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Comparison of Two Different Low Doses of Intravenous Dexmedetomidine Infusion in Patients for Abdominal Hysterectomy under Combined Spinal- Epidural Anaesthesia

Introduction: Combined Spinal-Epidural Anaesthesia (CSE) combines two techniques thereby providing greater efficacy & cost effectiveness. Dexmedetomidine is well suited for conscious sedation as patients can be quickly aroused on demand but it has also got many side effects, so its dose is a concern. Objective: This study compared intraoperative sedation, hemodynamic stability and duration of analgesia between two different low doses of intravenous dexmedetomidine infusion in patients for abdominal hysterectomy. Methodology: A total of 100 individuals between the age of 30 and 65 years of American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) physical status Classes I and II who underwent total abdominal hysterectomies were randomly allocated into two groups, comprising 50 patients in each group. Group -1 received 0.5% hyperbaric bupivacaine intrathecally and 0.6 mcg/kg loading dose of dexmedetomidine intravenously over 20 min followed by 0.3 mcg/kg/hr maintenance dose while Group-2 received 0.5% hyperbaric bupivacaine and 0.4mcg/kg loading over 20 min followed by 0.3mcg/kg/hr maintenance dose intrathecally. Patients were closely monitored for systolic, diastolic and mean blood pressure, pulse rate, SPO2 and Sedation score, every 2 minutes from starting of loading dose of dexmedetomidine till first 20 min followed by every 5 min till the end of surgery. Patients of both Groups were observer for VAS score 24 hours postoperatively. Results: A dose of 0.6 mcg/kg dexmedetomidine was associated with more hypotension and sedation as compared to infusion in the dose of 0.4 mcg/kg/h, with reduction in post-operative analgesic requirements. Conclusion: Lower dosage of dexmedetomidine (0.4ug/kg) can also provide appreciably good analgesia and sedation and is also devoid of significant side effects like bradycardia and vomiting.
International Journal of Innovative Technology and Exploring Engineering (IJITEE)

Driven by the increasing interest from the research community, this paper presents the current role of software defined radio (SDR) in academic and commercial applications which is helpful for the researchers, professors as well as students working in the area of signal processing and wireless communication. The authors mainly focus on universal software radio peripheral (USRP) N210 which is employed as hardware and GNU Radio as software to implement SDR for various applications that help the researchers to test and analyze various proposed techniques for different systems. Furthermore, this paper presents the implementation of basic analog/digital modulation techniques, and recent research works carried out by using SDR. This paper also presents several limitations and current usage of SDR in commercial and academic applications.
TRPLP – Trifocal Relative Pose From Lines at Points

We present a method for solving two minimal problems for relative camera pose estimation from three views, which are based on three view correspondences of (i) three points and one line and (ii) three points and two lines through two of the points. These problems are too difficult to be efficiently solved by the state of the art Grobner basis methods. Our method is based on a new efficient homotopy continuation (HC) solver, which dramatically speeds up previous HC solving by specializing HC methods to generic cases of our problems. We show in simulated experiments that our solvers are numerically robust and stable under image noise. We show in real experiment that (i) SIFT features provide good enough point-and-line correspondences for three-view reconstruction and (ii) that we can solve difficult cases with too few or too noisy tentative matches where the state of the art structure from motion initialization fails.
Empirical Estimation of the Width of Highway Roadside Clear Zone

Received: 9 April 2019 Accepted: 20 November 2019 In order to provide theoretical gist and support, this paper studied calculation method of roadside clear zone’s width. Firstly, main influencing factors of highway roadside clear zone’s width are analyzed, including shoulder width, degree of side slope, braking reaction time, state of vehicle running on roadside (departure angle and speed). Calculation method is proposed based on classical physics theory, and the accuracy of the method is verified by the simulation test of PC-Crash software. Lastly, suggestion values of roadside clear zone’s width are given. The results of this paper are expected to provide design and decision-making reference for highway designers and managers, and provide theoretical support for highway design standards and specifications, as well as revision for safety evaluation guidelines of safety evaluation guidelines.
12. The precautionary principle and early warnings of chemical contamination of the Great Lakes

The growth of chemical manufacturing and use of organochlorine compounds in the 20th century has resulted in global contamination with a wide variety of toxic and persistent organochlorine residues. Probably the most significant ‘early warning’ was the publication of Silent spring by Rachel Carson (1962). This book compiled the existing evidence of previous early warnings of the effects of organochlorine pesticides on fish and wildlife and warned particularly of the threat posed by these chemicals in relation to cancer in humans.
Hydrodynamic Considerations of Micro-/Nano-Scale Flows

In the present paper, hydrodynamic characteristics of the external forced convection in the slip regime over an isothermal horizontal plate at a relatively low Mach number is numerically studied. Slip flow occurs when the dimensions of the flow system are comparable to the molecular mean free path. Under this situation, the no-slip condition is replaced by slip-flow condition. Dimensionless stream function, velocity, slip velocity at the wall, wall shear stress and boundary layer thickness are presented for a range of values of the parameter characterizing the slip flow. This slip parameter is a function of the local Reynolds number, the local Knudsen number, and the tangential momentum accommodation coefficient representing the fraction of the molecules reflected diffusively at the surface. As the Knudsen number approaches zero, the slip parameter also approaches zero, and the no-slip condition is recovered. As the Knudsen number increases, the slip velocity increases. These results are in good agreement with the conclusions reached in other recent studies. Key-Words:Isothermal Horizontal Plate, Micro-/Nano-Scale Flows, Slip parameter, Similarity approach. List of Symbols a1 initial values Eq. (17) f function defined in Eq. (5) f1 function defined in Eq. (19) Knx Knudsen number, dimensionless K slip parameter, defined in Eq (13), dimensionless Rex Reynolds number at x, dimensionless u velocity component in x, m/s u1 free stream velocity in x, m/s v velocity component in y, m/s x coordinate from the leading edge, m y coordinate normal to plate, m z1, z2, z3 variables, Eq. (14) Greek Symbols λ molecular mean free path, m σ tangential momentum accommodation coefficient, dimensionless δ99 boundary layer thickness, m μ dynamic viscosity, N.s/m2  kinematic viscosity, m2/s η similarity variables, Eq. (6) τwall wall shear stress, N/m2 ψ stream function, m2/s
Error analysis for the finite element approximation of the Brinkmann-Darcy-Forchheimer model for porous media with mixed boundary conditions

This paper deals with the ﬁnite element approximation of the Darcy-Brinkman-Forchheimer equation, involving a porous media with spatially-varying porosity, with mixed boundary condition such as inhomogeneous Dirichlet and traction boundary conditions. We ﬁrst prove that the considered problem has a unique solution if the source terms are small enough. The convergence of a Taylor-Hood ﬁnite element approximation using a ﬁnite element interpolation of the porosity is then proved under similar smallness assumptions. Some optimal error estimates are next obtained when assuming the solution to the Darcy-Brinkman-Forchheimer model are smooth enough. We end this paper by providing a ﬁxed-point method to solve iteratively the discrete non-linear problems and with some numerical experiments to make more precise the smallness assumptions on the source terms and to illustrate the theoretical convergence results.
The genesis of Yedoma Ice Complex permafrost – grain-size endmember modeling analysis from Siberia and Alaska

Abstract. The late Pleistocene Yedoma Ice Complex is an ice-rich and organic-bearing type of permafrost deposit widely distributed across Beringia and is assumed to be especially prone to deep degradation with warming temperature, which is a potential tipping point of the climate system. To better understand Yedoma formation, its local characteristics, and its regional sedimentological composition, we compiled the grain-size distributions (GSDs) of 771 samples from 23 Yedoma locations across the Arctic; samples from sites located close together were pooled to form 17 study sites. In addition, we studied 160 samples from three non-Yedoma ice-wedge polygon and floodplain sites for the comparison of Yedoma samples with Holocene depositional environments. The multimodal GSDs indicate that a variety of sediment production, transport, and depositional processes were involved in Yedoma formation. To disentangle these processes, a robust endmember modeling analysis (rEMMA) was performed. Nine robust grain-size endmembers (rEMs) characterize Yedoma deposits across Beringia. The study sites of Yedoma deposits were finally classified using cluster analysis. The resulting four clusters consisted of two to five sites that are distributed randomly across northeastern Siberia and Alaska, suggesting that the differences are associated with rather local conditions. In contrast to prior studies suggesting a largely aeolian contribution to Yedoma sedimentation, the wide range of rEMs indicates that aeolian sedimentation processes cannot explain the entire variability found in GSDs of Yedoma deposits. Instead, Yedoma sedimentation is controlled by local conditions such as source rocks and weathering processes, nearby paleotopography, and diverse sediment transport processes. Our findings support the hypothesis of a polygenetic Yedoma origin involving alluvial, fluvial, and niveo-aeolian transport; accumulation in ponding waters; and in situ frost weathering as well as postdepositional processes of solifluction, cryoturbation, and pedogenesis. The characteristic rEM composition of the Yedoma clusters will help to improve how grain-size-dependent parameters in permafrost models and soil carbon budgets are considered. Our results show the characteristic properties of ice-rich Yedoma deposits in the terrestrial Arctic. Characterizing and quantifying site-specific past depositional processes is crucial for elucidating and understanding the trajectories of this unique kind of ice-rich permafrost in a warmer future.
THE NEW APPROACH TO THE WEIGHT MANAGEMENT: INTERRELATEDNESS OF INTUITIVE EATING, ADLERIAN LIFESTYLE AND BODY MASS INDEX AMONG LITHUANIAN FEMALE COMPUTER USERS

Purpose – to evaluate the importance of Intuitive Eating for healthy Body Mass Index (BMI) in Lithuanian female computer users sample and explore the Adlerian personality attributes that might be related to the Intuitive Eating. Design/methodology/approach – The study consisted of 724 Lithuanian woman with normal or increased BMI who completed online instruments that included the Lithuanian version of the Basic Adlerian Scales of Interpersonal Success - Adult form (BASIS-A) Inventory, Lithuanian version of Intuitive Eating Scale-2 (IES-2) and questions that assessed height, weight, and behavioral variables such as healthy eating and weight controlling activities. Findings – The results indicated the significant negative relation between Intuitive Eating and BMI. Almost all the subscales of Intuitive eating were positively related to healthy eating and negatively to weight controlling behaviour. Eating for physical rather than emotional reasons and Reliance on the Hunger and Satiety feelings were found as more significant in the prognostic model of BMI than healthy eating. Some of the Adlerian personality attributes including Belonging/Social Interest, Going Along, Striving for perfection and Softness were positively related to Intuitive Eating. However two personality attributes including Being Cautious and Harshness had an inverse relation with Intuitive Eating scale. Research limitations/implications – Although the online data collection procedures are supported in the scientific literature, the same study with pen and pencil data collection in groups would increase the possibility to generalize the findings. Men should be included in the research sample too in order to explore the gender differences in relation to Intuitive Eating in Lithuania sample. Moreover the longitudinal study would be of benefit for the possibility to predict the weight change in relation to various behaviours. Practical
Dinitrogen Fixation Potential and Yield of Hypernodulating Soybean Mutants: A Field Evaluation

Soit N is a major deterrent to increase N 2 fixation by soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merr. ]. Three hypernodulating most (NOD1-3, NOD2-4, and NOD3-7) were compared with a nonnodulating mutant (NN5) and the «Williams» parent in a field study in 1988 and 1989 to determine nodulation and agronomic response to 0 and 200 kg N ha -1 applied as urea. Nodule activity was determined by acetylene (C 2 H 2 ) reduction activity of nodulated roost and relative ureide abundance in vacuum-extracted xylem sap
Spatial relations and population structure of a dominant tree along a treeline ecotone in the Tropical Andes: interactions at gradient and plant-neighbourhood scales

Background: Studies in temperate mountains suggest that plant–plant interactions modulate tree establishment above the forest line. In tropical mountains worldwide this issue remains largely unexplored. Aims: To analyse the population structure and local spatial relationships of a dominant tree at a species-rich tropical Andean forest line. Methods: We determined changes in the population structure of Diplostephium venezuelense along an elevation gradient between continuous forest and open páramo and analysed plant community structure and superficial rock cover in the neighbourhood of saplings and adults at the upper forest line. Results: Sapling and adult densities were highest in low-altitude páramos adjacent to the forest line and at the borders of small forest islands. Saplings showed local spatial aggregation, were positively associated with small boulders and low shrubs, and negatively associated with mosses and lichens. However, no spatial association was found between scattered adults in the páramo and saplings of other forest trees. Conclusions: Complex species-specific local spatial interactions, suggesting both facilitative and antagonistic effects, seem to modulate the establishment of the dominant tree D. venezuelense at and above the upper forest line. Nevertheless, the establishment of other tree species above continuous forests does not appear to be facilitated by the canopy cover offered by the isolated D. venezuelense individuals established in open páramo environments.
Interaction between strains of pseudomonads in sugar beet spermospheres and their relationship to pericarp colonization by Pythium ultimum in soil

The growth and interaction of coinoculated strains of Pseudomonas spp. on sugar beet seed were monitored for 48 h after planting in natural soil maintained at −15 J/kg and 16 C. There was no interaction between and among strains in the spermosphere when they were inoculated together at approximately 10 4 cfu per seed. Strains capable of producing antibiotics and siderophores did not inhibit sensitive strains in the spermosphere. However, antagonism between strains often occurred when seeds were coinoculated with one strain at a high inoculum density (approximately 10 7 cfu per seed) and the other at a low density (approximately 10 4 cfu per seed)
152. Skutnabb-Kangas, Tove & Phillipson, Robert (1995). Linguicide and Linguicism. In Phillipson & Skutnabb-Kangas, 1995. ROLIG papir 53. Roskilde

159. Skutnabb-Kangas, Tove & Phillipson, Robert (1996). Linguicide and Linguicism. Kontaktlinguistik. Contact Linguistics. Linguistique de contact. Ein Internationales Handbuch zeitgenössiger Forschung. An International Handbook of Contemporary Research. Manuel international des recherches contemporaines. Volume 1. Goebl, Hans, Nelde, Peter H. , Starý, Zden_k & Wölck, Wolfgang (eds.), Berlin & New York: Walter de Gruyter, 667-675.
Impact du précédent cultural et de la fertilisation azotée sur la teneur en désoxynivalénol chez l’orge

Many diseases affect cereals, but fusarium head blight associated with the presence of the fungus Fusarium graminearum is probably one of the most feared diseases in barley (Hordeum vulgare) production in Quebec. In addition to reducing grain yields, the fungus produces the toxin deoxynivalenol (DON), which can affect the health of livestock. An experimental study was conducted over 4 years (2002–2005) at the Research farm of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada in Normandin to determine the impact of four previous crops (barley, dry pea, soybean, and red clover) and four nitrogen fertilization levels (0, 40, 80, and 120 kg·ha−1) on DON content of barley. The effect of the preceding crop on DON content of barley was significant for 3 years out of 4. Thus, in 2002, 2003, and 2005, the toxin contents were significantly higher when the previous crop was barley compared with dry pea, soybean, or red clover. In 2003, the DON contents were particularly high. For example, when barley was grown the previous year, the average toxin content was 22.5 mg·kg−1. The lowest DON contents were obtained when barley was seeded on a previous dry pea crop with an average content of 10.3 mg·kg−1. The DON contents of barley grown on a previous soybean or red clover crop were 15.2 and 13.4 mg·kg−1, respectively. In 2004, the effect of previous crops had no significant effect on DON content. Similarly, during the 4-year test, nitrogen fertilization had no significant effect on DON content of barley.
Impact of Advertisements on Consumer Buying Behaviour for Jewellery Purchase

Advertising is that marketing phenomenon which is omnipresent. Everyone without even realising gets influenced by advertisements. It became a necessity for survival in today’s highly competitive market. The pressure of advertising is increasing day by day so does its expenses. Companies started to investhuge sum to create no. of advertisements to make people aware about their product/services offerings. So, it becomes mandatory to study its effectiveness and its impact on the consumer mind. Thereby, present study endeavours to examine the advertisement’s impact on consumer buying behaviour for jewellery. The people who are having the resources for buying jewellery are selected randomly for this survey. The total sample size taken for this study is 400. The data analysis is donewith Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) technique. The level of significance is taken as 5% for hypotheses testing. The results shows that there exists a positive significant relationship of customer ad perception with customer convenience, brand loyalty and customer loyalty; product placement found to have negative significant relationship with customer convenience and positive significant relationship with customer loyalty but negative insignificant relationship with brand loyalty. Another construct taken for advertisements i.e. celebrity endorsement has positive significant relationships with customer convenience and brand loyalty but negative insignificant relationship with customer
Distribution of Antibiotic Resistance and Antibiotic Resistant Genes in Campylobacter jejuni Isolated from Poultry in North West of Pakistan

Sher Bahadar Khan1, Mumtaz Ali Khan2,*, Hameed Ullah Khan3, Sher Ali Khan4, Shah Fahad5, Faheem Ahmad Khan6, Irshad Ahmad7, Nighat Nawaz8, Sidra Bibi9 and Muhammad Muneeb10 1Department of Animal Health, The University of Agriculture, Peshawar, Pakistan 2Department of Livestock and Dairy Development, Govt. of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Peshawar, Pakistan 3Veterinary Research Institute, Peshawar, Pakistan 4Direcotorate General of Agriculture Research, Peshawar, Pakistan 5University of Swabi, Swabi, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan 6Centre for Biomedical Research, Key Lab of Organ Transplantation, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China 7Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Khyber Medical University, Peshawar, Pakistan 8Department of Chemistry, Islamia College University, Peshawar, Pakistan 9Department of Poultry Sciences, Faculty of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Sciences, The University of Agriculture, Peshawar, Pakistan 10Department of Food Science and Technology, Faculty of Nutrition Sciences, The University of Agriculture, Peshawar, Pakistan Article Information Received 28 August 2019 Revised 23 November 2019 Accepted 20 December 2019 Available online 03 June 2020
Enhanced nutrient and rainwater use efficiency in maize and soybean with secondary and micronutrient amendments in the rainfed semi-arid tropics

In view of widespread deficiencies, a long-term experiment was started at the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics, Patancheru, India in 2007 to identify economically efficient application strategy (full or 50% dose every or every second year) of sulphur (S) (30 kg ha−1), boron (B) (0.5 kg ha−1) and zinc (Zn) (10 kg ha−1). During the fourth year in 2010, balanced fertilization through adding S, B and Zn increased maize grain yield by 13–52% and soybean yield by 16–28% compared to nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) fertilization alone. Balanced nutrition increased N and P uptake, utilization and use efficiency for grain yield and harvest index indicating improved grain nutritional quality. The N, P plus 50% of S, B and Zn application every year recorded highest crop yields and N and P efficiencies indices and increased rainwater use efficiency with a benefit:cost ratio of 11.9 for maize and 4.14 for soybean. This study showed the importance of a deficient secondary nutrient S and micronutrients B, Zn in improving N and P use efficiency while enhancing economic food production.
Effects of feeding ration on larval swimming speed and responsiveness to predator attacks : implications for cohort survival

We conducted laboratory experiments to examine the effects of feeding ration on the routine swimming speed of larval striped bass (Morone saxatilis) and their responsiveness to simulated-predator attacks. Striped bass were reared in low (7 prey·L-1), medium (354 prey·L-1), or high (740 prey·L-1) prey treatments from age 4 to 14 days posthatch. Larvae reared in the low-prey treatment had slower routine swimming speeds and shorter reactive distances and were less responsive to simulated-predator attacks. These differences were most pronounced after age 10 and appeared to be an effect of deteriorating larval condition rather than an effect of size. Simulation models were constructed for two potential fish predators, Alosa aestivalis and Pomoxis nigromaculatus, to examine how variation in growth rate, swimming speed, and responsiveness to predator attacks might influence mortality rate. Our simulations predicted that cohort mortality rate would decrease with increasing larval growth rates, even though faster .