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Effects of natural diet on growth on white-leg shrimp Litopenaeus vannamei under experimental mesocosms emulating an intensive culture system.

A study of nitrogen (N) balance and stable isotopes was conducted to assess the impact of natural diet on white leg shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei) under experimental mesocosms emulating an intensive culture system. We tested isonitrogenous diets by using commercial formulated feed (FF), natural food (NF) produced in the column water (FF+NF) and sediments (FF+NF+S) on earth ponds, and combinations 50:50 ratio based on N content. A followed study was conducted in three representative ponds at farm level. Specimens were tested for gain of weight, survival rate, specific growth rate (SGR) and parameters k and m and t50 in four trials, from post-larvae of twenty days (PL-20’s) to larger juveniles. Specimens raised on FF+NF+S and FF+NF treatments showed weight, SGR´s and survival significantly higher than shrimp raised on pure diets (FF and NF) and in ponds at the same time (p<0.05). Exceptions were observed for the larger shrimp (trial 4) with no significant differences. Feed conversion ratios (FCR) in organisms reared on combined diets were lower than FF diet. Based on isotope mixing model the relative contribution of the natural productivity varied among combined diets and trials. N contributions to growth of PL-20’s specimens were 18-74% for FF+NF and 25-62% for FF+NF+S treatments, decreasing with the shrimp size to <10% in largest juveniles. Comparable results were observed in ponds. Extrapolating our results to a farm level, farmers may be able to reduce FCRs and improve profitability by enhancing the natural productivity during the first weeks of an intensive shrimp farm culture. Stable isotopes of N were useful to assess changes in the isotopic signals of shrimp fed with different diets and thus, to determine the N source for shrimp growth.
How Does Environmental Regulation Shape Economic Development? A Tax Competition Model of China

We propose a novel theoretical framework to study how environmental regulation shapes economic development in a developing country such as China. We develop a dynamic tax competition model in which local governments, located in development zones, use variation in taxes to attract workers to their jurisdictions. Their objective is to maximize tax revenue less local health costs that are proportional to local pollution. Our main result is that competition generates a reallocation of productive factors when national regulation is introduced. Local governments in more productive regions set greater production taxes than in other regions. This makes workers and output to shift from more to less developed regions of the country.
Reintroducing radiometric surface temperature into the Penman‐Monteith formulation

Here we demonstrate a novel method to physically integrate radiometric surface temperature (TR) into the Penman‐Monteith (PM) formulation for estimating the terrestrial sensible and latent heat fluxes (H and λE) in the framework of a modified Surface Temperature Initiated Closure (STIC). It combines TR data with standard energy balance closure models for deriving a hybrid scheme that does not require parameterization of the surface (or stomatal) and aerodynamic conductances (gS and gB). STIC is formed by the simultaneous solution of four state equations and it uses TR as an additional data source for retrieving the “near surface” moisture availability (M) and the Priestley‐Taylor coefficient (α). The performance of STIC is tested using high‐temporal resolution TR observations collected from different international surface energy flux experiments in conjunction with corresponding net radiation (RN), ground heat flux (G), air temperature (TA), and relative humidity (RH) measurements. A comparison of the STIC outputs with the eddy covariance measurements of λE and H revealed RMSDs of 7–16% and 40–74% in half‐hourly λE and H estimates. These statistics were 5–13% and 10–44% in daily λE and H. The errors and uncertainties in both surface fluxes are comparable to the models that typically use land surface parameterizations for determining the unobserved components (gS and gB) of the surface energy balance models. However, the scheme is simpler, has the capabilities for generating spatially explicit surface energy fluxes and independent of submodels for boundary layer developments.
Shattered Dreams: The Effects of Changing the Pension System Late in the Game

This paper assesses the impact of a dramatic reform of the Dutch pension system on mental health, savings behavior and retirement expectations of workers nearing retirement age. The reform means that public sector workers born on January 1, 1950 or later face a substantial reduction in their pension rights while workers born before this threshold date may still retire under the old, more generous rules. We employ a unique matched survey and administrative data set comprising male public sector workers born in 1949 and 1950 and find strong ex ante effects on mental health for workers who are affected by the reform. This effect increases as birth dates approach the threshold date. Furthermore, the effects differ in accordance with worker characteristics. Finally, we find that the response of those affected by the reform is to work longer and to save more.1.
Title: Medium-term effects of dietary nitrate supplementation on systolic and diastolic blood pressure in adults. A systematic review and meta-analysis Authors:

word count: 250 Main text word count: 2892 References: 39 Tables: 0 Figures: 3 1 Online Supplementary Material: Source of Funding: None to declare Conflicts of Interests: All authors have no conflicts of interest to declare. 4 PROSPERO Database registration: CRD42016041894, http://www.crd. york.ac. uk/prospero/
1 “ En bloc ” resection of NMIBC : a prospective single centre study

Please cite this article as: Rodolfo Hurle, Massimo Lazzeri, Piergiuseppe Colombo, NicolòMaria Buffi, Emanuela Morenghi, Roberto Peschechera, Luigi Castaldo, Luisa Pasini, Paolo Casale, Mauro Seveso, Silvia Zandegiacomo, Gianluigi Taverna, Alessio Benetti, Giovanni Lughezzani, Girolamo Fiorini, Giorgio Guazzoni, “En Bloc” Resection of NMIBC: a Prospective Single Centre Study, Urology (2016), http://dx.doi. org/doi: 10.1016/j.urology. 2016.01. 004.
Rapid communication Is grammaticality inferred from global similarity ?

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Optimal Spectrum Sharing with ARQ based Legacy Users via Chain Decoding

This paper investigates the design of access policies in spectrum sharing networks by exploiting the retransmission protocol of legacy primary users (PUs) to improve the spectral efficiency via opportunistic retransmissions at secondary users (SUs) and chain decoding. The optimal policy maximizing the SU throughput under an interference constraint to the PU and its performance are found in closed form. It is shown that the optimal policy randomizes among three modes: Idle, the SU remains idle over the retransmission window of the PU, to avoid causing interference; Interference cancellation, the SU transmits only after decoding the PU packet, to improve its own throughput via interference cancellation; Always transmit, the SU transmits over the retransmission window of the PU to maximize the future potential of interference cancellation via chain decoding. This structure is exploited to design a stochastic optimization algorithm to facilitate learning and adaptation when the model parameters are unknown or vary over time, based on ARQ feedback from the PU and CSI measurements at the SU receiver. It is shown numerically that, for a 10% interference constraint, the optimal access policy yields 15% improvement over a state-of-the-art scheme without SU retransmissions, and up to 2× gain over a scheme using a non-adaptive access policy instead of the optimal one.
Strategic Orientation, Management Characteristics, and Performance: A Study of Spanish SMEs

This paper analyzes from a resource‐based view the management characteristics of Spanish small and medium enterprises (SMEs) according to their strategic orientation and the consequences in terms of firm performance and business efficiency. The typology of strategies formulated by Miles and Snow has important implications for management, because depending on the strategic orientation adopted—defender, prospector, or analyzer—the firm can emphasize to a great extent some aspects of management, such as technological position, innovation, organizational design, and human resource management. Moreover, these aspects of management can largely determine firm performance and business efficiency. A sample of 1,351 Spanish SMEs provided the data for an empirical test of these issues. The results confirm the expected relationships, revealing, on the one hand, significant differences between prospector and defender SMEs regarding the key factors on which they base their management characteristics and, on the other hand, the different influences that each strategic orientation has on firm performance.
Reprimo , is downregulated by promoter hypermethylation in pediatric acute myeloid leukemia

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Perception of using group buying sites to acquire tourism services coupons

Technologies brought new forms of business as is the case of group buying sites, which are basically a way to sell on the internet that allows consumers to buy goods and services at lower prices. This study analyzed the travelers’ perception of the use of group buying sites to acquire tourism services coupons. The research presents a quantitative-exploratory approach using the Technology Acceptance Model to investigate the use of group buying sites to acquire tourism services coupons during a trip. Sixty valid questionnaires were collected from students of a public university in northeastern Brazil. It was used survey data collection, with a nonprobabilistic convenience sample. Since this is a pilot study with a small sample, the results were tested by structural equation modelling (SEM), using partial least squares (PLS) analysis. The results show that most people who responded to the questionnaires are using group buying sites to acquire tourism services coupons. However, according to the results, the group buying sites may not be an easy tool to help the decision making process when purchasing tourism services.
March 12 , 2012 9 : 57 WSPC / S 0218-1274 1250021 EMERGENCE OF RANDOMNESS FROM CHAOS R . LOZI

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Polycomb stations Spreading of X chromosome inactivation via a hierarchy of defined Material Supplemental

Material Supplemental http://genome.cshlp. org/content/suppl/2012/08/01/gr.133751. 111.DC1. html References http://genome.cshlp. org/content/22/10/1864.full. html#ref-list-1 This article cites 42 articles, 14 of which can be accessed free at: License Commons Creative . http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ described at a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License), as ). After six months, it is available under http://genome.cshlp. org/site/misc/terms.xhtml first six months after the full-issue publication date (see This article is distributed exclusively by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press for the
Grey Systems : Theory and Application Comparison study on the nonlinear parameter optimization of Nonlinear Grey Bernoulli Model NGBM ( 1 , 1 )

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to find out which algorithm, among genetic algorithm (GA), particle swarm optimizer (PSO), the novel grey wolf optimizer (GWO) and the novel ant lion optimizer(ALO), should be the best to obtain the optimal value of the nonlinear parameter γ of NGBM(1, 1) under different situations. Design/methodology/approach The optimization of γ has been attributed to a nonlinear programming problem at firstly. The convergence, convergence rate, time consuming and stability of GA, PSO, GWO and ALO are compared in the numerical experiments, and in each subcase the criteria are set to be the same. Over 10 thousand iterations have been run on the same computer in order to guarantee the reliability of the results. Findings All the selected algorithms can converge to the same optimal value with sufficient iterations. But the best algorithm should be chose under different situations. Practical implications The optimal value of γ seems to exist uniquely due to the empirical results. And there does not exist a best algorithm for all the cases. The researchers and commercial software developers should choose a proper algorithm due to different cases. Originality/value The performance of GA, PSO, GWO and ALO to compute the optimal γ of NGBM(1, 1) has been firstly compared. And it is the first time the GWO and ALO are used to optimize the NGBM(1, 1). 1 D ow nl oa de d by S to ck ho lm U ni ve rs ity L ib ra ry A t 2 3: 14 2 1 Fe br ua ry 2 01 8 (P T )
Moderating Effects of IT Applications on IT Capability and Competitive Advantage

Generally, this study aims to assist domestic companies to determine appropriate Information Technology (IT) applications to attain Competitive Advantage (CA). Specifically, this study aims to assess enhancement causes by IT applications between IT capability and CA. A new CA model by incorporating IT applications in organizations is then proposed. Pilot study was used to test a set of newly developed questionnaire prior to 500 Malaysian companies and 295 set of questionnaire were collected. Multiple group analysis of Structural Equation Modelling (SEM) was conducted to analyze the data collected from survey. Ten most regular utilized IT applications: (1) content management systems, (2) decision support tools, (3) document management tools, (4) email systems, (5) Intranet, (6) Internet access (7) knowledge base/repository, (8) search engine, (9) website content management and (10) workflow systems are supported having enhancement effects on IT capability and CA. This study implies a novel framework important for reaping CA. In addition to the literature of strategic management, this study would be a benefactor for domestic companies in adopting IT applications. The findings of this study can be generalized by other multi-ethnic, multi-cultural and developing countries.
Title Evolutionary artificial neural network based on ChemicalReaction Optimization

Evolutionary algorithms (EAs) are very popular tools to design and evolve artificial neural networks (ANNs), especially to train them. These methods have advantages over the conventional backpropagation (BP) method because of their low computational requirement when searching in a large solution space. In this paper, we employ Chemical Reaction Optimization (CRO), a newly developed global optimization method, to replace BP in training neural networks. CRO is a population-based metaheuristics mimicking the transition of molecules and their interactions in a chemical reaction. Simulation results show that CRO outperforms many EA strategies commonly used to train neural networks.
Dielectric breakdown: optimal bounds

We study dielectric breakdown for composites made of two isotropic phases. We show that Sachs's bound is optimal. This simple example is used to illustrate a variational principle which departs from the traditional one. We also derive the usual variational principle by elementary means without appealing to the technology of convex duality.
The Intestinal Microbiome : A New Window to Studying Colon Carcinogenesis

Intestinal microbiota have emerged as an important factor in colorectal cancer (CRC) initiation and progression. The currently prominent view on bacterial tumorigenesis is that CRC initiation is triggered by local mucosal colonization with specific pathogens (drivers), and that subsequent changes in the peritumoral environment allow colonization by opportunistic (passenger) microbes, further facilitating disease progression. Screening for CRC ‘driver-passenger’ microorganisms might thus allow early CRC diagnosis or preventive intervention. Such efforts are now being revolutionized by the notion that CRC initiation and progression require organization of bacterial communities into higher-order structures termed biofilms. We explore here the concept that a polymicrobial biofilm promotes pro-carcinogenic activities that may partially underlie progression along the adenoma–CRC axis.
Treatments : Balancing level of Evidence and Acceptability to Patients Designs for Studying the Effectiveness of Long-Term Psychoanalytic

http://apa.sagepub. com/content/60/2/361 The online version of this article can be found at: DOI: 10.1177/0003065112441971 2012 60: 361 J Am Psychoanal Assoc Gomperts, Jan Swinkels and Jack Dekker Frans de Jonghe, Saskia de Maat, Jacques P. Barber, Allan Abbas, Patrick Luyten, Wouter Treatments: Balancing level of Evidence and Acceptability to Patients Designs for Studying the Effectiveness of Long-Term Psychoanalytic
A New Malicious Node Recognition Algorithm for Wireless Sensor Networks

A key issue to protect the network security is whether be able to identify the malicious nodes inside the wireless sensor network. In this paper, we discuss the technique of identifying the malicious nodes by using the known reputation information of the nodes, and propose an algorithm to identify the malicious nodes of the network based on the node reputation time sequence analysis. The algorithm introduces the idea of time sequence analysis into the reputation security mechanism of wireless sensor networks, and uses a series of analysis operations on the node reputation data to identify and judge the malicious nodes in the network. Experimental results show that the algorithm is effective.
The Emerging Portuguese Maritime Mega Cluster: Endogenous Dynamics and Strategic Actions

In these last four or five years, the creation of a Maritime Cluster in Portugal has been an issue of first political and economic relevance in the Country. The enlargement of the Continental Shelf under national jurisdiction into a total surface of 2.2 millions square kilometres (with a predictable high level of mineral, genetic and hydrothermal resources) ? particularly taking into account the economic crisis in current context ? awakes all kinds of hopes and ambitions. This "last big change in the World Map" ? in direct connection with the main guidelines of the Integrated Maritime Policy for the European Union ? requires the creation of a maritime mega-cluster. It should include both traditional (fishing, canning industry, ship building, maritime transports), and modern sectors (wave and tide energy, biotechnology), in a country that it is not known for a high level of social capital or its capacity of developing joint efforts. The current paper defines and presents the Maritime Cluster basic and most important characteristics in terms of main territories and regions. More specifically, the critical stage which corresponds to the Cluster initial emergence (during which the seeds for future economic growth are launched) has a strong dependence from different local conditions and the launch of specific processes. Starting with the assumption that geographical proximity and enterprises/institutions strategic cooperation promote competitiveness and innovation and, in consequence, the development, we propose to determine the existence of cooperation relationships and/or partnerships between activities connected with the maritime sector; if those relationships exist, are they partnerships at local, regional or national scale; and if recent trends point out towards innovation. The paper quantifies the sea cluster main intersectorial linkages, based on the integrated system of Portugal's Input-Output Matrix, to which we call Sea Input/Output Matrix (SIOM). It is also put in evidence the multiplier factors of direct, indirect and induced effects. Taking into consideration the final quantitative results, the authors present some remarks in terms of Employment, GVA and Investment in Portuguese Sea Cluster Economic Sectors. Finally, it is presented the preliminary results of a questionnaire that was launched among the members of the so called Sea Entrepreneurial Forum.
Summary ofAwarded Presentation 2 PI 07 A reversal of illusory offset between two kinds of motion stimuli by a longer ISIi > Kazushi MARuyA

Motion-defined motion <MDM) is the rnotlon of patterns defincd by local movement direction, Motionand luminance-defined motions (LDM) are perceived as misaligned whcn thcy arc prcscnted physically with the same speed and in phase (the perceptual offset phenomenon, POP). In this study, we examined the eifects of ISIs (inter stimulus intervals) that were introduced between pattern motion frames of thc POP. When an ISI was introduced to MDM, the estimated offset decreased rapidly as the ISI increased from O to 80 ms. Furthermore, when the ISI was 80 ms most subjects reported offscts in the reverse direction, These result$ indicate that simple differences in the transduction latency for MDM and LDM cannot explain the POP.