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Verification of a QTL on BTA1 for temperament in German Simmental and German Angus calves (Short Communication)

Abstract. A QTL on BTA1 near BMS574 was described for temperament in cattle. Eight German Simmental and six German Angus half sib families with all together 962 calves born in four consecutive years were used to verify the importance of this QTL. BMS574 and four flanking microsatellites ( INRA117, DIK634, BMS4020 and DIK4957 ) were used in the study. Microsatellite INRA117 was monomorphic in both breeds and replaced. The number of alleles varied from two to 16 within breeds. Allele frequencies differed between the breeds and ranged from less than one percent to 99 %. All calves have been tested and scored for their behaviour in three different tests (tethering test, weighing test, separation- and restraint test). In addition, in German Simmental the status of polledness, horned or scurs respectively was recorded. A variance analysis separated by breeds was conducted for all microsatellites and the scores. The allele 169 of BMS1928 showed a significant effect on the score during weighing in German Simmental. Effects of BMS574 approached P-values near the 5 %-level in both breeds. So the study confirmed the importance of the proximal region of BTA1 in genetic background of behaviour in suckler cow calves.
Type : Other Deproteinized bovine bone in association with GTR or EMD procedures in aggressive periodontitis patients : A 1-year retrospective study

Objectives: To retrospectively evaluate and compare two regenerative periodontal procedures in young individuals with aggressive periodontitis(AgP). Methods: Thirty-two patients aged 14-25 years (mean±SD 19.3±5.7) were diagnosed as having AgP with multiple intrabony defects (IBDs) and treated by one of two regenerative modalities of periodontal therapy: guided-tissue regeneration (GTR) using deproteinized bone xenograft (DBX) particles and a resorbable membrane (the GTR group), or an application of enamel matrix derivatives (EMD) combined with DBX (the EMD/DBX group). Periodic monitoring of treated sites included recording of probing depth (PD), clinical attachment level (CAL), and gingival recession. Pretreatment and 1-year postoperative findings were statistically analyzed within and between groups. Results: The PD and CAL values decreased significantly with time, but not those between study groups. The mean pretreatment and 1-year post-treatment PDs of the IBDs of the GTR group (n=16; sites=67) were 8.93±1.14mm and 3.58±0.50mm, respectively, and the mean CALs were 9.03±1.03mm and 4.16±0.53mm, respectively. The mean PDs of the EMD/DBX group (n=16; sites=73) were 8.77±1.04mm mm and 3.61±0.36mm, respectively, and the mean CALS were 8.79±1.04mm and 3.77±0.22mm, respectively (p<0.001 for all). Conclusion: Surgical treatment of AgP patients by either GTR or by application of EMD/DBX yielded similarly successful clinical results at 1-year post-treatment.
Minibeam Therapy with Protons and Light Ions In Regard to Dilmanian et al To the

To the Editor: I read the article by Dilmanian et al (1) with great interest and with thoughts of radiation oncology’s bright future. We have replaced the “resistance to therapeutic doses of radiation” based on 60 to 80 Gy (2) with broad-beam biologically effective dose (BED) >150 Gy (3). Now we have the prospect for 4000-Gy microbeam radiosurgery (1, 4). The proposed proton minibeam hypofractionated breast radiation with skin sparing (1) kindles great excitement; however, thoughts of external (treatment head collimation) and internal (from patient) secondary radiation and neutron beam generation and their long-term effects are of grave concern. The use of a 0.3-mm pinhole collimator made of tungstenecopper alloy to make the minibeam (1) spoils the advantages of minibeam and microbeam radiosurgery. Dilmanian et al assume the relative biological effectiveness (RBE) of neutron and proton as 10 and 1.1, respectively (1). Data on how the neutron RBE value of 10 for the tungstenecopper alloy collimator was arrived at are not given. The secondary neutron generated in the microbeamgenerating pinhole tungstenecopper alloy collimator adds additional neutron dose to the neutron generated by passive scattering in the treatment head. The central axis passively scattered low-dose but highly penetrating, high-energy neutrons of >10 MeV and the penumbra region lower-energy low-dose neutrons (5) have different RBE. The RBE of 1to 2-MeV neutrons could be as high as 100, whereas the higher-energy neutrons’ RBE could be as low as 2 to 10. Brenner and Hall are quoted as assuming a constant neutron RBE of 25 for neutron from proton therapy machines (6). Faby and Wilkens (7) assume a “conservative neutron quality factor” of 20. There are many uncertainties on RBE values for neutrons coming from proton therapy machines (6). This is further complicated by neutron generation from the tungstenecopper alloy pinhole collimator (1). Because of the highest neutron production in tungsten, tungsten collimators for proton radiation are not recommended (8). The clinical consequences of this are obvious. Hence, we have to search for alternative methods of minibeam, microbeam, and nanobeam generation, and there are alternatives. The lifetime work of Dilmanian, Slatkin (9), Serduc, Laissue (10), Blattmann, and others on microbeam radiosurgery is now ripe for exploring ways and means for singlefraction kGy radiosurgery. It will lead to adaptive resistance avoiding, cancer stem cell ablating curative rather than the present response-based cancer treatments. In Dilmanian’s microbeam, the future of radiation oncology is bright.
GLOBAL SIMULATIONS OF GALACTIC WINDS INCLUDING COSMIC-RAY STREAMING

Galactic outflows play an important role in galactic evolution. Despite their importance, a detailed understanding of the physical mechanisms responsible for the driving of these winds is lacking. In an effort to gain more insight into the nature of these flows, we perform global three-dimensional magnetohydrodynamical simulations of an isolated Milky Way-size starburst galaxy. We focus on the dynamical role of cosmic rays (CRs) injected by supernovae, and specifically on the impact of the streaming and anisotropic diffusion of CRs along the magnetic fields. We find that these microphysical effects can have a significant effect on the wind launching and mass loading factors, depending on the details of the plasma physics. Due to the CR streaming instability, CRs propagating in the interstellar medium scatter on self-excited Alfvén waves and couple to the gas. When the wave growth due to the streaming instability is inhibited by some damping process, such as turbulent damping, the coupling of CRs to the gas is weaker and their effective propagation speed faster than the Alfvén speed. Alternatively, CRs could scatter from “extrinsic turbulence” that is driven by another mechanism. We demonstrate that the presence of moderately super-Alfvénic CR streaming enhances the efficiency of galactic wind driving. Cosmic rays stream away from denser regions near the galactic disk along partially ordered magnetic fields and in the process accelerate more tenuous gas away from the galaxy. For CR acceleration efficiencies broadly consistent with the observational constraints, CRs reduce the galactic star formation rates and significantly aid in launching galactic winds.
GENETIC STRUCTURE OF GREEN ABALONE HALIOTIS FULGENS POPULATION OFF BAJA CALIFORNIA , MEXICO

The design of appropriate management plans of the green abalone Haliotis fulgens fishery needs a better understanding of the present status of the genetic diversity of the wild stock, as well as its genetic structure. Samples from nine locations along the Baja California Peninsula, including one from an oceanic island (Isla Guadalupe), were obtained covering the areas where the commercial fishery is active. DNAwas extracted frommuscle tissue of 50 individuals from each location, and was used for PCR amplification of 4 microsatellites (Hka28, Hka56, Hful260, and Hful603). The number of alleles observed in all samples with Hka28 and Hka56 (23–35 and 15–19, respectively) was higher than that observed in Hful260, and Hful603 (3 and 6 alleles, respectively). A relatively high mean heterozygosity was observed in all locations with the lowest value of 0.687 in Isla Guadalupe. A deviation from Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium (HWE) caused by a heterozygote deficiency was only observed in 2 out of 36 tests, indicating that this disequilibrium is random. An AMOVA showed a significant FST (P < 0.00196) suggesting genetic differentiation among locations. Pairwise analyses using FST and allele frequencies showed that the significant difference was caused by Isla Guadalupe, which indicates a restricted gene flow between this and the other locations. Nevertheless, no significant differences were observed among sites along the Peninsula. The implications of these results on the management of the fishery are discussed.
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Are recent cohorts of college students more narcissistic than their predecessors? To address debates about the so-called “narcissism epidemic,” we used data from three cohorts of students ( N 1990s = 1,166; N 2000s = 33,647; N 2010s = 25,412) to test whether narcissism levels (overall and specific facets) have increased across generations. We also tested whether our measure, the Narcissistic Personality Inventory (NPI), showed measurement equivalence across the three cohorts, a critical analysis that had been overlooked in prior research. We found that several NPI items were not equivalent across cohorts. Models accounting for non-equivalence of these items indicated a small decline in overall narcissism levels from the 1990s to the 2010s ( d = − 0.27). At the facet-level, leadership ( d = − 0.20), vanity ( d = –0.16), and entitlement ( d = –0.28) all showed decreases. Our results contradict the claim that recent cohorts of college students are more narcissistic than earlier generations of college students.
Inner Product over Fuzzy Matrices

The purpose of this study was to introduce the inner product over fuzzy matrices. By virtue of this definition, -norm is defined and the parallelogram law is proved. Again the relative fuzzy norm with respect to the inner product over fuzzy matrices is defined. Moreover Cauchy Schwarz inequality, Pythagoras, and Fundamental Minimum Principle are established. Some equivalent conditions are also proved.
Exploring Museum Marketing Performance: A Case Study from Italy

The public funding of museums should be linked to performance results in order to reward institutions that are more efficient. Performance measurement tools rely heavily on figures based on visitors numbers and tickets sold. In this paper an indicator is proposed, called PMMP (Performance of Museum as a Marketing Product) consisting of 4 dimensions derived from the four P’s of marketing. The tool is applied to two art and archaeology museums,one private and one public used as case studies in this exploratory phase. Publicly managed facilities could be proving inefficient in performing high levels of marketing performance, thus reducing visitors numbers. The subsequent revenues decrease makes it difficult to preserve the facility without asking for more public money. The simultaneous reduction in public funding asks for some criteria of selection and the indicator could be also useful as a checklist in evaluating museums’ marketing strategies and for internal benchmarking assessment.
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Conclusions. Differences in preparation designs did not result in differences in the distribution or amount of stress in pulp, dentin, or bone. The use of different ceramic materials resulted in no differences in the amount or distribution of stress in pulp and bone. The use of a crown with a high elastic modulus led to increases in stress values in the restoration and the dentin margin, and decreases in stress values in the occlusal surface of the dentin. The nonanatomic design can be recommended as a favorable preparation design for Empress Esthetic ceramic. (J Prosthet Dent 2014;-:---)
The Economic Benefits Analysis on Rural Energy-Saving Housing of Northern China-A Case Study of Woniuhe New Rural Construction, Zhalantun City, China

The construction of rural houses in severe cold regions is mainly the personal way with self-raised and self-built, lacking of the professional design and guidance. Survey shows that villagers pay more attention to the construction cost, resulting in the energy conservation measures rarely applied in the new houses or existing buildings reform because of the additional investment and the building heating consumption increased significantly. This paper aims to investigate the economic benefits of Woniuhe new rural house, which applied several energy saving measures in terms of building shape, functional layout and envelop structure. On the basis of calculating the energy saving house’s additional investment and saving cost for heating, the method of dynamic economic analysis was adopted to calculate the dynamic payback period under different growth rate of energy price and energy saving rate in life cycle, It turn out that energy-saving house has well economic benefit in the long turn, and the additional investment can be withdrawn in about eight years. Meanwhile, the field measurement was used to verify the advantages of energy saving house in the indoor thermal environment, the results shows that in winter the energy saving house presents high temperature, in the bedroom about 4-5°C higher than traditional house, and the internal surface temperature of exterior walls and ceiling is always higher than the dew point temperature.
Dynamicsofammonia-oxidizing communities in barley-planted bulk soiland rhizospherefollowingnitrateandammoniumfertilizer amendment

Dynamicsofammonia-oxidizing communities in barley-planted bulk soiland rhizospherefollowingnitrateandammoniumfertilizer amendment Katrin Glaser, Evelyn Hackl, Erich Inselsbacher, Joseph Strauss, Wolfgang Wanek, Sophie Zechmeister-Boltenstern & Angela Sessitsch AIT Austrian Institute of Technology GmbH, Bioresources Unit, Seibersdorf, Austria; Department of Chemical Ecology and Ecosystem Research, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria; Federal Research and Training Centre for Forests, Natural Hazards and Landscape (BFW), Vienna, Austria; and Department of Applied Genetics and Cell Biology, Fungal Genomics Unit, University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences (BOKU), Vienna, Austria
2 Related Work 2 . 1 Recommendation Techniques for Rating Prediction

Recommender systems are becoming increasingly important to individual users and businesses for providing personalized recommendations. However, while the majority of algorithms proposed in recommender systems literature have focused on improving recommendation accuracy (as exemplified by the recent Netflix Prize competition), other important aspects of recommendation quality, such as the diversity of recommendations, have often been overlooked. In this paper, we introduce and explore a number of item ranking techniques that can generate recommendations that have substantially higher aggregate diversity across all users while maintaining comparable levels of recommendation accuracy. Comprehensive empirical evaluation consistently shows the diversity gains of the proposed techniques using several real-world rating datasets and different rating prediction algorithms.
Effect of cobalt on growth, pigments and the photosynthetic electron transport in Monoraphidium minutum and Nitzchia perminuta

The unicellular green alga Monoraphidium minutum and the diatom Nitzschia perminuta were cultured under different concentrations of Co2+. Growth and pigment content were slightly increased at low concentrations and inhibited by high Co2+ concentrations. The results concerning the effect of different concentrations of Co2+ on photosynthetic O2 evolution showed a reduction in the amount of O2 evolved by each alga in response to increasing Co2+ concentrations. However, an increase in O2 evolution for both M. minutum and N. perminuta was observed at relatively low Co2+ concentrations. Photosynthetic electron transport in M. minutum was more sensitive to Co2+ toxicity than in N. perminuta. On the other hand, the effect of the heavy metal on respiration showed that higher Co2+ concentrations were inhibitory to O2 uptake by the two algal species. Low Co2+ concentrations stimulated O2 uptake by M. minutum throughout the experimental period. However, in N. perminuta, different concentrations of Co2+ led to a reduction of O2 uptake. To localize the action site of Co2+ in the photosynthetic electron transport chain, the fluorescence induction technique was carried out. According to the results obtained, the inhibitory action of Co2+ is located on the acceptor side of PSII for both M. minutum and N. perminuta.
Foundations and Trends R © in Programming Languages

These tutorial notes present nominal game semantics, a denotational technique for modelling higher-order programs. A. S. Murawski and N. Tzevelekos. Nominal Game Semantics. Foundations and Trends R © in Programming Languages, vol. 2, no. 4, pp. 191–269, 2015. DOI: 10.1561/2500000017. Full text available at: http://dx.doi. org/10.1561/2500000017
An Online Approach to Physical Watermark Design

This article considers the problem of designing physical watermark signals in order to optimally detect possible replay attack in a linear time-invariant system, under the assumption that the system parameters are unknown and need to be identified online. We first provide a replay attack model, where an adversary replays the previous sensor data in order to fool the system. A physical watermarking scheme, which leverages a random input as a watermark to detect the replay attack, is then introduced. The optimal watermark signal design problem is cast as an optimization problem, which aims to achieve the optimal trade-off between control performance and intrusion detection. An online watermarking design and system identification algorithm is provided to deal with systems with unknown parameters. We prove that the proposed algorithm converges to the optimal one and characterize the almost sure convergence rate. An industrial process example is provided to illustrate the effectiveness of the proposed strategy.
Sato–Tate groups of abelian threefolds: a preview of the classification

We announce the classification of Sato-Tate groups of abelian threefolds over number fields; there are 410 possible conjugacy classes of closed subgroups of USp(6) that occur. We summarize the key points of the "upper bound" aspect of the classification, and give a more rigorous treatment of the "lower bound" by realizing 33 groups that appear in the classification as maximal cases with respect to inclusions of finite index. Further details will be provided in a subsequent paper.
The microfoundations of distance: insights from psychology to expand the notion of psychic distance

Many studies have focused on the impact of cultural differences between a host and a home environment on macro outcomes such as firms’ strategies and performance. However little attention has been paid towards the microprocesses underlying this relationship. How those differences translate into the minds of decision makers and then affect the way they perceive distances and thus the decisions they make accordingly remains vastly understudied. We suggest here to consider that cultural differences are an input of psychic distance, and to treat psychic distance as a dynamic, subjective, and cognitive process, occurring at the individual level. This theoretical paper aims at contributing to the literature on distance and internationalization by providing insights from psychology, especially what affects impression formation and biases associated with decision-making. Cultural differences do not impact every decision maker in the same way: depending on their experience or personality, they will process and interpret information from the environment differently, thus affecting the distance they perceive towards a potential investment location. Here we investigate how biases and prisms – specific to each individual - affect psychic distances one hold towards locations; we provide different sets of propositions regarding whether and how come one holds perceptions towards a location or not, how to characterize these perceptions, and whether they can be modified (for instance through learning or framing). We thus contribute to a better understanding of the microprocesses behind the relationship between cultural differences and firm strategy and performance by shedding light on the cognitive mechanisms underlying distance (how distance works in the mind of decision makers? ). By considering that cultural differences are an antecedent of psychic distance, we hope to clarify the tension between cultural and psychic distance which has been hindering theoretical development in the IB literature. Finally, we aim at providing more realism to the IB literature by delving into what managers actually experience when making international investment decisions.
Influence of Weather Variability on the Orange Juice Prices

The aim of the paper is to emphasize the dependence between the return of the futures price of the frozen concentrated orange juice (FCOJ) and the variation of the temperature. Following Roll (1984) that proved that the market of frozen concentrated juice is influence by weather variable, we consider the impact of temperature through a double mechanism. On one hand we assess the FCOJ price variability generated by the link between weather conditions and structural demand on orange juice. On the other hand we explore the behavioural effect of temperature on the strategy of trading agents implied in the market making of orange juice prices. Both effects imply a positive dependency between the temperature variations and FCOJ futures returns. We build a alpha providing investment strategy using the temperature forecasts as leading inputs for taking long and short positions on the FCOJ front month future contracts.
Effects of hydroalcoholic extract of Allium sativum on STZ induce hyperglycemia

Management of T2DM with an agent having no side effects is still a challenge for the researchers, however if the side effects are lessened & there may be a chance for reduced adverse reactions or severe side effects due to drug interaction. These interactions may be due to either any concomitant drug therapy or any dietary supplements taken together with the drugs. Allium sativum (Garlic) is used as an important medicinal & dietary supplement in Greece, India, china & Egypt from ancient time. This study revealed that a drug interaction also provides some beneficial effects. As in this study; use of vildagliptin with garlic treatment not only resulted in glycaemic control in diabetic rats but also provided beneficial hypolipidemic effects, closely related to diabetes progression. The present study has demonstrated significant hypoglycemic & hypolipidemic effects of garlic when added with standard anti-diabetic agent. Comprehensive clinical studies are desirable to verify the effectiveness of garlic either alone or in combination with other antidiabetic agent in the treatment & prevention of diabetes risk factors.