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Title Species interactions can maintain resistance of subtidal algalhabitats to an increasingly modified world

Current trends in habitat loss have been forecast to accelerate under anticipated global change, thereby focusing conservation attention on identifying the circumstances under which key species interactions retard habitat loss. Urbanised coastlines are associated with broad-scale loss of kelp canopies and their replacement by less productive mats of algal turf, a trend predicted to accelerate under ocean acidification and warming (i.e. enhanced CO2 and temperature). Here we use kelp forests as a model system to test whether efforts to maintain key species interactions can maintain habitat integrity under forecasted conditions. First, we assessed whether increasing intensity of local human activity is associated with more extensive turf mats and sparser canopies via structured field observations. Second, we experimentally tested the hypothesis that intact canopies can resist turf expansion under enhanced CO2 and temperature in large mesocosms. In the field, there was a greater proportion of turf patches on urbanised coasts of South Australia than in agricultural and urban catchments in which there was a greater proportion of canopy-forming algae. Mesocosm experiments revealed this expansion of turfs is likely to accelerate under increases in CO2 and temperature, but may be limited by the presence of intact canopies. We note that even in the presence of canopy, increases in CO2 and temperature facilitate greater turf covers than occurs under contemporary conditions. The influence of canopy would likely be due to shading of the understorey turfs which, in turn, can modify their photosynthetic activity. These results suggest that resistance of habitat to change under human-dominated conditions may be managed via the retention of key species and their interactions. Management that directly reduces the disturbance of habitat-forming organisms (e.g. harvesting) or reverses loss through restoration may, therefore, reinforce habitat resistance in an increasingly stressful world. © 2015 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). ∗ Corresponding author at: School of Energy and Resources, University College London, Adelaide, SA, Australia. Tel. : +61 8 8110 9974. E-mail address: l.falkenberg@ucl.ac. uk (L.J. Falkenberg). 1 Present address. http://dx.doi. org/10.1016/j.gecco. 2015.10. 003 2351-9894/© 2015 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/
Investigation of the Frozen Bath Layer under Cold Anodes

Hall-Heroult cell stability is highly affected by anode changing operations. Upon the insertion of a cold anode in the cell, a layer of molten cryolite freezes under the anode. The thickness, microstructure, and chemical composition of this layer vary as a function of time and its location in the cell. To better understand the evolution of the frozen layer, mandatory for the validation of numerical models, a measurement campaign was conducted on the anodes having a few hours of operation in the cell. The macrostructure of the selected frozen bath samples has been investigated using computed tomography while scanning electron microscope (SEM) has been used to qualify its microstructure. An energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscope (EDS) coupled to the SEM has revealed the chemical content. The results showed not only very different macrostructures between samples, but also significantly heterogeneous structure within the same sample. Nevertheless, for all samples, there is a clear distinction between the frozen cryolite and alumina/dusting phases, with the latter surrounding the cryolite matrix.
MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS’ DIGITAL GAME EXPERIENCES IN THE CITY OF MAKKAH IN SAUDI ARABIA

The purpose of this quantitative study is to investigate middle school students’ experiences with gaming in Makkah City in Saudi Arabia. This study described the current condition of video game usage and compared that depth of usage to current academic grade point average (GPA). Also, it showed the difference between gender, and students’ age and described the types of video games and elements that attract students to play video games. There were 201 middle schools students from Makkah who participated in this study. The study found there was a significant relationship between hours spent playing video games and students’ GPAs. They also showed a significant difference between gender in hours spent playing video games and that there was no significant statistical difference between the middle schools students’ ages in hours spent playing video games. Additionally, male students were perceived to have higher positive attitudes toward video games than females. Finally, the results suggested that there are three underlying factors (competition, discover, and knowledge) that attract students to play video games. Keywords : Education, video game, middle school.
IoT Based Intelligent Outdoor Healthcare Monitoring System for Heart Disease Patients using smart phone and Smart Clothing

In this paper a completely different approach for patient management using telemonitoring system is conferred. The watching of any human heartbeat rate and fall detection throughout outing needs wearable sensors for the patient. This paper describes a wireless wearable shirt for posture watching during outing or an out-ofdoors. For watching patients at distance, many information technologies will be employed to send physiological signals and falling events to a healthcare center at any time and from anywhere. The topic posture was measured through a sensing element jersey by using associate nursing inductive sensor sewed directly on the material. A systematic review on chronic sicknesses like respiratory organ conditions, high blood pressure, and vas diseases is mentioned here. The incidence of the falling event, pressure level and heart beat rate is at the same time detected using the measuring system sensing element and arm cuff severally. If any abnormalities detected, a notification is shipped to the close health care system. These sensors ar integrated within the commonly using artefact. The world Positioning System (GPS) is employed to search out the relative position of the patient throughout the abnormal conditions. KeywordsADXL335, blood pressure, shirt, GPS, WiFi, IoT, PIC18F77A, telemonitoring.
Title Estimation of Power Packet Transfer Properties on IndoorPower Line Channel

The dispatching properties of power packets in indoor power line channel were investigated. A power packet is physically composed of a power payload and information signals. For evaluation, the arrival power ratio and the bit error rate were calculated by numerical simulation. The results are important for the development and design of power packet transfer, based on the transmission frequency and bit energy parameters.
Industrial Agglomeration and Production Costs in Norwegian Salmon Aquaculture

During the last decade, empirical evidence of regional agglomeration economies has emerged for some industries. This paper argues that externalities from agglomeration are not only present in some manufacturing and service sectors, but can also occur in primary industries, such as aquaculture. Econometric analyses in this literature have primarily estimated rather restrictive production function specifications on aggregated industry data. Here, cost functions are estimated on firm-level observations of Norwegian salmon aquaculture farms. This approach provides us with measures of the cost savings due to agglomeration externalities. Furthermore, we avoid aggregation biases and can test a rich set of hypotheses on how these externalities affect the structure of costs at the firm level. According to the econometric estimates, there are significant cost savings associated with localization in regions with a large salmon aquaculture industry, suggesting the presence of positive agglomeration externalities. In fact, the results here suggest that for small firms localized in clusters, agglomeration externalities can compensate for internal economies of scale, making them competitive relative to larger firms localized outside clusters. The econometric results imply that there are significant welfare gains to be made from changes in the government regulation of the industry.
Analysis of the Antecedents of Inter-Functional Coordination in the Supply Chain Context: Case of the Medicament Flows in a Moroccan University Hospital

This paper aims to identify the antecedents of inter-functional coordination in the Supply Chain context « Caseof the medicament flows in a Moroccan University Hospital ». In doing so, the analysis of the literature allows toderive a series of factors influencing the coordination. The main influencing factors such as: culture, formalization,trust, commitment, information sharing and informal relations. Therefore, an exploratory qualitative study, basedon semi-structured interviews, is necessary to report the results of a verification of the stated factors above.
Prospects for the rapid assessment of terrestrial invertebrate biodiversity

Trueman. J . W.H. and Cranston. P.S. , 1997. Prospects for the rapid assessment of terrestrial invertebrate biodiversity. Memoirs o/'the Museum of Vicloria 56(2): 349-354. Calls for rapid biodiversity assessment (RBA) have not always been explicit about what is meant by Rapid or by Biodiversity Assessment. Rapid can imply (i) a need for immediate results. (ii) speedy field survey, (iii) the use of diversity measures based on taxonomic identification to categories above the species level, or (iv) fast(? ) post-field techniques such as the use of recognisable taxonomic units (RTU) in place of species-level identification. Some policy documents confound more than one meaning in a single statement. Biodiversity. in invertebrate survey work. has been taken to mean species richness. though the significance of such a measure for conservation evaluation purposes has not been estab­ lished. This paper reports on a rapid (fast). rapid (short sampling time) comparison ofrapid (higher taxon and morpho-species) versus non-rapid (species level) approaches to species­ richness assay at five disparate sites in north-east Tasmania. The study has implications for Rapid Biodiversity Assessment in several of its meanings.
Experimental Framework for Evaluating Cognitive Workload of Using AR System in General Assembly Task

Assembly task is an activity of collecting parts/components and bringing them together through assembly operations to perform one or more of several primary functions. As an emerging and powerful technology, Augmented Reality (AR) integrates images of virtual objects into a real world. Due to its self-characteristic features, AR is envisaged to provide great potentials in guiding assembly task. In this paper, it reviews some AR applications in the area of assembly and elaborates the great potentials of integrating animated agent with current AR technique in guiding product assembly. Besides, in view that different assembly operations share certain common features and functions in essence, the authors formulate the experimental framework for evaluating cognitive workload of using animated AR system in general assembly task and make the framework general to be applied in evaluating diverse classes of AR systems for different assembly operations.
Infrastructure for sustainable use of animal genetic resources in southern and eastern Africa

The Global Plan of Action (GPA) for Animal Genetic Resources (AnGR) adopted by FAO recognizes the role of AnGR for food security through improved productivity while maintaining genetic diversity. A critical issue for conservation and genetic improvement programmes is the availability of supportive infrastructure. The objective of the present study was to assess existing and needed infrastructure for sustainable use of AnGR in a sample of countries in Southern and Eastern Africa. Information was primarily obtained from semi-structured interviews with key personnel in animal breeding during country visits. Countries studied are at different stages of development. No complete breeding programmes are in place but some conservation programmes exist in most countries. Except for a few cases, livestock recording as basis for R&D and breeding practice is lacking. The institutional setup to support animal breeding programmes is fragmented and needs to be better integrated. Shortage of skilled personnel is noted as the most serious constraint for development. Countries with least university training in animal breeding have least developed AnGR activities. However, since the GPA was agreed upon, many countries have re-casted their policies and make efforts to develop breeding policies. A change in mindsets aiming at closer collaboration among institutions, farmer involvement and capacity development and strengthening at all levels is suggested.
Tests on Price Linkage Between the U.S. and Japanese Gold and Silver Futures Markets

We tested the price linkage, the law of one price (LOP) condition, and the causality of the price linkage between the U.S. and Japanese gold and silver futures markets with consideration of structural breaks in the price series. The LOP condition did not hold for both the gold and silver markets when structural breaks were not considered but it sustained in some periods when it was tested for the break periods. We found from the causality test that the price linkage between the U.S. and Japanese gold and silver futures markets were led by the U.S. market.
Síndrome de Bartter: avaliação do desenvolvimento estatural e perfil metabólico Bartter's syndrome: evaluation of statural growth and metabolic profile

ABsTRACT Objective: Bartter’s syndrome is one of the most impor-tant inherited diseases that cause chloride leak. The objec-tive of this study was to report the follow-up of ten patients with the syndrome. Methods: This observational study was based on the review of medical charts reporting the metabolic features, creatinine clearance, nutritional and anthropometric assess-ment of ten patients with Bartter’s syndrome followed at the Nephrology Service of the Universidade Federal de Sao Paulo, in their first and last medical appointments, after a mean follow-up period of 43 months (3-76 months). During the follow-up, the management included the administration of potassium (100%) and magnesium (60%) supplements, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory agents (90%), angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors (40%) and spironolactone Endereco para correspondencia: Marta Liliane A. MaiaRua Borges Lagoa, 442 – Vila Mariana CEP 04038-000 – Sao Paulo/SP E-mail: martalmaia@yahoo.com. brConflito de interesse: nada a declararRecebido em: 14/1/2010Aprovado em: 23/8/2010
Inducible, Cell-Targeted Mutations In Mice: New Tools For Genetically Dissecting Behavior

The first generation of genetic mutations in mice, conventional transgenics and knockouts, have provided important new insights into many aspects of brain function, including complex behavior. Moreover, as genetic variants that contribute to the development of mental disorders are found, mice bearing these genes represent novel and powerful animal models of the disorders. However, these mutations are complicated by the fact that they generally occur at early stages of development and in many and perhaps most tissues of the body. This complicates the use of these mice for studies of gene function in adult organisms. The last five years has seen the development of second generation mutations in mice, in which the mutation (either loss or addition of a gene) can be controlled temporally and spatially, that is, the mutation can be induced in adult animals and targeted to a particular brain region and neuronal cell type. Although not yet routine, such inducible and cell-type specific mutations represent powerful new tools to understand the role of a particular gene in complex behavior.
Visualizing gauge unification with high-scale thresholds

Tests of gauge coupling unification require knowledge of thresholds between the weak scale and the high scale of unification. If these scales are far separated, as is the case in most unification scenarios considered in the literature, the task can be factorized into IR and UV analyses. We advocate "$\Delta\lambda$ plots" as an efficient IR analysis projected to the high scale. The data from these plots gives an immediate qualitative guide to the size of threshold corrections needed at the high scale (e.g., the indices of high-scale representations) and provides precise quantitative data needed to test the viability of hypothesized high-scale unification theories. Such an approach shows more clearly the reasonable prospects of non-supersymmetric grand unification in large rank groups, and also shows the low summed values of high-scale threshold corrections required for supersymmetric unification. The latter may imply tuned cancellations of high-scale thresholds in theories based on weak-scale supersymmetry. For that reason we view non-supersymmetric unification to be just as viable as supersymmetric unification when confining ourselves only to the question of reasonable high-scale threshold corrections needed for exact unification. We illustrate these features for a non-supersymmetric $SO(10)$ graund unified theory and a supersymmetric $SU(5)$ theory.
Evaluation of Different Signal Peptides for Secretory Production of Recombinant Bovine Pancreatic Ribonuclease A in Gram Negative Bacterial System: an In silico Study

DOI: 10.2174/1570164614666170725144424 Abstract: Background: Prokaryotic systems such as E. coli are among the most affordable and simplest hosts which are being employed to express recombinant proteins, nevertheless without appropriate signal peptide these systems cannot be used for secretory proteins. Bovine pancreatic ribonuclease A is a protein with four disulfide bonds which might be used as an immunoenzyme for immunotherapy. Consequently, the production of this recombinant protein, using prokaryotic system, requires a suitable signal peptide to protect disulfide bonds and to prevent misfolding.
Dental age assessment: The applicability of Demirjian method in southwestern of eastern Anatolia region Turkish children

Objectives: Age estimation plays an important role in forensic medicine and orthodontics. Many methods of age estimation have been suggested. Demirjian method is the most frequently used one of these. In the literature, there is a little known about applicability of this method in Turkish children. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the reliability of Demirjian method of dental age estimaiton and for description of mandibular permanent tooth formation in Turkish children from the southwest Eastern Anatolia region. Materials and Methods: A retrospective study was performed on 1015 panoramic radiographs and 5-15 years of age South western of Eastern Anatolia Regionof Turkish children. The stages of dental maturity of the mandibular left seven permanent teeth for each subject using the eight radiographic dental maturity stages demonstrated by Demirjian’s method were evaluated. A pired t-test was used for statistical analysis. Results: The mean difference between the chronological and dental ages ranged 0,28 to 1,10 years in boys and from 0,18 to 0,68 years in girls. South western of Eastern Anatolia Region ofTurkish children were generally delayed in dental maturity compared with children in Demirjian sample. The differences between the chronological and dental ages were statistically significant in 6-6.9, 8-8.9, 9-9.9, 10-10.9, 11-11.9 years in boys and in 8-8.9, 9-9.9,11-11.9 years in girls. Conclusions: Turkish children from the southwest Eastern Anatolia region are significantly more delayed in dental maturity compared to Demirjian’s French-Canadian sample. The applicability of Demirjian data is not suitable for Southwestern of Eastern Anatolia Region of Turkish children.
Active Control of a Nonlinear Flexible Aircraft

The avoidance of flutter still remains a key constraint in the design of all aircraft. In this endeavour, the need to develop models that accurately reproduce physical phenomena is of growing importance; one such phenomenon is nonlinearity. Whereas in many cases it may be justifiable to neglect nonlinearity and treat the system as linear, substantial nonlinear behaviour (such as limit cycle oscillations) have been observed in several aircraft, making evident the need to account for nonlinearity. The present work gains motivation from this need.
N‐Bromosuccinimide (NBS): A Novel and Efficient Catalyst for the Synthesis of 14‐Aryl‐14H‐dibenzo[a,j]xanthenes under Solvent‐Free Conditions

A novel procedure for the synthesis of 14-aryl-14H-dibenzo[a,j]xanthenes through one-pot condensation of naphthalen-2-ol with arenecarbaldehydes in the presence of N-bromosuccinimide (NBS) as catalyst under solvent-free conditions is described.
STUDIES OF BEAM LOSS CONTROL ON THE ISIS SYNCHROTRON

The ISIS Facility at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory in the UK produces intense neutron and muon beams for condensed matter research. The ISIS 800 MeV Proton Synchrotron presently provides up to 2.5x10 protons per pulse at 50 Hz, corresponding to a mean power of 160 kW. A dual harmonic RF system upgrade is expected to increase the power by about 50%. The tighter constraints expected for higher intensity running are motivating a detailed study of beam loss distributions and the main factors affecting their control. Main aims are maximizing the localization of activation in the collector straight, and minimising risk of damage to machine components. The experimental work, developments of the loss measurements systems, and simulation studies are summarised.
MOTION SENSOR OUTPUTS OF CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS WALKING AND RUNNING TO THREE TREADMILL SPEEDS

The study examined the motion sensor outputs of Singaporean children and adolescents of both sexes to walking and running on a motorized treadmill (Quinton Series 90) under controlled laboratory conditions. 58 youths of normal body mass (N=58, age: 13.2±3.0 y; height: 1.53±0.02 m; body mass: 45.5±14.2 kg; BMI: 18.8± 3.0 kg/m 2 ; Tanner rating: 2.5±1.3) were recruited for the study. Accelerometer (ActiGraph GT 1 M) activity (ActiCounts in counts/min) and step rate (ActiSteps in steps/min) and pedometer (Omron HJ 005-E) step rate (PedoSteps in steps/min), oxygen uptake (in ml/kg/min) and heart rate (in bpm) were obtained from 5-minutes stages of 0 % gradient of treadmill walking at 4 km/hr and running at 6 km/hr and 8 km/hr. Walking at 4 km/hr was estimated at 4.0-6.0 METs, whilst running at 6 km/hr and 8 km/hr was estimated at 6.3-8.6 and 10.0-11.4 METs, respectively. Motion sensor outputs increased significantly with treadmill speeds (76-101 % for ActiCounts; 22-24 % for ActiSteps and18-25 % for PedoSteps, all p 0.01). No meaningful relationships were obtained between accelerometer activity rate and oxygen uptake or heart rate. There was acceptable agreement between accelerometer and pedometer step rate for the walking and running on the treadmill but the difference between accelerometer and pedometer step rate was smallest at a treadmill running speed of 6 km/hr. These results show that accelerometer and pedometer step rates are useful and suitable measurements of physical activity involving walking and running among Singaporean children and adolescents of normal body mass. Further investigations are necessary to fully exploit the use of accelerometer data in physical activity research among young people.