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An emergency dispatch model considering the urgency of the requirement for reliefs in different disaster areas

Abstract: Purpose: Frequent sudden-onset disasters which have threatened the survival of human and the development of society force the public to pay an increasing attention to emergency management. A challenging task in the process of emergency management is emergency dispatch of reliefs. An emergency dispatch model considering the urgency of the requirement for reliefs in different disaster areas is proposed in this paper to dispatch reliefs reasonably and reduce the effect of sudden-onset disasters. D esign/methodology/approach: Firstly, quantitative assessment on the urgency of the requirement for reliefs in different disaster areas is done by an evaluation method based on Fuzzy Comprehensive Evaluation and improved Evidence Reasoning which is proposed in this paper. And then based the quantitative results, an emergency dispatch model aiming to minimize the response time, the distribution cost and the unsatisfied rate of the requirement for reliefs is proposed, which reflects the requests of disaster areas under emergency, including the urgency of requirement, the economy of distribution and the equity of allocation. Finally, the Genetic Algorithm is improved based on the adaptive crossover and mutation probability function to solve the emergency dispatch model. Findings and Originality/value: A case that the Y hydraulic power enterprise carries on emergency dispatch of reliefs under continuous sudden-onset heavy rain is given to illustrate the availability of the emergency dispatch model proposed in this paper. The results show that the emergency dispatch model meets the distribution priority requirement of disaster area with the higher urgency, so that reliefs are supplied more timely. Research limitations/implications: The emergency dispatch model faced to large scale sudden-onset disasters is complex. The quantity of reliefs that disaster area requires and the running time of vehicles are viewed as available information, and the problem that how to obtain the information is not considered. Practical implications: The emergency dispatch model considering the urgency of the requirement for reliefs in different disaster areas is applicable to a realistic emergency dispatch of reliefs under sudden-onset disasters and the research results is the foundation of further research on the problem of emergency management. Originality/value: This paper proposes emergency dispatch model considering the urgency of the requirement for reliefs in different disaster areas which can meet the realistic requirement that the disaster area with the higher urgency has an priority to obtain the reliefs and make reliefs be distributed timely.
Quality Lady Palm (Rhapis Exclesa L.) Production Using Various Growing Media

Growing media play crucial role in nutrients and minerals availability as well as anchorage to plant. Keeping in view the limited right choice information on growing media suitable for lady palm, the present research designed. It aimed to assess the lady palm growth response to different potting media in single and combined form. The growth response includes number of leaves, height of plant, length of root, plant fresh and dry weight (g), leaf area (cm 2 ), fresh and dry weight ratio, number of side shoots and mortality rate. Ten treatments including FYM, peat moss, coconut compost, leaf compost, silt, (FYM + Silt 1:1v/v), (Silt + coconut compost 1:1v/v), (Silt + peat moss 1:1v/v), (Silt + leaf compost 1:1v/v) and (FYM + Silt + Leaf compost + Coconut compost + Peat moss 1:1:1:1:1 v/v), while garden soil as control. The nutritional status of each media was also tested. Each treatment comprising 16 plants were studied in this plant replicated four times. The experiment planned in Complete Randomized Design (CRD) with giving equal importance to all treatments. The data for both growth and chemical characteristics analyzed statistically exhibited significant result of media mixtures over control. Statistically, significant results attained from data evaluation. Mixture of different growing media (T 10 ) produce maximum plant height (76.13 cm), number of leaves plant -1 (14.43) and number of shoots plant -1 (9.25) while combination of Silt and leaf manure (T 9 ) showed dominance in leaf area (101.26 cm 2 ), root length(39.35 cm), fresh weight (100.12 g) and dry weight (47.55 g) of plant. Maximum Fresh and dry weight ratio was calculated in Garden soil (T 0 ) while no mortality of plants recorded during research trial. Mixture of treatments exhibited good results in terms of growth quality parameters because of structure, density texture, consistency, organic matter, saturation percentage as well as the NPK concentration. It can be concluded that mixtures of media are final recommendations for the quality production of lady palm. Keywords: Floriculture, Substrate, Compost, NPK contents, Peat moss, Compost, Growth attributes, Chemical analysis
Relationship among Influential Factors of Entrepreneurial Intention in Terms of Gender: Case of Postgraduate Students in Malaysia

In the last two decades, entrepreneurship has become an important concept, not only in economy, but also in politics, education and research. Studies have shown that entrepreneurship is a promoter for economic development so that entrepreneurial intention is gaining more importance in developing countries like Malaysia. This study aims to find out the relationship among influential factors of entrepreneurial intention (previous experience, education, attitude, subjective norms, and behavioral control) in terms of gender. Data collection was conducted in Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) in June 2014. A total of 380 questionnaires were distributed among 187 male and 193 female postgraduate students. The results showed that there was no significant difference between females and males in previous experience, education, attitude, subjective norms, behavioral control and entrepreneurial intention. Therefore, there was no significant difference in entrepreneurial intention between males and females. DOI: 10.5901/mjss.2015. v6n3p195
Are Islamic Banks Truly Shariah Compliant? An Application of Time Series Multivariate Forecasting Techniques to Islamic Bank Financing

This paper analyzes the Shariah compliant nature of Islamic banks (IB) by using Time Series Multivariate Forecasting techniques to test the correlation and direction of causality between interest rates and IB financing . Islamic finance defines a 0% Interest rate, both on the asset and on the liability side. Thus, in a utopian Islamic financial system, any movement in interest rates should have no direct impact on any aspect of any Islamic bank. However, the supposition of IBs being genuinely Shariah compliant from a Credit Risk perspective has been challenged by many Shariah scholars. Using Malaysia as a test case, this paper measures changes in KLIBOR (Kuala Lampur Interbank Offer Rate) and tests them for correlations and directional causality with the IB Lending rate (used as a proxy measure for financing by Malaysian IBs). If a correlation and causality can be established between KLIBOR and financing by IBs, then it is an indication that IB’s may not be genuinely Shariah compliant. This research is original in that it attempts to relate an important issue of a fiqhi nature to data analysis, via some time series forecasting techniques. It also discusses the policy impacts of the results, and the subsequent risk faced by the Regulators in managing the Interest rate risks for a financial system structured on dual banking - Islamic and Conventional. The findings of the research tend to indicate a correlation and lead-lag causality relationship between Interest rate changes and Islamic bank financing.
Varietal response of cowpea (Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp.) to Striga gesnerioides (Willd.) Vatke race SG5 infestation.

The parasitic plant Striga gesnerioides (Willd) Vatke is becoming a serious threat to cowpea production in Sub-Saharan Africa. At least 7 races of S. gesnerioides exhibiting specific virulence have been identified. The objectives of this study were to identify sources of resistance to S. gesnerioides race SG5 spreads in northern Cameroon and to study the inheritance of the resistance. Twelve accessions of cowpea, IT98K-205-8, IT98K-503-1, IT98K-1092-1, IT99K-216-1-1, IT98K-494-6, IT99K-529-4, IT99K-573-1-1, IT99K-573-2-1, IT00K-1207, IT03K-378-4, IT04K-227-4 and VYA were assessed in field trials for resistance to S. gesnerioides race SG5 in Maroua, northern Cameroon and the genetics of the resistance from two sources was elucidated in artificially infested pots. Data on resistant and susceptible cowpea plants were analyzed using the chi-square test to ascertain the goodness of fit to different genetic ratios. Tests of resistance using field screening techniques showed that among these varieties, four were susceptible, four tolerant, two partially resistant while IT99K-573-1-1 and IT98K-205-8 appeared completely resistant to Striga race SG5. On susceptible varieties, the mean number of emerged S. gesnerioides plants 9 weeks after sowing was 1.8 to 2.4 per cowpea plant, while completely resistant lines carried none. The cowpea genotypes showed significant differences for percentage of infected plants, the decimation rates and Striga height. On susceptible genotypes, the seeds yield losses due to Striga infestation varied from 28.4 to 36.6% while for the fodder yield these losses ranged between 23.63 to 41.03%. The analysis of F1 and F2 populations resulting from crossings between resistant varieties and the susceptible tester VYA demonstrated that resistance is was controlled by two factor inheritance with duplicate dominant genes (Rsg5a and Rsg5b) for IT99K-573-1-1 and a single dominant gene (Rsg5) for IT98K-205-8. These two varieties provide newly additional sources of resistance to S. gesnerioides and can be used in programmes of genetic improvement of this legume.
Regulating insurance groups : a comparison of risk-based solvency models

Regulators are currently developing group-wide capital standards that are intended to enable the effective monitoring of insurance groups. Some jurisdictions are taking steps toward models with a focus on the groups’ consolidated balance sheets, while other models focus on the interrelations of the groups’ legal entities. This paper compares two general approaches to group-wide solvency in light of the regulatory challenges of regulatory inconsistency, risk dependencies, and risk aggregation: a consolidated approach and a legal entity approach. In order to contribute to the current discussion on the regulation and risk management for insurance groups, we support our line of reasoning by using a generalized model of Gatzert and Schmeiser (2011). Our findings show that a solely consolidated viewpoint is likely to underestimate shortfall risks in times of financial crises, whereas while a sole focus on the interrelated legal entities generally makes it possible to display different group structures it cannot control regulatory arbitrage.
Systemic immunosuppressive treatment in adult patients with atopic dermatitis : current and new treatment options

Atopic Dermatitis (AD) is a chronic pruritic and relapsing inflammatory skin disease affecting an increasing number of patients (1). The lifetime prevalence of AD is estimated between 15-30% in children and 2-10% in adults. The incidence has increased 2to 3-fold during the past 3 decades in industrialized countries with the highest prevalence found in Northern Europe (2, 3). The onset of AD occurs during the first 6 months of life in 45% of children and before the age of 5 years in at least 85% of the affected patients. Children with the onset of AD before the age of 2 years, will have persisting manifestations of the disease in 20%. An additional 17% will have intermittent symptoms by the age of 7 years. The onset of AD after adolescence is only 16.8% in adult patients with AD (1). Health-related quality of life can be worsened by AD because of its detrimental influence on work, self-confidence, sport, sleep, and social interaction. This results in impairments of social functioning and psychological wellbeing (4, 5). In the majority of patients, long-term adequate disease control can be reached after education and instruction with respect to optimal skin care, and the correct use of topical corticosteroids, topical immunomodulators and/or UV-light therapy (6, 7). However, in patients with difficult to treat AD, controlled disease cannot be reached with topical corticosteroids in safe amounts, adequate instructions and self-management training. In these patients systemic immunosuppressive treatment is required. Several reviews of oral immunosuppressive drugs that are used in the treatment of AD are published in the past years. These reviews are based on data gathered from clinical trials and case reports. Roekevisch et al. (8) performed a systematic review on the efficacy and safety of systemic treatments for moderate-to-severe AD in randomized controlled trials (RCT). Thirty-four RCTs with 12 different systemic treatments in 1653 patients were included. In this RCT, cyclosporine A (CsA) is recommended as first-line treatment, azathioprine (AZA) can be considered as second-line treatment, and methotrexate (MTX) as a third-line treatment option. Other oral immunosuppressive drugs that are regularly used in AD are oral corticosteroids and mycophenolate sodium. Methotrexate is not considered as an oral immunosuppressive drug, but acts as folic acid antagonist. In the first part of this manuscript current oral immunosuppressive/immunomodulatory treatments for AD are discussed. In the second part, a short overview of new treatment options for AD is provided.
Driving and Deterrent Factors Affecting Organic Food Consumption in Vietnam

This study aims to determine driving factors significantly influencing the purchase intention and to identify impediments creating the intention –behavior gap regarding organic food consumption in Vietnam. The chosen driving factors affecting the organic food purchase intention in this study are health benefits, environmental awareness, and social norms, whereas trust, price, and convenience as well as availability are investigated as deterrent factors of the link between intention and behavior. A structured online questionnaire with snow-balling sampling method was distributed to collect a representative sample of 466 Vietnamese consumers nationwide. A five-point likert scale was used for the level of approval for 36 statements. Statistical tools of SPSS 22.0 including descriptive analysis, principal component analysis, and multiple regression analysis models were used for data analysis. The results showed that health benefits, environmental awareness, and social norms were facilitators of organic food purchase intention. Although high intention to purchase organic foods was identified in Vietnam, it was not translated into actual purchase behavior. The main barriers for the inconsistency were premium price and low availability of organic products or inconvenience to buy in the market. Lack of trust insignificantly impacted on organic food choices among Vietnamese consumers in this study. These empirical findings and suggestions are beneficial for all players across supply chains.
Kinematic signature of an intermediate-mass black hole in the globular cluster NGC 6388

Context. Intermediate-mass black holes (IMBHs) are of interest in a wide range of astrophysical fields. In particular, the possibility of finding them at the centers of globular clusters has recently drawn attention. IMBHs became detectable since the quality of observational data sets, particularly those obtained with HST and with high resolution ground based spectrographs, advanced to the point where it is possible to measure velocity dispersions at a spatial resolution comparable to the size of the gravitational sphere of influence for plausible IMBH masses.
The Role of Climate in the Collapse of the Maya Civilization: A Bibliometric Analysis of the Scientific Discourse

This bibliometric analysis deals with research on the collapse of the Maya civilization—a research topic with a long-lasting history, which has been boosted significantly by recent paleoclimatic research. The study is based on a publication set of 433 papers published between 1923 and 2016. The publications covered by the Web of Science (WoS) show a significant increase since 1990, reaching about 30 papers per year at present. The results show that the current discourse on the collapse of the Maya civilization is focused on the role of climate as a major factor for the demise of this ancient civilization. The bibliometric analyses also reveal that (1) paleoclimatic records become numerous and are increasingly better dated; (2) the explanatory power of the records has been significantly increased by analyzing samples from regions closer to the relevant Maya sites; and (3) interdisciplinary cooperation of the humanities (archeology, anthropology, history) with natural sciences disciplines (geoscience, ecology, paleoclimatology, meteorology) seems to be highly promising. The collapse of the Maya civilization is a good example of how natural sciences entered research in the humanities and social sciences (anthropology, archeology, history) and boosted research (and solutions) around long-discussed, but unsolved questions.
Thyroid IODINE SUPPLEMENTATION IN ENDEMIC AREAS

Recent findings Excess iodine is generally well tolerated, but individuals with underlying thyroid disease or other risk factors may be susceptible to iodine-induced thyroid dysfunction following acute or chronic exposure. Sources of increased iodine exposure include the global public health efforts of iodine supplementation, the escalating use of iodinated contrast radiologic studies, amiodarone administration in vulnerable patients, excess seaweed consumption, and various miscellaneous sources.
Clinical and metabolic profile and its relationship with insulin resistance among school children

Objective: to investigate the clinical and metabolic profile and its relationship with insulin resistance among school children. Methods: a Cross-sectional study of 186 adolescents aged 10 to 19 years old. Clinical variables were: body mass index, waist circumference, and neck, conicity index, systolic, diastolic and mean blood pressure; and metabolic variables were: triglycerides, glucose, total cholesterol, high-density lipoprotein and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, insulin and Homeostasis Model Assessment index. It was considered statistically significant at p<0.05. Results: there was a prevalence of females, with 19.4% and 6.5% of overweight and obesity, respectively. The prevalence of insulin resistance was 42.5%. Distribution of clinical and metabolic variables of adolescents according to quartiles of the Homeostasis Model Assessment index blood pressure, blood glucose, and insulin increased the values of the Homeostasis Model Assessment index increased. Conclusion: insulin resistance is present in adolescents, and this condition is associated with the clinical and metabolic changes.
UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE SANTA CATARINA PÓS-GRADUAÇÃO EM LETRAS/INGLÊS E LITERATURA CORRESPONDENTE DIFFERENCES AND SIMILARITIES IN SELF-REVISION ACROSS PORTUGUESE AS A NATIVE LANGUAGE AND ENGLISH AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE por MARIA ESTER WÖLLSTEIN MORITZ

DIFFERENCES AND SIMILARITIES IN SELF-REVISION ACROSS PORTUGUESE AS A NATIVE LANGUAGE AND ENGLISH AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE MARIA ESTER WÖLLSTEIN MORITZ UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE SANTA CATARINA 1999 Supervising professor: Hilário Inácio Bohn The present study aimed at investigating the differences and similarities between self-revisions made by undergraduate Brazilian EFL students in Portuguese as a native language and in English as a foreign language. In order to pursue the purpose of this work, all kinds of revision made by the subjects were verified. The subjects wrote and later revised two compositions in their native language and two in the foreign language. The revisions were analysed according to three main categories: type of revisioi\, level of revision and purpose of revision. The comparison between first drafts and revised versions of the compositions written in Portuguese and in English reveals striking similarities across languages. When revising their texts, the subjects were able to correct some of the problems encountered in the original versions. However, most problems remained and new problems were generated. Moreover, similarities concerning discourse features were also observed across the two languages. Summing up, the subjects of this study seem to show a lack of competence in the skills of writing and revising in both languages. Generally speaking, texts were poorly written and poorly revised. The final outcomes show problems of several kinds, the most impressive ones being related to content and ideas. The resuhs obtained in this study lead us to believe that composition teachers need to approach writing and revision thoughfiilly and carefully so that students can assimilate these processes accurately and can build up strategies that will help them develop better these skills.
Spatial Inequalities Explained: Evidence from Burkina Faso

textabstractEmpirical evidence suggests that regional disparities in incomes are often very high, that these disparities do not necessarily disappear as economies grow and that these disparities are itself an important driver of growth. We use a novel approach based on multilevel modeling to decompose the sources of spatial disparities in incomes among households in Burkina Faso. We show that spatial disparities are not only driven by the spatial concentration of households with particular endowments but to a large extent also by disparities in community endowments. Climatic differences across regions do also matter, but to a much smaller extent.
Interactive comment on “An update on global atmospheric ice estimates from satellite observations and reanalyses” by David Ian Duncan and Patrick Eriksson

Sincere thanks are extended to both reviewers for their thoughtful comments, which have undoubtedly improved this manuscript. The paper’s conclusions have been augmented and strengthened, with other points in the paper addressed to improve the clarity and readability of the text. Figure 2 was expanded to two panels to show the significant influence of large IWP values on the mean values reported, which engendered some further discussion. All significant modifications to the text are detailed here, as specific reviewer comments are addressed below in order, with reviewer comments (offset by ***) followed by the responses.
Women on corporate boards and the incidence of receiving a ‘strike’ on the remuneration report

This paper examines the effect of one form of board diversity on the incidence of receiving a 'strike' (i.e., receiving 25 percent or more 'no' votes) on the remuneration report by ASX companies in Australia. More specifically, the research hypothesises that there is a negative association between women presence on corporate boards and the likelihood of receiving a 'strike' on remuneration reports. Using the Financial Review Business Intelligence's remuneration report voting database, this study constructs a matched-pair sample of 314 strike firms and 314 control firms from 2011 to 2013. After controlling for other 'strike' related factors, the results suggest a significant association between the presence of at least one woman on the board and a lower incidence of receiving a 'strike'. This finding contributes to the research by showing that the presence of female directors is likely to enhance the monitoring function of the board and thus lower the likelihood of receiving a 'strike' on the remuneration report.