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Multi-signal EMI and geoarchaeolog y: evaluating integrated magnetic susceptibility measurements for archaeological prospection

The use of electromagnetic induction (EMI) sensors in archaeology has remained limited compared to the application of conventional prospection methods such as magnetometer and ground penetrating radar (GPR) [1]. With the introduction of multicoil EMI instruments, different simultaneous measurements of both soil apparent electrical conductivity (ECa) and magnetic susceptibility (MSa) have added potential for geoarchaeological prospection. In this paper we present EMI data from a recently discovered archaeological site in Belgium. Both the ECa and MSa data revealed several archaeological structures. To evaluate these findings, a detailed fluxgate gradiometer survey was conducted. Compared to the MSa data, the magnetometer survey introduced little additional information and confirmed all findings from the EMI survey. The remarkable correlation between gradiometer and EMI data, illustrates the potential of multi-signal EMI for archaeological prospection. Keywords-component; mobile EMI; multi-signal; magnetic susceptibility; electrical conductivity; fluxgate gradiometer
Piezoelectric Energy Generation from Vehicle Traffic with Technoeconomic Analysis

This paper presents a technical simulation based system to support the concept of generating energy from road traffic using piezoelectric materials. The simulation based system design replicates a real life system implementation. It investigates practicality and feasibility using a real-time simulation platform known as MATLAB-Simulink. The system design structure was proposed considering factors involved with the field of material sciences for piezoelectric generator modeling and field of power electronics for additional components in producing a realist outcome. It also ensures ease of vehicle performance, as this system utilizes energy source derived as kinetic energy released from vehicles into electrical power output, that is, obtained by harnessing kinetic energy due to strain of vehicles over asphalt road surface. Due to the real-time simulation platform, the system simulation predicts the effective global carbon footprint. In addition to evaluating technical viability, a technoeconomical business analysis provides a strategic perspective. By using the simulation based power generation results, an estimation of implementation cost and payback time in real life (for United Arab Emirates) was derived, hence validating and predicting real-time economic outcome. This is followed by a comparative study with other sources of renewable energy based on levelized energy cost factor that justifies the performance of the proposed system over other renewable energy sources, in support of providing an economical solution on reducing global carbon footprint.
Survival of Greater Sage-Grouse Chicks and Broods in the Northern Great Basin

Abstract Reduced annual recruitment because of poor habitat quality has been implicated as one of the causative factors in the range-wide decline of sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) populations since the 1950s. Because chick and brood survival are directly linked to annual recruitment and may be the primary factors that limit sage-grouse population growth, we estimated 28-day survival rates of radiomarked chicks and broods from 2000 to 2003. We examined relationships between survival and several habitat variables measured at brood sites, including food availability (insects and forbs); horizontal cover of sagebrush, grasses, and forbs; and vertical cover of sagebrush and grass. We monitored 506 radiomarked chicks from 94 broods; chick survival was 0.392 (SE = 0.024). We found evidence that both food and cover variables were positively associated with chick survival, including Lepidoptera availability, slender phlox (Phlox gracilis) frequency, total forb cover, and grass cover. The effect of total grass cover on chick survival was dependent on the proportion of short grass. The hazard of an individual chick's death decreased 8.6% (95% CI = −1.0 to 18.3) for each percentage point increase in total grass cover when the proportion of short grass was >70%. Survival of 83 radiomarked broods was 0.673 (SE = 0.055). Lepidoptera availability and slender phlox frequency were the only habitat variables related to brood survival. Risk of total brood loss decreased by 11.8% (95% CI = 1.2–22.5) for each additional Lepidoptera individual and 2.7% (95% CI = −0.4 to 5.8) for each percentage point increase in the frequency of slender phlox found at brood sites. Model selection results revealed that temporal differences in brood survival were associated with variation in the availability of Lepidoptera and slender phlox. Years with high brood survival corresponded with years of high Lepidoptera availability and high slender phlox frequency. These foods likely provided high-quality nutrition for chicks during early growth and development and enhanced survival. Habitat management that promotes Lepidoptera and slender phlox abundance during May and June (i.e., early brood rearing) should have a positive effect on chick and brood survival in the short term and potentially increase annual recruitment.
Gall-induced stress in the leaves of Terminalia arjuna, food plant of tropical tasar silkworm, Antheraea mylitta.

Tasar silkworm Antheraea mylitta Drury is reared on one of the important food plants, Terminalia arjuna(Arjun). Leaf gall Trioza fletcheri minor (Hemiptera: Psyllidae) is the most important gall forming insect on theleaves which has bearing on productive traits of tasar silkworm. Gall formation is the consequence ofinteraction between the offensive stimulus of the insect and the defensive response of the plant. Hence, thestress on Arjun leaves imparted due to gall formation was studied. There was significant decrease inphotosynthesis rate (P
Growth performance of Thorn less Bamboos (Bambusa balcooa Roxb. and Bambusa vulgaris Schrader ex J. C. Wendland)

One of the most unique and versatile groups of plants known to mankind, the bamboos occupy a special place in the lives of the rural, especially in Asia. Often called the giant grass, the graceful weaving stalks give it, an enchanting appearance. Bamboo is known as ‘poor man’s timber’, ‘the cradle to coffin plant’ and ‘green gold’. More recently, bamboo has been called the "wonder plant" (INBAR, 2004), the "miracle grass" (ETI PROSEA, 2001) and the "raw materials of the 21 st century". The plant shakes violently by the storm, bends but never breaks. Many bamboo species have high utilization value with more than 1500 documented uses. Bamboos play an important role in local economies and their commercial importance is growing at national and international level (Bystriakova et al., 2004). Bamboos are the most important items of forest produce used by the rural communities in Asia and the Pacific. Bamboos are woody perennial evergreen monocotyledonous having considerable economic, social and ecological importance. Woody bamboo belongs to the tribe Bambuseae that comprise 9 to 10 sub tribes, containing between 59 and 111 genera and at least 1447 species (Ohrnberger, 1999). The diversity observed within this group of plants is huge, ranging from very small members up to tall stately individuals measuring over 30 m tall. About 300 species are so far reported from China, 130 species from India, 55 species from the Philippines, 50 species from Thailand, 33 species from Bangladesh, 31 species from Indonesia, 26 species from Papua New Guinea and 12 species from Malaysia International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences ISSN: 2319-7706 Volume 6 Number 4 (2017) pp. 32-39 Journal homepage: http://www.ijcmas. com
Boundaries and place : European borderlands in geographical context

Chapter 1 Learning from Europe? Borderlands in Social and Geographical Context Part 2 PART I: Boundaries in the New Europe Chapter 3 The 'Civilisational' Roots of European National Boundaries Chapter 4 Changing Geographies of Scale and Hierarchy in European Borderlands Chapter 5 Euroregions in Comparative Perspective Part 6 PART II: Change in the "Established" Europe Chapter 7 Transboundary Networking in Catalonia Chapter 8 Integration and Division in the Basque Borderland Chapter 9 Asymmetrical and Hybrid Identities in the Northern Italian Borderlands Chapter 10 Common Spirit in the Upper Rhine Valley? Chapter 11 Urban Borderlands and the Politics of Place in Northern Ireland Part 12 PART III: Change in the Emerging Europe Chapter 13 Place, Boundaries, and the Construction of Finnish Territory Chapter 14 An Emerging Borderland in Eastern Slavonia? Chapter 15 Galician Identities and Political Cartographies on the Polish-Ukrainian Border Chapter 16 Place and Discourse in the Formation of the Northeast Estonian Borderland Chapter 17 Symbolic and Functional Balance on Europe's Northern Borders
Developments in Business Simulation & Experiential Learning , Volume 26 , 1999 A TESTBANK FOR MEASURING TOTAL ENTERPRISE SIMULATION LEARNING

This paper describes a procedure to construct a test bank of 120 items categorized according to pre-determined learning objectives designed to assess whether or not learning takes place from playing a total enterprise simulation. The paper also contains the list of forty learning objectives and examples of items in the test bank. Finally, a pilot study is presented showing reliability and validity data for a selected sample of test bank items.
An Exploration of Students’ Difficulties in Using Critical Thinking Skills in Reading

This study intends to explore students’ difficulties in using critical thinking skills in reading. The subject of this study was second year undergraduate students of Ar-Raniry State Islamic University, Banda Aceh. This qualitative study analysed students’ difficulties in using critical thinking skills in term of interpretation, analysis, evaluation, inference, explanation, and self-regulation. A personal interview was conducted to find the data from the students. The result indicates that students’ lack of practicing let them difficult in using critical thinking skills in reading. The other difficulties found were lack of language mastery, implied meaning, background knowledge, repetition and lack of vocabulary. Among six problems discovered above, lack of practicing, background knowledge and language mastery had made the students felt that critical thinking was difficult to be applied.
Cementitious Composites Containing Recycled Tire Rubber: An Overview of Engineering Properties and Potential Applications

One of the major environmental challenges facing municipalities around the world is the disposal of worn out automobile tires. To address this global problem, several studies have been conducted to examine various applications of recycled tire rubber (fine crumb rubber and coarse tire chips). Examples include the reuse of ground tire rubber in a variety of rubber and plastic products, thermal incineration of waste tires for the production of electricity or as fuel for cement kilns, and use of recycled rubber chips in asphalt concrete. Unfortunately, generation of waste tires far exceeds these uses. This paper emphasizes another technically and economically attractive option, which is the use of recycled tire rubber in portland cement concrete. Preliminary studies show that workable rubberized portland cement concrete (rubcrete) mixtures can be made provided that appropriate percentages of tire rubber are used in such mixtures. Achievements in this area are examined in this paper, with special focus on engineering properties of rubcrete mixtures. These include: workability, compressive strength, split-tensile strength, flexural strength, elastic modulus, Poisson's ratio, toughness, impact resistance, sound and heat insulation, and freezing and thawing resistance. The benefits of using magnesium oxychloride cement as a binder for rubberized concrete mixtures are discussed. Various applications in which rubcrete could be advantageous over conventional concrete are described.
Utilizing Emoticons on Mobile Devices within ESM studies to Measure Emotions in the Field

Assessing emotions in situ while people are using technology is a difficult endeavor. Several assumptions on the concept of emotion exist in the research field of HCI and similarly several methodological approaches how to measure them. In this position paper we propose the usage of emoticons on mobile devices within experience sampling method (ESM) studies to measure emotions in-situ while the mobile device is used. Since ESM studies often requires high efforts form the participant in terms of being interrupted several times a day it is especially important for ESM studies to have a means to be able to capture quick emotional user states and responses. We present a set of five emoticons, which cover two dimensions of emotions (strength and arousal) within one scale. To our conviction these emoticons allow an intuitive option for users to state their emotions on a mobile device during an ESM study. Using a case study, we investigated the feasibility of emoticons as answer categories for questions aiming at emotional states and feelings. We found that besides the space-saving aspect of the emoticons, which is an important aspect in conducting mobile studies on small displays, findings were not biased and participants had a positive user experience towards these question types. Furthermore, the usability of the emoticons was evaluated.
Contributions to the morphological variation of the common gudgeon, Gobio gobio complex (Teleostei: Cyprinidae), in the upper Vistula drainage (southeast Poland)

Contributions to the morphological variation of the common gudgeon, Gobio gobio complex (Teleostei: Cyprinidae), in the upper Vistula drainage (southeast Poland) Recent molecular research indicates that several distinct species have been confused under the name Gobio gobio (L.); thus, comparative investigations of numerous local populations are urgently needed. The present study presents and discusses detailed morphometric characteristics of 82 individuals from the G. gobio complex of nine tributaries of the upper Vistula River (southeast Poland) within the context of the known variability of this species. The specimens analyzed generally resemble G. gobio s. stricto in a number of morphometric and meristic characters. The results are rather consistent with previous literature data on Polish populations of the "common gudgeon"; however, as long as molecular analyses are not available, precise identification is impossible. Zmienność morfologiczna kiełbia krótkowąsego Gobio gobio (L.) w dorzeczu Górnej Wisły (południowo-wschodnia Polska) W świetle najnowszych badań molekularnych pod nazwą kiełb krótkowąsy, Gobio gobio (L.), kryje się cały szereg odrębnych linii ewolucyjnych, które według ewolucyjnej koncepcji gatunku należy uznać za odrębne gatunki. Dlatego tak ważne jest opisanie zmienności morfologicznej kiełbi z rodzaju Gobio. W niniejszej pracy zestawiono cechy morfometryczne (tab. 1-3) i merystyczne (tab. 5-6) opracowane na materiale 82 kiełbi pozyskanych z 9 rzek w dorzeczu Górnej Wisły (rys. 1). Zgodnie z oczekiwaniami, obserwowana zmienność cech przeliczalnych nie była wysoka. Przebadane kiełbie posiadały następującą charakterystykę merystyczną: D III. (6)7, A III.6, l.l. (38)39-41(42)+(1)2(3), sq1 (5)6(7), sq2 (3)4, (13,14)15-16(17,18) łusek przedgrzbietowych, (12)13-14(15,16) łusek dookoła trzonu ogonowego, (2)4-6 łusek pomiędzy odbytem a podstawą płetwy odbytowej oraz (0,1)2(3,4) łusek pomiędzy końcem płetwy piersiowej a podstawą płetw brzusznych (tab. 5-6). Pod względem zróżnicowania cech morfometrycznych kiełbie z przebadanych dopływów Górnej Wisły nie odbiegały znacząco od danych literaturowych (tab. 4). Jedyną cechą odróżniającą omawiane populacje od pozostałych kiełbi z terenu Polski jest wyraźnie dłuższa odległość zagrzbietowa (poD; tab. 4). W związku z niskimi liczebnościami poszczególnych grup jakakolwiek analiza statystyczna nie była możliwa. Niniejsza praca jest przyczynkiem do poznania zmienności morfologicznej relatywnie słabo poznanej grupy ryb, jaką są kiełbie rodzaju Gobio. Pewne dyskretne różnice wskazane przez autorów mogą się stać punktem wyjścia do dalszych analiz porównawczych, najlepiej morfologiczno-molekularnych, umożliwiających w przyszłości identyfikację poszczególnych gatunków z tego zespołu.
A Preliminary Study on Students' Perception of SMS Banking:A Case at The Labuan International Campus-UniversityMalaysia Sabah

Mobile phones are crucial for those who are busy with daily routine activities, especially those who are employed as well as students. The objective of this study is to identify the key points which are relevant to the students perceptions of SMS banking by the use of a survey conducted during July C September 2005. This research used university students as the sample, namely from Labuan International Campus-Universiti Malaysia Sabah. In this paper, a total of 317 students were approached which was considered as a preliminary way to observe their perceptions of SMS banking. Through various SPSS analyses, we discovered that 38 percent of male respondents and 61 percent of the female respondents know what SMS is. Surprisingly, only female respondents used SMS banking with 0.95 percent, which is consistent with the study by Laforet and Li (2005) and Howcroft, Hamilton and Hewer (2002). Findings also discovered that all of the socio-demographic elements have their own level of significance. In general, it can be concluded that students perceptions were not homogeneous and an education level was insufficient to explain the SMS banking usage among the respondents.
Study of the Urban and Rural Education’s Fairness in the Field of Public Service

With the rapid economic development and social progress, the increased polarization between urban and rural areas makes the wealth gap become the resistance to block the development of state and society. The basic reason to widen the polarization of the rich and the poor is that the basic public service is not equal in urban and rural areas. And the problem of the rural-urban education’s fairness is the core problem of the basic public service between urban and rural areas. So this paper is aimed at sorting out the current situation of education justice between urban and rural areas, and studying the reasons and the countermeasures of the problem.
Barriers of Attendance For The Syracuse Crunch

The main purpose of this research was to identify the different barriers that could impact attendance for the Syracuse Crunch, a minor league hockey team (AHL). The results of this study provided the Syracuse Crunch front office with information that could have the possibility of improving marketing and promotional strategies to its varying consumer database. Prior to this study, a great amount of research has been conducted that identifies the factors that contribute to one’s attendance at other professional sporting events, however, there are limited amounts of research that have looked to uncover what effects attendance at the minor league level. Furthermore, past research hasn’t looked greatly in detail on what effects attendance at minor league hockey games. This study utilized a survey based design using quantitative data in order to identify which barriers more frequently effect the attendance of Syracuse Crunch fans. The survey was sent to initial participants, and in turn, was distributed by these participants to other people that were interested in participating in this study. Results from this research identified that in-game atmosphere had the greatest impact on attendance as well as friends and family influence, and ease of access being among other contributing factors of attendance at Syracuse Crunch games. With renovations set to occur during 2017-2018 offseason, knowing that in-game atmosphere is such a great determinant will have a strong influence on what is done to create a better experience at Syracuse Crunch games. Document Type Undergraduate Project Professor's Name Katharine A. Burakowski Subject Categories Sports Management This undergraduate project is available at Fisher Digital Publications: https://fisherpub.sjfc. edu/sport_undergrad/137 Barriers of Attendance: Syracuse Crunch 1 Barriers of Attendance: The Study on the Syracuse Crunch (AHL)
Cell Composition of the Subendothelial Aortic Intima and the Role of Alpha-Smooth Muscle Actin Expressing Pericyte-Like Cells and Smooth Muscle Cells in the Development of Atherosclerosis

The cell composition of the human arterial intima has been intensely studied but is still not well understood. The majority of cell population in normal and atherosclerotic intima is represented by cells expressing smooth muscle α-actin, which are thought to be smooth muscle cells. Some antigens, which are absent in medial smooth muscle cells, were detected in intimal smooth muscle cells. In particular, using 3G5 antiper‐ icyte antibody, presence of stellate-shaped pericyte-like resident cells in normal and atherosclerotic human aortic intima has been found. In all analyzed aortic tissue specimens, 3G5+ cells were found to account for more than 30% of the total intimal cell population of undiseased intima. In the atherosclerotic lesions, the number of 3G5+ cells becomes notably lower than that in undiseased intima. The use of 2A7 antibody that identifies activated pericytes revealed the presence of 2A7+ cells in atherosclerotic plaques, while no 2A7+ cells were detected in normal intima. The strongest correlation was established between the number of pericyte-like cells and the content of intimal lipids. The correlation coefficients between the number of pericyte-like cells and collagen content and intimal thickness were greater than the correlation coefficients for smooth muscle cells. On the basis of these findings, pericyte-like cells but not smooth muscle cells or other cell types have been declared to be the key cellular element driving the formation of atherosclerotic lesions. The present chapter aims to detail the abovementioned issues. The present chapter also aims to promote a view that α-smooth muscle actin+ pericyte-like cells represent the key players in the development of atherosclerotic lesions. © 2015 The Author(s). Licensee InTech. This chapter is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Performance of individual investors and personal investment objectives

This paper investigates the performance of 56’723 individual investors using a large French database between 1999 and 2006. In accordance with previous studies, investors in our sample exhibit poor performances and the securities bought are less profitable than the securities sold on the whole period dataset. Taking into consideration the considerable heterogeneity across investors, we show how personal investment objectives, defined by direct proxies, impact portfolio performance. Controlling for diversification, turnover and usual risk factors, investors who have high aspirations underperform their peers whereas those who have low ones outperform their peers.