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THE CONTENT OF ANTIOXIDANTS IN SUNFLOWER SEED AND KERNEL

The primary objective of this research was to determine differences among investigated sunflower genotypes and whether the analysed hybrids could be sources of phenols and tocopherols important for storage stability of sunflower seeds and their derived products. DPPH• radical scavenging activity, the content of phenolic components and tocopherols (α-, β-, γ-, and δ-) in seeds and kernels of three sunflower hybrids were analysed. In the present study, six different phenolic compounds were separated by the HPLC analysis. Chlorogenic acid was the most abundant phenol. The chlorogenic acid content strongly correlated with total phenols (r=0.93). Other marked phenolics were caffeic acid, ferulic acid, rosmarinic acid, myricetin and rutin. The total tocopherols were significantly higher (P<0.05) in kernels than in seeds of all sunflower hybrids. Concentrations in sunflower seeds ranged from 200.67 to 220.05 μg/g and from 256.62 to 267.49 μg/g in sunflower kernels where α-tocopherol was the dominant isomer in all samples. The α-tocopherol content was 98% of averaged of the total tocopherols in all analysed samples. All these nutrients with antioxidant properties influenced the capacity of DPPH• scavenging. Accordingly, sunflower kernels had a higher DPPH• scavenging activity, and a higher nutritive value than sunflower seeds.
Unintended Consequences of Women’s Inheritance Rights on Female Mortality in India

Before 2005, most states of India only gave sons the legal right to inherit their parents’ ancestral land. However, five states in India had legal reforms giving daughters the same inheritance rights as sons. This article examines the impact of these reforms on female child mortality and fertility. A model shows that if parents desire to maximize their bequest per son, then giving daughters inheritance rights increases the cost of daughters, causing parents to reduce investment in their daughters’ health or decrease fertility. A difference-in-difference analysis shows that the reforms caused an increase in female child mortality but had no effect on fertility rates.
Introduction of uncertainty of Green's function into waveform inversion for seismic source processes

SUMMARY In principle, we can never know the true Green’s function, which is a major error source in seismic waveform inversion. So far,many studies have devoted their efforts to obtain a Green’s function as precise as possible. In this study, we propose a new strategy to cope with this problem. That is to say, we introduce uncertainty of Green’s function into waveform inversion analyses. Due to the propagation law of errors, the uncertainty of Green’s function results in a data covariance matrix with significant off-diagonal components, which naturally reduce the weight of observed data in later phases. Because the data covariance matrix depends on the model parameters that express slip distribution, the inverse problem to be solved becomes nonlinear. Applying the developed inverse method to the teleseismicP-wave data of the 2006 Java, Indonesia,tsunamiearthquake,weobtainedareasonableslip-ratedistributionandmoment-rate function without the non-negative slip constraint. The solution was independent of the initial values of the model parameters. If we neglect the modelling errors due to Green’s function as in the conventional formulation, the total slip distribution is much rougher with significant opposite slip components, whereas the moment-rate function is much smoother. If we use a stronger smoothing constraint, more plausible slip distribution can be obtained, but then the moment-rate function becomes even smoother. By comparing the observed waveforms with thesyntheticwaveforms,wefoundthathigh-frequencycomponentswerewellreproducedonly by the new formulation. The modelling errors are essentially important in waveform inversion analyses, although they have been commonly neglected.
Sponge Carrying by Dolphins (Delphinidae, Tursiops sp.): A Foraging Specialization Involving Tool Use?

During long-term research on bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops sp.) in Shark Bay, K'estern Australia, sevcral individuals were observed carrying sponges, lici,inodic! pum mesemterinum, on their rostra. Over multiple years, five regularly sighted individuals were usually carrying sponges when encountered (67-100 "%I of encounters). Four additional regularly sighted individuals were observed with sponges lust one timr each. All fix e individuals that routinely carried sponges were female. Two of the anomalous, one-timc carriers were female, one was likely female, and one was male. Most observations of sponge carrying occurred within a restricted . ires, a relati~ deep water channel (8-10 m deep). Surface observations of sponge carrying, including focal animal observations, revealed a stereotyped surfacing and diving pattern, and occasional indications of prey consumption. Three hypotheses are considered regarding the function of sponge carrying: 1. dolphins wcrc playing with the sptqes; 2. the sponges contain some compound of use to the dolphins (e.g. for medicinal purposes); and 3. the sponges were used as a tool to aid in foraging. The foraging tool hypothesis is hest supported, but thc exact manner in which sponges are used remains to be discovered. Sponge carrying is a beharioural specia'iTation, probably involving foraging, and regularly engaged in by onl! a small proportion of female dolphins in Shark BaJ-.
EFFECTS OF FLEXIBILITY AND INTERACTIVITY ON THE PERCEIVED VALUE OF AND SATISFACTION WITH E-COMMERCE ( EVIDENCE FROM INDONESIA )

Purpose – The purpose of the present study was to analyze the eff ect of fl exibility and interactivity on perceived utilitarian value and hedonic value, ultimately determining the satisfaction level of e-commerce users. Design/Methodology/Approach – Data were analyzed by using the Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) with AMOS 18. A sample of e-commerce users were taken by using the incidental sampling technique. A total of 650 respondents participated, forming the sample and the usable size was 415 after the screening process. Findings and implications – First: fl exibility (navigation, comfort, and the substitutability of personal examination) had an eff ect on utilitarian value, but not hedonic value; second, interactivity (controllability, synchronicity, and bi-directionality) had an eff ect on utilitarian value and hedonic value; third, perceived value had an eff ect on satisfaction. E-tailers should allocate their resources appropriately, combining the qualities Sažetak Svrha – Svrha istraživanja jest analizirati učinak prilagodljivosti i interaktivnosti na percipiranu utilitarnu vrijednost i hedonističku vrijednost, a kako bi se u konačnici odredila razina zadovoljstva korisnika elektroničkog trgovanja. Metodološki pristup – Podaci su analizirani primjenom modeliranja strukturnih jednadžbi (SEM) sa softverom AMOS 18. Korisnici elektroničke trgovine u uzorak su birani slučajnim odabirom. U istraživanju je sudjelovalo ukupno 650 ispitanika, a nakon što su prošli inicijalnu provjeru, 415 upitnika iskorišteno je za analizu. Rezultati i implikacije – Prvo: prilagodljivost (navigacija, udobnost, zamjenjivost osobnog ispitivanja) imaju učinak na utilitarnu, ali ne i na hedonističku vrijednost; drugo: interaktivnost (mogućnost kontroliranja, usklađenost i dvosmjernost) imaju učinak na utilitarnu vrijednost i na hedonističku vrijednost; treće, perciMarket-Tržište Vol. 29, No. 2, 2017, pp. 139-159 UDK 159.937:658.89:004.738. 5:339(594) DOI http://dx.doi. org/10.22598/mt/2017.29. 2.139 Preliminary communication
From Exp-concavity to Mixability

In sequential prediction (online learning) with expert advice the goal is to predict a sequence of outcomes almost as well as the best advisor from a pool of experts. The quality of predictions is measured by a loss function, which is determined by the application one has in mind. For most loss functions, the best performance that can be guaranteed is to be within O( p T) of the best expert on T outcomes, but for some special loss functions O(1) overhead is possible. In the 1990’s, people familiar with the work of Vovk called these special loss functions mixable losses, but nowadays the notion of mixability appears to be mostly forgotten, and the geometric concept of exp-concavity has taken its place. This raises the question of how the two are related, which strangely does not appear to be answered in very much detail in the literature. As I have been studying mixability quite a bit in my recent work, I was wondering about this, so here are some thoughts. Update: In particular, I will construct a parameterization of the squared loss in which it is 1=2-exp-concave instead of only 1=8-exp-concave like in its usual parameterization.
Sea Surface Wave Height Estimation from Dual-Sensor Towed Streamer

This thesis addresses the problem of how to image the time-varying sea surface based on dual sensor marine seismic data. Although flat and stationary sea surface assumptions may suffice during the processing of marine seismic data acquired under calm weather conditions, this idealistic sea surface condition is seldom encountered in practice. Thus, such assumptions may lead to miss-interpretation and miss-location of events. In this work a sea surface imaging tool based on dual-sensor data has been developed. These data are decomposed into upgoing and downgoing wavefields and extrapolated to the sea surface where an adequate imaging condition is applied in order to obtain the sea surface image. Time varying changes of the sea surface is obtained by applying the imaging technique in a sliding window. The imaging tool was tested employing scattered data computed from the Helmholtz-Kirchhoff integral with time varying boundaries (representing realistic time-varying sea conditions using the Pierson-Moskowitz spectrum with directivity included). Thus we could model marine seismic experiments efficiently including such effects as streamer depth variation and moving receivers. In the case of a 3D data acquisition set-up, the effect of sparse streamer spacing was shown to give a reduced resolution but with the low-frequency characteristics of the sea surface still preserved. Spectral analyses of the imaged sea surfaces were also carried out and feasible speeds and directions of the moving sea surfaces were recovered. Finally, the technique was applied to field data (both 2D and 3D) acquired from different locations under different sea surface conditions. Realistic sea surface variations both with respect to wave heights, prevailing wind directions and speeds were obtained demonstrating the potential of the proposed technique. List of Publications This thesis is based on the following three papers, referred to in the thesis with the Roman numerals: I-III. I Orji O. C. , W. Söllner and L-J. Gelius, 2010, Imaging the sea surface using dual-sensor towed streamer: Geophysics 75, P. V111 – V1118.
An approach towards the reconstruction of regulatory networks

Currently, one of the main issues addressed in the bioinformatics field is understanding the structure and behaviour of complex molecular interaction networks. Since most of the information available belongs to biomedical literature, a large part of this task entails selecting the relevant articles from a large body of papers. However, due to the rapidly increasing number of scientific papers, it is quite difficult to read all the papers that have been published about this subject. In order to accomplish this, this work is focused on developing methods for retrieving information from biological databases, gathering as much information as possible; to create an integrated repository, that is able to store and load this data and also to design a pipeline to allow the reconstruction of regulatory networks through using Biomedical Text Mining techniques.
THE STRUGGLE FOR THE STORY IN POLITICAL DISPUTES . THE CASE OF THE 9 N 2014 PARTICIPATION

Òscar Coromina is an associate professor and researcher at the Department of Audiovisual Communication and Advertising at Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona where he has been a faculty member since 2008 and has as a professional digital marketing activity in which accumulates more than 15 years of experience. He coordinates the master’s degree in Digital Marketing and Communication and is a member of the Research Group on Image, Sound and Synthesis (Griss). His dissertation was about the mediation in Twitter of political disputes. More broadly, his research interests lie in the area of digital culture, with a focus on social media and digital methods. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6306-4154
Banking liquidity and systemic risk under panel VAR approach

This paper aims to empirically analyze how changes in systemic risk, measured by the Composite Indicator of Systemic Stress (CISS), can affect banking liquidity and funding. We focus on and provide critical analysis of the maturity mismatch evolution, an indicator of liquidity, which is of integral importance for the well-functioning and stability of the financial system. For that purpose, we use the Panel VAR approach to carry out Impulse Response Functions to compare the effect between stress and non stress countries.
Probiotic and prebiotic supplementation improving the production performance and immune characteristics of laying hens

A 16 week feeding trial was conducted with 140 White Leghorn layers of 22-23±0.08 weeks of age which were distributed randomly into seven experimental groups, having 4 replicates with 5 birds in each. The laying hens of control group (T1) were fed a basal diet (CP 18.04%), while in treatment groups T2, T3, T4 basal diet was supplemented with probiotic (containing 5×108 cfu/g of Lactobacillus fermentum, 1×109 cfu/g of Bacillus spp., 1×109cfu/g of Saccharomyces cerevisiae) at levels of 0.5g, 1.0 g and 2.0 g /kg feed, respectively, while in T5, T6, and T7 0.5g, 1.0g and 2.0g/kg feed of prebiotic (mannonoligosacchride of Saccharomyces cell wall-47g, formic acid-32g) was supplemented, respectively. The percent hen day egg production and feed efficiency (kg/dozen eggs and kg/kg egg mass) were improved (P<0.05) in probiotic and prebiotic incorporated diets. The mRNA expression levels of Toll like receptors (TLRs) TLR2 and TLR4 was increased (P<0.05) when graded levels of the probiotic and prebiotic were supplemented, while, TLR7 did not show any significant change. Thus, it can be inferred that the inclusion of the probiotic and prebiotic could enhance the production performance and immune status of birds by augmenting the T cell mediated immune response.
Jet Launching in Resistive GR-MHD Black Hole–Accretion Disk Systems

We investigate the launching mechanism of relativistic jets from black hole sources, in particular the strong winds from the surrounding accretion disk. Numerical investigations of the disk wind launching—the simulation of the accretion–ejection transition—have so far almost only been done for nonrelativistic systems. From these simulations we know that resistivity, or magnetic diffusivity, plays an important role for the launching process. Here we extend this treatment to general relativistic magnetohydrodynamics (GR-MHD), applying the resistive GR-MHD code rHARM. Our model setup considers a thin accretion disk threaded by a large-scale open magnetic field. We run a series of simulations with different Kerr parameter, field strength, and diffusivity level. Indeed, we find strong disk winds with, however, mildly relativistic speed, the latter most probably due to our limited computational domain. Further, we find that magnetic diffusivity lowers the efficiency of accretion and ejection, as it weakens the efficiency of the magnetic lever arm of the disk wind. As a major driving force of the disk wind we disentangle the toroidal magnetic field pressure gradient; however, magnetocentrifugal driving may also contribute. Black hole rotation in our simulations suppresses the accretion rate owing to an enhanced toroidal magnetic field pressure that seems to be induced by frame dragging. Comparing the energy fluxes from the Blandford–Znajek-driven central spine and the surrounding disk wind, we find that the total electromagnetic energy flux is dominated by the total matter energy flux of the disk wind (by a factor of 20). The kinetic energy flux of the matter outflow is comparatively small and comparable to the Blandford–Znajek electromagnetic energy flux.
A Dual-Band Slot-Embedded Microstrip Antenna for Dual-Polarization Operation

In this study, a new slot embedded microstrip antenna for dual-band dual-polarization operation is proposed. The antenna comprises a single layer structure with a square radiating patch where the feed port is located along a diagonal line of the patch. Two narrow slots parallel and close to the radiating edges of the patch are loaded on the patch. Patch without slots is resonated for X-band and another resonant frequency at Ku-band is obtained by loading the slots. Moreover, the loading of slots helps to produce two orthogonal modes of equal amplitudes at X-band. Furthermore, the feed port along the diagonal line of the square patch makes it possible to radiate different polarization at the two bands. The antenna can radiate circular and linear polarization at Xand Ku-band, respectively. Current distributions of the antenna at both bands are observed to explain the behavior of the antenna and confirm the polarization characteristics at Xand Ku-band. A 3-dB axial ratio bandwidth of 1.35% is achieved. Measured gains of 6.60 dBic and 5.80 dBi with good radiation performances are achieved at Xand Ku-band, respectively. Moreover, good measured cross-polarization levels of 27.6 dB at Xband and 15.6 dB at Ku-band are obtained. The measured performances of the fabricated antenna are consistent with simulated results.
New Quality Concepts in Pharmaceuticals

Büyük hızla yeniliklere adapte olmaya çalışan ilaç sanayii, son yıllarda, üretim bilgilerinde, kalite yönetim sistemlerinde ve risk yönetiminde önemli ilerlemeler yaşamış ve üretim kalitesinin sağlanmasına yardımcı olmak için kullanılabilecek modern üretim araçları geliştirmiştir. Bu yeni araçlar üreticilerin problemleri saptamasına, analiz etmesine, düzeltmesine, önlemesine ve üretim süreçlerini sürekli olarak iyileştirmesine yardım etmektedir. Bu gelişmeler üzerine, 2002 yılında Amerikan Gıda ve İlaç Dairesi (FDA), ilaç üretimini düzenleyen kuralları ve ürün kalitesini daha da geliştirmek ve modernize etmek amacı ile Güncel İyi Üretim Uygulamalarındaki (cGMP) yenilikleri ilaç endüstrisine duyurmuştur. ABD, Japonya ve Avrupa’da ilaç endüstrisinin yetkilileri ve uzmanlardan oluşan, ilaç ürünleri için teknik gereksinimlerin bu üç bölgede uyumlaştırılması amacıyla kurulmuş bir forum olan Uluslararası Harmonizasyon Kurumu (ICH), endüstriye Tasarımla Kalite (QbD) olarak adlandırılan yeni bir yaklaşım getirmek için güncel kılavuzları (ICH Q8, Q9, Q10 ve Q11) yayınlamıştır. Kaliteyi test etmek yerine tasarımla sağlayan bu yeni yaklaşımın bir sonucu olarak, üründe kalite artışı, üretim maliyetinde azalma ve ürünün piyasaya daha kısa sürede sunulması sağlanmaktadır. Ayrıca, hastanın güvenliği ve daha kaliteli ilaca daha kısa sürede ulaşması üzerinde durulmaktadır. Anahtar sözcükler: Üretim Kalitesi, ICH, Tasarımla kalite ABS TRACT New quality concepts in pharmaceuticals
Analysis of the Learner Content Creation Process in a 1:1 Seamless Idiom Learning Environment

This paper reports a pilot study on mobile-assisted language learning that focused on both creative learner output and seamless learning. In learning Chinese idioms, students proactively used smartphones on a 1:1 basis to take photos in their daily lives, subsequently in-class or online sharing and discussions took place, enhancing the students' understanding in the proper usage of the idioms. Our analysis of the student artefacts in both product- and process-oriented aspects reveals the students' cognitive process and learning strategies during the course of content creation. The students' ongoing, open-ended, personal-to-social meaning making process and learner-created authentic content have indeed shown some indicators of seamless language learning and induction-based peer learning that has the potential of transforming language learning into an authentic learning experience.
Teachers’ Beliefs About, Attitudes Toward, and Intention to Use Technology-Based Assessments: a Structural Equation Modeling Approach

This study aimed at determining the relationships among teachers’ beliefs about, attitudes toward, and intention to use technology-based assessments (TBAs). These relationships were also compared among teachers with different degrees of usage. Based on the decomposed theory of planned behavior, this study collected questionnaire data from 494 high-school teachers who were classified into 3 groups: frequent users, occasional users, and nonusers. The results indicated that the models for the frequent and occasional users were similar, and confirmed the effects of attitude on the intention of teachers to use TBAs. However, perceived behavior control and subjective norms did not influence the intention of the included teachers.
X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy Unveils the Formation of Gold Nanoparticles in Corn

In this study, X-ray absorption spectroscopy was used to determine the possible gold biotransformation by Zea mays (corn) var. Golden, germinated and grown in a medium spiked with KAuCl4. In addition, the gold uptake capacity of corn assisted by thiourea and ammonium thiocyanate was investigated. Results showed that up to 160 mg/L, gold did not reduce corn seed germination or plant growth. Both thiourea and ammonium thiocyanate resulted in a 6-fold increase of gold concentration in roots and thiourea promoted a 10fold increase of gold concentration in shoots. X-ray absorption near edge structure studies demonstrated that approximately 91% of the gold present in plant samples was Au(0). The remaining 9% was present as Au(III). In addition, extended X-ray absorption fi ne structure results showed that in corn roots, the gold coordination number was around 9,5 neighboring gold atoms at approximately 2,86 A, indicating an incomplete fi rst coordination shell, which imply the presence of a nano-phase. The results demonstrated that Z. mays was able to produce gold nanoparticles with a size of 10,36 nm.
Variable Annuities with State-Dependent Fees: Valuation, Numerical Implementation, Comparative Static Analysis and Model Risk

1 In this paper we consider a variable annuity which provides guarantees at death and maturity financed through the application of a state-dependent fee structure, as defined first in Bae and Ko (2013) and extensively analysed in Bernard et al. (2014) and MacKay et al. (2017). We propose a quite general valuation model for such guarantees, along the lines of Bacinello et al. (2011). We then analyse numerically the interaction between fee rates, death/maturity guarantees, fee thresholds and surrender penalties under alternative model assumptions and policyholder behaviours. This allows us to get also some interesting insights into the model risk. Since the assumptions adopted in the numerical analysis are not at all trivial, we resort to Monte Carlo and Least Squares Monte Carlo methods (LSMC) for the numerical implementation of the valuation model. In particular, special care is needed in the application of LSMC, due to the shape of the surrender 1Corresponding author: Anna Rita Bacinello, Department of Economics, Business, Mathematics and Statistics ‘B. de Finetti’, University of Trieste, Via Università 1, 34123 Trieste, Italy, email: bacinel@units.it; tel: (+39) 040 558 7113; fax: (+39) 040 558 7033 DEAMS Research Paper 1/2017 region. We are able to stem the numerical errors arising in the regression step by using suitable arrangements of the LSMC valuation algorithm.