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THE ROOTS OF TRADITION: SOCIAL ECOLOGY, CULTURAL GEOGRAPHY, AND MEDICINAL PLANT KNOWLEDGEIN THE OZAR

This paper examines the E~ological and cultural factors effecting medicinal plant use and knowledge in the Ozark-Ouachita Highlands of Missouri and Arkansas. Information on useful species was collected from 14 local experts in the Ozark and Ouachita Mountains, each from different communities evenly distributed between the two regions. Forestcomposition data were examined using the index of similarity in order to establish an overview of each region's distinct ecological characteristics. Despite the observed ecological differences, similar patterns of medicinal plant usc emerge between the two regions, which is attributed to the persistence of shared traditions of plant usc in the Highlands. Other informant-specific factors, such as length of experience with medicinal plants, and community-specific factors, such as geographic proximity to cosmopolitan centers, afl' also responsible for the observed variation in medicinal plant knowledge. It is suggested that the guardianship of medicinal plant knowledge and praxis in the Ozark-Ouachita Highlands-and elsewhere in the rural US-­ ultimately depends upon the interdependent processes of cultural and ecological conservation. RESUMEN. - Este trabajo examina los factores ecol6gicos y culturales que afectan el uso y conocimiento de las plantas medi.cinales en la zona alta Ozark-Quachita de Missouri y Arkansas, Estados Unidos de Norteamerica. Se colect6 informacion acecra de especies utiles cOllsultando a 14 especialistas locales en las montarias Ozark y Ouachita, eada uno de ellos de comunidades diferentcs distribuidas uniformemente enlre las dos regiones. Se examinaron datos acerca de la composici6n de los bosqucs empleando cI indice de similitud para establccer un panoram<l general de las caracterfsticas ccol6gicas distintivas de cada region. A pesar de las diferencias ecol6gicas observa,das, emergen patrones similares de uso de plantas medicinalesentre las dos regiones, loeual esatribuido a la persistencia de tradiciones compartidas de uso de plantas en la zona alta. Otros factores especificos a los informantes, tales como la duraci6n de la experiencia con plantas medicinales, y factores especificos a las comunidades, tales como la proximidad geografica a centros cosmopolitas, son lambien responsables de la variaci6n observada en el conocimiento de las planta medicinales. Sc sugiere que el resguardo del conocimiento de las plantas medicinales y su pnktica en la zona alta Ozark­ Ouachita - y en otras areas rurales de los Estados Unidos - depende ultimadamente de los procesos interdependientes de conservaci6n cultural y ccol6gica.
First Lensed Quasar Systems from the VST-ATLAS Survey: One Quad, Two Doubles, and Two Pairs of Lensless Twins

We have analyzed images from the VST-ATLAS survey to identify candidate gravitationally lensed quasar systems in a sample of WISE sources with . Results from follow-up spectroscopy with the Baade 6.5 m telescope are presented for eight systems. One of them is a quadruply lensed quasar, and two are doubly lensed systems. Two are projected superpositions of two quasars at different redshifts. In one system, two quasars, although at the same redshift, have very different emission line profiles and constitute a physical binary. In two systems, the component spectra are consistent with the lensing hypothesis, after allowing for microlensing. However, as no lensing galaxy is detected in these two systems, we classify them as lensless twins. More extensive observations are needed to establish whether they are in fact lensed quasars or physical binaries.
Basic Skin Care and Topical Therapies for Atopic Dermatitis : Beyond Essential

*Both authors contributed equally to the manuscript On behalf of the Skin Allergy Committee of Spanish Society of Allergy and Clinical Immunology (SEAIC) Allergy Section. Internal Medicine Department. Hospital Universitario Vall d'Hebron. Barcelona. Spain Allergy Department. Hospital Universitario de Salamanca. Alergoasma, Salamanca. Spain Allergy Department. Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre. Madrid. Spain Allergy Section. Hospital Monte Naranco. Oviedo. Spain Allergy Department. Hospital Universitario Fundación Alcorcón, Alcorcón, Madrid, Spain Clínica Dermatología y Alergia. Badajoz. Spain
EFFECT OF SALINITY AND SILICON APPLICATION ON OXIDATIVE DAMAGE OF SORGHUM (SORGHUM BICOLOR (L.) MOENCH.)

Application of silicon (Si) to soil is considered as an alternative approach to alleviate salinity stress in crop plants. Therefore, a field experiment was conducted to investigate the effects of Si application [control (without Si), 1.44 and 1.92 g.kg -1 soil on membrane stability index (MSI), relative water content (RWC), leaf proline, soluble sugars, antioxidant activity, total phenols and dry matter accumulation of two sorghum (Sorghum bicolor) cultivars under three levels of salinity of irrigation water (5.2, 10.5 and 23.1 dS m -1 ). The results showed that leaf proline content, activities of ascorbate peroxidase (APX) and glutathione reductase (GR), Na + concentration significantly increased only at high level of salinity, while, RWC and dry matter accumulation were significantly decreased at all salinity levels. Soil application of 1.44 g.kg -1 Si caused an increase in the activities of APX, catalase (CAT), superoxide dismutase (SOD), peroxidase (PRO), glutathione reductase (GR), total antioxidant and total phenol contents and 1.92 g.kg -1 soil Si caused an increase in membrane stability index, soluble sugar and total phenol contents, CAT, SOD and total antioxidant activity. Soluble sugars, total phenols, SOD and total antioxidant activity and dry matter accumulation in cv. Omidbakhsh were higher than those in cv. Sepideh. In conclusion, alleviation of salinity stress by exogenous application of Si was found to be associated partly with enhanced antioxidant activity.
Lupin seed meal ( Lupinus albus cv. Buttercup) as a source of protein for early weaned piglets

Two experiments were conducted to evaluate L. a/bus cv. Buttercup as an alternative to heated full-fat soya bean meal for early weaned piglets. In Experiment 1, the performance of piglets, fed diets with 0%,4%,8% and 12% lupins and formulated to contain equivalent amounts of digestible energy and lysine, was used to evaluate the effect of increasing levels of commercially produced Buttercup seed in the diet. The results obtained led to Experiment 2, conducted to evaluate certified L. a/bus cv. Buttercup seed (at an 8% inclusion level) as a partial replacement of full-fat soya beans, The apparent nitrogen and energy digestibilities of the diets were also determined. The commercial Buttercup lupins had an alkaloid content in excess of 0,05% and the certified seed only 0,01 %. The digestibility of both energy and protein in the diet was not affected by lupin inclusion. Although statistically non-significant (P>0,05), the retention of digested nitrogen was decreased by about 5 and 7% with lupin inclusion in the two trials, The high-alkaloid seeds in Experiment 1 depressed feed intake by as much as 21 %, The low-alkaloid seeds used in Experiment 2 had no effect on feed intake. Growth rate was retarded by 25% when high-alkaloid seeds were used, but by only 6% when low-alkaloid seed was used. Digestible energy utilization was reduced by 2 and 4% with lupin inclusion. Twee studies is uitgevoer om L. a/bus cv. Buttercup, as 'n alternatief vir verhitte volvetsojaboonmeel in die dieet van vroeggespeende varkles te evalueer, In die eerste studie is die prestasie van varkies, wat diEHemet 0%, 4%, 8% en 12% lupiene en ekwivalente hoeveelhede verteerbare energie (VE) en Iisien bevat het, gebruik om die invloed van toenemende pelle van kommersieel-geproduseerde Buttercup-saad in die dleet, te ondersoek, Die resultate behaal het tot die tweede studie gelei, wat uitgevoer is om gesertifiseerde L. a/bus cv. Buttercupsaad (teen 'n 8%-insluitingspell) as gedeeltelike vervanger vir volvetsojabone, te evalueer. Die waarskynlike stikstof en energieverteerbaarheid van die di~te Is ook bepaal. Die kommersi~le Buttercuplupiene het 'n alkalo'j edlnhoud van meer as 0,05% gehad en die gesertifiseerde saad slegs 0,01 %. Die verteerbaarheid van beide energie en prote'ien In die dieet is nie deur lupienlnsluiting be'fnvloed nie. Hoewel statisties nie betekenisvol nie (P>0,05) is die retensie van verteerde stikstof (N) met omtrent 5 en 7% onderdruk deur lupienlnslulting in die twee studies. Die saad met ho~ alkalo'iedlnhoud wat in die eerste studie gebruik Is, het voerinname met tot 21% verlaag, Daarenteen het saad met lae alkalo'iedinhoud wat in die tweede studie gebruik Is geen effek op voerinname gehad nie. Groeitempo Is met 25% vertraag toe saad met ho~ alkalo'j edinhoud gebruik Is, maar slegs met 6% waar die alkalo'j edlnhoud laag was. VE-benuttlng is met 2 - 4% verlaag met lupleninsluiting in die dleet. Keywords: White lupins, digestibility, N retention, growth, alkaloids, pigs
Genetic variability of the Amazon River prawn Macrobrachium amazonicum (Decapoda, Caridea, Palaemonidae)

The freshwater prawn Macrobrachium amazonicum is widely distributed in South America, and occupies habitats with a wide range of salinities. Several investigations have revealed the existence of wide intraspecific variability among different populations, although the understanding of this variability is still fragmentary and incomplete. We compared and characterized inland and coastal populations of M. amazonicum from Brazil, using molecular data (16S and COI mtDNA) to describe the degree of variability, structure, and relationships among them. Genetic divergence rates among populations showed variability at the intraspecific level. All the analyses evidenced significant genetic divergence among populations, structuring them in three groups: I- inland waters of the Amazonian Hydrographic Region (HR); II- Parana/Paraguay HR; and III- coastal systems of northern and northeastern Brazil. Phylogenetic reconstructions revealed that the populations form a single monophyletic clade, which supports their characterization as a single species. Clade I was a sister clade of that formed by clades II and III, which were themselves sister clades. Populations from Sertaozinho/ Miguelopolis and Avare, introduced into the state of Sao Paulo, may have originated from natural populations in the states of Mato Grosso do Sul and Para, respectively. Geographical isolation probably contributed to the observed variation, and if this isolation continues, M. amazonicum may undergo speciation within its broad geographical distribution. The sequences obtained here can be used as name-tags for population identification, and the DNA barcodes are useful to identify the origin of specimens used in different freshwater-prawn cultures or introduced populations of unknown origin.
The Impact of Youth Debt on College Graduation

This study examines the associations between educational loans and credit card debt with the possibility of college graduation among a group of youth who enrolled in college. It further investigates whether the associations differ by levels of parental assets. Results indicate that, after parental assets and other variables are considered, educational loans are positively related to college graduation; however, there is evidence that educational loans above $10,000 reduce the probability of college graduation. Parental assets are positively linked to youth’s college graduation, and the relationship between educational loans and college graduation is stronger among youth whose families have lower levels of financial assets. Credit card debt is positively related to college graduation only among families with modest financial assets. Policy implications are discussed.
Determination of the impact of creeping of furniture joints on their rigidity

The study presents research results on the effect of creeping on changes in the rigidity of selected joints used in constructions of upholstered furniture, expressed as the substitute modulus of elasticity Ez. The modulus was calculated analytically for this purpose using the Maxwell-Mohr constitutive equation. In addition, actual runs of creeping curves were determined and a theoretical model well describing the obtained results was selected. Simultaneously, a detailed statistical analysis was carried out. It was found that creeping exerted a significant impact on the mechanical quality of the examined joints by reducing their substitute modulus of elasticity by 11%-16%. This modulus can be employed in numerical calculations using the finite elements method.
Factors of Consumer Behavior That Affect Purchasing Decisions on Blackberry Smartphone

This study aimed to determine factors of consumer behavior that affect to purchasing decision on BlackBerry Smartphone with the case study in Faculty of Economics, Tarumanagara University, Jakarta. The population was all students of faculty of economics who used or were familiar with the BlackBerry brand mobile phone, with a sampling technique used was purposive random sampling and samples were taken by 200 students. The purpose of the study was to examine and analyze some factors that affect students in the decision to buy BlackBerry mobile phone brands and know the dominant factors that influence the purchase decision. Theanalysis used the method of multiple regression analysis and hypothesis testing and also testing conducted validity and reliability by using the help of SPSS (Statistical Program for the Science Society). The analysis shows that there is significant positive effect between the factors of cultural, social, personal, and psychological effect on purchasing decisions, with significance 0,000 < 0,05, and Adjusted R Square is worth 0,216, it means that 21,6% of purchase decisions are influenced by these factors.
Designing Job Descriptions for Toxicology Nurses

This study aimed at designing job descriptions (JDs) for toxicology nurses at NECTR - Cairo University Hospitals. The Center composed of ICUs (24beds) and ER (4beds). Throughout the “developing of JDs" the methodological design was used. The Sample composed of all Nursing Staff at NECTR (N=30). The Nursing Activity Checklist and Job Analysis Questionnaire tools were developed, with 12 dimensions and 123 items and had an excellent reliability and validity. The Nurses’ roles were described and identified for the highest and lowest tasks, to examine the frequency, importance, and difficulty of each task. Thus each category had various duties and tasks. Based on the Jury/ experts' opinions, the investigator developed validated JDs for Toxicology Nurses (DON, Deputy DON, Charge Nurse and Staff Nurse). The educational sessions were successful in increasing the nurse's knowledge about the newly designed JDs. This study concluded that it is necessary to implement the designed JDs and develop educational programs to improve the nurses' disabilities at NECTR. r, encounters several factors and problems derived from the level of participation up to the readiness of local election committee.
Material Problems in Civil Engineering ( MATBUD ’ 2015 ) Determination of adhesion of silyl modified polymer adhesives to wooden f açade cladding – case study

Adhesives are currently very often designed specifically for bonded façade systems. The potential of bonded joints should be studied and described in more detail and verified through experimental measurements. Presented results are therefore focused test methods intended for vented wooden façade systems with bonded joints. For the purpose of tests two types of silyl modified polymer adhesives intended for structural bonding were selected, however, only one of them is recommended for façade systems. The spruce profiles and three types of façade cladding (i.e. Cement-bonded particleboard Cetris, Siberian larch and Wooden Plastic Composite WPC) represent the structure of vented façade. The focus was on experimental verification thus all test procedures are following relevant European technical standards. The adhesive bonds were tested in adhesion of the surface finish to the substructure as well as in tensile lap shear at a temperature of (20.0 ± 3) °C and a relative humidity of (55.0 ± 10) %. The performed tests showed the equivalence of the bonded joint system for ventilated facades in comparison with mechanical joints. During the tests appeared differences in stability and failure behaviour between the adhesive systems as well as within the sheeting material. Another conclusion arising from the series of tests is the fact that the use of a wooden substructure for ventilated facades is not a limiting element for the whole system and is a more financially viable option in comparison with an aluminum or steel substructure. © 2015 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. Selection and peer-review under responsibility of organizing committee of the 7th Scientific-Technical Conference Material Problems in Civil Engineering.
The effect of massage therapy on weight gain and calories intake in premature neonates: a brief report

Background : Improvement of growth, nutrition and calories intake in neonates is de-rived by massage. Methods : This study is a randomized clinical trials settled in Vali-e-Asr Hospital Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) ward in 2012. The control group consisted of 19 infants who were not massaged on them. 15 infants in the intervention group received massage therapy for 10 days, three times a day by trained massage theurapist. Massage last 15 minutes and was done one hour after feeding. Massages were done in 2-7 days neonates. Weight gain, intake calories and oral feeding were compared between studied groups. Data was registered in SPSS v.18 and was analyzed via compatible statistics tests. Results : There were no significant different anthropometric measures at birth (weight-head circumferences and height) and gestational ages of delivery between two groups. Massages had no side effects on cases. Caloric intake at the end of 10 days (end of intervention) showed significant differences between the two groups (P=0.04). But no differences was shown for weight gain. Cases who received massage reached sooner to oral feeding but this difference was significant at 90% significance level (P=0.08). Conclusion: After 10 days, massage therapy increases oral nutritional intake but to find more accurate details requires further studies to be planned. Abstract
Imaging mantle discontinuities using least squares Radon transform

[1] Differential traveltimes of SS precursors have been widely used to map large-scale mantle structure and depths of discontinuities. Measurements are commonly made by stacking individual records to increase the signal-to-noise ratio pertaining to these mild reflections. However, ray parameters of the SS precursors are typically less well constrained and undesired seismic arrivals with vastly different slownesses (for example, scattered waves) could potentially contaminate the time domain stacks. To overcome these pitfalls, we introduce a processing scheme based on the Radon transform and well-constrained inversions. Our method is particularly effective in suppressing background noise, constraining differential ray parameter and traveltime, and detecting weak reflected or converted phases. We apply the Radon-based method to delineate the discontinuity structure beneath the northeastern Pacific Ocean and the northwestern Canada. An elevated 410-km discontinuity and a thickened transition zone (252 km) are observed beneath the northern British Columbia, which may be caused by remnant oceanic lithosphere from the subduction of Kula-Farallon plate under North America. A thin transition zone is identified beneath the northern Pacific Ocean and its presence is supported by a low shear-velocity anomaly from recent tomographic models. The improved accuracy and resolution using the least squares Radon transform also offer clear evidence for a regional 520-km discontinuity and several mild reflectors in the depth ranges of 250–330 km and 900–1200 km. We do not observe a 220-km discontinuity beneath the study region.
Junior Mining Sector Capital-raisings: The Effect of Information Asymmetry and Uncertainty Issues

While prospecting by junior mining companies (JMCs) is a vital contributor to modern wealth creation, attributes of the junior mining sector (JMS) limit JMC-fund raisings to external equity (shares). In considering responses by JMC principals to deep discounting and other JMC-investor strategies, potential responses were found to: increase returns to principals, increase JMS moral-hazard issues, and further deepen price discounts on JMC share offerings, especially IPOs. It is suggested that the attractiveness and moral-hazard consequences of these potential responses can be greatly diminished if mining-tenement fees are raised and JMC prospecting costs are allowed as an offset against those fees.
Nascent strategic entrepreneuring as a complex responsive process

i Declaration ii Acknowledgements iii List of Figures vii List of Tables vii 1. Introduction 1 1.1. Research Scope and Motivation 1 1.2. Research Problem 2 1.3. Contextual Relevance 3 2. Literature Review 4 2.1. Reductionism 4 2.2. Assumptions about the Nature of Causality 6 2.3. Assumptions about the Nature of Reality 8 2.4. Bohm and the Process Nature of Reality 9 2.4. 1. Wholeness and Fragmentation 9 2.4. 2. Language and the Rheomode 10 2.4. 3. Objectivity and the Knowable 11 2.5. Scepticism ‒ Postmodernism 12 2.6. Symbolic Interactionism 14 2.7. Power and Social Influence 17 2.8. Assumptions in Organisational Analysis and the Movement toward Process-Oriented Thinking 19 2.9. Assumptions in Systems Thinking and the Learning Organisation 21 2.10. Emergence, Chaos and Complexity 23 2.11. Entrepreneurship 25 2.12. The Death of Stages Theory 27 2.13. Nascent Entrepreneurship 29
Development and Instrumentation of a Framework for the Generation and Management of Self-Adaptive Enterprise Applications

Operations of companies have become over-dependent on their supporting enterprise software applications. This situation has placed a heavy burden onto software maintenance teams who are expected to keep these applications up and running optimally in varying execution conditions. However, this high human intervention drives up the overall costs of software ownership. In addition, the current dynamic nature of enterprise applications constitutes challenges with respect to their architectural design and development, and the guarantee of the agreed quality requirements at runtime. Efficiently and effectively achieving the adaptation of enterprise applications requires an autonomic solution. In this paper, we present SHIFT, a framework that provides (i) facilities and mechanisms for managing self-adaptive enterprise applications using an autonomic infrastructure, and (ii) automated derivation of self-adaptive enterprise applications and their respective monitoring infrastructure. Along with the framework, our work led us to propose a reference specification and architectural design for implementing self-adaptation autonomic infrastructures. We developed a reference implementation of SHIFT; our contribution includes the development of monitoring infrastructures, and dynamic adaptation planning and automated derivation strategies. SHIFT, along with its autonomic infrastructure and derived enterprise application, can provide a cost-effective mean to fulfill the agreed quality in these types of applications.