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The Effect of Preincubation Period and Culture Medium on Early Development of Isolated Blastoderm of Japanese Quail

Using a modiﬁcation of the method of New (1955), preincubated blasoderms of Japanese quail were cultured on different culture media up to 72 h of incubation and the production of subembryonic ﬂuid (SEF) and developmental components were investigated. Preincubation of 18 h and 48 h sustained measurable amounts of SEF and these coincided with heart pumping and development of area vasculosa. Of different culture media used, native albumen and albumen dialysed with tubing of retaining size permitting molecules of mw>2000, produced measurable amounts of SEF and showed better developmental components such as area vasculosa, length of the embryo, area pelluscida and almost showed identical pattern of radial increase of the explanted blastoderms.
A Comparison of Popular Online Fonts: Which Size and Type is Best?

In the last edition of Usability News we discussed our findings in regard to the performance and preference of twelve different fonts at the 12-point size. We are now able to compare these fonts at the10-, 12-, and 14-point sizes. To do this, we examined some of the most commonly used fonts for differences in reading effectiveness, reading time, perceptions of font legibility, font attractiveness, and general preference. The fonts that were examined are listed below in Table 1.
Supply Chain Security: Survey on Law Enforcement Agencies' Training Needs

This paper studies of the types of training material which needs to be developed to order to help law enforcement fight crime more effectively in the context of international supply chains. The research is based on a survey of law enforcement officials and policy makers, concerned education and training matters. The results of this study highlight areas of supply chain security where the global law enforcement community may need new training material and information most urgently. Despite the fact that the relatively small and diverse sample size limits the validity and gen-eralizability, the findings of this study help to design priorities, methods and target audiences for future law enforcement training programs. Over time, addressing these identified training needs makes the law enforcement community more able to prevent, detect and investigate supply chain crimes such as cargo theft, trafficking, and terrorism. The study also complements the limited body of empirical research on supply chain security and contributes to the theory of supply chain security by showing how law enforcement agencies perceive supply chain crime and the types of security solutions which they consider most useful for fighting it.
Degradation of Reactive Black 5 and Basic Yellow 28 on Metallic-Polymer Composites

The textile dyes Reactive Black (RB5) and Basic Yellow 28 (BY28) were individually exposed to electrochemical treatment in 0.1 M KOH and in phosphate buffer solution pH 5.1, respectively. The cathodic decolorization of the azo dye RB5 was carried out using a Ni-polyvinylchloride composite. The methine dye BY28 was anodically treated on a Co-polyvinylchloride. The electrochemical study of the dye solution was carried out by repetitive cyclic voltammetry (RCV) under potentiostatic conditions in stationary and flow regime. The effect of various experimental parameters, such as potential and electrolysis time was investigated. The studies showed that for the RB5 (20 to 80 ppm) dye solutions, around 98 % of the color was removed after 60 min treatment at -3.0 V vs. SCE. It was also demonstrated that for the BY28 (15 ppm) dye solution, 6-10 cycles or low potentials (-300 mV) during 200 min electrolysis were sufficient for the decolorization of the solution. However, COD and TOC values did not decrease.
Voluntary corporate social responsibility reporting: a study of early and late reporter motivations and outcomes

Neo-institutional logics for the early adoption of innovations are often argued as more authentic than for late adopters. To what extent might this be so in relation to corporate social responsibility reporting (CSRR)? We specifically focus on neo-institutionalist perspectives with an emphasis on isomorphism (DiMaggio and Powell, 1983) to illustrate alternative motivations, and verify our hypotheses using a mixed methods approach (survey data and field evidence from five organizations). We find that the rationale for early reporters entails a financial pragmatism that is absent in current debates surrounding corporate social responsibility (CSR). We also show that normative and coercive isomorphism interplay among early adopters to drive their adoption decision over time, and these facilitate the generation of different strategic postures to placate key external stakeholders. This contrasts with prior studies that have mainly argued for mimetic and normative isomorphism to dominate the decision to implement CSRR amongst adopters. Finally, we argue that late reporters choose not to engage earlier as (ironically) their strategic proximity to the phenomena being reported is intrinsically close, meaning most internal and external stakeholders assume the proper functioning of the phenomena being reported, and therefore do not demand it. This rationale for mimetic isomorphism is unique and its narrative more positive than that normally ascribed to it in the prior literature. Firms are subsequently less inclined to opportunistically validate or signal their sustainability ethos using formal reporting systems, and only do so superficially to engage in practices
INFORMATION AND THE ADOPTION OF PRECISION FARMING TECHNOLOGIES

Precision farming technologies have been commercially available since the early 1990s, but the pace of adoption among U.S. farmers has been modest. This study examines the relationship between the adoption of diagnostic and application techniques of precision farming and sources of information available to farmers about precision farming. The model used in the analysis accounts for sources of self-selection in the adoption process that could bias the results. Results indicate interpersonal information sources have increased adoption relative to information from the mass media, and the private sector has been the driving force behind the diffusion of precision farming. Information from crop consultants and input suppliers has had the greatest impact on the adoption of precision farming technologies. These sources likely provide the greatest technical expertise about precision farming, and thus are better equipped to ease the significant human capital requirement of precision farming technologies.
Tracking the Evolution of Water Flow Patterns Based on Spatio-Temporal Particle Flow Clusters

Marine scientists investigate the movement of oceanic water particles with floating measurement devices released in the real ocean, as well as with virtual particles released in numerical model simulations. The detection, visualization, and evolution of clustered particles is key for gaining a comprehensive understanding of the underlying processes in the oceans. Thereby, vast amounts of mobility data (3D coordinates of these particles over time) need to be analyzed using mobility data science methods. In this paper, we describe the application of data science techniques to detect particle clusters and, more importantly, to track the evolution of these clusters over time in order to support the analysis of oceanic flows. In particular, we apply a well-known concept for tracking the cluster evolution from the data mining community that relies on pair-counting and, thus, is rather inefficient. In order to be applicable to large amounts of particles, we further elaborate two heuristic solutions to compute the cluster transitions based on spatial approximations. Experiments on real world data show a considerable speed-up while sacrificing marginal accuracy drops. Our prototype is used by domain experts for the analysis of the large-scale ocean by virtual particle release experiments in ocean simulations.
on Intelligent Manufacturing and Automation , DAAAM 2014 Size Ranges Optimization

The paper presents an approach for construction of optimal size ranges of modules for building technical products. The necessary input data are the demand (needs) function, defined for modules with known values of their main parameters, and the functional relationship between a chosen optimality criterion (total discounted costs for the service life of the size range) and the influencing factors. The approach includes a study of the optimality criterion's sensitivity towards the input data. The optimal size range provides minimum total costs while satisfying a known demand function. It is a compromise solution between the contradicting interests of manufacturers, for minimum number of sizes, and users, wanting large number of sizes. For finding the optimal size range, utilization of a suitable mathematical method for optimization is proposed, which method recognizes the characteristic features of the solved problem discrete nature and large number of variants that have to be analyzed. © 2015 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. Peer-review under responsibility of DAAAM International Vienna.
The Production of Online Travel Photography

Travel photography is rarely examined despite its significance in shaping tourism experience. This study aims to fill the research gap by examining the meaning of posting and sharing travel photographs online as well as the selection process of online photo-sharing. Methods of this ethnographic study involve semi-structured interviews with the producers and visual analysis of their online travel photographs. The findings suggest different meanings of online travel posting, while producers are found to be conscious about potential impacts on their self image when they select photographs for sharing. The study reveals the complexity of tourist-produced photographs which cannot be examined with textual analysis alone. Tourists may adopt different self presentation tactics to select photographs for online sharing. Thus, the extent to which tourist-produced photographs can represent their travel experience is called into question.
Lipid-lowering pretreatment and outcome following intravenous thrombolysis for acute ischaemic stroke: a post-hoc analysis of the ENCHANTED trial

Lipid-lowering pretreatment and outcome following Abstract Background : Debate exists as to whether statin pretreatment confers an increased risk of 90-day mortality and symptomatic intracranial haemorrhage (sICH) in acute ischaemic stroke (AIS) patients treated with intravenous thrombolysis (IVT). We assessed the effects of undifferentiated lipid-lowering pretreatment on outcomes and interaction with low-dose versus standard-dose alteplase in a post hoc subgroup analysis of ENCHANTED (Enhanced Control of Hypertension and Thrombolysis Stroke Study). Methods: 3284 thrombolysis-eligible AIS patients (mean age 66.6 years; 38% women), with information on lipid-lowering pretreatment, were randomly assigned to low-dose (0.6mg/kg) or standard-dose (0.9mg/kg) intravenous alteplase within 4.5 hours of symptom onset. 615 (19%) patients received statin or other lipid-lowering pretreatment. The primary clinical outcome was combined endpoint of death or disability (modified Rankin Scale (mRS) scores 2-6) at 90 days. Results: Compared with lipid-lowering After
Research on Power System Transient Stability Assessment Based on Statistical Learning Theory

Abstract. This paper presents a method of model construction for the power system transient stability assessment based on statistical learning theory integrated with the bagging and the approximate reasoning. Support vector machines operate on the principle of structure risk minimization. This paper takes full advantage of its ability to solve the problem with small sample, nonlinear and high dimension. Hence better generalization ability is guaranteed. The multi-class identification for power system transient stability assessment is solved by the data set reconstruction. The assessment model uses the data set regulation, bagging and approximate reasoning to improve the training speed, the accuracy and stability of the estimation result. The IEEE 39-Bus test system is employed to demonstrate the validity of the proposed approach.
Quantum Gravity and Turbulence

We apply recent advances in quantum gravity to the problem of turbulence. Adopting the AdS/CFT approach we propose a string theory of turbulence that explains the Kolmogorov scaling in 3+1 dimensions and the Kraichnan and Kolmogorov scalings in 2+1 dimensions. In the gravitational context, turbulence is intimately related to the properties of spacetime, or quantum, foam.
Aggregate Wage Flexibility in New EU Member States

A fixed exchange rate regime eliminates one degree of freedom in absorbing macroeconomic shocks. Therefore, there is a call for higher labor market flexibility in countries which are members of the monetary union or those which intend to join the monetary union. Focusing on the cross-country analysis of labor markets in the enlarged European Union, this paper aims to assess empirically the role of aggregate wages as a correction mechanism for dealing with economic disturbances. We apply classical time series/panel, state-space and cointegration techniques to determine the extent to which aggregate wages can accommodate shocks in the economy.
On one problem of Gowers

Let A \subseteq [1,. ,N]^2 be a set of density at least 1/(log log log N)^c, where c some constant c>0. We prove that A contains a so-called right-angle triangle, i.e. a triple of the form {(k,m), (k+d,m), (k,m+d)}, where d>0.
Comparison of Standardized Approaches in Detecting EGFR, KRAS and BRAF Mutations

Background: EGFR tyrosine-kinase inhibitors have shown efficacy in non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) with specific EGFR mutations. The impact of KRAS and BRAF mutations on therapeutic response remains under evaluation. The study aimed validating the use of mutation detection kits in a routine laboratory. Methods: The mutation status of the EGFR, KRAS and BRAF genes, previously determined by Sanger sequencing, was analyzed with two approaches, pyrosequencing (Therascreen® Pyro® kits) and allele specific amplification (Cobas® mutation tests). A set of 70 DNAs from NSCLC tissue samples was selected and harboured 7 EGFR, 3 KRAS and 4 BRAF mutations. Results: The Cobas® kit missed one EGFR and all BRAF mutations, and the Therascreen® kit missed one KRAS and 2 BRAF mutations. The Cobas® kit run in a one-step procedure, while the Therascreen® Pyro® kit included several manual steps, a plate’s format change and a final analysis on a separate computer with specific software, allowing access to each experimental result. The Cobas® kit did not give the exact nature in case of mutation. Both kits have thus similar ability to detect mutations. Conclusions: The Cobas® kit appears suitable for a high-throughput use in a medical laboratory but the synthetic final report presents a limit for full quality of the process. No kit presently integrates flexibility regarding the constant evolution in the set of mutations to be detected.
Biomechanical Evaluation Of Locked and Non-locked Constructs Under Axial And Torsion Loading

Patel Vinit A. M.S.Egr. , Department of Biomedical and Human Factor Engineering, Wright State University, 2008. Biomechancial Evaluation Of Locked And Non-Locked Construct With Axial And Torsional Loading. Locking compression plates are proven to be safe for use in open reduction and internal fixation (ORIF). The ORIF is a procedure performed to treat fractures. It has various combinations of holes, the system provides more options for clinicians to use either locking screw or non-locking screws. This thesis investigates and determines the best construct with special locking and non-locking screws under both axial and torsion loading. Twenty femur constructs were assembled with 2 cm osteotomy gap between femur shaft and condyle, bridged with 4.5 mm 10 holes condyle plates. Femurs were divided in to 4 groups according to screw types and where they were placed. All screws were tightened to 4 Nm torque with a torque meter. Axial loads of -50 N to -700N and ±5 degree rotation were applied for 50,000 cycles. Loosening torques of screws, stiffness and displacement of constructs were measured. Finite element analysis (FEA) was performed on locking plate and screws based on computed tomography images and Solidworks models. Analytical simulations were run under static and limited dynamic conditions were investigated with the experimental results. Axial load was applied and stresses induced were measured on the simulated models. Locking screw increased the torsional resistance of adjacent non-locking screw. Deformation and torsional stiffness in constructs with two locking screws were higher compared to one locking screw after 50,000 cycles. Locking screws increased flexibility of the constructs allowing reduction in osteotomy gap. FEA results show plate with locking screws induced lower von Mises stress compared to plate with non locking screws. This study concluded that among hybrid locked plated constructs, constructs with two locking screws provided more stability, flexibility and durability under various loading. A locking screw near the fracture gap increases axial and torsional strength of locking plated system and increased torsional strength of all the other screws.
Performance of stochastic weather generators LARS-WG and AAFC-WG for reproducing daily extremes of diverse Canadian climates

Stochastic weather generators are widely used for generating synthetic weather data, and constitute one of the techniques for developing local climate scenarios from large-scale climate changes simulated by global climate models. Since climate change impact models may be more sen- sitive to changes in climate extremes than to changes in climate means, there is a need to know the capability of stochastic weather generating techniques in reproducing climate extremes. An evalua- tion of 2 stochastic weather generators, namely LARS-WG and AAFC-WG, is presented in this study, from the perspective of reproducing observed climate extremes. Extreme daily values (highest daily maximum temperature, lowest daily minimum temperature and maximum daily precipitation) were analysed on a monthly and annual basis, as well as for the growing season (1 May to 30 September), for 9 stations across Canada. The evaluation was based on statistical tests for basic statistical proper- ties and return values derived from fitted generalised extreme value distributions. Results showed that the weather generators LARS-WG and AAFC-WG could reproduce statistical properties of the extreme values of daily precipitation satisfactorily, including 10, 20 and 50 yr return values. However, the performance of the weather generators in reproducing extreme daily values of temperatures was not as good as for precipitation, especially that of LARS-WG. The deficiency in reproducing extremely low temperatures was also more noticeable than extremely high temperatures for LARS- WG. The mismatches of return values were often caused by a more extreme value estimated from synthetic data than that derived from observations.
- 3-Stability of Atmospheric Flow and Low-Level Jets Influencing Forest Fire Behavior – An EFFIS Report

During the past years, there have been a considerable number of occasions that a forest fire burns with such strong intensity that seems far out of proportion to apparent burning conditions. This proved to be the case for the Sweden fire “blow-up” that took place during 4 August 2014 between Sala and Surahammar municipalities. The fire broke out after an unusual spell of hot, dry summer weather in northern Europe and proved to be the Sweden's largest wildfire in 40 years encompassing an area of ~15,000 hectares. The fire was declared a national emergency. Close investigation of fire weather parameters revealed the existence of an upper-air trough linked to a dissolving warm front on the previous day (3 August) providing low stability values over the fire centroid and the approach of a cold front from southwest further lowering the stability of the atmosphere. But above all, the air dryness and the prevailing of strong surface wind gusts due to a Secondary Low-Level Jet (SLLJ) at 950 hPa accompanied by a short-wave trough most pronounced at 700 hPa made ideal conditions for such an extreme event. In such a case, the left entrance area of SLLJ would have allowed an ageostrophic circulation to feed dry air by a direct downward current the fire during the critical hours of 4 August. The time that the SLLJ was crossing and intensifying over and to the east of the fire centroid found to be in agreement with the position and movement of the area of maximum instability as defined by the very high (and at times “saturated”) values of Haines index (HI). Both Haines Index (HI) and Continuous HI (CHI) give an indication about the potential for a fire "blow¬ up” due to low stability values of the atmosphere. A fire blow¬up would lead to erratic/extreme fire behavior. These very high values of HI were also combined by an almost “saturated” daily Fire Weather Index (FWI). Most of the initial simulations utilising ECMWF instantaneous wind speed values, as driving terms for EFFIS (European Forest Fires Information System) fire evolution models, namely FireSim and FARSITE, were inaccurate due to errors in the intensity and gustiness of true prevailing winds. By introducing model gust factor values (GFs) instead of instantaneous speeds (WSs) significant improvement in accuracy was accomplished in all fire evolution simulations. In such distinct unstable environment and under the influence of LLJs/SLLJs the utilization of model gust factors instead of instantaneous winds seems more appropriate. Overall, it seems quite important to consider the concept of atmospheric stability, dryness and the presence of LLJs/SLLJs as key elements in the forest fire management system particularly in circumstances conducive to interactions within the PBL (Planetary Boundary Layer).
Determination of the Phase Change in the 1H-NMR Relaxation Behavior of Dehydrating Soybean Seed Using the AIC Method

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