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Intelligent Systems Reference Library

The aim of this series is to publish a Reference Library, including novel advances and developments in all aspects of Intelligent Systems in an easily accessible and well structured form. The series includes reference works, handbooks, compendia, textbooks, well-structured monographs, dictionaries, and encyclopedias. It contains well integrated knowledge and current information in the field of Intelligent Systems. The series covers the theory, applications, and design methods of Intelligent Systems. Virtually all disciplines such as engineering, computer science, avionics, business, e-commerce, environment, healthcare, physics and life science are included. The list of topics spans all the areas of modern intelligent systems such as: Ambient intelligence, Computational intelligence, Social intelligence, Computational neuroscience, Artificial life, Virtual society, Cognitive systems, DNA and immunity-based systems, e-Learning and teaching, Humancentred computing and Machine ethics, Intelligent control, Intelligent data analysis, Knowledge-based paradigms, Knowledge management, Intelligent agents, Intelligent decision making, Intelligent network security, Interactive entertainment, Learning paradigms, Recommender systems, Robotics and Mechatronics including human-machine teaming, Self-organizing and adaptive systems, Soft computing including Neural systems, Fuzzy systems, Evolutionary computing and the Fusion of these paradigms, Perception and Vision, Web intelligence and Multimedia. Indexed by SCOPUS, DBLP, zbMATH, SCImago. All books published in the series are submitted for consideration in Web of Science.
Optimum media compositions for bioprotein production by mixed culture of Phanerochaete chrysosporium and Candida utilis using palm kernel cake and seaweed as substrates

Bioprotein is one of the useful products obtained from biotechnology invention. It is a promising replacement for the commercial fish feed supplement. In this study, the enrichment of the bioprotein content after solid state fermentation using palm kernel cake and seaweed by the white rot fungus: Phanerochaete chrysoporium and yeast: Candida utilis was carried out. The growth media components were selected from 11 types of media using Plackett-Burman design (hereinafter PBD) and were optimized by one-factor-at-a-time (OFAT) method with bioprotein concentration (mg/g) as the response. From the screening result using PBD, three media components, namely K2HPO4, CuSO4.5H2O and MnSO4.H2O were selected for further optimization using OFAT method because of their positive contributions to the response. The final results showed that 5.0 g/L K2HPO4, 3.0 g/L CuSO4.5H2O and 0.1 g/L MnSO4.H2O were there to be the optimum media constituents with 9.0 g/L, MgSO4.7H2O, 0.1 g/L, CaCl2.H2O, 3.0 g/L FeSO4.7H2O and 3.0 g/L peptone as fixed compositions. At this optimum concentration, the protein increment of 11% was observed as compared to the results determined in the screening using PBD. The study revealed the benefits of using mixed cultures in improving the protein concentrations which can be used as nutritious fish feed.
Detection of Anti-Neospora caninum Antibodies in a Goat Flock in Kilis Province of Turkey

Neospora caninum is a significant agent causing abortion in cattle. There are many studies about cattle neosporosis due to its economic impact; however, the number of studies on neosporosis in goats is limited. In this pilot study, we aimed to detect anti-Neospora caninum antibodies in Kilis and Shami goats from the same flock in Kilis province of Turkey. For this aim, 92 sera samples were obtained from dairy goats between the ages of 1and 10 years, and tested with commercially available competitive enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (c-ELISA) kit. At the end of the study, it was detected that 23.91% (11/46) of Shami and 6.52% (3/46) of Kilis goats were positive against anti-N.caninum antibodies and overall prevalence was 15.21% (14/92). According to our statistical examination, significant difference was observed between seropositivity rates of Kilis and Shami goats using the Chi Square test (P<0.05). In this study, we presented the rates of exposure to N.caninum in two different breeds of goats in Kilis province of Turkey.
Decimal Number System : Knowledge of Quebec Students Educated under the 2001 and 1981 Programs and Teaching Situations

Decimal Number System (DNS) is fundamental in the teaching of arithmetic. Although several scholars have studied the system, it was mostly the studies carried out in the 80s-90s that brought out its complexity and also the difficulties students encounter with its learning. In some of them, the scholars saw the students’ difficulties through the prism of the earlier program’s behaviourist and objective foundation structure. However, the current curriculum in Quebec, based on social constructivism and structured according to competences is a departure from the past. In this context, this study, inspired by a doctoral dissertation, is intended to explore the strategies and knowledge in solving tasks on the DNS of 154 third grade students from six schools as well as teaching situations in two classes, more than 30 years after the studies were carried out in Quebec. The main data collected for the study included audio interviews with 18 students, a questionnaire (n=154), videotape of lessons and documentation. First, we outlined the strategies and knowledge of pupils on the DNS as well as teaching situations, and then we compared them with earlier studies as well as the current program’s competence-based structuring. We also discussed the scope of the task and class effects. We used the DNS frame of reference and the Theory of didactical situations for the analyses.
Robust H ∞ State Feedback plus State-Derivative Feedback Controller Design for Uncertain TS Fuzzy Systems

This paper examines the problem of designing a robust state feedback plus state-derivative feedback control for a class of uncertain nonlinear systems which is described by a Takagi-Sugeno (T-S) fuzzy model. A linear matrix inequalities (LMIs) approach is employed to obtain the robust controller for such a system. Simultaneously, the illustrative example is given to show the effectiveness of the proposed methodology. The results show that the proposed approach guarantees the fulfilments on both the asymptotic stability and the performance index. the page. Key-Words: Robust control, State feedback, State-derivative feedback, Linear matrix inequalities (LMIs), Takagi-Sugeno (T-S) fuzzy model.
The Impact of Ambidexterity of Market Orientation on New Product Performance: Evidence from Chinese Manufacturers

In this paper, the theoretical paradigm of organizational ambidexterity is extended into the research field of market orientation. The ambidexterity of market orientation is unpacked into balance dimension and combined dimension, and the impact of two kinds of market orientation ambidexterity and their interaction on product innovation performance as well as the moderating effect of environment dynamics are empirically examined. Based on a questionnaire survey of 227 manufacturing firms in mainland China, our research results show that Some firms can achieve ambidexterity of market orientation; Firms achieving high level in both balance dimension (BD) and combined dimension (CD) of market orientation ambidexterity tend to adopt differentiation strategy and be market leaders and foreign-investment enterprises; BD of market orientation ambidexterity has significant positive impact on new product performance; CD of ambidexterity has significant effect on new product performance when analyzed separately, but the significant effect disappears when BD enters the model; Simultaneous pursuit of BD and CD of ambidexterity can improve new product performance; Environmental dynamics positively moderate the relationship between ambidexterity of market orientation and new product performance. We conclude by discussing our contributions, the implications, and possible future extensions.
Adaptive Exponential Mapping for Displaying High Dynamic Range Images

We present a fast and high-quality method to display high dynamic range images with conventional displays. Our method is based on exponential compression of luminance values. When the luminance values are exponentially mapped, there are only a small amount of pixels taking large or small values. Based upon this fact, we truncate the large and small values and scale it into the dynamic range of device. The result of our method preserves almost the whole range of the detail and contrast of the original HDR image. Our results are comparable with the results of existing similar works [1] [2] [3], but the speed is much faster. The method is automatic, robust and controllable, which means it is able to work well without user intervention for various kinds of images, and further more, can get differently exposed effects by setting the parameters appropriately.
What Do Iranian People Have in Mind When Assessing Their Quality of Life? A Qualitative Study

Background and Objectives : The main question that arises in ‘Quality of Life’ (QOL) studies is how people assess this phenomenon and what factors affect it. Using these answers, we can better analyze the findings of QOL studies in our country. Methods: In this content analysis, we carried out semi-structured interviews, and applied maximum variation opportunistic sampling in terms of gender, age, education, ethnicity, and economic status. First, we asked the participants to answer the question on QOL by thinking aloud. Then, they were asked to discuss the factors that affected their choice a posteriori. Finally, the inductive qualitative analysis was done and the mental model of the participants was extracted . Results: We extracted five main categories and 33 themes. These categories included physical factors, psychological factors, socioeconomic factors, family issues, and environmental factors. Physical health, expectations, satisfaction, community engagement, financial problems, environmental pollution, leisure and recreation, family environment, family relationships and the role of the wife were the most important factors affecting the QOL in the participants’ opinions. Conclusion : In addition to the health status, family issues such as the family environment and financial problems affected the QOL. Moreover, the participants believed environmental health was an integral part of QOL.
A CONFIRMATORY FACTOR ANALYSIS OF THE HEALTH BELIEFS RELATED TO CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE SCALE AMONG MALAYSIAN UNDERGRADUATE UNIVERSITY STUDENTS

Even though cardiovascular disease (CVD) are not prominent among young adults, they may not be free from its related risk factors. The purpose of this study was to examine if the developed fourfactor structure of the Health Beliefs Related to CVD (HBCVD) scale was a proper model fit of the data for the undergraduate students. A cross-sectional study was conducted on 788 undergraduate students in Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia selected by proportionate cluster sampling technique. The 25-item English version of HBCVD scale was used to measure the participant’s health beliefs status which consisted of four constructs of the Health Beliefs Model: perceived susceptibility and severity of CVD; benefits and barriers to diet and exercise. Confirmatory factor anlaysis was used to establish the construct validity. The study supported a 19 items and four-factor model with acceptable model fit indices [RMSEA = 0.040 (90CI%: 0.034, 0.046; Clfit = 0.998); SRMR = 0.053; TLI = 0.941; CFI = 0.950]. The Composite Reliability and the Average Variance Extracted for the final measurement model were ranged from 0.611 to 0.882 and 0.254 to 0.592 respectively. The fourfactor model with 19-item with one error covariance of the HBCVD scale has a good fit and shown a good psychometric values. A slightly modified HBCVD scale may be a useful tool to assess health beliefs status among university students in Malaysia, as it will provide a broader picture of health beliefs toward CVD that may impact on their health behaviour. Once health educators understand this, they might then be able to determine how to best support and promote cardiovascular health among university students for early preventive behaviours.
COMPARISON OF VARIOUS PHYSICAL AND MOTORIC FEATURES OF NORMAL AND GIFTED STUDENTS

In this study, motor skills of giftedstudents with no professional sports background who are more succesful than others in terms of perception and academical success, are compared with the motor skills of ones who are not accepted as gifted. Weights, heights, flexibility, vertical jump, standing broad jump, right-left grip power, right-left visual and auditory reaction times of 50 male students (10,66 age) selected from a 12500 sample with a 3 stage test and 105 male participants (10,96 age) selected randomly among students who are not accepted as successful, were measured.SPSS 19,0 package programme was utilized for statistical analysis and signifance value was taken to be 0,05. Findings of this study imply that motor performance skills, especially reaction time values, of gifted subjects were superior to the other group. The gifted are also more successful in right and left hand grip power, vertical and standing broad jump tests. The other group performed better only in the situps. No statistical difference was observed in balance and flexibility tests between two groups. Results are supposed to be related with the high concentration abilities of gifted students. The observed success in the perormance data reveals that it would be beneficial to divert gifted students to various sports branches.
The Role of Impulsivity, Risk-Taking, and Sensation-Seeking in People Prone to Substance Abuse

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Change in Knowledge , Attitude and Practice Regarding Anaemia among High School Girls in Rural Bangalore : An Health Educational Interventional Study

Globally, one in three non-pregnant women, corresponding to almost 500 million women, are anaemic. Adolescence being a rapid transition phase with rapid requirement additional nutrition. It is well established that in adolescent girls, menstrual blood losses with rapid growth leading to expansion of red cell mass and increased tissue iron requirements, make them particularly vulnerable to iron deficiency compared to male counterparts.1 The female child is more likely to be neglected as she is deprived of good food and education and is utilized as an extra working hand to carry out the household chores.2Anemia in adolescent girls in future attributes to high maternal mortality rate, high incidence of low birth weight babies, high perinatal mortality and fetal wastage.3
Versus Online Data Collection : An Exploratory Study

Usage of online data collection methods is increasing in leisure research. Some potential benefits to using online methods over traditional paper/pencil techniques include financial savings and easier access to large populations. Disadvantages, however, include difficulty in sample selection and variations of the instruments’ reliability. This study explores how subject responses potentially differ when collecting data online versus paper/pencil for six instruments commonly used within leisure research. A repeated measure design with paired sample t-tests and HLM was used with 207 college students to compare these methods of data collection. Responses differed between methods on three of the tested instruments. A general pattern was found suggesting participants perceived their anonymity was better protected when completing online questionnaires.
Miscible Viscous Fingering: Application in Chromatographic Columns and Aquifers

Miscible fluid flows occur in a wide range of industrial and biological processes in which viscous fingering is observed. Here our main focus is to model miscible viscous fingering (VF) using COMSOL Multiphysics. We study the effect of the positive and negative log-mobility ratio on the fingering phenomenon that appears in chromatographic columns and aquifers. Study has been conducted in 2D Eulerian frame for different injection speed and different log-mobility ratio. The dependence of mixing length and number of the fingers on various governing parameters in applications to chromatography and aquifers are presented. We also tried to examine the performance of our model by computing execution times for different meshes.
Market orientation , alliance orientation , and business performance in the biotechnology industry

The purpose of this study was to test the unexplored relationship between market orientation (MO), alliance orientation (AO), and business performance (PERF) in the medical/healthcare subsector of the Canadian biotechnology industry. The study surveyed Canadian biotechnology executives via mail and web-based questionnaires. It was found that the relationship between MO and PERF was positive and significant and the relationship between AO and PERF was positive and significant. It was also found that the relationship between MO and AO was positive and significant, supporting the existence of a mediation relationship. Specifically, MO’s influence on PERF was found to be fully mediated by AO. This suggests that Canadian medical/healthcare biotechnology companies that were highly market-oriented were also highly alliance-oriented, and highly alliance-oriented companies were top performing companies. This study outlines the apparent sequential relationship between market-oriented behavioural commitments, alliance-oriented activities, and business performance outcomes among Canadian biotechnology companies. Furthermore, it has business development and the commercialization process implications for biotechnology managers. Journal of Commercial Biotechnology (2014) 20(2), 32–40. doi: 10.5912/jcb645
The effect of maltodextrin and additive added towards pitaya juice powder total phenolic content and antioxidant activity

Chemah Tamby Chik , Aminah Abdullah 2 , Noriham Abdullah 3 and Wan Aida Wan Mustapha 2 1 Department of Foodservice, Faculty of Hotel & Tourism Management, UiTM Shah Alam, Sel. Malaysia 2 School of Chemical Science and Food Technology, Faculty of Science & Technology, UKM Bangi, Sel. 3 Department of Food Technology, Faculty of Applied Science, UiTM Shah Alam, Sel. Abstract. Consumption of natural juice with additional benefits was highly appreciated by consumers. Pitaya juice was spray dried using maltodextrin at 10 dextrose equivalent (DE), 15DE and 20DE and ascorbic acid and citric acid as additive to preserve the red colour. The powder content for total phenolic and antioxidant activity was evaluated using Folin-Chiocalteu, 2,2-diphenyl-1-picryldrazil (DPPH) and ferric reducing power (FRAP) antioxidant assay. The results showed that maltodextrin at different degree of dextrose equivalent did not show any significant difference (p>0.05) in total phenolic content, DPPH and FRAP assay. Ascorbic acid at 0.1, 0.5 and 1.0% showed that the highest percentage of ascorbic acid content exhibited higher (p<0.05) total phenolic acid value of 350.4 mg gallic acid equivalent/100 g sample. DPPH and FRAP assay showed similar trend with 46.3% and 9.7 mg catechin equivalent/100 g sample. Pitaya juice powder with ascorbic acid has potential as functional drink with attractive natural pigment of red colour
Effect of an Educational Program on Pregnant Women ’ s Knowledge about Obstetric Danger Signs

Background: In developing countries complications related to pregnancy labor and puerperium are among the greatest causes of maternal mortality and morbidity of womenin reproductive age. Therefore this studyintended to assesseffect of an educational program on pregnant women’s knowledge about obstetric danger signs. Design: Aquasi experimental design was used Subject: 120 women were enrolled in the study during their antenatal care visits at outpatient clinicin Zagazig University Hospitals. Design :Aquasi experimental design was usedResults:63% of women in the studied group reported that they didn’t receive any instructions about obstetric danger signs, bleeding,decrease fetal movement, fluid leakage, cord prolapse, cessation of labor pain. Fever and offensive lochia were the most common danger signs reported by women.Statistically significant positive correlations were found in related to distance between home and antenatal care (ANC) unit, number of para, complications with previous pregnancy and place of last delivery total mean of knowledge score. Statistically significant differences were detected between total knowledge score about obstetrics danger signs at different times from health education program of studied group. Conclusion and recommendation women in the ANC unit have low score of knowledge about obstetric danger signs and nurses in ANC units should educate pregnant women about danger signs and in facilitating uptake of delivery servicesby using different strategies for this aim.
Effect of Closed Versus Open Suction System on the Occurrence of Ventilator Associated Pneumonia in Neonates

Clearance of secretions is mandatory in mechanically ventilated neonates, because accumulation of secretions may lead to airway occlusion and serious physiological abnormalities. Although treacheal suctioning is a necessary intervention in the care of intubated neonates, it is not a benign one. It is associated with various complications such as hypoxemia, atelectasis and ventilator associated pneumonia. This study aimed to determine the effect of closed versus open suction system on the occurrence of ventilator associated pneumonia in neonates. The study was conducted at the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit of ElShatby Maternity University Hospital in Alexandria. A convenient sample of 50 mechanically ventilated neonates were selected. They were chosen within the first 24 hours from initiation of ventilatory support. The neonates were randomly assigned into two groups. Twenty five neonates were suctioned by closed suction system, and the other 25 neonates were suctioned by open suction system. Neonates of both groups were chosen alternatively. The results revealed that neonates of the open suction group experienced ventilator associated pneumonia more than those of the closed suction group. Moreover, the growth of the isolated organisms from Non Bronchoscopic Bronchoalveor Lavage cultures among neonates of the closed suction group was less than among those of the open suction group. [Gehan M. Khamis, Omnia G. Waziry, Hesham A. Ghazal and Nabaweya A. Ibrahim. Effect of Closed Versus Open Suction System on the Occurrence of Ventilator Associated Pneumonia in Neonates. Life Sci J 2013; 10(12s):1072-1086] (ISSN: 1097-8135). http://www.lifesciencesite. com. 170