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DEVELOPING MARKETING STRATEGIES FOR FOOD DIVERSITY : A CASE-STUDY IN NORTHERN PORTUGAL

Copyright © 2017 The Authors. Published by Aleksandras Stulginskis University. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC-BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. DEVELOPING MARKETING STRATEGIES FOR FOOD DIVERSITY: A CASE-STUDY IN NORTHERN PORTUGAL
Formal Land Titling vs. Small and Medium Enterprises’ (SMEs’) Access to Credit: The South-Western Nigerian Experience

SMEs play vital roles in national economic development. However, lack of formal land title often times deprived them the right to use assets as collateral. The wealth entrenched in assets is thus not properly being deployed. Hence, this study expounded the impact of formal titling on access to credit from the viewpoints of entrepreneurs in the South-Western Nigeria. To achieve this, questionnaires were distributed to 200 randomly selected SMEs across the study area. Data gathered were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistical analysis. Findings showed that the ratio of commercial banks' loans to SMEs compared to private sector is at lower ebb. There were significant differences in some of the factors influencing SMEs in case study areas. In addition, the study revealed collateral, firm staff strength, firm’s age and annual financial statement as having significant effect and positive relationship on SMEs access to credit. The outcome of the study will assist stakeholders in SMEs, relevant government institutions and government to understand the significance of land titling in the provision of loan to SMEs. It would also contribute to relevant policy aimed at encouraging land titling among SMEs in order to further bridge SME financing gap due to collateral. Key Words : Credit Access, Land, Formal Title, SMEs, South-Western Nigerian
The Role of the Refrigerator in Identity Crime

This paper explores how botnets in smart devices are exacerbating identity crime. This paper places the refrigerator at the heart of this discussion of the Internet of things that has become connected through the Internet and thereby susceptible to botnets and the collection of personal identification information as an enabler for identity crime. The paper highlights the fallibility of these devices and provides some mechanism to deal with these new risks and presents discussion on the need to for this relationship to be
Privacy and Personalization: The Trade-off between Data Disclosure and Personalization Benefit

Personalization in principle cannot happen without information about individuals, requiring personalization systems to comply with official privacy regulations. However, in order to design personalization systems that provide the best possible privacy-related user experience, a more human-centered perspective has to be taken into account. As a first step towards this goal, in the present work we show the setup and results of an online survey investigating the relation between the intention to disclose certain categories of personal data and the type of benefit promised by personalization.
Importance of the assimilation of Argo float measurements on the Meridional Overturning Circulation in the South Atlantic

The meridional overturning circulation (MOC) and meridional heat transport (MHT) obtained from two GFDL coupled models, with and without data assimilation, are examined and compared with observations collected at nominally 34°S in the South Atlantic. The results demonstrate that the performance of the Geophysical Fluid Dynamic Laboratory (GFDL) coupled data assimilation (CDA) model is quite different between the two periods, 1979–2002 and 2003–2007, due to the assimilation of Argo data in later period. The MOC components from the GFDL CDA during 1979–2002 are similar to those from GFDL CM2.1 IPCC simulation, both give weak boundary currents and strong interior overturning transport compared to observations. However, after assimilating temperature and salinity profiles from the Argo floats, the performance of the GFDL CDA is greatly improved in terms of representing the observed MOC and MHT structure: the transports of boundary currents are twice as strong as those during pre‐Argo period, and the overturning flow in the interior region is reduced. Possible causes for the changes in model performance are discussed.
Comparing the effects of peritoneal and subcutaneous injections of Bupivacaine on post-appendectomy pain

: Background: This study aimed to compare the effects of peritoneal and subcutaneous injections of bupivacaine 0.5% on post-appendectomy pain and also the efficacy of local anaesthetic injection for postoperative pain relief in peritoneal inflammation with subcutaneous injection. Materials and Methods: This randomized-clinical trial was conducted on 126 participants (age range, 15-45 years) underwent appendectomy for acute appendicitis in Kashan Shahid-Beheshti hospital. Participants were divided into three groups: bupivacaine (0.5%, ip), bupivacaine (0.5% s.c), and control (no injection). Pain intensity was evaluated using the visual analogue scale at 6, 12 and 24 hours after surgery. Results: There was no significant difference among the three groups in age, sex, the duration of anesthesia and surgery. Pain intensity (6 h post-surgery) was significantly higher in the subcutaneous group than the peritoneal group, but no significant difference was seen between the two groups at 12 and 24 h post-surgery. Moreover, pain intensity in the peritoneal and subcutaneous groups was significantly lower than the control group at 6 and 12 h post-surgery ( P <0.05). There was a significant difference between the peritoneal and subcutaneous groups as well as between the peritoneal and control groups required analgesics, but the difference was not significant between the subcutaneous and control groups. Conclusion: Although both peritoneal and subcutaneous injections of bupivacaine can reduce postoperative pain in patients undergoing appendectomy, the peritoneal injection can significantly reduce the postoperative analgesic consumption.
Does It Pay to Pay Teachers More? Evidence from Texas

This study presents robust evidence on the relationship between teacher pay and turnover using detailed panel data from Texas. While controlling for changes in district and local labor market characteristics, I estimate an overall turnover elasticity of −1.4 and show that the effect is largest for inexperienced teachers, declines with experience, and disappears around 19years of experience. Combining these results with what we know about the relationship between teacher value-added and experience, I show that paying teachers more improves student achievement through higher retention rates. The results also suggest that adopting a flat salary schedule may be a cheap way to improve student performance. I find no evidence that pay effects vary by the teacher's gender or subject taught.
Noise in Electronic and Photonic Devices

Modern state-of art in the solid state technology has advanced at an almost unbelievable pace since the advent of extremely sophisticated IC fabrication technology. In the present state of microelectronic and nanoelectronic fabrication process, number of transistors embedded in a small chip area is soaring aggressively high. Any further continuance of Moore’s law on the increase of transistor packing in a small chip area is now being questioned. Limitations in the increase of packing density owes as one of the reasons to the generation of electrical noise. Not only in the functioning of microchip but also in any type of electronic devices whether in discrete form or in an integrated circuit noise comes out inherently whatever be its strength. Noise is generated in circuits and devices as well. Nowadays, solid state devices include a wide variety of electronic and optoelectronic /photonic devices. All these devices are prone in some way or other to noise in one form or another, which in small signal applications appears to be a detrimental factor to limit the performance fidelity of the device. In the present chapter, attention would be paid on noise in devices with particular focus on avalanche diodes followed by a brief mathematical formality to analyze the noise. Though, tremendous amount of research work in investigating the origin of noises in devices has been made and subsequent remedial measures have been proposed to reduce it yet it is a challenging issue to the device engineers to realize a device absolutely free from any type of noise. A general theory of noise based upon the properties of random pulse trains and impulse processes is forwarded. A variety of noises arising in different devices under different physical conditions are classified under (i) thermal noise (ii) shot noise (iii) 1/f noise (iv) g-r noise (v) burst noise (vi) avalanche noise and (vii) non-equilibrium Johnson noise. In micro MOSFETs embedded in small chips the tunneling through different electrodes also give rise to noise. Sophisticated technological demands of avalanche photodiodes in optical networks has fueled the interest of the designers in the fabrication of low noise and high bandwidth in such diodes. Reduction of the avalanche noise therefore poses a great challenge to the designers. The present article will cover a short discussion on the theory of noise followed by a survey of works on noise in avalanche photodiodes.
Synergism and antagonism of Baygon with some additives against Baygon-resistant strains of Culex pipens larvae

Larvae of the mosquito Culex pipiens were subjected to continuous laboratory selection with Baygon for 15 successive generations. This resistant strain was tested with some additives, piperonyl–butoxide, sesame oil and clove oil, to investigate their synergistic or antagonistic effect. The use of sesame oil and piperonyl-butoxide considerably enhanced the toxicity of Baygon. Clove oil also potentiated Baygon but to a lower extent than sesame oil and piperonyl-butoxide. The activity of each synergist was found to be concentration dependent. Results showed the possibility of using the piperonyl-butoxide and sesame oil as a synergist against a Baygon–resistant strain of C. pipiens . KEY WORDS: mosquitoes, insecticide, clove oil, sesame oil, resistant Egyptian Journal of Biology Vol.4 2002: 127-132
CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF EDIBLE POTATO TUBERS IN RETAIL OUTLETS IN EAST-CENTRAL POLAND

The work was an attempt to determine and describe certain quality characteristics of edible potato on sale in Siedlce and Miedzyrzec Podlaski. Potato tubers for examination were purchased in 3 kinds of retail outlets (ten shops of each kind) in east-central Poland. A total of 90 samples were collected to determine tuber size, protein and vitamin C content, reducing sugars and sucrose content. Potatoes purchased in all kinds of outlets met the standards set for tuber size. Potatoes bought in supermarkets had a better chemical composition than tubers purchased in groceries or fruit and vegetable shops. All the potato tubers were a good staple.
Microstrip - Fed Low Profile and Compact Dielectric Resonator Antennas

This paper presents a novel broadband, low-profile dielectric resonator antenna using relatively low dielectric constant substrate material. The rectangular DRA is fed with a stepped microstrip feed to ensure efficient coupling. Bandwidths in excess of 17% are obtained. In addition, the paper investigates methods to miniaturize the antenna using metallic strips or patches. Substantial size reduction is demonstrated while maintaining a reasonable bandwidth. Simulations as well as experimental results are presented.
File Transfer over Dual-Stack IPv6 Tunnelling in Real Network Environment: Router to Router Performance Analysis Using Best Effort Approach

In this research, we propose an architectural solution to implement file transfer service (FTP) in IPv6 environment network. IPv6 is considered to be the next-generation Internet protocol. Thus, this study is to analyze the size of files transfer performance and to measure Quality of Service (QoS) delivered by IPv6 using best effort approach in comparison to IPv4. This study primarily focuses on file transfer speed quality of FTP. In the experiment, both host clients and routers utilize the same technical specification. In the same study also, network management system (NMS) is used to monitor and to capture the performance of file transfer in IPv6 and IPv4 environment. Based on the finding result, it shows that there is a slight but significant difference in file transfer performance between dual stack tunnelling IPv4 and IPv6 protocol. Small size file transfer will result in lower and same delay performance outcome for both IPv4 and IPv6, while large size file transfer over IPv6 will result in higher delay performance as compared to IPv4. In short, the significant result of IPv6 delay is slightly higher than IPv4. Hence, the quality of FTP might be decreased if dual stack tunnelling is implemented in IPv6 environment. Nevertheless, Link Efficiency and compression technique are able to lower the delay performance on file transfer over IPv6 environment.
Job quality: what does it mean, what does it matter? comparisons between Australia and the UAE

This review article considers research into job quality that was undertaken in Australia and Europe before discussing the very different labour market of the UAE with a particular focus on Dubai. The paper will also explore the role that HRM that can play in improving job quality for employees in both countries, despite their different contexts. Improving job quality is firmly on the public policy agenda in Australia and the EU. Recent labour market reforms have been justified in part on the basis that they would improve job quality. In the UAE the labour market is heavily reliant on expatriate workers, largely from the Indian sub-continent and Arab nations ( Tanmia, 2005). However, expatriate workers generally fall into two categories: white collar professionals and those who are working on construction sites and living in labour camps. As such, the analysis and discussion of job quality in the UAE takes place within a very different context from the OECD economies. It is concluded that there are a number of similarities between Australia and the UAE, such as labour shortages, a growing service sector, feminisation of the workforce and employee concerns about job security. However, as indicated in the article, the reasons why employees lack job security are different in each country.
Monk Parakeet Management at Electric Utility Facilities in South Florida

Author(s): Avery, Michael L. ; Greiner, Ellis C. ; Lindsay, James R. ; Newman, James R. ; Pruett-Jones, Stephen | Abstract: The monk parakeet (Myiopsitta monachus) is native to South America but has become established in several locations throughout the United States through purposeful and accidental releases. The species is unique among parrots in that it is not a cavity-nester, but instead it builds a bulky nest structure of sticks. Often, in its native range and in the United States, the parakeet selects a electric utility structure as a nest site. Material from the nest then can cause short-circuits that result in damage to the utility structure and a subsequent power outage. In south Florida, monk parakeet damage and associated outages have increased substan­tially in recent years. Although the full costs associated with the damage and the outages are not known, it is evident that current methods to manage the problem are inadequate. In 2001, to address the need for more effective management methods, Florida Power and Light Company initiated a project to identify and investigate new, potentially useful management alternatives. In this paper, we review what is currently known regarding the impacts of monk parakeets to electric utilities and we discuss the status of research to develop new methods to reduce these impacts.
DYNAMICS OF MULTIBODY SYSTEMS SUBJECT TO UNILATERAL MOTION CONSTRAINTS USING A NEW NUMERICAL ALGORITHM FOR CONTACT DETECTION

In this work, some new results are presented on the dynamics of multibody mechanical systems involving contact and friction. The main contribution refers to the development of a new, systematic and accurate method for detecting contact among the components of the system. For simple geometries, this task is achieved by employing analytical means. For systems with components involving complex geometric shapes a more involved numerical methodology is developed. In both cases, once contact is detected, the common normal vector and the penetration depth is also calculated, leading to determination of the contact force and moment arising between the contacting bodies. This information is then passed to a solver, providing the full dynamic response of the system. The validity and numerical efficiency of the methodology developed is first demonstrated by considering a number of examples with relatively small geometric complexity but large traditional value and interesting dynamic response. Some new results are obtained on the dynamics of these systems. Finally, the same methodology is also tested and found to give more realistic results in more complicated mechanical applications.
Trends in Development of Corporate Organizational and Managerial Innovations in Russia and the Principles of Lean Production

The great interest in the concepts, principles, and tools of lean production is caused not only and not so much by the "fashion" for the organizational and managerial innovations, as by the need to find new reserves to improve production efficiency (in particular, in the oil extraction industry). In Russian (including Soviet) theory and practice of labor management, there are examples of successful application of innovative tools aimed at optimizing transaction costs. Nevertheless, according to the authors, the frequent problems of implementing the tools of lean production in the practices of Russian companies are related primarily to the distortion of the essence of these principles, with the formalism and instrumental attitude of the implementers, as well as with the lack of an innovation management system. DOI: 10.5901/mjss.2015. v6n3p492
Gridded Satellite (GridSat) GOES and CONUS data

The Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) series is operated by the U. S. National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). While in operation since the 1970s, the current series (GOES 815) has been operational since 1994. This document describes the Gridded Satellite (GridSat) data, which provides GOES data in a modern format. Four steps describe the conversion of original GOES data to GridSat data: 1) temporal resampling to 10 produce files with evenly spaced time steps, 2) spatial remapping to produce evenly spaced gridded data (0.04° latitude), 3) calibrating the original data and storing brightness temperatures for infrared channels and reflectance for the visible channel, and 4) calculating spatial variability to provide extra information that can help identify clouds. The GridSat data are provided on two separate domains: GridSat-GOES provides hourly data for the Western Hemisphere (spanning the entire GOES domain) and GridSat-CONUS covers the contiguous U.S. (CONUS) every 15 minutes. 15 Dataset reference: doi:10.7289/V5HM56GM
Growth and Photosynthesis under Pulsed Lighting

The effects of pulsed irradiation based-LEDs on the growth and photosynthetic light utilization efficiency of lettuce leaves were studied. Plants were grown under different pulse-cycled irradiations of 0.5 – 500 Hz, and 1 – 20 kHz frequencies, at PPFD of 200 μ molm (cid:1) 2 s (cid:1) 1 with 50% duty ratio (illuminated duration/cycle). The photosynthetic rate (Pn) was maintained relatively constant over the range of measurements at pulsed light at 80 PPFD. At 200 PPFD, Pn gradually decreased by lowering frequency below 2.5 Hz of pulsed light. Pn under pulsed light was slightly higher than that under continuous light. Chlorophyll fluorescence (Fv/Fm, Fv ’ /Fm 0 , qP) showed no significant difference between under pulsed light and continuous light except at the lowest frequency (0.2 Hz). The similar quantum yield (ØPSII) and electron transport rate (ETR) of PSII were obtained in a wide range of frequency of pulsed light, which might be an effective illumination strategy for cultivating leaf lettuce by using LEDs. Flashing irradiation did not significantly change chlorophyll content. Results suggested the effectiveness of pulsed light at 50% duty ratio on the growth of leafy vegetables that were richly cultivated in a closed type plant factory with the possibility of saving electricity by using intermittent illumina- tion system with LEDs. Fourteen effect frequencies After photosynthetic all and fresh and
Contributions of linguistic typology to psycholinguistics

Abstract This article first outlines different ways of how psycholinguists have dealt with linguistic diversity and illustrates these approaches with three familiar cases from research on language processing, language acquisition, and language disorders. The second part focuses on the role of morphology and morphological variability across languages for psycholinguistic research. The specific phenomena to be examined are to do with stem-formation morphology and inflectional classes; they illustrate how experimental research that is informed by linguistic typology can lead to new insights.
Use of causative variants and SNP weighting in a single-step GBLUP context

Much effort has been recently put into identifying causative quantitative trait nucleotides (QTN) in animal breeding, aiming more accurate genomic prediction. Among the genomic methods available, single-step GBLUP (ssGBLUP) became the choice because of its simplicity and potentially higher accuracy. When QTN are known, they need to be properly weighted, so the accuracy can be maximized. The weighted ssGBLUP is still under development, and a proper weighing algorithm is needed. The objectives of this study were to investigate whether ssGBLUP is useful for genomic prediction when causative variants are known and to verify the impact of different SNP weighting in ssGBLUP compared to GBLUP. Analyses involved about 4M records for stature of 3M cows. Genotypes were available for 27k sires for a regular 54k chip (BovineSNP50; Illumina), and imputed with extra 17k sequence variants having largest effects, including causative variants affecting stature and 32 other traits. Direct genomic value (DGV) and genomic EBV (GEBV) were calculated using GBLUP and ssGBLUP with regular genomic relationship matrices (G). Later, G was weighted based on the squared value of SNP effects or with nonlinear A equations, which limits the changes in SNP weights. In GBLUP, the residuals were either homogeneous or heterogeneous. Reliability (R2) was assessed from forward prediction of DGV or GEBV for young sires with at least 10 daughters. The lowest to highest R2 for DGV were by GBLUP with homogeneous residuals, GBLUP with heterogeneous residuals, and extracted from ssGBLUP. SNP weighting by nonlinear A increased R2 by up to 1.7% with homogeneous residuals and by up to 0.2% with heterogeneous residuals, compared to unweighted GBLUP. Linear weighting reduced accuracy in GBLUP and had no effect in ssGBLUP. Overall, adding 17k causative variants increased accuracy up to 0.6% in GBLUP, but had no impact in ssGBLUP. Reliability for DGV extracted from ssGBLUP was at least 0.6% more accurate than any DGV from GBLUP. Linear weighting is not helpful with causative variants with small effect. Gains with SNP weighting in multistep (GBLUP or SNP BLUP) may be partly due to corrections in modeling issues associated with pseudo-observations.