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Consumers’ identities and compartmentalisation tendencies in alcohol consumption

ABSTRACT This longitudinal study explored how consumers justify their alcohol consumption by compartmentalising or integrating their various drinking identities (i.e. description of one’s drinking behaviours and extent to which these are part of person’s overall identity). Thirty-one participants were interviewed twice. The findings revealed that identities are continuously altered/created according to context and social interactions. Consumers’ movement between social fields generated different perceptions of what constitutes ‘healthy’ drinking, leading to displays of different identities. After interviewees compared their alcohol consumption perceptions with results from an online 14-day alcohol tracker, some consumers reported a ‘newly perceived’ drinking identity and displayed integration tendencies. Others denied their consumption results and continued to exhibit compartmentalised identities, justified by various social selves, roles and responsibilities. Social marketing and policy recommendations are discussed.
The Capability Approach: Theoretical Discussion in Light of a Design Project

Technological solutions can play a vital part in promoting development. This article will discuss the potential of using the capability approach in the practical design work, based on field study of energy solutions for refugees in eastern Ethiopia. Extensive literature discusses capability approach in disciplines ranging from philosophy to economics. In technological studies research is conducted in a totally different manner. This article is a contribution to the understanding of how the capability approach can be applied in a practically in design.
Author's response to comments of the three reviewers on the manuscript “Total Column Water Vapour measurements from GOME-2 MetOp-A and MetOp-B” by M.Grossi et al

General : The manuscript describes the improved GDP v4.7 operational retrieval algorithm for total water vapour columns derived from GOME2. It also compares -for the 8 month overlap periodthe H2O total columns measured by GOME2 on Metop-A and Metop-B. In addition, GOME-2A H2O total columns are validated/compared with ECMWF ERA interim data, SSMIS, and a new combined SSM/I-MERIS H2O total column product. In general the topic is well suited for AMT. However, the manuscript needs some serious improvements to improve the readability. This relates both to the English used as to better/more accurate descriptions/explanations and argumentations of statements made. I have listed below what was not clear to me and/or needs improvement.
Effect of Unbalanced Force on the Crack Breathing Mechanism

The dependence of crack breathing behaviors on the crack location was investigated under the effect of unbalanced force. A parameter known as the effectual bending angle is introduced to describe the nonlinear relationship between crack direction and bending direction for balanced and unbalanced shafts along the shaft length. The breathing behavior of cracks was visualized by examining the duration of each crack status (open, closed, and partially open/closed) during a full shaft rotation. It is shown that a crack in an unbalanced shaft has more breathing patterns than a crack in a balanced shaft, including a single status (fully open/never closed or fully closed/never open) and dual statuses. Two pairs of interesting locations along the shaft length were identified, where the crack shows specific breathing behaviors. Further, the angular range, during which a crack remains fully closed, partially open/closed, or fully open, changes significantly with the crack location. The analytical model developed in this work can be further utilized to obtain the time-varying stiffness matrix of the cracked shaft element under the influence of unbalanced force.
Electroanalytical Performance of a Carbon Paste Electrode Modified by Coffee Husks for the Quantification of Acetaminophen in Quality Control of Commercialized Pharmaceutical Tablets

Electrochemical determination of acetaminophen (APAP) was successfully performed using a carbon paste electrode (CPE)modified with coffee husks (CH-CPE). Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and SEM-energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (SEM-EDX) were, respectively, used for the morphological and elemental characterization of coffee husks prior to their utilization. Theelectrochemical oxidation of APAP was investigated by cyclic voltammetry (CV), differential pulse voltammetry (DPV), and squarewave voltammetry (SWV). SWV technique appeared to be more sensitive since the oxidation current of APAP was twofold higherwith the CH-CPE sensor than with the bare CPE, in relation to the increase in the organophilic character of the electrode surface.Furthermore, on CH-CPE, the current response of APAP varied linearly with its concentration in the range of 6.6? M to 0.5 mM,leading to a detection limit of 0.66? M(? /? =3). Finally, the proposed CH-CPE sensor was successfully used to determine theamount of APAP in commercialized tablets (Doliprane�500 and Doliprane 1000), with a recovery rate ranging from 98% to 103%. This novel sensor opens the way for the development of low-cost and reliable devices for the electroanalysis of pharmaceuticalformulations in developing countries.
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xiii List of Abbreviations Used . xiv Acknowledgements . xv Chapter
An Efficient Way for Clustering Using Alternative Decision Tree

Problem statement: To Improve the quality of clustering; a Multi-Lev el Clustering (MLC) algorithm which produces a most accurate cluster wi th most closely related object using Alternative Decision Tree (ADT) technique is proposed. Approach: Our proposed method combines tree projection and condition for clustering formation a nd also is capable to produce a customizable cluste r for varying kind of data along with varying number of cluster. Results: The experimental results shows that the proposed system has lower computational complexity, reduce time consumption; most optimize way for cluster formulation and clustering quality compared is compared effectively. Conclusion: The new method offers more accuracy of cluster dat a without manual intervention at the time of cluster formation. Compared to existing clu stering algorithms either partition or hierarchical , our new method is more robust and easy to reach the solution of real world complex business problem.
ARTICLE; AGRICULTURE AND ENVIRONMENTAL BIOTECHNOLOGY Desorption kinetics of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) from contaminated soil and the effect of biosurfactant supplementation on the rapidly desorbing fractions

There are often two phases in the desorption of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs): an initial phase of rapid desorption and a subsequent phase of much slower release. By assessing the rapidly desorbing fraction of PAHs, a direct measure of the microbially degradable component of PAH contamination can be obtained and achievable bioremediation performances can be predicted. In this study, microbial biosurfactant produced by a Pseudomonas aeruginosa strain, identified as a lipopeptide by attenuated total reflectance Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, was investigated for its efficacy in enhancing PAH desorption and mobilization in a spiked soil system. The desorption of pyrene and phenanthrene from the artificially spiked soil was enhanced 3.5 4.0 times at 700 mg L¡1 lipopeptide amendment than at 150 mg L¡1 amendment or in the unamended soil. The amount desorbed was generally in direct proportion to the amount of lipopeptide present. Mathematical modelling using a first-order two-compartment model was applied to simulate the process of desorption from the soil in the presence of different concentrations of lipopeptide and to predict the effect of the biosurfactant on the rapidly desorbing fraction. With the increase of supplementation of lipopeptide from 150 to 700 mg L¡1, the rapidly desorbing fraction, which is generally considered to be the bioavailable fraction, increased from 18% to 73% and from 6% to 51% for phenanthrene and pyrene, respectively. This shows the potential application of the biosurfactant in increasing the bioavailable fraction and enhancing the bioremediation of PAH contaminated media.
Choice experiment assessment of public expenditure preferences

Preferences for changes to public expenditures were evaluated using a choice experiment. Results indicate potential efficiency gains from reallocation of expenditures to items with higher marginal welfare. In particular, respondents were found to prefer more spending on health, education and the environment, with health spending providing the highest marginal benefits. The public preferred less expenditure on income support. The choice experiment also identified the impacts of demographic factors. The approach is offered as a complement to prior approaches that research public preferences for budget allocation, with prospects for revelation of richer information for informing social decisions.
Methods to Regulate Energy Consumption in Smart Homes

A significant amount of research has been conducted in order to make home appliances more efficient in terms of energy usage. Various techniques have been designed and implemented in order to control the power demand and supply. This paper reviews different research works on a wide range of energy management techniques for smart homes aimed at reducing energy consumption and minimizing energy wastage. The idea of smart home is elaborated followed by a review of existing energy management methods which are usually based on fuzzy logic, heuristic methods, neural networks and evolutionary algorithms.
Garcinia kola extract reduced lipopolysaccharide activation of macrophages using U937 cells as a model

The effect of Garcinia kola heckel seed extract on the promonocytic cell line U937 activated by lipopolysaccharide (LPS) was investigated. 200 l of U937 cells maintained in culture at 5 x 105 cells per ml was delivered into wells of a culture plate according to groups. Cells were pre-treated with 20 l of 100 ng/ml phorbol myristate acetate (PMA) for 24, 48, or 72 h in order to transform them to the macrophage form. Following the PMA treatment, some cells were incubated with 100 g/ml LPS (group C), while others (group D) were treated with 100 g/ml LPS and 100 il of 100 g/ml of the G. kola methanolic extract. Other cells (groups A, and B) were incubated with neither LPS nor extract. 24 h later, the supernatants were analysed for the production of TNF- and IL6 as indices for the activation of macrophages. The results show that the G. kola extract reduced the tendency of LPS to activate the cells. However, highest activation of LPS was observed when the cells were incubated with PMA for 48 h prior to the addition of LPS. This suggests that stimulation of U937 cells with PMA is necessary for the production of cytokines and that G. kola possesses considerable immunomodulatory activity.
Facial Image based Emotion Recognition System using Neural Network

: Facial emotion plays a vital role for human interactive communication and also used in numerous real applications. Facial expression identification from frontal still images has in recent times become a hopeful investigation area. Their applications include human-computer interface, human emotion examination robot control, driver state surveillance and medical fields. This paper aims to develop emotion classification scheme to identify seven dissimilar facial emotions, such as surprise, sad, neutral, happy, fear, disgust and anger by using JAFFE database. Two different approaches of feature selection and extraction have been used for generation of optimal feature vector. LBP and 2D-DCT coefficients are employed in addition to image statistics, texture and entropy parameters. In order to reduce the high dimensionality of the inputs, the principal component analysis has been used and significant reduction in the input-dimensionality has been achieved. The single hidden layer feed forward neural network has been used as a classifier in order to classify different emotions from frontal facial images. Three learning algorithms such as resilient backpropagation, scaled conjugate gradient and gradient descent algorithm with momentum and adaptive learning rate have been compared. It has been observed that our meticulously designed LBP based hybrid feature vector and a single hidden layer neural network containing only 70 neurons in the hidden layer trained with gradient descent algorithm with momentum and adaptive learning rate delivers the maximum average overall classification accuracy of 97.2%, which has not been reported so far in the literature for the said database. The proposed neural network is very compact, as it is comprised of only 5,607 connection weights including biases.
Comparison of different traits to evaluate the growth of bulls

The live weights of 8 243 performance-tested bulls from 100 to 400 days of age were analysed using random regression (RR) and single-trait animal models. Evaluations were done for live weight at 400 days of age and gains from 100 to 400 days of age at various monthly intervals. Estimates of variance components differed depending on the trait definition and model of analysis. Systematic environmental effects explained a higher proportion of variability in the RR for gains than for other definitions of growth. The expected average reliability of estimated breeding values was similar for all methods from 0.42 to 46, but the rankings of animals differed. Determinations (r2) of breeding values between methods ranged from 0.64 to 0.94. Correlations of the breeding values of progeny at performance-test stations with parents were highest for the evaluation of gains in consecutive intervals evaluated by RR. Correlations of the breeding values of sires from their growth at performance-test stations with the breeding values of groups of progeny at progeny-test stations were from 0.26 to 0.38. Correlations were the highest for RR evaluations of gain using consecutive short intervals. Evaluation of the growth of animals according to daily gains in short consecutive intervals was preferred because more animals and more observations per animal were included in the evaluations, and the growth curve was separated into genetic and non-genetic parts. Simple evaluation of growth according to the final weight or daily gain in a long interval is not entirely correct, since environmental compensatory growth can occur.
Effect of near‐bed turbulence on chronic detachment of epilithic biofilm: Experimental and modeling approaches

The biomass dynamics of epilithic biofilm, a collective term for a complex microorganism community that grows on gravel bed rivers, was investigated by coupling experimental and numerical approaches focusing on epilithic biofilm‐flow interactions. The experiment was conducted during 65 days in an artificial rough open‐channel flow, where filtered river water circulated at a constant discharge. To characterize the effect of near‐bed turbulence on the chronic detachment process in the dynamics of epilithic biofilm, local hydrodynamic conditions were measured by laser Doppler anemometry and turbulent boundary layer parameters inferred from double‐averaged quantities. Numerical simulations of the EB biomass dynamics were performed using three different models of chronic detachment based upon three different descriptors for the flow conditions: Discharge Q, friction velocity u*, and roughness Reynolds number k+. Comparisons of numerical simulation results with experimental data revealed chronic detachment to be better simulated by taking the roughness Reynolds number as the external physical variable forcing chronic detachment. Indeed, the loss of epilithic matter through the chronic detachment process is related not only to hydrodynamic conditions, but also to change in bottom roughness. This suggests that changes in the behavior and dimensions of river bed roughness must be considered when checking the dynamics of epilithic biofilm in running waters.
Nanostructures and self-assembly of organogels via benzimidazole/benzothiazole imide derivatives with different alkyl substituent chains

New benzimidazole/benzothiazole imide derivatives with different alkyl substituent chains were designed and synthesized. Their gelation behaviors in 22 solvents were tested as novel low-molecular-mass organic gelators. The test showed that the alkyl substituent chains and headgroups of benzimidazole/benzothiazole residues in gelators played a crucial role in the gelation behavior of all compounds in various organic solvents. More alkyl chains in molecular skeletons in present gelators are favorable for the gelation of organic solvents. SEM and AFM observations revealed that the gelator molecules self-assemble into different aggregates from wrinkle, lamella and belt to dot with change of solvents. Spectral studies indicated that there existed different H-bond formation between imide groups and hydrophobic force of alkyl substituent chains in molecular skeletons. The present work may give some insights into design and character of new organogelators and soft materials with special molecular structures.
EDFA Design and Analysis for WDM Optical Systems Based on Modal Multiplexing

Modal multiplexing (MDM) is a core technology to allow a capacity increase in modern optical systems. However, in MDM links, the amplified WDM signal suffers not only from lack of spectral gain equalization but also from unequal modal gain. The proper design of the MDM-EDFA is crucial to provide modal gain equalization and to overcome those impairments, thereby ensuring long haul transmission. In this paper, our methodology of project EDFA design for MDM-WDM systems is presented. The technique is based on a figure of merit arising from the rate and propagation equations which describe the EDFA behavior. This figure of merit is then used for the definition of the objective functions employed in the optimization step, which is based on the non-dominated sorting genetic algorithm NSGA-II. Finally, the method is applied to demonstrate gain equalization through the simulation of a WDM optical system composed of two group modes (LP 01,s and LP 11,s ) with up to 16 channels in each mode. It is demonstrated that, for a MDM-WDM system with optimized EDFAs, the differential spectral gain is the main cause of non-equalization of the amplified signal.
Short Term Sediment Dynamics In a Southeastern U.S.A. Spartina Marsh

Suspended sediments in tidal creeks and sediments deposited on the adjacent marsh surface, collected concurrently at Mud Bank (MB) and Sixty Bass (SB) in North Inlet, SC from March, 1991 until February, 1992 were compared. For 8 consecutive days of each lunar month (waxing moon neap tide until full moon spring tide), sediment traps collected daily and water pumped from the adjacent creek at 3.1 hour intervals (mid-flood, high tide, and mid-ebb) were analyzed for inorganic and organic sediment, as well as carbon and nitrogen content. Salinity, sea level, Pee Dee River discharge, rainfall, temperature, wind, and inundation time were examined as forcing functions. SB creek connects to the oceanic inlet, but MB is located near the tidal node where brackish and high salinity waters meet in a sharp halocline. Although the duration of inundation is approximately twice as long as SB (12.5 hr/d:7.4 hr/d) because of a 27 cm elevation difference. MB averaged more deposition (5.3 mg/d/cm 2 : 4.2 mg/d/cm 2 ). Neither concentration of sediments in the water column nor duration of inundation were found to he strongly related to sediment deposition (r 2 < 0.05). Variability among replicates on sediment traps suggests sediment dynamics at very small scales. High suspended sediment concentrations and deposition rates at MB during August, when Pee Dee River discharge was unseasonably high, indicate direct input of riverine sediments. The importance of bioturbation on sediment dynamics is suggested by the dominance of seasonal rather than spring-neap patterns.
Moving towards a very long engagement: the effects of interactivity on prolonging engagement with online movie advertisements

ii ACKNOWLEDGMENTS iii First, I must thank God. It is through Him that I am able to do anything, much less the miracle that is finishing this process. I must thank Dr. Lance Porter for his outstanding patience, extensive experience, and incredible insights throughout the past year and a half. Without his supervision, I would never have made it past the brainstorming phase of this project. Credit also goes to my other committee members: Dr. Judith Anne Garretson Folse and Dr. William Clark for their flexibility, encouragement, and helpful suggestions along the way. I must express my gratitude to Professor Craig Freeman and Dr. Lisa Lundy. Without their willingness to help and offer their students as subjects, this study would not have been possible. Thank you both for your positive attitudes and patience. Dr. Kaye Trammell for her invaluable assistance during the first phases of this research, and Dr. Emily Erickson for being such a brilliant person to work with during my graduate assistantship. Your support during my work on this project is greatly appreciated. My thanks also go out to Professor Craig Freeman, Dr. for a truly memorable learning experience during my time at the Manship School. I must also thank my colleagues at the Louisiana Art & Science Museum for their patience during this process. Your support during my work on this project made it possible, and it is greatly appreciated. It would have much tougher without the laughter (and drinks) we've shared over the semesters. Finally, my amazing family deserves the utmost praise for supporting me through everything. Thank you for the countless loads of laundry you washed, dinners you prepared, and helping and encouraging me whenever I needed it. This is for you. ABSTRACT vii An experiment with 421 participants aged 18-45 was conducted to measure the effects of interactivity in an online movie advertising setting, and the effects of interactivity on consumer engagement and other brand metrics. Results from a post-test survey revealed insight into participants' perceived level of interactivity, and reflected varying levels of attitude towards ad messages, ad recall, mood, and factors in purchasing habits. Results suggested that while interactivity can sometimes hinder advertising recall rates, it can also increase positive attitudes toward the advertisement, click-through rate, intent to purchase, and mood. Practical implications and suggestions for further research are discussed. 1 CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION 2 Moving into the new millennium, interactive media …
Equity in Values Education : Do the Values Education Aspects of Public School Curricula Deal Fairly with Diverse Belief Systems ? Final Report

Wynne, Edward A. ; Vitz, Paul C. The Major Models of Moral Education: An Evaluation. Section 2: Part 2. New York Univ., N.Y. Dept, of Psychology. National Inst. of Education (ED), Washington, DC. 15 Jul 85 NIE-G-84-0012 60p. ; Section 2, Part 2 of Equity in Values Education: Do the Values Education Aspects of Public School Curricula Deal Fairly with Diverse Belief Systems? Final Report, July 1985 (SO 016 857). Reports Evaluative/Feasibility (142)