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Impact of infertility on marital relationships among infertile couples attending OPD of a tertiary health care centre

Background: There is little empirical literature on the effects of infertility on marital relationships in India. This study was sought to examine the impact of infertility on the marital relationships of the couple at Eras Lucknow Medical College and Hospital. Methods: This is a descriptive cross-sectional design conducted on infertile women presenting in OPD (outpatient department) of Obstetrics and Gynecology Department of Era’s Lucknow Medical College and Hospital. A selfdeveloped questionnaire was used for collecting data for the study. The questionnaire was divided into 5 sections: A to E. Data was presented in the form of descriptive statistics such as proportion and percentage. Results: This study revealed that infertility affected the sexual life of participants as it was reported that even though they still had regular sexual intercourse with their partners after realising they were infertile (64.5%), sex was only for the purpose of reproduction and not for mutual sexual satisfaction (13%). Sexual intercourse was reported to be unfulfilling as well as unenjoyable (16.4%). The psychological well-being of participants (29.60%) and stability within marital unions were also negatively affected by infertility, resulting in quarrels (13 %). Conclusions: Infertility has numerous negative implications for marital relationship. Thus, infertile persons should not be only physically examined and treated for infertility but should also be given counselling to lessen the psychological trauma attached to infertility.
BEHIND STUDENTS' SPREADSHEET COMPETENCIES: THEIR ACHIEVEMENT IN ALGEBRA? A CASE STUDY IN A FRENCH VOCATIONAL SCHOOL

Research on the use of spreadsheet in mathematics education usually points out its potentialities in the learning of algebra. The link between spreadsheet and algebra is thus often seen in the direction “spreadsheet for algebra”. This paper follows the opposite direction, i.e. “algebra for spreadsheet”, by questioning the role of algebra in students’ spreadsheet competencies. It reports a case study, based on computer tests, in the framework of a French research project studying students’ spreadsheet uses and competencies. The results of the test show algebra raising out again, playing a role behind students’ achievements and actions with spreadsheets. Algebra, Spreadsheet competences, Computer tests
Coastal and open ocean aerosol characteristics: Investigating the representativeness of coastal aerosol sampling over the North-East Atlantic Ocean

In order to achieve a better understanding of the modifications of the physical and chemical properties of marine aerosol particles during transport from offshore to the coast, size distribution and chemical composition were measured concurrently in clean air masses over the open North Atlantic Ocean and at an Irish coastal site. Open ocean sampling was performed on board the oceanographic vessel Celtic Explorer sailing 100ĝ€"300 km off the Irish west coast, while coastal measurements were performed at the Mace Head GAW station. The experiment took place between 11 June and 6 July 2006, during the period of phytoplankton bloom. The number size distribution and size-resolved chemical composition of coastal and open ocean samples were very similar, indicating homogeneous physical and chemical aerosol properties over a wide region in the marine boundary layer. The results also show that submicron chemical and physical aerosol properties measured at the coastal Mace Head Atmospheric Research Station were not unduly influenced by coastal artefacts and are thus representative of open water properties. Greater differences between the coastal site and the open ocean were observed for the aerosol supermicron sea spray components; this could be due to a variety of reasons, ranging from higher local wind speeds at the coastal site over the comparison period, to differences in sampling heights and increased local surf-zone production. Evidence of ageing processes was observed: at the costal site the ratio between non-sea-salt sulphate and methanesulphonic acid was higher, and the aerosol water soluble organic compounds were more oxidized than in the open ocean.
Army Research Laboratory Aberdeen Proving Ground , MD 21005-5069 ARL-RP-169 April 2007 Modeling Damage and Fragmentation in Concrete

A theory combining nonlinear continuum elasticity, inelasticity, thermodynamics, damage mechanics, and fragmentation is formulated. The model is applied to study concrete subjected to high rate loading as occurs during ballistic impact. Two thermodynamically motivated methods are postulated within this theoretical framework for quantitatively characterizing the mass and velocity distributions of the post-impact debris field, one based upon a local energy balance and a second following global entropy maximization. Here the concrete, a composite mixture of mortar and granite aggregate, is regarded as a homogeneous continuum prior to fragmentation. However, the composite nature of the microstructure directly influences model parameters dictating the mean fragment dimension, here specifically related to the coarse aggregate size. Standard continuum elements represent the intact solid and particles describe eroded material in numerical implementation of the model. The impact of a metal sphere on a thin concrete target, and the subsequent motion of the resulting cloud of concrete fragment debris, are simulated. Fragment size, speed, and kinetic energy statistics predicted by the two methods are compared.
HORIZONTAL DISTRIBUTION OF PHOSPHORUS IN SOILS OF IRRIGATION

The cultivation of vegetable crops during the dry season is an age-long practice by peasant farmers in northern Nigeria. The water for the irrigation of the plots is supplied by shallow streams, or ponds and wells dug along the banks of the streams. Phosphorus is an important plant nutrient. The effect of flowing irrigation water on the horizontal distribution of phosphorus in soils of irrigation ditches of five vegetable plots located along the banks of the stream in Bosso village, Niger state, Nigeria, was investigated. Higher P levels and lower organic matter content were found close to the upper end of the ditches where the irrigation water was applied. Mean P values of individual ditch soils which produced a definite but unexpected pattern of distribution of the element are also presented. Data on pH and phosphorus values of the stream water provided the level of the contribution from this source. Non-significant correlations were found between soil P and stream water P on one hand, and between soil pH and stream water pH on the other, indicating that the irrigation water may indeed, have had little or no influence on the properties of the ditches’ soils.
UPDATED CORRELATION OF RESULTS FROM THE AUSTRALIAN NEW CAR ASSESSMENT PROGRAM WITH REAL CRASH DATA FROM 1987 TO 1996

The Australian New Car Assessment Program (ANCAP) estimates the relative occupant safety of current model vehicles by measuring dummy responses in controlled crash testing. The Used Car Safety Ratings (also known as Vehicle Crashworthiness Ratings and Driver Protection Ratings) estimate the relative risk of severe driver injury for individual models of vehicles involved in real crashes by examining mass crash data. An earlier study has examined the relationship between the results from these two programs. The broad aim of this project was to further assess the relationships between the results of these two programs using more current data and covering a wider range of vehicle models. Whilst the results from full frontal ANCAP testing have some association with real crash outcomes, the associations between offset ANCAP testing and real crashes are much stronger. The ANCAP test results and their associated measures have strong association with both the injury risk and injury severity components of the crashworthiness rating when considering all crash types, and with the injury severity component of crashworthiness rating when considering two-car head-on crashes. Correlations were generally stronger between ANCAP results and two-car head-on crashes than with all crash types but this difference was not large. Mass adjustment of the ANCAP probability measures also improved their relationship with real crash outcomes. Detailed analysis of injury data by body region generally confirmed the results of the correlation analysis using a more detailed and specific method of analysis. Logistic regression models of crashworthiness ratings and its components as a function of ANCAP measures were built, providing a direct functional relationship between the two programs as compatible and consistent measures of relative vehicle occupant protection. (a)
Setting a Benchmark for REIT Performance in Malaysia

The percentage performance of a REIT is not the most important but the reliability of the performance in absolute terms to a relevant index or benchmark is key to assessing REIT index or benchmark. This paper focuses on the construction of a performance benchmark for REIT sector in Malaysia. The study explores the literature on performance and benchmarking, appraises REIT performance analyses as presented in past studies, and proposes REITs return benchmark using Time series forecast. The study adopts a quantitative analysis approach. Ten listed conventional REITs were purposively selected to reflect diversity in portfolio and location. Data was extracted from annual reports of selected REIT companies through their websites for an eight-year transaction period (2006-2013). Time series regression was performed on the collected data from the listed REITs to establish a linear model for the forecast of REIT return at any period that can serve as a benchmark for the REITs. The study found that Malaysian REIT performed 27.5% lower than the forecast for 2013 but outperformed the KLCI index. M-REIT has the capacity to do better than the 6.8% recorded for 2013. The study did not extend to the Islamic REITs in Malaysia.
Gender Does Not Have a Potential Predictive Value for the Presence of Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Mutation in Lung Adenocarcinoma

Background: Previous studies reported that non-small cell carcinoma patients characterized by female gender, never-smoking status and adenocarcinoma histology were more likely to harbor epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) mutations. However, some studies failed to find the relationship between EGFR mutation and gender. Methods: One hundred and eighty-four consecutive patients (90 men and 94 women) of resected lung adenocarcinoma were studied retrospectively. Since the smoking rate is significantly higher in men, we assumed that gender difference might be a seeming factor affected by smoking. Therefore we subdivided the patients into 2 groups: never- and ever-smokers. Results: The number of ever-smokers was 94.44% in men, whereas 8.51% in women. EGFR mutation was positive in 48.9%. For overall patients, EGFR mutation status was associated with gender, pStage, pT status, lepidic dominant histologic subtype, pure/mixed groundglass opacity (GGO) on computed tomography (CT) and smoking status. However, in ever-smokers, EGFR mutation status was associated with lepidic histologic subtype and GGO on CT, but not others including gender. Similar results were also found in never-smokers, and gender was not also related to EGFR mutation in never smokers. Conclusion: The EGFR mutational frequency among men and women was not significantly different when lung adenocarcinoma patients were stratified into never- and ever-smokers.
Searching for environmental effects on galaxy kinematics in groups and clusters atz∼ 1 from the ORELSE survey

We present an investigation of the dependence of galaxy kinematics on the environment for a sample of 94 star-forming galaxies at $z\sim0.9$ from the ORELSE survey. ORELSE is a large photometric and spectroscopic campaign dedicated to mapping out and characterizing galaxy properties across a full range of environments in 15 fields containing large-scale structures (LSSs) in a redshift range of $0.6 < z < 1.3$. We constrained the rotation velocity for our kinematic sample in an ORELSE field, containing the SC1604 supercluster, by fitting high-resolution semi-analytical models to the data. We constructed the stellar-mass/B-band Tully-Fisher relation and found no dependence of the intrinsic scatter on both local and global environment. Moreover, we compared the stellar-to-dynamical mass ratio ($M_\ast/M_{dyn}$) of SC1604 galaxies to those residing in less dense local environment by leveraging data from the HR-COSMOS sample. We found that, at fixed stellar mass, SC1604 galaxies have $\sim30\%$ smaller dynamical masses on average. By comparing the distributions of the galaxy parameters that define $M_{dyn}$ (i.e., circular velocity and the characteristic radius $r_{2.2}$) between SC1604 and HR-COSMOS, we found that smaller dynamical masses are mostly caused by smaller $r_{2.2}$ for SC1604 galaxies. We also observed that SC1604 galaxies in general show $\sim20\%$ lower stellar specific angular momentum ($j_\ast$) with respect to the HR-COSMOS sample. Adopting literature estimates for (1) the excess rate of galaxy-galaxy mergers in intermediate/high-density environments and (2) the average amount of $j_\ast$ loss per merger event, we investigated the possibility that galaxy mergers are mainly responsible for the loss of angular momentum in higher density environments.
Ultimate strength of simply supported plate with opening under uniaxial compression

ABSTRACT Unstiffened plates are integral part of all kinds of structures such as ship and offshore oil platforms. Openings are unavoidable and absolutely reduce the ultimate strength of structures. In this study, the finite element analysis package, ABAQUS, is used to analyze the behavior of unstiffened plate with rectangular opening. The rectangular opening form is divided into two cases. In case1, opening depth is constant, but opening width is varied. Meanwhile, in case2 opening width is fixed and opening depth is varied. Besides, for the two different form opening, the effect of plate slenderness parameter (β), opening area ratio (AR) and opening position ratio (PR) on the ultimate strength of plate with opening under axial compression are presented. It has been found that the ultimate strength of plate ofcase1is much more sensitive to the plate slenderness parameter (β) and opening area ratio (AR) than that of case2. However, for case1, opening position (PR) almost has no effect on the ultimate strength, whereas, regardingcase2, the influence of opening position (PR) depends on the plate slenderness parameter (β). Based on nonlinear regression analysis, three design formulae are not only developed butalso approved reasonably for the practical engineering design
Efficiency Measurement Using a “True” Random Effects and Random Parameter Stochastic Frontier Models: An Application to Rural and Community Banks in Ghana

In this paper, we attempt to compare the results of stochastic frontier models that control for unobserved heterogeneity in the inefficiency model, and unobserved (parameter) heterogeneity in the production model respectively. We estimate a “true” random effect, and random parameter stochastic frontier models in a panel data framework. An application of these models is presented using data of rural and community banks in Ghana from 2006 to 2011. Our results show that the two models address the issue of unobserved heterogeneity, and therefore omitted unobserved heterogeneity in the production model may always show up in the estimated inefficiency.
THE LONG-TERM HEMISPHERIC VARIATION OF POLAR FACULAE

In this paper, the long-term hemispheric variation of the polar faculae is investigated. It is found that, (1) both the N-S asymmetry and N-S asynchrony of the polar faculae exhibit a long-term persistence, which suggests that they should not be regarded as a stochastic phenomenon; (2) both the N-S asynchrony and N-S asymmetry of the polar faculae are functions of the latitude, implying that the N-S asynchrony of the polar faculae is related to the N-S asymmetry of the polar faculae; (3) from a long-term view, the dominant hemisphere of the polar faculae seems to have close connection with the phase-leading hemisphere of the polar faculae.
Qualitatively Exploring the Relationship among Gratitude, Spirituality and Life Satisfaction in Turkish-Muslim Children

Bu calismanin amaci, gunluk yasamda cocuklarin neler icin minnettar olduklari ve sukrettiklerini incelemek ve minnettarlik, maneviyat ve yasam memnuniyeti arasindaki iliskileri nitel olarak aciklamaktir. Calismada cocuklarin minnettarlik gunlukleri analiz edilerek inceleme yapilmistir. Arastirmada uygun ornekleme yontemi kullanilmistir. Gelismekte olan bir bolgesindeki bir okulda okuyan alt ve orta sosyoekonomik duzeyden ailelerin cocuklari arastirma grubu olarak belirlenmistir. Arastirmanin orneklemini 11 ve 12 yas yas arasindaki (SS = .25) 70 cocuk olusturmustur. Cocuklara arastirmanin amaclari aciklanmis, ve gonullu olarak bir minnettarlik gunlugu tutmalari istenmistir. Cocuklar uc hafta boyunca her gun gunluklerine deneyimlerini yazmislardir. Veriler yazar tarafindan 2012 yilinda toplanmistir. Icerik ve frekans analizleri yapilmistir. Arastirma sonuclarina gore cocuklarin minnettarlik ve sukur davranislari ile ilgili en sik rastlanan temalarin bir aileye sahip olma ve temel ihtiyaclarini karsilayabilme oldugu gorulmustur. Kendilerinin mutlu olmasi ise ucuncu bir tema olarak ortaya cikmistir. Ayrica gunluklerindeki ifadeler ve cizimler incelendiginde, minnettarligin maneviyat ve yasam doyumu ile iliskili oldugu gorulmektedir. Buna gore minnettarligin artmasi maneviyatin da artmasi ile iliskilidir.
Relationship between Hearing Impairment and Frailty in Older Patients with Diabetes Mellitus

Aim: Hearing impairment, diabetes, and frailty have been increasingly prevalent in older people. Recently, the assessment of frailty has been recommended for older patients with diabetes mellitus. Diabetes increases the risk of hearing impairment, which in turn increases the risk of frailty. However, the relation between hearing impairment and frailty is still unclear in patients with diabetes. Thus, this study aimed to clarify the relationship between hearing impairment and frailty among older patients with diabetes mellitus. Research design and methods: We used a finger friction test as a simple auditory screening for the assessment of hearing impairment and the Kihon Checklist (KCL for the assessment of frailty. The cognitive function was assessed using the Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE). A logistic regression analysis was used to investigate the cross-sectional associations between frailty and patient characteristics. Results: This study involved 283 patients with diabetes with an average age of 75.3 years; the prevalence of frailty based on the scores of the KCL was 30%. Hearing impairment was present in 32.8% of patients without frailty and 57.6% of those with frailty (p<0.01). In multivariable analysis, frailty in patients with diabetes was associated with hearing impairment (odds ratio: 1.96, 95% confidence interval: 1.07-5.59]. Conclusions: These data suggest that hearing impairment as determined by a finger friction test is an important factor contributing to frailty among patients with diabetes.
Three-Dimensional Pelvis and Limb Anatomy of the Cenomanian Hind-Limbed Snake Eupodophis descouensi (Squamata, Ophidia) Revealed by Synchrotron-Radiation Computed Laminography

ABSTRACT Cretaceous marine hind-limbed snakes are considered to be key fossils for understanding the origin and evolution of snakes. In view of the rarity of such fossils, performing new analyses on described specimens using emerging, cuttingedge techniques should bring important new insights on these forms. We investigated the three-dimensional morphology and inner architecture of the pelvic girdle and hind-limb bones of the type specimen of Eupodophis descouensi Rage and Escuillié, 2000, one of the three taxa for which at least one hind-limb is known, using synchrotron-radiation computed laminography (SRCL), a recently developed non-destructive technique that overcomes some of the limitations of synchrotron microtomography for flat, laterally extended objects. This experiment allowed a virtual exhumation of the second, hidden leg of the specimen. The morphology and proportions of the regressed pelvic and hind-limb bones of Eupodophis resemble those of the hind-limbed snakes Pachyrhachis and Haasiophis. As in Haasiophis, four tarsals are observed in each limb, but there are no traces of metatarsals or phalanges. Moreover, despite the presence of osteosclerosis and pachyostosis in the vertebrae and the ribs of Eupodophis, the inner structure of its limb bones is devoid of these osseous specializations and displays a microanatomical organization similar to that of extant terrestrial lizards. This suggests that limb regression in Eupodophis was not due to a qualitative alteration of growth but, more likely, to a local decrease in growth rate or shortening of growth duration.
A Dictionary of Theatre Anthropology. The Secret Art of the Performer

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Cognitive Emotion Regulation Strategies as Predictors of Academic Achievement among University Students

The purpose of this study was to investigate the impact of cognitive emotionregulation strategies on academic achievement of university students in Jordan. A random sample of 386 students from the Hashemite University participated in the current study. The Cognitive Emotion Regulation questionnaire was used to measure the cognitive emotion regulation strategies. The findings of this study showed that cognitive emotion regulation strategies had significant joint effect and relative effect on academic achievement. It is hoped that this study will be beneficial to students and teachers in developing cognitive emotion regulation strategies for effective learning.