the invention to clean, anode scraps with a lot of electrolyte are basically cleaned, a manual cleaning operation employing a pneumatic pick can be replaced, the labor intensity is reduced, protection of good health of a worker is improved, meanwhile, the shovel type anode scrap electrolyte cleaning device is simple in operation and low in cost, and the cleaning process can be automatically carried out. Thus, the production efficiency is improved.


In random machine-to-machine (M2M) networks, the network topology along with the variation of the wireless channel are the main sources of uncertainty that affect the network performance. Unlike most prior works, which assume a reference receiver such as aggregator located at a certain fixed point, this paper discusses a more general case where the intended receiving node can be any randomly-located node distributed uniformly in a circle. Each machine node transmits a backlog of data in time duration based on slotted-synchronous ALOHA multiple access control (MAC) scheme. A closed-form expression for the order statistics of the interference power produced by a randomly located interfering node for Nakagami-m fading channel model is obtained. Due to the dependency of the inter-node distances in uniform deployment, deriving a closed-form expression for outage probability from randomly-selected node's perspective is demanding. Using the order statistics notion, a tractable lower bound is derived for the outage probability seen from any randomly-located node's perspective inside the network region. The numerical results validate the accuracy of analytical ones and tightness of the lower bound for the broad range of the network parameters.


Objective To determine the stability of chlorine dioxide solution and provide a technical basis to disinfection procedures for mouth impression. Methods Five-step iodometry was used to determine the concentration of chlorine dioxide, and UV-spectrophotometry was applied to detect the stability of chlorine dioxide solution. Results Over a half-year period, non-activated raw solution of chlorine dioxide degraded by 2.01% at 4℃ and by 2.65% at 25℃, as shown by comparative measurements. At room temperature, 0.05% activated chlorine dioxide solution degraded by 8.56% at 12 hours after preparation. Conclusion Non-activated chlorine dioxide solution appeared to be more stable at low temperature than at room temperature. Activated chlorine dioxide solution for disinfection of mouth impression should be prepared at service time.


Group Negotiation and Knowledge Management.- The Gap Between Small Group Theory and Group Support System Research.- Alternative Dispute Resolution Based on the Storytelling Technique.- Fostering Knowledge Exchange in Virtual Communities by Using Agents.- Group Awareness and Social Aspects.- Leveraging Visual Tailoring and Synchronous Awareness in Web-Based Collaborative Systems.- Visualizing Shared-Knowledge Awareness in Collaborative Learning Processes.- An Improved Design and a Case Study of a Social Visualization Encouraging Participation in Online Communities.- Social Theatres: A Web-Based Regulated Social Interaction Environment.- Groupware Design and Development.- The Collaboration Engineering Approach for Designing Collaboration Processes.- A Proposal of Integration of the GUI Development of Groupware Applications into the Software Development Process.- Coordinating Multi-task Environments Through the Methodology of Relations Graph.- Fostering Groupware Tailorability Through Separation of Concerns.- An Approach to the Model-Based Design of Groupware Multi-user Interfaces.- Computer Aided Pattern-Based Collaboration Process Design: A Computer Aided Collaboration Engineering Tool.- Designing Mobile Shared Workspaces for Loosely Coupled Workgroups.- A Decentralized Middleware for Groupware Applications.- Computer Supported Collaborative Learning (CSCL).- Modelling Shared Knowledge and Shared Knowledge Awareness in CSCL Scenarios Through Automated Argumentation Systems.- Deployment of Ontologies for an Effective Design of Collaborative Learning Scenarios.- Dynamic and Flexible Learning in Distributed and Collaborative Scenarios Using Grid Technologies.- Directions to Acknowledge Learners' Self-organization in CSCL Macro-scripts.- Groupware Applications and Studies.- Supporting Informal Co-located Collaboration in Hospital Work.- Relating Interactions to Artifacts Through Content Analysis: A Practical Investigation.- Studying the Impact of Personality and Group Formation on Learner Performance.- Transferring a Collaborative Work Practice to Practitioners: A Field Study of the Value Frequency Model for Change-of-Practice.- Groupware Activities and Evaluation.- An Agent-Based Recommender System to Support Collaborative Web Search Based on Shared User Interests.- How to Choose Groupware Tools Considering Stakeholders' Preferences During Requirements Elicitation?.- Evaluation Methods for Groupware Systems.- Activity-Aware Computing in Mobile Collaborative Working Environments.


Aim To compare the efficacy of a new application form of hydrocortisone 17‐butyrate (H17‐B), 0.1% topical emulsion (Locoid Crelo®) with that of betamelhasone 17‐valerate (BMV) 0.1% scalp lotion (Betnovate ® lotion).


We propose a novel approach for studying rooted trees by using functions that we will call descent functions. We provide a construction method for rooted trees that allows to study their properties through the use of descent functions. Moreover, in this way, we are able to compose rooted trees with each other. Such a new composition of rooted trees is a very powerful tool applied in this paper in order to obtain important results as the creation of new rational and Pythagorean trees.


In this paper, the author will present an approach to model airline competition. The purpose of this paper is to present a quantitative model of passenger air transport markets. Passenger air transport demand is not a fixed model-exogenous input parameter but is determined by model-endogenously and therefore depends among other factors on the supply of flights and their various characteristics. Competitive relationships between airlines are modeled within a game-theoretic framework. The model assumes that airlines have incomplete information about the characteristics of each other (e.g. high-cost vs. low-cost airline). Individual beliefs about the nature of different competitors are adjusted by a dynamic learning process over time. One of the central objectives of the model is to explain the dynamic developments of air transport markets and their competitive forces. Some interesting questions to examine include an analysis of entry deterrence strategies of incumbent carriers and market entry strategies of new carriers. In this context, incomplete information plays a critical role with regard to the profitability of such strategies and thus influences market developments. The model presented in this paper is of interest especially with regard to the evaluation of business strategies on the part of airlines and for public institutions that wish to analyze various market scenarios and evaluate political-economic actions.


Variable bit rate high-definition-television (HDTV) communication in asynchronous-transfer-mode (ATM) networks is discussed. Terminal functions required for support of variable-bit-rate HDTV communication are outlined. Detection of lost and misdelivered cells, handling of cell delay variation, source clock frequency recovery, and segmentation and reassembly of user information are shown to be adaptation layer requisites. Multimedia multiplexing, virtual channel control, and required network quality for multimedia communication are also discussed. Adaptation functions for intrafield adaptive differential pulse-code modulation coding are described, and an experimental HDTV codec and an ATM terminal adapter are presented.<<ETX>>


The Covid-19 pandemic has had an impact on the Family Planning Program, namely the decline in participants. The decreased participants of program cause a high risk of pregnancy which will cause problems with the explosion in the number of infant births. To overcome this impact, support from health workers and husbands is needed to help improve acceptor compliance in implementing the program during the Covid-19 pandemic. This study aimed to determine the relationship between the support of health workers and husbands with family planning implementation during the Covid-19 pandemic at the Kalasan Sleman Health Center. Cross-sectional design with accidental sampling was used. 52 family planning acceptors were recruited. Chi Square analysis and multiple linear regression was performed. This study used three research instruments, namely the family planning card to measure compliance with family planning implementation, the health worker support questionnaire to measure the support of health workers and the husband's support questionnaire to determine the husband's support for family planning acceptors at the Kalasan Health Center, Sleman Yogyakarta. The results of the chi square test obtained the p value = 0,000 and the contingency coefficient value of 0,537 (support of health workers) and 0,679 (support of husband). Thus, there is a relationship between the support of health workers and husbands with compliance with the implementation of Family Planning Program during the Covid-19 pandemic at the Kalasan Health Center, Sleman Yogyakarta.


Successful implementation of sensor based robots in dynamic environments will depend largely upon the immunity of the system to incomplete and erroneous sensory information. This paper introduces a six module, 3D model based robot vision system, which utilizes 3D geometric models of the objects expected to appear in a scene and can tolerate incomplete and noisy image features. Object identification is independent of the particular robot pose and object pose, as long as the object is within view of the camera. The system effectively utilizes topology during the object identification phase to reduce the number of mappings between the domain of image features to that of the object features (object models). Geometric information is then employed by the Pose Determination Module to decipher the identified objects unconstrained position and orientation. Continuing experimentation is giving valuable insight into the characteristics of our strategy and has verified the system performance when using incomplete image feature sets.


We report ∼2″ resolution Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array observations of the HCN (1–0), HCO+ (1–0), CO (1–0), CO (2–1), and CO (3–2) lines toward the nearby merging double-nucleus galaxy NGC 3256. We find that the high-density gas outflow traced in HCN (1–0) and HCO+ (1–0) emission is colocated with the diffuse molecular outflow emanating from the southern nucleus, where a low-luminosity active galactic nucleus (AGN) is believed to be the dominant source of the far-infrared luminosity. On the other hand, the same lines were undetected in the outflow region associated with the northern nucleus, whose primary heating source is likely related to starburst activity without obvious signs of an AGN. Both the HCO+ (1–0)/CO (1–0) line ratio (i.e., dense gas fraction) and the CO (3–2)/CO (1–0) line ratio are larger in the southern outflow (0.20 ± 0.04 and 1.3 ± 0.2, respectively) than in the southern nucleus (0.08 ± 0.01 and 0.7 ± 0.1, respectively). By investigating these line ratios for each velocity component in the southern outflow, we find that the dense gas fraction increases and the CO (3–2)/CO (1–0) line ratio decreases toward the largest velocity offset. This suggests the existence of a two-phase (diffuse and clumpy) outflow. One possible scenario to produce such a two-phase outflow is an interaction between the jet and the interstellar medium, which possibly triggers shocks and/or star formation associated with the outflow.


Weifang is the national important production base of agricultural and sideline products. In recent years,accompanying with economic development,cultivated land resources is degrading and losing rapidly. It makes the contradiction become more prominent between population and cultivated land. Through analysis on relative datas,change trend of cultivated land resource in Weifang city is showed in this paper. By using qualitative and quantitative methods,driving factors which will effect the quantity of arable land changes are analyzed. Combining with the utilization of arable land resource in Weifang city,countermeasures and suggestions for protecting the farmland are put forward as well.


Water-tree rejuvenation technology provides a novel solution for aged XLPE cables. The paper introduces the current domestic and international applications as well as the future application prospect in China of this technology for rejuvenating the insulation of aged XLPE cables. The fluid composition, the injection technology and the monitoring method are summarized and the problems are pointed out that need to be solved. Based on a case study of cable rejuvenation, the rejuvenation effectiveness is analyzed, which shows that the insulation level of the rejuvenated cables is improved substantially in the short term. It can be concluded that this rejuvenation method is effective for rejuvenating the insulation of the aged cables.


Vegetation management and total vegetation control are almost synonymous with railroad industry. A complete railroad vegetation management program must consider bridges, yards, road crossings, line-of-road and brush control. The predominant method of controlling vegetation is with herbicides. This paper provides information on some of the many new weapons to help control right-of-way vegetation.


This paper presents an implementation of a system designed for the location of human faces and facial features such as pupils, eyes, nose and mouth. The kernel of the system is an integration of several algorithms, such as the human face center-of-gravity template, illumination compensation, and so on. A false-face removal algorithm is proposed in this paper specially for the distinguishing of cartoon faces from true faces. The testing experiments of the system have produced quite good results, with the average detection accuracy rates for face detection and facial feature location being 97.8% and 87.5% respectively.


AIM
We developed a niosomal formulation of diallyl sulfide (DAS), a garlic oil component, and evaluated its efficacy against experimental candidiasis in mice.

METHODS
DAS-bearing niosomes prepared from sorbitan monoester surfactants were evaluated for drug entrapment efficiency, release kinetics, toxicity, size, zeta-potential and others. Mice challenged with Candida albicans were treated with various DAS formulations. The efficacy of the formulations was assessed on the basis of reduction in mortality and decrease in residual fungal load in vital organs, such as liver and spleen, of treated mice.

RESULTS
Niosomal DAS (12 mg/kg body weight) significantly reduced fungal load and mortality in treated animals compared with the free form of DAS. Niosomal DAS was also found to be free of toxic manifestations, as revealed by histopathological studies, as well as liver/kidney function tests.

CONCLUSION
Incorporation of DAS in niosomes enhances its antifungal efficacy. Further studies are needed to optimize the current findings to develop an efficient nature-derived alternative antifungal therapeutic strategy.


Ecology
Abiotic forces, such as fire and water, have powerful effects on ecosystem structure and function. Animals that eat plants also have strong effects in natural systems, but their impacts are harder to assess. Hempson et al. measured how herbivores affect vegetation across Africa (see the Perspective by Gill). Four distinct herbivory regimes emerge from the analysis, characterized by forest antelopes, arid-region gazelles, high-diversity savannah fauna, and bulk feeders (such as elephants), which have had equivalent impact to those of fire and water on shaping ecosystems.

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The author reviews methods of calibrating low-differential (25–300 in. H2 O) D.P. transmitters at high (up to 3000 psig) static pressure. Various test methods are described along with discussion of their merits. Included are use of one or more deadweight testers (gas or liquid) and use of a high-pressure mercury manometer as a standard. Five D.P. transmitters of different construction are tested and their static span-shift performance reported.


Abstract The infrared spectra of xanthated cellulose and its blends with polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) in different ratios were investigated. The dielectric constant, loss tangent, and AC-conductivity of the prepared blends were measured at different temperatures (293–373K) in the frequency range (100 Hz–5 MHz). The decrease in the dielectric constant ε′ was observed with increasing frequency due to dielectric dispersion. On the other hand, the dielectric constant was increased by increasing both PVA percentage in the blend and temperature, which related to the polar nature of polyvinyl alcohol. A loss peak was observed in the power factor (tan δ) spectra, which referred to the relaxation, arises from the orientation of polar groups. AC-conductivity was also studied. The results were interpreted in terms of electronic conduction via hopping processes.


Recognition of any individual is a task to identify people. The recognition techniques like face, finger prints, and iris scan mainly require a co-operation by subject, physical contact or near proximity. Such methods were not able to identify an individual at distance hence recognition by using gait biometric is comparatively new biometric technique beyond such disadvantages. Human identification by using Gait is method for identifying a person by the walking or way of moving on foot. This paper aims to recognize a person by using the gait features. Still the most of current approaches are model free which is easy and fast although in this paper PAL and PAL ENTROPY approach is used for feature extraction with CBIR for performing matching of parameters with database sequences. After matching of parameters CCR will be obtained using Support Vector Machine technique. Some experimental results will show the effectiveness of


I define the sense of Revelation that was a very important element in the making of Kant's Philosophy of Religion. Naturally, the Prussian philosopher analyzed Christian doctrines searching for some theoretical inspiration. However, he asserts that relevant ideas of his thought or religion were in fact inspired by the reading of the Bible ideas such as those of revelation, and radical evil. Christian faith is highly appreciated by Kant among the world's religions, because historically it has been a formidable promoter of moral education. Kant's idealism, by the way, compels him to deny some importance to Christian theology, it is instead the true meaning of Christian doctrines, should be determined by rational theology, the part of the philosophical reflexion dealing with religions questions. The Kant's rationalism could be corrected by greater attention to the value of Christian revelation. In conclusion, the article notes that in Kant the structure of freedom restricts the meaning of the salvific event according the Revelation. Key words: Kant, Revelation, Faith, Reason, Freedom, and practice.


Modeling and simulations of entanglement-based quantum-networking protocols commonly assume perfect entangled states. Some investigations have been performed which show how imperfections cause the efficiency of the protocols to rapidly deteriorate. For polarization-entangled states created by SPDC, the fundamentals of phase matching lead to a trade-off problem for the optimal properties of the state. We present a new SPDC method which circumvents the trade-off problem and allows one to obtain degeneracy, indistinguishability, and heralded-single-photon spectral purity greater than 99% for any target SPDC wavelength in the visible and NIR spectrum. Therefore, our method can in principle generate optimal polarization-entangled states for polarization-entanglement-based quantum-networking protocols.


In alkaline medium,based on the nagative catalytic effect of trace amounts of cobalt and triethanolamine on the oxidation of xylene cyanol FF by hydrogen peroxide and the linear relationship between cobalt content and the increment of absorbency,a new nagative catalytic spectrophotometric method for determination of trace amounts of cobalt was established.The maximum absorption wavelength is 638 nm,the apparent molar absorption coefficient is 1.2×10~5 L·mol~(-1)·cm~(-1),the linear range for the determination of cobalt is 0-9 μg/25 mL.The method has been applied to the determination of trace amounts of cobalt in water and tea with satisfactory results.


A rapid method for increasing the visual contrast of colonies on the Millipore filter consists of flooding the filter with a 0.01% solution of malachite green for about 3 sec. The excess is then immediately poured off. The colonies remain unstained but the filter area not covered by the colonies becomes light green in color. The procedure requires only a few seconds and counts can be made immediately. Counting on crowded surfaces is facilitated since small transparent colonies appear white and are counted easily without the aid of magnification. The difficulty of differentiating between minute vegetable particles and small colonies is eliminated because the foreign particles become stained the same as or darker than the filter.


The dust provenance identification through isotopic and geochemical tracers focused mostly on ice cores drilled in the Pacific‐Indian sector of Antarctica, where a common provenance of dust from Southern South America during glacial ages was demonstrated. Conversely, in other areas of the East Antarctic Plateau as Dronning Maud Land provenance was deduced indirectly from back trajectory analyses and soluble chemistry records. In this work, we present the first comparison of major elemental composition of dust archived in two ice cores from opposite sides of Antarctica, in the framework of the EPICA Project. Mineral particles extracted from the EDC and EDML cores date back to glacial MIS 2, 4 and 6, over the last 200 kyr. Results reveal a coherent geochemical dust composition at both locations, providing experimental evidence of a common provenance over the wide area of East Antarctica during glacials, and key analytical constrains for atmospheric general circulation models.


Objectives: To determine the influence of Muslim fasting month of Ramadan on the natural history of headache. Methods: A prospective study was carried out on volunteers over four months – two months before Ramadan, the Ramadan and one month after Ramadan. The severity of headache was quantified at the end of each month using Chronic Pain Grade. The components of the global Chronic Pain Grade were: Characteristic Pain Intensity which scored pain intensity, Disability Score which assessed interference with daily activities, and Disability Points where disability days were also scored. The characteristics of headache during Ramadan were also recorded. Results: A total of 83 subjects were studied. The male : female ratio was 1: 3. The mean age of the subjects was 22 years (range 18-47 years). Thirty-three subjects were previous headache sufferers. The mean Chronic Pain Grade, Characteristic Pain Intensity, Disability Score and Disability Point were all increased during Ramadan. Among the 33 subjects who were previous headache sufferers, Characteristic Pain Intensity increased in 16 subjects (48%), decreased in 10 subjects and remained unchanged in 7 subjects. Among the 50 subjects who were non-headache sufferers, 19 subjects (38%) had new-onset headache during Ramadan. There was significantly higher proportion of female, and those with stress, fatigue, menstruation, and inadequate sleep among the 19 subjects with Ramadan headache. The Ramadan headache was typically bilateral, throbbing, frontotemporal, and of mild to moderate severity. Conclusions: Ramadan was a significant precipitating factor for headache. The mechanism of headache was probably multifactorial.


Clustering and classification of series-based data is an important issue in a number of engineering problems, in particular in geotechnics. In such problems intervals of measured seria (signals) are. to be attributed a class so that the constraint of contiguity have to be considered and standard classification methods could be inadequate. Classification in this case needs involvement of an expert who observes the magnitude and trends of the signals in addition to any a priori information that might be available. In this paper an approach for automating this classification procedure is presented. Firstly, a segmentation algorithm is applied to segment the measured signals. Secondly, the salient features of these segments are extracted using boundary energy method. Based on the measured data and extracted features classifiers to assign class values to the segments were built; they employ decision trees and artificial neural networks. The algorithm was tested in a case-study for classifying sub-surface soil using measured data from cone penetration testing and satisfactory results were obtained.


Abstract: Aspects of dietary protein quality including the chemical determination of proteins and amino acids, amino acid digestibility and availability and amino acid metabolism are discussed. Information on the role of proteins, peptides and specific amino acids as bioactives is reviewed and the use of proteins, peptides and amino acids in the development of functional foods and nutritionals is introduced.


Three methods were introduced to identify vintage as metallic elements detected by Ion-coupled plasma atom emission spectrometry (ICP-AES), viscosity studied through the peptization of distilled spirit, and conjugated compounds determined by ultraviolet spectrum.