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A Study of Buyback of Shares as a Restructuring Tool: Reference to the Indian Companies Act

The term corporate restructuring is coined to elaborate the process of rearranging the sources of funds by the management to achieve the desired goal of the business. The paper is an attempt to understand one such widely accepted tool of restructuring namely, buyback of shares along with methods and factors that motives management to opt this tool. The paper is an attempt towards the verification of the factual details in legal aspect of buyback program in India to safeguard the interest of the stakeholders and restricting the self-enrichment of the managers. Further study of the topic can be done by taking the financial data of the companies opted for buyback of shares to verify the object whether shareholders’ wealth creation object is served or not.
Barangay Health Workers' Benefits and Incentives Act of 1995 (RA 7883) in Santa, Ilocos Sur, Philippines

The study was conducted to determine the implementation of Barangay Health Workersâ€™ Benefits and Incentives Act of 1995 (Republic Act 7883) in Santa, Ilocos Sur for the Calendar Year 2014. The respondents were the 44 BHWs of Santa, Ilocos Sur. Â Results shows tha there is the high extent of implementation of RA 7883. The local and provincial governments are supportive of the BHWs. The BHWs are not aware of their privileges as provided by RA 7883. No significant relationship exists between the level of awareness and the personal profile and benefits and incentives, as well as the awareness of benefits and incentives and extent of implementation of RA 7883. The extent of administrative support is related to the implementation of RA 7883. It is recommended therefore that RA 7883 be fully discussed during meetings with the BHWs by the Municipal Health Office staff. The Department of Health (DOH) should coordinate with the LGU of Santa for the allocation of allowances of BHWs. There should be sustainable support from different agencies which includes among others, provincial government, DOH and the barangays in terms of scholarship grants, continuing education, study and exposure tours and other benefits like health insurance, death aid for better performance of their functions. Keywords :Â Barangay Health Workers, RA 7883, Ilocos Sur
Using neuroimaging to predict treatment response in mood and anxiety disorders.

BACKGROUND Functional neuroimaging has begun to show promise as a clinical tool in the prediction of treatment response in mood and anxiety disorders. Given the variance in patient responses to psychiatric treatments, the use of such predictive tools could be tremendously valuable, especially in situations where treatments carry substantial risks or costs. METHODS A literature search was conducted in December 2004 to identify published neuroimaging treatment prediction papers. "Neuroimaging," "treatment," and "depression or anxiety" were used as keywords. Studies of treatment prediction were complemented by studies of treatment effects to provide context. RESULTS Fifteen original published papers were identified as investigations of treatment prediction in mood and anxiety disorders. These studies have predominantly been conducted in patients with major depression (MDD) and obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). We review this literature and provide a discussion of design considerations in psychiatric neuroimaging studies of treatment response prediction. CONCLUSIONS The neuroimaging literature pertaining to treatment response prediction is largely limited to studies of MDD and OCD. While these initial reports are preliminary, the findings reviewed suggest that treatment outcome may be predicted by patterns of pre-treatment brain activity in psychiatric patients. However, the actual clinical utility of such tests remains to be shown.
Simulation numérique directe d’écoulements à l’aide d’une méthode de frontière immergée

Les travaux menes, depuis plusieurs annees, au CORIA ont abouti a la construction d’un outil numerique (ARCHER) permettant la simulation numerique directe d’ecoulements diphasiques et notamment l’atomisation d’un jet liquide a haute vitesse. Ce type de simulation permet de capturer les phenomenes d’atomisation au voisinage de l’injecteur difficilement caracterisables par les outils experimentaux actuels. Ces simulations requierent des conditions d’injection delicates a evaluer a priori car elles dependent des caracteristiques de l’ecoulement au sein de l’injecteur. Or, certains jets presentent une grande sensibilite a ces conditions d’injection. Des lors, il est necessaire de simuler l’ecoulement au sein de l’injecteur afin d’apprehender la nature de cette sensibilite. L’utilisation d’un maillage cartesien par le code ARCHER conjuguee a la volonte de simuler le systeme d’atomisation dans son ensemble ont oriente ces travaux vers l’utilisation d’une methode de frontiere immergee. Ces travaux ont ainsi permis de reproduire des ecoulements au sein d’injecteurs de forme quelconque tout en conservant le maillage cartesien d’origine, precieux tant pour l’efficacite du solveur que pour sa precision. Dans un premier temps, l’implantation dans le code ARCHER d’une methode de frontiere immergee a ete realisee et testee sur des configurations de canal et de conduite et de l’ecoulement autour d’un cylindre. L’application de cette methode a porte sur la simulation de l’ecoulement au sein d’un injecteur triple disque mono-trou et a notamment permis de caracteriser l’origine de l’ecoulement secondaire forme dans l’orifice de decharge. Afin d’evoluer vers la construction d’un outil numerique capable de simuler le systeme d’atomisation dans son ensemble, un couplage entre la methode de frontiere immergee et la methode Ghost fluid a ete necessaire. La version bi-dimensionnelle developpee a ete testee sur la relaxation d’une goutte posee sur une paroi. Cette version a permis de simuler des ecoulements au sein de canaux a differents rapports de longueur sur diametre et l’ecoulement au sein d’une buse convergente. La simulation simultanee de l’ecoulement interne et externe a permis de lier les fluctuations de vitesses des ecoulements internes a la creation de surface engendree sur les ecoulements externes.
Restrike characteristics on capacitive current breaking in vacuum

Restrike characteristics on a capacitive current breaking in a vacuum have been investigated. In a small capacitive current breaking test, double voltage from commercial voltage (peak) would be applied between contacts of a VI. The configuration of contacts and the current conditioning dependence of VI practical samples with axial magnetic field contacts were investigated under a simulated capacitive current breaking test. Minimum restrike voltage decreased and voltage dispersion was high due to the presence of slits on the contacts. On the other hand, the minimum restrike voltage increased and restrike voltage dispersion was low due to current conditioning. By practical tests and standardized tests, a new 72 kV VI and dry air insulated VCB has been developed.
Infrared Spectroscopy of Comet 81P/Wild 2 Samples Returned by Stardust

Infrared spectra of material captured from comet 81P/Wild 2 by the Stardust spacecraft reveal indigenous aliphatic hydrocarbons similar to those in interplanetary dust particles thought to be derived from comets, but with longer chain lengths than those observed in the diffuse interstellar medium. Similarly, the Stardust samples contain abundant amorphous silicates in addition to crystalline silicates such as olivine and pyroxene. The presence of crystalline silicates in Wild 2 is consistent with mixing of solar system and interstellar matter. No hydrous silicates or carbonate minerals were detected, which suggests a lack of aqueous processing of Wild 2 dust.
cardioplégica polarizante : estado da arte Polarizing cardioplegic solution : state of the art

The meaning of the term “cardioplegia” is “lesion, attack, wound or blow”, very different to how it is most commonly understood in most heart centers, where it relates to cardiac protection. Thus, “cardioplegic solution” is better defined as a solution capable of inducing controlled cardiac arrest. Cardiac arrest induced by cardioplegic solutions can occur by hyperpolarization, depolarization or by inhibiting the calcium channels of the myocardial fibers. This paper discusses hyperpolarizing cardioplegic solutions, which arrest the heart in the diastolic phase, thus decreasing the ATP depletion and improving the conditions of the heart to be reanimated at the end of the procedure. Descriptors: Cardioplegic solutions. Heart arrest, induced. Myocardium, metabolism. Resumo A exegese do termo cardioplegia remete aos significados de “lesão, golpe, ataque ou ferimento”, bem diferente, portanto, do sentido em que o termo é empregado na maior parte dos centros de cirurgia cardíaca do Brasil e do mundo, ou seja, como correspondendo à proteção miocárdica. Daí a melhor denominação de solução cardioplégica, para caracterizar as soluções empregadas com finalidade de promover a parada cardíaca controlada do coração. A parada cardíaca induzida por solução cardioplégica pode acontecer por hiperpolarização, despolarização ou com bloqueadores da bomba de cálcio. No presente trabalho, discorreremos sobre os principais agentes que promovem a parada cardíaca por hiperpolarização da membrana miocárdica. Com a solução hiperpolarizante, o coração pára no período diastólico, havendo uma redução ainda maior no seu gasto energético, o que propicia melhores condições ao coração quando este reinicia sua contração ao final do procedimento cirúrgico. Descritores: Soluções cardioplégicas. Parada cardíaca induzida. Miocárdio, metabolismo. Solução cardioplégica polarizante: estado da arte Polarizing cardioplegic solution: state of the art
Real-Time Fall Detecting System Using a Tri-axial Accelerometer for Home Care

There has been a considerable increase in the population proportion of senior people among global population. Fall often happens among these senior people, which is also the leading cause of their death. A real-time fall detection system may help us to detect fall events among elderly people in time and reduce the overall casualty rate. This paper proposed a home-based, real-time fall detection system that not only can distinguish up to 4 different kinds of fall events (forward, backward, rightward and leftward), but is also portable, low-cost and with high accuracy rate. The system includes a real-time fall detection band, a home server, and GSM instant messaging function which can transfer fall alert, send emergency help messages.
Quantitative Imaging of Nitrogen Fixation by Individual Bacteria Within Animal Cells

Biological nitrogen fixation, the conversion of atmospheric nitrogen to ammonia for biosynthesis, is exclusively performed by a few bacteria and archaea. Despite the essential importance of biological nitrogen fixation, it has been impossible to quantify the incorporation of nitrogen by individual bacteria or to map the fate of fixed nitrogen in host cells. In this study, with multi-isotope imaging mass spectrometry we directly imaged and measured nitrogen fixation by individual bacteria within eukaryotic host cells and demonstrated that fixed nitrogen is used for host metabolism. This approach introduces a powerful way to study microbes and global nutrient cycles.
The Determinants of User Behavior of Computer Based Transaction Processing Systems: The Case of Minimarket Employees in Padang, Indonesia

This study was aimed to investigate the determinants of actual use of computer based transaction processing system among employees in minimarkets in Padang, Indonesia. In addition to Perceived ease of use and perceived usefulness which are the basic models of Technology Acceptance Model (TAM), Subjective norm was conceptualized as an external variable that affecting Technology Acceptance among users of transaction processing system. In total, 246 employees participated in this study. The results show that the perceived ease of use positively affects Perceived Usefulness and Attitude. Furthermore, perceived usefulness and subjective norm have positively affected on Attitude. Likewise Attitude has positively affected on Actual Use. This study reveals that employees tend to comply the peers’ opinion on using transaction processing system. For future research is expected to expand the TAM model by adding external variables and individual characteristics as a moderator variable
Fast Evaluation of the Radiation Patterns of True Time Delay Arrays With Beam Steering

A multilevel algorithm for the computation of the transient radiation patterns of true time delay (TTD) conformal arrays over a range of observation and beam steering directions is presented. The multilevel algorithm is based on hierarchical decomposition of the array into smaller sub-arrays of elements. At the finest level of decomposition, the angular-temporal radiation patterns of single-element sub-arrays are obtained over a sparse angular grid of directions and short temporal duration, by either measurement or calculation. Subsequent steps of the algorithm comprise multilevel aggregation of delayed sub-array contributions. This process continues until the transient radiation pattern of the whole array is obtained. At each level, the radiation pattern is interpolated to a finer angular grid of observations and steering directions followed by temporal delay compensation. The multilevel array decomposition algorithm attains a computational complexity substantially lower than that of the direct evaluation. Furthermore, the algorithm is particularly efficient for large arrays with large numbers of elements.
Immunological surveys of arbovirus infections in South-East Asia, with special reference to dengue, chikungunya, and Kyasanur Forest disease.

Serological surveys have been widely used in South-East Asia to determine the presence and activity of arboviruses. The haemagglutination-inhibition test has been most frequently employed but complement-fixation and neutralization tests have also been used in some investigations.Although virus isolations provide the most conclusive evidence, they can be carried out in a few specialized centres only, and serological surveys are very important for studying the distribution of arboviruses.The surveys have shown that group B arboviruses (principally all four types of dengue, Japanese encephalitis, and West Nile) are widely prevalent. Dengue and Japanese encephalitis viruses are more widespread than West Nile virus, which was not known previously to extend east of India although recent survyes have shown that its range extends to Burma. Japanese encephalitis is frequent in most of South-East Asia but in India is found mainly in eastern and south-eastern parts of the country. Kyasanur Forest disease (KFD) and Langat viruses are the only tick-borne group B arboviruses definitely known to occur in the region, the former in India, the latter in Malaysia. KFD virus has been isolated only from a small focus in Mysore, although human and animal sera containing neutralizing antibodies to this virus have been found sporadically in widely scattered areas. Among the group A arboviruses, chikungunya and Sindbis have been detected in serological surveys, but the former has not yet been found in Malaysia.
Cellular level models as tools for cytokine design

Cytokines and growth factors are critical regulators that connect intracellular and extracellular environments through binding to specific cell‐surface receptors. They regulate a wide variety of immunological, growth, and inflammatory response processes. The overall signal initiated by a population of cytokine molecules over long time periods is controlled by the subtle interplay of binding, signaling, and trafficking kinetics. Building on the work of others, we abstract a simple kinetic model that captures relevant features from cytokine systems as well as related growth factor systems. We explore a large range of potential biochemical behaviors, through systematic examination of the model's parameter space. Different rates for the same reaction topology lead to a dramatic range of biochemical network properties and outcomes. Evolution might productively explore varied and different portions of parameter space to create beneficial behaviors, and effective human therapeutic intervention might be achieved through altering network kinetic properties. Quantitative analysis of the results reveals the basis for tensions among a number of different network characteristics. For example, strong binding of cytokine to receptor can increase short‐term receptor activation and signal initiation but decrease long‐term signaling due to internalization and degradation. Further analysis reveals the role of specific biochemical processes in modulating such tensions. For instance, the kinetics of cytokine binding and receptor activation modulate whether ligand–receptor dissociation can generally occur before signal initiation or receptor internalization. Beyond analysis, the same models and model behaviors provide an important basis for the design of more potent cytokine therapeutics by providing insight into how binding kinetics affect ligand potency. © 2010 American Institute of Chemical Engineers Biotechnol. Prog. , 2010
Small joint involvement in psoriatic arthritis is associated with onycholysis: the Reykjavik Psoriatic Arthritis Study

Objectives: Psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis (PsA) are associated with nail changes. Recent reports suggest that nail changes may be a part of the enthesitis of PsA and that they predict the onset of arthritis among patients with psoriasis, but they have not reported on subclasses of nail changes. However, earlier reports suggested that onycholysis is the nail change most strongly associated with PsA. If nail changes in PsA are a sign of enthesitis, they might be associated with small joint disease in general and the objective of this study was to test this hypothesis. Methods: A total of 154 patients recruited through the Reykjavik Psoriatic Arthritis Study had a joint, skin, and nail evaluation. Associations with small joint disease were tested using univariate analysis, and confirmed in a multivariate model. Results: Onycholysis had a strong association with small joint involvement [odds ratio (OR) 3.42, 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.41–8.92], while other types of nail changes did not. The number of swollen joints and shorter disease duration were also associated with small joint disease. Conclusions: Onycholysis is associated with small joint disease in PsA. Future studies of PsA should report the subtypes of nail changes. Longitudinal studies are needed to determine whether onycholysis predicts PsA.
The manipulating effect of the Google search engine on users' ethical decision making

Search engines have made it possible for its users to find the most relevant answers to the questions that they are looking for. However, search engines like Google, personalise their search results, which means that users are only exposed to information that Google thinks is most relevant and cannot access all the information that is available online. This can lead to the case that a user is not exposed to contradicting views when it comes to ethical issues. To measure if there is indeed a bias on the Google search engine for ethical issues a survey was conducted that compared more than 100 search results of students of different nationalities for search queries related to ethical issues. This study measured how often search results were one-sided towards an issue being either ethical or unethical. The results show that on average the search results are significantly biased towards an action being unethical when considering the first four search results. This is the case for not only Google but also for DuckDuckGo, which is a search engine that does not collect personal user information Especially if an issue is not considered as being of high importance to individuals, personalised search engines could therefore influence user’s ethical decision making in the long term by only showing them one-sided search results.
A recursive fast multiplier

This paper presents a recursive fast multiplication algorithm. The paper defines the algorithm and applies it to two's complement signed multiplication. A step-by-step approach is given that discusses the architectural and logic implementation in detail. A random, self-checking, simulation program verifies the correctness of the recursive multiplication algorithm. The paper analyzes the speed and gate count of the design and compares the results to other multiplier designs.
Exploring Municipal Utilization of Social Media in Performance Measurement and Management

In the last decade, governments have expanded the utilization of performance measurement and reporting techniques to include the application of social media activities. While each of the two trends has been explored distinctly, their intersection is oft en neglected. Through the analysis of the official Facebook pages from a random sample of Florida Benchmarking Consortium (FBC) participating municipalities, this study explores the utility of social media in the collection and dissemination of performance information. The results of the analysis suggest an insufficient application of social media for performance-related issues. Out of the three main social media strategies typically available to governments, push, pull and networking strategies, FBC local governments typically employ the push strategy, wherein the municipality reports performance directly to citizens, and to a lesser extent, the pull strategy, wherein the municipality attempts to engage potentially interested citizens attention. The networking strategy was not utilized, indicating the potential need for a greater use of social media platforms to engage citizen involvement in the performance measurement and management process.
Le signal monogène couleur : théorie et applications

Dans cette these, une nouvelle representation des images couleur basee sur une generalisation du signal analytique est introduite. En utilisant l'analogie entre les conditions de Cauchy-Riemann, qui definissent le caractere holomorphe d'une fonction, et l'equation de Dirac dans l'algebre de Clifford R_{5,0}, un systeme d'equations dont la solution est le signal monogene couleur est obtenu. Ce signal est notamment base sur des noyaux de Riesz ainsi que de Poisson 2D, et une representation polaire, basee sur un produit geometrique, peut lui etre associee. Les applications envisagees reposent majoritairement sur cette representation polaire et sur les informations de couleur et de structures locales s'y rattachant. Des problematiques liees au flot optique couleur, a la segmentation couleur multi-echelle, au suivi d'objets couleur et a la detection de points d'interet sont abordees. En ce qui concerne le flot optique, nous nous interessons a l'extraction du mouvement d'objets d'une certaine couleur en remplacant la contrainte de conservation de l'intensite par une contrainte de conservation d'angles. Pour la segmentation, une methode de detection de contours basee sur de la geometrie differentielle et plus particulierement sur la premiere forme fondamentale d'une surface, est proposee afin de determiner les contours d'objets d'une couleur choisie. Pour le suivi d'objets, nous definissons un nouveau critere de similarite utilisant le produit geometrique que nous inserons dans un filtrage particulaire. Enfin, nous resituons la definition du detecteur de Harris dans le cadre de la geometrie differentielle en faisant le lien entre ce dernier et une version "relaxee" du discriminant du polynome caracteristique de la premiere forme fondamentale. Ensuite nous proposons une nouvelle version multi-echelle de ce detecteur en traitant le parametre d'echelle comme une variable d'une variete de dimension 3.