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Stability Design for Concrete Mattresses

Concrete mattresses are widely used within the offshore industry for scour control, stabilisation and protection. There is currently no uniform industry methodology for concrete mattress stability design for any application of concrete mattresses. This paper reviews design works previously carried out for a project in the North West Shelf of Australia and proposes an industry design methodology. This methodology encompasses the application of recognised pipeline codes and standards, and the requirements and results of 2D and 3D Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) modelling as well as physical model testing.
Factors Affecting Proﬁt Distribution Management in Sharia Banks in Indonesia

This study aims to determine the effect of Capital Adequacy Ratio, Effectiveness of Third Party Funds and Risk of Financing on Distribution Management Proﬁt in Islamic Banks in Indonesia in 2013-2017. The strategy used is associative causal. This type of research is quantitative. The data of this study are secondary. The population of this study is Islamic banks in Indonesia that have been ofﬁcially registered in the Financial Services Authority (OJK) from 2013 to 2017. The research sample is determined by purposive sampling method, so that the number of samples, there are 10 Islamic banks. The data collection technique used is the documentation obtained through the from each bank sample. The research method used is multiple regression analysis, descriptive statistical analysis, classic assumption test and hypothesis test. The data processing tool used is Eviews 9.0 software with panel data regression method. The results of this study are (1) Capital Adequacy Ratio has an effect on Proﬁt Distribution Management, (2) Effectiveness of Third Party Funds does not affect the Distribution ManagementProﬁt,(3)FinancingRiskhasaneffectonProﬁtDistributionManagement.
A GENERALIZATION OF PRIME HYPERIDEALS IN KRASNER HYPERRINGS

In this paper, ‎we extend the notion of 2-absorbing ideal on rings to Krasner hyperrings. In fact, we give a characterization of new generalization of prime hyperideals in Krasner hyperrings by introducing 2-absorbing hyperideals‎. ‎We present some illustrative examples. Also, we study fundamental properties of 2-absorbing hyperideals on Krasner hyperrings and investigate some related results.
The Analysis of Fundamental Movement Skill in Primary School Student in Mountain Range

This study aims to analyze the fundamental movement skill in primary school student. The method using descriptive method and the amount of sample is 20. Fundamental movement skill measure through TGMD-3. The data analyzed by percentage method. 50 percent children in lack level. And only 20 percent in good category. The effect of demography is discussed in this article. The low quality of basic motion in elementary school students is because students have not been taught multilateral motion skills, and most teachers do not know the importance of mastering multilateral motion based on fundamental movement skills for children, so they tend to teach sports skills to students in physical education classes. Keywords—acute respiratory tract infection; smoking; pneumonia; standard deviation nutritional status (Z-score)
Conversion to organic and biodynamic viticultural practices: impact on soil, grapevine development and grape quality

Aim: The effects of integrated, organic and biodynamic management on soil quality and the growth and morphological development of Riesling grapevines were assessed during the first 4 years of a long-term field trial in Geisenheim, Germany. The overall aim was to understand the effects of these different viticultural practices on soil quality and plant morphology as the basis for product quality.Methods and results: As indicators of soil quality, earthworm abundance and the activity of selected enzymes were assessed. The vegetative and reproductive development of the grapevines, as well as their susceptibility to fungal diseases in the field, wood and grape composition, and grape yield, were investigated. Individual variables were subjected to analysis of variance. Additionally, all variables were subjected to multivariate principal component analysis. Compared with plots under integrated management, plots under the two biological treatments were characterized by higher soil quality and lower vegetative growth and grape yield, and therefore higher exposure of grapes and lower grape cluster compactness, and, probably as a result of these morphological differences, lower incidence of acetic acid rot. Principal component analysis clearly differentiated the three treatments, and showed that biodynamic management had more pronounced effects than organic management in terms of enhanced soil fertility and reduction of vegetative growth.Conclusions: In the present study, organic and especially biodynamic management resulted in a morphology favouring production of high-quality grapes. The treatments differed in terms of fertilization and plant protection methods as well as choice of cover crops. Therefore, further research is necessary with respect to root growth and the nitrogen and water uptake dynamics of vines and cover crops. The differences between grapes produced under organic and biodynamic management emphasize the need for more research on the mode of action of biodynamic preparations.Significance and impact of the study: In recent years, both winegrowers and consumers have expressed steadily growing interest in organic and especially biodynamic wine production. The present study contributes to a better understanding of the effects on grapevine growth and morphological development of shifting to these methods as a way to increase product quality.
Innovative linear pulsatile pump for heart assistance circulatory

The present contribution deals with the development of a magneto-active pump devoted to ventricular assist device. The actuator studied is a cylindrical linear switched reluctance motor equipped with a unidirectional mechanical valve inside the tubular mover in order to allow a pulsatile flow. On the bases of theoretical results, a demonstrator has been designed and built in the laboratory. Finite element analysis of this demonstrator has performed and preliminary tests are detailed showing the flow and pressure characteristics.
Determinants of Participation of Women in Self-Help Groups (SGHs) and Credit Delivery from Formal and Informal Sources to BPL Households in Odisha

The study examines the determinants of credit delivery from formal and informal sources to women households who belong to below poverty line (BPL) in Ganjam district of Odisha, apart from analysing determinants of participation of women in self-help groups (SHGs) to avail credit, and identifying the factors influencing loans borrowed by BPL households. The study showed that majority of the households received loans from formal sources for agricultural purposes. However, a lower proportion of SHG members availed insurance services due to their low income. The results of logistic estimates clearly showed that factors such as age, education, number of children of the respondents, status as head of the household, sources of income, caste, informal debt, distance of banks, migration, economic status of households, etc. played a crucial role in determining women’s participation in SHGs to borrow credit. The households also borrowed loans from different informal sources. The reasons for borrowing from informal sources included lack of collateral, faster delivery of credit, easy access without any bank account. Further, the estimated odds ratios with respect to variables like age and marital status of the head of households, caste, location of bank and membership of SHGs also had significant effect on households to avail credit from informal sources. It is to be noted that aside from credit there are numerous other factors that determine the high economic status of households like number of adults living in the house, availability of employment, income of the head of the households, etc. Nevertheless, the credit is the basic lubricant that helps people to live with dignity. The micro finance organisations provide small credit through group approach, which not only helps the financially excluded people in rural areas but also create a ray of hope for better future. This may not be possible in the short period but in the long term, it would definitely help to fulfill their basic requirements in the sustainable manner. The availability of credit is the one end of the spectrum, the other end being extension of training to the clients, availability of raw material and easy access to local markets so as to sell their product at reasonable prices. These facilities will help the clients to get sufficient profit, which in turn would be helpful for the long run survival of their micro enterprisers. Micro finance is not a panacea for poverty reduction, which needs both complementary supply-side and demand-side factors. Supply-side factors such as good infrastructure, entrepreneurial skills, etc. are needed to make micro-enterprises more productive.
Analysis of Company Characteristics of Firm Values: Profitability as Intervening Variables

This study aims to analyze the factors that influence company value (PBV) in consumer goods companies listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange in 2014-2018. The independent variables used in the study are capital structure (DER), company size (SIZE), liquidity (CR) with profitability (ROE) as an intervening variable.The population used in this study is all companies engaged in the consumer goods sector listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange in 2014-2018. Sampling in this study used purposive sampling which resulted in a sample of 128 consumer goods sector companies. The method used is path analysis which is the development of multiple regression and bivariate analysis.The results of this study indicate that company size and liquidity have a positive and significant effect on profitability, the capital structure has a negative and not significant effect on profitability. Profitability and company size have a positive and significant effect on firm value. Capital structure and liquidity have a positive and not significant effect on firm value. Then profitability is able to mediate the influence of company size and liquidity on firm value, but profitability is not able to mediate the influence of capital structure on firm value.
On the vanishing of characteristic numbers

In this article we introduce the notion of pure type for Killing vector fields on compact Riemannian and almost-Hermitian manifolds and present an application of the celebrated AtiyahBott-Singer localization formula for these Killing vector fields. Our central result is that if a 4n-dimensional compact Riemannian manifold has a Killing vector field of pure type such that the dimension of its zero point set is less than n, then the vanishing statements for low-degree polynomials as given by the Atiyah-Bott-Singer localization formula imply the vanishing of Pontrjagin numbers of this manifold. An analogous result for the Chern numbers of compact almost-Hermitian manifolds is also established. The main strategy of our proof is to construct a family of lower-degree polynomials originating from the monomial symmetric polynomials.
Sustainable Development and Performance, Financial Position and Market Value of Nigerian Quoted Companies

The study is against the background that sustainable development practices may involve financial outflows and hence, may be an unattractive investment to managers. This study evaluated the impact of corporate compliance with accounting standards that are deemed to enforce sustainable development practices and can, therefore, imply sustainable development practices by companies, on profitability, financial position and market value of companies. Forty-four companies that have existed since standardization began in Nigeria in 1984 were studied over five years, using Pearson product moment and spearman’s rank correlation statistical techniques. The correlations compared compliance to financial reporting standards on the one hand with financial performance, financial position and market value on the other. Results showed
Macrofauna recolonization of subtidal sediments. Experimental studies on defaunated sediment contaminated with cruce oil in two Norwegian fjords with unequal eutrophication status. I. Community responses.

Experiments were performed by placing oiled and unoiled defaunated sediment in boxes (0.2 m2) on the sea floor in 2 Norwegian fjords, the eutrophicated Oslofjord (4 boxes, April to July 1980) and the non-eutrophicated Rauneflord (12 boxes, February 1981 to March 1982). In the Oslofjord no negative effects of the added oil (3920 ppm wet weight sediment) on macrofauna community structure were seen after 3 mo. Thus restoration of the community took less than 3 mo during a spring/summer situation in a soft bottom area with a species composition dominated by opportunistic species (Polydora spp.). In the Raunefjord the effect of the added oil (4520 ppm) was shown in reduced species diversity after 4 mo, and altered k-dominance curves, distribution of individuals among species, Hurlbert's rarefaction curves and multidimensional scaling plots. The added oil reduced the mean equilibrium number of species per box from 80 to 55. The time needed to reach 90 % of this equilibrium was shorter in the oiled boxes (259 d) than in the control boxes (466 d). Effects were most severe after 4 mo on the f~lter-feeders and surface deposit feeders, after 9 and 13 mo on subsurface deposit feeders. Immigration rates were similar (0.27 species d-' box-') m both treatments during June to November; however, from November to March the rate was higher in control boxes (0.24) than in oiled boxes (0.17). Mean extinction rates in boxes (species/species d-' box-') were, however, larger in the oiled boxes than in the control boxes during both periods (Oil: 0.0048, 0.0033; Control: 0.0027, 0.0024). For both fjords animals retained on a 250 Km sieve generally showed higher densities in the oiled sediment. It is concluded that restoration of the benthic macrofauna after oil contamination of sediment takes longer in a noneutrophicated area than in a eutrophicated area. The reduced density of macrofauna in the oiled boxes in the Raunefjord was caused by toxic response to oil directly, or by secondary effects leading to increased mortality, rather than by reduced settlement. Macrofauna recolonization is easily affected by oil-contamination in a non-eutrophicated area; however separation of oil-specific responses in benthic communities from responses to other disturbances can hardly be demonstrated without relevant controls
Earnings Quality Across Different Reporting Regimes: Listed, Large Private, Medium-Sized, Small and Micro Companies in the UK

Since the UK Companies Act 1981, there has developed a multi-tier framework for financial reporting. IFRS is designed for listed companies, there is a GAAP for large private and medium sized companies, and the FRSSE is designed for small companies, which also are exempt from mandatory audit. The recent EU Accounting Directive reinforces this strategy and recognises a new class of company, the micro company. However, it is not clear how the quality of reporting is affected by this multi-regime approach, and by the ability to switch between regimes. The purpose of this paper is to assess the smoothness of earnings between the different types of company from 2006-2013, based on 594,000 observations. We find that the earnings of listed companies are the most informative (least smooth), closely followed by small and micro companies. In contrast, the earnings of large private and medium sized companies are much smoother, suggesting that they are under regulated. The results are inconsistent with the equalisation of earnings quality across all groups, and with the discipline of regulation reflecting the size, complexity of companies and their agency issues. Small companies do not exploit the audit exemption to smooth earnings.
A Survey of Sri Lanka's Endangered and Endemic Western Purple-Faced Langur (Trachypithecus Vetulus Nestor)

Abstract: The western purple-faced langur is a Sri Lankan endemic listed by the World Conservation Union (IUCN) as one of the 25 most endangered primates in the world. The extremely endangered status of Sri Lanka's endemic langur, found nowhere else on earth, is due to the fact that it is primarily a tree-dwelling, leaf-eating monkey, the range of which includes the most densely populated areas of the country. In these areas of high human density, forests have been intensively exploited for several decades, and deforestation has adversely affected its preferred habitat and sources of food. During a recent survey, the western purple-faced langur was found most often in small and widely scattered groups, indicating that it is declining and has been extirpated in a number of areas within its range. This tendency, if left unchecked, would ultimately lead to extinction throughout its range. Although it faces a perilous future, certain facts uncovered during the survey indicate that it is still possible to prevent this monkey from disappearing forever. For instance, the largest forests where it can be found today are around two reservoirs that supply water to the 1.2 million inhabitants of Colombo, Sri Lanka's capital. Because of their importance to people and relatively large size, these forests represent the last strongholds for maintaining viable populations over the long term. Furthermore, the Forest Department, responsible for these forests, has indicated interest in replanting its pine plantations with native species exploited by these langurs, and thereby increasing its preferred habitat. Another encouraging fact is that most people living within its current range are Buddhists who have a strong aversion to killing animals. The cultural sentiments of people inhabiting the range of the western purple-faced langur provide an opportunity to create awareness of this monkey's highly endangered status, and help promote its conservation. Prospects and recommendations for conserving the western purple-faced langur are also discussed in this paper.
Predicting Subjective Well-Being Using Social Support and Mindfulness for United Arab Emirates University Students

This thesis is concerned with assessing the psychological well-being of the United Arab Emirates University students community and predicting the integral factors that significantly contribute to it. Existing studies have explored pathologies such as depression and anxiety in an attempt to deduce knowledge indispensable to clinical interventions. This study deals with what the individuals with high psychological well-being are doing well and takes this knowledge to inform clinical interventions. In this context, it is noteworthy to argue that this thesis is one of the pioneering studies involving a predominantly local population, which allows for more successful and more culturally sensitive clinical interventions in the U.A. E. This study aims to determine if high levels of access to social support from family, friends and significant other along with high levels of mindfulness ability also known as calm, conscious awareness, can predict high levels of psychological well-being (emotional and cognitive satisfaction with one’s life). Self-report questionnaires were administered online to a sample of 889 students at the United Arab Emirates University. The instruments included five questionnaires: Section 1, Demographics (6 items). Section 2, PANAS (20 items). Section 3, The Life satisfaction scale (5 items). Section 4, CAMS-R (12 item). Section 5, Multidimensional scale of perceived social support (12 item). The findings showed that both social support scores and mindfulness scores significantly predicted subjective well-being scores. Social support was a stronger predictor of life satisfaction (the cognitive component of subjective well-being) than mindfulness. Whereas mindfulness was the strongest predictor of the positive affect scores (one of the emotional component of subjective well-being along with negative affect). Social support from family members was the highest source of social support when compared to social support from friends and significant other. The findings from this study can help guide clinical interventions in a more targeted, culturally sensitive and, therefore, more effective manner to increase subjective well-being in the UAEU student population.
ICT for Financial Inclusion: Mobile Money and the Financial Behavior of Rural Households in Uganda

Over 35 percent of the adult use mobile money services in 2014, just five years since its inception in Uganda. Using household survey data covering 820 rural households, we examine the effect of this financial innovation on their financial behavior. We find that adopting mobile money services significantly increases the likelihood of saving, borrowing and receiving remittances due to reduction in transaction cost. The amount of savings, credit and remittances is also significantly higher among user households than non-users. To illustrate the importance of service proximity, we show that reducing the distance to the nearest mobile money agent boosts the frequency of using mobile money services. Our results are robust to specification changes and alternative explanations.
Impact of Climate Change on Temperate and Alpine Grasslands in China during 1982–2006

Based on GIMMS NDVI and climate data from 1982 to 2006, this study analyzed the impact of climate change on grassland in China. During the growing season, there were significant effects of precipitation on the growth of all the grassland types ( ), except for meadow vegetation. For the air temperatures, there existed asymmetrical effects of maximum temperature ( ) and minimum temperature ( ) on grassland vegetation, especially for the temperate grasslands and alpine steppe. The growing season NDVI correlated negatively with but positively with for temperate grasslands. Seasonally, these opposite effects were only observed in summer. For alpine steppe, the growing season NDVI correlated positively with but negatively with , and this pattern of asymmetrical responses was only obvious in spring and autumn. Under the background of global asymmetric warming, more attention should be paid to this asymmetric response of grassland vegetation to daytime and night-time warming, especially when we want to predict the productivity of China’s grasslands in the future.
The Problem-Based Learning Procedural Model in the Software Modeling Course at the Information Technology College in Indonesia

The characteristic of the Direct-Instruction system, which depends on the ability of the teacher's reflection, only provides little opportunity for students to be actively involved in the learning process. This process contrasts with the characteristics of the Software Modeling course which ideally emphasizes student-centered learning. The impact of the learning process becomes ineffective, and students cannot reach the minimum competency standards planned in the learning design. We propose a model of integrating Problem-Based Learning (PBL) into the Learning Modeling Software design on three elements of the learning system namely Elementary Curriculum, emphasizing the use of problems as the starting point of student learning; Element Group, emphasizing collaboration systems (group discussion based learning); and Student Elements, emphasizing the Student-Directed-Learning (SDL) system. We tested the effectiveness of the PBL model in small group trials in learning situations that resembled the actual situation and found PBL effectively increased student mastery of a particular topic. However, further discussions regarding 1) how many guidelines are needed in PBL; 2) potential student experience confusion if there is not enough initial learning framework; 3) students who do not have adequate initial knowledge and tend to experience underdevelopment, are still needed to find PBL models that are genuinely effective in learning the field of Software Engineering.