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Designing Mobile Multimodal Applications

In this chapter we describe a set of techniques and tools that aim at supporting designers while creating mobile multimodal applications. We explain how the additional difficulties that designers face during this process, especially those related to multimodalities, can be tackled. In particular, we present a scenario generation and context definition framework that can be used to drive design and support evaluation within realistic settings, promoting in-situ design and richer results. In conjunction with the scenario framework, we detail a prototyping tool that was developed to support the early stage prototyping and evaluation process of mobile multimodal applications, from the first sketch-based prototypes up to the final quantitative analysis of usage results. As a case study, we describe a mobile application for accessing and reading rich digital books. The application aims at offering users, in particular blind users, means to read and annotate digital books and it was designed to be used on Pocket PCs and Smartphones, including a set of features that enhance both content and usability of traditional books.
Primary production and plankton dynamics in the Reloncaví Fjord and the Interior Sea of Chiloé, Northern Patagonia, Chile

Seasonal variability in freshwater discharge and solar radiation directly affects the struc- ture and functioning of the pelagic community in Chile's northern Patagonian fjords. The input of fresh water loaded with silicate from the top and marine water enriched with nitrate and orthophosphate from the bottom results in overlapping limnetic and marine characteristics. Two research cruises (CIMAR 12) were conducted in the area of Reloncavi Fjord and the Interior Sea of Chiloe (42 to 44° S) during austral winter and spring 2006, in order to assess the spatial/temporal variability in biological, physical, and chemical oceanographic characteristics, and to quantify the carbon budget of the pelagic trophic webs in Reloncavi Fjord. Vertical flux of particulate organic carbon (POC) and primary produc- tion (PP) increased 2-fold (334 vs. 725 mgC m -2 d -1 ) and 2 orders of magnitude (42 vs. 1893 mgC m -2 d -1 ), respectively, from winter to spring. In addition, the bacterial secondary production to primary pro- duction (BSP:PP) ratio decreased from 3.7 to 0.2 in Reloncavi Fjord, suggesting a transition from micro- bial to classical pelagic food webs. The higher solar radiation and extended photoperiod of springtime promoted the growth of diatoms in a nutrient-replete water column. Allochthonous (river discharge) and autochthonous (phytoplankton exudates) organic matter maintained high year-round bacteria biomass and secondary production. In spring, grazing pressure from zooplankton on the microplank- ton (largely diatoms) resulted in the relative dominance of the classical food web, with increased ex- port production of zooplankton faecal pellets and ungrazed diatoms. Conversely, in winter, zooplank- ton grazing, mainly on nanoplankton, resulted in a relative dominance of the microbial loop with lower export production than found in spring. Carbon fluxes and fjord-system functioning are highly vari- able on a seasonal basis, and both the multivorous trophic webs and the carbon export were more un- coupled from local PP than coastal areas.
Metaphorical conceptualization in cell biology

Metaphorical conceptualization (MC), in the sense used by Lakoff, is prevalent in scientific knowledge, particularly in medicine and associated domains such as cell biology, molecular biology or genetics. Indeed, these fields are now central to new approaches in medicine, and their terminology is a challenge for both terminologists and translators. Our working hypothesis is that metaphorical conceptualizations are closely linked to terminology and phraseology, and our aim is to describe their structure and characteristics in cell biology, specifically in cell transport and communication. This article presents a typical example of how the structures of entities in cell biology are metaphorically conceptualized. The presence of two metaphorical conceptualizations, as revealed by the linguistic expressions found in a highly specialized scientific corpus, is reminiscent of the metaphorical duality observed by Lakoff. It suggests that the combinatory rules governing term co-occurrences in specialized languages are closely linked to metaphorical conceptualizations specific to various fields of knowledge.
Mucuna bean (Mucuna spp.) Supplementation of growing sheep fed with a basal diet of napier grass (Pennisetum purpureum)

SUMMARY This study evaluated the effect of Mucuna bean as a supplement for growing Pelibuey sheep fed with a basal diet of Napier grass (Pennisetum purpureum). Twenty males averaging 19.9 ± 2.19 kg LW were divided in four treatment groups and fed Napier grass ad libitum. The Mucuna bean supplementation consisted of Mucuna bean grain and husks that had been ground into a meal. The supplementation for the four treatment groups consisted of: 300 g a -1 d -1 of a commercial feed (control, Co) or 5 (T5), 10 (T10), or 15 (T15) g kg LW -1 d -1 of Mucuna bean meal. The experiment lasted for 84 days and was a completely randomized design with five replications. Statistical analysis consisted of analysis of variance and orthogonal contrasts to test the control vs Mucuna bean supplementation and regression analysis to determine the effect of the level of Mucuna bean supplementation. The dry matter intake of the Mucuna bean meal was 148, 309 and 495 g DM a -1 d -1 for treatments T5, T10, and T15, respectively, while that of the control was 278 g DM a -1 d -1 . Daily weight changes were 44, -3.4, 32 and 60 g a -1 for the control and for the treatments T5, T10, and T15, respectively. There was a linear relationship between the level of Mucuna supplementation and the total dry matter intake (P<0.001) and the daily weight gain (P<0.01). The intake of forage was not affected by the level of Mucuna bean supplementation. Feeding behavior was similar among treatments. Animals eating the Mucuna bean did not show signs of toxicity at any of the supplementation levels.
Prevalence, seasonality and antibiotic susceptibility of thermophilic Campylobacters in ceca and carcasses of poultry birds in the "live-bird market"

Thermophilic Campylobacter spp. are the primary cause of human diarrhea. The common source of infection is contaminated poultry. This study aimed to establish the prevalence of Campylobacter spp. in poultry obtained from ‘pluck shops’ and provide a baseline of resistance profiles of Campylobacter spp. isolates obtained. A biphasic approach, with qualitative detection as well as quantitative enumeration of Campylobacterspp. was used. We examined 240 samples each, of carcasses and cecum of poultry obtained from ‘pluck shops. Amongst the cecum samples and carcasses, 59.5 and 57%, respectively were positive for Campylobacter spp. The average Campylobacter spp.concentration was 2.69 (S.D 0.419) log10 CFU/mL and 4.55 (S.D 0.607) log10 CFU/g for carcass rinsate and cecum, respectively. Of the 225 Campylobacter isolates studied, 76.9% were identified as Campylobacter jejuni and 23.1% as Campylobacter coli. Susceptibilities for 112 strains of C. jejuni and 31 strains of C. coli were determined for 12 antibiotics by the agar diffusion technique. According to the minimal inhibitory concentration, a marked resistance to gentamycin and chloramphenicol was also demonstrated. According to the antibiotic resistance profiles, the isolates appeared to differ from each other. Key words: Campylobacter, seasonality, antibiotic resistance, India, wet-market, pluck-shop
Influence of drip irrigation on the height of the biennial cup plant (Silphium perfoliatum L.) from the micropropagation seedlings

A field experiment carried out in two vegetation seasons in the years 2010 and 2011 on a very light soil at Kruszyn Krajenski, in the vicinity of Bydgoszcz, Poland. Investigation of the influence of drip irrigation on some growth parameters of 2-year-old cup plant (Silphium perfoliatum L.) were done. The cup plants were cultivated from the micropropagation seedlings. The experiment was performed as one factorial in 4 replications. The main factor of the experiment was irrigation performed with following variants: O – without irrigation (control plots), D – with drip irrigation. Drip irrigation was scheduled according to tensiometers indications. Irrigation significantly increase the height of the plants, the length and number of internode, the thickness of the stalk,. Irrigation also increased the fresh weight of the shoots, and the number of the leaves.
Modeling natural emissions in the Community Multiscale Air Quality (CMAQ) model – Part 2: Modifications for simulating natural emissions

Abstract. The Community Multiscale Air Quality (CMAQ) model version 4.6 has been revised with regard to the representation of chlorine (HCl, ClNO 2 ) and sulfur (dimethylsulfide, or DMS, and H 2 S), and evaluated against observations and earlier published models. Chemistry parameterizations were based on published reaction kinetic data and a recently developed cloud chemistry model that includes heterogeneous reactions of organic sulfur compounds. Evaluation of the revised model was conducted using a recently enhanced data base of natural emissions that includes ocean and continental sources of DMS, H 2 S, chlorinated gases and lightning NO x for the continental United States and surrounding regions. Results using 2002 meteorology and emissions indicated that most simulated "natural" (plus background) chemical and aerosol species exhibit the expected seasonal variations at the surface. Ozone exhibits a winter and early spring maximum consistent with ozone data and an earlier published model. Ozone distributions reflect the influences of atmospheric dynamics and pollutant background levels imposed on the CMAQ simulation by boundary conditions derived from a global model. A series of model experiments reveals that the consideration of gas-phase organic sulfur chemistry leads to sulfate aerosol increases over most of the continental United States. Cloud chemistry parameterization changes result in widespread decreases in SO 2 across the modeling domain and both increases and decreases in sulfate. Most cloud-mediated sulfate increases occurred mainly over the Pacific Ocean (up to about 0.1 μg m −3 ) but also over and downwind from the Gulf of Mexico (including parts of the eastern US). Geographic variations in simulated SO 2 and sulfate are due to the link between DMS/H 2 S and their byproduct SO 2 , the heterogeneity of cloud cover and precipitation (precipitating clouds act as net sinks for SO 2 and sulfate), and the persistence of cloud cover (the largest relative sulfate increases occurred over the persistently cloudy Gulf of Mexico and western Atlantic Ocean). Overall, the addition of organic sulfur chemistry increased hourly surface sulfate levels by up to 1–2 μg m −3 but reduced sulfate levels in the vicinity of high SO 2 emissions (e.g., wildfires). Simulated surface levels of DMS compare reasonably well with observations in the marine boundary layer where DMS oxidation product levels are lower than observed. This implies either a low bias in model oxidation rates of organic sulfur species or a low bias in the boundary conditions for DMS oxidation products. This revised version of CMAQ provides a tool for realistically simulating the influence of natural emissions on air quality.
- 0305 Feasibility of TCP for Wireless Mesh Networks

Feasibility of TCP for Wireless Mesh Networks Richard Lloyd Lee Department of Computer Science, BYU Master of Science When used in a wireless mesh network, TCP has shortcomings in the areas of throughput and fairness among traffic flows. Several methods have been proposed to deal with TCP’s weakness in a wireless mesh, but most have been evaluated with simulations rather than experimentally. We evaluate several major enhancements to TCP – pacing, conservative windows, and delayed ACKs – to determine whether they improve performance or fairness in a mesh network operating in the BYU Computer Science building. We also draw conclusions about the effectiveness of wireless network simulators based on the accuracy of reported simulation results.
An Investigation of Interconnection between Business Excellence Models and Corporate Sustainability Approach

The paper provides a general approach to explore the suitability of business excellence models (BEMs) to include corporate sustainability (CS) and on examples of awarded organizations in national quality awards (NQAs) found the synergic approach in deploying issues of BEMs and sustainability. The aim of the paper is to provide an overview of the BEMs approach in the Czech Republic and found the relevance with the issues of corporate sustainability. As an example was involved the Czech organizations awarded in NQAs in the area of excellence and sustainability in 2016. Based on a reflection of the current situation, there is a clear lack of organizations' approach to principles or strategic management tools that are suitable for implementation to enhance organization excellence including corporate sustainability. Then, an analysis is deployed in order to identify common synergy between BEMs and issues of corporate sustainability. This study is based on information gathered through an extensive literature review using print media and research databases like Emerald, EBSCO, Pro-Quest and we also employed the available sustainable reporting for awarded companies. The study is expected to help in reviewing national business excellence strategies and overview of the collected samples of organizations may help other entities to effectively process reports to use of the synergy of the criteria of the BEMs and corporate sustainability within the relevant NQAs or to target on appropriate stakeholders. Keywords: corporate sustainability, business excellence models, National Quality Awards, EFQM excellence model
Genetic and environmental influences on food preferences in adolescence 1 , 2

Background: Food preferences vary substantially among adults and children. Twin studies have established that genes and aspects of the shared family environment both play important roles in shaping children’s food preferences. The transition from childhood to adulthood is characterized by large gains in independence, but the relative influences of genes and the environment on food preferences in late adolescence are unknown. Objective: The aim of this study was to quantify the contribution of genetic and environmental influences on food preferences in older adolescents. Design: Participants were 2865 twins aged 18–19 y from the TEDS (Twins Early Development Study), a large population-based cohort of British twins born during 1994–1996. Food preferences were measured by using a self-report questionnaire of 62 individual foods. Food items were categorized into 6 food groups (fruit, vegetables, meat or fish, dairy, starch foods, and snacks) by using factor analysis. Maximum likelihood structural equation modeling established genetic and environmental contributions to variations in preferences for each food group. Results: Genetic factors influenced a significant and substantial proportion of the variation in preference scores of all 6 food groups: vegetables (0.54; 95% CI: 0.47, 0.59), fruit (0.49; 95% CI: 0.43, 0.55), starchy foods (0.32; 95% CI: 0.24, 0.39), meat or fish (0.44; 95% CI: 0.38, 0.51), dairy (0.44; 95% CI: 0.37, 0.50), and snacks (0.43; 95% CI: 0.36, 0.49). Aspects of the environment that are not shared by 2 twins in a family explained all of the remaining variance in food preferences. Conclusions: Food preferences had a moderate genetic basis in late adolescence, in keeping with findings in children. However, by this older age, the influence of the shared family environment had disappeared and only aspects of the environment unique to each individual twin influenced food preferences. This finding suggests that shared environmental experiences that influence food preferences in childhood may not have effects that persist into adulthood. Am J Clin Nutr doi: 10. 3945/ajcn.116. 133983.
Geophysical Analysis of a Central Florida Karst Terrain using Light Detection and Ranging (LIDAR) and Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) Derived Surfaces

OF THE THESIS GEOPHYSICAL ANALYSIS OF A CENTRAL FLORIDA KARST TERRAIN USING LIGHT DETECTION AND RANGING (LIDAR) AND GROUND PENETRATING RADAR (GPR) DERIVED SURFACES by Juana Maria Montané Florida International University, 2002 Miami, Florida Professor Dean Whitman, Major Professor Airborne LIDAR (Light Detecting and Ranging) is a relatively new technique that rapidly and accurately measures micro-topographic features. This study compares topography derived from LIDAR with subsurface karst structures mapped in 3dimensions with ground penetrating radar (GPR). Over 500 km of LIDAR data were collected in 1995 by the NASA ATM instrument. The LIDAR data was processed and analyzed to identify closed depressions. A GPR survey was then conducted at a 200 by 600 m site to determine if the target features are associated with buried karst structures. The GPR survey resolved two major depressions in the top of a clay rich layer at ~10m depth. These features are interpreted as buried dolines and are associated spatially with subtle (< 1m) trough-like depressions in the topography resolved from the LIDAR data. This suggests that airborne LIDAR may be a useful tool for indirectly detecting subsurface features associated with sinkhole hazard.
An Enhancement of Roentgenogram by Using Image Processing Techniques

Chest imaging is a very useful method for looking inside the organ for assessing the scenario with noninvasive manner. Advance imaging play a significant role by introducing newer techniques day by day, but chest roentgenogram still mark a role in early decision in disease management. Good quality of Chest roentgenogram is available in rural setups without financial overburden to patients. The present study demonstrated that the chest roentgenogram visualization is improving using MATLAB and is giving superior envisage in comparing the conventional one. Better quality of Chest X-ray is more helpful to physicians for early diagnosis of disease. The early detection of disease is becoming more efficient and improving the quality of life.
TITLE A Comparison of the Relative Practical Value of a Predictive Discriminant Function Analysis and a Binary Logistic Regression Analysis of Student Success in an Innovative Alternative

This study compared two statistical approaches, predictive discriminant function analysis and binary logistic regression analysis, to determine the characteristics of at-risk students who succeeded in comparison with those who did not succeed in a project-based alternative high school program. The study also investigated true positive hit rates for predicting correctly the students that would be successful using each statistical approach to provide information for decision making in admissions decisions for this program. Data came from the Wisconsin Youth Survey from measures of bonding with teachers, school, and peers and from a measure of educational engagement completed by 70 students. Other variables measured were family composition, student employment, grade, gender, and age. The predictive discriminant analysis approach produced a true positive hit rate of 79% compared to the remarkable 94% of the binary logistic approach. Advantages of the binary logistic approach are discussed. (SLD) Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made from the original document. Running Head: Predicting Student Success in an Alternative High School A Comparison of the Relative Practical Value of a Predictive Discriminant Function Analysis and a Binary Logistic Regression Analysis of Student Success in an Innovative Alternative High School Program in South Texas Data Set # 1 U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Office of Educational Research and Improvement EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION CENTER (ERIC) This document has been reproduced as received from the person or organization originating it. 0 Minor changes have been made to improve reproduction quality. Points of view or opinions stated in this document do not necessarily represent official OERI position or policy. A Working Paper
Characterization of the Adsorption of the Lead (II) by the Nonliving Biomass Spirogyra neglecta (Hasall) Kutzing

Problem statement: Conventional techniques for removing dissolved heavy metals are only practical and cost-effective when applied to high strength wastes with heavy metal ion concentrations greater than 100 ppm. The possibility of using a nonliving algal biomass to solve this problem was carried in this study. Lead (II) was used in this study because it had been reported to cause several disorders in human. Approach: The nonliving algal biomass was obtained from a filamentous green alga Spirogyra neglecta. The effects of initial concentration and contact time, pH and temperature on the biosorption of lead (II) by the nonliving algal biomass were studied. The equilibrium isotherms and kinetics were obtained from batch adsorption experiments. The surface characteristics of the nonliving algal biomass were examined using scanning electron microscope and Fourier Transformed Infrared. The maximum adsorption capacity of the nonliving algal biomass was also determined. Results: Maximum adsorption capacity of lead (II) was affected by its initial concentration. Adsorption capacity of lead (II) increased with the pH and temperature of lead (II) solution. Langmuir isothermic model fitted the equilibrium data better than the Freundlich isothermic model. The adsorption kinetics followed the pseudo-second-order kinetic model. The nonliving algal biomass exhibited acaves-like, uneven surface texture along with lot of irregular surface. FTIR analysis of the alga biomass revealed the presence of carboyl, amine and carboxyl group which were responsible for adsorption of lead (II). The maximum adsorption capacity (qmax) of lead (II) by the nonliving biomass of Spirogyra neglecta was 132 mg g-1. Conclusion: The maximum adsorption capacity for lead (II) by the nonliving biomass of Spirogyra neglecta was higher than reported for other biosorbents. Therefore, it had a great potential for removing lead (II) from polluted water. Its use will also need to consider the various factors that affect biosorption process.
Discourse and Collaboration: The Role of Conversations and Collective Identity

We explore the relationship between discourse and interorganizational collaboration, arguing that interorganizational collaboration can be understood as the product of sets of conversations that draw on existing discourses. Specifically, we argue that effective collaboration, which we define as cooperative, interorganizational action that produces innovative, synergistic solutions and balances divergent stakeholder concerns, emerges out of a two-stage process. In this process conversations produce discursive resources that create a collective identity and translate it into effective collaboration.