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Confucianism and the Korean Family

This document examines the influence of Confucianism on the behavior pattern and structure of the family and community in Korea. The introductory section describes Koreas longstanding religious heritage which includes the early introduction of Buddhism and the more recent introduction of Protestantism. Confucianism exerts influence in Korea today through a series of latent ethical values which persist almost unnoticed. A look at the demographic profile of the Korean family reveals some of the changes such as urbanization and wide-scale adoption of family planning which have accompanied industrialization. Koreas fertility decline is described as one of the most rapid in the world. Industrialization has also led to changes in Confucian values which gave the family precedence over individual members and placed the male head of the household in a position of ultimate power. Attitudes about the duty of children to obey their parents and about the value of children (sons) have changed in the past three decades but womens status improvements have lagged. Women suffer discrimination in educational attainment and in the work place. Modern customs governing marriage and divorce are contrasted with those which prevailed in ancient times. Parents may no longer actually arrange marriages but they still expect their children to seek their permission to wed. Inheritance laws which formerly ignored women now hold that in the absence of a will a wife is to receive one-half of the marital property with the other half divided equally among the children. Family structure is becoming more nuclear with fewer stem families (more than two generations) and more small families and role differentiations within families are becoming more democratic although wives still perform the majority of household tasks. Despite the rapid transformation of society caused by industrialization the strength of Confucian values can still be seen in the continuation of patriarchal power structures and son preference.
What Do Expectant Mothers Know about Neonatal Jaundice

Neonatal jaundice (NNJ) is a common disorder worldwide and many affected babies become brain-damaged due to delay in seeking medical consultation. In order to assess the awareness and knowledge of expectant mothers about NNJ, women who registered for antenatal care at a tertiary health facility in the South-western part of Nigeria were consecutively recruited and interviewed by means of a questionnaire. There were 189 participants whose mean age was 30.1±5.2 years. Median parity was 2. Twenty-five (13.2%) of them completed primary education while 88 (46.6%) attended a tertiary institution. All the 189 participants have heard of NNJ, mainly from co-workers - 77 (40.7%) and hospital staff - 73 (38.6%). One hundred and seven respondents (56.6%) knew how to check a baby for NNJ correctly while only 12.2% knew some causes. Ninety-five (49.7%) did not know any danger sign of NNJ and 58 (30.7%) erroneously believed in the efficacy of drugs. Similarly 28 (14.8%) respondents wrongly believed in the use of unproven local remedy. None of the 189 would-be mothers knew any effective preventive measure. It is concluded that expectant mothers do not have adequate knowledge about NNJ. This can hinder effective management of jaundice in their unborn children. Greater public enlightenment campaign is recommended.
Supporting Docker in Emulab-Based Network Testbeds

Researchers conduct experiments in a variety of computing environments, including dedicated testbeds and commercial clouds, and they need convenient mechanisms for deploying their software within these disparate platforms. To address this need, we have extended Emulab so that it can instantiate and configure container-based virtual devices using Docker images. Docker is a de facto standard for packaging and deploying software in cloud environments; now, researchers can use Docker to package and deploy software within Emulab-based testbeds as well. We describe how Emulab incorporates Docker and how it extends Docker images to support the interactivity that researchers expect within a testbed. We show that Emulab can use many popular Docker images to create testbed experiments. We expect that Emulab’s support for Docker will make it easier for researchers to move their activities freely, both into the testbed and out into production.
Energy harvesting eel

A piezoelectric power generator, particularly for use in a flowing fluid stream, comprises an elongated, flexible central layer of a dielectric material having, spaced axially along opposite sides thereof, a plurality of separate piezoelectric elements each formed from a portion of a continuous layer of a piezoelectric layer extending along each opposite side of the central layer sandwiched between a pair of electrodes unique to each piezoelectric element.
Morbidity and mortality in transition countries of Europe.

After the fall of the Berlin Wall in November 1989, Europe’s political, economic and cultural borders shifted once again in the 20 century, with the break-up of the former communist bloc adding 22 new countries to the map of Europe. An immensely diverse region, Europe comprises some of the richest countries in the world alongside regions that have undergone dramatic political, social and economic changes during the last decade, a number of which having ended the 1990s with incomes close to those of the least developed countries. The economic disparities show a distinct geographical pattern, with national income per capita falling almost exponentially along the west-east axis. Thus, in Luxembourg in 2001, GDP per capita was, at $53,780 (PPP), about 50 times that in Tajikistan ($1,170) and at least 20 times that in the countries of the Caucasus region, Moldova, Uzbekistan or Kyrgyzstan (UNDP, 2003).
Optimization of extraction conditions for active components in Equisetum arvense extract

Response surface methodology was applied to predict optimum conditions for equisetum arvense extraction. Central composite design was used to monitor the effects of temperature, stirring speed, ethanol percent, extraction time, solid-liquid ratio on dependent variables such as, extract yield percent, total phenol content, total antioxidant capacity, silicic acid amount. According to the mathematical models obtained from the analysis, the highest values for yield percent, total phenol content, total antioxidant capacity and silicic acid amount were found to be 18.67 %, 123 mg gallic acid gr -1 dry weight extract, 1608 µM TEAC mg -1 dry weight extract and 0.0049 mg silicic acid mg -1 dry weight extract, respectively. The plant extracts were analyzed with HPLC to determine the phenolic content and compositional differences of extracts obtained at different extraction conditions. Plant extracts were also analyzed for their cytotoxic and antimicrobial activities. The high total antioxidant capacity and total phenolic content resulted in an increased cytotoxic effect on fibroblast cells. Equisetum arvense extracts showed antimicrobial activity against Staphylococcus epidermidis and Escherichia coli bacteria, however showed no effect against Candida albicans.
Blow-up for Semidiscretization of a Localized Semilinear Heat Equation

Abstract This paper concerns the study of the numerical approximation for the following initial-boundary value problem: where ƒ : [0, ∞) → [0, ∞) is a C 2 convex, nondecreasing function, and ε is a positive parameter. Under some assumptions, we prove that the solution of a semidiscrete form of the above problem blows up in a finite time and estimate its semidiscrete blow-up time. We also show that the semidiscrete blow-up time in certain cases converges to the real one when the mesh size tends to zero. Finally, we give some numerical experiments to illustrate our analysis.
Dynamic Bertrand competition with intertemporal demand

In the text-book model of dynamic Bertrand competition, competing firms meet the same demand function every period. This is not a satisfactory model of the demand side if consumers can make intertemporal substitution between periods. Each period then leaves some residual demand to future periods, and consumers who observe price under-cutting may correctly anticipate en ensuing price war and therefore postpone their purchases. Accordingly, the interaction between the firms no longer constitutes a repeated game, and hence falls outside the domain of the usual Folk theorems. We analyze collusive pricing in such situations, and study cases when consumers have perfect and imperfect foresight and varying degrees of patience. It turns out that collusion against patient and forward-looking consumers is easier to sustain than collusion in the text-book model.
Will the Real Evidence-Based Practice Please Stand Up? Teaching the Process of Evidence-Based Practice to the Helping Professions

‘‘Evidence-based practice’’ (EBP) is in danger of becoming a catchphrase for anything that is done with clients that can somehow be linked to an empirical study, regardless of the study’s quality, competing evidence, or consideration of clients’ needs. The EBP process, on the other hand, involves a well-built practice question, an efficient search for best evidence, a critical appraisal of that evidence, and action based on the interchange between client preferences, practice experience, and the best evidence. This article defines elements in the EBP process through examples taken from our own multidisciplinary work with students in two separate graduate and undergraduate programs. We also discuss practical concerns that have arisen while teaching EBP and explore a number of trends in discipline-specific databases. [Brief Treatment and Crisis Intervention 4:137–153 (2004)]
Social Network Hate Speech Detection for Amharic Language

The anonymity of social networks makes it attractive for hate speech to mask their criminal activities online posing a challenge to the world and in particular Ethiopia. With this ever-increasing volume of social media data, hate speech identification becomes a challenge in aggravating conflict between citizens of nations. The high rate of production, has become difficult to collect, store and analyze such big data using traditional detection methods. This paper proposed the application of apache spark in hate speech detection to reduce the challenges. Authors developed an apache spark based model to classify Amharic Facebook posts and comments into hate and not hate. Authors employed Random forest and Naïve Bayes for learning and Word2Vec and TF-IDF for feature selection. Tested by 10-fold cross-validation, the model based on word2vec embedding performed best with 79.83%accuracy. The proposed method achieve a promising result with unique feature of spark for big data.
Barley Phenology: Physiological and Molecular Mechanisms for Heading Date and Modelling of Genotype‐Environment‐ Management Interactions

Barley heading date is important in adapting barley genotypes to different environments. Important factors affecting heading date in barley are temperatures, photoperiod and sowing date. Sowing date is a management option to influence heading date. It is used to reduce climatic risks such as frosts and water stress at sensitive periods during crop development. Three major genes control heading date in barley. These genes regulate photoperiod (Ppd-H1 and Ppd-H2), vernalization (Vrn- H1, Vrn-H2 and Vrn-H3) and the duration of the vegetative phase (Eps). The Ppd-H1 locus on chromosome 2(2H) regulates flowering time under long days. Ppd-H2 on 2H regulates phenology under short day length. Vernalization is mainly controlled by three loci (VRN-H1, VRN-H2 and VRN-H3), which interact in an epistatic fashion to determine vernalization sensitivity. Appropriate physiological and simulation frameworks such as that of APSIM-Barley are required to complement breeding efforts in order to determine the location of the Eps genes and describe and quantify the effects of environment and management on gene expression and their impact on yields and quality in barley.
Produção de pimentão em substratos e fertirrigação com efluente de biodigestor

The use of biological reactor effluent in fertigation and use of dry swine waste as a component of the substrate, would lower the cost of production and prevent discarding residues in the environment. Based on that, the objective of this research was to evaluate both yield and quality of pepper fruits, adopting the factorial scheme 4 x 3 in randomized blocks, with 4 substrates (S1, S2, S3 e S4) and 3 nutrient solutions: mineral nutrient solution (SN1), nutrient solution as based on biological reactor effluent boosted with mineral fertilizers (SN2) and nutrient solution based on biological reactor effluent (SN3). The different mixtures that yielded different substrate could be recommended for both fruit and quality production perspectives, except substrate 1 (S1), which revealed inferior quality of fruits. The use of SN1 permitted greater weight of the fruits, thickness of the pulp and productivity. Partial substitution of fertilizers by biodigestor effluent of swine waste (SN2) was not sufficient to promote productivity equivalent to 100% mineral nutrient solution, however it reached mean index of productivity with standards of quality of fruits equivalent to the mineral solution (SN1). This supports the conclusion that the use of the biological reactor effluent would be an alternative in potential to reduce the cost of production of pepper crop and to prevent the discarding of this material, still rich in nutrients, into the environment.
Competencies and Institutions Fostering High-Growth Firms

High-growth firms (HGFs) are critical for net job creation and economic growth. We analyze HGFs using the theory of competence blocs, linking firm growth to property rights and the interaction of complementary expertise. Specifically, we discuss how the institutional framework affects the prevalence and performance of HGFs. Firm growth is viewed as resulting from the perpetual discovery and use of productive knowledge. A key element in this process is the competence bloc, a nexus of economic actors with complementary competencies that are vital in order to generate and commercialize novel ideas. The institutional framework determines the incentives for these individuals to acquire and utilize knowledge. We identify a number of institutions that foster the emergence of competence blocs and the creation of HGFs. In particular, our analysis points to the pivotal roles played by tax structures, labor market regulation, and the contestability of currently closed service markets. Finally, we characterize institutions beneficial for sclerotic or dynamic capitalism, respectively, depending on whether they provide a favorable environment for the emergence of competence blocs and the creation of HGFs.
Dosage Adjustments for Chemotherapy and Targeted Therapies in Colorectal and Pancreatic Cancer Patients with Hepatic Impairment

There are many novel chemotherapeutic options and targeted therapies available for the treatment of colorectal and pancreatic cancer. Patients with these cancers often have hepatic impairment either from the metastasis to the liver or from the chemotherapy or targeted therapies used to treat the disease. It is important to describe the effects of these agents in patients with hepatic impairment. This article will review the dosage recommendations for the chemotherapy regimens and targeted therapies in colorectal and pancreatic cancer patients in the setting of hepatic impairment.
The Use of the Rorschach Inkblot Test in the Assessment of Object Relations: A Review of the Literature.

Research in how the Rorschach Inkblot Test has been utilized in the assessment of object relations is reviewed. The review includes a critical examination of six areas: (1) constructs and concepts of object-relations theory represented in the research; (2) relevant Rorschach history and history; (3) characteristics of Rorschach-based, object-relations scales that have been developed; (4) validity studies of Rorschach-based scales; (5) diagnostic studies with Rorschach-based scales; and (6) the place of Exner's Comprehensive System in the assessment of object-relations. Emphasis is placed on reliability and validity issues of two prominent Rorschach-based, object-relations scales. Due to characteristics of these scales, of the research as a whole, and of Exner's Comprehensive System, the review concludes with a proposal on how the Comprehensive System can interface with Rorschach and object-relations research. Such an interfacing is proposed so that object-relations assessment can be brought more into the mainstream of popular Rorschach use. It is also proposed for the more exhaustive utilization of the instrument, with resulting benefits for diagnosis and treatment. (Contains 85 references.) (Author/AA) ************a********************************************************** Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made from the original document. *********************************************************************** U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Office of Educatronal Research and improvement EDU TIONAL RESOURCEE INFORMATION CENTER (ERIC) This document has been reproduced as received from the person or organization originating it 0 Minor Oanges have been made to improve reproductron Quallly Points of view or opinions staled in this dot. ment do not necessarily represent °Masi OE RI position or policy "PERMISSION TO REPRODUCE THIS MATERIAL HAS BEEN GRANTED BY OPE LyN7T6 rO,556-6/AJ TO THE EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION CENTER (ERIC):' THE USE OF THE RORSCHACH INKBLOT TEST IN THE ASSESSMENT OF OBJECT RELATIONS: A REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE A Doctoral Research Paper
Pose Transferrable Person Re-identification

Person re-identification (ReID) is an important task in the field of intelligent security. A key challenge is how to capture human pose variations, while existing benchmarks (i.e., Market1501, DukeMTMC-reID, CUHK03, etc.) do NOT provide sufficient pose coverage to train a robust ReID system. To address this issue, we propose a pose-transferrable person ReID framework which utilizes posetransferred sample augmentations (i.e., with ID supervision) to enhance ReID model training. On one hand, novel training samples with rich pose variations are generated via transferring pose instances from MARS dataset, and they are added into the target dataset to facilitate robust training. On the other hand, in addition to the conventional discriminator of GAN (i.e., to distinguish between REAL/FAKE samples), we propose a novel guider sub-network which encourages the generated sample (i.e., with novel pose) towards better satisfying the ReID loss (i.e., cross-entropy ReID loss, triplet ReID loss). In the meantime, an alternative optimization procedure is proposed to train the proposed Generator-Guider-Discriminator network. Experimental results on Market-1501, DukeMTMC-reID and CUHK03 show that our method achieves great performance improvement, and outperforms most state-of-the-art methods without elaborate designing the ReID model.
Disclosure Regime and Bargaining in Vertical Markets

We consider the strategic implications of the disclosure regime of vertical contract terms by endogenizing them. The latter are exogenously set in the literature either as observable or as secret. By endogenizing the disclosure regime we show that the mode and intensity of the downstream competition, as well as the upstream market structure, play a significant role in the observability of the vertical contract terms. On the contrary, this decision is independent of the bargain power distribution or the product differentiation. When a common supplier bargains with each retailer over a two-part tariff contract, interim observability intensifies the commitment problem, by offering a wholesale price below the marginal cost. The same holds under linear contracts or Bertrand competition. On the other hand, under dedicated suppliers, it is more profitable to bargain over interim unobservable contracts and through them to alleviate the commitment problem. Policymakers could increase the social welfare by encouraging interim observability (unobservability) when firms compete in quantities (prices). Monopolized upstream markets are more prone to have aligned incentives with the policymakers, especially if the downstream retailers compete over quantities.
Mechanism of Pain Relief through Tai Chi and Qigong

The purpose of this paper is to outline the academic and medical evidence for Tai Chi and Qigong impact on pain, and describe the hypothesized mechanism that enables Tai chi and Qigong to work so well at relieving pain - often better than opioid pain medication, and with fewer side effects. This paper also describes a paradigm for research which will increase the likelihood that researchers doing projects in this field can synergize their efforts and start building a foundational body of knowledge rather than continue to do independent and disconnected studies on the phenomenon that enables Tai Chi and Qigong to work.
Greenland surface mass-balance observations from the ice-sheet ablation area and local glaciers

ABSTRACT Glacier surface mass-balance measurements on Greenland started more than a century ago, but no compilation exists of the observations from the ablation area of the ice sheet and local glaciers. Such data could be used in the evaluation of modelled surface mass balance, or to document changes in glacier melt independently from model output. Here, we present a comprehensive database of Greenland glacier surface mass-balance observations from the ablation area of the ice sheet and local glaciers. The database spans the 123 a from 1892 to 2015, contains a total of ~3000 measurements from 46 sites, and is openly accessible through the PROMICE web portal (http://www.promice.dk). For each measurement we provide X, Y and Z coordinates, starting and ending dates as well as quality flags. We give sources for each entry and for all metadata. Two thirds of the data were collected from grey literature and unpublished archive documents. Roughly 60% of the measurements were performed by the Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland (GEUS, previously GGU). The data cover all regions of Greenland except for the southernmost part of the east coast, but also emphasize the importance of long-term time series of which there are only two exceeding 20 a. We use the data to analyse uncertainties in point measurements of surface mass balance, as well as to estimate surface mass-balance profiles for most regions of Greenland.
WHAT’S NEW IN EQUINE THERIOGENOLOGY-

Oxytocin administration during diestrus appears to block luteolysis and extend CL function. Injection of 60 I.U. of oxytocin once daily intramuscularly on days 7-14 maintained CL function (progesterone levels >1ng/ml) for 50 days in over 60% of study mares. A similar study in New Zealand found that lower doses of oxytocin (10 I.U.) did not produce the same results. Most mares were reported to tolerate the daily injections well and side effects were minimal; however, it is important to determine the day of ovulation in order for this protocol to be successful.
Stem Cell-Based Therapies for Osteoarthritis: From Pre-Clinical to Clinical Applications

Although many surgical and pharmaceutical interventions are currently available for treating osteoarthritis (OA), restoration of normal cartilage function remains inefficient. In fact, because of the absence of vasculature within the articular cartilage (AC), the self- potential for regeneration is very poor. Recently, researchers and clinicians have been focusing on alternative methods for cartilage preservation and repair. It has been shown that AC contains a population of stem cells or progenitor cells, similar to those found in many other adult tissues that are thought to be involved in the maintenance of tissue homeostasis. In the present chapter, we review the current status of stem cells potential in the treatment of early OA and discuss the possible origin of these cells and the role they might have in cartilage repair. We also review the recent progress in the field of chondroprogenitors in cartilage.