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Necessity Is the Mother of Invention for Research and Extension Agenda of Rubber Smallholders

: Researchers and extensionists would pursue their interests to develop new inventions and encourage rubber smallholders to adopt new technology and practices to increase production of their holdings. Three interrelated systems, research and development (R&D) system, extension/delivery system and client (smallholders) system, are responsible to make the rubber industry viable and dynamic. The extension system is also encouraged to identify and carry out related research activities besides its own core function to enhance clients’ understanding and to use the findings as basis to plan effective strategies for implementation. Knowledge acquisition among clients is critical in capacity building process. With knowledge, clients tend to develop favorable attitude and use it to develop specific skill to practice recommended technology and new practices. Necessity is the mother of invention in times of need, especially when rubber price is low. Researchers, extensionists and smallholders are “forced” to collaborate and become creative to find alternative ways and uses of natural rubber to increase demand of the commodity. When natural rubber price is low, funding for research needs to be maintained at current level, or in some cases, funding is increased to ensure that the industry is not void of new technology and new products. The main goal of the rubber industry is to ensure that new technology and practices are continuously being generated and developed by researchers to be adopted by rubber smallholders. The adoption of new technology and practices by smallholders ensures that production of natural rubber continues to increase, while income of smallholders is maintained or increased at an appreciative level to offset low rubber prices. There is an inclination in the rubber industry that when the commodity’s price is low, activities and programs related to research and dissemination of research results would follow to be reduced, resulting in stagnation and opportunities for future growth of the industry. The National Blue Ocean Strategy (NBOS) should be used to harness expertise in research among researchers of local universities, as well as to cooperate among extensionists from agencies at state and national levels to help disseminate research results. The NBOS can reduce cost, and has bigger impacts and wider applications of natural rubber for local and international markets.
Psychological and psychiatric issues in the pediatric setting

-- Contributors are recognized experts in the field of pediatric psychology and psychiatry. -- Integrates the disciplines by addressing both medical and psychological pediatric issues in a tightly-organized and comprehensive manner.Recently there has been increased recognition of the importance of psychological and psychiatric interventions to children's health and the advances in science which have highlighted the effectiveness of treatments developed by pediatric psychologists and psychiatrists. Because of this, there is a growing need for a book that integrates these disciplines in the pediatric setting as it addresses both medical and psychological / psychiatric issues in a comprehensive manner. This state-of the art two-volume reference does just that and more.Written by prominent researchers and consultants in the field of pediatric psychology and psychiatry, the first volume covers a range of topics, including: developmental issues and disabilities, legal issues in a pediatric setting, sleep, anxiety and eating disorders, substance abuse, and much more.
Information seeking behaviour patterns of dental trauma patients and their parents

Introduction: Traumatic dental injuries are considered a dental public health problem due to their high prevalence worldwide. Major complications can be associated with trauma, affecting the quality of life of patients and their parents/carers. Information retention has been reported to decrease following stressful situations. It is important to understand the information seeking behavior (ISB) of these families to help them understand and retain information provided regarding dental trauma. Aims: To investigate the ways in which dental trauma patients and their parents, look for information, the reasons why, and the types of information they would like to receive. Also to draw comparisons between children and their parents regarding ISB. Method: This was a mixed qualitative and quantitative prospective study included two phases. Phase one involved qualitative data collection from in-depth interviews conducted with trauma patients and their parents. These interviews were analysed using framework analysis and commonly occurring concepts identified. Phase II of the study involved distributing patient and parent questionnaires, based on the themes and subthemes identified from the interviews. Results of phase I: One-to-one in-depth interviews were conducted with 10 patients and 11 parents. Patients’ interviews identified 10 main themes while parents’ interviews identified 8 main themes. Each one of these themes incorporated subthemes. The themes were used to develop patient and parent-based questionnaires, which were piloted with 13 patients prior to phase II. Results of phase II: questionnaires were distributed to 68 patients and 70 parents. Initially, the majority of patients wanted to know if their tooth could be saved, possible outcomes and planned procedures to treat their teeth. Concerns during treatment were mainly about function and aesthetics. Patients preferred to receive this information verbally from their dentist. Parents initial concerns were similar to the patients’, and included the possible long-term outcome, severity of the trauma, possibility of maintaining the tooth and available treatment options. During treatment, the majority of parents were also worried about aesthetics and the possibility of the tooth losing vitality. In the long-term, parents were mostly concerned about available treatment options when their V children reached adulthood. Parents’ preferred to receive written information in the form of summary letter or booklet. Conclusion: It is important to understand that the information needs of patients and parents differ and to tailor information provision for each group accordingly.
One Step Ahead

Abstract This research examines how seniors make choices in their use of leisure time and how that information can assist community program planners. The study draws on data gathered through interview and observation of leisure as it occurred naturally among older adults. A desire for successful aging and intergenerational contact emerged from the data as did a description of features wanted in a senior environment. Knowledge of leisure and social pursuits unique to members of their local community can guide a senior center staff as they shape programs to attract and serve a broader spectrum of the retirement population.
Cost Efficiency of the Ghanaian Banking Sector: The Post-Liberalisation Experience

Using data from 1997 to 2008, this paper investigates the cost efficiency of the Ghanaian banking sector after financial liberalisation. The Ghanaian bank with the highest efficiency score is found to be operating at maximum possible efficiency. The average bank is however operating at high costs. Despite mixed evidence in the literature, there is the received wisdom that most cross-border mergers and acquisitions post-liberalisation result in failure due to factors that include poor credit quality, inadequate generation of fee income, and poor customer mix. In Ghana, the situation is different because the only foreign-acquired bank had prior knowledge of the local conditions and has managed to utilise this advantage, coupled with redundancy programmes and layoffs and without branch expansion following the acquisition, to operate at a relatively high level of cost efficiency.
Nursing Education: Foundations for Practice Excellence

Foundations for Nursing Education Philosophical Foundations for Excellence in Teaching The Art and Science of Nursing Education Nursing Education as a Career Curriculum Development Teaching for the Learner Management Strategies in Educational Settings Using Technology in Nursing Education The Learning Laboratory Instructional Methods Evaluation Strategies Promoting Reflection in Groups of Diverse Nursing Students Managing Strategies in Client Care Settings Role Transition Achieving Excellence in Nursing Education AACN Shaping a Future Vision for Nursing Education Nursing Education in the Future.
INNOVATED TECHNOLOGY OF THE PERFORMANCE EVALUATION SYSTEM FOR ACADEMIC HEADS.

: Advancement of technology is the language of the modern society. With the rapid evolution of computers where Internet of Things, Big Data, Cloud Computing and the like are the universal direction, appraisal and evaluation of human resources, in similar manner have to cope with such change. This paper tested an innovated technology system for the evaluation of academic heads in an educational institution. In the testing of this new technology utilization the researchers used the Technology Acceptance Model. The result showed that the respondents agreed to the usability of the features of the system, easy to use, and functional as desired. It was concluded that there is a need to shift from web-based design to a mobile application and adopt the Innovated Technology Model of the Academic Heads Performance Evaluation System using an Android platform that would operate through smartphones for evaluation. The new mobile application would help the employees evaluate their academic heads with lesser time consumptions which would lead to the productivity of every faculty for the benefit of all shareholders.
A role for iron in oesophageal adenocarcinoma

In Western populations the incidence of oesophageal adenocarcinoma (OAC) is increasing greater than any other malignant disease. Increasing epidemiological and experimental evidence associates iron with OAC. Our understanding of iron physiology has increased enormously in recent years due to the elucidation of transport proteins and regulatory pathways. Haem scavenging and metabolism remains to be clearly characterised although candidate import proteins have been identified. This project aimed to characterise the iron transport machinery in the progression of OAC and the effects of iron exposure in-vitro. Overexpression of iron and haem import proteins, with a repression of iron export, was identified in the progression of Barrett’s metaplasia to OAC suggesting a role for iron in disease progression. Interestingly expression of hepcidin, the hepatic peptide responsible for systemic control of iron, was identified in samples of OAC. Culturing OAC cells with iron or haem increased cell proliferation, migration and anchorage independent growth. These effects were inhibited by the addition of alginate, a naturally occurring chelator. Knockdown of LRP-1, the prime haem import candidate, confirmed the role of this transporter. Understanding the differential expression of these proteins between benign and malignant tissue may permit novel therapeutic strategies in the future.
Social Media Commerce: Next Frontier in Online Shopping Focused on Chinese Consumers

Chinese social media heavily influence consumers’ purchasing decisions compared with other countries’ social media use. Furthermore, Chinese millennials purchase products using social media commerce, a fast-growing, online commerce platform in China. This study tried to answer following questions to understand the new platform of online commerce: (a) how do different types of products influence Chinese social media users’ perceptions of social media commerce? (b) Are there gender differences in perceiving risk and convenience of social media commerce? And (c) how do Chinese consumers’ perception affect their trust and willingness to purchase products through social media? This study employed a between-subjects’ online experiment of a fictitious Weibo page to measure Chinese social media users’ perceptions of social media commerce. A total of 149 Chinese university students were recruited from Jiangsu Province, China. The results confirm the importance of product types and gender on consumers’ perceptions of social media commerce and how their perceptions of the convenience of social media commerce strongly influence their purchase intentions in China.
Transcatheter therapy in pediatric cardiology

Partial table of contents: Historical Aspects of Therapeutic Catheterization (P. Rao) Balloon Atrial Septostomy: Current Perspective (L. Kidd) Blade Atrial Septostomy (S. Park & W. Neches) Technique of Balloon Valvuloplasty/Angioplasty (P. Rao) Mechanism of Balloon Valvuloplasty/Angioplasty (M. Thapar & P. Rao) Balloon Pulmonary Valvuloplasty for Isolated Pulmonic Stenosis (P. Rao) Balloon Valvuloplasty for Aortic Stenosis (P. Rao) Balloon Valvotomy in Atrioventricular Valve Stenoses (M. Al-Zaibag & M. Halim) Balloon Dilatation of Fixed Subaortic Stenosis (Z. Lababidi) Balloon Angioplasty of Native Aortic Coarctation (P. Rao) Balloon Angioplasty for Aortic Recoarctation Following Previous Surgery (P. Rao) Balloon Angioplasty for Peripheral Pulmonary Artery Stenosis (A. Rocchini) Transcatheter Closure of Atrial Septal Defects (L. Latson) Conclusions and Future Directions (P. Rao) Index.
THE EFFECT OF Tinospora crispa ON ANTI OXIDANT STATUS IN STREPTOZOTOCIN INDUCED DIABETIC RATS

Diabetes is a leading cause of cellular oxidative stress which can lead to toxic effects on structure and function of organs, including β-cell in the pancreas. Islet cells of pancreas are among the tissues that have the lowest level of an antioxidant defense. In a chronic hyperglycemic state, a number of reactive oxygen species accumulate in an excess amount and cause chronic oxidative stress in the islet cell. This study aimed to investigate the effect of T inospora crispa aqueous extract (TC) on oxidant status in streptozotocin (STZ)-induced diabetic rats. Fifty mg/kgbw of STZ was intraperitoneally induced to Sprague-Dawley rats. The animals were divided into five groups (n=6); normal (N), normal TC treated (NT), diabetic (D), diabetic TC treated (DT), and diabetic treated with Vitamin E (DE), respectively. Treatment was delivered for 4 weeks and blood sample were withdrawn for parameters measurement. The data among groups were compared using one way ANOVA test, while paired t-test was used to analyse the differences between data of pre and post treatment. In normal groups, the antioxidant and oxidative stress level of N group did not differ noticeably with NT group. In diabetic groups, the antioxidant status in DT rats showed that TC might prevent a decrease of superoxide dismutase level which was reduced in other diabetic groups. It also increased the glutathione peroxidase enzymes in animals TC treated (NT and DT). Oxidative stress level (lipid hydroperoxide and isoprostane) went up substantially in group D and no significant changes in other groups. These results showed that TC might protect diabetic subjects from reactive oxygen species generation by enhanced ant-oxidant enzymes level.
Politicisation or Professionalisation? Exploring Divergent Aims within UK Voluntary Sector Peer Mentoring

Meaningful &#8216;user involvement&#8217; is an established aim of social work practice, and increasingly, an aspiration of criminal justice, yet there are unique challenges to participatory work within punitive contexts. Drawing upon a study of peer mentoring in the voluntary sector, this article unveils some core tensions related to (ex)service user involvement in criminal justice. Interviews with mentors, mentees, and key stakeholders, along with direct observations of practice, reveal that respondents often see their work as personal&#8208;political, emphasising the value of lived expertise and of collective action to address limiting social conditions. Simultaneously, however, mentoring is framed nationally and shaped locally by more established aims to correct, improve, and manage, individual &#8216;offenders&#8217;. There is, therefore, a fundamental tension between processes of politicisation, or coming together to assert a user voice and affect social change; and professionalisation, wherein mentors are co&#8208;opted into forms of practice they often critique.
The Becoming of Age: Cinematic Visions of Mind, Body and Identity in Later Life

– 116 (2015) 113 Pamela Gravagne examines contemporary popular fi lm’s treatment of age and aging in her thought-provoking and well-researched book, The Becoming of Age: Cinematic Visions of Mind, Body and Identity in Later Life (2013) . Film and popular culture have, for some time, promoted an ageism refl ecting the dominant Western model of old age as frailty and dependency. Just as fi lms have infl uenced our perceptions of class, gender, and race, the images and messages of age produced by the dominant cinema (primarily Hollywood) have shaped our perceptions and attitudes towards older age and aging. Cinematic images and narratives make associations and convey meanings that have been largely one-dimensional, communicating a visual narrative of decline and, with that, an ageism that has become so pervasive in popular culture and fi lm that ageism has been normalized and rendered largely invisible.
Age and gender differences in online travel reviews and user-generated-content (UGC) adoption: extending the technology acceptance model (TAM) with credibility theory

ABSTRACT This study examines the effects of trustworthiness, expertize, perceived usefulness (PU), and perceived ease of use (PEOU) on usage intention toward user-generated content (UGC) and online reviews among female and male younger and older travelers using SEM. The study tested the model with a sample of 200 UK residents who had taken at least one leisure trip in the preceding 12 months and searched for travel information in advance on travel-review websites. PU was the strongest determinant of UGC usage for males, but it failed to be significant among females. PEOU was the strongest determinant of females’ and older travelers’ usage, but it was non-significant for males and younger travelers. expertize had a significant influence on younger travelers, but not older ones. The results provide additional contributions on the effects of gender and age in online travel reviews to help advance both theory and practice.
AN ANALYSIS OF SPEECH ACT USED IN HARRY POTTER AND THE GOBLET OF FIRE MOVIE

This research aimed at analyzing the speech act used in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire movie. This research was conducted in descriptive qualitative. The primary sources of data were utterances in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire movie. This research also used its movie script as a secondary source. The data were collected through observation and documentation techniques and analyzed through the stages of data reduction, data display, verification, and conclusion. The research result showed that the utterances have locutionary act or took the form of declarative, interrogative, imperative and exclamation and those were used to express the direct/indirect illocutionary act of declarative, representative, expressive, directive and commissive. Besides, the use of theforms and their illocutionary acts brought about the result of the perlocutionary acts of belief, annoyance, surprise, enlightenment, confirmation, rejection, obedience, information, happiness/satisfaction, and action. This research enriched the knowledge and understanding of the variety of structures, functions, effects, and classification of language in society.
Examination of non-inpatient nurses ability to engage in patient counseling related to physical activity as a health behavior

Physical activity is suggested in the prevention and treatment of chronic disease. Current guidelines recommend at least 150 minutes of physical activity per week. Registered nurses in the non-inpatient setting may have the opportunity to provide patient counseling about physical activity. PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to examine the counseling behaviors of non-hospital based registered nurses (RN’s) related to physical activity counseling. This study examined the influence of level of nurse training, years of experience, and personal physical activity behaviors on these outcomes. METHODS: Nurses from a state board of nursing and from an academic medical center (N=117) were surveyed regarding counseling behaviors, barriers to counseling, knowledge, ranking of health risk priorities and confidence with physical activity counseling. RESULTS: Of five health risk counseling behaviors queried, 80.9% of nurses reported discussing with patients the intent to adopt a new health behavior; 75.4% of nurses reported advising patients to set goals for health. Respondents reportedly counsel 40% of patients on physical activity for 6.36 (±8.9) minutes per patient and the majority of nurses (68%) reported they agree or strongly agree they are confident counseling about physical activity. Nearly 60% correctly reported current guidelines as 150 minutes or more of physical activity per week. Of 10 health risk behaviors counseled by nurses, physical activity ranked 3rd highest of 10. The most frequently reported barrier to physical activity counseling was “patient not receptive”, reported by 47% of respondents. Further investigation of influence of level of nurse training, years of experience and personal physical activity behaviors on counseling behaviors of nurses is necessary. The results of this study should be interpreted with caution. The smaller than projected sample size, the low response rate and the selected groups of nurses may reduce the generalizability of these findings. CONCLUSION: Non-hospital based nurses are counseling patients regarding physical activity. The majority of nurses reported they are confident with physical activity counseling. Further investigation should expand the group of nurses and should recruit with intent of adequately representing targeted aims. Additionally, the role of training, years of experience and personal behavior should be emphasized.
The Effects of State-Level GAAP Regulation on Municipal Audit Markets, Reporting Quality, and Audit Fees

We examine the effects of financial statement disclosure regulation on auditor market concentration, reporting quality, and audit pricing. We compare auditor industry concentration levels for municipalities reporting under the Single Audit Act in the state of Michigan, which requires GAAP reporting, with concentration rates in Pennsylvania, which has unregulated reporting. We find an association between a comprehensive GAAP disclosure policy and auditor concentration. The disclosure-regulated state also has higher demand for auditor specialization and reporting quality, as evidenced through lower reporting of material weaknesses and shorter reporting lags. Specialist auditors in both environments are associated with greater reporting of control exceptions, but specialization is only associated with shorter reporting lags with disclosure regulation. Using a small sample of survey data for one year, we find evidence that audit pricing is lower in the regulated state, and that specialist pricing varies based on regulation and each specialist audit firm's market positioning.
Chronic Care: Making the Case for Ongoing Care

Chronic Conditions: Making the Case for Ongoing Care was created in December 2002 by Partnership for Solutions: Better Lives for People With Chronic Conditions, a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation national program. It was an update of a 1996 publication written by Catherine Hoffman and Dorothy Rice entitled Chronic Care in America: A 21st Century Challenge. This revision provides an update of chronic health conditions in the United States. Unfortunately, some of the charts could not be updated and remain as .