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Wound repair and regeneration potential of the fruits of Terminalia bellarica

The infection at the wound site is a severe kind of problem and it delays regeneration of epidermis and dermis in the wound and slows wound closure. Due to the secretion of microbial enzymes by wound pathogens, a variety of extracellular matrix proteins were degraded. Synthetic antimicrobial therapy used in the wound management and eradication of pathogens. However, it has many shortcomings such as anti-microbial resistance, cyto-toxicity against host tissue and absence of synergistic activity. In order to overcome these limitations, Pyto-pharmaceuticals extracted from herbal plants were applied to manage the wound infection and treatment. The objective of this work is to evaluate the wound repair and regeneration potential of the fruits of Terminalia bellarica which has a variety of pharmacological activities such as astringent, antiseptic and laxative. The dry fruits of Terminalia bellarica were grounded into powder form using the grinder. Extraction was performed by using Soxhlet apparatus with 95% (v/v) ethanol. The dried extract was dissolved in Dimethyl Sulfoxide (DMSO) and used to assay the antibacterial activity against Staphylococcus aureus ATCC 29213, Pseudomonas aeruginosa ATCC 27853. An ointment was prepared from the ethanol extract (10% w/w) and assessed for its in vivo wound healing potential on infected rat model by rate of healing, bacterial count, biochemical analysis, and expression of matrix metalloproteinase. In addition to that, the collagen content in the granulation tissue was estimated to comment on wound regeneration potential of the fruits of Terminalia bellarica. The treated group has shown significantly improved wound regeneration and well formed epidermis and dermis in the granulation tissue. Furthermore, Assessment of granulation tissue on every fourth day showed significant reduction in bacterial pathogens CFU with significant elevated level of collagen, hexosamine, uronic acid, in the treated group (P<0.05). The reduced level expression of matrix metalloproteinase expression observed in the treated group by gelatin zymography and the synthesis of substantial amount of collagen in the granulation tissue confirms our in vivo assessment. The results showed the antibacterial and wound healing activities of Terminalia bellarica fruits ointment, necessary for the management of infected open dermal wounds. The isolation of bioactive molecules from Terminalia bellarica fruits and its interaction various cells using cell culture studies would be future work.
Reduction Of High Dimensional Graphical Data

The coming century is surely the century of data. A combination of blind faith and serious purpose makes our society invest massively in the collection and processing of data of all kinds, on scales unimaginable until recently. In spite of the fact that graph embedding has been an intense instrument for displaying data natural structures, just utilizing all elements for data structures revelation may bring about noise amplification. This is especially serious for high dimensional data with little examples. To meet this test, a novel effective structure to perform highlight determination for graph embedding, in which a classification of graph implanting routines is given a role as a slightest squares relapse issue. In this structure, a twofold component selector is acquainted with normally handle the component cardinality at all squares detailing. The proposed strategy is quick and memory proficient. The proposed system is connected to a few graph embedding learning issues, counting administered, unsupervised and semi supervised graph embedding. KeywordsFeature selection; High dimensional data; Sparse graph embedding; Sparse principal component analysis;Subproblem Optimization;
SIMULATION OF NANOSCALE TFET DEVICE STRUCTURE FOR LOW POWER APPLICATION

The scaling has been a main key for continuous progress in silicon-based semiconductor industry over the past four decades. However, as the technology advancement in nanometer scale regime for the purpose of building ultrahigh density integrated electronic computers and extending performance, CMOS devices are facing many serious problems such as increased leakage currents, difficulty on increase of ON-current, large process parameter variations, short channel effects, low reliability and yield, increase in manufacturing cost, etc. Tunnel FETs are interesting devices for ultra-low power applications due to their steep subthreshold swing (SS) and very low OFF-current. KeywordsCMOS, nanoscale, high-density, leakage current, ON-current, OFF-current, SS, BTBT, TFET.
Behavior Analysis Research of Attackers Based on Path Revenue Calculation

In order to solve the problem of inaccurate calculation of node belief caused by redundant paths, by evaluating the feasibility of attacks, an attack path analyzing method is proposed. First of all, the method introduces the network vulnerability attack graph (NVAG), which can estimate feasibility of an attack by analyzing the cost-beneﬁt of vulnerable nodes. Secondly, a weight accumulation method is proposed to identify all possible paths, and it will eliminate those potential redundant paths. Finally, the approach improves likelihood weighting algorithm based on Bayesian inference and increases the accuracy of node belief. Experimental results show that the method eﬀectively excludes redundant paths of attack graph so as to improve the accuracy of node belief, and it achieves eﬀective predictive analysis of the attack paths.
About localization and cellularization

The objective of this mini-course is to describe ideas in homotopy theory which can be – and have been – applied in algebraic settings, compare some differences and similarities, and present a few recent results. The theory of homotopical localization goes back to the seventies, and has been developed in particular by Bousfield and Dror Farjoun. The book [1] of the latter deals with topological spaces and is a very nice read (but not a prerequisite for the course! ). The first day will be devoted to the construction of homotopical localization and cellularization functors, a sort of dual notion. This will be done for spaces even though [2] shows how to do this in a fairly general model categorical context. When translated to groups, and potentially other semi-abelian categories, interesting features can be studied. Discussions with Marino Gran motivate the second part of the course. We noticed that there are striking similarities between questions addressed in joint work with Dror Farjoun about what we called conditional flatness, and semi left-exactness, a notion he characterized in a recent preprint with Lack. This central part of the course will hopefully constitute a meeting point between the homotopy and the category communities. In the third lecture I would like to talk about Chachólski and Farjoun’s way of translating and extending classical results into cellular statements. My aim is to present new results about the Blakers-Massey Theorem and Postnikov sections.
Executive Compensation under Common Ownershipú

This paper shows that higher common ownership of natural competitors is associated with more use of relative performance evaluation (RPE). First, I use compensation data from Execucomp and find that executives receive more rewards for outperforming peer firms if common ownership concentration increases. Second, I manually collect executive compensation contract details from 2014 proxy statements and show that the likelihood of using RPE increases with common ownership. Further, the size of incentive awards tied with RPE increases with common ownership. These findings suggest that institutional investors with common ownership exert a strong influence on executive compensation in a positive way: less alignment of pay with industry performance. I construct a measure of ownership by common owners and show that institutional investors with common ownership have a stronger influence on compensation than investors without common ownership. Finally, I use the inclusion to S&P 1500 index as an instrumental variable to support a causal connection. These findings signify the potential benefit from governance by large, diversified institutional investors with common ownership.
PULSED FLOW AND SURFACE COATINGS TO MITIGATE FOULING

Crystallization fouling on heat transfer surfaces is a major problem in many fields of the process industry. Adverse effects, such as decreasing thermal efficiency, increasing pressure drop and production loss in consequence of cost intensive and persistent cleaning procedures, are to be mentioned. Crystallization fouling in heat exchangers is a superimposed process of deposition and removal. The objective of this work is to mitigate fouling by enhancing removal applying two complementary approaches: (1) Increased fluid forces using pulsed flow (2) Decreased adhesion forces between wall and crystals using different surface coatings with varied free surface energies. Experimental examinations were carried out with a calcium sulfate solution in a rectangular flow channel (Re ≈ 3000 3600). Two exchangeable stainless steel plates were mounted on a heating element, so that different surface coatings could be examined. The coatings applied in this work were SICAN and SICON®. A pulsed flow was imposed in intervals during the heat transfer process. Different modes of pulsation were tested. The examinations showed that applying pulsed flow to an adhering process leads to a decreased final fouling resistance. The decrease of the final fouling resistance results from increasing fluid forces. For certain parameter combinations a balance between deposition and removal occurs and leads to an asymptotic fouling resistance. The experiments using surface coatings revealed to lengthen the induction period. INTRODUCTION Crystallization fouling on heat transfer surfaces is a major problem in the process industry. There are several disadvantages linked to the appearance of fouling. The growth of crystals leads to an increase of the heat transfer resistance, which can be quantified by the thermal fouling resistance Rf.
POWERING TOURISM: WIND ENERGY AND ITS IMPACT ON RURAL TOURISM IN ILOCOS NORTE, PHILIPPINES

This study provides a formal attempt to empirically quantify the impact of wind farm development projects to the local tourism industry. Specifically, it provides a framework that assumes the presence of wind mills in the community can decrease the value of the landscape. The Contingent Valuation Method (CVM) assessed the change in value of the landscape by examining the change in willingness-to-pay (WTP) of tourists assuming that individuals value the scenery and the introduction of ‘industrial infrastructure, be it wind turbines or other metal structures, may decrease its value. A survey conducted via the internet was designed to explore the scenic value lost to the public when a wind farm like the one in Bangui, Ilocos Norte is established. Contrary to the findings of studies abroad, results show that tourists are willing to pay an additional amount in order to upgrade to a room with the view of wind mills. The data sets demonstrate that under standard assumptions, the wind farm provides a positive value based on the point of view of potential tourists. The positive valuation of individuals to wind farm facilities can be potentially translated as increase in tourist arrivals in the area, which would mean additional revenues through employment generation, tourist expenditures, accommodation and transportation, among others. Hence, additional revenues increase the benefits over time that may further improve the local community welfare. This implies that wind farms are potential tourist destinations sites on which careful planning and monitoring of tourism activities must be undertaken in order to provide a sustainable tourism development plan that would trickle-down benefits to the local residents of the community.
Integrating Psilocybin and Existential-Humanistic Psychotherapy for Pathological Gambling Treatment: A New Perspective

In the last years, the debate on the use of psychedelics in psychotherapeutic settings has intensified, attracting a lot of interest and attention from the scholarly community as well as from clinicians and paving the way for new therapeutic paradigms. Besides classical addictions and addictive behaviors, there exist forms of addictions, the so-called new addictions or behavioral addictions, whose characterization is not linked so much to substances but to widespread and socially accepted activities such as games, shopping, internet use, sex, love relationships, work and exercises, physical activities or sports. Among the various addictions, the gambling disorder is the first form of behavioral addictions officially recognized by the DSM-V, in accordance with a wealth of neurobiological and clinical data showing the activation in patients of the gratification systems (especially dopamine). Orthos, as intensive residential intervention program envisaging a non-moralistic approach to gambling, can be combined with the administration of psilocybin, a substance characterized by a very low potential for abuse, modulating brain areas and networks affected by addictive behaviors. Therefore, our proposal would be to start treating behavioral addictions combining psilocybin administration with existential-humanistic psychotherapy, like Orthos. Normal 0 false false false IT X-NONE X-NONE /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:. 0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif; mso-ansi-language:EN-US; mso-fareast-language:EN-US;}
Which policies are effective at stimulating R&D?

Governments all around the globe have been setting R&D spending targets to promote economic growth. The systematic failure to meet such targets suggests that the fundamental drivers of R&D are not fully understood. A common characteristic of high R&D intensity countries is that they have a high proportion of R&D firms which, on average, make fairly large R&D investments. Which policies would allow low R&D intensity countries to achieve such high extensive and intensive margins? To answer this question we develop a structural model of firm R&D investment in which extensive and intensive margin choices (whether or not to invest and how much to invest) depend on three main determinants: marginal costs, fixed costs and firm profitability. We estimate the model on a panel dataset of Spanish manufacturing firms. Simulation over the estimated parameters reveals the following patterns: 1) lowering marginal costs through subsidies and tax credits generates improvements along the intensive margin; 2) lowering fixed costs generates improvements along the extensive margin; 3) increasing profitability generates improvements along both the intensive and extensive margins; 4) reasonable changes in marginal costs and fixed costs can explain movements along the intensive-extensive margin grid within clusters of countries, but not jumps from the low R&D intensity cluster to the high R&D intensity one. Shortening the R&D intensity gap between low and high R&D intensity countries requires implementing policies aimed at improving profitability.
Running head: Southern French A prototype-theoretic model of Southern French

The features of regional accents are not equally distributed in any speech community: the ideal NORM-speaker produces all of the diatopically marked variants in all situations whereas less traditional speakers are more likely to produce other variants or realize the diatopic variants less frequently. This is reflected in the way that native speakers picture the accent in their mind: they spontaneously imagine the speech of the NORM when they think of a variety; the other versions are also assigned to it, but are considered as less typical. On the basis of a small corpus of Southern French drawn from the project Phonologie du Français Contemporain (PFC), the chapter shows that this phenomenon can adequately be described with the aid of prototype theory.
WHETHER SELF-REGULATED LEARNERS ARE ACADEMICALLY HIGH ACHIEVERS AND WILLING TO STUDY HARD? A CASE STUDY OF BUSINESS STUDENTS' STATISTICS SUBJECT IN FACULTY OF BUSINESS, ECONOMICS AND ACCOUNTANCY, UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA SABAH

The purpose of the quasi-experimental study is to demonstrate the fact that whether self-regulated learners are academically high achievers and willing to study hard. The study using mixed-methods approaches. Self-regulated learner is determined by an uninformed structured observation. The data of intention of hardworking were gathered from a self-completion questionnaire. Academic achievement was determined by students' mid-term evaluation results. Kendall-Theil Sen Siegel nonparametric linear regression was employed due to the non-normal data distributions. Statistics environment R version 3.4. 2 was used as the tool of calculation. Self-regulation level is the variable that is measured by behavioural observation. It obtained a significant relationship between academic achievement. The data of intention of hardworking was from a self-completion questionnaire. The prediction power of intention of hardworking is weaker compare to self-regulation level. It challenges the shortcomings of self-completion questionnaire as a method for motivation topics. The results suggest, for behavioural science related studies, observation has its priority to be considered as a default method. Non-normal sample distribution, quasi-experimental study and power of generalization are the three key limitations of the study.
Investigation of Flux Superposition in Steel using Magnetic Barkhausen Noise Tetrapole Probes

Angular dependent Magnetic Barkhausen Noise (MBN) measurements on steel materials can be used to identify the surface magnetic easy axis, which may be the result of rolling processes during manufacturing as well as indicative of residual stress. The purpose of this study was to compare angular dependent MBN measurements performed using a tetrapole (two orthogonal u-core electromagnets) with a dipole (single u-core electromagnet). In the case of the dipole, the angle of excitation field is varied by manual rotation. In contrast, a tetrapole, under the presumption of linear flux superposition, permits rapid (<60 s) electronic rotation of the excitation field by variation of field amplitude of each respective pole pair. Measurements for both probe types were performed on a mild steel sample, with single easy axis, using flux control. Differences between dipole and tetrapole results indicated that linear superposition of flux was not valid for anisotropic materials. However, when tetrapole poles were aligned with the sample magnetic easy axis, results similar to those from the dipole were obtained. An empirical fitting equation was developed to identify the magnetic easy axis from tetrapole measurements. A model of the tetrapole, as two independent and orthogonal dipoles, was proposed to explain the observed angular variation of MBN.
Significant Disparities Exist in Consumer Health Insurance Literacy: Implications for Health Care Reform

Background: Health insurance literacy (HIL) is defined as a person's ability to seek, obtain, and understand health insurance plans, and once enrolled use their insurance to seek appropriate health care services. Objective: The objectives of this study were to assess sociodemographic disparities in HIL, including knowledge of health insurance terms and costs, and confidence in using insurance to access health care in a nationally representative adult sample. Methods: We conducted a secondary data analysis of the Health Reform Monitoring Survey, which included 15,168 adults age 18 years and older who responded to surveys in the third quarter of 2015 and first quarter of 2016. Rao-Scott chi-square tests and weighted logistic regression were used for analysis. Key Results: The majority of our sample (51%) reported having inadequate HIL as measured by knowledge of basic insurance terms, and close to one-half (48%) had low confidence in using their insurance to access health care. Logistic regression analysis indicated significant disparities in HIL, with multiple groups identified as being at higher risk for having inadequate HIL (as measured by both knowledge and use of health insurance). These included young adults, women, those with Hispanic ethnicity, those who were not U.S. citizens, and those who were currently unmarried. Also identified to be at risk were those who are unemployed, uninsured, and enrolled in public health insurance plans, and those with lower levels of education and income. Most had inadequate knowledge of their annual out-of-pocket costs and insurance plan's deductible amounts. Conclusions: One-half of U.S. adults rate themselves as having inadequate HIL. Sociodemographic disparities in self-reported HIL underscore the need for increased consumer education, as well as efforts to simplify the health care system by promoting value-based care, supporting delivery system reforms, and designing services to be responsive to consumer HIL needs and abilities. [HLRP: Health Literacy Research and Practice. 2019;3(4):e250–e258. ] Plain Language Summary: In a nationally representative sample of 15,168 adults, the majority had low knowledge about basic health insurance terms and had difficulty using health insurance to access needed health care services. These findings indicate that health insurance literacy is a major concern in our community that disproportionately affects some underserved groups more than others, including young adults, groups with low-income, and people who are uninsured.
The Influence of Website Service Quality on Customer Satisfaction Towards Online Shopping: The Mediating Role of Confirmation of Expectation

Researching customer satisfaction becomes key for organizational competitiveness because satisfied customers become loyal customers. Therefore, it is important to measure customer satisfaction towards online shopping, since satisfied customers will make repetitive purchases and provide recommendations to others, thus generating the profit for a particular e-commerce company. Customer satisfaction towards online shopping can significantly be influenced by website service quality, hence many of the previous studies set up to show the relationship between website service quality and customer satisfaction. But still, limited literature has been focused on the mediating effects of the confirmation of customer expectation on the relationship between website service quality and customer satisfaction. Hence, the aim of this study is to measure customer satisfaction based on the website service quality with confirmation of customer expectation. A total of 500 questionnaires were distributed to online customers who are working in the private banks in Bangladesh. Our of 500, a total of 342 questionnaires were used for further analysis, representing a response rate of 68.40%. The hypothesis for direct effect was tested by regression analysis using Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS). The result of the study revealed that website service quality has a significant and positive relationship with confirmation of customers’ expectations and in turn, their satisfaction level towards online shopping. Implications and directions for future research are also highlighted in this present study.