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Cress Seed (Lepidium sativum) Role in the healthy Processed Spread Cheese and Its Anti-Diabetic Activity

The present study dealt with utilization of cress seeds (Lepidium sativum) in the manufacture of processed spread cheese, instead of emulsifying salt. Cress seed have also health promoting properties especially lowering glucose ratios. Cress seeds powder were prepared and added with the ingredients during manufacture of processed spread cheese at levels of six ratios (0.05, 1.5, 2.5, 3.5, 4.5 and 5.5%) compared with control (3% commercial emulsifying salt). The chemical, physical, microbiology and organoleptic properties of resultant samples were evaluated. Data revealed that processed spread cheese sample fortified with 3.5% cress seeds was the best either when fresh or during storage (8±2oC for 3 months) and they had acceptable properties. Microstructure of processed cheese spread samples were also conducted. From nutritional view, processed cheese spread samples fortified with 3.5% cress seeds were used for feeding Adult male albino rats to study their effect on plasma glucose level. Obtained data indicated that the glucose level in plasma was significantly decreased (P
MODERATING EFFECTS OF AGE, GENDER AND HIERARCHY LEVEL OF THE SUPERIOR ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CONFLICT HANDLING STYLES AND SATISFACTION WITH SUPERVISION

Data from 139 respondents from major industries revealed that subordinates were more satisfied with their superiors’ supervision through the exercise of integrating and to a lesser extent, compromising and obliging styles. On the contrary, subordinates who perceived their superiors as primarily using avoiding style were found to be less satisfied. The age of the superior serves to only marginally moderate the relationship between compromising style in which older superior exercise of compromising style tend to lead to a higher level of satisfaction with supervision. Interaction effect of gender seemed to result in a less satisfied subordinate when they were supervised by female superior employing compromising style although in general, such style should lead to a more satisfied subordinate. On the other hand, the effect of integrating style on satisfaction with supervision is magnified when this style is used by a female superior. Result also confirmed the moderating effect of hierarchy as its usually neutral effect on satisfaction with supervision by the exercise of obliging style was negated in the case of superior at higher hierarchy level.
Alternate Irrigation of Avocados : Effects on Growth , Cropping , and Control of Rosellinia Necatrix

Avocados are very sensitive to dry soil conditions, especially under high evaporative demand (Cantuarias et al., 1998). In summer it is generally recommended to keep soil matric potentials above -30 kPa. As a result, anaerobic conditions are frequently induced under both micro sprinkler and drip irrigation because soil matric potential is highly variable due to soil heterogeneity, variability between emitters' flow, and non uniform application rates over the soil surface. Alternate irrigation has markedly reduced the incidence of Phytophthora sp. in citrus in pot and field experiments (Lutz et al., 1988). In order to study its effect on adult, field grown avocado trees, two experiments were established.
Micro-propagation of Colocasia esculenta (cv. Bolosso I) from corm and sprout tip explants

Taro (Colocasia esculenta L.) is a perennial, aquatic and semi-aquatic species, member of the family Araceae grown for its edible tuberous root. The application of conventional propagation techniques for taro could not produce the high demand and quality planting materials due to its low productive capacity and diseases transmission. Therefore, this study was carried out to develop micro-propagation protocol for Colocasia esculenta (cv. Bolosso I) from corm and sprout tip explants. Explants were collected from Areka Agricultural Research Center and were sterilized using different concentration of sodium hypochlorite solutions with different exposure times. Murashige and Skoog (MS) media supplemented with different types and concentrations of auxins and cytokinins were used for culture initiation, shoot multiplication and root induction experiments. Two percent NaOCl exposures for 15 and 20 min were found to be optimum for sterilization of sprout tip (83.33) and corm (66.63%) explants. Highest culture initiation was obtained on MS medium supplemented with 8 mg/L 6-benzyl amino purine (BAP) (81.33 and 76.67% for corm and sprout explants, respectively). A maximum average number of shoots (8.53/corm and 5.8/sprout explants) were obtained on MS+8 mg/L BAP and 3 mg/Lindole-3-acetic acid (IAA). The highest mean root number (6.9) and root length (11.25 cm) per plantlet were recorded on half strength MS media supplemented with 0.5 mg/L IAA and 1.5 mg/L IAA, respectively. Eighty percent survival efficiency was observed on the soil mix ratio of 1:2:2 (red soil: sand: coffee husk, respectively) without any sign in morphological variation to the mother plant during acclimatization. These result can be used for the development of mass propagation protocol which enable for large scale production of this highly demanded cultivar true-to-type and provide a foundation for further studies to generate genetically improved C. esculenta and related cocoyam species. Key words: Explants, Murashige and Skoog (MS) media, plant growth regulators, sterilants, Taro plantlet.
Multilocus sequence typing analysis of Klebsiella pneumoniae isolated from swine

A total of 86 strains Klebsiella pneumoniae isolated from swine were collected to analysis the molecular genetic characteristic by multilocus sequence typing (MLST). The eURST software was used to evaluate the results of MLST. The results indicated that all isolates clustered into 14 ST types(STs). ST106 (including 3 strians) and ST23 (including 2 strians) were single branch. Other 12 ST types belong to the CC258 clonal complex. This study showed that klebsiella pneumoniae isolated from swine in this region has some genetic diversity and the main types were ST258 clone complex, it may be transfered between swine and human.
Process Aware Compact Model Parameter Extraction for 45 nm Process Flow

CMOS devices are simulated using a 45-nm process flow that uses advanced techniques to achieve the requisite performance. The process parameters with maximum impact on the device characteristics are identified and analyzed. Global and process-aware model parameters are extracted for the 45-nm process. A five-stage ring oscillator is examined to demonstrate the effects of process variability on circuit performance. Good agreement between the model and the numeric simulations is observed demonstrating the robustness of the extraction methodology and the processaware model parameters.
Osteological Correlates for Quadrupedality in Ornithischian Dinosaurs

The evolution of quadrupedality from bipedal ancestors is an exceptionally rare transition in tetrapod evolution, but it has occurred several times within the herbivorous dinosaur clade Ornithischia. Stegosauria, Ankylosauria, and Ceratopsidae are all uncontroversially quadrupedal, while basal ornithischians and basal ornithopods are uncontroversially bipedal. However, stance in iguanodontian ornithopods, including the hadrosaurs, and in non-ceratopsid ceratopsians is debated because robust osteological correlates of quadrupedality have not been identified. We examine a suite of characteristics that have been previously proposed as osteological correlates for bipedality or quadrupedality in dinosaurs. These include both discrete anatomical features, which we assess as correlates for quadrupedality using character optimization onto a composite cladogram, and proportional ratios, which we assess as correlates by reconstructing nodal ancestral states using squared-change parsimony, followed by optimization. We also examine the correlation of these features with body size. An anterolateral process on the proximal ulna, hoof-shaped manual unguals, a transversely broadened ilium, a reduced fourth trochanter and a femur longer than the tibia are found to be robust correlates of quadrupedality in ornithischian dinosaurs. Along the ceratopsid “stem” lineage, quadrupedal characters were acquired in a stepwise fashion, with forelimb characters developing prior to changes in the hind limb. In contrast, iguanodontid ornithopods display a mosaic of character states, indicating varying degrees of facultative quadrupedality that probably arose for a variety of different reasons. Hadrosaurs are found to possess all character states associated with quadrupedality and were probably predominantly quadrupedal. In general, quadrupedal ornithischians do not appear to have been constrained by their bipedal ancestry to a particular order of character acquisition.
Intrinsic Currency Values

People normally say that some currency has strengthened or weakened but what do they mean? Against what does one measure the currency values? Can we define intrinsic value of a currency? In quantitative finance the conventional practice is to model currency movements as changes in FX rates. It was shown by Doust and Chen in a series of articles how to model intrinsic currency values instead. Their first model assumed multivariate log-normal distribution of a set of currency values with volatilities and correlations being fixed. Their latest model is significantly more complex but shows how multiple currencies can be modelled consistently with all market-observed FX implied volatility surfaces. They have proposed maximum likelyhood estimation for the intrinsic values in the original model. But can it be adapted for the new model? And do the currency values implied by these models correspond to what is observed in FX and other markets? Can we use intrinsic values to explain and/or predict unrelated market indicators? In the first part of this work we extend the maximum likelyhood estimation of intrinsic values to the latest model called ’stochastic intrinsic currency volatility framework’ by making some assumptions about the distribution. We then analyse the performance of the extended solution. Unfortunately, due to complexity of the model, we do not have analytic bounds for the error. We had to resort to Monte-Carlo simulation to investigate the properties of the new estimation approach. We find that the new estimation approach is theoretically better than the original one but empirically the difference is insignificant. We also present the results of estimating intrinsic values of 8 currencies: USD, EUR, JPY, GBP, CHF, CAD, AUD, NZD, using both approaches and see that the story they tell correspond to recent financial history and market participants’ intuition. In the second part we analyse the currency value estimates further, checking for links with various markets, including interest rates, stock market indices, sovereign credit default swap spreads and VIX equity volatility index. These are the markets which did not feed any inputs to our model. What we find is that there are still links between intrinsic currency values and these seemingly unrelated markets.
The Effect of Incentives in Non-Routine Analytical Team Tasks - Evidence from a Field Experiment

Despite the prevalence of non-routine analytical team tasks in modern economies, little is known about how incentives influence performance in these tasks. In a field experiment with more than 3000 participants, we document a positive effect of bonus incentives on the probability of completion of such a task. Bonus incentives increase performance due to the reward rather than the reference point (performance threshold) they provide. The framing of bonuses (as gains or losses) plays a minor role. Incentives improve performance also in an additional sample of presumably less motivated workers. However, incentives reduce these workers' willingness to "explore" original solutions.
Reproductive asynchrony and its potential role in the mating system of meadow voles

Ims (1987a) hypothesized that the spatial distribution pattern of male voles may be influenced by the temporal distribution of females. When females enter estrus synchronously (i.e. are clumped in time) they represent a defendable resource and males should defend a territory containing a cluster of females. When females breed asynchronously, males should not be territorial. In this study we examined the role of female breeding synchrony on the spacing strategies of male meadow voles Microtus pennsylvanicus (Ord, 1815).
Performance of local averaging handover technique in long term evolution networks

: In this paper, we investigate the performance of an alternative received signal filtering technique based on local averaging to improve the quality of handover decisions in Long Term Evolution (LTE) networks. The focus of LTE-Advance (LTE-A) networks is to provide enhanced capacity and reliability of radio access as well as broadband demand for mobile users. The necessity to maintain quality of service, especially for the delay sensitive data services and applications, has made mobility and handover decisions between the base stations in the LTE networks critical. Unfortunately, several handover decision algorithms in the LTE networks are based on the Reference Signal Received Power (RSRP) obtained as a linear averaging over the reference signals. The critical challenge with the linear averaging technique is that the limited reference signal available in the downlink packet introduces an estimation error. This estimation error is a result of the effects of linear averaging on propagation loss components in eliminating fast-fading from the received signals. Moreover, prompt and precise handover decisions cannot be based on inaccurate measurement. The standardized LTE layer 3 filtering technique is applied to the local averaged layer 1 signal to render it suitable for LTE handover decisions. The local averaging technique produces better handover than the linear averaging technique in terms of the reduced number of handover failures, improved high spectral efficiency and increased throughput, especially for cell-edge users with high speeds. The findings of this study suggest that the local averaging technique enhances mobility performance of LTE-Advance networks.
van der Waals interaction in nanotube bundles: Consequences on vibrational modes

We have developed a pair-potential approach for the evaluation of van der Waals interaction between carbon nanotubes in bundles. Starting from a continuum model, we show that the intertube modes range from 5 ${\mathrm{cm}}^{\ensuremath{-}1}$ to 60 ${\mathrm{cm}}^{\ensuremath{-}1}. $ Using a nonorthogonal tight-binding approximation for describing the covalent intratube bonding in addition, we confirm a slight chiral dependence of the breathing mode frequency and we found that this breathing mode frequency increases by $\ensuremath{\sim}10%$ if the nanotube lies inside a bundle as compared to inside the isolated tube.
The role of oxidative stress in pediatric urinary tract infections: a systematic review

Introduction: Urinary tract infection (UTI) that can affect any part of the urinary tract and may subsequently lead to kidney infection is linked with variety of causative factors such as oxidative stress. In this study, we aimed to systematically review the literatures to evaluate the effects of oxidative stress on UTI. Method: PubMed and Google scholar were searched systematically using the key terms, “oxidative stress” and “urinary tract infection” in the title, keywords, and abstract on February 2015 to find articles in which the oxidative stresses had been evaluated in children with urinary tract infection (UTI). Papers were excluded if they were unrelated to the purpose of this study, or in language other than English. Full texts of the relevant documents were fully reviewed for data extraction.Result: Of overall 50 articles from PubMed, and 6 records found in Google scholar, only 8 articles met the inclusion criteria for further assessment. Additionally, three papers were omitted due to full texts unavailability or language irrelevancy, and five articles, which fully met the inclusion criteria, were used for data extraction. The results showed that the level of antioxidant decreases significantly in patients with UTI, while the markers of oxidative stress increases.Conclusions: The results of the studies showed that the level of antioxidants decreases in patients with UTI, while lipid peroxidase and the level of oxidative stress biomarkers such as malondialdehyde and reactive oxygen species increase. These findings are suggestive of an association between oxidative stress and UTI. The role of oxidative stress in pediatric urinary tract infections: a systematic review
Paleoseismological field survey along the western coast of Myanmar

The giant Sumatra-Andaman earthquake and ensuring tsunami on 2004 December 26 is one of the recent examples exhibiting the activity of subduction along the Sunda Trench. Occurrences of such large earthquakes and tsunamis, Mw > 7.0 since the 1797 along the Sunda-Andaman Trench off west coast of Java, Sumatra and Andaman islands over the period of about three hundreds years have now been verified based on the paleoseismological and historical records (Chhibber 1934, Heck 1947, Berninghausen 1966, Ortiz and Bilham 2003, Sieh et al. 2004). However, the paleoseismicity of the northern extension of Sunda-Andaman Trench along the western coast of Myanmar has been poorly known. In December 2005, “Memorial conference on the 2004 Giant Earthquake and Tsunami in the Indian Ocean” was held in Tokyo with a support from the Japanese Ministry of Education, Sports, Culture, Science and Technology. Scientists from various research organizations, from Japan and the affected countries around northeastern Indian Ocean, and also from other experienced international societies, were gathered. The conference outlined several action plans that should be necessarily worked out for prevention of future tsunami and earthquake disaster around the Indian Ocean, mainly focusing on the 2004 event. Paleoseismology of the western coast of Myanmar and the Sagaing strike-slip fault Paleoseismological field survey along the western coast of Myanmar
Leishmania : Probable genetic hybrids between species in Sudanese isolates

The horn of Africa bears the prunt of Leishmaniasis in the world where both Phlebotomus orientalis , the vector of Leishmania donovani and Phlebotomus papatasi , the vector of Leishmania major , exist. Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) caused by L. donovani is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in east Africa. The populations of east Africa are very dynamic in continuous movements between endemic areas of different leishmaniasis clinical forms. Molecular epidemiological studies have provided indirect evidence for genetic exchange between different strains of one Leishmania species. Only recently, genetic exchange between different Leishmania strains of one species was definitively demonstrated in vitro . Genetic exchange between different Leishmania species is probably an even rarer event. In this study, one hundred and seven L. donovani isolates were collected from lymph nodes/bone marrow aspirates, from patients from Sudan and Ethiopia. DNA was isolated from leishmania parasites using the High Pure PCR Template Preparation Kit. PCR products were sequenced using BigDye Terminator chemistry and analyzed using the ABI 3100 or 3730 Genetic Analyzers. Sequences were analyzed using CodonCode program (CodonCode Corporation) and MEGA. Sequences were submitted to Genbank and are accessible under accession numbers HM117696-HM117699. Our data showed hybridization between two divergent Leishmania species, L. donovani and L. major , possibly due to migration. Such hybridization may have clinical implications with respect to parasite fitness, vector adaptation and response to treatment. Key words:
HIGH-FIDELITY SIMULATIONS OF IMPINGING JET ATOMIZATION

High-fidelity numerical simulations have been performed to study the formation and fragmentation of liquid sheets formed by two impinging jets using an improved volume-of-fluid (VOF) method augmented with several adaptive mesh refinement (AMR) techniques. An efficient topology-oriented strategy was further established to optimize the performance and accuracy of the AMR algorithm. Two benchmark cases pertaining to low- and high-velocity impinging jets are simulated as part of a grid refinement study. Calculated jet dynamics show excellent agreement with experimental observations in terms of the rim shape, droplet size distribution and impact wave structures. Detailed flow physics associated with the temporal evolution and spatial development of the jets are explored over a wide range of Reynolds and Weber numbers. A realistic rendering post-processing using a ray-tracing technique is performed to obtain direct insight to the flow evolution. Special attention is paid to the dynamics of the impact wave which dominates the atomization of the injected liquid. The work appears to be the first systematic numerical study in which all the flow patterns formed by impingement of two liquid jets are obtained. Fine structures are captured based on their characteristic length scales. Various atomization modes, from stable to highly unstable, are resolved with high fidelity.
A panoramic synthetic vision model for improving collision avoidance in crowd simulation

Crowd Simulation is very important in many virtual reality applications, because it improves the sense of immersion of the users by making the population of agents in the environment to move as real crowds do. Recently, models for simulating crowds, in which each agent is equipped with a synthetic vision system, have shown interesting results regarding the natural manner in which the agents navigate inside the environment thanks to their visual perception. In this article, we propose an upgrade to the agent’s visual system with a panoramic view in order to allow an agent to expand its vision beyond the limit of 180o imposed by the common projection provided by rendering APIs. Also, we analyze different parameters, which are used to define the field of view, to investigate the influence they have on the agent’s behavior. The impacts that those changes may cause on the efficiency of the algorithms are also analysed. A visible change on the agent’s behavior is achieved by using the technique, with a slight loss of performance.
Directional Stroke Width Transform to Separate Text and Graphics in City Maps

One of the complex documents in the real world is city maps. In these kinds of maps, text labels overlap by graphics with having a variety of fonts and styles in different orientations. Usually, text and graphic colour is not predefined due to various map publishers. In most city maps, text and graphic lines form a single connected component. Moreover, the common regions of text and graphic lines have similar features; hence, the separation of text and graphic lines is a challenging task in document analysis. Generally, these text labels could not be recognized efficiently by current commercial OCR systems in city map processing. In this paper, we propose an image decomposition approach based on stroke width feature to extract text labels from city maps. In our approach, we assign to each pixel of image a local stroke width based on minimum distance from borders in four directional borders. This mapping generates a suitable representation to distinguish text and non-text pixels. The experimental results on several varieties of city maps are promising.
Spatial Analysis of Environmental Regulations: Evidence from Chinese Provinces

This research focuses on the spatial distribution and spatial correlation of environmental regulations (ERS) with exploratory spatial data analysis technique (ESDA). The panel data of 31 provinces in China during the period of 2005-2015 is used. Finds show that the most intensive ERS region is located around Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region. The values of global Moran’s I vary from 0.1104 to 0.2145, indicating that ERS in China is not distributed randomly, but has spatial agglomeration effects. The High–High agglomeration type is mainly distributed in north China.