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The Determinants of Destination Management System (DMS) and CSFs Evaluation for Madagascar

Information and Communication Technology (ICT) has revolutionized the tourism industry. The rapid development of information and communication technology in the distribution and the intermediation of tourism products have a set new competitive environment for the tourism industry. This technological innovation has developed the destination management system. The DMS is the IT infrastructure used by a destination organization for the collect, the storage, the manipulation and the distribution of all kind of information in all its forms. It is also used for bookings and for other commercial activities.DMS is not yet implemented in Madagascar, but in the near future, the Malagasy tourist offices plan to adopt one. The goal of this study is to define the factors which allow the implementation and to evaluate the strength of each one of them through the CSFs system. The research will take the following three factors in consideration: environment, managerial, and technological. We will examine the influence of each factor according to the situation of the country. The CSFs will determine the interesting sub-factors which might have a significant impact on the success of the implementation of the device while the AHP analysis will evaluate the weight of each factor. The result will give the ranking in importance of the factors, in order to target political strategies. The 22 existing regional offices in Madagascar will be the population of the research; the study will mainly be qualitative and will be conducted through interviews. Besides, the research will suggest a policy on the implementation of the DMS in Madagascar, and the aim is to give a global vision in helping the tourist offices of Madagascar to successfully adopt the DMS. Therefore, this study will provide a new approach in the implementation of the DMS. Keywords : Destination management system (DMS), determinants, Critical success factors (CSFs), Analytical hierarchy process (AHP), Madagascar
Differential Gene Regulation of Lipid Synthesis in the Developing Seeds of Two Biodiesel Tree Species, Jatropha and Vernicia

The fatty acid compositions of Jatropha oil and Vernicia oil are strikingly different, which leads to a great difference in combustion performance, low temperature performance and oxidation stability. A comparative transcriptomic study was made in Vernicia and Jatropha, with a focus on the gene regulation of differential oil accumulation process. Transcriptome sequencing was conducted with seeds at the initialand faststage of oil accumulation from both. More than 24 billion bases of cDNA sequence were obtained, with 49,583 and 45,414 high-quality unigenes identified for Vernicia and Jatropha seeds, respectively. Multiple comparative transcriptome approaches revealed a number of species-specific fatty acid desaturases (FAD2, FADX, FAH12 etc.) contributing to their differentiated fatty acid compositions in seeds of Vernicia and Jatropha. Meanwhile, the results suggested that DGAT majorly regulates TAG synthesis than PDAT in Vernicia seed, and PDAT may have more important role regulating TAG synthesis in Jatropha seed than in Vernicia seed. It was also implied that specific oleosins involving in oil bodies may have member bias and may affect lipid contents in seeds of Vernicia and Jatropha, as some of which were 30-50 fold up-regulated (with their RPKM values over 10,000 at fast-stage). Some important factors were identified and can differentially regulate lipid pathways in seeds of Vernicia and Jatropha. © 2016 Friends Science Publishers
Thinking through the Body: Yoga, Philosophy, and Physical Education

Philosophers sometimes hope that our discipline will be transforma- tive for students, perhaps especially when we teach so-called philosophy of the body. To that end, this article describes an experimental upper-level un- dergraduate course cross-listed between Philosophy and Physical Education, entitled "Thinking Through the Body: Philosophy and Yoga. " Drawing on the perspectives of professor and students, we show how a somatic practice (here, hatha yoga) and reading texts (here, primarily contemporary phenomenology) can be integrated in teaching and learning. We suggest that the course raised questions about the ethics of evaluation as well as about the split between theory and practice, which have larger pedagogical implications. How could philosophy redeem the deepest promise of the discipline to offer an education in which all aspects of the student—intellectual, emotional, spiritual, and physical—are brought to bear on learning and self-development? This grand—even grandiose—question has been asked in various forms by philosophers from Socrates to Henry David Thoreau to Edmund Husserl to Martha Nussbaum. It also finds a po- litical register in critiques of the discipline as it is institutionalized in contemporary universities; feminist, postcolonial, critical race, queer, interdisciplinary, and many "continental" thinkers (who are often—and not coincidentally—marginally positioned with regard to Philosophy departments) have all argued that mainstream philosophy polices its own boundaries in ways tacitly and overtly designed to maintain a narrowness of perspective and constituency that precludes any deeply self-critical analysis of its own investments, partiality, or pedagogical limitations. 1 Ask most faculty at most universities to discuss together their vision for educating the whole person, or for making philosophy self- and socially transformative, and few will have a ready model.
Towards a model for measuring holistic performance of professional Football clubs

This paper introduces an experimental model to measure the holistic performance of professional football clubs. The model utilizes a selection of established financial and sporting indicators, which are weighted in accordance with their perceived relative importance and in relation to components of financial management and governing body regulations. The paper uses data pertaining to clubs competing in the English Premier League to demonstrate the outputs of the model. The authors argue that although the model is experimental, it still provides a useful platform to analyse performance of football clubs through further scientific investigation.
Globalization and Inclusive Human Development in Africa

Abstract This study extents the literature on responses to a recent World Bank report on the African poverty tragedy by assessing the effect of globalisation on inclusive human development in 51 African countries for the period 1996–2011. Political, economic, social and general globalisation variables are used. The empirical evidence is based on Generalised Method of Moments (GMM) and Instrumental Quantile Regressions (IQR). While estimated coefficients are not significant in GMM results, for IQR, globalisation positively affects inclusive human development and the favourable effect is higher in countries with high initial levels of inclusive development. The main economic implication is that in the post-2015 development agenda, countries would benefit more from globalisation by increasing their levels of inclusive development.
Comparison of Empirical and Numerical Site Responses at the Tito Test Site, Southern Italy

The town of Potenza (Southern Italy) is one of the test sites for preparing ground-motion scenarios within the framework of the Italian Dipartimento Protezione Civile-Instituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (DPC-INGV) 2004-2006 pro- jects. An area in the neighboring village of Tito was selected to evaluate different techniques for estimating site effects involving a 40-m-deep instrumented borehole. This two-sensor vertical array records teleseismic, regional, and local seismicity. Close to the borehole, three seismological microarrays (utilizing short-period sen- sors and digitizers with a high dynamic range) were installed in May 2005 to record seismic noise. Differing acquisition geometries allowed the checking of any depen- dency in the derived dispersion curves based on the adopted analysis method (ex- tended spatial autocorrelation (ESAC) and frequency wave-number (F-K)). In gen- eral, the ESAC method appears to provide more reliable results in the low-frequency range. Furthermore, the soil-velocity profiles obtained from the microarray data were compared with the S-wave velocity profile derived from down-hole measurements. A good agreement was observed in the depth range well constrained by the data. Finally, empirical site responses were compared with those calculated numerically from the S-wave velocity profiles obtained from the microarray data. Although this comparison did not resolve a preference among the derived models, it showed the importance of downgoing waves in modifying the site response at the Tito site.
Ventral Rectopexy for Treatment of Rectocele: About 62 Patients

Disorders of the posterior pelvic floor are common. Their care is complex due to the diversity of symptoms and the frequency of their association. Ventral rectopexy has known an important development and used in the treatment of rectal prolapse. The purpose of this study was to report the experience of the ventral rectopexy for the treatment of rectocele and to evaluate the anatomical correction and the functional outcome. Our study presents very satisfactory results. Indeed, with a long follow-up of 34.3 months, the morbidity is minimal and the anatomical correction with a low recurrence rate is satisfactory. Our overall satisfaction rate is also very good.
The Influence of Allogenic Mesenchymal Stem Cells on the Hematological Status of Horses

Background: It has been reported that mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) have homing capacities after an intravenous injection and immuno modulating effects in vitro. However, there are no reports on their effect on the animal’s hematological status. Methods: Therefore, MSCs were isolated and characterized from a 4-years-old horse donor after having tested his blood on a wide range of transmittable diseases. Then, 6 horses (13- to 15-years-old) received a single injection into the jugular vein: 3 with MSCs and 3 with the carrier fluid consisting of DMEM and 10% of DMSO. Multiple blood samples were taken at different time points at the same time of the day: before the intravenous MSC (Veno-Cell®) injection ( T0) and 1 day (T1), 1 week (T2), 3 weeks (T3) and 2 months (T4) after the treatment. Results: In the control group no considerable changes were noticed over time, whereas, in all the treated horses, the baseline adjusted cortisol levels (P=0.0490) and number of neutrophils (P=0.0042) were significantly higher and glucose levels significantly lower (P=0.033). At time point T1, baseline adjusted blood thrombocyte levels were significantly higher in the treated group as compared to the control group (P<0.0001). On the other hand, baseline adjusted basophils, eosinophils, lymphocytes and monocytes remained approximately the same in all the horses regardless the treatment. Additionally, the levels of total protein, albumin, alkaline phosphatase and all the tested minerals were not influenced by the injections. Conclusion: In all patients consistent alterations in hematological parameters were noticed after intravenous allogenic MSC treatment. However, further research is warranted in order to verify what the exact influence of these changes might be on the animal’s metabolism, general condition and performance ability.
Successive Point-of-Interest Recommendation in Intelligent Business Area

With the development of location-acquisition and wireless communication technologies, people's behavior in Business Area can be recorded. Therefore a class of location-based services, in a particular intelligent business area, based on the user's current location and historical information, providing POI recommendation, has increasingly majority needs of users. This paper presents a method to solve this problem
Trends in registered blindness in eastern Bulgaria

Purpose : The purpose of the study was to evaluate the incidence and causes of registered blindness and low vision in Eastern Bulgaria. Methods : Documentation per each included patient based on archives of the Expert Disability committee was evaluated and divided in two intervals. The cumulative incidence per 100 000 was calculated in 3 severity groups for bilateral and monocular blindness and by residence. Results : The incidence of binocular blindness decreased from 63.79 to 41.61 for males and from 64.21 to 41.14 for females during the second period. Meanwhile, monocular blindness increased from 41.14 to 65.14 for males and from 33.01 to 48.83 for females. It rapidly increases after 60 years of age and is the highest for those over 80. Patients with visual acuity (VA) below 0.05 comprise 40-35%, between 0.06 and 0.1 – 22- 35%, and 0.15 to 0.3 – 38-34%. The proportion and incidence of patients with VA below 0.05 have decreased two times during the second period among residents of cities and remained high – 42–48% in the rural population. Severe monocular blindness was significantly higher among males across the whole population. In the age group below 19 years, the leading causes of binocular blindness were retinopathy of prematurity (ROP), congenital glaucoma, microphthalmos and congenital cataract and for monocular impairment – trauma and amblyopia. For those above 20, the main causes were glaucoma, end-stage diabetic retinopathy, cataract – both with significant reduction in the incidence, AMD and trauma. Conclusions : Systematic evaluation of the deteriorated quality of life and estimation of the cost of vision loss and eye diseases to individuals and their families as well as extended family caregivers and thirdparty payers, the health care system and Bulgarian society is essential in the development of evidence-based interventions that translate research into enhanced clinical and community practice and prevention of unnecessary visual impairment.
Calculating SPR distances between trees

The SPR distance between two trees is the minimum number of SPR moves required to convert one tree into the other. It has been proven as an NP‐complete problem. A heuristic to calculate SPR distances between trees is described. It performs favorably when compared with other existing heuristics, RIATA‐HGT and EEEP. Compared with RIATA‐HGT, the new method tends to produce better estimations when the trees are relatively similar, and worse estimations when the trees are very different (e.g., random trees); it produces results rather similar to those of EEEP, but orders of magnitude faster. A measure of tree‐similarity based on SPR distances is proposed, obtained by calculating the minimum number of weighted SPR moves (with moves to closer nodes being less costly). The resulting measure of similarity is symmetric (i.e., Dij = Dji, for any two trees i,j).
Characteristics of Mn x Si 1-x Te Compound Studied by Electron Magnetic Resonance and Other Experiments

The magnetic and other physical characteristics of Mn x Si 1-x Te have been investigated by electron magnetic resonance (EMR), X-ray diffraction (XRD) and other experiments. Mn x Si 1-x Te is found to have corundum structure for manganese contents up to 10% and also to be ferromagnetic for temperatures below 80 K. While ferromagnetic resonance signal coexists with the usual paramagnetic resonance signal, invariance of the g-factor inferred from the electron paramagnetic resonance signals throughout all temperature ranges clearly con-firms that the manganese ions are in the electronic 3d? state. The temperature dependence of EMR line-width is the same as other diluted magnetic semiconductors. From the EMR signals relaxation times T₂ and T₁ of Mn x Si 1-x Te compounds are estimated to be about 4.4×10? ¹? s and 9.3×10? s respectively and are found to vary slightly with temperature or composition change. Exchange narrowing of the EMR line-width becomes dominant for the sample in which the substitution ratio, x = 30%. For one sample, in which x = 0.5%, spin glass-like behavior is indicated by EMR signals for temperatures lower than 60 K. This behavior may authentic for samples within a certain range of x.
High-Precision Limb-Darkening Measurement of a K3 Giant Using Microlensing

We obtain high-precision limb-darkening measurements in five bands (V, VE, IE, I, and H) for the K3 III (Teff = 4200 K, [Fe/H] = +0.3, log g = 2.3) source of the Galactic bulge microlensing event EROS BLG-2000-5. These measurements are inconsistent with the predictions of atmospheric models at higher than 10 σ. While the disagreement is present in all bands, it is most apparent in I, IE, and VE, in part because the data are better and in part because the intrinsic disagreement is stronger. We find that when limb-darkening profiles are normalized to have unit total flux, the I-band models for a broad range of temperatures all cross each other at a common point. The solar profile also passes through this point. However, the profile as measured by microlensing does not. We hypothesize that the models have incorporated some aspect of solar physics that is not shared by giant atmospheres.
THIN BEAM STATIC STABILITY ANALYSIS BY AN IMPROVED NUMERICAL METHOD

Abstract. The finite volume meshless local Petrov-Galerkin (FVMLPG) method is a new meshless method for the discretization of governing differential equations. The motivation for developing this new method is to unify advantages of meshless methods and finite volume methods (FVM) in one scheme. The purpose of this paper is to develop and use of the FVMLPG method for static stability of thin beam problems. In this method, the weak formulation of a conservation law is discretized by restricting it to a discrete set of test functions. In contrast to the usual Finite Volume approach, the test functions are not taken as characteristic functions of the control volumes in a spatial grid, but are chosen from a Heaviside step function. The present approach eliminates the expensive process of directly differentiating the MLS interpolations in the entire domain. This method was evaluated by applying the formulation to a thin beam problem. The formulation successfully reproduced exact solutions. Numerical example demonstrates the present method yields accurate results for the critical loads.
Effect of exogenous growth regulators application on June fruit drop and fruit quality in Citrus sinensis cv. blood red

Two plant growth regulators gibberellic acid (GA3) and 2,4-D were exogenously applied in different concentrations alone and their combinations on Blood Red sweet orange trees two months after fruit set. June fruit drop and different fruit quality parameters were studied to evaluate the optimum concentration of the growth regulators. Fruit drop was non significant among treatments with a range of 10.87 % to 33.82 %. Fruit diameter and seed health was not affected by any of the treatments. Fruit weight was decreased by most of the growth regulator treatments compared with control. Juice quantity, TSS, total sugars and reducing sugars were improved by most of the treatments compared with control but in case of acidity and vit. C, there was not any clear cut trend of treatment effect.
Design of Two Novel Dual Band-Notched UWB Antennas

Two novel dual band-notched ultra-wideband (UWB) printed monopole antennas with simple structure and small size are presented. The size of both antennas is 25×25×0.8 mm3. The bandwidth of one of the proposed antenna can be from 2.7 GHz to 36.8 GHz, except the bandwidth of 3.2–3.9 GHz for WiMAX applications and 5.14–5.94 GHz for WLAN applications. The bandwidth of the other is ranging for 2.7 to 41.1 GHz, except the bandwidth of 3.2–3.9 GHz for WiMAX applications and 4.8–5.9 GHz for WLAN applications. Bandwidths of the antennas are about 512% and 455% wider than those of conventional band-notched UWB antennas, respectively. In addition, the time-domain characteristics of the two antennas are investigated to show the difference between both antennas.
Predicting product sales in fashion retailing: a data analytics approach

No mercado de retalho de moda, uma determinacao erronea dos montantes a comprar de cada artigo pelos fornecedores, seja por excesso ou defeito, pode resultar em custos desnecessarios de armazenamento ou vendas perdidas, respectivamente. Ambas as situacoes devem ser evitadas pelas empresas, como tal surge a necessidade de determinar as quantidades de compras de uma forma precisa. Atualmente, as empresas recolhem grandes quantidades de dados referentes as suas vendas e caracteristicas dos seus produtos. No passado, essa informacao raramente era analisada e integrada no processo de tomada de decisao. No entanto, o aumento da capacidade de processamento de informacoes promoveu o uso da analise de dados como meio para obter conhecimento e apoiar os responsaveis pela tomada de decisao com o objetivo de alcancar melhores resultados comerciais. Portanto, o desenvolvimento de modelos que utilizem os diferentes fatores que influenciam as vendas e produzem previsoes precisas de vendas futuras representam uma estrategia muito promissora. Os resultados obtidos podem ser muito valiosos para as empresas, pois permitem que as empresas alinhem o valor a comprar aos fornecedores com as vendas potenciais.Este projeto visa explorar o uso de tecnicas de extracao de dados para otimizar as quantidades de compra de cada produto vendido por uma empresa de retalho de moda. O projeto resulta no desenvolvimento de um modelo que usa dados de vendas anteriores dos produtos com caracteristicas semelhantes para prever a quantidade que a empresa vendera potencialmente dos novos produtos. O projeto usara como um caso de estudo uma empresa de retalho de moda portuguesa.Para validar o modelo, serao utilizadas varias medidas de regressao linear para quantificar a qualidade do modelo.
Roles of Ionic Environments in Growth of Human Cancer Cell and Potentials of Ion Transporter Blockers in Cancer Therapies

Cancer cells produce a large amount of H + due to high-rate glycolysis, however cancer cells keep the cytosolic pH (pH c ) slightly higher than that of normal cells even under conditions provided by a large amount of H + due to high-rate glycolysis. Further, interestingly cancer cells survive even under starvation conditions utilizing a self-nutrient-recycling autophagy system in lysosome. The intra-lysosomal pH is kept much lower than cytosolic pH, and this lowered intra-lysosomal pH is a key factor for keeping activity of lysosomal enzymes participating in autophagy function. It is notable that Cl - plays an important role in regulation of pHc and intra- lysosomal pH. In this article, I discuss roles of H + and Cl - circumstances in cancer cell proliferation, and a possibility of drugs modifying H + and Cl - circumstances used as anti-cancer drugs.