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The Influence of Selected Local Phenomena in CFRP Laminate on Global Characteristics of Bolted Joints

High specific mechanical properties of composites are the reason for their use in various fields, e.g., the aerospace industry. Mechanical joints are still used in the aerospace industry to assembly large aircraft structures. The properties of laminate around the hole can be, however, weakened, compared to their nominal values as a result of a drilling process or cyclic loading. This paper aims at the classification and analysis of imperfections affecting mechanically fastened joints in a laminate structure. A method of modeling the hole vicinity, a gradient material model, as well as the numerical and experimental estimation of laminate deterioration in this area, were proposed and analyzed. Comparative analysis of numerical and experimental results based on displacements of the testing machine grip and the extensometer length confirmed the aforementioned results as consistent in linear ranges. Therefore, joint characteristics obtained based upon measurement of the grip displacement and the ratio of stiffness in linear ranges are sufficient to determine the parameters of a gradient material model. Some imperfections resulting from, e.g., asymmetry, were included in the gradient material model; thus, the obtained weakening of laminate properties in the hole vicinity can be overestimated. Therefore, further analyses of the gradient material model for laminate structures are necessary.
Pharmacovigilance: Present status and future perspectives

Pharmacovigilance is a science which deals with relating to the adverse drug reaction, detection, assessment, understanding and prevention of adverse effects, particularly long-term and short-term adverse effects of medicines. Pharmacovigilance is an important and integral part of clinical research with a number of recent high-profile drug withdrawals, like Cerivastatin. Recently the pharmaceutical industry and regulatory agencies have raised the issue of Pharmacovigilance, because of withdrwal of a number of high profile drugs like Cervistatin (Carvalho, 2016). Early detection of signals from both clinical trials and post marketing surveillance studies have now been adapted by major pharmaceutical companies in order to identify the risks associated with the medicinal product and effectively manage the risks by applying robust risk management plans throughout the life cycle of the product. Signal detection and risk management have added a new dimension to the field of pharmacovigilance, an evolving discipline; it requires ongoing refinement in order to increase its applicability and value to public health. There is an immense need to understand the importance of pharmacovigilance and how it impacts the life cycle of the product. This will enable integration of good pharmacovigilance practice in the processes and procedures to help ensure regulatory compliance and enhance clinical trial safety and post-marketing surveillance (Gildeeva, 2016). Surveillance system is to ensure the safety of veterinary medicines once they are authorized and being used in the market place (Saygi, 2016). The rapid identification of any adverse effects to medicines is essential and the data produced from the investigation should be assessed in order to reduce risks in the future use of the product (Das et al., 2014).
Micronutrient status of tobacco growing soils of Prakasam district, Andhra Pradesh

The present study was carried out by collecting 100 representative soil samples from tobacco growing soils of Prakasam district. The soils were found to be neutral to moderately alkaline in reaction. All the soil samples were non-saline. CaCO3 ranged from nil to medium. The soils of the region were low to medium in organic carbon. Among all DTPA extracted micronutrients majority of the soil samples were sufficient in Mn, Fe and all soil samples were sufficient in Cu but Zn was deficient in majority of soil samples. The micronutrients were significantly and positively correlated with organic carbon and negatively correlated with calcium carbonate.
Nonlinear Analysis of Reinforced Concrete Slabs atElevated Temperature

In this paper a nonlinear finite element analysis is presented to simulate the fire resistance of reinforced concrete slabs at elevated temperatures. An eight node layered degenerated shell element utilizing Mindlin/Reissner thick plate theory with initial stiffness technique is employed. The proposed model considered cracking, crushing, and yielding of concrete and steel at high temperatures. More complicated phenomena like concrete transient thermal strain and concrete spalling are excluded in the present analysis. The validation of the proposed model is examined against experimental data of previous researches and shows good agreement.
ATTRACTING THE BEST AND THE BRIGHTEST: THE EFFECT OF EMPLOYER SUPPORT ON ORGANIZATIONAL ATTRACTION IN PUBLIC ACCOUNTING

Although the supply of accounting graduates has recently reached an all-time high, the competition to recruit the best and the brightest accounting graduates into the public accounting profession has intensified. This hypercompetitive recruiting market has forced firms to work to differentiate themselves to candidates in a variety of ways. This study employs an experimental design where Accounting students rate their level of attraction to an organization in the recruitment process based on a variety of different types and levels of support provided by the firm to employees preparing for the CPA exam. Three types of support were identified, including: bonus for passing the CPA exam, reimbursement for study materials, and study time in preparation for the exam. Additional analysis includes insights into the potential moderating effects that might exist based on the characteristics of academic achievement, selfefficacy, conscientiousness, and a protean career attitude.
Assessment of Packaging Technology for the Exportation of Fresh Yams

This study aimed at identifying a suitable packaging material for the exportation of fresh yams. To this end, a set of six packaging materials (i.e., paperboards, plastic vats, nets, jute bags, synthetic bags and cane baskets) were assessed on four varieties of Dioscoreaalata (sopie, florido, gba, sampian) and one variety of Dioscoreacayenensis (mampan). Some physicochemical characteristics such as moisture, ash, protein, total sugar and phenol contents, and titrable acidity, water absorption capacity and water solubility index were determined after 85 days storage period. The resistance to shocks of yams for the different packing materials was also investigated. Overall, the packing materials did affect significantly (p≤ 0.05) the physiological and physicochemical parameters of yam varieties. Data from the physicochemical analyses and from resistance measurement of the packed tubers showed that, for the exportation of fresh yams, paperboard was the most suitable material, followed by plastic vat and net.
Social Support, but Not Perceived Food Environment, Is Associated with Diet Quality in French-Speaking Canadians from the PREDISE Study

The objectives were to assess whether social support for healthy eating and perceived food environment are associated with diet quality, and to investigate if sociodemographic characteristics moderate these associations. A probability sample of French-speaking adults from the Province of Québec, Canada, was recruited in the context of the PREDISE study. Participants reported their perceptions of supportive and non-supportive actions related to healthy eating from close others at home and outside of home (n = 952), and of the accessibility to healthy foods (n = 1035). The Canadian Healthy Eating Index (C-HEI) was calculated based on three Web-based 24 h food recalls. Multiple linear regression models showed that supportive (B = 1.50 (95% CI 0.46, 2.54)) and non-supportive (B = −3.06 (95% CI −4.94, −1.18)) actions related to healthy eating from close others at home were positively and negatively associated with C-HEI, respectively, whereas actions from close others outside of home were not. The negative association between non-supportive actions occurring at home and C-HEI was stronger among participants with lower (vs. higher) levels of education (p interaction = 0.03). Perceived accessibility to healthy foods was not associated with C-HEI (p > 0.05). These results suggest that the social environment may have a stronger influence on healthy eating than the perceived physical environment. This adds support for healthy eating promotion programs involving entire families, especially for more socioeconomically disadvantaged individuals, whose efforts to eat healthily may be more easily thwarted by non-supportive households.
Manfred M. Fischer and Petra Staufer-Steinnocher Optimization in an Error Backpropagation Neural Network Environment with a Performance Test on a Pattern Classification Problem

Various techniques of optimizing the multiple class cross-entropy error function to train single hidden layer neural network classi ers with softmax output transfer functions are investigated on a real-world multispectral pixel-by-pixel classi cation problem that is of fundamental importance in remote sensing. These techniques include epoch-based and batch versions of backpropagation of gradient descent, PR-conjugate gradient and BFGS quasi-Newton errors. The method of choice depends upon the nature of the learning task and whether one wants to optimize learning for speed or generalization performance. It was found that, comparatively considered, gradient descent error backpropagation provided the best and most stable out-of-sample performance results across batch and epoch-based modes of operation. If the goal is to maximize learning speed and a sacri ce in generalisation is acceptable, then PR-conjugate gradient error backpropagation tends to be superior. If the training set is very large, stochastic epoch-based versions of local optimizers should be chosen utilizing a larger rather than a smaller epoch size to avoid inacceptable instabilities in the generalization results.
Building Extraction from Very High Resolution Aerial Imagery Using Joint Attention Deep Neural Network

Automated methods to extract buildings from very high resolution (VHR) remote sensing data have many applications in a wide range of fields. Many convolutional neural network (CNN) based methods have been proposed and have achieved significant advances in the building extraction task. In order to refine predictions, a lot of recent approaches fuse features from earlier layers of CNNs to introduce abundant spatial information, which is known as skip connection. However, this strategy of reusing earlier features directly without processing could reduce the performance of the network. To address this problem, we propose a novel fully convolutional network (FCN) that adopts attention based re-weighting to extract buildings from aerial imagery. Specifically, we consider the semantic gap between features from different stages and leverage the attention mechanism to bridge the gap prior to the fusion of features. The inferred attention weights along spatial and channel-wise dimensions make the low level feature maps adaptive to high level feature maps in a target-oriented manner. Experimental results on three publicly available aerial imagery datasets show that the proposed model (RFA-UNet) achieves comparable and improved performance compared to other state-of-the-art models for building extraction.
Compassion and Job Performance: Dual-Paths through Positive Work-Related Identity, Collective Self Esteem, and Positive Psychological Capital

The purpose of this study is to examine the unexplored mechanisms through which employee job performance is affected by compassion experienced at work. While the relationship between compassion and job performance is relatively well established in the literature, our knowledge of the actual mechanisms underlying this relationship is still in a nascent state. In this study, we propose two paths through which increased job performance results from workplace compassion. Our empirical results, obtained through 360 full-time employees including 182 males and 178 females working in South Korea, provide support for the serial double mediation effects of positive work-related identity and collective self-esteem in the positive relationship between compassion experienced at work and job performance. In addition, the positive relationship between workplace compassion and job performance is mediated by positive psychological capital.
THE ESTIMATION AND UTILITY OF HIGH SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL RESOLUTION WINDS DERIVED FROM GMS-5 OBSERVATIONS

The direct readout of Stretched VISSR data from the GMS has allowed the local generation of cloud and water vapour drift winds, at high resolution, in real time over the Australian Region. The techniques used in the derivation of these data and an indication of their quality and utility are contained in this document. After the recent launch of GMS-5, cloud drift winds, calculated using infrared channel 1 (IR-1), have been generated in the Bureau of Meteorology, Melbourne and used for operational purposes in the Australian Region. In addition, winds have been generated, in real time, on an hourly basis, from infrared and visible imagery. These data have been used with the Australian Bureau of Meteorology’s next generation operational forecast model and have been shown to have the potential to positively impact operational 24-hour forecasts in the Australian Region. Further experiments have also been carried out to examine the application of high temporal and spatial resolution winds using conventional intermittent assimilation, nudging and variational techniques. A brief summary of these experiments is provided, along with an indication of the utility of these various approaches in numerical weather prediction, particularly for tropical cyclone track forecasting.
Stakeholder management in marine protected areas of Catanduanes Island, Philippines

The management of Marine Protected Areas (MPA) or Community Managed Marine Spaces (CMMS) in Catanduanes island, Philippines has increasingly gained interest among marine conservationists. Looking into the benefits, there are several attempts to explain whether effectiveness of these spaces is achieved in the context of conservation, maximizing stakeholders participation, poverty alleviation and sustainable development. This paper looks into how contextualization in the governance of community protected marine spaces in the island province of Catanduanes, Bicol Region by focusing on effective stakeholder management and managing stakeholder inputs. Two examples from Catanduanes are presented here: (1) Kalapadan Bay Area (KBA) MPA in Baras and (2) Agojo Point Fish Sanctuary and Marine Reserve, San Andres. Analysis based on SID-SEN-SIN Model Concepts on stakeholders’ identification, engagement and inputs is discussed here and includes the presentation of an on-going program/project of the Municipality of Baras Catanduanes State University co-management or LGU-Academe Partnership contributing the effective early stakeholders’ engagement in marine spaces protection of the island province.
Life History of the Salamander Desmognathus monticola, with a Comparison of the Larval Periods of D. monticola and D. ochrophaeus

Sampling of Desmognathus monticola over a 2.5-yr period at one locality in southwestern North Carolina provided information on age structure, growth, and maturation of this species. Larvae of both D. ochrophaeus and D. monticola were taken to compare their larval development. The larval periods of the two species are essentially identical, extending for 9-10 mo from August-September to May-June. Larvae of D. monticola are slightly larger than those of D. ochrophaeus, and neither species shows appreciable growth during the larval phase. After metamorphosis, individuals of D. monticola usually spend at least two more years as juveniles. Growth of juveniles is slight in the colder half of the year, and is greatest from about 1 May to 1 August in the warmer half. Males reproduce for the first time in their 4th or 5th yr, but females do not oviposit initially until age 5 or 6 yr. In comparing D. monticola with other southern Appalachian Desmognathus, particularly D. ochrophaeus and D. quadramaculatus, it is evident that adult body size varies directly with age at maturation among species. I propose that variation in egg size and age at maturation, rather than growth rate, accounts for most of the interspecific variation in adult body size in Desmognathus.
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ECONOMIC GROWTH AND REAL ESTATE PRICES IN KENYA MUTHEE KARUANA MERCY D61/63746/2011 A RESEARCH PAPER SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI NOVEMBER 2012

Real estate investments and prices are good measures for reflecting expected real estate demand, and serve as good predictors of economic growth (Knight Frank. 2011). The "real estate" market and industry will be considered here to include both land and improvements, their selling and rental prices, the economic rent of land and returns on buildings and other improvements, and the construction industry. Economic growth leads to an increase in the middle class of a society. Hoskins. Higgins and Cardew (2004) find that GDP growth, inflation, and unemployment show significant correlations with composite property returns Given the importance o f the real estate sector, it is important and paramount to interrogate the relationship between the sector and economic growth. There are two ways to measure real estate demand and these involve an evaluation of real estate investments and real estate prices. As demand for real estate increases, real estate prices rise and therefore real estate investors will increase their in real estate to meet the demand and therefore it can be said that real estate prices and real estate investments are directly proportional to real estate demandRecently. economists propose a collateral effect of house prices that, increase in real estate prices help relax home owners borrowing constraints and increase their actual consumption since housing wealth is easy to collateralize Tracking the Hass Housing Price Index and Kenya's GDP numbers over a period of five years . data was retrieved from different sources but aligned in equal time and periods , reviewed and subjected to regression analysis and tested for significance. The results indicate that there is a relationship between the variables revealing that a quarterly change in housing prices yields a quarterly change in GDP. The data collected and analysed indicates that property is a strong asset class which has been under exploited in portfolios. More consideration should be made by institutional investors. Real estate prices have been stable during recession and political instability.
The Impact of Migration on the Welfare of Households Left Behind in Rural Ghana: A Quasi-Experimental Impact Evaluation

Introduction The impact of migration on welfare, especially in developing countries, has been the focus of much debate in both policy and academic circles (de Haas 2010). In Ghana, public discussions on migration have historically endorsed the view that the phenomenon is often unnecessary and is detrimental to national development. Consequently, many policy initiatives tend to discourage people from moving from rural areas to urban areas (Awumbila et al. 2014). Yet there is a lack of data on the actual impacts of migration on welfare, from rural Ghana in particular. This Policy Brief, which is based on data collected as part of the Migrating out of Poverty programme, examines the impact of migration on the welfare of the migrants’ former households. Using a panel survey for 2015 and 2018 that allows us to follow households with no migrants at the baseline and compare how outcomes differ between those that continued to have no migrants and those that did send migrants, we explore how the migration of a household member has impacted that household’s consumption and subjective financial situation.
In Vitro Inhibitory Effects of Different Formula of Essential Oils against Bacterial Pathogens Associated withBurn and Wound Infections

Essential oils (EOs) from plants represent an alternative approach in combating antibiotic-resistant bacteria.The objective of this study was to investigate in vitro antibacterial activity of fiveessential oils, Eucalyptus globules (eucalyptus), Eugenia caryophyllata(clove), Nigella sativa(Black seed), Zingiberofficinale(ginger),and Cocos nucifera(coconut) individually and in combination with Eucalyptus globules oil against four pathogenic bacteria that invade burns and wounds. Two Gram-positive bacteriaStaphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) and Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus(MRSA) and two Gram-negative bacteria Escherichia coli (E. coli) and Pseudomonas aeruginosa (P. aeruginosa) were used as test organisms. The antimicrobial activity was determined usingagar well diffusion method. Eucalyptus and Eugenia oils showed the greatest antimicrobial activities against all tested pathogenic bacteria. In addition, the combination of Eucalyptus oil with other tested oils except Eugenia oil presented synergistic effect against MRSA and S. aureus. The highest level of synergistic and enhancing effect was detected in Cocos nucifera EO in combination with Eucalyptus globulus. Furthermore, the minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) was estimated for the best result. In general, Gram-positive bacteria were more sensitive to inhibition by plant essential oils than the Gram-negative bacteria. Minimal inhibitory concentrations of oils were determined using Microdilution method and compared. No toxicity was recorded for all tested oils except for Eugenia oil whereas a moderate toxicity was regarded at 7.5 μg/ml using Artemia salina as test organism.Therefore, Essential oils and their combination can be used against pathogenicresistant bacteria associated with burns and wound infections.
The effects of artificial aging on high translucent zirconia

Abstract Zirconia is known for its high strength but lacking translucency. Recently, a new type of high translucent zirconia, 5 mol% yttria partially stabilized zirconia (5Y-PSZ), with a larger fraction of cubic zirconia phase has become commercially available. However, the resistance to aging of these commercially available zirconia materials is not yet fully established. Purpose: The aim of the present study was to analyze the effects of artificial aging on surface roughness, transparency, phase transformation and biaxial flexural strength of two 5Y-PSZ products, DD cubeX2 and Prettau Anterior. Materials and methods: The artificial aging was performed in an autoclave under 2 bars of pressure at 134 °C for 10 hours, which is estimated to correspond to 30–40 years in vivo. Artificial aging for 10 hours had no significant effect on surface roughness, transparency, or phase transformation for either of the tested materials. Results: DD cubeX2 had higher mean flexural strength than Prettau Anterior both before and after artificial aging for 10 hours (p < .05). DD cubeX2 showed, however, a significant reduction in flexural strength after artificial aging (p < .05), whereas Prettau Anterior showed a slight increase in flexural strength after artificial aging but not at a significant level. Conclusion: Within the limitation of the present study, both DD cubeX2 and Prettau Anterior seems to be relatively resistant to aging. However, a wider range of measured flexural strength indicated that Prettau Anterior probably is a less stable material than DD cubeX2, which also means that the flexural strength of DD cubeX2 could be more predictable.