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Response of Nigerian Universities to Climate Change Impacts: An Analysis of Programmes and Initiatives in Selected Universities

A consensus is being reached that the danger and abruptness of climate change impacts pose one of the greatest challenges facing the world. Sadly, the legacy of climate science denial by Governments of the USA and its allies lingers and hampers efforts designed to mitigate and adapt to the menace: climate change. This paper examines the response of Nigerian universities to climate change. The objectives were to show how Nigerian universities have responded to climate change by: creating and managing specialized centers or institutes dedicated to the implementation of programmes (research, awareness raising for policy, decision makers, and variouspublics �; mounting and/or offering specific course concentrating on climate change; progressed beyond offering pedestrian, moribund and obsolete courses comprising old concepts, principles and knowledge of climate science; and established programmes and instruments for disseminating information on the problem to various stakeholders: policy makers, civil society, communities and variouspublics �. The methods of description and aetiology were employed. Data from primary and secondary sources were analysed using appropriate techniques. Primary data gathering involved using quota and purposive sampling to select some Nigerian universities to serve as samples. The findings include rather weak response of Nigerian universities to climate change. The specific details of the findings (i.e. expression of weak response to climate change) in individual universities include: gross inadequacy of specialized centers or institutes dedicated to the implementation of programmes (research, awareness raising for policy, decision makers, and variouspublics �; failure to mount or offer specific course concentrating on climate change; perpetuation of pedestrian courses that are based on moribund and obsolete concepts, principles and knowledge of climate science casually mention climate change rather than specifically and focus intensively on the very dangerous and abrupt nature of the impacts of the debacle; and poor programmes and instruments for disseminating information on the problem to various stakeholders: policy makers, civil society, communities and various �publics �. The policy implications include the need to improve the conditions of Nigerian universities to transform them into instruments for adequately responding to climate change deserves the treatment as urgent and imperative. It is recommended that civil society should draw from its experience, versatility , competence and potential in resolving similar pr oblems (but of lower
A systematic review of the survival and complication rates of fixed partial dentures (FPDs) after an observation period of at least 5 years.

OBJECTIVES The objective of this systematic review was to assess the survival of cantilever fixed partial dentures (FPDs) and the incidence of biological and technical complications. METHODS An electronic MEDLINE search supplemented by manual searching was conducted to identify prospective and retrospective cohort studies on FPDs with a mean follow-up time of at least 5 years. Patients had to have been examined clinically at the follow-up visit. Assessment of the identified studies and data abstraction was performed independently by two reviewers. Failure and complication rates were analyzed using random-effects Poisson regression to obtain summary estimates of 10-year survival proportions. RESULTS From a yield of 3658 titles and 211 abstracts, 81 articles were selected for full-text analysis, finally resulting in 13 studies that met the inclusion criteria. Meta-analysis of these studies resulted in an estimated survival rate of cantilever FPDs of 81.8% (95 percent confidence interval (95% CI): 78.2-84.9%) and success rate (free of all complications) of 63% (95% CI: 54.7-70.2%) after 10 years. The most common biological complication was loss of pulp vitality (32.6%) followed by caries at abutment teeth (9.1%). After a 10-year observation period 2.6% of the FPDs were lost as a result of dental caries and 1% due to recurrent periodontitis. The most frequent technical complication was loss of retention (16.1%) followed by material fractures (5.9%). The cumulative incidence of fractures of abutment teeth was 2.9% and 2.4% of the FPDs were lost as a result of abutment tooth fracture after an observation period of 10 years. CONCLUSION This systematic review on cantilever fixed partial dentures indicated that survival and success rates of cantilever fixed partial dentures were lower than those of conventional end-abutment supported FPDs described in a review by Tan et al. (2004) and biological and technical complications were frequent.
Is inconsistent pre-treatment bedtime related to CPAP non-adherence?

Lack of adherence to continuous positive airway pressure therapy (CPAP) limits the effectiveness of treatment of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). We hypothesized that an irregular bedtime would be negatively related to regular use of CPAP treatment. If so, modifying bedtime schedule may address the persistent problem of inconsistent CPAP use in adults with OSA. In a prospective longitudinal study, we examined whether inconsistent self-reported bedtime before initiation of CPAP treatment, operationalized as bedtime variability, was (1) different among those adherent (≥4 hours per night) and non-adherent to CPAP treatment at 1 week and 1 month; and/or (2) was related to 1-week and 1-month CPAP use when other variables were accounted for. Consecutively recruited newly diagnosed OSA adults (n = 79) completed sleep diaries prior to CPAP treatment. One-week and 1-month objective CPAP use data were collected. Pre-treatment bedtime variability was different among CPAP non-adherers and adherers at 1 month and was a significant predictor of non-adherence at 1 month in multi-variable analyses. The odds of 1-month CPAP non-adherence were 3.5 times greater in those whose pre-treatment bedtimes varied by >75 minutes. Addressing sleep schedule prior to CPAP initiation may be an opportunity to improve CPAP adherence.
Structural basis for dimerization and RNA binding of avian infectious bronchitis virus nsp9

The potential for infection by coronaviruses (CoVs) has become a serious concern with the recent emergence of Middle East respiratory syndrome and severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) in the human population. CoVs encode two large polyproteins, which are then processed into 15–16 nonstructural proteins (nsps) that make significant contributions to viral replication and transcription by assembling the RNA replicase complex. Among them, nsp9 plays an essential role in viral replication by forming a homodimer that binds single‐stranded RNA. Thus, disrupting nsp9 dimerization is a potential anti‐CoV therapy. However, different nsp9 dimer forms have been reported for alpha‐ and beta‐CoVs, and no structural information is available for gamma‐CoVs. Here we determined the crystal structure of nsp9 from the avian infectious bronchitis virus (IBV), a representative gamma‐CoV that affects the economy of the poultry industry because it can infect domestic fowl. IBV nsp9 forms a homodimer via interactions across a hydrophobic interface, which consists of two parallel alpha helices near the carboxy terminus of the protein. The IBV nsp9 dimer resembles that of SARS‐CoV nsp9, indicating that this type of dimerization is conserved among all CoVs. This makes disruption of the dimeric interface an excellent strategy for developing anti‐CoV therapies. To facilitate this effort, we characterized the roles of six conserved residues on this interface using site‐directed mutagenesis and a multitude of biochemical and biophysical methods. We found that three residues are critical for nsp9 dimerization and its abitlity to bind RNA.
On the relationship between organizational slack and the level of innovation of firms

The concepts of organizational slack and innovation are central elements in the literature. Innovation is of central importance as it is vital for organizational renewal and survival. The literature stands divided on the effect of organizational slack, which can be defined as the pool of resources in organizations that is in excess of the minimum necessary to produce a given level of output, on innovation. Three conflicting views can be distinguished. Proponents of slack argue that slack allows organizations to experiment and that it is a necessary condition for fostering innovation. Agency theory turns this perspective upside down. In this view, slack may be a source of agency problems, which breeds inefficiency. Therefore, it considers slack to be negatively related to innovation. Besides these two views there is also a group that takes a middle position: too little slack and too much slack are both bad for innovation, which leads to the prediction that there is a curvilinear relationship between slack and innovation. The study uses an existing dataset, which contains information about 300 innovating South African organizations. Results show that higher levels of slack lead to higher levels of innovation. No evidence is found for either a negative or curvilinear relationship.
Prevalence of capsular polysaccharide types 5 and 8 among Staphylococcus aureus isolates from cow, goat, and ewe milk

Monoclonal antibodies to Staphylococcus aureus capsular polysaccharide types 5 and 8 were used to serotype by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay 212, 54, and 33 isolates from cow, goat, and ewe milk, respectively. Capsular types 5 and 8 accounted for 69.4% of bovine isolates and 71.5 and 78.8% of goat and ewe isolates, respectively. Type 5 was predominant in strains from bovine sources (51.4%), whereas type 8 was prevalent in strains from caprine (68.5%) and ovine (75.8%) sources.
A Statistical Study to Assess the Relationship between Stock Market Development and Economic Growth Using an ARDL-ECM Approach: The Case of Mauritius

Abstract It is argued that the stock market development is an important ingredient for growth. As such this study tries to bring a small contribution by analysing the impact of stock market development on economic growth in Mauritius. A time series approach is conducted over the period of 1989 to 2011. Both the long run and short run relationship are analyzed by using the Autoregressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) approach and the Error Correction Model (ECM) respectively. Two measures of stock market development are used, namely the liquidity and size ratios. This study finds that there is no statistically significant relationship between the stock market development and economic growth in Mauritius, where the plausible explanation can be mainly attributable to the youthfulness of the stock exchange of Mauritius (SEM), as compared to other countries. Furthermore, a Granger causality test is performed to the variables integrated at order one (I (1)). A bidirectional causality was established between Size and economic growth while no causality was established between total value of shares traded ratio and economic growth.
Controlling routine front line service workers: an Australian retail supermarket case

Food retail is known for its use of flexible labour and for the centralisation of functions at head office, resulting in a reduction of managerial autonomy at store level. This article employs a typology of controls developed from labour process scholarship to explore how retail managers negotiate the control of their predominantly part-time workforce. Using an Australian supermarket chain as a case, and mixed methods, the article demonstrates that supermarkets use a multiplicity of forms of control across their workforce. For front line service workers, the article identifies a new configuration of controls which intersects with employment status and acts differentially for checkout operators on different employment contracts.
PENGARUH PENGGUNAAN METODE THAWING YANG BERBEDA TERHADAP KUALITAS SPERMATOZOA SEMEN SAPI PERAH BERPENGENCER TRIS SITRAT KUNING TELUR

The research was conducted in the laboratory of Department of Animal Husbandry UPTD Jambi Province, on March 23 to April 10, 2013. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of temperature and duration of thawing and provide an overview of the effects of thawing method based on the use of different methods and duration of storage of spermatozoa temperature of dairy cows. The experimental design used was a completely randomized design (CRD) with 4 treatments and 6 replications, as treatment is longer and thawing temperatures following PI; room temperature 27 ˚ C for 60 seconds, P2; temperature of 37 ˚ C for 30 seconds, P3; temperature of 50 ˚ C for 12 seconds, P4; temperature of 70 ˚ C for 8 seconds, the observed variables that sperm motility and recovery rate of the fresh cement. Data was analyzed mengguanakan analysis of variance (ANOVA). Results of this study indicate that the thawing time and temperature affect the motility of frozen semen sap dairy (P <0,01). Each treatment on P1 thawing method: room temperature for 60 seconds, P2: temperature 37 ˚ C for 30 seconds, P3: temperature 50 ˚ C for 12 seconds and P4: a temperature of 70 ˚ C for 8 seconds. Best thawing method is the P2 treatment with optimal yield of 66.63% and is still fit for use for artificial insemination (AI). Conclusion is thawing spermatozoa method using a temperature of 37 ˚ C for 30 seconds to show the motility of frozen semen straw worth for dairy cows (IB). Keyword : use, thawing, spermatozoa
A new technique for staining mast cells using ferroin

We describe here a new method for specific staining of mast cells using ferroin. Different hamster tissues were fixed in 4% formalin and processed for paraffin embedding. Sections were stained with hematoxylin followed by ferroin acidified with 2.5 N sulfuric acid to pH 4.0. Mast cells stained an intense orange color that contrasted markedly with bluish violet nuclei. High contrast was also observed when ferroin colored sections were counterstained with light green instead of hematoxylin. To evaluate the specificity of the stain, hamster cheek pouch sections were stained with toluidine blue, alcian blue-safranin O, and ferroin. Quantitative evaluation of mast cells stained with the three techniques showed no statistical difference. The simplicity and selectivity of this method is sufficient for image analysis of mast cells.
Will more restrictive indications decrease rates of urinary catheterisation? An historical comparative study

Objectives To determine if more restrictive indications for urinary catheterisation reinforced by daily chart review will lower catheterisation rates. Design An historical comparative observational study. Setting An internal medicine department in a regional hospital in Israel. Participants The authors compared 882 patients hospitalised after a change in policy to an historical cohort of 690 hospitalised patients. Exclusions included patients less than age 30 and those with bladder outlet obstruction. Intervention Emergency and internal medicine department physicians received instruction on a more restricted urinary catheterisation policy. During daily chart rounds, admissions were discussed with an emphasis on the appropriateness of all new urinary catheter insertions. Main outcome measures The primary outcome measure was catheterisation rate by admission diagnosis. Secondary outcome measures were the need for post-admission in hospital catheterisations and the rate of indwelling catheters 14 or more days after discharge. Results There was a reduction in catheterisation rate in patients with congestive heart failure from 30/106 (29.3%) to 3/107 (2.8%) (p<0.001), in patients with an admission diagnosis of fever unable to provide a urine sample for culture from 35/132 (26.5%) to 12/153 (7.8%) (p<0.001) and in patients admitted for palliative care from 51.7% (15/29) to 12.0% (3/25) (p=0.002). The overall rate of catheterisation decreased from 17.5% (121/690) to 6.6% (58/882) (p<0.001). There was only one indicated catheterisation after admission due to the change in policy, and the proportion of patients discharged with catheters decreased. Conclusion The use of more restrictive indications for urinary catheterisation along with daily chart rounds can reduce the rate of urinary catheterisation in an internal medicine department without adverse consequences.
Landscape and the rural tourism experience: identifying key elements, addressing potential, and implications for the future

Rural tourism is an important development strategy for some rural areas. Landscape is central to the visitor's tourism experience. While the literature suggests that some rural landscape features are likely to attract visitors, research on the impact of landscape on the rural tourism experience is rather limited, and often confined to studies supported by visual stimuli (e.g. photos), ignoring the impact of the direct contact of visitors with the territory. This study overcomes some of these limitations by assessing visitors’ perceptions of the rural landscapes based on two villages in Portugal, while visitors were still in the villages. Vegetation type and colour, and built heritage, emerge as key experience elements for tourists, but they were followed by a complex group of largely non-visual stimuli, including sounds, smells, tastes, people contact, “nature” in its wider sense, and the past. The potential for sustainable tourism development based on this rich array of key elements is addressed, along with the need for action at all levels to bring together tourism and landscape management in an integrated way for marketing, product development and conservation purposes. Differences among groups of visitors are noted, suggesting that different groups of visitors require different approaches.
Successful second allogeneic stem cell transplantation in second remission induced by dasatinib in a child with Philadelphia chromosome positive acute lymphoblastic leukemia

We report on the use of dasatinib, a second‐generation bcr‐abl kinase inhibitor, in a child in early relapse of Philadelphia chromosome positive acute lymphoblastic leukemia after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. This patient benefited from the use of dasatinib obtaining of a complete molecular response which allowed a second successful transplant. Moreover, dasatinib was well tolerated in this heavily pretreated patient. Pediatr Blood Cancer 2009;52:891–892. © 2009 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.
A Galilean dance 1:2:4 resonant periodic motions and their librations of Jupiter and his Galilean moons

The four Galilean moons of Jupiter were discovered by Galileo in the early 17th century, and their motion was first seen as a miniature solar system. Around 1800 Laplace discovered that the Galilean motion is subjected to an orbital \begin{document}$ 1{:}2{:}4 $\end{document} -resonance of the inner three moons Io, Europa and Ganymedes. In the early 20th century De Sitter gave a mathematical explanation for this in a Newtonian framework. In fact, he found a family of stable periodic solutions by using the seminal work of Poincare, which at the time was quite new. In this paper we review and summarize recent results of Broer, Hansmann and Zhao on the motion of the entire Galilean system, so including the fourth moon Callisto. To this purpose we use a version of parametrised Kolmogorov-Arnol'd-Moser theory where a family of multi-periodic isotropic invariant three-dimensional tori is found that combines the periodic motions of De Sitter and Callisto. The \begin{document}$ 3 $\end{document} -tori are normally elliptic and excite a family of invariant Lagrangean \begin{document}$ 8 $\end{document} -tori that project down to librational motions. Both the \begin{document}$ 3 $\end{document} - and the \begin{document}$ 8 $\end{document} -tori occur for an almost full Hausdorff measure set in the product of corresponding dimension in phase space and a parameter space, where the external parameters are given by the masses of the moons.
Ischemic preconditioning and intermittent clamping confer protection against ischemic injury in the cirrhotic mouse liver

Surgery on cirrhotic livers is fraught with complications, and many surgeons refrain from operating on patients with cirrhosis. Surgical procedures include temporal occlusion of blood flow resulting in ischemia. The mechanisms of protective strategies to prevent ischemic injury in patients with cirrhosis are not fully understood. The aim of this study was to evaluate how the cirrhotic liver tolerates an ischemic insult, whether mechanisms other than those observed in the normal liver are active, and whether intermittent clamping and preconditioning, which are known as safe surgical strategies in normal and steatotic livers, confer protection to the cirrhotic liver. We applied partial hepatic inflow occlusion to cirrhotic mice fed carbon tetrachloride according to different vascular occlusion protocols: intermittent clamping with 15 or 30 minute cycles of ischemia or ischemic preconditioning prior to 60 or 75 minutes of ischemia. Continuous ischemia (60 or 75 minutes) served as controls. The results showed that the cirrhotic liver was significantly more susceptible to 60 minutes of ischemia than the normal liver. Apoptosis was higher in the normal liver, whereas necrosis was a predominant feature in the cirrhotic liver. Both protocols of intermittent vascular occlusion and ischemic preconditioning dramatically prevented injury compared to continuous occlusion for 60 minutes. This protection was associated with reduced necrosis and apoptosis, and particularly reduced activation of the apoptotic pathway through mitochondria. In conclusion, this study extends the protective effects of ischemic preconditioning and intermittent clamping to the cirrhotic liver, highlighting a diminished apoptotic pathway with dramatic improvement in the development of necrosis. Liver Transpl 14:980–988, 2008. © 2008 AASLD.
Financial-Monetary Instability Factors within the Framework of the Recent Crisis in Romania

The paper starts from the premise of the organic integration of the financialmonetary components, with their corresponding interrelations, within the macroeconomic system and from their role in ensuring the normal operation of the entire system. In this respect, it is invoked the impact of some financial-monetary components' functioning, with possible malfunctions reflected on the economic stability, and specific factors that determine financialmonetary instability. The development of research focuses on the analysis of some relevant manifestations of financial-monetary instability, marked by major imbalances expressed themselves, synthetically, through high variations of some specific indicators: inflation rate, bank loans interest rate, foreign exchange rate, etc. In this framework, most of the paper consists in econometric analysis, made through the prism of relations of determining that involve main factors generating financial-monetary instability, on the background of the conditions in Romania, in 2008-2013. There are taken so into calculations data for the previously mentioned indicators, considered as dependent variables, on the one hand, respectively those representing GDP, the NPLs volume, M2 monetary aggregate etc., considered as determinant factors and variables, on the other hand. On this basis, there are outlined conclusions and suggested some possibilities to counteract the financial-monetary instability.
Real Property Taxes, Local Public Services and Residential Property Values: Comment

1. Farrar, Donald E. and Robert R. Glauber, "Multicollinearity in Regression Analysis: The Problem Revisited. " Review of Economics and Statistics, February 1967, 92-107. 2. Hyman, David N. and E. C. Pasour, Jr., "Real Property Taxes, Local Public Services, and Residential Property Values. " Southern Economic Journal, April 1973, 601-611. ther research into an importan area of an public finance. AS G. COWING