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THE ECONOMIC BENEFITS FROM ASIAN TRADE TO THE AUSTRALIAN ECONOMY DR

The majority opinion in policy circles in Australia is that the Australian economy has substantial benefits from trade with the Asia. However, there are very limited research and analytical studies available in order to substantiate such a claim. Therefore, this paper is an attempt of carrying out a research and statistical analysis of exports data in relation to Australian exports during the period of 1992 to 2011 in order to ascertain the validity of above claim. The research focused on examining the significance of the influence of Australia’s merchandise exports to Asia in relation to Australian Gross Domestic Product. The research propositions were elicited from an analysis of the economic benefits from Asian trade to the Australian economy. The economic benefits from Asian trade were investigated while bearing in mind a hypothesis. The null hypothesis (H0) ‘Trade with Asian countries does not improve Australian GDP’. This hypothesis was also tested comparing the Australian GDP and Australian merchandise exports to Asia. A regression model was constructed in order to test time series data collated for the data analysis. If the corresponding p-value of R-Squared statistical value is less than 5 per cent, it is considered as significant. The R-squared value shows the significance of the influence of an independent variable in relation to its dependent variable. However, the regression model was further tested to make sure that the model is free of stationary, that the DublinWatson Statistical value is greater than the value of R-squared. Breusch-Godfrey Serial Correlation LM Test and Breusch-Pagan-Godfrey heteroskedasticity test is carried out to check whether the regression model has no serial correlation in its residuals. If the residuals are subject to serial correlation, then the first difference method was applied in order to remove serial correlation from the residual. The Histogram Normality test was carried out to check whether the residual is normally distributed. If the Jarque-Bera value and the correspondent probability are high, then the regression model is considered as it has a normally distributed residual. The statistical test results revealed that the Australian merchandise exports to Asia had a significant impact on the Australian GDP during this period 1992 to 2011.
Climatically influenced interactions between the Mediterranean and the Paratethys during the Tortonian

[1] The Paratethys was a separate branch of the Tethys Ocean that developed as a series of inland seaways, brackish lakes, and wetlands within the interiors of central-eastern Europe and western Asia during the Oligocene-Neogene. A short-lived connection between the Mediterranean Sea and the Paratethys continental realm toward the very end of the Messinian salinity crisis is documented on the basis of the Paratethyan affinity of the brackish shallow water faunas in several Mediterranean localities. Nevertheless, there are at present only a few comparative studies on stratigraphy paleobiogeography and paleoceanography of these two contiguous Neogene provinces [e.g., Benson, 2000]. In this study we compare and integrate different stratigraphic data sets from middle-upper Miocene sequences of the central Mediterranean and the western Pannonian basins (central Paratethys) that are seen as parts of a complex paleoclimatic and paleoceanographic system. On the basis of this comparison we propose that the Paratethys had a long-lived influence on the large-scale oceanographic circulation of the eastern Mediterranean, at least since the Tortonian (between 9.7 and 7.5 Ma); that is, well before the onset of the Messinian Lagomare event (∼5.5 Ma). The integrated stratigraphy of coeval marine (Tortonian) and continental (Transdanubian) strata presented here suggests that mutual interaction and interdependence of climate subsystems ostensibly developed over the Mediterranean area and central-eastern Europe continent and were orbitally forced. Long-eccentricity insolation forcing is hypothesized to have exerted a broad control on the freshwater budget of the brackish Pannonian Basin and the consequent oceanographic setting of the Mediterranean region.
Severe winds in the Nordic Seas : a QuikSCAT climatology with emphasis on the marginal ice zone off the east coast of Greenland

In this paper high-resolution satellite-derived QuikSCAT wind data is used to provide a climatology of both average and extreme winds in the Nordic Seas. In addition to a number of known features, such as the persistent, strong northerlies over the Greenland Sea, the remarkably strong barrier winds in the Denmark Strait and the surface jet near the southern tip of Spitsbergen, several new features were identified. Most importantly, it was shown that: 1) the winds in the marginal ice zone on the east coast of Greenland are consistently amplified in a narrow band near the ice edge, with exceptionally high extreme values; 2) these winds coincide with regions with a high frequency of reverseshear conditions, i.e. the actual winds are in the opposite direction of the thermal wind. Such conditions are known to be favourable for strong surface heat and momentum fluxes; 3) there is a wind speed maximum in the region where the Odden sea-ice feature usually forms along the east coast of Greenland; 4) there is a wind shadow, largely undetected by the NCEP reanalysis and most likely caused by the topography of Greenland, to the northeast of Iceland along the Northeast Atlantic storm track. A similar feature is found in the Barents Sea.
An operative model of team work in the Scholastic system: school as a promoter of competences and related social, health and clinical repercussions

Considering recent social and, coherently, legislative changes, the school, as an institute of educational professionals, must recognize one common objective by way of a common practice should it realize maximum effectiveness; each professional (teachers, senior figures, managerial staff, students, and families) must generate a transition from a culture of “self-referential” (i.e. focused on personal beliefs and operative methods) to a culture of “team work” (i.e. focused on how roles interact toward a shared aim) becomes strategic. This paper will present an operative method, known as project (P.R.O.M.O.S.S.I., Promoting an Organizational Model of Team work in the Scholastic System), in which will form the basis of how this transition can be achieved by each professional, and thus the school. The methodology P.R. O.M. O.S. S.I supports the development of an interactions net, coherently with the principles of development of competencies and intervention portability by the organization. The following actions have been defined: organizational consulting to management and staff roles, training for teachers,, a peer tutoring project, support to the class councils, training in a working team for all the peer-tutors of the school, coaching for the role of the referring teacher of the tutors. The results point out that the effectiveness of a school is realizable according to the responsibilities of all roles, including parents and students. Moreover, they allow the creation of a permanent condition of sharing strategies and operational modalities and activate an assumption of responsibility by students to facilitate the formative distance of the other students.
Paraxial Ray Tracing

Ray tracing translates into a graphic language the algebra supporting geometrical optics. Besides, it makes possible to know the spatial location of light trajectories. Moreover, the graphical nature of ray tracing allows dropping sign conventions and changeable references. Then, ray tracing becomes the closest and most intuitive approach to the real thing underlying the propagation of light through optical systems. Paraxial optics is described and analyzed elsewhere in textbooks and reference books. The paraxial regime allows a very well-established method of analysis of optical systems. It produces relations among the location and size of the image and the object transformed by an optical system. It defines optical parameters, as the focal length or the F#, characterizing optical elements and their combinations. These parameters are used, disregarding their paraxial origin, to determine the behavior of actual, or real, optical systems. All these analytical results can also be obtained by a graphical method based on a few and well-defined rules. This graphical treatment is the paraxial ray tracing. In this contribution, we begin by presenting the very basic rules of paraxial optics. Then, we explain a step-bystep method to solve problems by using paraxial ray tracing. ‘‘Easy’’ rays and auxiliary rays are presented and traced. Some examples will be explained with detail for those readers approaching this topic for the very first time. The paraxial ray tracing will find one of its practical uses in the calculation of apertures and fields.
Effect of phenolic compounds released during degradation of coir pith by Oscillatoria annae on Albino rat (Rattus norvegicus).

This study was carried out to investigate the effect of degraded coir pith based cyanobacterial culture filtrate on Rattus norvegicus. The culture filtrate containing phenolic compound was administered at a rate of 42 mg/Kg for 15 days and its effect on serum glucose, protein, creatinine, urea, uric acid, alkaline phosphate (ALP), serum glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase (SGOT), serum glutamic pyruvic transaminase (SGPT) and sperm analysis was studied. The results showed a significant reduction in the levels of serum glucose and liver marker enzymes while serum protein and renal function test showed normal level in both experimental and control rats. Also, a significant reduction in semen count was reported. The results suggested that the phenolic compound of the culture filtrate appears to be non toxic in the tested animals
Benthic mapping using local aerial photo interpretation and resident taxa inventories for designing marine protected areas

Given the frequent socioeconomic, political and concomitant ecological failures of science-driven marine protected area (MPA) programmes, it is now important to design MPAs by integrating natural and social science research more comprehensively. This study shows how indigenous peoples assisted in the design of MPAs by identifying marine substrates and related resident taxa on aerial photos, information which was then incorporated into a geographical information system (GIS) database, along with dive survey data. Two questions were asked: (1) Is indigenous ecological knowledge accurate enough for mapping the benthos and associated taxa? (2) Is such an approach an appropriate way for assisting in the biological and social design of MPAs in Oceania? Conventional quadrat field dive surveys were used to measure the accuracy of substrate identification by local informants and a visual survey was used to test hypotheses formulated from local knowledge regarding the spatial distribution and relative abundance of non-cryptic species within certain benthic habitats. Equivalence rates between indigenous aerial photo interpretations of dominant benthic substrates and in situ dive surveys were 75–85% for a moderately detailed classification scheme of the benthos, which included nine locally-defined abiotic and biotic benthic classes for the MPA seabed. Similarly, the taxa inventory showed a strong correspondence between the qualitative predictions of local fisherfolk and the quantitative analysis of non-cryptic species distribution, including their relative abundance and geophysical locations. Indigenous people's predictions about the presence or absence of fish in different benthic habitats corresponded 77% and 92% of the time (depending on scoring schema) with in situ visual measurements. These results demonstrate how incorporating local knowledge of benthic heterogeneity, existing biological communities, and particular spatio-temporal events of biological significance into a GIS database can corroborate the production of scientifically reliable base resource maps for designing MPAs in an environmentally and culturally sound fashion. This participatory approach was used to design and then establish MPAs in the Roviana and Vonavona region of the Western Solomon Islands. Under appropriate conditions, interdisciplinary work can complement the design of scientific fishery management and biodiversity conservation prescriptions for coastal Oceania.
The Reliability of Bubble Inclinometer and Tape Measure in Determining Lumbar Spine Range of Motion in Healthy Individuals and Patients

Purpose: Regarding the high prevalence of low back pain in various communities and the need to determine an appropriate treatment plan for these patients, examining their functional limitation and disability level is of utmost importance. In this regard, one of the important indicators is Lumbar range of motion. Measurement of the range of motion is a common and appropriate method for determining the functional limitation of the spine and also to examine the effectiveness of various therapeutic interventions. This study was conducted with the purpose of examining the reliability of measuring lumbar range of motion using bubble inclinometer and tape measure.
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Through a qualitative exploratory research, the present paper investigates the behaviour of Brazilian gay consumers as to their luxury clothing consumption, assuming that this behaviour might help the construction of their self-concept once those products reflect their sexual option. A bibliographical review is followed by the results for in-depth interviews with 12 gay men, and completed with the use of a semantic scale that measures the interviewees’ self-concept and luxury clothing concept. An examination of the results is followed by their implications, indicating that the self-concept directly influences the male gay’s buying behaviour in this market.
A study of grandparents and grandchildren as visitors to museums and art galleries in the UK

This paper discusses one aspect of a major research project funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council of family group visitors to museums and galleries in the UK. Grandparents visiting with their grandchildren are a little understood phenomenon in terms of visitor research and this paper aims to address that balance. The research project focuses on three art galleries and museums in the UK where 44 sets of grandparents were interviewed during the initial stages of the research. Findings have shown a number of interesting facets, some of which are presented in this paper. Grandparents are motivated to visit the museum with their grandchildren in the main because they are seeking an entertaining visit, a day out that is also educational and linked to school projects. They are likely to be the children’s primary carers as parents are out to work and the destination might not link with their own interests but those of the parents. They have social roles to play in their grandchildren’s lives. They often seek activity or workshops in the museum/art gallery that will be of benefit for their grandchildren and encourage them to explore the activities provided. These and other aspects are discussed within the paper. We conclude by suggesting how the findings can be used to inform more sophisticated approaches to ‘family friendly’ initiatives in museums and art galleries.
A Survey on Serial and Parallel Optimization Techniques Applicable for Matrix Multiplication Algorithm

Parallel algorithms play an imperative role in the high performance computing environment. Dividing a task into the smaller tasks and assigning them to different processors for parallel execution are the two key concepts to evaluate the performance of parallel algorithms. Performance enhancement is essential in large scientific applications, where dense matrix multiplication algorithm is extensively used. Thus, optimization of this algorithm, both for serial and parallel execution would provide upsurge performance. In this paper, a brief systematic survey on serial and parallel optimization techniques applied on matrix multiplication algorithm is carried out.
Ten Years of Misleading Information - Investment Advice in Printed Media

This paper analyzes the returns to stock recommendations published in eleven well-known Swedish morning newspapers, tabloids, business newspapers and magazines during the period 1995-2004 prior to, at the time of, and for up to a year after the recommendation was published. The sample size of 5,190 buy recommendations and 851 sell recommendations by far makes it the most comprehensive study of stock recommendations in the printed media to this date. Buy recommendations are found to insignificantly underperforming the risk-replicating portfolio by almost two percentage points for the year after they were published. Buy's of small- firm stocks outperform the risk-replicating portfolio whereas medium- and large-sized firms underperforms. Unique buy recommendations perform better than repeated ones. Sell-recommended stocks underperform stocks with the same riskiness. However, readers could not profit from them because they actually increase in value.
Elucidating the Metabolic Role of Macrophage Janus Kinase 2

During obesity, macrophages can infiltrate metabolic tissues and contribute to chronic low-grade inflammation as well as mediate insulin resistance and diabetes. Our study addresses the essential role of macrophage JAK2, a key mediator downstream of various cytokines, hormones and growth factors, in the pathogenesis to obesity and insulin resistance. Macrophage-specific JAK2 knockout (M-JAK2) mice are protected from HFD-induced systemic insulin resistance compared to littermate control M-JAK2 mice. We observed decreased adipocyte size and enhanced expression of certain adipogenic genes in visceral adipose tissue (VAT) of HFD-fed M-JAK2 mice. There was reduced tissue inflammation in HFD-fed M-JAK2 mice, as observed through decreased macrophages in VAT along with reduced gene expression of certain macrophage markers and chemokines in liver and VAT. Leptin has a dose-dependent effect on augmenting chemokine expression in RAW 264.7 macrophage cell line while Jak2 knockdown suppresses chemokine expression. Collectively, our findings show that macrophage JAK2 deficiency improves systemic insulin sensitivity and reduces inflammation in VAT and liver in response to
Molecular Modeling and Mechanics of Acrylic Adhesives on a Graphene Substrate with Roughness Citation

Understanding the mechanics of amorphous polymeric adhesives on a solid substrate at the fundamental scale level is critical for designing and optimizing the mechanics of composite materials. Using molecular dynamics simulations, we investigate the interfacial strength between graphene and polyacrylic and discuss how the surface roughness of graphene affects the interfacial strength in different loading directions. Our results show that a single angstrom increase in graphene roughness can lead to almost eight times higher shear strength, and that such result is insensitive to compression. We have also revealed that the graphene roughness has modest effect on tensile strength of the interface. Our simulations elucidate the molecular mechanism of these different effects in different loading conditions and provide insights for composite designs.
Needs Elicitation for Novel Pervasive Healthcare Technology

Healthcare is moving out of the clinic into our everyday lives with rising trends in eHealth and pervasive technology. One challenge this poses is how to elicit diverse needs from users limited by their condition? We approach this by tapping into healthcare professionals' knowledge and activities to learn about and involve patients without demanding their direct engagement. This is applied in the case of smart wearable technology aids for dementia, yielding substantial, valid information.
The Effect of Motivation on Employee Performance in Biological Product Division of PT Medion Bandung Barat

This research was conducted at Biological Product Division of PT Medion Bandung Barat, aimed to determine correlation of motivation and employee performance, and also to analyze the effect of motivation on employee performance at Biological Product Division of PT Medion Bandung Barat. Respondents of this research were 45 people, selected with simple random sampling technique. The methods used were descriptive and associative, which tested the connection using the Spearman rank correlation analysis, and to determine the accuracy of measurement using the validity and reliability test. Results of the validity and reliability test of variables X and Y are valid and reliable. Calculations were performed using SPSS software version 19. The result of this study showed that motivation is in the category of good and employee performance is also in the category of good. Results showed the correlation of motivation with employee performance at Biological Product Division of PT Medion Bandung Barat with correlation coefficient of 0,568. Based on the criteria champion, this relationship is in the criteria of strong enough relationship. Results of this calculation showed the coefficient of determination is 32, 26%. It is showed that the hypothesis is proved that there is an influence of motivation to employee performance at Biological Product Division of PT Medion Bandung Barat.
Health leadership education programs, best practices, and impact on learners' knowledge, skills, attitudes, and behaviors and system change: a literature review

License. The full terms of the License are available at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/. Non-commercial uses of the work are permitted without any further permission from Dove Medical Press Limited, provided the work is properly attributed. Permissions beyond the scope of the License are administered by Dove Medical Press Limited. Information on how to request permission may be found at: http://www.dovepress. com/permissions.php Journal of Healthcare Leadership 2014:6 39–50 Journal of Healthcare Leadership Dovepress
Identity Development of Youth during Participation at an Informal Science Education Camp.

In this exploratory case study, I investigated the ways that youth engaged in negotiating their identity during learning conversations at an informal science education camp. In particular, I was interested in exploring the ways that youth positioned themselves within their learning group and how this influenced their identities as learners of science. The research question that guided the investigation was: What is the role of learning conversations in influencing youths’ identities as learners of science during an informal science education camp? In particular, I was interested in elucidating the ways in which youth socially constructed their identities relative to others in their learning group and how the social context shaped this process. Identity in this study was defined as the socially constructed sense of self derived from one’s position relative to others in a social group. Data collection included videotaped observations, field notes, interviews and journal entries. Findings from my analysis and interpretation of the data collected suggested that identity developed in the following ways: (a) members of the learning group derived their sense of self and identity from their perceived position relative to others and (b) power dynamics and social roles within the learning group were negotiated and redefined within the specific affordances and norms of the informal science education camp context. These findings lend support to the assertion that identity develops during learning conversations in informal science education settings and adds to the corpus of research in this area.