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Support Effects on de-NOx Catalytic Properties of Supported Tin Oxides

The influence of the carrier (i.e., SiO2, ZrO2, TiO2, γ-Al2O3, and MgO) on the reduction pattern, the acid–base properties, and the catalytic activity of supported tin dioxide catalysts has been investigated by temperature-programmed reduction/oxidation, adsorption calorimetry, and reduction of NOx by ethene in an oxygen-rich atmosphere. Two series of SnO2 catalysts of low (∼3 wt%) and high (∼20 wt%) Sn content were prepared by impregnation. The dramatic influence of the support on the activity and selectivity of the SnO2 surfaces in the NO reduction by C2H4 was evidenced. For the 3 wt% Sn series, 39, 38, 29, 24, and 0% conversions of 5000 ppm NO to N2 in the presence of 90,000 ppm of O2 at a space velocity of 50,000 h−1 were observed at 500°C on ZrO2, Al2O3, TiO2, SiO2, and MgO supports, respectively. The most active catalysts at low Sn loading were those based on ZrO2 and Al2O3. The integral N2 formation rates per mole of SnO2 ranged from 2 to 5×10−3 s−1 in the 350–500°C temperature domain. An increase of the Sn loading led to small positive or negative effects on the extent of the NO reduction depending on the support. A direct relationship between reducibility and catalytic activity has also been observed. Above monolayer coverage, the molecular structures of SnO2 play an important role. For the 20 Sn wt% series, the reducibility scale for SnIV→SnII, based on the temperature at the maximum of the reduction peak, is in the order SnSi-20>SnTi-20>SnAl-20>SnZr-20, while the competitiveness factor increases in the same order. Finally, it appears that a relatively strong acidity is necessary for good catalytic performance, but no direct correlation between the number of acid sites and the catalytic activity was observed.
Ciguatera poisoning: the role of high-voltage-activated and store-operated calcium channels in ciguatoxin-induced sensory effects

Introduction: Ciguatera fish poisoning (CFP), the most common seafood poisoning worldwide, is caused by the consumption of seafood contaminated with ciguatoxins (CTXs). Pruritus is one of the most distressing symptoms, associated with other cutaneous sensory disorders, including paresthesia and cold dysesthesia. No specific treatment exists. CTXs are known to primarily activate voltage-gated sodium channels, but the downstream molecular events that lead to sensory disturbances remain poorly defined. Peptidergic sensory neurons were recently identified as major players in CFP sensory disturbances. Methods: In this study, we examined the role of molecular actors in 2 effects induced by Pacific CTX-2 (P-CTX-2): the increase in cytosolic calcium levels in rat primary sensory neurons; and the release of the neuropeptide substance P (SP) in sensory neurons co-cultured with keratinocytes. Results: Our results (i) rule out the involvement of the Na+/Ca2+ exchanger (NCX) and the transient receptor potential channels transient receptor potential ankyrin 1 and and transient receptor potential vanilloid 1; (ii) show that N-type voltage-gated calcium (Cav) channels contribute to the initiation of the calcium signal elicited by P-CTX-2 in rat sensory neurons, while N-type and L-type Cav channels play equal parts in the SP release in the co-culture; and (iii) identify store-operated calcium entry supported by Orai calcium release-activated calcium modulator 1 (ORAI1) as a critical effector of the late phase of the calcium signal and the subsequent SP release elicited by P-CTX-2. Discussion: Our in vitro findings indicate that Cav and ORAI1 channels may be promising pharmacological targets for specifically relieving the sensory effects of CTXs.
Too little but not too late. Nowcasting poverty and cash transfers' incidence in Uruguay during COVID-19's crisis

The economic crisis triggered by COVID-19 is causing a world-wide massive economic downturn, and what is likely to be the deepest GDP contraction for Latin America since the beginning of the XXth century. We microsimulate the short-run effect of the crisis on the poverty rate for the Uruguayan case based on household survey data, publicly available information on both cash-transfers and the increase in unemployed formal wage-earners applying for unemployment benefits, as well as macro-economic estimates of the likely GDP contraction. By combining these data sources, we are able to estimate the effect of the crisis on formal, informal and self-employed workers, while providing full micro-macro consistency to our results. We find that during the first full month of the lock-down, the poverty rate reaches 11.7%, an increase of over 36%. Moreover, new cash transfers implemented by the government have a positive but very limited effect in mitigating this poverty spike. We estimate that most of this increase in poverty could be neutralized with cash-transfers worth less than 0.5% of Uruguay’s annual GDP.
Eu incorporation behavior of a Mg-Al-Cl layered double hydroxide

From leaching experiments with metallic uranium-aluminum research reactor fuel elements in repository-relevant MgCl2-rich salt brines, a Mg-Al layered double hydroxide (LDH) with chloride as the interlayer anion was identified as a crystalline secondary phase component. The incorporation behavior of europium into the structure of the Mg-Al-Cl LDH was investigated. Synthesis via co-precipitation was performed. The Mg-Al-Eu-Cl LDH obtained was treated with a concentrated ammonium carbonate solution. No release of Eu was detected; hence the molar stoichiometry of the LDH remained stable with respect to Mg, Al and Eu. This chemical behavior might be the first indication of the incorporation of Eu.The material was further examined by powder X-ray diffraction. Structural parameters were obtained from comparisons of simulated and experimental diffraction patterns of a ${\rm{CO}}_3^{2 - }$CO32−-exchanged Mg-Al-Eu LDH and a Mg-Al LDH. The two materials showed different behaviors according to stacking order and lattice parameters. This is an indirect indication of the incorporation of Eu.
Measurement and Descriptive Analysis of the Education Inequality Levels in Indonesia

The study aimed to analyze (1) the measure and difference of education inequality per year, (2) opportunity to reduce education inequality, (3) linkages of historical description of education inequality to economic growth, number of poor people, and provision of education by the government. This research used time-series data from 1978 to 2017 in the shape of the education level data. Data were analyzed used (1) Education Lorenz Curve (2) the average measurement and calculation of changes in education structure, and (3) scatter plot chart analysis. The result showed that in 1978 the Indonesian education inequality index was 0.926 and experienced a decline in education inequality by 45.14 percent for 20 years as indicated by the level of education inequality by 0.508 in 2017. The Rate of Change in education inequality showed decrease drastically from 1978 to 1997 because of the INPRESS Program Policy. Opportunities for Reducing Education Inequality emerged from the increase of school participation rates, especially in the age group of 16-18 years, which are achieved through an increasing number of schools at the senior secondary level. Increased education participation will also depend on decreasing the share of the population in the two lowest income quintiles and increasing per capita income. Economic growth, a decrease in the number of poor people, and the allocation of the education budget in a descriptive historical context tend to be essential factors in determining the change in education inequality every year. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Date of Submission: 20-06-2020 Date of Acceptance: 10-07-2020 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Development of a discontinuous Galerkin solver using Legion for heterogeneous high-performance computing architectures

This work discusses the development, veriﬁcation and performance assessment of a discontinuous Galerkin solver for the compressible Navier-Stokes equations using the Legion programming system. This is motivated by (i) the potential of this family of high-order numerical methods to accurately and eﬃciently realize scale-resolving simulations on unstructured grids and (ii) the desire to accommodate the utilization of emerging compute platforms that exhibit increased parallelism and heterogeneity. As a task-based programming model speciﬁcally designed for performance portability across distributed heterogeneous architectures, Legion represents an interesting alternative to the traditional approach of using Message Passing Interface for massively parallel computational physics solvers. Following a detailed discussion of the implementation, the high-order convergence of the solver is demonstrated by a suite of canonical test cases and good strong scaling behavior is obtained. This work constitutes a ﬁrst step towards a research platform that is able to be deployed and eﬃciently run on modern supercomputers.
Synthesis and characterisation of potential visible-light photocatalyst and its photocatalytic activity in the decomposition of phenol

This work involves the in-situ synthesis and application of a visible-light activated composite catalyst. The photocatalytic activity of the synthesised photocatalyst was investigated by tracking the degradation of phenol under ultraviolet (UV) and visible light irradiation using a batch reactor set-up. The change in concentration of phenol was determined using a High Performance Liquid Chromatograph (HPLC). The synthesised Ag/AgCl/BiOCl particles were characterised using X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and Brunauer–Emmett–Teller (BET). The particles had a flower-like morphology and the XRD confirmed the presence of AgCl and BiOCl phases. A color change from white to purple during the synthesis of the composite catalyst indicated the formation of elemental Ag in the composite. The BET surface area was 6.64 m2g-1. Degradation studies indicated that the Ag/AgCl/BiOCl composite synthesised can be activated by visible light resulting in 52% degradation after 4.5 h at a 0.83 gL-1 catalyst loading.
Co-movement of Price and Intrinsic Value - Does Accounting Information Matter?

We investigate the co-movement of stock prices and intrinsic value estimates focusing on the estimation of risk. We apply risk measurements based on a) market and b) accounting data. We ﬁnd that price and value co-move from 1983 to 2014 on an index-level using accounting-based risk measurement in contrast to the market-based risk measurement. Our ﬁndings have two vital implications. First, the lack of co-movement documented in prior research can alternatively be explained by the applied valuation model (market vs. accounting), rather than investors trading behavior (e.g., speculation). Second this result provides strong empirical evidence that accounting information is useful for equity investors. Finally, we analyze the role of accounting conservatism regarding co-movement. We document that on an index level conservative reporting harms the co-movement of price and value. However, conditioning on a co-movement of price and value, more conservatism is helpful for moving prices back to fundamentals.
TRADITIONAL GAMES AS AN EFFORT OF IMPLEMENTING MULTICULTURAL EDUCATION FOR PRIMARY SCHOOL STUDENT

This study aims to examine the internalization of multicultural education values for children at the primary schools through traditional games. This is motivated by the diversity of cultures, races, languages and religions in Indonesia. Traditional children's games or “dolanan anak” is one of the nation's cultural assets that should be preserved. The games not only provide value for recreation or pleasure it also contains element of cultural values that are identical to multicultural education. These values are cultural heritage, which is full of the meaning of goodness and is useful in developing community life among the children. This article is a study literature that describes the traditional games as an attempt to integrate the values of multicultural education and social capital of the games in internalizing it. This importance is given to children or students of primary schools age so they can understand the diversity of national cultures better and earlier as a medium to foster tolerance and respect in their living environment and the external environment that has a
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Aims To determine the impact of preventing new (incident) cases of coronary heart disease (CHD) on years of life and productivity, using the novel measure ‘productivity-adjusted life year’ (PALY), over the next 10 years. Methods and results A dynamic life table model was constructed for the total Australian working-age population (15–69 years) over 10 years (2020–2029), separated by CHD status. Productivity estimates were sourced from the literature. The PALY was ascribed a financial value in terms of gross domestic product (GDP) per equivalent full-time worker. The total number of years lived, PALYs, and economic burden (in terms of GDP per PALY) were estimated. The model simulation was repeated assuming incidence was reduced, and the differences represented the impact of CHD prevention. All outcomes were discounted by 5% per annum. Over 10 years, the total projected years lived and PALYs in the Australian working-age population (with and without CHD) were 132 million and 83 million, respectively, amounting to A$17.2 trillion in GDP. We predicted nearly 40 000 new (incident) CHD cases over the next 10 years. If all new cases of CHD could be prevented during this period, a total of 14 000 deaths could be averted, resulting in more than 8000 years of life saved and 104 000 PALYs gained, equivalent to a gain of over A$21.8 billion (US$14.8 billion) in GDP. Conclusion Prevention of CHD will prolong years of life lived and productive life years, resulting in substantial economic benefit. Policy makers and employers are encouraged to engage in preventive measures addressing CHD.
High Temperature Short Time Air Puffed Ready-To-Eat (RTE) Tapioca–Peanut Snack: Process Parameters Optimization

Abstract Tapioca contains very high starch content and therefore could be used to obtain a good quality puffed product. Tapioca powder added with roasted peanut to give nutty flavor and taste was used to develop ready-to-eat (RTE) snack utilizing high temperature short time (HTST) air puffing process with center composite rotatable design (CCRD). The effects of process parameters viz., puffing temperature (200–260 °C), puffing time (30–90 s), and raw material parameters viz., initial moisture content (30–40%) and roasted peanut proportion (10–20%) on quality attributes such as final moisture content, expansion ratio, color (L value, a value), and crispness of the products were investigated and optimized using response surface methodology (RSM). The optimum quality attributes of the product in terms of final moisture content (4.7%db), expansion ratio (1.67), L value (70.96), a value (1.83), and crispness (12.1) were obtained with 20% added peanut, 35% initial moisture content, 245 °C puffing temperature and 60 s puffing time. The sensory evaluation of the optimally processed snack added with spices to enhance taste, showed the product to be crisp and highly acceptable.
The effect of entrepreneurial orientation on the export performance of apparel industry

This study examines the impact of entrepreneurial orientation (EO) dimensions on the apparel industry's export performance. EO considers as innovativeness, proactiveness, and risk-taking dimensions. The determinants of export performance are firms' financial, strategic, and satisfaction levels of performance. A cross-sectional survey is carried out by providing a questionnaire to high-level managers and owners of the MLEs. Primary data of 339 treated by partial least squares (PLS-SEM) technique examines EO dimensions' impact on export performance. The findings of this study revealed that innovativeness and proactiveness positively and significantly impact export performance. However, risk-taking dimension does not affect export performance.
Pull and push factors as determinant of foreign portfolio investment in the emerging market

How to cite this paper: Oke, M. O. , Adejayan, A. O. , Kolapo, F. T. , & Mokuolu, J. O. (2020). Pull and push factors as determinant of foreign portfolio investment in the emerging market. Risk Governance and Control: Financial Markets & Institutions, 10(4), 33-43. http://doi.org/10.22495/rgcv10i4p3 Copyright © 2020 The Authors This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0). https://creativecommons.org/licenses/
Photocatalytic degradation of gaseous trichloroethene using immobilized ZnO/SnO2 coupled oxide in a flow-through photocatalytic reactor

The photocatalytic degradation of gaseous trichloroethene (TCE) was investigated on immobilized ZnO/SnO2 coupled oxide in a flow-through photocatalytic reactor. It was found that gaseous photocatalysis is an efficient method for volatile organic compounds' abatement and air purification. Degradation of ∼100% was found for TCE at the concentrations examined, up to 400 ppmv, in a flow-through dry synthetic gas stream. In our tested conditions, the flow rate had little influence on the photocatalytic degradation efficiencies of TCE, while the relative humidity had a significant influence on the photocatalytic degradation of TCE. The photocatalytic degradation efficiencies of TCE increased slowly below 20% relative humidity and then decreased as the relative humidity increased further. The deactivation of used immobilized photocatalyst was not observed within the 200 h testing period in the present experiment, although the surface of the photocatalyst changed greatly during the use of the photocatalyst. Copyright © 2004 Society of Chemical Industry
GUIDELINES FOR INNOVATION DEVELOPMENT FOR INCREASING LOGISTICS EFFICIENCY OF MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIAL IN THAILAND

Aim: The objective of this research was to study the guidelines for innovation development for increasing logistics efficiency of manufacturing industrial in Thailand. Methodology: This research was an inductive research with mixed-methodology research including the qualitative research through in-depth interview and the quantitative research by collecting the quantitative data of 500 workplaces which received the rewards or standard organizations on the supply chain system management, production and manufacturing, transportation, warehouse or inventory of the logistics divided into large enterprises, small and medium enterprises to analyze and improve the structural equation model (SEM). And finally, the structural equation model was fit an in accordance with empirical data. Finding: The results of the research revealed that the guidelines for innovation development for enhancing the logistics efficiency of manufacturing industrial with the highest means consisted of (1) logistics knowledge management i.e., providing the employees a chance to further study logistics to enhance their knowledge and skills, (2) contemporary technology i.e., exchanging the technology, data, information both in the internal and external organizations through the internet system, (3) management i.e., appointing the executives with keen vision, foresight, and creativity to lead the organization for the sustainable success, and (4) cooperation network i.e., setting the updated and easily accessible customer’s database system. For the result of hypothesis test, it was found that large enterprises, small and medium enterprises weighed the guidelines for innovation development for increasing logistics efficiency of manufacturing industrial in Thailand with the difference at the statistically significant level of 0.05. Conclusion: This research could be concluded that the innovation development of logistics helped the organization reduce the operation costs to create the basis of enhancing the logistics capacity and entrepreneurs’ international competitiveness. The results of the structural equation model analysis were proved through the evaluation criteria with the empirical data with the Chi-square probability of 0.172, the relative Chi-square of 1.104, the correlation index of 0.964, and the root index of the mean square of the error estimate of 0.014.
Simulation and optimization of hydraulic conditions via separation mesh modification in a pilot hybrid growth membrane bioreactor using computational fluid dynamics

The hydraulic conditions play an essential role in enhancing membrane fouling control and reducing energy consumption in hybrid growth membrane bioreactors (HG-MBRs). In the current research, to optimize the hydraulic conditions of a pilot HG-MBR, the effects of modifying the separation mesh between the membrane area and the carrier area were systematically investigated by placing baffles of different sizes at different locations. A computational fluid dynamics Eulerian–Eulerian two-dimensional simulation model was also established to describe the effect of the aeration rates on the carriers’ mobility in the reactor. The simulation results were successfully validated against the experimental results with a good agreement. The validated simulation results revealed that using a baffle could enhance the hydrodynamic characteristics of the reactor, relieve the negative impact of the separation mesh on the carrier mobility, and reduce the aeration intensity required to drive the recirculation of the carrier in the reactor, therefore reducing the energy consumption. Under the optimal operation conditions, a baffle with an area of 0.71 m2 (0.84 m × 0.84 m) and located on the upper part of the mesh allowed the aeration to be decreased by more than 15% at a filling ratio of 50%, which would represent significant energy savings in the reactor design.
Does Hope Moderate the Effects of Financial Distress in Adolescent Resiliency?

Does Hope Moderate the Effects of Financial Distress in Adolescent Resiliency? Miles Payne Little is known about the influence that hope may have on adolescent outcomes despite financial distress. This study considered financial distress as a risk factor in testing the moderating ability of hope on adolescent prosocial behavior and anxiety (PSB). Adolescents (n = 500) ranging from 11.00 – 16.00 years of age completed in-home questionnaires two years apart. Results indicated a direct effect between PSB and hope. However, analyses revealed no moderated effects, as controlling for prior levels of PSB or anxiety accounted for most of the variance. Although hope may be beneficial to PSB, the stability from prior levels of each outcome washes out any direct effect from hope. Limitations and future directions are discussed.