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Achieving eatwell plate recommendations: is this a route to improving both sustainability and healthy eating?

Summary By using data from the National Diet and Nutrition Survey (NDNS) rolling programme, the objective was to determine the extent to which consumers meet the nutrition guidelines implicit in the eatwell plate; to profile those eating healthily and gain insight on how they achieved the recommendations and whether in doing so, their eating pattern was also potentially more sustainable. Only 4% of adults simultaneously met five targets related to fat, saturated fatty acids (SFA), 5 A DAY fruit and vegetables, fibre (non-starch polysaccharide; NSP) and protein intake and, with the exception of target protein intake, the majority of people (51%) achieved none of the guidelines. The addition of the oil-rich fish recommendation reduces those meeting all six targets to 1%. Just 12% of the population (n = 94) met the three targets for fat, SFA and fruit and vegetable intake. These were designated achievers, who tended to be older by 5 years and to have a degree (P < 0.05), while non-achievers were more likely to smoke (P < 0.05). Energy intakes were slightly lower in achievers (non-significant), who had significantly lower fat and SFA intakes and higher intakes of protein. Intakes of NSP were significantly higher among achievers, who on average met the dietary reference value for NSP. The main NDNS food groups with a significantly higher intake in achievers were skimmed milks, chicken and turkey dishes, white fish (not fried) and shellfish and wholemeal breads, while non-achievers consumed more coated chicken, meat pies and pastries, cheese, whole milks and white bread. It appears that the achievers have reduced the fat content of their diet by focussing on lower fat/higher fibre alternatives within the same category of foods rather than introducing more plant foods such as legumes, nuts and seeds. There is growing interest in the future sustainability of current dietary patterns in light of expected climate change and an expanding global population. Although only one facet of a very complex picture, plant foods are typically associated with fewer greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions than those of animal origin. On this limited basis, achievers were not necessarily eating more sustainably. It is suggested, by reference to literature values (primarily for potential GHG emissions of food production), that with some rebalancing and through the inclusion in current UK dietary patterns of more plant foods, particularly more plant proteins and starchy foods, the existing eatwell plate could not only provide the basis of a cost-effective healthy diet, but also a potentially more sustainable one too. However, in order to meet these joint objectives, improved consumer understanding and practical advice on how to use the eatwell plate in this way is clearly required.
Developing and Evaluating a Novel Technique for Recording and Asynchronous Delivery of Lectures

A novel and inexpensive technique for recording the handwritten, audio and video information in a lecture is described. The recording may be streamed to a standard, free, multimedia player over any Internet connection (from 56kbaud modem upwards). In being able to handle graphical and mathematical material this method is particularly suited to the delivery of engineering lectures to off-campus students. An evaluation of student impressions of the technique is presented, and conclusions are drawn.
Verification of feature regions for stops and fricatives in natural speech

The presence of acoustic cues and their importance in speech perception have long remained debatable topics. In spite of several studies that exist in this field, very little is known about what exactly humans perceive in speech. This research takes a novel approach towards understanding speech perception. A new method, named three-dimensional deep search (3DDS), was developed to explore the perceptual cues of 16 consonant-vowel (CV) syllables, namely /pa/, /ta/, /ka/, /ba/, /da/, /ga/, /fa/, /Ta/, /sa/, /Sa/, /va/, /Da/, /za/, /Za/, from naturally produced speech. A verification experiment was then conducted to further verify the findings of the 3DDS method. For this purpose, the time-frequency coordinate that defines each CV was filtered out using the short-time Fourier transform (STFT), and perceptual tests were then conducted. A comparison between unmodified speech sounds and those without the acoustic cues was made. In most of the cases, the scores dropped from 100% to chance levels even at 12 dB SNR. This clearly emphasizes the importance of features in identifying each CV. The results confirm earlier findings that stops are characterized by a short-duration burst preceding the vowel by ≈ 10 cs in the unvoiced case, and appearing almost coincident with the vowel in the voiced case. As has been previously hypothesized, we confirmed that the F2 transition plays no significant role in consonant identification. 3DDS analysis labels the /sa/ and /za/ perceptual features as an intense frication noise around 4 kHz, preceding the vowel by ≈ 15–20 cs, with the /za/ feature being around 5 cs shorter in duration than that of /sa/; the /Sa/ and /Za/ events are found to be frication energy near ≈ 2 kHz, preceding the vowel by ≈ 17–20 cs. /fa/ has a relatively weak burst and frication energy over a wide-band including 2–6 kHz, while /va/ has a cue in the 1.5 kHz mid-frequency region preceding the vowel by ≈ 7–10 cs. New information is established regarding /Da/ and /Ta/, especially with regards to the nature of their significant confusions. ii To my parents, for inspiring me every day
Double-Bounding R-tree: A Novel Approach to Index Digital Camera's Viewable Scene

Geographic Information System (GIS) applications now increasingly make use of geo-located multimedia data such as images and videos. Furthermore, the widespread use of smartphones (and increasingly tablets) and the rapid improvement of hardware has enabled the acquisition of high-definition user-generated videos that are annotated with geo-properties. The sensor meta-data (e.g., GPS and digital compass values), which associate a continuous stream of location and viewing direction information with the collected videos, are considerably smaller in size than the visual content and are helpful in effectively and efficiently manage and search through large repositories of videos. In this paper, we proposed the Double-Bounding R-tree (DBR-tree), which utilizes the inner-bounding rectangle and outer bounding rectangle to manage the camera's field of view. Experimental results show that this structure can prune the unnecessary overlap calculation and improve the spatial query performance.
From Hand to Mouth: The Origins of Language

Preface vii Acknowledgments xi Chapter 1. What Is Language? 1 Chapter 2. Do Animals Have Language? 21 Chapter 3. In the Beginning Was the Gesture 41 Chapter 4. On Our Own Two Feet 66 Chapter 5. Becoming Human 82 Chapter 6. Signed Language 102 Chapter 7. It's All Talk 126 Chapter 8. Why Are We Lopsided? 159 Chapter 9. From Hand to Mouth 184 Chapter 10. Synopsis 213 References 221 Index 247
Audit commitee establishment in Malaysia: some insight prior to the Asian 1997 financial crisis

Kajian ini melihat motif utama penubuhan jawatankuasa audit di kalangan syarikat tersenarai di Malaysia. Tujuan utama kajian ini ialah untuk membantu memberi penjelasan kepada penemuan yang tidak tekal bagi kajian yang melibatkan keberkesanan jawatankuasa audit di Malaysia sebelum ini. Sebuah soal selidik yang terdiri dari dua belas perkara yang bertujuan untuk melihat motif utama penubuhan jawatankuasa audit telah diedar kepada juruaudit dalaman syaraikat yang dikenalpasti secara rawak dari kalangan syarikat yang tersenarai di Bursa Saham Kuala Lumpur. Analisis menunjukkan motif utama penubuhan jawatankuasa audit ialah untuk mematuhi keperluan penyenaraian di BSKL. Dengan motif yang sedemikian, keberkesanan jawatankuasa audit adalah diragui dan ini mungkin menjelaskan kepada penemuan yang tidak tekal untuk kajian melibatkan keberkesanan jawatankuasa audit di Malaysia sebelum ini. Bukti ini juga menyokong penemuan kajian oleh Al-Murisi et al. (1997) yang mendapati bahawa majoriti syarikat yang tersenarai menubuhkan jawatankuasa audit ketika tarikh akhir yang ditetapkan oleh BSKL sudah hampir.
The clinical case of sildenafil administration in a very premature infant with pulmonary hypertension

We report the use of oral sildenafil in a 7-month-old preterm newborn with severe bronchopulmonary dysplasia and pulmonary arterial hypertension refractory to captopril and inhaled budesonide, and need of consistent oxygenation. Sildenafil was prepared as a powder for oral administration. Oral sildenafil treatment was continued for 11 months. Oxygen supplement was suspended after 4 months and captopril administration was finished after 7 months of sildenafil treatment. There were no adverse effects during the treatment period. The respiratory failure decreased significantly and pulmonary arterial pressure became normal after 7 months of sildenafil treatment.
RasMol v2.4 A Molecular Visualisation Program

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On Derivation: Syntax and Rhetoric

All of us know what we mean, or think we know what we mean, when we say that one musical passage is derived from another; yet we may find it hard to come up with a precise definition that will fit all those cases that we consider examples of derivation, and only those cases. I have previously suggested the following formulation: y is derived from x (y<-x), or, to use the active voice, x generates y (x--y), if y resembles x and y follows x' either immediately, as in a consequent phrase, or remotely, as in a reprise. By 'resembles' I mean 'sounds like', with emphasis on 'sounds'; for in this context I have no interest in the type of derivation that can be demonstrated quasi-mathematically but is audible, if at all, only to computers. From the listener's point of view a restriction I shall observe for the present my formulation may seem a reasonable one, and I even rashly claimed that it often offers 'the only objective basis of the situation we interpret subjectively as derivation'. 2 The truth of the matter, however, is that of the two stipulations only one the order of the events is really objective; but, as we shall see, it is not always reliable. The other stipulation that of resemblance may be more reliable, but it is anything but objective. No resemblance, except in the case of exact repetition, is precise; most derivation, therefore, is partial, retaining certain aspects of the original and rejecting others. One's acceptance of a given instance of derivation accordingly depends on one's view of the relative importance of those aspects. Not only is the assessment of resemblance subjective; but in addition, the decision as to what counts as sufficient in this regard is based on conscious or subconscious presuppositions. Compare the Minuetto of the 'Jupiter' Symphony with the corresponding Intermezzo of Brahms's Second Symphony. Normally we say that the trio of the Mozart movement is not derived from the initial song-form (although no doubt R6ti could have demonstrated the contrary), but that the first contrasting Presto of the Brahms movement is indeed derived from the Allegretto section. Yet does the Brahms Presto resemble its Allegretto more closely than the Mozart trio resembles its minuet? Or, if you prefer, is it more closely related to, or is it more organically connected
Health Status and Health Care Access of Farm and Rural Populations

Rural residents have higher rates of age-adjusted mortality, disability, and chronic disease than their urban counterparts, though mortality and disability rates vary more by region than by metro status. Contributing negatively to the health status of rural residents are their lower socioeconomic status, higher incidence of both smoking and obesity, and lower levels of physical activity. Contributing negatively to the health status of farmers are the high risks from workplace hazards, which also affect other members of farm families who live on the premises and often share in the work; contributing positively are farmers’ higher socioeconomic status, lower incidence of smoking, and more active lifestyle. Both farm and rural populations experience lower access to health care along the dimensions of affordability, proximity, and quality, compared with their nonfarm and urban counterparts.
Feral Cats: An Overview

Humans and cats have a long and complex history together. Since the nineteenth century, contradictory ideas about the need to protect and care for cats have moved us toward a shift in ideas, values, and behaviors to a more benign perception of cats than was generally the case in previous centuries. In some quarters, but not all, even feral cats have begun to be seen as worthy of our study and humane treatment. In many countries, the welfare of all cats has become a focus of public concern, but nowhere is the shift in values reflected more than in the focus on feral cats—defined as unowned and unsocialized cats. Feral cats likely exist everywhere humans have traveled, whether deliberately introduced to control rodents and other pests, when they accidentally escape the home, or when they have been deliberately abandoned.
Deletion Analysis Of The Duchenne/Becker Muscular Dystrophy Gene Using Multiplex Polymerase Chain Reaction

The diagnosis of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD) and Becker Muscular Dystrophy (BMD) is mainly based on clinical profile, serum CPK values, muscle biopsy and immunostaining for dystrophin. Most recent and accurate method for diagnosing DMD/BMD is by detection of mutations in the DMD gene. This was done in 100 unrelated patients using 19 exons including the promoter region in two sets of multiplex polymerase chain reaction (PCR). These primers amplify most of the exons in the deletion prone 'hotspot' regions allowing determination of deletion end point. Intragenic deletions were detected in 74 patients indicating that the use of PCR-based assays will allow deletion detection help in prenatal diagnosis for most of the DMD/BMD patients. The frequency of deletions observed in the present study was 74%.
Analyse des mécanismes de défaillance dans les transistors de puissance radiofréquences HEMT AlGaN/GaN

Les HEMT AlGaN/GaN sont en passe de devenir incontournables dans le monde de l'amplification de puissance radiofrequence, grâce a leurs performances exceptionnelles. Cependant,en raison de la relative jeunesse de cette technologie, des etudes de fiabilite dans plusieurs modes de fonctionnement sont toujours necessaires pour comprendre les mecanismes de defaillance propres a ces composants et responsables de leur vieillissement. Cette etude porte sur l'analyse des defaillances dans les transistors HEMT AlGaN/GaN de puissance,en regime de fonctionnement de type RADAR (pulse et sature). Elle s'appuie sur la conception d'amplificateurs de test, leur caracterisation et leur epreuve sur bancs de vieillissement. La mise en place d'une methodologie visant a discriminer les mecanismes de degradation preponderants, conjointement a une analyse micro-structurale des composants vieillis, permet d'etablir le lien entre l'evolution des performances electriques et l'origine physique de ces defauts.
User, Gesture and Robot Behaviour Adaptation for Human-Robot Interaction

Human-robot interaction has been an emerging research topic in recent year because robots are playing important roles in today’s society, from factory automation to service applications to medical care and entertainment. The goal of human-robot interaction (HRI) research is to define a general human model that could lead to principles and algorithms allowing more natural and effective interaction between humans and robots. Ueno [Ueno, 2002] proposed a concept of Symbiotic Information Systems (SIS) as well as a symbiotic robotics system as one application of SIS, where humans and robots can communicate with each other in human friendly ways using speech and gesture. A Symbiotic Information System is an information system that includes human beings as an element, blends into human daily life, and is designed on the concept of symbiosis [Ueno, 2001]. Research on SIS covers a broad area, including intelligent human-machine interaction with gesture, gaze, speech, text command, etc. The objective of SIS is to allow non-expert users, who might not even be able to operate a computer keyboard, to control robots. It is therefore necessary that these robots be equipped with natural interfaces using speech and gesture. There are several researches on human robot interaction in recent years especially focussing assistance to human. Severinson-Eklundh et. al. have developed a fetch-and-carry-robot (Cero) for motion-impaired users in the office environment [Severinson-Eklundh, 2003]. King et. al. [King, 1990] developed a ‘Helpmate robot’, which has already been deployed at numerous hospitals as a caregiver. Endres et. al. [Endres, 1998] developed a cleaning robot that has successfully been served in a supermarket during opening hours. Siegwart et. al. described the ‘Robox’ robot that worked as a tour guide during the Swiss national Exposition in 2002 [Siegwart, 2003]. Pineau et. al. described a mobile robot ‘Pearl’ that assists elderly people in daily living [Pineau, 2003]. Fong and Nourbakhsh [Fong, 2003] have summarized some applications of socially interactive robots. The use of intelligent robots encourages the view of the machine as a partner in communication rather than as a tool. In the near future, robots will interact closely with a group of humans in their everyday environment in the field of entertainment, recreation, health-care, nursing, etc. Although there is no doubt that the fusion of gesture and speech allows more natural human-robot interaction, for single modality gesture recognition can be considered more reliable than speech recognition. Human voice varies from person to person, and the system
Object Properties in Discrete Event Simulation: Attributes, Functions and non-typical Behavior

Depending on what is the role of the simulationist in the whole process of creating and using a simulation program the response may be yes or not. It seems that the commercial simulation tools are being developed in order to prevent the user from any coding and to make all the mathematics (statistical considerations) as transparent and simple as possible. To say that this is a correct tendency, first of all we must know who the simulationist is. If he/she is an industrial engineer, a sociologist, a warehouse manager or just an amateur, the tool should be "fast and easy", and the simulationist need not be a programmer or a mathematician (user of kind 1). However, if he/she is a professional simulationist who develops simulations in serious and professionally advanced way, he/she should be able to create and code necessary algorithms and be aware of the model mathematics (user of kind 2). While teaching computer simulation it is not always clear to which kind of users we should address. This is an important question, because the contents of the simulation course and the tools used, strongly depend on the student/user kind.
TREATMENT OF DELAYED OVULATION IN DAIRY CATTLE

A total of 44 repeat breeding cows with clinical history of delayed ovulation were divided into 3 groups consisting of 9, 6 and 29 animals in group-I, II and III respectively. Animals of group-I and II were treated with HCG and placentrex as single dose 4 hours before insemination respectively. Animals of group-III were inseminated twice or thrice at 24 hours interval depending on the duration of estrus. Conception rate was found to be higher in animals of group-III (72.41%) than in animals of either group-I (66.67%) or group-II (33.33%).
A case study of serial killers

The term “Serial Killer” today has become a catch-phrase with the popular press churning out books and movies centred on the serial killer. Some cases of serial killings appearing in electronic and print media from time to time are summarized in this paper with discussion on the possible causes and background of serial killings and role of forensic medicine and other experts in the investigation of the heinous crime, measures to treat the offenders and check the incidences.
Suivi par capteurs passifs des polluants émergents dans les eaux de surface en contexte urbain

L’etude a pour objectif de determiner la qualite des eaux de surface sous differentes conditions climatiques et pratiques de gestion des eaux de surface. Trois sites ont etes choisis pour: (1) la riviere Jalle de Blanquefort, (2) le lac de Bordeaux, France et (3) la riviere Pasig aux Philippines. Les sites francais presentent des collecteurs d'eau qui se deversent directement dans les eaux de surface. La riviere Pasig sert de collecteur d'eaux usees en l’absence de stations de traitement des eaux usees et collectees. Au cours des campagnes de mesure, il a ete possible de suivre l’impact de la variabilite climatique (pluviometrie) et d’evenements aleatoires sur la qualite chimiques (elements traces metalliques et polluants organiques) des eaux ; en combinant echantillonnage classique et par capteurs passifs. Les proprietes physico-chimiques de l'eau ainsi que les caracteristiques des particules et l'utilisation d'analyses statistiques permettent de preciser le comportement des molecules detectees et de decrire l’evolution hydrochimique des eaux de surface urbaines et estuariennes vis-a-vis d’aleas climatiques contrastes.