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Grain Sorghum Response to Row Spacing and Plant Populations in the Texas Coastal Bend Region

Two grain sorghum (Sorghum bicolor L. Moench) studies were conducted in the Coastal Bend Region of Texas over a two-year period. In one study, sorghum growth and yield were compared when planted in a single row on beds or planted in twin rows on beds with different plant populations under dryland or irrigation. Above average rainfall occurred in May 2000 which resulted in twin rows at any plant population producing higher yields than the single row at lower plant population. In 2001, single-row plantings with either plant population (124,000–160,000 or 161,000–198,000 plants/ha) produced higher yield than twin rows planted at 161,000–198,000 plants/ha. Under irrigation, twin rows planted at 161,000–198,000 plants/ha produced higher yields than single row at the same population; however, no other yield differences were noted when row systems or plant populations were compared. In another study, 38 cm row spacings were compared with 76 cm row spacings under two plant populations. In 2000, when rains fell at an opportune time, no yield differences were noted; however, in 2001 with below average rainfall, the 76 cm plantings at 170,000–200,000 and 210,000–240,000 plants/ha produced higher yield than the 38 cm plantings at those same plant populations.
Slippery Slope? Assessing the Economic Impact of the 2002 Winter Olympic Games in Salt Lake City, Utah

This paper provides an empirical examination of the 2002 Winter Olympic Games in Salt Lake City, Utah. Our analysis of taxable sales in the counties in which Olympic events took place finds that some sectors such as hotels and restaurants prospered while other retailers such as general merchandisers and department stores suffered. Overall the gains in the hospitality industry are lower than the losses experienced by other sectors in the economy. Given the experience of Utah, potential Olympic hosts should exercise caution before proceeding down the slippery slope of bidding for this event.
The Waveform Description Language

2 WDL Overview 4 2.1 Decomposition 4 2.2 Communication 4 2.3 Influences 6 2.4 Hierarchical Diagrams 7 2.4. 1 Interfaces 7 2.4. 2 Message Flows 8 2.4. 3 Statecharts 9
The Critical Thinking Skills of Teacher Candidates Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus Sampling.

Problem Statement: The main function of education is to prepare individuals for life. In this context, education aims to equip individuals throughout the different stages of education, where most of the time individuals learn how they should behave, as well as how to manage problems with effective problem-solving and critical thinking skills. The educational process used to develop critical thinking in teacher candidates is known to be important for the preparation of educational environments; many studies have identified that a large proportion of what teachers teach is what they have learned (Besoluk & Onder, 2010). Therefore, it is important to determine trends in the development of teaching candidates’ critical thinking skills and to address these features in the process of teaching and learning. Purpose of Study: The purpose of this study is to analyze the level of teacher candidates’ critical thinking skills and to determine whether there is a significant difference in their critical thinking skills in terms of teacher candidates’ institutions, gender, and class, and their frequency of reading humor magazines. Methods: The present research used a descriptive kind of general survey model with a quantitative method. Widely used, the descriptive approach aims to identify the condition of interest. Survey models refer to research approaches that aim to describe past or existing situations. The situation, event, individual, or object related to the study is used to determine their terms (Karasar, 2009). Findings and Results: As a result of the study, it was found that teacher candidates’ critical thinking skills displayed significant differences in sensibility of critical thinking skills, consciousness, empathy, adoption, * Dr.: European University of Lefke, Dr. Fazil Kucuk Faculty of Education, , Lefke, Northern Cyprus, Mersin 10, Turkey. eposta: oserin@eul.edu. tr
A framework for the engineering asset management system

– The role of engineering asset management (AM) system as a controlling element within organizations is not well defined or understood. The purpose of this paper is to include the role of AM in the organizational strategy making, an issue that has not received sufficient attention. The focus of the paper is on how such role is maintained by the AM system activities, relationships and mechanisms over the asset-related activities of an organization. , – As an approach, a reference framework is required that allows research of this area. By combining a number of possible views of an organizational management system a comprehensive view can be established. A review of literature was used to establish a framework identifying the AM system as an integrated part of the organization's management system. , – A framework is established that focuses on planning and controlling asset-related activities by involving a set of activities, relationships between these activities and feedback mechanisms. A system functional model is proposed integrating the established framework as part of the control of the enterprise system. , – The framework and system functional model are established on a theoretical basis and practical experience requiring applicability to be proven by further research. , – Asset managers in capital intensive organizations can utilize the framework and the system functional model in order to study their AM system, its relationships and to consider how it may be improved. , – Exploring a holistic and relatively new concept.
Assessment of the Resistance to External Factors of Low-Density Polyethylene Modified with Natural Fillers

The study reports the results of investigation of basic processing and thermal properties of low-density polyethylene modified with two types of natural filler: wheat bran and pumpkin seed hulls, their content ranging from 5% to 15% relative to the matrix. In addition, physical properties of the produced granulates are determined, i.e. the relationship between their density and the applied contents of the tested fillers. Furthermore, the study reports the results concerning longitudinal shrinkage, abrasion resistance and cold water absorption of injection molded tensile specimens.
Investor Information, Long-Run Risk, and the Duration of Risky Cash Flows

We study the role of information in asset pricing models with long-run cash flow risk. To illustrate the importance of the information structure, we show how the implications of the long run risk paradigm for the cross-sectional properties of stock returns and cash flow duration are affected by information. When investors can fully distinguish short- and long-run consumption risk components of dividend growth innovations (full information), only exposure to long-run consumption risk generates significant risk premia, implying that high return value stocks are long-duration assets, contrary to the historical data. By contrast, when investors observe the change in consumption and dividends each period but not the individual components of that change (limited information), exposure to short-run risk can generate large risk premia, so that high-return value stocks are short-duration assets while low-return growth stocks are long-duration assets, as in the data. We also show that, in order to explain empirical finding that long-horizon equity is less risky than short-horizon equity, the properties of the cash flow model and the values of primitive preference parameters must be quite different from those emphasized in the existing long-run risk literature.
Influence of hydrology on the fish body condition in a large subtropical floodplain

With the objective of finding fluctuations on fish body condition in the Middle Parana River floodplain in different hydrological scenarios, this attribute was analyzed in several trophic groups of a secondary floodplain channel and its associated lakes between 2010 and 2012. Standardized residuals generated by length-weight regressions were calculated for each species and the relative weight (Wr) of the most abundant species per group was examined. A two-way factorial ANOVA was carried out (factors: hydrology and habitats) to evaluate the existence of significant spatial-temporal differences by groups and species. Results showed that body condition in detritivorous, herbivorous and omnivorous species fluctuated significantly depending on hydrology and the environment. Optimal body condition was recorded after the largest flood pulse in most species. Body condition decreased during the low-water period and after two disconnection periods, whereas during the second flood pulse it increased in detritivores, herbivores and omnivores. No floods occurred thereafter, but two flow pulses were registered, and body condition increased under these hydrologic scenarios, with similar or higher values to those recorded after the largest pulse. These results indicate that flow pulses, which are supplementary to flood pulses, may have a positive effect on fish body condition.
Misconceptions about Psychological Science: A Review

This article provides an overview of the available evidence on psychological misconceptions, including key findings, current directions and emerging issues for investigation. We begin by defining misconceptions and then examine their prevalence and persistence, discuss their implications for student learning and highlight potential strategies to eliminate or reduce their influence. Thereafter, several theoretical and methodological issues that have traditionally defined research in this area are discussed. In particular, we highlight the possibility that reported rates of misconceptions may in part be driven by particular features of the measurement procedures employed. On the basis of this analysis, potential avenues for future research are outlined.
Meiofauna-mangrove interaction: A pilot study from a tropical mangrove habitat

We studied meiofauna in the sediments and on the surface of roots of four mangrove vegetation types in Chorao Island, Goa, Central West coast of India. A total of 14 taxa were recorded from the mangrove roots while 12 taxa from the sediments. Nematodes dominate in the sediment of all vegetation and the density ranged from 71.2% - 76.3%. Like sediments, nematodes also dominated the mangrove roots and their contribution was in the range 48.5% - 61.6% followed by harpacticoids (30.9% - 36.9%). However, compared to sediments, their density was quite low per 10 cm 2 . The total meiofaunal densities in the sediments of four mangrove vegetation types are less: 519.5±343.12 ind. 10 cm -2 in Sonneratia, 343.5±283.13 ind. 10 cm -2 for Rhizophora, 208.08±68.21 ind. 10 cm -2 for Avicennia and 166.16±66.44 ind. 10 cm -2 in Bruguiera. Among different vegetation, roots of Sonneratia had the largest density (31.45±19.29 ind./10 cm 2 ), followed by Bruguiera (22.81±18.04 ind./10 cm 2 ), Avicennia (11.55±7.92 ind./10 cm 2 ), with the lowest in Rhizophora (10.66±5.89 ind./10 cm 2 ). A significant variation was detected (P 90% of the total meiofauna. The vertical variation of meiofaunal density was also strongly significant (P<0.001). However, from the Rhizophora sediments, nematodes were found to be existing below the Redox Potential Discontinuity (RPD) layer which is considered a hostile biotope. Future studies should consider these thiobiotic species (below the RPD layer), which are generally neglected. Investigation of their taxonomy, ecological interactions and physiological mechanisms for adaptation will provide a better insight about the role of the RPD layer and in what way they are different from the oxybiotic species (above the RPD layer). Studies pertaining to sedimentary characteristics of different vegetations will deepen our knowledge on meiofauna-mangrove interaction.
The drivers of regulatory networking: policy learning between homophily and convergence

Abstract The literature on transnational regulatory networks identified interdependence as their main rationale, downplaying domestic factors. Typically, relevant contributions use the word “network” only metaphorically. Yet, informal ties between regulators constitute networked structures of collaboration, which can be measured and explained. Regulators choose their frequent, regular network partners. What explains those choices? This article develops an Exponential Random Graph Model of the network of European national energy regulators to identify the drivers of informal regulatory networking. The results show that regulators tend to network with peers who regulate similarly organised market structures. Geography and European policy frameworks also play a role. Overall, the British regulator is significantly more active and influential than its peers, and a divide emerges between regulators from EU-15 and others. Therefore, formal frameworks of cooperation (i.e. a European Agency) were probably necessary to foster regulatory coordination across the EU.
Variation in reproductive potential and influence on Icelandic herring recruitment

Explaining recruitment variation in fish is essential for successful fishery management and is consequently under constant review, with an increasing focus on how maternal factors, relative to environmental influences, operate at the level of individual female spawners and extend from the spawning stock through to recruitment. We estimate total egg production (E) in Icelandic summer-spawning herring (Clupea harengus) from 1963 through 1999 by using sequential population analyses (SPA) and their estimates of stock biomass and recruitment, various size and maturity metrics, and individual fecundity estimates that rely on total length and the condition of the spawners. Generalized linear models indicate that maternal effects are of significance in explaining SPA-based recruitment-at-age-3 (R). The best model explained 64% of the variation in R and incorporates E constrained to the repeat spawners (40%), the NAO winter index (18%) and ocean temperature (6%). The latter two represent the winter and spring periods subsequent to year-class formation. Recruit spawner contributions to E were of no significance in explaining variation in R despite the fact that they could contribute as much as 55% of E when their contribution to E was consistently underestimated by a factor of � 2, based only on their contribution to spawning stock biomass. We conclude that the spawning potential of the repeat spawners should replace total spawning stock biomass for determining recruitment potential in stock assessment. In addition to the incorporation of oceanographic factors, this
Fish assemblage patterns in the littoral zone of a European reservoir

SUMMARY 1. Although reservoirs are common aquatic habitats in Europe, there is little quantitative information on the spatial organisation of fish assemblages inhabiting their littoral zones. Consequently, we characterised fish assemblage structure in the littoral zone of a reservoir (Lake Pareloup) in SW France during late spring, summer and early autumn (the growing season). 2. We measured the relative abundance of fish, weekly from mid-May to mid-October, using point abundance sampling by electrofishing. We identified temporal patterns in assemblage structure using hierarchical cluster analysis, and then characterised the spatial distribution of 17 defined ecospecies using a Kohonen self-organising map (SOM, an unsupervised Artificial Neural Network). 3. Our analyses revealed three distinct faunal structures within the littoral zone. From midMay to mid-July, adults and young-of-the-year (0+) occupied separate habitats, with most 0+ fish in vegetated habitats and adults in open water. From mid-July to late August, some 0+ co-occurred with adults, but most 0+ fishes remained in vegetated areas. Finally, from late August to mid-October, most fish (both 0+ and adults) left the vegetation for unvegetated littoral habitats, the exception being fish species known to be dependent on macrophytes. 4. Contrary to patterns for adult fishes, the 0+ fish assemblage was dynamic. These dynamics were driven by ontogenetic species-specific habitat changes. Consequently, there was little evidence of stable assemblages or strong assemblage–habitat relationships that would be expected of an ‘interactive’ assemblage. It is likely that the patterns observed are a result of species-specific response to habitat availability in the lake.
The Effects of Electronic Human Resource Management on Financial Institutes

The purpose of the study is identifying the important factors that contribute to adoption of e-HRM among banks in Bangladesh. Stratified random sampling technique was used to consider 265 respondents from twenty eight private commercial banks. A pre-tested and close-ended questionnaire adapting five-point Likert scale was used for data collection. In this study, descriptive statistics and exploratory factor analysis are exercised as statistical tools. The result shows that employee’s individual attributes, top management support, compatibility, IT infrastructure and industry pressure are important factors that influencing management decision to adopt e-HRM among banks. The practical implication of the findings is discussed at the end of this paper and recommendations for further research are also addressed.
COMPARISON AND DETERMINATION OF THE LEAF TEMPERATURE OF SUNFLOWER AND SAFFLOWER UNDER DROUGHT STRESS

SUMMARY Four sunflower (Tarsan, Sanbro, TR-3080 and DKF-2525) and four safflower (Remzibey, Dincer, Balci and TRE-ASL09/14) genotypes were tested in a greenhouse, sheltered from rain, under well-watered (60% FC) and drought stress (30% FC) irrigation field capacity to determine the effect of drought stress on the leaf temperature and compare the reaction responses against drought stress in terms of leaf temperature between sunflower and safflower. The effect was particularly apparent under conditions of drought stress indicating that all sunflower and safflower genotype responses gradually increase their leaf temperature under drought stress. The results of the study showed that leaf temperature of sunflower and safflower was lower than ambient temperature in both conditions. But the leaf temperature of sunflower and safflower were closer to ambient temperature under drought stress than under well-watered conditions, probably because of decreased transpiration cooling. It can also be exposed in this study that even though the leaf temperatures of safflower were generally higher than the leaf temperature of sunflower under drought stress, in general the safflower leaf temperatures in ambient conditions were higher than those of sunflower. It was found that statistical differences of the leaf and stem temperature measured by an infrared thermometer provide practically a rapid means of assessing plant water status and observe the performance of plant response to the effect of drought stress. Especially, the results revealed that the leaf temperatures of sunflower and safflower genotypes could be altered by not only drought stress but also the changing of ambient temperature and genetically property of them during the day. Therefore, to measuring of leaf temperatures should be done very carefully and should be measured on more leaves.
Evaluation of Compliance with Continuous Positive Airway Pressure in Patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome

Background and Objective: Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) is a breathing disorder during sleep and de-fined as unexplained sleepiness during the day, with a minimum of five obstructive respiratory events per hour of sleep. This study aimed to evaluate the compliance to continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) in patients with OSAS. Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted on OSAS patients whose polysomnography test was performed at least 1 year before, and CPAP was prescribed for them. Apnea–hypopnea index (AHI) and patients’ demographic information were recorded. Results: This study included 105 patients with OSAS. The mean AHI score was 40. Patients were distributed into three groups according to their AHI: Mild (5 ≤ AHI < 15): 20 patients (19%), moderate (15 ≤ AHI < 30): 25 patients (23.8%), and severe (AHI ≥ 30): 60 patients (57.1%). Patients were divided into three groups based on their use of CPAP: 27 (25.7%) patients were regular users of CPAP, their time average use was 5.4 hours a day; 11 (10.4%) patients were in the group who stop using their CPAP, their average of time use was 6.4 hours a day; and 67 (63.8%) patients were in the group who did not use the CPAP. Conclusion: The long-term adherence to CPAP in patients with OSAS was 25%, which correlated significantly with their financial situation, while there was no significant association between the use of CPAP with age, sex, educational status, and the severity of sleep apnea.
Residents' Attitudes toward International Tourism: A Case of Iran

﻿The main objective of this research was to investigate Iranian attitudes toward the impact of foreign tourism on the economic, social/cultural, environmental, and the country’s religion. The results of the survey questionnaire to 836 Iranians in major tourism cities revealed that, in general, Iranians view foreign tourism as having a positive influence economically, social/culturally, and environmentally. On the impact of foreign tourism on the country’s religion, residents were mostly neutral, indicating ambivalence whether the impact would be positive or negative. Implications of the findings for the country’s economic development strategies are discussed.
SPOKEN LANGUAGE FEATURES GENERATED BY PLAY-BASED INSTRUCTIONS

Studi ini membahas tentang fitur Bahasa Inggris lisan yang digunakan oleh gurudan siswa melalui instruksi berbasis bermain, dan mengkaji tentang frekuensipenggunaannya. Peserta studi meliputi lima guru Bahasa Inggris dan sebelasanak TK di sebuah sekolah imersi. Bahasa lisan guru dan siswa diperiksa melaluirekaman audio dan video untuk menangkap data yang terjadi secara alami. Hasilpenelitian menunjukkan bahwa para peserta menggunakan lima fitur; bundelleksikal, frasa yang mengandung idiom, kombinasi bebas antara kata kerja danpartikel, frasa binomial, dan ekspresi formula lainnya. Ucapan-ucapan yangdihasilkan guru adalah eksposur bagi siswa untuk belajar Bahasa Inggris, dimanasiswa dapat belajar dengan cara meniru dan memodifikasi apa yang mereka pelajarisesuai dengan kreativitas mereka dalam memproduksi ujaran. Para peserta jugamenunjukkan produktifitas yang lebih besar pada bundel leksikal dan ekspresiformula lainnya, menunjukkan bahwa fitur yang paling sering digunakan mungkinadalah fitur yang paling mudah diperoleh melalui pembelajaran berbasis bermain This study examines spoken English features used by teachers and students through playbasedinstructions; it examines frequency of occurrence displayed by teachers and students.The participants were five nonnative teachers of English and eleven kindergarteners in an immersionschool. The teachers and students’ spoken language was examined through audio andvideo recordings to capture naturally occurring data. Results show that the participants usefive features; lexical bundles, idiomatic phrases, free combinations of verb + particle, coordinatedbinomial phrases, and other formulaic expressions. The utterances produced by teachersare exposures for the students to learn English, which the students could learn by imitatingand modifying what they are exposed to based on their creativity in producing spoken languageutterances. The participants also show greater productivity on lexical bundles and otherformulaic expressions, indicating that the most frequent features, which occur, may be the mosteasily acquired features through play-based learning