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Prepregnancy Body Mass Index and Offspring Birth Weight in Women with Type1 and Type 2 Diabetes

Objective: To evaluate offspring birth weight in relation to prepregnancy body mass index in women with pregestational diabetes. Methods: A cohort study of 260 consecutive women with type 1 or type 2 diabetes, included January 2012 to May 2014, and classified as normal weight (prepregnancy body mass index <24.9 kg/m2), overweight (25.0-29.9) or obese (≥30.0). Results: Among 155 women with type 1 diabetes, 55% were normal weight, 27% overweight and 18% obese. Corresponding figures among 105 women with type 2 diabetes were 15%, 22% and 63%. HbA1c in early and late pregnancy and gestational weight gain were comparable across the body mass index categories in both diabetes types. Offspring birth weight across the body mass index categories was 3,514 ±471 vs. 3,534 ±483 vs. 3,483 ±499 g (mean ±SD) (P=0.85) for type 1 diabetes and 3,113 ±767 vs. 3,221 ±567 vs. 3,296 ±839 g (P=0.39) for type 2 diabetes. There were no associations between prepregnancy body mass index and offspring birth weight or birth weight SD-score after adjustment for HbA1c, excessive gestational weight gain, parity, ethnicity, smoking and diabetes type. Women with type 1 diabetes had higher gestational weight gain (15.1 ±6 vs. 11.9 ±7 kg, P <0.001), offspring birth weight (3,514 ±476 vs. 3,251 ±772 g, P <0.001) and birth weight SD-score (1.04±1.3 vs. 0.43±1.7, P <0.001) compared to type 2 diabetes while HbA1c was comparable. Conclusion: In women with pregestational diabetes, offspring birth weight was not associated with prepregnancy body mass index. Gestational weight gain and offspring birth weight were higher in women with type 1 compared to type 2 diabetes.
Southern Cross University ePublications @ SCU School of Arts and Social Sciences 2006 White “ Autochthony ”

Western conceptualisations of autochthony — that is, of being born of the earth itself — are a useful frame for understanding aspects of the settler Australian idea of “being a local”. The western tradition of autochthony underpins relationships between particular peoples and particular lands, and importantly, the implicit moral virtue of one people’s claim to specific territory over that of others. The virtue of being a local, of a local place or of the nation, rests on a false claim of white “autochthony” that to perform its social function must conceal Aboriginal autochthony. Bringing Australian settler claims of autochthony into the light enables its critical examination, and complements the critical examination of that other fictional people-land relation, terra nullius. The usefulness of white “autochthony” as an idea is not simply the deconstruction of its fiction. A critique of white “autochthony” opens local and national spaces to a constellation of ethical considerations. In particular, it institutes an ethics of location.
Fabrication of Novel Polyurethane Elastomer Composites Containing Hollow Glass Microspheres and Their Underwater Applications

Thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) elastomers are frequently used in underwater applications. Desirable polymeric materials have lower densities and lower swelling ratios for seawater and paraffin oil, along with better mechanical strength than TPU after impregnation. To fabricate desirable composites for underwater applications, hollow glass microspheres (HGMs), TPU prepared from poly(tetramethylene glycol) (PTMG), and methyl diphenyl diisocyanate (MDI) were used. TPU-grafted hollow glass microspheres (TPU-g-HGM) were prepared to fabricate a composite that has better interfacial adhesion between the TPU matrix and the HGMs. The tensile strength of the composite increased with increasing HGM content, whereas the swelling ratio and density of the composite decreased with increasing HGM content. At fixed HGM content in the composite, the TPU/TPU-g-HGM composite exhibited a lower swelling ratio and better tensile strength than the TPU/HGM composite. In addition, the TPU/TPU-g-HGM composite exhibited enhanced m.
FINAL PERFORMANCE REPORT Submitted to : Air Force Office of Scientific Research Contract / Grant Title : Hybrid Robust Multi-Objective Evolutionary Optimization Algorithm

Public reporting burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 1 hour per response, including the time for reviewing instn data needed, and completing and reviewing this collection of information. Send comments regarding this burden estimate or any other as' this burden to Department of Defense, Washington Headquarters Services, Directorate for Information Operations and Reports (0704-018. 4302. Respondents should be aware that notwithstanding any other provision of law, no person shall be subject to any penalty for failing to comply win i valid OMB control number PLEASE DO NOT RETURN YOUR FORM TO THE ABOVE ADDRESS. 1. REPORT DATE (DD-MM-YYYY) 10-03-2009 2. REPORT TYPE FINAL PERFORMANCE REPORT 3. DATES COVERED (From To) 01/03/2006 30/11/200! 4. TITLE AND SUBTITLE Hybrid Robust Multi-Objective Evolutionary Optimization Algorithm 5a. CONTRACT NUMBER FA9550-06-1-0170
A genetic test of metapopulation structure in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) using microsatellites

The principal objective of this study was to describe the pattern of genetic exchange and isolation of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) populations among geographical regions of the province of Quebec, Canada. Seven riverine populations, associated with three putative regional metapopulations (North Shore, Gaspe Peninsula, and Ungava), were analyzed using microsatellites. Our results did not support the putative metapopulation structure. Significant heterogeneity in allelic frequency was observed among most rivers independently of their location or group subdivision. Interpopulation genetic variance (φST) indicates less heterogeneity among rivers than χ 2 analysis and was mainly associated with the geographical distance of the most isolated rivers, the Natashquan and the Koksoak. Even with low genetic variance among populations, the overall significant allelic heterogeneity among rivers strongly suggests that each population, whether separated by thousands or tens of kilometres, should be considered and managed as a specific stock. Resume : L'objectif principal de cette etude etait de decrire le degre d'echange genetique entre des populations de saumon atlantique (Salmo salar) appartenant a differentes regions geographiques de la province de Quebec. Sept rivieres, associees a trois metapopulations regionales hypothetiques (Cote-Nord, peninsule de Gaspe et l'Ungava), ont ete analysees a l'aide de microsatellites. Nos resultats ne soutiennent pas une structure composee de metapopulations. Une heterogeneite significative des frequences alleliques entre la majorite des rivieres independamment de leur localisation ou de leur subdivision par region. La variance genetique interpopulation (φST) suggere une heterogeneite entre les rivieres mais a un degre moindre qu'indiques par les χ 2 et etait associee essentiellement avec la distance geographique des rivieres plus isolees, telles que la Natashquan et la Koksoak. Meme si on observe de faibles variances genetiques ou structure de population, l'heterogeneite allelique significative et generale entre les rivieres suggere fortement que les populations, voisines ou separees par des milliers de kilometres, soient considerees et gerees comme des stocks specifiques.
A fully distributed revocable ciphertext-policy hierarchical attribute-based encryption without pairing

Several appealing features of cloud computing such as cost-effectiveness and user-friendliness have made many users and enterprises interested to outsource their sensitive data for sharing via cloud. However, it causes many new challenges toward data confidentiality, access control , scalability, and flexibility. Ciphertext-policy Hierarchical attribute-based encryption (CP-HABE) can be a promising solution to the mentioned problems. But, the existing HABE schemes have several limitations in their key delegation and user revocation mechanisms. In this work, to solve these problems, we introduce the concept of fully distributed revocable CP-HABE (FDR-CP-HABE) system and propose the first FDR-CP-HABE scheme. The proposed scheme provides a high level of flexibility and scalability in the key delegation and user revocation mechanisms. Moreover, our proposed system is pairing-free and realizes lightweight computing in decryption phase. Indeed, by exploiting the computational operation outsourcing technique, most of the operations have been done by the powerful cloud service provider and very few computations have been leaved to the data user. Also, in our scheme the storage cost on the data user side has been decreased, compared to the other similar works. Moreover, using the hardness assumption of Decisional Bilinear Diffie-Hellman (DBDH) problem, we show that the proposed scheme is adaptively semantically secure in the standard model.
THE RISE OF EUROPEAN ADMINISTRATIVE SPACE: LESSONS LEARNED

Despite advances in contemporary research on the ‘European administrative space’ (EAS), no widespread understanding about its meaning, mechanisms and significance yet exists. This contribution offers a comprehensive conceptualization of EAS and takes stock of accumulated lessons learned. The development of EAS can be understood as a process of institutionalization of common administrative capacity at a ‘European level’. The contribution suggests that the rise of EAS can be analytically grasped in terms of three analytical dimensions: independence; integration; and co-optation. Taken together, these dimensions seem to capture central aspects of the integration of public administration in Europe.
SOME POTENTIAL PROBLEMS FOR MEASURING AMMONIA EMISSIONS FROM FARM STRUCTURES

The ability to accurately measure ammonia emissions from farm buildings is an important issue both for establishing emissions regulations and for effective evaluation of mitigation techniques. Most techniques for measuring emissions rely on sub–sampling within a space. This study examines the influence of sub–sampling under a variety of conditions on estimated ammonia recoveries. Tests were made using a large environmental chamber with controlled releases of ammonia from a gas cylinder from one of two positions within the chamber. Ammonia concentrations were measured in continuous air samples from either a single exhaust duct or a sampling port in the exhaust plenum where exhaust gases were well mixed. The chamber temperature was maintained at 22.2. C with an airflow of 10.5 air exchanges per hour. For measurements made in the exhaust duct, ammonia recoveries were 217% when the release position and the sampling duct were aligned in terms of chamber airflow, and were 52% when the positions were not aligned. Placing a wooden barrier between aligned release and measurement positions only reduced ammonia recoveries to 173%. In contrast, using an oscillating fan to disperse the ammonia release reduced ammonia recoveries to 78%. When measurements were made in the plenum, recoveries were essentially 100%, and placement of a continuously wetted barrier between the release position and the exhaust ducts did not influence recoveries. It is suggested that measurement of ammonia emissions be restricted to farm structures with well–defined airflows and a limited number of exhaust openings, and that the most accurate method for estimating ammonia emission rates would be to collect and mix all of the exhaust streams from a structure prior to continuously measuring ammonia concentration and airflow.
Prolonged development of normal and parthenogenetic postimplantation mouse embryos in vitro

Parthenogenetic mammalian embryos show reduced placental development and do not develop beyond the 25-somite stage. But non.parthenogenetic embryos in culture, without a functional placenta, can develop to 40 somites or more. We have therefore examined the possibility that parthenogenetic embryos might also show prolonged development in culture. After parthenogenetic activation and diploidization, 23% of CBA and 56-58% of hybrid ICBAxC57BL/6) F1 mouse eggs developed in culture to blastocysts. When transferred to pseudopregnant recipients: 60% of the CBA blastocysts implanted and 26% of these developed to somite stage embryos; 71-72% of the hybrid blastocysts implanted and 11-17% of these developed to somite stage embryos. Improved development of postimplantation embryos explanted into culture at about the 15-20 somite stage was obtained by opening the visceral yolk sac (without exteriorizing the embryo). All the normal Inon.parthenogenetic) embryos cultured in this way developed to more than 35 somites and many reached 45-55 somites. Under the same conditions, 11/17 diploid parthenogenetic CBA embryos developed in culture to more than 35 somites and 5 of these reached 45 somites; and 9/28 diploid parthenogenetic ICBAxC57BL/61 F1 embryos developed to 35 so mites or more and 5 of these reached 45 somites. The size and protein content of the parthenogenetic embryos aher culture was less than that of the normal embryos of equivalent stages. These results raise new possibilities for the analysis of parthenogenesis and genomic imprinting, including studies of the effects of adding to the culture medium specific growth factors and demethylating agents.
A Major in Science? Initial Beliefs and Final Outcomes for College Major and Dropout

Taking advantage of unique longitudinal data, we provide the first characterization of what college students believe at the time of entrance about their final major, relate these beliefs to actual major outcomes, and, provide an understanding of why students hold the initial beliefs about majors that they do. The data collection and analysis are based directly on a conceptual model in which a student's final major is best viewed as the end result of a learning process. We find that students enter school quite optimistic/interested about obtaining a science degree, but that relatively few students end up graduating with a science degree. The substantial overoptimism about completing a degree in science can be attributed largely to students beginning school with misperceptions about their ability to perform well academically in science.
Genetic background of the differences in timing of meiotic maturation in mouse oocytes: a study using recombinant inbred strains

Recombinant inbred strains of mice derived from CBA and KE strains were used for studying the genetic background of the duration of the first meiotic cycle which differs in oocytes from progenitor strains. Oocytes were screened in vitro for the timing of germinal vesicle breakdown as well as for the timing of first polar body extrusion, and the approximate duration of the first meiotic M-phase was calculated. Although oocytes from progenitor strains did not differ in the duration of germinal vesicle breakdown, this characteristic segregated in recombinant strains showing involvement of at least two genes. Because of the similar duration of germinal vesicle breakdown in CBA and KE oocytes, the difference in timing of first polar body extrusion (9 h and 12 h for CBA and KE, respectively) reflects the difference in the duration of the first meiotic M-phase. The timing of germinal vesicle breakdown and the duration of M-phase in recombinant strains were negatively correlated (P<0.01); in general, the more time needed for breakdown of the germinal vesicle, the shorter the M-phase. The timing of first polar body extrusion varied among strains: in some it was similar to one of the parental strains; in others it was intermediate between the two, which again shows the involvement of at least two genes in the control of this character. The linkage analysis suggests that one of the putative genes influencing the timing of first polar body extrusion may be situated near the Gpi-1 locus on chromosome 7, that is, in the region containing the locus for cyclin E. The possible involvement of cyclin E in the control of the timing of first meiosis in mouse oocytes is discussed.
Age Estimation Based on a Deep Model

In this paper, we propose a new age classification method based on a deep model. In our method, the fine-tuned deep facial age (FTDFA) model is used to extract facial age features. Age features output from the activations of the penultimate layer are classified by the Maximum joint probability classifier(MJPCCR). Three data sets are used to validate our approach. And we also send the age features output from the activations of the last layer into the MJPC and the SVM classifier separately, and compare their results. Experiments show that, the performance of our method is superior to that of the previous methods. Keywords—deep convolutional neural networks; fine-tune; face age estimation; maximum joint probability classifierstyling
Short lifetime components in the relaxation of boron acceptors in silicon

We present time-resolved measurements of the relaxation between the orbital states of the shallow acceptor boron in silicon. The silicon host was enriched Si-28, which exhibits life-time broadened absorption lines. We observed a wide range of T1 lifetimes from 6ps to 130ps depending on the excited state and the pump intensity. The fastest transients have not been observed previously in the time domain, and they are caused by the phonon relaxation responsible for the small-signal frequency domain line-width. We identify the slower components with an ionisation/recombination/cascade pathway.
agronomie : plant genetics and breeding Mechanisms involved in biocontrol by microbial inoculants

mdash; Biological control offers alternative environmentally friendly strategies for the control of phytopathogens in agriculture and horticulture. Biocontrol metabolites are designed so that they do not have any adverse effects on host plants or on indigenous microflora and, in addition, resistance to these metabolites does not appear to develop. As promising alternatives to chemical pesticides, some biocontrol agents have been found to produce a variety of antifungal secondary metabolites and lytic enzymes. The 2,4-diacetylphloroglucinol is a secondary metabolite produced by Pseudomonas fluorescens F113, a strain capable of protecting sugar beet against the causal agent of ’damping off’, Pythium ultimum; environmental and genetic factors involved in 2,4-diacetylphloroglucinol production are discussed. Stenotrophomonas maltophilia strain W81 (P) produces chitinase and protease enzymes and is capable of conferring plant protection against the disease-causing activity of Pythium ultimum in vitro; transposon mutagenesis and subsequent in vivo assays have demonstrated that the biocontrol ability of W81 (P) is mediated by lytic enzyme production.
Combining 3 D and 2 D for less constrained

Periocular recognition has recently become an active topic in biometrics. Typically it uses 2D image data of the periocular region. This paper is the first description of combining 3D shape structure with 2D texture. A simple and effective technique using iterative closest point (ICP) was applied for 3D periocular region matching. It proved its strength for relatively unconstrained eye region capture, and does not require any training. Local binary patterns (LBP) were applied for 2D image based periocular matching. The two modalities were combined at the score-level. This approach was evaluated using the Bosphorus 3D face database, which contains large variations in facial expressions, head poses and occlusions. The rank-1 accuracy achieved from the 3D data (80%) was better than that for 2D (58%), and the best accuracy (83%) was achieved by fusing the two types of data. This suggests that significant improvements to periocular recognition systems could be achieved using the 3D structure information that is now available from small and inexpensive sensors.
Geodetic and Geophysical Applications of High Precision Astrometry

Abstract : High-precision astrometry has a long history of making fundamental contributions to geodesy and geophysics extending centuries into the past, and has provided the foundation for many exciting developments in geophysics in the last several decades. In the 1970s, geodetic Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI) and laser ranging provided the first direct measurement of plate tectonic deformation of the crust. These techniques also have revolutionized the study of Earth rotation by providing sufficient precision to measure climate variability, internal structure, and physical properties. Astrometry will continue to be important in a variety of geophysical problems because of its unique ability to determine Earth orientation relative to a stable celestial frame. Sections discuss the following: astrometric contributions to geodesy, the International Terrestrial Reference Frame, earth orientation changes, improved tidal models, contributions to geophysics, the solid Earth, and the climate.
Cloud Computing: Cloud Security to Trusted Cloud

Cloud computing, with exciting market prospects, has a number of potential risks and safety issues to the cloud services users. After an objective analysis of the security challenge and problem, in current cloud computing development, the latest research progress in the field of cloud security were summarized. Finally, the important research directions in the field were pointed out. It’s will be a new trend for the cloud computing and trusted computing technology to integrate.
A New Feature Selection Method based on Intuitionistic Fuzzy Entropy to Categorize Text Documents

Selection of highly discriminative feature in text document plays a major challenging role in categorization. Feature selection is an important task that involves dimensionality reduction of feature matrix, which in turn enhances the performance of categorization. This article presents a new feature selection method based on Intuitionistic Fuzzy Entropy (IFE) for Text Categorization. Firstly, Intuitionistic Fuzzy C-Means (IFCM) clustering method is employed to compute the intuitionistic membership values. The computed intuitionistic membership values are used to estimate intuitionistic fuzzy entropy via Match degree. Further, features with lower entropy values are selected to categorize the text documents. To find the efficacy of the proposed method, experiments are conducted on three standard benchmark datasets using three classifiers. F-measure is used to assess the performance of the classifiers. The proposed method shows impressive results as compared to other well known feature selection methods. Moreover, Intuitionistic Fuzzy Set (IFS) property addresses the uncertainty limitations of traditional fuzzy set.
B, V and I photometry of the intermediate metallicity bulge globular clusters NGC 6325 and NGC 6355

Colour-Magnitude Diagrams are presented for the globular clusters NGC 6325 and NGC 6355. These clusters are embedded in crowded bulge fields. Both clusters are concentrated and have blue Horizontal Branches, and NGC 6325 shows a blue tail. We derive a reddening E(B V) 0:95 and a distance from the Sun d 6:9 kpc for NGC 6325, and E(B V) 0:78 and d 8:8 kpc for NGC 6355. They are both at1 kpc from the Galactic center, above the plane. The metallicity has been estimated based on red giant branch morphology, being consistent with an intermediate metallicity of (Fe=H) 1: 3f or both clusters, at the lower end of the metallicity distribution of bulge field stars. They add to the list of blue Horizontal Branch clusters with intermediate metallicities within the bulge volume.