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Incorrigible While Incarcerated: Topic Modeling Mainstream Canadian News Depictions of Ashley Smith

Ashley Smith, who is typically presented in the media as mentally ill, was nineteen years old when she died from self-strangulation in an Ontario women’s prison on October 19th, 2007. In this thesis, I explored how Ashley Smith’s actions and death were portrayed in four mainstream Canadian newspapers (Globe and Mail, Telegraph-Journal, Toronto Star and National Post). My aim in this thesis is to critically analyze patterns of stereotypes of mental illness present in these news articles and connect these patterns to labeling theories. To accomplish this goal, I used a mixed methods approach that combined computerized topic modeling with critical reading. Topic modeling revealed three variables that affected topic weight: the timing of the news coverage, newspaper political affiliation and circulation/location. These three variables also impacted how these newspapers depicted Ashley Smith as mentally ill, through their use of generic and/or negative terminology, medicalization and vulnerability stereotypes.
Tsetse eradication: sufficiency, necessity and desirability

The research strategy of the UK Government's Department for International Development (DFID) is to generate new knowledge and to promote its uptake and application to improve the livelihoods of poor people. The bilateral component of the strategy is organised as research programmes covering agriculture, forestry, livestock and fisheries, managed by institutions contracted by DFID. The Animal Health Programme is managed by the Centre for Tropical Veterinary Medicine Livestock are vital to the lives and livelihoods of two-thirds of the world's rural poor – close to 700 million people. But chronic endemic diseases and zoonoses constrain livestock productivity and endanger human health, thereby contributing to the perpetuation of poverty. Bringing together veterinary, medical and social scientists from the UK, Africa and South Asia, DFID's Animal Health Programme (AHP) funds research leading to better control of these diseases. Effective dissemination and uptake of AHP research findings can enhance the livelihoods and health of poor livestock keepers. The views expressed in this document are those of the author and are not necessarily shared by DFID The question, however, which still confronts us is: What is the most scientific and economical means by which to overcome the pest? It is important…to ask whether…the control and eradication of tsetse is really relevant to the present situation, whether it is now a marginal activity which could be dispensed with, or whether it is actually harmful. All rights reserved. The publisher encourages fair use of this material provided proper citation is made. No reproduction, copy or transmission of this publication may be made without written permission of the publisher.
Additional Professional Induction Strategy (APIS)

This paper describes a strategy, designed by a faculty of education in a regional Australian university, to induct pre-service educators into the education profession. It then focuses on one component of the strategy, an initiative called Education Commons. This initiative uses a model of critical reflection to engage pre-service educators in discussions about current and relevant educational topics. This aims to connect them into professional networks and to assist their induction into the education profession from the outset of their tertiary study. An analysis of a small data set – two small stories told by an early career teacher who had participated in Education Commons while at university – is investigated for evidence of the effect of the program. The analysis highlights the use of critical reflection and career development learning.
Analysis of SAP Log Data Based on Network Community Decomposition

Information systems support and ensure the practical running of the most critical business processes. There exists (or can be reconstructed) a record (log) of the process running in the information system. Computer methods of data mining can be used for analysis of process data utilizing support techniques of machine learning and a complex network analysis. The analysis is usually provided based on quantitative parameters of the running process of the information system. It is not so usual to analyze behavior of the participants of the running process from the process log. Here, we show how data and process mining methods can be used for analyzing the running process and how participants behavior can be analyzed from the process log using network (community or cluster) analyses in the constructed complex network from the SAP business process log. This approach constructs a complex network from the process log in a given context and then finds communities or patterns in this network. Found communities or patterns are analyzed using knowledge of the business process and the environment in which the process operates. The results demonstrate the possibility to cover up not only the quantitative but also the qualitative relations (e.g., hidden behavior of participants) using the process log and specific knowledge of the business case.
Water relations, photosynthetic capacity, and root/shoot partitioning of photosynthate as determinants of productivity in hybrid poplar

Physiological determinants of productivity, including net photosynthesis, root/shoot partitioning of photosynthate, and leaf retention were investigated for three Populus deltoides Bartr. × nigra L. (DN 2, DN 22, DN 15) and two P. balsamifera L. × deltoides Bartr. (Jackii 4, Jackii 7) hybrids. Performance of the different hybrids was compared under controlled greenhouse conditions and in the field. There was a 2.4-fold difference in biomass production between the faster growing DN 2 and the slower growing DN 15 after 100 days growth in the greenhouse, and a 1.5-fold difference after the 1st year's growth in the field. When coppice regrowth of the two Jackii hybrids was compared after 143 days under field conditions, the biomass production of Jackii 4 was 2.2 times that of Jackii 7 and net photosynthetic rate per unit leaf area was 50 % higher than that of Jackii 7 over most of the summer. Many physiological and morphological factors contributed to the more vigorous growth of coppice DN 2 and Jackii 4. The.
Elektroninių viešųjų paslaugų naudojimo ir informacinių sistemų sąveikumo vertinimas

Nagrinėjant elektroninės valdžios paslaugų efektyvaus realizavimo klausimus, viena pagrindinių problemų tampa administraciniuose padaliniuose isskirstytų informacinių sistemų sąveikumas. Daugeliui atliekamų atsiskaitomųjų operacijų nepakanka vienos institucijos saugomų duomenų, todėl racionaliai į bendrą veiklos infrastruktūrą turi įsikomponuoti isskirstytų sistemų saugaus bendravimo galimybės, nacionaliniu bei europiniu lygmeniu kuriamos kompiuterinės programinės priemonės, paspartinancios efektyvesnį e. viesųjų paslaugų diegimą. Informacinių sistemų sąveikumo reikalavimai paliecia bendrai naudojamų, taciau skirtingose institucijose administruojamų ir palaikomų duomenų bazių fi zinio, semantinio ir socialinio sąveikumo lygmenis. Straipsnyje nagrinėjami viesojo sektoriaus isskirstytų informacinių sistemų sąveikumo klausimai, susije su elektroninių viesųjų paslaugų teikimo galimybėmis. Analizuojami bankinių informacinių sistemų įtakos rodikliai viesojo administravimo sistemos e. paslaugų vykdymo funkcijoms atlikti. Rezultatai, analizuojant viesojo administravo funkcijų statistinius rodiklius, rodo naujus pokycius, atsirandancius informacinių rysių technologijų plėtros įtakoje, kaip keiciasi viesųjų paslaugų teikimo gyventojams galimybės. Atsiranda naujos viesųjų paslaugų valdymo formos elektroninėje erdvėje. Influence of Interoperability of Information Systems to Providing of e-Services of Public Administration Sector Dalė Dzemydienė, Ramutė Naujikienė Summary When analyzing the problems of effective realization of e-governance services one of the main issues becomes the interoperability of information systems and databases, distributed in different administrative departments. The realization of e-services usually requires information from distributed information systems, stored and maintained in different formats and software environments. The rationally organized integrated infrastructure of distributed systems requires additional means and components for supporting the safe communication possibilities. The organizational activities have been maintained on the national and inter-European levels and software programs must follow the requirements of standards that speed up the realization of e-public services. Interoperability requirements of the distributed public administration systems concern physical, semantic and socio-organizational interoperability levels. The effective hotspots of e-banking systems and applicable integrated interfaces for consumers infl uence the popularity of these systems and take dividends for the growing economic value in the development of public administration services or the portal of e-government. The analysis of statistical indicators of e-public services is made on the effectiveness of distributed information systems applications. New tendencies are recognized according to statistical evaluation of indicators, electronic service abilities in the public administration sector.
Proteoglycomics and Disease Marker: Promises and Future Challenges

Proteoglycomics is a systematic study of structure, expression, and function of proteoglycans, post-translationally modified subset of proteome. The process of glycan synthesis relies on number of highly competitive process involving glycosyl tranferases. Therefore, the process of glycosylation is highly sensitive to biochemical environment and has been implicated in many diseases including cancer. Recently, the interest in profiling glycome has increased for the potential of glycan as disease marker. The established technologies of proteomics and glycomics, proteoglycomics research requires unique approaches for elucidating structure-function relationship of proteoglycan components, glycosaminoglycans chain and core protein. This review discuss on the existing newly developed technologies widely involved in profiling glycome and role of proteoglycans that can be used as potential marker for disease condition.
Two-sex life table of cotton whitefly Bemisia tabaci on two varieties of cotton (Gossypium hirsutum)

In order to study the effects of different host plants on population development of cotton whitefly Bemisia tabaci, a greenhouse experiment was conducted at Agricultural Biotechnology Research Institute of Iran, Karaj in 2012. In this experiment the effects of two cotton varieties (Varamin and Sahel) was evaluated on pre-adult developmental time, pre-adult mortality, adult longevity, mean daily and total eggs number, sex ratio and life table parameters of Bemisia tabaci. Results indicated that the pre-adult developmental time of Bemisia tabaci on the var. Varamin and Sahel was 21.08 and 18.04 days, respectively. Also the adult longevity of females on the var. Varamin and Sahel was 11.12 and 14.58 days, respectively. Bemisia tabaci reached the adult stage faster on var. Sahel than var. Varamin. The fecundity of Bemisia tabaci on var. Sahel was more than that on var. Varamin. No significant difference was observed between the sex ratio of Bemisia tabaci on two cotton varieties. Intrinsic rates of increase in Bemisia tabaci on var. Varamin and Sahel were 0.08 and 0.14, respectively. The results indicated that the life history of Bemisia tabaci was influenced by host plant quality and var. Varamin was not a suitable host for this pest.
Development of a multi-purpose breakwater/reef at Maqai Eco surf resort, Qamea Island, Fiji

A breakwater/reef and channel/lagoon development has been designed to alleviate the current ecological damage of the coral reef flat and lagoon, and the health and safety hazards involved with access to the Maqai Eco Surf Resort. At present, foot and boat traffic impact on large areas of the reef during access at both low and high tides, while wave penetration at high tide causes vigorous boat movement and makes it difficult and dangerous to board and leave boats (there is no road access to the resort). In addition, at low tide access is restricted with a landing bay located almost a kilometre from the resort, which is cause for concern should an emergency occur. Thus, the breakwater/reef development is aimed at focussing foot and boat traffic to protect the surrounding reef, providing a safe all-tide boat access, with the addition of providing a learner's surfing break at higher tidal levels. To date, Stage 1 of this three stage project has been completed. This paper describes the design/impact aspects of the project and results of Stage 1 of the development.
Northern genetic richness and southern purity, but just one species in the Chelonoidis chilensis complex

Fritz, U. , Alcalde, L. , Vargas‐Ramírez, M. , Goode, E.V. , Fabius‐Turoblin, D.U. & Praschag, P. (2012). Northern genetic richness and southern purity, but just one species in the Chelonoidis chilensis complex. —Zoologica Scripta, 41, 220–232.
Reduction of powdery mildew and other diseases by over-the-trellis applications of lime sulfur to dormant grapevines

From 72 to 96% of the ascospores within cleistothecia of Uncinula necator were killed in the spring when exposed to lime sulfur (calcium polysulfide), copper sulfate, copper hydroxide, or copper oxychloride for 5 min in laboratory assays. Dinocap reduced viability in the same assay when the exposure time was more than 1 hr. Neither sulfur nor triadimefon significantly reduced viability. Cleistothecia collected in fall were not affected by the above fungicidal compounds in a 5-min exposure. One hour of exposure to lime sulfur or 8 hr of exposure to copper sulfate was required before ascospore viability was significantly reduced in the fall
Development of robotic rover with controller & vision system

Rover is a robotic system that integrates a simple system implementing electrical and mechanical components together. In this study, we propose a rover using mechanical components which consist of a robotic arm, joint and mechanical gripper, backbone chassis and continues track, while the electrical components include servo motor, servo controller, transmitter and receiver for vision system and wireless controller via USB host as its control system. The purpose of this project is for monitoring and safety purposes. In addition, the main goal of this project is to develop a simple robotic rover that is easy to build and manufacture as well as cost-effective. To add more functionality on this rover, it is equipped with a robotic arm and real-time view camera integration. This rover is equipped with a first-person view (FPV) camera, an integrated camera on the rover that can give clear visibility and direction to the rover pilot. The live feed can be viewed on the monitor inside the command station box. It can be used to assist safety authorities to collect information & insights, work lift to collect and remove the load and to conduct search and rescue operation. As for the result, the mobility system of the robotic rover at terrain surfaces and analyses the capabilities of the chassis during lifting load had been tested.
Salinity-related growth rates in populations of the European clam Macoma balthica and in field transplant experiments along the Baltic Sea salinity gradient

Most benthic invertebrates and plant species that survive in the brackish Baltic Sea are characterized by populations in which growth is reduced and genetic diversity is low, indicating that these species live under marginal conditions. In this study, we tested for a salinity-related growth rate reduction in 21 European Macoma balthica populations. Additionally, we transplanted clams into hyposaline environments, along the Baltic Sea salinity gradient, and compared survival, growth and condition with control groups. All transplants into hypoosmotic environments were successful. Despite the osmotic shock, the results showed no reduced growth rates in transplanted individuals. Only the clams that had been transplanted into the extremely oligohaline Gulf of Bothnia (0.5–3.0 PSU) exhibited reduced growth rates in comparison to the control group. From this study we conclude that M. balthica has an exceptional capacity to acclimatize to extremely brackish conditions, which may explain its abundance and diversity in the Baltic Sea.
The classification of rumour standpoints in online social network based on combinatorial classifiers

It is a fact that most of the rumours related to hot events or emergencies can be propagated rapidly on the hotbed of online social networks. In order to track the standpoints of the participants of rumour topics to regulate the development of rumour, we propose a multi-features model combining classifiers to classify the rumour standpoints, defined as classifying the standpoints of online social network conversations into one of ‘agree’, ‘disagree’, ‘comment’ or ‘query’ on previous comment about the rumour. Testing the performance of the combinatorial model – decision tree with adaptive boosting classifier and extremely randomised trees with adaptive boosting classifier – on different features, that is, structuring the weight matrix based on combination of term frequency (TF), inverse document frequency (IDF) and term frequency – inverse document frequency (TFIDF) method and constructing the features vector with Word2vec method. The experiments show that the combinatorial classifiers that exploit different combination features in the online social network conversations outperform binary classification; especially, the topology of the social network has a highly positive impact on the classification results. Furthermore, the ‘comment’ and ‘query’ of rumour standpoints have a better classification effect based on the features of different categories.
A detailed geologic characterization of Eberswalde crater, Mars

Background: Eberswalde crater, selected as one of four finalist landing sites for the Mars Science Laboratory mission, is best known for the spectacularly preserved, inverted, fan-shaped deposit along its western margin. This feature has been interpreted as a lacustrine delta, although the timing and duration of an Eberswalde crater lake is poorly understood. The aim of this study is to place more broadly observed fluvio-lacustrine activity throughout the crater's floor within the larger context of Eberswalde’s geologic history, and to infer the sequence of deposition and erosion of the observed stratigraphic and geomorphic units. Method: We have identified and mapped stratigraphic and geomorphic units within all of Eberswalde crater using orbital imagery from the HiRISE, MOC and CTX cameras, and we have calculated crater statistics to infer the relative ages of crater floor materials. Using topographic datasets derived from HiRISE, CTX and MOLA, we determine the unit associations, successions, and geometries and develop a model for the depositional and erosional history within the crater. Conclusion: We have produced maps of ten stratigraphic and seven geomorphic units identified within Eberswalde crater. Our observations of the stratigraphy, geomorphology, topography and crater densities imply a complex relationship between deposition and exhumation within Eberswalde crater, and we infer the following sequence of major events: (1) Eberswalde crater forms in the Noachian (> 3.6 Ga); (2) Holden crater forms southwest of Eberswalde crater in the late Noachian to Early Hesperian, and its associated ejecta blanket covers the floor of Eberswalde crater and heavily modifies the southern rim; (3) Extensive faulting from regional stresses creates the first-order topography within the crater, and vein-like features form in some units from fracturing, fluid circulation, and cementation; (4) Valley features are carved in the crater walls as water flows into the crater, creating an Eberswalde lake in which delta formation occurs. The distribution of features interpreted as inverted channels and lacustrine deposits implies that the lake extended into the easternmost portion of the crater and at least six fluvio-deltaic systems formed; (5) Extensive exhumation and degredation of the crater floor materials occurs, perhaps simultaneously with the deposition of an airfall mantling unit; (6) Very little besides aeolian sediment transport activity occurs
Screening Pepper Cultivars for Resistance to Flower Abscission: A Comparison of Techniques

In one greenhouse and two field experiments, eight or ten pepper (Capsicum annuum L.) cultivars were subjected to low-light stress by use of shade cloth (reducing light by 80%) or to foliar sprays of ethephon at 75 or 150 pi-liter-). Both low-light stress and ethephon identified 'Ace',' Canape', and. 'Belrubi' as less susceptible to flower and flower bud abscission than other cultivars in the first field experiment. In the 2nd year, air mean maxima of 32C caused severe abscission in controls and shaded plants, and complete loss of flowers in those sprayed with ethephon. Abscission of disbudded pedicels was not related to abscission susceptibility of eight cultivars when subjected to shade. While ethephon spray can serve as a satisfactory abscission screening tool under unstressed growing conditions, low-light stress imposed by shading may be used under a wider range of conditions. Chemical name used: 2-chloroethyl phosphoric acid (ethephon).
Changing perspectives on the biogeography of the tropical South Pacific: influences of dispersal, vicariance and extinction

Aim The biogeographical patterns and drivers of diversity on oceanic islands in the tropical South Pacific (TSP) are synthesized. We use published studies to determine present patterns of diversity on TSP islands, the likely sources of the biota on these islands and how the islands were colonized. We also investigate the effect of extinctions.
Fertiliser management for higher productivity of established lucerne pasture

Abstract Lucerne (Medicago sativa L.), a deep-rooted perennial legume forage, is a significant part of pastures, and is also grown in rotation with wheat to improve the yield and protein content of grains. Adequate supply of key nutrients is one of the important factors in higher productivity and sustainability of lucerne pastures. However, farmers mostly overlook the importance of nutrient management of established lucerne pastures, resulting in poor persistence, low productivity and weed invasion. The aim of this on-farm field study was to investigate the effects of the combined use of P, K, S and Zn and different sources of Zn on herbage yield, crude protein, nutrient composition, nitrogen fixation, weed invasion and persistence of an established (2 years old) stand of ‘Aurora’ lucerne pasture. A randomised block design was used to test ten fertiliser treatments. The combined use of P, K, S and Zn significantly (P<0.05) increased herbage yield (139% increase) over 2 years, nitrogen fixation, leaf-to-stem ratio, crude protein, nutrient composition (P, K, Ca, S, Zn concentrations), persistence and groundcover, and also led to significant weed suppression (weed biomass decreased from 53 to 69%). Of the three forms of zinc tested, zinc sulphate and zinc-coated single superphosphate proved superior to zinc oxide. The results suggest that nutrient management is essential for improved persistence, reduced weed invasion and higher sustainable productivity of established lucerne pastures, which is important for livestock production systems and overall profitability of farming systems.