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PROFILE OF SUGARS IN A GRAPE-WINE SYSTEM AS THE IDENTIFYING INDICATOR OF THE AUTHENTICITY OF WINE PRODUCTS

The current problem of winemaking is the confirmation of a method for producing table and liqueur wines to protect the economic interests of producers and protect the health of consumers. It is possible to determine the nature of the sugars contained in wine on the basis of regularities in the dynamics of the glucose-fructose index (GFI) and the proportion of disaccharides in the total sugar content in the process chain "raw materials – finished products". The study objects included: the grapes grown on the territory of the Crimean Peninsula, European, autochthonous technical varieties, as well as the varieties of a new selection; domestic and foreign wine materials and wines; model samples and wine falsifications. The content of disaccharides in terms of sucrose, glycerol, glucose and fructose was determined by high-performance liquid chromatography. As a result of the studies of the wines obtained by arrested fermentation, there are some trends in the reduction of GFI with a decrease in the level of endogenous sugars: for the wines with a sugar content of 230–270 g/l, the range of GFI is 0.75–0.94, with a mass concentration of sugars of 10–20 g/l – 0.05–0.14. In the case of a sugar concentration in wine of more than 120 g/l, it is necessary to study a sample for the glycerol content as a marker of fermentation depth in order to increase the reliability of conclusion. The values of the indicators characteristic of highsugar grapes are typical for the wines obtained by sweetening with a grape must concentrate: GFI – not more than 1.0, the proportion of disaccharides is not more than 1.2%; falsifications are characterized by the profile of sugars atypical for grape products: GFI is higher than 1.02, the share of disaccharides is more than 2%.
Interactions analysis of UPFC multifunction controller

Internal interactions between control paths are a pivotal issue in multifunction FACTS controller design. One of the main stages of controller synthesis is an appropriate interaction analysis. This paper presents an analysis of interactions of Unified Power Flow Controller (UPFC). It is shown that multifunction operation of UPFC controller could be a source of interactions. The test system analysis has been performed on the basis of linear system control theory.
A Systematic Literature Review to Identify Best Practices for Communication in Virtual Teams

Author: Mabon, Arielle, G. MS Institution: Purdue University Degree Received: December 2017 Title: A Systematic Literature Review to Identify Best Practices for Communication in Virtual Teams Major Professor: Kathryne Newton Virtual teams are necessary for organizations to remain competitive in today’s global society, but the complexities of virtual team environments impart strain on virtual teams to perform key team activities. Although virtual teams are expected to deliver complex projects, training for communicating in virtual teams is often overlooked. This thesis was conducted using a systematic literature review of peer-reviewed articles from 2012-2017 to identify elements of communication that contributed to virtual team effectiveness and communication best practices that may be perceived as prescriptive content for virtual team communication training. The results of this study suggest that virtual team communication training should include best practices related to: (a) communication structures, (b) communication channels, (c) characteristics of emergent leader communication, and (d) culture and communication.
Evaluation of an apparatus designed for the collection of sidestream tobacco smoke.

A method for the routine analysis of sidestream tobacco smoke has been developed. Fundamental to the analysis is the design of a glass fishtail chimney that sits over a burning cigarette and allows the smoke to be directed in a controlled manner to various trapping and analysing devices. The analytical variability of the method is given for the determination of particulate matter, nicotine, carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide in sidestream smoke.
Adolescent Fathers in the Justice System

Using a constructivist grounded theory approach, we explored the development of father identity among boys involved in the juvenile justice system. Youth were recruited from a juvenile detention center and school district in a northern California county with a high teen birth rate. The participants were expecting a child or parenting an infant and had been arrested, incarcerated, or had committed a crime. We collected data through observations and individual interviews. Using constant comparative and dimensional analysis, we found that expectant adolescent fathers hoped for a boy and envisioned their central role as father to be making their son a man. This article contributes to greater understanding of father identity development for youth involved in the justice system. We suggest that teen parenting policies and programs include interventions sensitized by gender, accounting for the influence masculine ideals of manhood have on the development of father identity and the father–child relationship.
Modified modulation scheme for photovoltaic fed grid-connected three-phase boost inverter

Transformer-less photovoltaic (PV) inverters are the major functional units of modern grid-connected PV energy production systems. In general, two power conversion stages are required when low-voltage unregulated photovoltaic (PV) output is conditioned to generate AC power. In this paper, the boost inverter topology that achieves both boosting and inversion functions in a single stage is used as a building block to develop a three phase grid connected PV system which offers high conversion efficiency, low-cost and compactness. The proposed system employs a modified modulation scheme for the three phase boost inverter to control both active and reactive power injected to the grid. This modified modulation scheme enhances the boosting capability of the boost inverter and improves the THD of the grid injected current. Moreover, it reduces the voltage stress on the capacitors and switching devices. Analysis and simulation results are presented to confirm the advantages and efficiency of the proposed modulation technique.
Explaining Variation in Public Debt

This paper examines the main political influence factors accounting for the variation in public debt accumulation on a global scale. This allows for a reassessment of the recent focus on a regime type theory of public debt and for a test of an alternative governance theory. I argue that political stability, the rule of law, the control of corruption, government effectiveness, and regulatory quality promote lower public debt accumulation by reducing the incentives for governments to "borrow from the future," by increasing state capacity to collect taxes and effectively use public funds, and by providing more security and equity to private investment, inducing higher economic growth and tax revenues. Both theories are tested against a number of controls stemming from theories of public choice, theories of governmental distributional conflict, as well as from politico-institutional and macroeconomic explanations of public debt accumulation. Applying different specifications of quantitative models, the two governance indicators political stability and regulatory quality show consistent effects on public debt accumulation, partly confirming the proposed governance theory. Furthermore, the paper can reproduce a public debt-reducing effect of more democratic regime types across a number of model specifications – though without a high degree of robustness.
An Improved NMS-Based Adaptive Edge Detection Method and Its FPGA Implementation

For improving the processing speed and accuracy of edge detection, an adaptive edge detection method based on improved NMS (nonmaximum suppression) was proposed in this paper. In the method, the gradient image was computed by four directional Sobel operators. Then, the gradient image was processed by using NMS method. By defining a power map function, the elements values of gradient image histogram were mapped into a wider value range. By calculating the maximal between-class variance according to the mapped histogram, the corresponding threshold was obtained as adaptive threshold value in edge detection. Finally, to be convenient for engineering application, the proposed method was realized in FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Array). The experiment results demonstrated that the proposed method was effective in edge detection and suitable for real-time application.
Delayed synaptic dysfunction of association cortices in carbon monoxide intoxication

Martin and colleagues reported a case study of a child with “developmental delay,” studied with proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS). According to the authors, shortecho MRS data acquired using 6ml voxels in occipital gray matter, parieto-occipital white matter, and basal ganglia demonstrated “complete absence of NAA (Nacetylaspartate),” which was “even more obvious in the longecho spectrum. ” From these remarkable data, the authors conclude “the concentration of NAA, as determined by in vivo 1H-MRS, can no longer be taken as an indicator of viable neuronal tissue, and that the functional role of NAA in the brain must be reevaluated in order to correctly interpret neurospectroscopic results in a clinical setting. ” This conclusion would perhaps be warranted if two critical statements had truly reflected the data presented. First, the claim “no neurologic deficits were noted” discounts the severe cognitive and motor deficits described, specifically, that a 3.5-year-old boy is able only to sit unaided, walk a few broad-based steps, and express meaningless sounds. Characterization of the child as having “developmental delay” suggests that he might ultimately achieve full development, an assumption that currently cannot be substantiated. Second, the claim “all spectra obtained on both occasions demonstrate absence of NAA in all examined brain regions” is not supported by examination of the four spectra presented, all of which reveal measurable peaks at 2.02ppm. These strikingly low NAA levels are actually consistent with the severe functional deficits observed clinically, deficits that would likely be stratified as profound if subjected to quantitative neuropsychological assessment. Even if the child truly had no NAA in his brain, this does not mean that NAA is not necessary for normal brain function. By analogy, individuals can be born without a corpus callosum and still have interhemisphere communication. Does this mean that the corpus callosum is not the major pathway for connecting the cerebral hemispheres? If “viable” means “capable of living,” the perhaps glib characterization of NAA as “a marker of neuronal viability” may indeed be an overstatement of which we and others are guilty. However, given the two mischaracterizations of the data, a conclusion opposite that of the authors could be reached—this child has very low levels of brain NAA and profound neuropsychological deficits. Perhaps a better term than “viable” would be “integrity,” meaning “an unimpaired condition,” with the amount of spectroscopically visible NAA considered “a reflection of neuronal integrity. ” Certainly the report of Martin and colleagues would support this nomenclature.
The WSML Rule Languages for the Semantic Web

The Web Service Modeling Language WSML provides a framework for the modeling of ontologies and semantic Web services based on the conceptual model of the Web Service Modeling Ontology. In this paper we describe the two rule-based WSML-variants and outline our position with respect to a rule language for the Semantic Web. The first rule-based WSML variant, WSML-Flight, semantically corresponds to the Datalog fragment of F-Logic, extended with inequality in the body and locally stratified negation under the Perfect model semantics. The second, WSML-Rule, is an extension of WSML-Flight to the logic programming subset of F-Logic which allows the use of function symbols and unsafe rules (i
Current data of targeted therapies for the treatment of triple-negative advanced breast cancer: empiricism or evidence-based?

Approximately 10 – 15% of breast carcinomas (BCs) are known to be ‘triple–negative (TN) receptor’ (i.e., not expressing ER or PR and not exhibiting overexpression and/or gene amplification of HER2-neu). Triple-negative BCs comprise approximately 85% of all basal-type tumours. Classically, basal-like BCs have been characterised by low expression of ER, PR, and HER2 neu and high expression of CK5, CK14, caveolin-1, CAIX, p63, and EGFR (HER1), which reflects the mammary gland basal/myoepithelial cell component. Although there is no standard first-line chemotherapy regimen for metastatic TN BCs, anthracycline- and taxane-containing regimens are acceptable treatments. A large number of agents, including DNA-damaging agents, EGFR inhibitors, antiangiogenic agents and novel taxane formulations are currently being tested in clinical trials for first-line and pretreated patients. Limited experiences with platinum salts, poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP) inhibitors, cetuximab, bevacizumab and ixabepilone have been published in recent years and will be reported. Novel immunohistochemistry analysis for identification of basal like/TN phenotype are awaited to correctly select this population. The clinical trials investigating new agents have to be designed for a specific (and possibly large) subset of patients with BC. In the future, a gene array platform with greater sensitivity for distinguishing the various BC subtypes, as well as having the power to predict the molecular biology of the disease, will be an indispensible tool for treatment selection. Currently, treatment of TN BC is more empirical than evidence-based. The cornerstone of treatment is chemotherapy, but in the near future, novel target agents will emerge as possible partners.
ATA P ROTECTION : M EETING REQUIREMENTS WITH EFFICIENT AND COST-EFFECTIVE METHODS

This paper addresses the major challenges that large organizations face in protecting their valuable data. Some of these challenges include recovery objectives, data explosion, cost and the nature of data. The paper explores multiple methods of data protection at different storage levels. RAID disk arrays, snapshot technology, storage mirroring, and backup and archive strategies all are methods used by many large organizations to protect their data. The paper surveys several different enterprise-level backup and archive solutions in the market today and evaluates each solution based on certain criteria. The evaluation criteria cover all business needs and help to tackle the key issues related to data protection. Finally, this paper provides insight on data protection mechanisms and proposes guidelines that help organizations to choose the best backup and archive solutions.
Achieving physical data independence in hypermedia databases

As a large amount of hypermedia data is collected the question of storing these data in hypermedia databases arises. One of the problems encountered is how to separate applications from the data so that the same data can be used by many applications and changes to data organization have-besides execution-time-no effect on applications. In conventional databases this problem is solved by the concept of physical data independence. We argue that the concept of physical data independence can be applied beneficially to hypermedia databases, too. So far, while the demand for physical data independence has been voiced in a number of papers, only partial solutions have been proposed. We describe the part of a hypermedia database management system which deals with physical data independence and show how an existing database management system can be extended in this direction. In particular; we present a DataBlade for Ilustra, extending Illustra with physical data independence for images.
Empowering Women Farmers in Tanzania Through Communication for Development

African women play a major role in the development and industrialization of the continent. They account for up to80% of household food production by smallholder farmers. In spite of their large numbers, African women generallydo not have access to agricultural production resources, such as land and credit. Their access to land is often throughtheir husbands and fathers and usually loses their property rights as a consequence of widowhood, divorce, ordesertion. This study of women farmers in Tanzania argues that farming is the main source of livelihood for womenand the key to their empowerment. The study, therefore, examines how communication or access to information, canserve as the vehicle for women farmers’ empowerment in Tanzania.
Childhood sexual abuse and attachment: An intergenerational perspective

Childhood sexual abuse (CSA) is a recognized risk factor for various negative outcomes in adult survivors and their offspring. We used the Dynamic-Maturational Model of attachment theory as a framework for exploring the impact of maternal CSA on children’s attachment relationships in the context of a longitudinal sample of adult survivors of CSA and non-abused comparison mothers and their children. Results indicated that children of CSA survivors were more likely to have extreme strategies of attachment than the children of non-abused mothers. However, because both groups were at socioeconomic risk, both were typified by anxious attachment. Explanations for findings and implications for children’s development are explored.
Microsatellite markers reflect intraspecific relationships between isolates of the vascular wilt pathogen Ceratocystis fimbriata

Ceratocystis fimbriata is a serious wilt and canker stain pathogen with a wide geographical distribution and host range that includes both woody and herbaceous plants. Previous studies using hybridization have shown that isolates of C. fimbriata from different hosts and origins differ in colony morphology, pathogenicity and growth rate, as well as conidial state. It has therefore been suggested that distinct strains, linked to host or geographical origin, are encompassed in C. fimbriata . The aim of this study was to develop PCR-based microsatellite markers for population studies on C. fimbriata. ISSR-PCR was used to target specific microsatellite regions of DNA from C. fimbriata . These amplified products were cloned and sequenced. Primer pairs were designed from these sequences to flank the microsatellite regions. From 24 primer pairs, 11 polymorphic primers were selected and tested on a number of C. fimbriata isolates representing a wide host and geographical range. Cluster analyses of the results indicate that these markers clearly distinguish between different geographical and host specific populations of C. fimbriata . The results are concordant with sequence data from the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region of the rDNA operon of the same isolates. These markers will be useful in future studies of C. fimbriata population structure and diversity.
Gauge theories in noncommutative geometry

In this review we present some of the fundamental mathematical structures which permit to define noncommutative gauge field theories. In particular, we emphasize the theory of noncommutative connections, with the notions of curvatures and gauge transformations. Two different approaches to noncommutative geometry are covered: the one based on derivations and the one based on spectral triples. Examples of noncommutative gauge field theories are given to illustrate the constructions and to display some of the common features.
SCR self supplied gate driver for medium voltage application with capacitor as storage element

The increase in the application of medium voltage variable frequency drives and solid state starters to AC motors has revived the idea about SCR self supplied gate driver (SSGD). This solution eliminates the need for an isolated power supply board or auxiliary power supply, with substantial savings in cost and space in medium voltage applications. In this paper, the objective has been to confirm a design method for SSGD with capacitor as storage element. Results of extensive research conducted using Pspice model to calculate the voltage drop on the storage capacitor due to the thyristor gate current and the SSGD ability to restore charge for single SCR and back to back SCR in different topology at medium voltage are presented and discussed. It is shown that for single SCR, only voltage across the SCR is used to charge the storage capacitor, while for back to back SCR storage capacitor restores charge from energy stored in the snubber capacitor at turn on and the voltage across the SCR at turn off. A number of waveforms related to AC/AC converter in solid state starters and thyristor input rectifier in a drive are given for practical assessment of the proposed system. The SSGD has already been successfully applied in medium voltage solid state starters, and some experimental results are presented.
Optical detection and characterization of graphene by broadband spectrophotometry

The spectra of optical constants, index of refraction (n), and extinction coefficient (k) of graphene and graphite are obtained in the wavelength range of 190–1000 nm (6.53–1.24 eV) using broadband optical spectrophotometry in conjunction with the Forouhi–Bloomer dispersion relations for n and k. Measurement is made possible by the use of a multilayer substrate consisting of bulk Si and a 3000 A SiO2 film. The effect of multiple internal reflections between the Si/SiO2 and SiO2/graphene interfaces amplifies the attenuating effect of the graphene layer, thereby improving the sensitivity of the reflectance measurement by a factor of 27 in the deep ultraviolet region of the spectrum. Maximum sensitivity is observed in the deep ultraviolet region of the spectrum, where a strong peak in the spectrum of the extinction coefficient of graphene is identified. The proposed method enables fast nondestructive angstrom-level thickness measurements of graphene and graphite. In this work, layers ranging in thickness bet.
Modelling the Impact of Responsibility Levels on Corporate Financial Performance: The Case of Top 100 Firms in Mauritius

The objective of this paper is to investigate the relationship between Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) levels and the financial performance of Top 100 firms in Mauritius post the implementation of the mandatory CSR levy in 2009. Both qualitative and quantitative assessment of disclosures in the annual reports of the top 100 companies for the period 2010-2014. A CSR index based on Carroll’s (1979) CSR pyramid was constructed which was used to rate their CSR disclosure levels as per the five dimensions; economic, legal, ethical, environmental and social responsibility. The scores computed were then regressed against the profitability levels to depict any correlation between the variables. The study revealed mixed results for the responsibility levels and financial performance. A positive relationship was noted in case of economic responsibility, negative relationship for legal and ethical responsibility while the social, environmental and responsibility levels generated an insignificant relationship with the profitability level of the top 100 firms.