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Contradictory Significations of the Audio-Spatial Signs in Tom Stoppard's Every Good Boy Deserves Favor: A Semiotic-Cognitive Approach

This paper investigates the contradictory significations of the audiospatial signs in Tom Stoppard's Every Good Boy Deserves Favor. Four linguistic signs with their inconsistent semiotic meanings are examined in this paper: Cell, School, Office and Music. This paper addresses one research question: How does Stoppard shift the semiotic focus of the four selected signs from their schematic encoded meanings towards new contradictory significations? The main objective of the paper is to explore the extent to which the significations of the four selected signs, within particular contexts, can be reallocated to assign new meanings that run counter to their cognitive framework. The paper draws on two approaches: The first is the semiotic approach developed by Ferdinand de Saussure (1916/ 1959) and Charles Peirce (1931-1958). The second is van Dijk's (2008, 2009b) socio-cognitive approach . This paper has two main findings: First, Stoppard manages to rebalance the semiotic interpretative nature of the selected audio-spatial signs away from their schematic focus towards new specific contradiction-oriented significations. Second, Stoppard creates a cognitive connection between the play's character-to-character level of discourse, motivated by a dexterous use of some contextualization cues, and the play's intended message on the author-to-reader level of discourse, supported by the reader's cognitive ability to grasp the play's communicative context pertaining to the contradictory significations of each linguistic sign.
Is the Risk of Radiculitis? Biologics and Minimally Invasive Approach to TLIFs: What

Background: Bone morphogenetic protein (BMP) and allograft containing mesenchymal stem cells (live cell) are popular biologic substitutes for iliac crest autograft used in transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (TLIF). Use of these agents in the pathogenesis of postoperative radiculitis remains controversial. Recent studies have independently linked minimally invasive (MIS) TLIF with increased radiculitis risk compared to open TLIF. The purpose of this study was to assess the rate of postoperative radiculitis in open and MIS TLIF patients along with its relationship to concurrent biologic adjuvant use. Methods: Patients 18 years undergoing single-level TLIF from June 2012 to December 2018 with minimum 1year follow-up were included. Outcome measures were rate of radiculitis, intraand postoperative complications, revision surgery; length of stay (LOS), and estimated blood loss (EBL). Results: There were 397 patients: 223 with open TLIFs, 174 with MIS TLIFs. One hundred and fifty-nine surgeries used bone morphogenetic protein (BMP), 26 live cell, 212 neither. Open TLIF: higher mean EBL, LOS, and Charlson Comorbidity Index (CCI) than MIS. Postoperative radiculitis in 37 patients (9.32% overall): 16 cases MIS BMP (15.69% of their cohort), 6 MIS without BMP (8.33%), 5 open BMP (8.77%), 10 open without BMP (6.02%). MIS TLIF versus open TLIF: no differences in 1-year reoperation rates, infection/wound complication, pseudarthrosis, or postoperative complication rate. BMP versus non-BMP: no differences in reoperation rates, infection/wound complication, pseudarthrosis, or postoperative complication rate. Multivariate logistic regression found that neither BMP (P1⁄4 .109) nor MIS (P1⁄4 .314) was an independent predictor for postoperative radiculitis when controlled for age, gender, body mass index, and CCI. Using paired open and MIS groups (N1⁄4 168 each) with propensity score matching, these variables were still not independently associated with radiculitis (P 1⁄4 .174 BMP, P 1⁄4 .398 MIS). However, the combination of MIS with BMP was associated with increased radiculitis risk in both the entire patient cohort (odds ratio [OR]: 2.259 [1.117–4.569], P 1⁄4 .023, N 1⁄4 397) and PSM cohorts (OR: 2.196 [1.045–4.616], P 1⁄4 .038, N 1⁄4 336) compared to other combinations of surgical approach and biologic use. Conclusion: Neither the MIS approach nor BMP use is an independent risk factor for post-TLIF radiculitis. However, risk of radiculitis significantly increases when they are used in tandem. This should be considered when selecting biological adjuvants for MIS TLIF. Level of Evidence: 3
Impact of Shoot and Cluster Thinning on Yield, Fruit Composition, and Wine Quality of Corot noir

Cluster thinning (CL), shoot thinning (ST), and a combination of the two practices (ST+CL) were applied to vigorous Corot noir (hybrid sp.) winegrapes grown at a commercial vineyard in the Finger Lakes region of New York State. Yield was reduced by CL (by up to 4.8 kg/vine) but not ST in 2008, and by ST (by up to 2.0 kg/vine) and not CL in 2009; however, high pruning weights (up to 4.5 kg/vine in 2008) and low crop-load ratios (ranging from 2.3 to 7.1) indicated that vines in the study were undercropped regardless of treatment. CL increased soluble solids by up to 2.5 Brix in 2008 and by up to 0.8 Brix in the ST+CL treatment in 2009, while ST increased soluble solids in 2009 by 0.8 Brix. The treatments had variable impacts on wine anthocyanin, berry skin tannin, berry seed tannin, and wine tannin depending on year. Wine tannin (42 to 64 mg/L) and tannin extractability (5 to 6%) were both very low compared to values typically observed in red wines produced from V. vinifera. Using a two-alternative forced choice test, panelists reported ST+CL wines were fruitier than the control and ST wines and that ST wines were less fruity than the control in both years. An economic analysis indicated that in order for growers/wineries to maintain their economic welfare, bottle prices would have to increase by $0.02 to $0.41 depending on the practice and year to compensate for additional labor costs and lost yield in implementing these crop-load management practices.
The Calculation of Mass Transfer Rates in Absorption, Vaporization, Condensation and Combustion Processes:

Mass transfer processes are shown to be capable of description in terms (a) of an equation, which is the same for all types of mass transfer, relating the mass transfer rate to the Reynolds number and other conditions; and (6) of a driving force, called the transfer number, which appears in the common equation but has a different form for each type of mass transfer. Transfer numbers for absorption, vaporization, condensation, and the combustion of carbon, metals, and liquid fuels are derived. The mass transfer rates predicted in combustion are compared with experimental data.
The Protective Effects of Jamun Seeds and Orange Peels Extracts on Calcitonin Cells and Parathyroid Glands against Cypermethrin Toxicity

1. Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Deen Dayal Upadhyay, Gorakhpur University, Gorakhpur, India. 2. Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Digvijai Nath P.G. College, Gorakhpur, India. 3. Institute of Noto Satoumi Education Research, Noto‐cho, Ishikawa, Japan. 4. Noto Marine Laboratory, Institute of Nature and Environmental Technology, Division of Marine Environmental Studies, Kanazawa University, Noto‐cho, Ishikawa, Japan.
Effect of Nursing Education on Knowledge and Self Care for Patient's with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

Abstract Patients with systemic lupus erythematosus are suffering from a lot of problems that can be overcomed by nursing education that focused on the improvement of patients' knowledge level, self-care. This study aimed to evaluate the effect of nursing education on knowledge level and self-care for patient's with systemic lupus erythematosus. Research design: This study was pre-post test research design was be utilized in this study. Sample: This study carried out on (200) patients with SLE, adult patients from both sex, their ages are ranged from (20-65) years old and are willing to participate in the study. Setting: The study was conducted in internal medical department (Rheumatology unit) at Assiut University Hospital. Tools: Two tools were used: patient assessment sheet, pre-post knowledge level and Self-Care questionnaire. Results: There were a statistical significant difference between total scores of knowledge level, self-care pre and post-test (after one month, after three month) after implementing nursing education (P=0.001). Conclusion: designed nursing education protocol were effective in improving knowledge level and self-care for patient with systemic lupus erythmatosus. Recommendation: Conducting additional studies on larger samples from a wider range of participants.
Arabic gum ameliorates histological and histochemical changes in the renal cortex of rats induced by alloxan injection

Arabic gum (AG) is a natural branched-chain multifunctional hydrocolloid with a highly neutral or slightly acidic, arabinogalactan protein complex containing calcium, magnesium, and potassium. Arabic gum is a dried exudate obtained from the stem and branches of Acacia trees. AG has an anti-inflammatory and antioxidant effect. This study aimed to examine the possible anti-inflammatory and antioxidant effect of AG against the damage induced by alloxan injection on renal tissue of adult male rats using histological and histochemical studies. The current experiment was carried out on 48 adult male Albino rats. Rats were randomly and equally categorized into four groups 12 rats in each group as follows: 1) Control group (C): rats have left without treatment; 2) Diabetic groups (D): rats were injected with 150 mg/kg body weight of alloxan and left for 21 days ; 3) Arabic gum groups (G): rats were orally administrated AG (25 mg/kg body weight/day) for 21 days and 4) D+G groups: rats were injected with alloxan and treated with 25 mg/kg body weight/day for 21 days. The experimental rats were sacrificed after 7 and 21 days post-treatment. Examination of renal tissue of rats seven and twenty-one days post-alloxan injection revealed many histological and histochemical changes. Highly increased collagen fibres were demonstrated after seven and twenty-one days post alloxan injection. Also, alloxan injection significantly decreased PAS-positive materials, total protein content, and total DNA content, but it significantly increased amyloid β –protein content relative to the control group. While treatment with AG post-alloxan injection showed a trend toward lowering the incidence of renal tissue histological and histochemical changes induced by alloxan injection. According to the results obtained in the current study using AG as a natural agent showed a strong cytoprotective effect against the histological and histochemical changes due to its antioxidant effect.
The Merluza Graben: How a Failed Spreading Center Influenced Margin Structure, and Salt Deposition and Tectonics in the Santos Basin, Brazil

The relative timing between crustal extension and salt deposition can vary spatially along passive margin salt basins as continents unzip, or as the locus of extension shifts toward the embryonic ocean spreading center. Determining the relative timing of salt deposition, rifting, and seafloor spreading is often problematic due to the diachronous nature of rifting, the ability of salt to fill pre‐existing topography, and the subsequent flow and deformation of that salt. We here use 2D PSDM seismic data and structural restorations to investigate the Merluza Graben, a large rift‐related depocentre located in the southern, most proximal part of the Santos Basin, Brazil, along‐strike of a failed spreading center, the Abimael Ridge. The graben is defined by up to 3.5 km of base‐salt relief along its basinward‐bounding fault and internal base‐salt horsts that are up to 1 km high. This compartmentalizes deformation, producing intra‐graben extensional and contraction salt structures, ramp‐syncline basins, and expulsion rollovers, resulting in a remarkably different salt‐tectonic structural style to that seen in the adjacent areas. We also conduct structural restorations to analyze the spatial and temporal evolution of salt‐tectonic structural styles and the relationship this has to potential prolonged crustal extension in the Merluza Graben. This approach further constrains local variations in the relative timing of rifting and salt deposition, and the impact this has on salt tectonics along the margin. The results of our study can be applied to better understand the tectono‐stratigraphic development of other salt‐bearing rifted margins.
MAPPING THE INNOVATION SPACE CHARACTERISTICS OF SOME AUSTRALIAN MANUFACTURING SMES

This paper details preliminary findings from a research project supporting the enhancement of innovation capacity in Australian Manufacturing small and medium enterprises (SMEs). Data from five interview cases, suggested a strong orientation towards customer-pull / technology adaptation and incremental innovation. Compared with a science-push / radical innovation orientation towards innovation common in technology-driven start-up firms, there was little interaction with the external R&D community. Findings are compared with those from a number of other larger surveys in relation to the dominant prospector strategy observed. One outcome of the study presented here is an ‘Innovation Opportunity Matrix’ which offers a map of innovation spaces linking customer needs with product, process or organisational innovation. This matrix provides a useful consulting tool for innovation practitioners to map current innovation focus areas, and to help think about strategically important complementary or alternate innovation focus areas
Genetic Analysis of Escherichia coli

Flagellar mutants in Escherichia coli region I were obtained by selection for resistance to the flagellotropic phage X. F' elements carrying this region of the E. coli genome were then constructed. Stable merodiploid strains with a flagellar defect on the exogenote and another on the endogenote were prepared. These merodiploids yielded information on the complementation behavior ofmutations in this region. Region I was shown to include at least six cistrons, ftaV, flaK, flaL, flaM, flaS, and flaT. Mu-induced and deletion fla mutants were also isolate,d. By using these mutant strains, the transcriptional order was shown to be flaV-flaK-flaL-flaM-flaS-ftaT. The definition of region I fla genes and their transcriptional relationships were confirmed by genetic tests with hybrid X phage carrying fla genes in this region.
Spectral domain analysis, modelling and transformation of sound

HAL is a multi-disciplinary open access archive for the deposit and dissemination of scientific research documents, whether they are published or not. The documents may come from teaching and research institutions in France or abroad, or from public or private research centers. L’archive ouverte pluridisciplinaire HAL, est destinée au dépôt et à la diffusion de documents scientifiques de niveau recherche, publiés ou non, émanant des établissements d’enseignement et de recherche français ou étrangers, des laboratoires publics ou privés. Spectral domain analysis, modelling and transformation of sound Axel Roebel
PHRASEOLOGY IN LEARNER ACADEMIC ENGLISH: CORPUS-DRIVEN APPROACHES

The paper combines learner corpus research with contrastive analysis to test the applicability of corpus-driven methods to the study of phraseology in learner academic English. It explores phraseological patterns in English L2 academic texts written by Czech university students in comparison with English L1 novice and expert writing. Three corpus-driven approaches are employed: frequency lists, keywords and lexical bundles. The results indicate that a combination of corpus-driven methods can indeed serve as an effective starting point for the contrastive study of phraseology, highlighting potential areas of underand overuse of multi-word patterns in English L2 novice academic texts. However, in order to give a more comprehensive picture of learner academic English, quantitative methods have to be combined with qualitative contrastive analysis.
Study of Blood Component Therapy in Neonates

: Objectives: Blood components used in modern day practice include, apart from whole blood, a variety of other products like Packed Red Blood Cells, Platelet Concentrates, Leucocytes and Plasma. Blood component therapy is a very common intervention practiced in new-borns. The objective of this research was to study the Indications, Pattern of usage & Acute Non-infectious Transfusion reactions of Blood Component therapy in neonates in Mahatma Gandhi Medical College & Research Institute (MGMCRI), Puducherry. Materials and Methods: In this study 200 neonates who received various blood component transfusion like Packed Red Blood Cells, Random Donor Platelets, Fresh Frozen Plasma and Cryoprecipitate, Whole blood (as comparator) in MGMCRI during the period of APRIL 2012 - APRIL 2014 were followed and studied in this cross sectional study. Observation and result: Neonatal Blood Component Therapy, Indications: Neonatal anemia - 35%, Thrombocytopenia - 53%, Others - 12%. Pattern of usage: Platelet - 53%, Packed RBC’s - 35%, FFP - 10% and Cryoprecipitate - 2%. Acute Non-infectious Transfusion reactions - 6%. The study was extended to the other parameters like gestational age, sex and birth weight of the neonates also. The maximum components usage was seen in late preterm and very low birth weight babies. Most frequently used component was platelet. Conclusion: Increased preparation of platelets and usage of appropriate Blood Component for appropriate indication for the transfusion in neonates with minimal transfusion reactions is achieved through this study.
‘Who do You Think You’re Talking to?!’: A Reflexive Account of Ethnographic Research in the Police

Reflexivity has become a prominent feature of ethnographic research and prompted an increasing awareness of researcher bias and influence in data reporting. This bias is often seen as a weakness in research that must be overcome. However, a growing body of literature, that uses autoethnographic methods, seeks to redress this and suggest that bias and personal biography should be embraced and used to inform research findings. In light of this, this paper seeks to use elements of autoethnographic analysis to explore how my own gendered identity became implicated in my research and became integral to my understanding of the role of gender in my research. The impact of researcher subjectivity on validity is also explored and how research should not claim universal ‘truths’ but can present an accurate and believable picture of an organisation. This paper also highlights the particular challenges of conducting ethnography within the U.K. Police Service and how a gendered methodology can be used to develop strategies to mitigate these challenges. Using my experiences of observing and interacting with Neighbourhood Police officers, I focus on how gendered organisational cultures must be anticipated and negotiated in order to gain the greatest insights. The overtly masculine culture of Policing meant that I was required to mimic the behaviour of the Officers and give a very masculine gender performance. This is seen as to key to assimilating into policing culture and gaining acceptance, despite the difficulties that I had adopting a hegemonically masculine persona.
RESPONSES OF THREE PEANUT CULTIVARS TO GYPSUM

This study was carried out during the two successive summer seasons of 2008 and 2009 at the Experimental Farm of Environmental Studies and Research Institute, Minufiya University, Sadat City, to evaluate the influence of the yield and yield attributes of groundnut to four gypsum applications (0, 250, 500 and 750 kg/fed) in a split-plot design using (Giza-kaem, Giza-4 and Giza-5) peanut cultivars of four replications. Other nutrients were applied uniformly. The results from this experiment show that adding gypsum with the rate of 500 kg / fed increased significantly pods weight / plant, 100seed weight, shelling %, oil seed % total protein and pod yield / plant. 0n the other hand Giza 5 cultivar was superior than Giza 4 and Giza kaem in plant height, number of branches / plant, number of pods / plant, 100-pod weight, shelling % oil seed %, total protein and pod yield kg /fed. The interaction between gypsum frequency and cultivars had significant effect on pod yield / fed. The highest pod yield / fed were produced by using Giza 5 and gypsum with the rate of 500 kg / fed. Finally, it could be concluded that the superior interaction treatments concerning yield and its components were the cultivated peanut plants Giza 5 variety when received 500 kg gypsum/fed with all other treatments.
Micromanagement and Employee Morale of Printing Firms in Rivers State, Nigeria

Excessive monitoring, lack of delegation and the lack of job autonomy in Rivers State Printing Firms is an area of great interest and concern. The high level of employee suspicion affects employee morale and performance. The objectives of this study were to assess the influence of monitoring on employee morale, to ascertain how lack of delegation influences employee morale, to find out how lack of job autonomy affects employee morale, and to find out the influence of work environment on micromanagement and employee morale. The study employed the cross sectional survey design where information was solicited mainly through the use of self-administered questionnaires. Respondents for the self-administered questionnaires were picked from a population of 135 employees of 5 selected Printing firms in Rivers State. The study sample was 101 obtained using the Taro Yamane sample size determination formula. Data was analyzed and results presented using tables, mean and standard deviation. The hypotheses were tested using the Spearman’s Rank Order Correlation Coefficient. The study found out that there is a strong negative relationship between micromanagement and employee morale of printing Firms in Rivers State. The study revealed that there is a significant negative relationship between monitoring and employee morale of printing Firms in Rivers State, There is a significant negative relationship between lack of delegation and employee morale of printing firms in Rivers State. It was revealed, through the study, that there is a significant negative relationship between lack of job autonomy and employee morale of printing Firms in Rivers State. Work environment significantly moderates the relationship between micromanagement and employee morale of printing firms in Rivers State. The study has recommended among other things, that management of printing firms should encourage managers to delegate duties to their subordinates as a means of encouraging autonomy and creativity.
AX2: Type of compounds and an overview of theoretically investigated TiO2

AX2-type compounds can be ionic, covalent or molecular types of structure, which depends on the size of atoms and the polarization properties. The materials of such type of the structure have different properties that can find the application in various areas of science and industry. Titanium dioxide, as a material of AX2-type of the structure is a wide band gap semiconductor that has been widely investigated due to its photocatalytic properties and applicability for various purposes, such as the production of solar cells, decontamination of pollutants, elimination of microorganisms, suppression of cancer cells, etc. Experimental and theoretical studies of this metal oxide can give different data on the stability of individual crystalline modifications and their transitions. This study has presented an overview of theoretically examined TiO2 modifications and current problems that can be encountered (such as various band gap values obtained by different methods and functionals; the difference between the stability of modifications examined on ab initio level and experimentally; the character of chemical bonds and transitions at the specific temperature and pressure conditions.) and overrun by optimal corrections added in calculations.