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INVESTMENT IN HIGHER EDUCATION AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN EAST ASIA

Purpose: This article focuses on summarizing research on the relationship between investment in higher education and economic development in several East Asian countries, namely China and South Korea, whose characteristics and conditions are similar to Vietnam. The studies show that higher education plays an essential role in a country's economic development. For Vietnam, the studies also show that higher education is the driving force for economic growth; higher education contributes to income growth; higher education is a development factor. Therefore, this paper concludes: investment in higher education is an investment for economic development. At the same time, the article draws lessons learned from East Asian countries, which can be applied to Vietnam to increase the efficiency of higher education investment and promote economic development
A Forensic Analysis And Comparison Of Solid State Drive Data Retention With Trim Enabled File Systems

Solid State Drives offer significant advantages over traditional hard disk drives. No moving parts, superior resistance to shock, reduced heat generation and increased battery life for laptops. However, they are susceptible to cell failure within the chips. To counter this, wear levelling is used so that cells are utilised for data at approximately the same rate. An improvement to the original wear levelling routine is TRIM, which further enhances the lifetime of the cells by allowing the garbage collection process as one operation rather than an on going process. The advantages of TRIM for the user is that it increases efficiency of the drive’s wear levelling algorithms, meaning quicker access times and longer lifetimes. The basic wear levelling routines have caused significant difficulties for forensic investigators as data is moved to different random locations without user input. Whilst this problem has been examined in past research, the implementation of TRIM has not had much attention. This research examines SSD drives across three TRIM enabled file systems, Windows, Linux and MAC OS X operating systems. The results show that TRIM leaves far less data for forensic investigators than drives without TRIM enabled.
Trait Association and Path Analysis of Tef [Eragrostis tef (Zucc.) Trotter] Genotypes under Acid Soil Stress

Correlation and path analysis is the most important analysis that provides a better understanding of the magnitude, direction and actual contribution of traits on yield that are very useful in the selection of genotypes from the different genetic populations. Thus, the current study consists of forty-nine tef genotypes were evaluated under with and without lime treated soils in the lat house of Assosa Agricultural Research Centre during 2017 to study the association between yield and yield component; and identify the most influential traits under both soil conditions. At both phenotypic and genotypic levels grain yield was significantly (p<0.01) and positively correlated with harvest index (r>0.90), yield of primary panicle (r>0.50), panicle weight (r>0.40) and negatively correlated with days to maturity (r<-0.50) under both soil environments and with days to heading (r<-0.30) only under acid soil. This indicates the improvement of these traits would contribute to the higher grain yield of tef. Path coefficient analysis revealed shoot biomass yield and harvest index were the most influential traits that determined grain yield under both soil environments. Therefore, the focus should be given for these traits during the selection of high yielding genotypes of tef.
Numerical Investigation of a Generic Rocket Base Flows under Subsonic Conditions

The base ﬂow of a generic rocket model is investigated numerically with different levels of turbulence modeling. The comparison with the experiments shows at the nominal ﬂow conditions signiﬁcant deviations in the horizontal plane and the base pressure distribution. A simulation of the open test section is presented, which indicates on the one hand a correction of the measured pressure values and on the other hand an angle ofattack modiﬁcation in comparing the DES results with the experimental values. Based on both correction the DES results agree well with the experiment. A strong sensitivity towards small angles of attack has been observed in the experiments but not in respective RANS solutions. Although no variation of the angle of attack has been feasible with a DES, the DES seems to capture this sensitivity.
Overcoming Barriers to P2 and Recycling for Construction Waste

Construction and demolition (C&D) debris continues to be a waste stream of concern to many solid waste facility operators. As recycling rates for municipal solid waste (MSW) materials plateau, many solid waste managers wanting to increase recycling rates are beginning to view C&D debris as an untapped arena for recycling. Drywall is one of the larger components of C&D debris. Drywall has been targeted for recycling not only because of the volume that is disposed, but also in response to the odors produced at C&D debris landfills blamed on the decomposition of drywall. Factors that must be considered when developing a drywall recycling program include separating the drywall from the other components of C&D debris, assessing which markets are available, and how the recovered drywall must be processed. Collection and separation can be challenging; it can be performed at the point of generation or at the location where the mixed C&D debris is disposed or recycled. Markets include use in Portland cement manufacture, application as an agricultural amendment, and use in new drywall production. Processing techniques should adequately separate the gypsum from the paper, size reduce the gypsum, and address concerns over dust generation. Gypsum drywall recycling is currently being practiced in several areas of North America, but not to any large extent in Florida.
Reward Processing

Our behavior is inextricably linked to rewards in our environment. This observation has sparked considerable interest in understanding the neural mechanisms that support reward processing in humans. Early neuroimaging studies implicated regions such as the striatum and ventromedial prefrontal cortex (VMPFC) in reward processing, particularly how activation in these regions is modulated by anticipation and receipt of rewards. These findings have been extended in the context of models that account for the representation of subjective value, which influences decision making. Building from these findings, researchers are now beginning to characterize how social information has idiosyncratic influences on reward processing.
Accelerating innovation in the built environment by research and education in the UK

Awareness of climate change and adaptations of building stock play a key role in the UK government’s environmental agenda. While some European countries and countries like Japan move forward by bringing their sustainability agenda to the public sector, the UK seems to be slow in embracing these ideas and long term sustainability in improved products and processes for better performance, efficiency and innovative application of renewable technology is yet to come. While funding remains a major constraint research show that a number of detrimental issues including; organisation, risk, mind sets of the stakeholders, planning constraints, reluctance to accept change and the unexploited markets are major contributing factors. Most of these barriers can be overcome with research, development and information and knowledge transfer techniques. Educating all stakeholders can act as an accelerator for innovation. This paper examines innovation in the built environment and how research and education can stimulate this process. It explores drivers and barriers for innovation and how research and education in construction, design, engineering and project management can enhance this process. It presents and discusses lessons learnt from two action research projects in relation to innovation.
The Dynamic Occupational Therapy Cognitive Assessment for Children (DOTCA Ch): Pilot study of inter-rater and test retest reliability

The Dynamic Occupational Therapy Cognitive Assessment for Children (DOTCA-Ch) was recently developed in Israel. This pilot study explores the suitability, inter-rater reliability and test-retest reliability in a context outside that in which it was developed with typically developing children between the ages 6-12 years. Results from this research suggest that inter-rater reliability for dichotomous items was higher than for more complex items scored according to an ordinal scale. Furthermore most of the items scored high to perfect test-retest reliability. Benefits and limitations of this dynamic assessment are discussed, based on these results. Recommendations for further development and refinement of the assessment as well as possibilities for further research are also addressed. It is suggested that this assessment may provide a useful adjunct to occupational measures currently being used with children.
Single-Cell Gene-Expression Analysis by Quantitative RT-PCR

The problem of development has long been one of the key issues in biology. With stem-cell therapies on the horizon, the “reverse engineering” of developmental programs promises to become a task of great practical significance. We now understand the general schemes by which transcriptional networks regulate cellular differentiation and morphogenesis. These genetic circuits function as complex state machines which, over the course of development, undergo sequenced transitions that bring cells to specific end states. A variety of different gene-expression assays can be used to follow these transitions. The sensitivity of the assays now in common use limits the resolution with which we can follow the activity of genetic-regulatory networks. This thesis describes two projects aimed at refining an established gene-profiling method, quantitative RT-PCR, so that it can be used to profile transcriptional-network states cross-sectionally within developing cell populations at single-cell resolution. Two advanced qRT-PCR protocols were developed to support these projects, one based on microfluidic “digital PCR,” the other based on multiplexed “preamplification PCR. ” These protocols were used to measure transcription-factor expression in hematopoietic progenitor cells, and to evaluate the effects of aging on the stability of gene regulation. In their current form, the digital PCR and preamplification techniques will permit the analysis of perhaps a few hundred to a few thousand cells in a single-cell survey. By combining microfluidic-chip assays with the preamplification method, it will soon be possible to scale up to the analysis of many thousands of cells, while profiling many different transcription factors in each individual cell. This should facilitate the modeling of the transcriptional networks which control cellular differentiation as we press forward into the era of “tissue engineering. "
Propagation of Electromagnetic Signal along a Metal Well in an Inhomogeneous Medium

In this thesis, the problem of deriving the current distribution along a metal casing surrounded by a conductive earth is studied. The metal casing can be taken as a long and thin metal wire antenna in this case. The current distribution is unknown and can be decomposed into tiny current elements along the wire antenna. The total field from the wire antenna can be achieved by using the principle of linear superposition of the fields generated by each of the current element. The solution of the scalar wave equation for a point source is well known to be the Green’s function. For a tiny vector source of current element, the solution of the scalar wave equation can be achieved by a dyadic Green’s function. By taking advantage of the boundary conditons at the metal surface, an electric field integral equation can be built up which can be solved by the method of moments. A real composition of the conductive earth is complicated and usually is modelled as a planarly layered isotropic medium, where the eletromagnetic properties of the medium, μ and ǫ vary only in one direction, e.g. the z direction. The advantage of using such a simple model is that the vector wave equations can be reduced to two scalar wave equations. The electromagnetic wave represented by these two scalar wave equations are two types of waves, namely, the transverse electric (TE) waves and the transverse magnetic (TM) waves, which are decoupled from each other. The electromagentic field at an arbitrary point in the medium can be accurately derived by combining the fields propagating directly from the source with the fields reflected by the interfaces between layers, which has been well developed in the case of plane waves. However, the electromagnetic
On the Reliability of Wideband Communication: Impact of Channel Coherence and Sparsity

Recent measurement campaigns indicate that ultra wideband (UWB) channels exhibit sub-linear growth in the number of physical propagation paths with bandwidth. The focus of this paper is to determine the effect of such behavior and the impact of channel state information (CSI) on the reliability of wideband communication, using error exponents. Our analysis is based on a recently proposed sparse model for time and frequency selective channels that captures the impact of sub-linear path growth on the degrees of freedom, D, in the channel. With perfect CSI, D represents the level of diversity while with no CSI, D is a measure of channel uncertainty. When there is perfect CSI at the receiver, sparse channels exhibit smaller error exponents compared to rich channels in which the paths scale linearly with signal space dimensions. For training-based communication schemes aimed at learning the channel, our results reveal a new tradeoff between channel learnability and diversity in sparse channels. In particular, for each transmission rate, there exists an optimal block length at which the error exponent is maximized.
Architecture-Level Fault-Tolerance Techniques for Biomedical Implants

In this thesis the design and implementation of a new fault-tolerant architecture is described. The design targets both soft and hard faults by implementing a combination of known fault-tolerance tech niques in an efficient way. The proposed architecture allows a trade-off to be made between performance and fault tolerance by means of instruction-level configurability. The design is evaluated in terms of fault coverage, area, average power consumption, total energy consumption and performance for various duplication policies and test-sequence schedules. It is shown that an area and power overhead of roughly 25% and 32%, respectively, are required to implement the techniques on the baseline processor. The main overheads of the architecture are performance (up to 106%) and energy consumption (up to 157%). It is observed that the average power consumption is often reduced when a higher degree of fault tolerance is set and therefore the energy consumption does not increase linearly with a higher execution time. It is shown that test sequences can effectively be scheduled during program stalls, and that nearly 100% of all soft faults are tolerated by using instruction duplication. The main advantages of using our techniques are the flexibility to make a trade-off between the overheads and the required degree of fault tolerance, the high portability of the used techniques and the small increase in area and power consumption.
A Review of International Evidence on the Use of Alcohol Ignition Interlocks in Drink-Drive Offences

The aim of this project is to provide a review of the international experience regarding implementation of alcohol ignition interlock programmes and gather relevant expert advice related to the current state of knowledge regarding benefits and challenges to implementing such programmes. The objective of this project was to inform understanding of the practical and technical issues, problems and solutions in implementing large-scale schemes by reviewing existing international evidence. The answers to a specified list of key questions were sought, and they fall under five main headings: 1. set-up issues; 2. operational issues; 3. costs; 4. scheme effectiveness; and 5. future issues.
A Probabilistic Approach to Uncertainty Analysis in NTPR Radiation Dose Assessments

Abstract : Summaries of the individual sections of this report are provided in this executive summary. Each heading within this summary is labeled with the section number of the narrative report for easy reference to additional details and discussion. Introduction (1) and Background (2) In October 2007, the Veteran's Advisory Board on Dose Reconstruction (VBDR) recommended that the Nuclear Test Personnel Review (NTPR) Program develop procedures to perform probabilistic uncertainty analyses for Radiation Dose Assessments (RDAs) (VBDR, 2007). Specifically, the NTPR standard operating procedures should specify whether uncertainty estimates from individual sources are independent or correlated and when and how uncertainties should be propagated. The Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) tasked Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) to investigate methods that could be used for conducting analyses for NTPR RDAs (DTRA, 2007b). In response, SAIC identified the effort's main goal to develop and demonstrate a methodology and its enabling computational tools to perform probabilistic radiation dose assessments for NTPR atomic veterans. The objectives identified for the study are addressed in Section 1. The NTPR Program's reconstructed radiation doses for atomic veterans have traditionally employed methods using high-sided estimates for parameters that are difficult to characterize, but were considered to overestimate actual doses and therefore provided reliable upper bounds. In a 2003 review of DTRA's dose reconstruction program, a committee of the National Research Council of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS/NRC) concluded that although central estimates of reconstructed doses for external gamma exposures were valid in most cases, upper bounds could not always be shown to be at least as great as a 95 percent upper confidence limit (NRC, 2003).
Romatoit Artritte Hastalık Aktivitesinin Nötrofil lenfosit Oranı ve Ortalama Trombosit Hacmi ile İlişkisi

RA hastalarında kapsamlı Abstract Objective : Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a systemic inflammatory disease characterized by symmetrical erosive synovitis. The neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio (NLR) and mean platelet volume (MPV) have been widely used to determine the severity of inflammation. Ob-jectives: We aimed to investigate NLR and MPV values in RA population further assessing the relation between these indices, inflammatory markers and disease activity scores. Material and Methods: The present study was performed between March 2012 and March 2013, and designed retrospectively. Total 156 patients of RA were included. Results : The NLR was higher in active disease group but there was not significant difference between the remission group and active disease group (p: 0.616). Also NLR of low disease activity group, moderate disease activity group and high disease activity group were 1.98±0.71, 2.26±1.04, and 3.11±2.16 respectively. There is significant difference between groups (p: 0.030). The MPV of remission group and active disease group were 8.54±0.78 fl and 8.89±0.99 fl, respec-tively and there is no significant difference between both groups (p: 0.126). Also the MPV of remission group, low disease activity group, moderate disease activity group and high disease activity group were 9.31±1.09 fl, 8.91±0.98 fl, 8.71±0.97 fl, respectively. Although MPV is reduced in patients with higher disease activity, it was found that there was no significant difference between the groups (p: 0.206). Conclusions : NLR can be a useful marker to assess disease activity in RA patients. Increased NLR values may indicate increased disease activity. Whereas, there is a need for comprehensive studies to claim that average platelet volume as an indicator of disease severity in RA patients .
Kefir production in Poland.

Kefir is consumed in the Soviet Union, Poland, Czechoslovakia, the countries of Scandinavia and Hungary. Cultures and production methods in these countries differ, thus leading to different qualities and properties of the product. Kefir is obtained from appropriately prepared milk by using kefir grains whose microflora is capable of carrying out two types of fermentation to produce both lactic acid and alcohol
PROV-Overview. An Overview of the PROV Family of Documents

Provenance is information about entities, activities, and people involved in producing a piece of data or thing, which can be used to form assessments about its quality, reliability or trustworthiness. The PROV Family of Documents defines a model, corresponding serializations and other supporting definitions to enable the inter-operable interchange of provenance information in heterogeneous environments such as the Web. This document provides an overview of this family of documents.
Eight Kilowatt Hall Thruster System Characterization

Abstract : A nominal 8-kW Hall thruster system was developed for high power spacecraft applications. This thruster is supported by a 1.3 cm hollow cathode. Performance was measured directly at conditions representative of the space environment, bringing the Technology Readiness Level (TRL) to 5. At nominal conditions, the thruster delivers half a Newton of thrust at 8-kW with a specific impulse of greater 1900 s. Deep throttling capabilities were demonstrated. Performance and throttling curves are presented. Data were taken with xenon, krypton, and iodine. Details of the thruster and system components are also presented.
Water yield and hydrology

Investigations of hydrologic responses resulting from reducing vegetation density are fairly common throughout the Eastern United States. Although most studies have focused on the potential for increasing water yields or documenting effects from intensive practices that far exceed what would be done for fuel-reduction objectives, data from some less-intensive manipulations—such as thinnings, understory removals, and controlled burns for seedbed establishment—that are more easily related to fuel-reduction activities are available. In this chapter, findings from the entire range of available manipulation intensities are presented so that results can be applied to various levels of fuel reductions. Even though site preparation is a silvicultural technique and is not traditionally considered in the context of fuels reduction, activities such as shearing, roller chopping, and windrowing are included in this review because they affect the architecture, mineralization rates, and surface area of materials left onsite, and thus, have relevance to combustibility and fuels management.
Managing the Development of Building Projects for Better Results

• The "Owner as Sponsor" anxious to maximize return on investment, perhaps at the expense of operational costs • The "Owner as Operator" anxious to minimize operating costs, perhaps at the expense of initial capital costs • The "Designer" anxious to provide a good design service and build a reputation for future work, perhaps by creating a “professional image” in the final building • The "Constructor" anxious to maximize profit, especially if severe market competition has resulted in tight firm-price margins • The "Project Manager" anxious to set the stage for a successful project implementation through efficient management.