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REGENERATING CAPACITY OF ASIAN CAT FISH, CLARIAS BATRACHUS (LINNAEUS, 1758)

In spite of being commercially important and having high market demand, efforts put in for breeding and propagation of the Asian cat fish, Clarias batrachus has not gained the desired momentum as the process demands ablation of the male brood fish for collection of testes. The deep wound so created leads to mortality of the fish resulting in negative impact on broodstock population and farmers' income. Attempts made for post-surgical revival of the fish (weight 110.0-190.0 g/fish) by performing the incision with minimum injury revealed that the fish had amazing capacity of wound healing by regeneration of lost tissue with 83.9-92.6 % (average 87.8%) post-surgical recovery. The incision (4.0-4.5 cm in length) had completely healed within 30-35 days without any medication or stitching. There was post-surgical regeneration of the testicular tissue after 190±10 days in 90% of the randomly sampled fish. Fully developed testes were observed in 86.9% of the samples after 280-310 days of post-surgery rearing. These findings pave the way to address the inherent problem of mortality of male broods vis a vis to explore possible biomedical application of the regenerating capacity of the fish.
Anatomic study of lower cervical anterior transpedicular screw fixation

Objective To study the anatomical characteristics of lower cervical vertebrae and investigate the feasibility of cervical anterior transpedicular screw (ATPS) fixation.Methods Three-dimensional reconstruction of lower cervical vertebrae of 30 cases was performed according to the imaging data by CT examination.Using the Advantage Workstation (AW) 4.2 software,the anatomic data of lower cervical vertebrae in each group were measured for statistical analysis and the establishment of screw fixation parameters for ATPS fixation.Results Analysis of measurement data showed no statistically significant differences between males and females,as well as the left side and right side of the vertebrae (P 0.05) . The entry point for C3 and C4 is in the opposite side of the pedicle with screw,2 mm from the median sagittal plane,7-8mm from the upper end plate,with the extraversion angle of 47°-48° and the declination angle of 8°-23°;the entry point for C5 is in the homonymy of the pedicle with screw,1-2 mm from the median sagittal plane,7-8 mm from the upper end plate,with the extraversion angle of 45°-48° and the declination angle of 9°-23°;the entry point for C6 and C7 is in the homonymy of the pedicle with screw,3-4 mm from the median sagittal plane,7.5-8.5 mm from the upper end plate,with the extraversion angle of 33°-40° and the declination angle of 10°-27°. From C3 to C7,the pedicle screw diameter is 3.5 mm,4.0 mm and 4.5 mm,and the screw length is 30 mm.Conclusion ATPS fixation technique can be used in lower cervical fixation,and its screw parameter was established.It may help to solve the problems such as anterior fixation rebuilding,vertebral destruction and severe osteoporosis.
Green schools that teach: identifying attributes of whole-school sustainability

ii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS . iv TABLE OF CONTENTS . v LIST OF TABLES . vii LIST OF FIGURES . viii CHAPTER I . 1 Power of Design . 2 Purpose of the Study . 6 Research Questions . 8 Terms and Definitions. 8 Research Perspective . 10 Delimitations . 10 CHAPTER II . 12 Green School Design . 13 Educational Philosophies . 22 Organizational Culture . 27 Green Buildings as Teaching Tools . 29 Summary . 34 CHAPTER III . 36 Instrumentation . 39 Approach to Data Analysis . 42 Reliability, Validity and Credibility . 44 CHAPTER IV.47 Participant Profile . 47 Data Analysis . 57 Complexity of Whole-School Sustainability . 79 Summary . 83 CHAPTER V . 84 Study Findings . 84 vi Response to the Research Questions. 85 A Process Model for Whole-School Sustainability . 88 Study Limitations . 89 Implications. 90 Recommendations for Future Studies . 91 Conclusion . 92 REFERENCES . 95 APPENDICES . 100 Appendix A: LEED Project Directory . 101 Appendix B: E-Survey . 104 Appendix C: Phone Script . 113 Appendix D: Sample Letter of Cooperation . 115 Appendix E: Sample Notice to Participants. 116 Appendix F: Sample Email Reminder to Participants . 117 Appendix G: Letters of Agreement . 118 Appendix H: IRB Letter. 123 Appendix I: Permissions . 124 Appendix J: Code Book . 126
Analisis Besarnya Kredit Bermasalah Selama Masa Pandemi Covid-19 pada Perusahaan Financial Technology (FINTECH)

This study aims to determine and analyze the amount of non-performing loans in Financial Technology (FINTECH) companies during the covid-19 pandemic. The research sample consisted of 12 samples from January 2020 - December 2021 with the purposive random sampling method. Data collection is done through the official website of the financial services authority and the type of data taken is secondary data. The results show that non-performing loans in Financial Technology (FINTECH) companies have an average Non-Performing Loan (NPL) value of 6.08%, which is greater than 5% of the maximum limit set. Where these conditions indicate that non-performing loans in Financial Technology (FINTECH) companies are problematic or unhealthy. The increase in non-performing loans began to increase in April 2020 after the COVID-19 outbreak began in Indonesia.
Time-Domain Broadband Liner Optimization

Linearized Euler equations were arranged in a complex form to allow for computations of duct acoustic modes at multi-frequencies and in time-domain. Work was undertaken to compute broadband acoustic wave propagation in a generic aero-engine duct. The method enabled broadband liner conditions to be used in time domain. A broadband time domain impedance condition (TDIBC) was implemented for liner optimization at multi-frequencies. Measurements of Jones et al. (2005) were used for validation and to explore the possibility of liner optimization at multi-frequencies. Using an assumption of linear systematic shift from the original impedance value, optimized impedance values were obtained. In the generic aero-engine bypass duct application, impedance data of a single cavity liner were used. For a cut-on mode (m=10, n=1), broadband liner optimization was performed first in an in-duct computational domain encompassed the duct geometry. The resulting optimized impedance values were then applied to four other m=10 modes and then put into use in a large computational domain to compute the near field SPL around the engine duct. Results showed that the broadband liner optimization method can achieve noise reduction.
Seismic fragility estimates for corroded reinforced concrete bridge structures with two-column bents

Seismic Fragility Estimates for Corroded Reinforced Concrete Bridge Structures with Two-column Bents. (December 2008) Jinquan Zhong, B.E. ; M.S., Tongji University; M.C. E. , University of Delaware Co-Chairs of Advisory Committee: Dr. Paolo Gardoni Dr. David Rosowsky To assess the losses associated with future earthquakes, seismic vulnerability functions are commonly used to correlate the damage or loss of a structure to the level of seismic intensity. A common procedure in seismic vulnerability assessment is to estimate the seismic fragility, which is defined as the conditional probability that a structure fails to meet the specific performance level for given level of seismic intensity. This dissertation proposes a methodology to estimate the fragility of corroded reinforced concrete (RC) bridges with two-column bents subject to seismic excitation. Seismic fragility functions are first developed for the RC bridges with two-column bents. All available information from science/engineering laws, numerical analysis, laboratory experiments, and field measurements has been used to construct the proper form of the fragility functions. The fragility functions are formulated, at the individual column, bent, and bridge levels, in terms of the spectral acceleration and the ratio between the peak ground velocity and the peak ground acceleration. The developed fragility functions properly account for the prevailing uncertainties in fragility estimation. The
Changes in Survey Effort Can Influence Conclusions about Migration Phenology

Abstract. Changes in autumn raptor migration phenology have been documented at hawk count sites across North America. Delays in autumn migration are the most common shift reported, but these changes vary by species. We examined autumn raptor phenology and changes in count effort for 14 raptor species over 46 yr at Hawk Ridge in Duluth, Minnesota, USA, using mean passage date. Among the 14 raptors, six species showed significant shifts in migration phenology; four toward later migration and two toward earlier migration. Our results suggest fewer species are shifting toward later phenology than previously reported at Hawk Ridge and that some previously reported changes in phenology may be explained by changes in survey effort. This study highlights the importance of controlling for count effort when analyzing migration phenology, emphasizing the need for consistent effort in the future.
Does flexible migration policy spur competitiveness in the labor market? A case of migrants in the Russian Federation

With the influx of labor migrants across the globe and developed countries being on the receiving end, countries like the Russian Federation have implemented strict migration policies to check the inflow of these migrants, mainly from low-income countries. However, with theoretical underpin the increase in labor migrants brings about competitiveness in the receiving countries labor market. The current study evaluates whether the Russian labor migration policy promotes competitiveness given the characteristics of labor migrants in Russia. The study carried out panel data analysis for 14 countries within Russian region and an aggregated data from the rest of the world using the non-stationary heterogeneous panel model and estimators of mean group and pooled mean group. The result first presents strong cointegration between wage levels and labor supply (immigrant, emigrants, and native workforce). The result then reveals a negative effect of immigrants inflow and native workforce on wage levels in the short run but a positive effect, in the long run, suggesting that the labor migrants inflow is imperfectly substitutable in the Russian labor market. The result also shows a positive effect of migration policy on wages both in the short and long run, indicating that the strict migration policy can hinder the competitiveness of the labor force in the labor market.
Parametric Simulation of Triple-Pressure Reheat Combined Cycle: A Case Study

This paper presents a case study of the thermodynamic model on an existing actual combined-cycle gas turbine (CCGT) (MARAFIQ power plant) with a triple pressure reheat heat recovery steam generator (HRSG) and duct burner. An effort has been made to enhance the performance of the CCGT through a parametric study using a thermodynamic analysis. The effect of the ambient temperature and operation parameters, including compression ratio and turbine inlet temperature on the overall performance of CCGT are investigated. The code of the performance model for CCGT power plant was developed utilizing the THERMOFLEX software. The simulating results show that the total power output and overall efficiency of a CCGT decrease with the increase of the ambient temperature because of the increase the consumption power in the air compressor of a gas turbine. The totals power of a CCGT decreases with the increase of the compression rate while the overall efficiency of a CCGT increases with the increase of the compression ratio to 21, after that the overall efficiency will go down. The turbine inlet temperature also increases both total power and overall efficiency increase. It is concluded that the turbine inlet temperature has a strong effect on the overall performance of CCGT power plant. The simulation model gives a good result compared with MARAFIQ CCGT power plant.
Somatostatin-Mediated Regulation of Retinoic Acid-Induced Differentiation of SH-SY5Y Cells: Neurotransmitters Phenotype Characterization

During brain development, neurite formation plays a critical role in neuronal communication and cognitive function. In the present study, we compared developmental changes in the expression of crucial markers that govern the functional activity of neurons, including somatostatin (SST), choline acetyltransferase (ChAT), tyrosine hydroxylase (TH), brain nitric oxide synthase (bNOS), gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA), glutamic acid decarboxylase (GAD-65) and synaptic vesicle protein synaptophysin (SYP) in non-differentiated and retinoic acid (RA)-induced differentiated SH-SY5Y cells. We further determined the role of SST in regulating subcellular distribution and expression of neurotransmitters. Our results indicate that SST potentiates RA-induced differentiation of SH-SY5Y cells and involves regulating the subcellular distribution and expression of neurotransmitter markers and synaptophysin translocation to neurites in a time-dependent manner, anticipating the therapeutic implication of SST in neurodegeneration.
Startup ventures and equity finance: How do Business Accelerators and Business Angels’ assess the human capital of socio-environmental mission led entrepreneurs?

ABSTRACT We investigate the role of entrepreneurs’ human capital on the potential of newly created ventures to receive equity funding from Accelerators and Business Angels using a resource-based approach to entrepreneurship theory. Using data from 10,563 for-profit innovative ventures, we find significant differences between those two groups. More specifically, formal education and founding experience of the entrepreneurial team is positively associated with the likelihood of the team to receive equity from Angels but negatively associated with the likelihood of the team to receive equity from Accelerators. Overall, our results are in line with the theoretical argument that human capital signals are important in reducing the information asymmetries faced by angels and ultimately driving entrepreneurs’ success in securing angel funding, but our results also suggest that some aspects of human capital signals do not contribute to the entrepreneur’s success in receiving accelerator funding. Our findings have important repercussions for the quality of design and operation of both private and state supported programmes and accelerator managers.
A Generalized Well-Management Scheme for Reservoir Simulation

W.Y, Fang, SPE, Arco E&P Technology, and K.K. la, SPE, Arco Alaska Inc. Summary A new generalize well-mrrnrtgetnent scheme has been formulated to maximize oil production under multiple facility constraints, The scheme integrates reservoir performance, wellbtm hydrsufics, surface facility constraints, and lift-gas allocation to maximize oil production. It predicts well performance on the basis of up-todate hydraulics and reservoir conditions. The scheme has been implemented in a black oil simulator Q using separable programming and simplex algorithm. This production optimization scheme has been applied to two full-field models. The oil production of these two full-field models is limited by water, gas, and liquid handling limits at both field and flow-station levels. ‘IIre gas production is limited by injectivity aad gas handling limits. For a 12-year production forecast, the new scheme increased oil production by 3 to 9%,
ANALISIS SISTEM MANAJEMEN PROGRAM P2 ISPA DI PUSKESMAS PEGANDAN KOTA

Pneumonia becomes the biggest concern in public health among any other respiratory diasease (ISPA) because pneumonia can cause death especially in children under five. Evaluation of P2 ISPA program at Puskesmas is measured by calculating the coverage of pneumonia case finding in children under five. Puskesmas that has the lowest coverage in Semarang is Puskesmas Pegandan (1.07%), while DKK’s target is 39%. Problem faced by Puskesmas Pegandan are there’s no specific fund allocated for the program, and there’re no KIE tools for the program. The purpose of this research is to analyze the management system of P2 ISPA program at Puskesmas Pegandan.The method used is qualitative method, with 2 main and 4 triangulation informants. The result showed that commitment of the implementer and DKK in this program are lacking. This can be seen that there’s no training for Puskesmas due to the limited fund for this program in DKK, there’re no specific fund allocated for the program because there’s no detailed program’s planning. There’re no KIE tools for the program, but Puskesmas not trying asked for that to DKK, and the manual of the program hasn’t been fully understood by Puskesmas. The program’s planning not made in detail because P2 ISPA isn’t a priority program, and this program rarely discussed in both supervision or mini lokakarya. No specific teams for the program. This program’s output is very low because Puskesmas never diseminate information to the public so they can’‘t really understand about this diasease. There has been no follow-up given by Puskesmas head and DKK. It’s necessary to do intervention to the implementers and stakeholders to be more committed for this program, so that this program can run optimally.
Cause of Death in Heart Failure Based on Etiology: Long-Term Cohort Study of All-Cause and Cardiovascular Mortality

We assessed differences in long-term all-cause and cardiovascular (CV) mortality in heart failure (HF) outpatients based on the etiology of HF. Consecutive patients admitted to the HF Clinic from August 2001 to September 2019 (N = 2587) were considered for inclusion. HF etiology was divided into ischemic heart disease (IHD), dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM), hypertensive heart disease, alcoholic cardiomyopathy, drug-induced cardiomyopathy (DICM), valvular heart disease, and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. All-cause death and CV death were the primary end points. Among 2387 patients included in the analysis (mean age 66.5 ± 12.5 years, 71.3% men), 1317 deaths were recorded (731 from CV cause) over a maximum follow-up of 18 years (median 4.1 years, interquartile range (IQR) 2–7.8). Considering IHD as the reference, only DCM had a lower risk of all-cause death (adjusted hazard ratio (aHR) 0.68, 95% confidence interval (CI) 0.56–0.83, p < 0.001), and only DICM had a higher risk of all-cause death (aHR 1.47, 95% CI 1.02–2.11, p = 0.04). However, almost all etiologies had a significantly lower risk of CV death than IHD. Among the studied HF etiologies, DCM and DICM have the lowest and highest risk of all-cause death, respectively, whereas IHD has the highest adjusted risk of CV death.
Stability Enhancement of a Multi Stage Compressor by Air Injection

Cold and hot air injection upstream of the first rotor tip of a multi stage compressor was tested experimentally. The compressor operating range was extended towards lower mass flow by more than 60% indicating a better throttling capability when air injection was activated. A strong dependency of the stability enhancement on the injected mass flow and injection velocity was found. Both, increasing injection mass flow rate and increasing injection velocity led to a considerable extension of the throttling line. Comparable enhancements were achieved when reducing the number of nozzles and hence the injection mass flow. It was also found that injection of hot air, at temperatures comparable to air bled off at a following stage, had no penalty on the stability enhancement. Investigation of the influence of air injection on radial work distribution showed that only small amounts of injected air were sufficient to lead to a significant radial work re-distribution. This in turn changed the operating point of the first stage, leading to axial re-matching and thus changed the whole operational behavior of the compressor. © 2009 ASME
The Heart of the Killer Whale: Description of a Plastinated Specimen and Review of the Available Literature

Simple Summary The killer whale (Orcinus orca, Linnaeus, 1958) is an odontocete and is the largest member of the family Delphinidae. Free-ranging animals are capable of considerable physical efforts, either as acute bursts or sustained speeds during foraging, diving or protracted long-distance migrations. In this article, the morphology of a plastinated heart of a killer whale and functional adaptations of the gross anatomy in the context of a variety of physiologic demands is evaluated. The four chambers, their content, respective openings and communicating passages are defined based on a specimen used for plastination and thus available for extended and detailed anatomic studies. Abstract The killer whale (Orcinus orca, Linnaeus, 1958) is the largest extant delphinid. Despite its worldwide distribution in the wild and in dolphinariums, its anatomy remains relatively poorly described. In the present study, we describe the detailed morphology of a plastinated killer whale heart. The gross description of the arteries and veins reaching the organ and its coronary vessels are reported. Additional endoscopy and CT (computed tomography) scanning were performed to provide extensive measurements of its parts. In many aspects, the killer whale heart conformed to other delphinid heart descriptions, including position, relative size and shape and specific features such as extensive papillary muscles, trabecular endocardium and trabecula septomarginalis. These characteristics are representative of the delphinid family, suggesting that its functions and capacities are similar to that of other, smaller, dolphins and help understand the conditions in which these predators exert their remarkable physical performance necessary for their survival.
Performance characterization of a valveless pulse detonation engine

A valveless pulse detonation engine geometry has been partially evaluated on a direct-connect test stand at simulated inlet flight conditions to the combustor. The geometry utilizes a fuel/oxygenenriched air initiator to initiate detonations in the main combustor and has been operated on ethylene, propane, and JP-IO. The initiator has been operated at frequencies up to 100 Hz. The main combustor of the engine has only been evaluated up to 30 Hz operation due to a current design constraint which will be modified to allow higher frequencies in subsequent tests. The use of an initiator required the evaluation of the diffraction limits between the initiator exit and the main combustor. The successful use of an initiator to detonate a fueVair mixture in a larger main combustor has been demonstrated. Furthermore, experimental data corroborated that tailoring the initiator to produce an overdriven detonation condition at its exit plane, enhanced the detonation transition into the larger combustor. Using imaging optical diagnostics, Mach reflections were observed at the combustor’s wall just a few centimeters downstream of the initiator’s plane. These appear to be the primary re-initiation mechanism for the re-establishment of fuel-air detonations for this geometry. Results show that a diameter ratio between the combustor and the initiator of at least 1.5:l will allow successful operation for ethylene and propane. Single-shot diffraction tests evaluated combustor to initiator diameter ratios up to 1.58. The specific impulse was computed from experimental measurements using both ethylene and propane fuels at various equivalent ratios from 1 . O to 1.5. The results showed Isp values rangins from 850 to almost 1200 seconds, but these relative low values were anticipated due to the oversize initiator used in this study. Such a large initiator was required in order to characterize the aforementioned diameter ratios. Future tests will incorporate an optimally sized initiator, and extrapolation of the current data indicates possible Isp values as high as 1800 seconds with a stoichiometric propane air mixture. This would indicate similar performance values to more conventionally valved PDE systems.