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The zero waste concept from the young consumer ’ s perspective . Does gender matter ?

Theoretical background: Sustainable development is a new widely desirable course in the economy of the 21 st century. Its goals can be met by consumers implementing a zero waste concept understood as a lifestyle that assumes the maximum reduction of household waste production. Purpose of the article: The paper sheds a light on consumer awareness of the zero waste concept among young people, who face a long consumption life, and identifies the gender role in the process of applying this concept in practice. Research methods: To achieve the research goal, a survey was carried out among consumers aged 19–24, and the original consumer zero waste sensibility scale was proposed and employed to obtain results. Main findings: The outcomes suggest that the zero waste concept is more widely known among women, who show a higher level of consumer zero waste sensibility than men. results all eight this respondents deficiencies for whom no gender was 176 of the young respondents were selected (110 female and 66 The average results and standard deviations for the gender groups were
1 Neutron Scattering of Clathrate and Semiclathrate Hydrates

Neutron scattering is a standard tool when dealing with the microscopic properties of the condensed matter at the atomic level. This comes from the fact that the neutron matches with the distances and energy scales, and thus with the microscopic properties of most solids and liquids. Neutrons, with wavelengths in the order of angstroms, are capable of probing molecular structures and motions and increasingly find applications in a wide array of scientific fields, including biochemistry, biology, biotechnology, cultural heritage materials, earth and environmental sciences, engineering, material sciences, mineralogy, molecular chemistry, solid state and soft matter physics.
MS-GAN: Text to Image Synthesis with Attention-Modulated Generators and Similarity-aware Discriminators

Existing approaches for text-to-image synthesis often produce images that either contain artifacts or do not well match the text, when the input text description is complex. In this paper, we propose a novel model named MS-GAN, composed of multi-stage attention-Modulated generators and Similarity-aware discriminators , to address these problems. Our proposed generator consists of multiple convolutional blocks that are modulated by both globally and locally attended features calculated between the output image and the text. With such an attention-modulation, our generator can better preserve the semantic information of the text during the text-to-image transformation. Moreover, we propose a similarity-aware discriminator to explicitly constrain the semantic consistency between the text and the synthesized image. Experimental results on Caltech-UCSD Birds and MS-COCO datasets demonstrate that our model can generate images that look more realistic and better match the given text description, compared to the state-of-the-art models.
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In their work, González-Rojí et al. present an assessment of the WRF model skill at simulating precipitation over parts of South America, with a focus on parts of Peru, Brazil and Bolivia. The authors explore different configurations of the WRF model, evaluating the performance of the model by comparing precipitation outputs to observations from weather stations and estimates from observation-based products and ERA5. From their analysis, the authors are able to identify which of the studied model configurations work best for their region of interest. In addition, the authors identify some strengths and weaknesses from observation-based products, like PISCO and CHIRPS. The manuscript is well written and the topic is very relevant both for the climate science community of South America and the convection-permitting modeling community. I recommend this study for publication after minor revisions. Please see the details below. This work evaluates the performance of the Weather Research & Forecasting (WRF) model version 3.8. 1 at convection-permitting scale over southern Peru using different configurations combining microphysics, cumulus, longwave radiations, and planetary boundary layer physic schemes. For this purpose, different comparisons for two years, 2008 and 2012, were performed between the WRF outputs and the observations of both weather stations and precipitation gridded products. The topic addressed in this study is relevant, being the results here found of high value for the climate scientific community. The manuscript is well written and structured, with an appropriate discussion of the results, showing clear and concise conclusions. Therefore, I recommend this study for publication in the Geoscientific Model Development (GMD) journal after minor revisions. My comments are as follows:
Contrasting Adult and Emerging Adult Women on Possible Psychosocial and Behavioral Correlates of Short-Term Weight Loss

Physical activity could be associated with psychosocial correlates of changes in eating behaviors required for weight loss. This field investigation assessed relationships of physical activity with early changes in psychosocial variables such as depression, fatigue, and body satisfaction; and their effect on fruit/vegetable and sweets intake and weight change. Emerging adult women from a university setting (Mage = 20.4 years, SD = 2.0; n = 36) and adult women from a community health-promotion setting (Mage = 45.6 years, SD = 7.3; n = 36), participating in the same cognitive-behavioral weight-loss program that initiated physical activity prior to nutrition changes, were first contrasted on measures of physical activity, psychosocial changes, eating changes, and weight; then on their theory-based interrelations. The emerging adult women had significantly higher baseline scores on depression and physical activity, and significantly lower scores on fruit/vegetable intake. Improvements over 3 months in the psychosocial and behavioral variables and weight were significant, but did not significantly differ by group. Weight loss means were -3.89 kg and -4.16 kg, respectively. Using aggregated data, serial mediation analyses identified a significant path from change in physical activity, to change in depression, to change in intake of sweets, to change in weight. Paths were also significant when improvement in tension and fatigue was entered as the psychosocial variable. Age group did not moderate those relationships. Findings improved understandings of age effects, and interrelations of psychosocial and behavioral predictors of short-term weight loss that could help longer-term treatment targets.
Waqf Accounting and The Construction of Accountability

Along with the revival of awqaf institutions, the attention to the call for waqf accounting has been emerging. The new and modern waqf management has put greater emphasize on the principles of accountability and transparency. As part of good governance and best practices of awqaf institutions, accounting is believed to be able to improve the accountability and transparency of the mutawalli. Besides, accounting is a tool for mutawalli to discharge his accountability to many parties such as wāqif, waqf board, government and community in large. Studies on accounting practices in waqf institutions indicate there is diversity with regard to accounting and reporting of waqf. The phenomenon of dissimilarity of accounting practices among awqaf institutions could be due to the absence of accounting standards for waqf. Cordery and Morley (2005) assert that the uncertainty over accounting practices in charitable sectors and other not-for profit organizations is not only due to the absence of accounting standards but also because the failure to establish a generally accepted definition of accountability for that sector. This paper aims at exploring the major themes that constitute the basis of the discussion on accountability in awqaf institutions. In doing this, the theoretical underpinnings and the existing empirical investigations relating to waqf accounting and accountability are examined. Although Hisham (2006) and Ihsan (2007) agree that Shahul’s proposal of dual accountability is more appropriate for waqf, it requires further explanation as to whether it can be implemented and measured. Due to previous waqf studies did not capture the dynamic aspect of stakeholders, this study suggest Mitchell, Agle and Wood (MAW) model to explain the nature of waqf stakeholders. By combining MAW model with Hayes accountability, this paper comes up with the proposal regarding what kind information should be provided by mutawalli to various waqf stakeholders.
Prediction of speech and noise quality for super-wideband and fullband transmission

ITU-T Rec. P.835 provides a well-established listening test procedure for the auditory performance evaluation of devices containing signal processing components for noise reduction. In contrast to “classical” listening tests according to ITU-T Rec. P.800, test subjects are asked for independent votes for speech quality (S-MOS), noise intrusiveness (N-MOS) and overall/global quality (G-MOS). However, since auditory testing is time-consuming and expensive, several instrumental models for quality prediction according to ITU-T Rec. P.835 were developed and standardized in the past. These models are already commercially available and widely used in industry for many years. However, so far only narrowband and wideband speech signals were supported. As devices with a higher acoustic bandwidth (e.g., terminals supporting the EVS-codec) are currently entering the market, an extension to super-wideband and fullband mode was necessary. The new prediction model was developed in close interaction with several standardization committees. A common auditory testing framework was specified and a considerable number of auditory databases for training and validation was created. This contribution provides an overview of the final prediction model, which was recently introduced and standardized as ETSI TS 103 281. In addition, several prediction results from validation databases are presented.
New algorithms for NLOS Identification

A major concern of cellular and PCS-based wireless location systems is the effect of the harsh propagation environment, particularly non-line-of-sight (NLOS) propagation. In order to improve location accuracy under such conditions, many NLOS mitigation algorithms utilize the knowledge of wether the base station (BS)mobile station (MS) path is line-of-sight (LOS) or non-line-of-sight (NLOS). In this paper we present four algorithms that utilize the received power envelope characteristics to to perform the NLOS identification.
Applied Vegetation Science 19 ( 2016 ) 20 – 30 Revegetation with native species does not control the invasive Ruellia simplex in a floodplain forest in Florida , USA

Methods: We evaluated re-vegetation following herbicide application to control R. simplex. For re-vegetation, we planted or seeded native species (Andropogon glomeratus, Juncus effusus, Panicum longifolium, Solidago fistulosa) and measured stem density, percentage cover, above-ground biomass and species richness for 1 yr. We compared the results to those from control plots (i.e. no herbicide, no re-vegetation) and plots where R. simplex was sprayed with herbicide but not planted or seeded with native species.
Health Related Quality of Life in End-Stage Renal Disease Patients

Background: The purpose of this study is to assess the psychosocial reality of patients undergoing renal replacement therapy (RRT) with peritoneal dialysis (PD) in a level III University Hospital. This study also evaluated the prevalence of anxiety and depression in this cohort of subjects. Methods: Observational, prospective and cross-sectional study conducted, from January to December 2018, on patients undergoing RRT with PD. Health related quality of life (HRQOL) was evaluated by means two different methods: A visual analogue scale (VAS) score and the Medical Outcomes Survey Short Form-36 (SF-36) questionnaire. Utility measurements were evaluated by means the EuroQol 5D (EQ-5D), the Health Utilities Index Mark III (HUI3) and the SF-6 Dimension (SF-6D). The State-Trait-Anger-eXpression-Inventory (STAXI) and the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) were used as clinical scales. Results: Fifty-eight patients were included in the analysis. Mean VAS score was 66.8 (16.8). Physical component of SF-36 exhibited a mean value of 40.9 (7.5), while the mental component of the SF-36 reached a mean value of 47.6 (10.2). Mean utility score observed with SF-6D [0.65 (0.20)] was significantly lower than that obtained with the EQ-5D [0.75 (0.16), p=0.0025] or the HUI3 [0.82 (0.23), p=0.0001], respectively. According to the HADS scores, a 6.8% of patients can be categorized within the category of clinical anxiety and 13.6% in the category of clinical depression. Conclusions: The results of this study suggested that end-stage renal disease and RRT impact on the HRQOL, but not in all the dimensions at the same level.
Do Digital Coins Have Fundamental Values? Evidence from Machine Learning

The rapid development of cryptocurrencies has raised questions about whether it is driven by technology innovations or investor speculations. Using machine learning techniques, we construct a novel technology index (Tech) of individual cryptocurrencies from their Initial Coin Offering (ICO) whitepapers. We find that the ICOs with high Tech Indexes are more likely to succeed and less likely to be delisted. The Tech Index does not predict short-run returns of ICOs, but it positively predicts ICOs’ long-run performance. Overall, the results suggest that fundamental is an important driving force for the valuation of ICOs.
Early Binaural Hearing : The Comparison of Temporal Differences at the Two Ears

Many mammals, including humans, are exquisitely sensitive to tiny time differences between sounds at the two ears. These interaural time differences are an important source of information for sound detection, for sound localization in space, and for environmental awareness. Two brainstem circuits are involved in the initial temporal comparisons between the ears, centered on the medial and lateral superior olive. Cells in these nuclei, as well as their afferents, display a large number of striking physiological and anatomical specializations to enable submillisecond sensitivity. As such, they provide an important model system to study temporal processing in the central nervous system. We review the progress that has been made in characterizing these primary binaural circuits as well as the variety of mechanisms that have been proposed to underlie their function. 433 A nn u. R ev . N eu ro sc i. 20 19 . 4 2: 43 345 7. D ow nl oa de d fr om w w w . a nn ua lr ev ie w s. or g A cc es s pr ov id ed b y K at ho lie ke U ni ve rs ite it L eu ve n K U L eu ve n on 0 7/ 11 /1 9. F or p er so na l u se o nl y. NE42CH21_Joris ARjats.cls May 29, 2019 8:23 Binaural: combining the information from the two ears
AN ASSESSMENT OF OCCUPA THE DELIVERY OF LOW-INCOME HOUSING IN SOUTH AFRICA

Low-income housing provision has been a major focus of the government in postapartheid South Africa. While success can be noted, there is a growing concern on the housing expectations and satisfaction of the housing occupants . Utilizing postoccupancy survey conducted in four locations that had benefited from the government housing subsidy scheme, the research identifies how the expectations of the occupants of low-income housing can be met in the Gauteng Province of South Africa. The results from the post-occupancy survey revealed that most of the beneficiaries housing needs were not met, as a majority of the respondents informed that they had expected bigger units; however, when they were allocated the houses, the expectation was not met. Though, a major obstacle while the respondent s expectation was not met pointed toward the lack of consultation between the Department of Human Settlement and the occupants . A comparison is also made to ascertain the correlation between meeting of occupant s expectation and the maintenance of the houses. It is suggested that the Department of Human Settlement should conduct occupants need assessment on future housing project to be developed and on a consistence basis should employ post-occupancy survey to inform, improve and guarantee the expectation and housing satisfaction of the beneficiaries of subsidised housing units in South Africa.
Approximate Hamilton Decompositions of Robustly Expanding Regular Digraphs

We show that every sufficiently large $r$-regular digraph $G$ which has linear degree and is a robust outexpander has an approximate decomposition into edge-disjoint Hamilton cycles, i.e., $G$ contains a set of $r-o(r)$ edge-disjoint Hamilton cycles. Here $G$ is a robust outexpander if for every set $S$ which is not too small and not too large, the “robust” outneighborhood of $S$ is a little larger than $S$. This generalizes a result of Kuhn, Osthus, and Treglown on approximate Hamilton decompositions of dense regular oriented graphs. It also generalizes a result of Frieze and Krivelevich on approximate Hamilton decompositions of quasirandom (di)graphs. In turn, our result is used as a tool by Kuhn and Osthus to prove that any sufficiently large $r$-regular digraph $G$ which has linear degree and is a robust outexpander even has a Hamilton decomposition.
Mehta Social Exchange at Work: Impact on Employee Outcomes DECISION SCIENCES INSTITUTE Social Exchange at Work: Impact on Employees’ Affective and Job-Related Outcomes under Continuous Change (Full Paper Submission)

Over the last decade, the pace and extent of organizational change has increased dramatically. Under such conditions of continuous change, organizations find themselves struggling with issues such as employee stress, turnover, and low productivity. Social exchange, such as leader-member exchange and team member exchange, may play a critical role in employee outcomes during continuous change. In this paper, I propose a mediated model of employee outcomes under continuous change. Highlighting the role of leader-member exchange and team member exchange in employee performance and turnover intentions, I propose that this relationship will be partially mediated by employees’ affective reactions to change.
FAILURE MODE EFFECT AND CRITICALITY ANALYSIS (FMECA) FOR DETERMINATION TIME INTERVAL REPLACEMENT OF CRITICAL COMPONENTS IN WARSHIPS RADAR

Using of radar navigation in Indonesian Warships, specialty in Patrol Boats Unit of Indonesian Eastern Fleet is very vital as remote sensing devices in navigation. It’s using must exist absolutely at the time of Indonesian Warships carry out operations, so the readiness of radar navigation will greatly affect the implementation of the tasks performed. This study aims to obtain critical components on navigation radars on warships and also aims to obtain a critical time interval for replacing critical components of the navigation radar so that warships are ready to operate. In the next stage this research also aims to calculate the cost of critical component replacement components based on the Cost Benefit Ratio (CBR) method. In this paper proposed FMECA models in determining the critical components of Navigation Radar. Failure Mode Effect and Criticality Analysis (FMECA) is used as a methodology to identify and analyze all potential failure modes of various parts of the system, the effects of the failure of the system, how to avoid failure and to reduce the impact of failure on the system. Based on the model is obtained Risk Priority Number (RPN) that is used as a reference value in determining the critical components. RPN value of each component is analyzed by Risk Matrix, from 27 (twenty-seven) components that have been identified, There are obtained seven (7) components that are considered critical: Modulator, Power Supply Scanner, Diodes Limiter, Magnetron, Receiver, Motor, and Circulator. The modulator has the highest RPN value, 24180 and Plotter Control Circuit has the lowest RPN value, 3289. Determining the time interval replacement of critical components that have been obtained using the approach Reliability and Cost Benefit Ratio (CBR). Results indicate that the component replacement Diode Limiter has the fastest time, 152 days. While the replacement of components with the longest time are Motor and Circulator, 458 days. CBR value for all of the critical components are less than 1 (CBR <1), it shows the recommendation of replacement cost was efficient. Diode Limiter has CBR value that is the most efficient, namely 0.57572. From sensitivity analysis is obtained that Reliability R(t) variable greatly affects the determination of the change in the time interval replacement of critical components, in which there are parameter β (slope), Ƴ parameter (location), and the parameter Ƞ (scale). Parameter β more influence on changes in the value of Reliability R(t).
OBSERVATIONS OF ATMOSPHERIC CO 2 CONCENTRATION AND ITS CARBON ISOTOPIC RATIO IN CHINA

Systematic measurements of the CO2 concentration and its carbon isotopic ratio (δC) have been carried out at 7 locations in China since March or July 2003. Seasonal cycles of the CO2 concentration and δC were clearly observable, especially at Longfengshan, Shangdianzi and Fukang. The δC value of source producing the seasonal CO2 cycle at each site, δS, was estimated from the observed CO2 and δC seasonal cycles. The average value of δS derived for the 6 sites was calculated to be -25.6 (±1.8) ‰, which is larger than those observed at mid-latitudes in the western Pacific region, probably due to smaller discrimination of C by C4 plants in the continent of China.