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Effects of the numbers of foliar insecticide applications on the production of the oilseed watermelon citrullus lanatus

Citrullus lanatus is a creeping annual vine species belong to Cucurbitaceae. This plant is cultivated for its oleaginous seeds that are important in the social and cultural life of several peoples in Africa. Thus to improve its production field studies were conducted during two cropping seasons of 2007 to define an economically beneficial foliar insecticide application frequency to manage insect pests on the oleaginous C. lanatus in a woodland savannah zone of Cote d’Ivoire. Zero (control) to four sprays of a foliar carbamate-based insecticide (Cypercal EC 50) were applied at four plant growth stages (seedling emergence, stem creeping, male flowering, and female flowering) in a completely randomised block design experiment. Four beetles and one ladybird species were identified as the most damaging insect pests on the target crop. Seed yield and most of the yield components analyzed increased with increasing number of sprays, the highest values being obtained with 3-4 sprays, according to the growing season. Between seasons variations were noted for the seed yield and all the yield components, and attributed to the negative influence of low temperature and heavy rainfalls occurring during the second growing season (18 July to 16 December 2007). Keywords . Foliar insecticide, Carbamate, Citrullus lanatus, Cucurbitaceae, Yield, pest insects, beetles, ladybird.
A Causal Relationship Between Foreign Direct Investment, Economic Growth and Export: Empirical Case For Jordan

The purpose of this research is to focus on the association among exports, economic growth, and foreign direct investment in Jordan. Predictions for economic growth effects were completed for the time interval from the first quarter in 2003 until the fourth quarter in 2013. Cointegration and Vector Error Correction paradigm were executed. Consequences of the research asserts the presence of long run association links among study variables. Conclusions show that exports influence GDP in a positive way, comparatively foreign direct investment has no effect on GDP. According to the methodology employed, the study confirmed a negative association of foreign direct investment on economic growth for the case of Jordan.
Distance and Properties of NGC 4993 as the Host Galaxy of the Gravitational-wave Source GW170817

Recently, the optical counterpart of the gravitational-wave source GW170817 has been identified in the NGC 4993 galaxy. Together with evidence from observations in electromagnetic waves, the event has been suggested as a result of a merger of two neutron stars (NSs). We analyze the multi-wavelength data to characterize the host galaxy property and its distance to examine if the properties of NGC 4993 are consistent with this picture. Our analysis shows that NGC 4993 is a bulge-dominated galaxy with and a Sérsic index of for the bulge component. The spectral energy distribution from 0.15 to 24 μm indicates that this galaxy has no significant ongoing star formation, a mean stellar mass of , a mean stellar age greater than ∼3 Gyr, and a metallicity of about 20%–100% of solar abundance. Optical images reveal dust lanes and extended features that suggest a past merging activity. Overall, NGC 4993 has characteristics of normal, but slightly disturbed elliptical galaxies. Furthermore, we derive the distance to NGC 4993 with the fundamental plane relation using 17 parameter sets of 7 different filters and the central stellar velocity dispersion from the literature, finding an angular diameter distance of 37.7 ± 8.7 Mpc. NGC 4993 is similar to some host galaxies of short gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) but much different from those of long GRBs, supporting the picture of GW170817 as a result of the merger of two NSs.
The promoter of IL-18 binding protein: Activation by an IFN-γ-induced complex of IFN regulatory factor 1 and CCAAT/enhancer binding protein β

The IL-18 binding protein (IL-18BP) is a circulating inhibitor of the proinflammatory cytokine IL-18. It is constitutively expressed in mononuclear cells, and elevated expression is induced by IFN-γ. In this study, we characterized the IL-18BP promoter. We first showed that induction is at the transcriptional level and requires de novo protein synthesis. The IL-18BP promoter resides within 1.6 kb DNA upstream of the first exon and includes at least six regulatory elements. We identified in the basal promoter a gamma-activated sequence (GAS) proximal to the transcription start site (base 1), followed by an IFN regulatory factor 1 response element (IRF-E) and two CCAAT/enhancer binding protein β (C/EBPβ) sites, all of which are essential for basal promoter activity. Furthermore, GAS and IRF-E were essential for IFN-γ-induced transcription. Indeed, sera of IRF-1-deficient mice lacked basal and IFN-γ-induced IL-18BP. We found that after induction of IRF-1 by IFN-γ, it formed a complex with C/EBPβ, which bound to the IRF-E and GAS-containing proximal DNA. In contrast, the IFN-γ-induced signal transducer and activator of transcription 1 dimer did not associate with this GAS. In addition, we identified a silencer element and a distal enhancer at bases −1081 to −1272, which was also physically associated with IRF-1. The IRF-1–C/EBPβ complex described here probably plays a fundamental role in regulating additional IFN-γ-responsive genes.
The characteristic comparison of the accelerometer and the gyroscope in the measurement of human body sway

This study investigated the human body sway measuring instruments. An accelerometer and a gyroscope were used to examine patients with postural control related diseases in many studies. Some studies used either an accelerometer or a gyroscope attached to the head, chest, or waist to obtain the balance assessment parameters of body sway such as area, direction, etc. The purpose of this study is to identify the reliability between both sensors in human body sway analysis by assuming the human body sway as a simple pendulum model, and suggest an optimal measurement method using the acceleration and the gyroscope. The characteristic differences between the accelerometer and the gyroscope were illustrated, focusing mainly on the differences with respect to the position of the sensors. We confirmed that the magnitude, instead of three axis vector information, may be more useful in the body sway analysis.
Challenging Our Assumptions: Playwrights and the Drama Curriculum

With drama taught in a growing number of Canadian schools, the drama curriculum requires refinement. In particular, the playwriting component lacks an authoritative rationale. My research highlights 145 Canadian playwrights' views, some of which directly challenge assumptions in official curriculum documents and resource texts. Playwrights disagree with the use of teacher-assigned plots and fragmentary writing assignments. They also refute the widespread assumption that student writing may be graded after a first draft; playwrights consider revision an essential aspect of the writing experience and advise students to nurture a project through several revisions. They further hold that an opportunity for the writer to see her/his work performed is an essential element in the development of a student-written play. Comme de plus en plus de cours de theatre sont dispenses dans les ecoles canadiennes, il y lieu de raffiner le programme qui y a trait. Le volet dramaturgie, en particulier, manque de fondements theoriques qui feraient autorite. Dans cet article, 1'auteur fait etat des opinions de 145 dramaturges canadiens, dont certaines s'opposent directement aux hypotheses sur lesquelles reposent des programmes d'etude et des textes-ressources. Les dramaturges sont en desaccord avec l'utilisation d'intrigues donnees par l'enseignant et de travaux de redaction fragmentaires. Ils refutent en outre l'hypothese tres repandue selon laquelle les textes des eleves peuvent etre evalues apres un premier jet; les dramaturges considerent en effet que la revision est une facette essentielle de la r6daction et conseillent aux eleves de remettre leur ouvrage sur le metier plusieurs fois. Ils soutiennent 6galement qu'un element essentiel du developpement d'une piece composee par un eleve consiste en la chance de voir son oeuvre representee.
Defining Abdominal Obesity as a Risk Factor for Coronary Heart Disease in the US Hispanic Community Health Study/Study Of Latinos (HCHS/SOL)

of a dissertation at the University of Miami. Dissertation supervised by Professors Maria M. Llabre and Neil Schneiderman. No. of pages in text. (53) It is now well established that pronounced differences exist in prevalence of abdominal obesity across gender and ethnicity. Hispanic/Latinos, in particular, have been shown to have markedly distinct prevalence when compared to other ethnic populations around the world. Various organizations have highlighted the need to examine whether overall abdominal obesity cut points are appropriate for the use in this ethnic minority, particular highlighting the need of research among Hispanic/Latino residing in Western countries. This study used data from the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos (HCHS/SOL), the largest study of Hispanic/Latinos in the US, to: (1) establish optimal definitions for abdominal obesity among Hispanic/Latino adults, (2) determine the level of agreement between the presence of the metabolic syndrome diagnosed by the current Joint Interim Statement (IJS) definition and an updated definition with optimal abdominal obesity cut points, and (3) examine the association between the presence of the metabolic syndrome, diagnosed by both the IJS and our updated definition, and coronary heart disease (CHD). The sample was comprised of 16,289 individuals (59.94% female). Our results indicate than among US Hispanic/Latino adults, waist circumference cut points of >102 cm in men and >97 cm in women provide optimal discrimination for cardiovascular risk as judged by the presence of CHD. When using these cut points to create an updated metabolic syndrome definition among women, we found disagreement between our updated definition and the current IJS criteria for metabolic syndrome. The prevalence of the metabolic syndrome was overestimated by about 5% points among women based on IJS criteria when compared to our updated definition. Further, we determined that the performance of our updated metabolic syndrome definition as predictor of CHD was comparable to that of the IJS definition. In this paper, we provide for the first time an empirically-derived definition of abdominal obesity for use among Hispanic/Latino adults in the US. Future reports should examine our recommended waist circumference definition cut points and the performance of our updated metabolic syndrome definition as a predictor of cardiovascular risk among US Hispanic/Latinos in prospective designs.
The feedback triangle and the enhancement of dialogic feedback processes

This article explores some of the main barriers to the enhancement of feedback processes and proposes a framework for using dialogic feedback to foster productive student learning in the discipline. The framework suggests a feedback triangle focused on the content of feedback (cognitive dimension), the interpersonal negotiation of feedback (social-affective dimension) and the organisation of feedback provision (structural dimension). The interplay between these three elements is central to prospects for the enhancement of feedback processes. Derived from the framework is a set of six key features of optimal feedback practice which we represent as building blocks of an architecture of dialogic feedback. The paper concludes with a research agenda which suggests issues to be further explored in the cognitive, social-affective and structural dimensions.
Planning for Sustainability in Small Municipalities: The Influence of Interest Groups, Growth Patterns, and Institutional Characteristics

How and why small municipalities promote sustainability through planning efforts is poorly understood. We analyzed ordinances in 451 Maine municipalities and tested theories of policy adoption using regression analysis.We found that smaller communities do adopt programs that contribute to sustainability relevant to their scale and context. In line with the political market theory, we found that municipalities with strong environmental interests, higher growth, and more formal governments were more likely to adopt these policies. Consideration of context and capacity in planning for sustainability will help planners better identify and benefit from collaboration, training, and outreach opportunities.
Effects of Amount of Concentrate Supplement on Forage Intake, Diet Digestibility and Live Weight Gain in Yellow Cattle in Vietnam

Two experiments were conducted in central Vietnam to test the hypothesis that supplementation with a concentrate, comprising rice bran (45% fresh basis), maize (49%), fish meal (3%), urea (2%) and salt (1%), up to 2% of live weight (LW)/d (dry matter (DM) basis) would linearly increase digestible organic matter intake and LW gain of yellow cattle. In both experiments, there were five treatments, namely a basal diet of fresh grass fed at 1.25% of LW (experiment 1, elephant grass, Pennisetum purpureum; experiment 2, native grass) and rice straw (Oryza sativa) fed ad libitum or this diet supplemented with concentrate at about 0.3, 0.7, 1.3 or 2.0% LW. There were 4 male growing cattle per treatment in experiment 1 and 3 in experiment 2. Diets were fed for 44 (experiment 1) or 49 (experiment 2) days, with feed intake recorded daily, LW measured about weekly and digestibility measurements made over 7 days commencing on day 24 (experiment 1) or day 10 (experiment 2). The elephant grass and native grass had neutral detergent fibre (NDF) concentrations of 82 and 73% DM, and nitrogen concentrations of 1.3 and 1.8% DM, respectively. The rice straw used had a NDF concentration of 79-84% DM and nitrogen concentration of 0.8% DM. The concentrate had NDF and nitrogen concentrations of 33 and 2.8% DM. In both experiments, DM intake increased (p<0.001) linearly as the amount of concentrate consumed increased. Rice straw intake declined (p<0.001) (experiment 1: 1.24 to 0.48 kg DM/d; experiment 2: 0.95 to 0.50 kg DM/d) as concentrate intake increased. Grass intake was not significantly affected by concentrate intake in either experiment. The lowest amount of concentrate supplement increased forage intake, after which substitution rate increased as the amount of concentrate consumed increased. However, substitution rates at the highest amount of concentrate consumed were modest at 0.3 to 0.5 kg DM reduction in forage intake/kg DM supplement consumed. In both experiments, digestible organic matter intake increased linearly (p<0.001) (experiment 1: 1.16 to 2.38 kg/d; experiment 2: 1.30 to 2.49 kg/d) as the amount of supplement consumed increased, as did LW gain (experiment 1: 0.15 to 0.81 kg/d; experiment 2: 0.15 to 0.77 kg/d). This was associated with significant (p<0.01) linear increases in organic matter intake and apparent organic matter digestibility. Neutral detergent fibre digestibility declined as concentrate intake increased, but the effect was not significant (p = 0.051) in experiment 2. These results are discussed in relation to existing literature and potential to improve the profitability of cattle fattening in central Vietnam.
A dynamic panel threshold model to analyse The investment-growth nexus on a sample of advanced economies, emerging markets and developing countries

This paper studies the Investment-Growth nexus, resorting to a Dynamic Panel Threshold model, for a sample of 12 Advanced, Emerging Markets and Developing Economies. The model estimated a 2.042% and 7.603% inflation threshold for Advanced Economies and for the Emerging Markets and Developing Economies, respectively. The impact of investment on GDP growth is significant and positive for Emerging Markets and Developing Economies in both inflation regimes, whereas for Advanced Economies positive significance is only observed when inflation is above the threshold.
Wetland archaeology and the study of late Maori settlement patterns and social organisation in Northern New Zealand

This paper is concerned with prehistoric changes in the scale of settlement, social organisation and chieftainship in northern New Zealand. It suggests an excavation strategy for pa, describes examples of sites at a communal level and carries insights from wetland archaeology into the study of wider social landscapes. Increasing stress within landscapes is implicit in episodes of pa building, which occurred at different times in different places. Large strategic pa were built for regional defence and there is a suggestion of continuity into early history. A wider scale of organisation and leadership is implied for such times.
Students’ Internet Addiction: Study and Prevention

The information society reveals the social impact of the dissemination of information technologies. The purpose of this article is to study the negative social, psychological, and pedagogical implications of the Internet on young people. The authors analyzed the internet addiction problem among students (14-19 years) from the standpoint of the social health of the individuals and society as a whole. In a pilot study, which involved more than 600 adolescent participants aged 14-19 years (secondary school, college and university students), the authors have defined internet addiction as a complex phenomenon. The prerequisites of its development identify and highlights its formation in stages among students (mild fascination, passion, addiction, attachment). At the ascertaining stage of the experiment, a screening study was carried out to examine the state of internet addiction in young students in social networks. The results showed the necessity to design and implement internet addiction prevention programs for young students, which include three main blocks (motivational and cognitive, practice-oriented, reflexive), and a systematic plan for its implementation in the educational space framework. The stages of the experiment provided evidence of the authors’ proposed effectiveness of methodologies for young people aged 14-19 years. This article may be useful to pedagogues, psychologists, and parents of students, social workers, and researchers working in the field of addiction prevention among young people.
The Gait Pattern Predicted Model Based on Neural Network

Gait pattern planning of the Lower Limb rehabilitation robot, which is the key point of the efficient of rehabilitation. In our work, the walking motion was captured with a webcam using passive markers, and the joint data captured was curve fitted by the Fast Fourier Transform function. For generating the joint angle waveforms of the lower limb during walking, we introduced a method for gait pattern planning. The Generalized Regression Neural Network (GRNN) was applied to predict the Fourier coefficient vectors for a specific subject in this method. After the trained GRNN the Gait Pattern Predicted Model (GPPM) was built. In the end, the quality of the Gait Pattern Predicted Model (GPPM) was examined. The results show that the constructed waveforms closely match the actual waveforms based on the assessment parameter outcomes. From the experiment results, it can be demonstrated that this method is effective.
Effect of Alloying Elements (Mo and Al) on Biomaterials Ti-Ta Shape Memory Alloys

Titanium-Tantalum shape memory materials have widespread potential in biomedical applications In this research the alloy of (Ti-Ta) has been prepared by powder metallurgy technique use fixed percentage of Ta (30 at%), then the alloying elements (Mo and Al) has been added in different compositions (1 at%, 2 at% and 3%) to the master alloy (70% Ti -30% Ta) in order to improve corrosion resistance and mechanical properties . examination were done by using XRD, SEM technique, DSC, Vickers hardness, the porosity percentage and corrosion rate in different solutions (artificial saliva, Ringer solution and blood plasma). The XRD and microstructure results show that all samples with and without additives consist of two phases (β-phase) and (α-phase) at room temperature and the addition of Mo and Al in these percentages does not have effect on present phases. he transformatio n temperature decreases with the increasing in Mo percentage while this temperature increase with the increasing in Al percentage. The addition of Mo and Al leads to lower the hardness except 3% Mo this sample has highest value than the master sample. The porosity percentage decrease gradually with the increasing in the both Mo and Al percentage due to the better inter diffusion caused by these additives. From the corrosion results in 3% Mo the alloys have less corrosion rate than the master or other percentage (1 at% and 2 at %) In all solutions (artificial saliva, simulated body fluid( Ringer solution) and blood plasma) but the Al has a good corrosion rate in (artificial saliva and blood plasma).
LOW PROFILE BROADBAND ANTENNA ARRAY FOR HIGH-RATE CLOSE PROXIMITY WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS AT 60 GHZ

A broadband right-hand circularly polarized (RHCP) cross-type traveling wave antenna array is proposed for High-Rate Close Proximity (HRCP) point-to-point (P2P) wireless communication system at 60 GHz. Instead of low temperature co-fired ceramic (LTCC) technology, a single-layer structure of the proposed 2 × 1 element antenna array is fabricated with a conventional printed circuit board (PCB) process, to provide low manufacturing cost and low profile (0.05λ0 at 60 GHz). A wide impedance bandwidth (57-64 GHz, VSWR < 2) and broad RHCP bandwidth (57–64 GHz, axial ratio (AR) < 3 dB) are achieved. The RHCP gain is higher than 6dBic in the entire operating frequency band (57–64 GHz).
Detection of Salmonella spp contamination of carcasses slaughtered in poultry abattoir in Mashhad, Iran

A total of 60 neck skin swab samples were taken from 12 different broiler flocks after the chilling stage of processing at a commercial broiler slughtering facility in Mashhad. The presence of Salmonella was assessed by conventional culture method and confirmed by using poly O and poly H antiserum in serotyping. PCR amplification of invA gene as a specific method for detection of Salmonella was evaluated. In this study Salmonella was isolated from 11.66% of samples by conventional culture method, then in serological test 28.6% of them detected as serogroup B and 71.4% as serogroup C. In this investigation all positive results by conventional culture method were confirmed by PCR amplification. Because of rapidity and high specificity and sesitivity of PCR method, by standardization of this method, it could be concidered as an alternative to conventional culture method for confirmation of Salmonella presence in raw poultry meat.
Assessing the effects of measurement errors on the estimation of production functions

This article explores to what extent the poor results that are often found when estimating parameters of production functions can be attributed to measurement errors, due to the use of common price deflators across firms. Because of the lack of detailed micro-economic data, econometricians have to rely on industry-wide deflators when computing outputs and intermediate inputs. A unique feature of the longitudinal data used in this paper is that it reports firm-level prices. This allows for a comparative assessment of production function parameters where the outputs and intermediate inputs are computed using both firm-specific prices and industry-wide deflators. The empirical results presented in this paper show that the use of common deflators across firms leads to lower scale estimates, mainly because of a large downward bias in the estimated coefficients for labour. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.