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Agriculture faculty students’ meanings translation in conditions of the development of communicative competence

This article discusses psychological characteristics of communicative and speech competence of the agriculture faculty students. The authors pay attention to the study of students communication skills in the process of interaction, their ability to translate meaning, skills of information interpretation and effective meaning transfer. The study involved 120 students aged 17 to 23 years (M=20.75, SD=2.25 (37% men). Methods were used: a survey – “Communicative competence” of L. Michelson in the modification of Yu.Z. Gilbukh; testing – subtest No. 6 of the Wechsler test; analytic tasks – a method of supplementing / completing / restoring a speech utterance, a classification method; statistical methods (descriptive statistics , Mann Whitney U test, Kruskal-Wallis test). The study found that first-year students differ from senior students in communicative competence. The speech competence of graduate students in a qualitative aspect is better developed, however, it is distorted by the influence of personal characteristics and the situation. The research prospects are aimed at studying the differences in speech and communicative competence of students who completed training courses on the development of these abilities. It is also promising to study the characteristics of the process of meaning, as variables in the formation of speech and communicative competence.
The effect of age and ultimate pH value on selected quality traits of meat from wild boar

The meat from hunted wild boar juveniles (N = 18) and yearlings (N = 17) was analysed to assess the influence of age and the ultimate pH value on selected quality traits. The analysed meat of 55.56% of the juveniles and 64.71% of the yearlings was characterised with normal pH. The pH had been measured 24 and 48 h post mortem. More cases of high ultimate pH (pHu > 5.8) and high maximal pH (about 6.2) have been noted in the meat of younger animals compared with older ones. We found no effect of pHu on the colour coordinates of analysed wild boar meat. A slight effect of age was observed for the lightness (L*) coordinate. The postmortem time was the most important factor influencing meat colour [L*, yellowness (b*), and hue angle]. A high pHu was related to lower drip loss (P = 0.001), lower percentage of free water (P = 0.036), lower cooking loss (P = 0.001), and lower plasticity (P = 0.042). The meat from juveniles showed higher plasticity than meat from yearlings. Summing up, both the pHu level and the age of wild boars may affect some qualitative patterns of meat, changing the technological usability of this raw animal product.
Examining the Prevalence of Obesity in Croatia: The Story of the Mediterranean Diet

The objective of this study is to establish a causal relationship between the Mediterranean diet (MD) and various measures of overweightness using the Croatian Adult Health Survey 2003 data. Our results show that among three measures of obesity (body mass index, waist-to-hip ratio (WHR) and obesity (BMI ≥ 30), we found statistically the most convincing relationship between the BMI and the MD. Our results show that an increase in the Mediterranean diet aggregate index by 10% reduces the BMI by about 0.9%. When the MD10 index is replaced with the set of its ten constituent food groups, as a group, these food variables are jointly statistically significant, most of them have expected (negative) signs, and some of them are also individually significant. For the other two overweight measurements (WHR and obesity) we found that the impact of MD aggregate index is insignificant but when the index is replaced by its ten constituent food elements, these are jointly statistically significant in explaining the variation in the obesity measures.
A Study on Effects of Service Quality of Local Culture Art Service Quality on Effect and Customer Satisfaction

There has been a steady increase in cultural arts recently, and the need for "regional culture and arts" has been raised as local residents have been making efforts to increase income and develop local areas for regional development. Therefore, this study was intended to establish empirically the effects of local cultural and arts service quality on performance effects and customer satisfaction. Research shows that it affects economic and social and cultural effects as a service quality dimension, and performance effects affect customer satisfaction and intention to reuse them. However, research between customers and employees showed some differences. Through this research, we want to identify what important service quality factors are to satisfy the customers and employees who are watching the performance arts, understand the level of awareness of the effects of the performance, and provide an opportunity to enhance customer satisfaction with the audience and staff. ■ keyword :∣Local Culture and Art Education∣Service Quality∣Economic Effect∣Social Cultural Effect∣ Customer Satisfaction∣ 접수일자 : 2020년 03월 05일 수정일자 : 2020년 03월 20일 심사완료일 : 2020년 03월 20일 교신저자 : 문재영, e-mail : jaymoon@gdsu.dongseo. ac.kr 지역문화예술서비스품질이 경제적·문화적 효과와 고객만족에 미치는 영향에 관한 연구 559
Setting a course for marine mammal research in Western Australia

Given limited funding and increasing pressures on our natural resources it is becoming ever more critical that science be directed at improving our understanding and management of priority issues. This relies on dialogue and alignment between researchers and managers to ensure that appropriate questions are asked and the answers incorporated in robust and transparent decision-making processes which should include relevant evidence-based science. We used a prioritisation framework as a tool to bring managers and scientists together to discuss and agree on current priorities for research on marine mammals in Western Australia, including posing relevant questions. Eight species were identified as high priorities for fundamental research, including three dolphin species (Australian humpback, snubfin and common dolphin), three baleen whale species (Antarctic and pygmy blue and dwarf minke whale), the Australian sea lion and the dugong. The pressures we evaluated resulted in a priority need for research to better understand and mitigate impacts across a range of species, including noise pollution from shipping and vessel activity, climate change and fishing by-catch. Scientists and managers agreed on a set of topics and associated research questions for the high-priority species that would best inform ongoing conservation and management of marine mammals in Western Australia and that would have broad applicability nationally and globally. We provide an example of how these priorities can be used to develop a research program with targeted funding. Overall, this process has demonstrated the value of bringing scientists and managers together with a tool that allows them to jointly determine priorities and research questions.
Robust Estimation of Wiener Models in the Presence of Outliers Using the VB Approach

This article is concerned with the identification of a Wiener model, which is a widely used block-oriented nonlinear model. The identification of the Wiener model in the presence of outliers and process noises has not been well studied to date. We propose a graphical model to describe the Wiener process, where the outliers are modeled by Student's $t\text{-}$distribution. Due to the negative effects of the nonlinearity and latent variables on parameter estimation, the model is estimated using a variational Bayesian approach. We propose an effective method to approximate the posterior distributions of the latent variables. As a result, a new method for Wiener model identification is proposed. Compared with the straightforward maximum-likelihood estimation and the classical prediction error method, the proposed method is more robust and provides more accurate parameter estimates. The proposed method is used to identify the temperature dynamic of the phase-change cooling module of the high-performance chip.
Effects of the implementation of the HIV Treat All guidelines on key ART treatment outcomes in Namibia

Background This study aimed to help the Namibian government understand the impact of Treat All implementation (started on April 1, 2017) on key antiretroviral therapy (ART) outcomes, and how this transition impacts progress toward the UNAIDS’s 90-90-90 HIV targets. Methods We collected clinical records from two separate cohorts (before and after treat-all) of ART patients in 10 high- and medium-volume facilities in 6 northern Namibia districts. Each cohort contains 12-month data on patients’ scheduled appointments and visits, health status, and viral load results. We also measured patients’ wait time and perceptions of service quality using exit interviews with 300 randomly selected patients (per round). We compared ART outcomes of the two cohorts: ART initiation within 7 days from diagnosis, loss to follow-up (LTFU), missed scheduled appointments for at least 30 days, and viral suppression using unadjusted and adjusted analyses. Results Among new ART clients (on ART for less than 3 months or had not yet initiated treatment as of the start date for the ART record review period), rapid ART initiation (within 7 days from diagnosis) was 5.2 times higher after Treat All than that among clients assessed before the policy took effect [AOR: 5.2 (3.8–6.9)]. However, LTFU was higher after Treat All roll-out compared to before Treat All [AOR: 1.9 (1.3–2.8)]. Established ART clients (on ART treatment for at least three months at the start date of the ART record review period) had over 3 times greater odds of achieving viral suppression after Treat All roll-out compared to established ART clients assessed before Treat All [AOR: 3.1 (1.6–5.9)]. Conclusions and recommendations The findings indicate positive effect of the “Treat All” implementation on ART initiation and viral suppression, and negative effect on LTFU. Additionally, by April 2018, Namibia seems to have reached the UNAIDS’s 90-90-90 targets.
A Review Paper on the Role of Terrestrial Carbon Stocks for Climate Change Mitigation Mechanisms

Global warming is among the greatest terrible horrors of the modern times. The global carbon cycle is taking place in three main reservoirs (the oceans, the atmosphere, and terrestrial systems), which store carbon in different forms and varying amounts. The forest ecosystems have large potential to act as a temporary and long-term carbon (C) pool. Global forest vegetation stores 283 Gt of carbon in its biomass, 38 Gt in dead wood and 317 Gt in soils (top 30 cm) and litter. Globally, the litter C pool accounts for an estimated 5% (43 Pg) of all forest ecosystem C stocks. Agroforestry practices can reduce or remove significant amounts of GHGs through increased carbon storage in biomass above-ground and below-ground and in soil organic carbon. Roots are an important part of the C balance, because they transfer large amounts of C into the soil. Grasslands, including rangelands, shrublands, pastureland, and cropland sown with pasture and fodder crops, covered approximately 3.5 billion ha in 2000, representing 26 percent of the world land area and 70 percent of the world agricultural area, and containing about 20 percent of the world’s soil carbon stocks. Soils are the largest carbon reservoirs of the terrestrial carbon cycle 1500–1550 Gt of organic soil carbon and soil inorganic C approximate 750 Gt both to 1 m depth. On a global scale, carbon loss from soils is mainly associated with soil degradation, including accelerated erosion and mineralization, and land use change, and has amounted to 78+/- 12 Gt since 1850. The idea of Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation (REDD) was conceived by United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) as the main carbon emission reduction mechanism by developing countries. The implementation of improved land management practices to build up carbon stocks in terrestrial ecosystems is a proven technology for reducing the concentration of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere – offsetting emissions from other sources and drawing down atmospheric CO2. Keywords: Carbon sequestration, Terrestrial carbon, Global warming and Carbon stocks. DOI: 10.7176/JEES/10-8-04 Publication date: August 31 st 2020
Review on Facebook Impact on Social Life of Ethiopia University Student

Facebook use in university students of Ethiopia has been highly increased in last years and is hihly used social media among other social networking sites. This review examines the Facebook impact on social life on university student of Ethiopia. University is one of higher education institutions have great fear that student academic performance might affect adversely because students are paying more attention towards Facebook. Time wastage, developing psychological disorders, addiction to user, social aspect of life, predict or influence student behavior, decreases students grade are the negative impacts of Facebook on university students. Students use their smart phone and laptop to Facebook and they use Facebook to interacting, publishing, sharing things, mailing, chatting, posting purposes and academic accumulation of resources. DOI: 10.7176/IKM/10-5-03 Publication date: August 31 st 2020
Bone Mineral Density and Body Composition in Males with Motor Neuron Disease: A Study from Teaching Hospital in Southern Part of India

Background: Osteoporosis and sarcopenia are important aspects of motor neuron disease (MND). Individuals with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (MND-ALS) have an increased risk of falls and fractures. Currently, the standard of care does not involve a routine assessment of bone mineral density (BMD) and body composition in these patients. We aimed to assess BMD, bone mineral parameters and body composition in men with MND and compared them with healthy controls. Methods: Consecutive males between 50 and 80 years of age diagnosed as MND-ALS by revised El Escorial criteria and able to walk unassisted attending Neurology outpatient clinic were recruited into the study. Age, gender and body mass index (BMI) matched healthy controls were recruited from the local community. BMD and body composition were assessed by dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry (DXA). Bone mineral parameters and bone turnover markers (BTMs) were also assessed in them. Results: A total of 30 subjects with MND-ALS and 33 controls were recruited. The mean age (years) was 59.2 in cases and 61.2 in controls. The mean BMD (g/cm2) between the two groups was similar; however, BTMs were significantly higher in the MND group (P < 0.05). Subjects with MND-ALS had significantly lower mean appendicular lean mass (ALM) (19.9 versus 22.4 kg; P = 0.007) and ALM corrected for BMI than the healthy control group (0.858 versus 0.934 kg/kg/m2; P = 0.034). Sarcopenic obesity (Percentage fat mass >27% + ALM/BMI <0.786 kg/kg/m2) was more prevalent in MND-ALS compared to controls (44.5% versus 16.7%; P = 0.03). Conclusion: Although BMD was not significantly different between subjects with MND-ALS and healthy controls, BTMs were significantly higher in the MND group indicating a high bone turnover state. Sarcopenia and sarcopenic obesity were also more in MND-ALS group than controls. Routine assessment for bone health parameters and body composition indices may be included in management of the patients with MND.
Blockchain-Based Knowledge Automation for CPSS-Oriented Parallel Management

Traditional organization management typically follows a top–down pyramid structure, which is widely believed to have many problems in releasing innovation potentials. In the new era of intelligent technologies, knowledge automation is required to meet the urgent demand for rapid acquisition and application of knowledge. With the rapidly deepened integration of the real world and the virtual society, cyber–physical–social system (CPSS)-oriented parallel management proves to be an effective and efficient way in solving these problems. In this article, we utilize blockchain technology and smart contracts in knowledge automation and investigate blockchain-based knowledge automation, which can be used for CPSS-oriented parallel management. We also propose a management framework based on the smart contract and discuss a case study.
Validação de dados de onda de reanálise do Era-Interim para estimativa do potencial energético das ondas

Resumo. Este trabalho é um esforço de validação dos dados de reanálise do projeto ERA-Interim necessários para estimativa do potencial energético das ondas. Para tanto, foram realizadas análises estatísticas destes dados, comparando-os com dados obtidos de medição indireta por sensoriamento remoto pelo satélite de altimetria Jason-2/OSTM. Uma vez que os satélites de altimetria não medem o período da onda, foram utilizadas duas metodologias diferentes para estimar esses valores, a fim de serem utilizados na comparação. Como resultado, obteve-se uma correlação aceitável, uma vez que, para sete dos oito pontos analisados, o bias manteve-se abaixo de -0,16, e o coeficiente de Pearson próximo ou superior a 0,7. Os outros parâmetros também indicaram bons resultados, como índice de dispersão sempre inferior a 0,25, RMSE em geral baixo e com a razão dos desvios padrão não se afastando muito do valor 1. Com relação ao período da onda os resultados não foram conclusivos, mas a análise qualitativa indica uma tendência entre as séries de
A genetic perspective on the domestication continuum

Introduction Beginning with dogs over 15,000 years ago, the domestication of plant and animals has played a key role in the development of modern societies. The importance of domestication for archeology, biology, and humanities, means that it has been studied extensively. Over the past decades, new conceptual models of animal domestication have emerged from the archeological literature that are trying to break away from anthropocentric view of domestication. These models describe domestication as a gradual process, but also question the ubiquity of human intent during the early stages of the process (Ervynck et al. 2001, Vigne 2011, Zeder 2011). Under this view, domestication is thought as continuous the process by which a species alter, voluntarily or involuntarily, the phenotype of an other and assumes a significant degree of influence over its care and reproduction (Zeder 2015). These models stand in stark contrast with the traditional views that involve intent and strong directed breeding from humans (Bökönyi 1989, Clutton-Brock 1992, Larson and Fuller 2014).
Terapia manual en el síndrome de pinzamiento subacromial: Revisión sistemática

espanolEl objetivo de este trabajo fue analizar el efecto de las tecnicas de terapia manual (TM) en el sindrome de pinzamiento subacromial (SPS). Para ello se realizo una revision sistematica de ensayos clinicos publicados en los ultimos 10 anos en las bases de datos WOS, PubMed y PEDro. Se incluyeron 7 articulos que cumplian los criterios de seleccion. Las tecnicas de TM analizadas fueron: movilizaciones, manipulaciones y masaje. La TM produce mejoria en el dolor, la funcionalidad y el rango de movimiento en pacientes con SPS, por lo que deberia considerarse en el arsenal terapeutico para el abordaje del SPS EnglishThe aim of this study was to analyze the effect of manual therapy techniques (MT) on subacromial impingement syndrome (SIS). Therefore, a systematic review of clinical trials (published in the last 10 years) was carried out on WOS, PubMed and PEDro databases. 7 articles that met the selection criteria were included. The TM techniques analyzed were: mobilizations, manipulations and massage. TM produces improvement in pain, functionality and range of motion in patients with SIS, so it should be considered in the therapeutic arsenal for the SIS approach.
The Relevance of Gender in Tumor-Influencing Epigenetic Traits

Tumorigenesis as well as the molecular orchestration of cancer progression are very complex mechanisms that comprise numerous elements of influence and regulation. Today, many of the major concepts are well described and a basic understanding of a tumor’s fine-tuning is given. Throughout the last decade epigenetics has been featured in cancer research and it is now clear that the underlying mechanisms, especially DNA and histone modifications, are important regulators of carcinogenesis and tumor progression. Another key regulator, which is well known but has been neglected in scientific approaches as well as molecular diagnostics and, consequently, treatment conceptualization for a long time, is the subtle influence patient gender has on molecular processes. Naturally, this is greatly based on hormonal differences, but from an epigenetic point of view, the diverse susceptibility to stress and environmental influences is of prime interest. In this review we present the current view on which and how epigenetic modifications, emphasizing DNA methylation, regulate various tumor diseases. It is our aim to elucidate gender and epigenetics and their interconnectedness, which will contribute to understanding of the prospect molecular orchestration of cancer in individual tumors.
A Survey: Intrusion Detection System for Vehicular Ad-Hoc Networks (VANETs)

In recent years, the security issues on Vehicular ad hoc networks (VANETs) have become one of the primary concerns. Vehicular Ad Hoc Network has attracted both research and industrial community due to its benefits in facilitating human life and enhancing the security and comfort. However, various issues have been faced in such networks such as information security, routing reliability, dynamic high mobility of vehicles that influence the stability of communication. Furthermore, VANETs are vulnerable against attacks so this can directly lead to the corruption of networks and then possibly provoke big losses of time, money, and even lives. This paper presents a survey of VANETs attacks and solutions in carefully considering other similar works as well as updating new attacks and categorizing them into different classes. Keywords: Intrusion Detection System DOI: 10.7176/ISDE/11-4-02 Publication date: August 31 st 2020