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Environmental orientation of consumer behavior: motivational component

Environmental issues are a priority, since global environmental problem has become perceived as a threat to humanity’s existence. The necessity and timeliness of conceptual marketing approaches revision are dictated by the formation of new economy sector of ecological goods and services, and the environmentally responsible marketing concept is being formed. The purpose of the work is to substantiate the environmental factor influence on consumer behavior motives and formation of consumer demand for environmental products within the frame of environmentally responsible marketing. Changes in the external marketing environmentlead to changes in the internal environment of the market entity, causing its environmental development. The recorded tendencies and changes in the marketing environment form the marketing ecological imperative, which takes into account the environmental factor in marketing activity of the market player. The research allows to determine the position of ecologically responsible marketing as a basic marketing concept that defines the philosophy and technology of marketing management by socio-economic systems regardless the sphere of the market entity activity in conditions of ecological imperative. The analysis shows that the modern Ukrainian society began to strive not only to purchase and consume desired products, but also to improve and to preserve the ecological situation. In a market environment, the specific marketing activity feature, which changes under the influence of the factor of ecological situation quality deterioration, adds new tasks, concomitant to main classical. The development of the enterprise environmental management system will promote the implementation of environment-oriented goals: formalization of the environmental products concept, environmental products market development, certification programs development, preservation of the environment quality, formation of ecologically oriented consciousness of the society. Considering the understanding of the needs, the motivational aspects of ecologically oriented consumer behavior in the market are stated in the form of the system based on the need for the security. Through the development of eco-responsible marketing tools and their step-by-step introduction into enterprise activity, it becomes possible to develop the ecological products market through the implementation of proactive environmental activity and satisfaction of individual consumer demand.
A Novel Robotic System for Inner Wall Derusting and Grinding of Pressure Pipelines

Inner wall derusting and grinding of pressure pipelines are important work for their safety operation. However, up to date, this important work are still in difficulty, the corresponding methods are still very limited and cannot meet the requirements of practical industry applications. Therefore, the aim of this work is to investigate the practical inner wall derusting and grinding methods of the pressure pipelines. A novel robotic system for inner wall derusting and grinding of the pressure pipelines, which mainly includes a tracked mobile robot, a derusting and grinding module, and a control module, is developed. The tracked mobile robot is used to provide the driving force of the system movement. The derusting and grinding module is designed on the basis of a DC motor. The control module is used to control the motion state of the robot and the whole derusting and grinding process. Inner wall derusting and grinding experiments of the pressure pipelines with outer diameter of 159mm are carried out. The research results demonstrate the effectiveness of the developed system.
Evidence from a longitudinal , two cohort study in Andhra Pradesh , India

This paper informs debates about the potential role for low-fee private schooling in achieving Education for All goals in India. It reports Young Lives’ longitudinal data for two cohorts (2,906 children) in the state of Andhra Pradesh. Eight year olds uptake of private schooling increased from 24 per cent (children born in 1994-5) to 44 per cent (children born in 2001-2). Children from rural areas, lower socioeconomic backgrounds and girls continue to be under represented. While some access gaps decreased, the gender gap seems to be widening. Evidence on risks to equity strengthen the case for an effectively regulated private sector, along with reforms to government sector schools.
Supercapacitors Based on Nickel Oxide/Carbon Materials Composites

In the thesis, the properties of nickel oxide/active carbon composites as the electrode materials for supercapacitors are discussed. Composites with a different proportion of nickel oxide/carbon materials were prepared. A nickel oxide/carbon composite was prepared by chemically precipitating nickel hydroxide on an active carbon and heating the hydroxide at 300 ∘C in the air. Phase compositions of the products were characterized using X-ray diffractometry (XRD). The morphology of the composites was observed by SEM. The electrochemical performances of composite electrodes used in electrochemical capacitors were studied in addition to the properties of electrode consisting of separate active carbon and nickel oxide only. The electrochemical measurements were carried out using cyclic voltammetry, galvanostatic charge/discharge, and impedance spectroscopy. The composites were tested in 6 M KOH aqueous electrolyte using two- and three-electrode Swagelok systems. The results showed that adding only a few percent of nickel oxide to active carbon provided the highest value of capacity. It is the confirmation of the fact that such an amount of nickel oxide is optimal to take advantage of both components of the composite, which additionally can be a good solution as a negative electrode in asymmetric configuration of electrode materials in an electrochemical capacitor.
Decision Making Processes for Global Product Development - a Case Study

Global Product Development (GPD), outsourcing and offshoring of product development is a widespread phenomenon on today’s global economy, and consequently most engineering manufacturing companies will have to make decisions regarding how to organise their product development activities globally. This paper investigates decision making in the GPD context, partly by summarizing existing literatures and studies in the field, and partly through a case study of decision making processes in a global engineering company. Through interviews a range of GPD decisions were mapped and analysed in order to investigate how decisions are made and which information decisions are based on. The study found that decision making is not always structured, and that prioritised decision making is more dominant than planned decision making. The findings set the stage for further analysis of decision making in GPD, and for development of support tools decision support tools for manager, which are based on empirical evidence and experience.
EVALUATION OF CARTRIDGE-BASED NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TEST FOR DIAGNOSIS OF TUBERCULOSIS IN CHILDREN IN VARIOUS BODY FLUIDS

Introduction: The paucibacillary nature presents a major challenge in the diagnosis of tuberculosis (TB) in children. The utilization of cartridge-based nucleic acid amplification test (CBNAAT) for the diagnosis of TB presents itself with added advantages such as detection to resistance to rifampicin and short turnaround time. Objectives: The aim of the study is to evaluate the diagnostic yield of CBNAAT in various body fluids and to compare with BACTEC-MGIT 960 and acid-fast bacilli (AFB) microscopy in children with suspected TB and to see the prevalence of rifampicin resistance in the study population using CBNAAT. Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional study included participants <14 years with suspected TB. Gastric aspirate samples obtained from pulmonary TB cases and body fluid specimens obtained from extrapulmonary TB cases were processed for the detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) using CBNAAT, BACTEC-MGIT 960, and AFB microscopy. The results obtained using CBNAAT were compared to other laboratory tests using an appropriate statistical method. Results: Fifty patients diagnosed with TB (34 pulmonary, 10 pleural effusion, and 6 abdominal) were included in the study, and clinical fluid specimens obtained from study participants were processed for the detection of MTB. Out of 34 gastric aspirate samples, 28 (82%) were positive by CBNAAT which was statistically higher than BACTEC-MGIT 960 ( P < 0.05). Among extrapulmonary TB cases, only 2 pleural fluid specimens were positive by CBNAAT, whereas BACTEC-MGIT 960 and AFB microscopy could not detect MTB. Out of 34, 4 (11.76%) patients with newly diagnosed pulmonary TB were found to be rifampicin resistant using CBNAAT. Conclusions: CBNAAT showed promising results as a diagnostic tool in detecting MTB and rifampicin resistance in pulmonary TB using gastric aspirate. It, however, did not show good results in children with extrapulmonary TB in the clinical fluid specimen. The present study also showed the presence of high rifampicin resistance in treatment naïve pulmonary TB patients.
Anomalous Localization of Light in One-Dimensional Disordered Photonic Superlattices

The Anderson localization of light in one-dimensional disordered photonic superlattices is theoretically studied. The system is considered to be made of alternating dispersive and nondispersive layers of different randomthickness. Dispersive slabs of the heterostructure are characterized by Drude-like frequency-dependent electric permittivities and magnetic permeabilities. Numerical results for the localization length are obtained via an analytical model, only valid in the case of weak disorder, and also through its general definition involving the transmissivity of the multilayered system. Anomalous λ 4 - and λ -4 -dependencies of the localization length in positive-negative disordered photonic superlattices are obtained, in certain cases, in the long and short wavelength limits, respectively. PACS: 78.67. Pt; 42.25. -p; 46.65. +g; 72.15. Rn
Employees , workers and the ‘ sharing economy ’ Changing practices and changing concepts in The United Kingdom

Recent years have seen a radical shift in the practice and profile of the labour economy in the United Kingdom consisting in the considerable growth of the so-called ‘Sharing Economy’ or ‘Gig Economy’, better identified as the ‘On-demand Economy’. From that starting point, it is argued that a corresponding change seems to have occurred in the set of concepts which the labour/ employment law of the United Kingdom uses to analyse and to characterize the work relations and work contracts which are created, made, and operated within this rapidly growing sector of the labour market. Two recent high-profile Employment Tribunal decisions in the Uber and Citysprint cases, and a decision of the Court of Appeal in this same area in the Pimlico Plumbers case have served to confirm the legislative creation of a third intermediate category of ‘workers’ who benefit from a set of employment rights which is more limited than that enjoyed by employees but which is nevertheless very important. This crystallization of labour law’s newly tripartite taxonomy of work relations has occurred very largely in the context of the on-demand economy, and is beneficial to those located in that sector. This is, however, a rather fragile conceptual structure.
Predicting Quantum Random Events from Background Photon Density Two Days Previously: Implications for Virtual-to-Matter Determinism and Changing the Future

Abstract. We tested the hypothesis that discrete energies from entropic-like processes immersed within background photon densities of ~10 -11 W·m -2 were coupled to the occurrence of changes in random events that lead to specific consequences about two days later. This latency was obtained from the ratio of the summed equivalent energies associated with a Bohr electron divided by the value for the fluctuation of background photon density within the likely area of the gap junctions mediating the electron tunneling. Hourly values for 30 days for background photon densities and deviations on random number generators involved lags between 0 and 72 hours. Multiple regression equations indicated that deviations from random number variations were only correlated with photon densities approximately 48 hr (2 days) previously. Convergent quantitative values were consistent with source energies from virtual particles at the level of entropic thresholds. The delay of approximately two days between the emergent energies that influence an event and the manifestation of the event in physical time or the specious present suggest that technology could be developed to predict or modify actual events in real time. Implications for causality and determinism are considered.
Role of the endocytic recycling pathway in lysosome exocytosis

Until recently, lysosomes were considered as the end-point of the endocytic pathway, to where cargo is delivered to be degraded. However, several studies showed that conventional lysosomes can undergo regulated exocytosis in response to an increase in intracellular calcium concentration, an important process for plasma membrane repair and secretion of lysosomal contents. Nevertheless, the molecular machinery involved in lysosome transport and fusion with the plasma membrane is not fully understood. Our group found recently that the small GTPases Rab11a and Rab11b are essential for calcium-triggered lysosome exocytosis in HeLa cells. Therefore, we aim to find the Rab11a/b effectors that mediate lysosome exocytosis process. To this end, we silenced several known effectors such as Rab11 family of interacting proteins (FIPs), Myosin Va/b or subunits of the exocyst tethering complex (Sec8, Sec15 and Exo70). After stimulation with the calcium ionophore ionomycin, we investigated the cell surface expression levels of the late endosome/lysosome marker LAMP1, as well as the release of the lysosomal enzyme β-hexosaminidase. We found that the silencing of Sec15 impairs lysosome exocytosis, while in the absence of FIP1-C or FIP2 there is an increase in LAMP1 cell surface levels and β-hexosaminidase release. Moreover, we confirmed the interaction and co-localization of Rab11a/b with the effector proteins studied using co-immunoprecipitation assays and confocal immunofluorescence microscopy, respectively. Finally, using live cell imaging, we found that Rab11-positive vesicles interact transiently with late endosomes/lysosomes near the plasma membrane, upon ionomycin stimulation. Thus, our results provide new insights into the role of Rab11 and its effectors in the regulation of conventional lysosome exocytosis. steps of the Rab11 endocytic the exocytosis of LROs. Rab11b
The Role of TLR 2 , TLR 4 , and TLR 9 in the Pathogenesis of Atherosclerosis

Toll-like receptors (TLRs) are key players in the pathogenesis of inflammatory conditions including coronary arterial disease (CAD). They are expressed by a variety of immune cells where they recognize pathogen-associated molecular patterns (PAMPs). TLRs recruit adaptor molecules, including myeloid differentiation primary response protein (MYD88) and TIRF-related adaptor protein (TRAM), to mediate activation of MAPKs and NF-kappa B pathways. They are associated with the development of CAD through various mechanisms. TLR4 is expressed in lipid-rich and atherosclerotic plaques. In TLR2 and TLR4 mice, atherosclerosis-associated inflammation was diminished. Moreover, TLR2 and TLR4may induce expression ofWnt5a in advanced staged atheromatous plaque leading to activation of the inflammatory processes. TLR9 is activated by CpG motifs in nucleic acids and have been implicated in macrophage activation and the uptake of oxLDL from the circulation. Furthermore, TLR9 also stimulates interferon-α (INF-α) secretion and increases cytotoxic activity of CD4 T-cells towards coronary artery tunica media smooth muscle cells. This review outlines the pathophysiological role of TLR2, TLR4, and TLR9 in atherosclerosis, focusing on evidence from animal models of the disease.
The Cost of Securities Fraud

Under the dominant account, fraudulent financial reporting by public firms harms the firms’ shareholders and, more generally, capital markets. This Article contends that the account is incomplete. In addition to undermining investor confidence, misreporting distorts economic decision making by all firms, both those committing fraud and those not. False information impairs risk assessment by those who provide human or financial capital to fraudulent firms, the firms’ suppliers and customers, and thus misdirects capital and labor to subpar projects. Efforts to hide fraud and avoid detection further distort fraudulent firms’ business decisions, as well as decisions by their rivals, who mimic or respond to what appears to be a profitable business strategy. If fraud is caught, managers externalize part of the cost of litigation and enforcement to employees, creditors, suppliers, and the government as the insurer of last resort. Mounting empirical evidence suggests that harm to nonshareholders dwarfs that suffered by * Assistant Professor of Law, University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law. J.D. Harvard University; LL.M. Harvard University; LL.B. University of Ljubljana. The Article received the Junior Faculty Scholarship Prize from the Center for Law, Economics, and Finance (C-LEAF) at George Washington University. The Article was selected in a competitive call for papers for presentation at the 2012 Midwest Law and Economics Annual Meeting, Canadian Law and Economics Annual Meeting, and the C-LEAF Junior Business and Financial Law Workshop at George Washington University. I would like to thank Jennifer Arlen, Peter Conti-Brown, Cynthia Glassman, Michelle Harner, Joan MacLeod Heminway, Christine Hurt, Don Langevoort, Ira Lindsay, Robert Rhee, Ganesh Sitaraman, Max Stearns, Joseph Yockey, and participants of the 2012 Law & Society Annual Meeting, 2012 Southeastern Law Schools Annual Meeting, 2012 ASU Legal Scholars Conference, faculty workshops at Emory University School of Law, Loyola Law School, and Villanova University School of Law, and the Junior Faculty Workshop at the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law for their thoughtful comments. Any misleading, incorrect, or incomplete disclosures remain the responsibility of the author, to the extent they are material.
Adaptive Robust Quadratic Stabilization Tracking Control for Robotic System with Uncertainties and External Disturbances

An adaptive robust quadratic stabilization tracking controller with hybrid scheme is proposed for robotic system with uncertainties and external disturbances. The hybrid scheme combines computed torque controller (CTC) with an adaptive robust compensator, in which variable structure control (VSC) and optimal control approaches are adopted. The uncertain robot manipulator is mainly controlled by CTC, the VSC is used to eliminate the effect of the uncertainties and ensure global stability, and approach is designed to achieve a certain tracking performance of closed-loop system. A quadratic stability approach, which allows separate treatment of parametric uncertainties, is used to reduce the conservatism of the conventional robust control approach. It can be also guaranteed that all signals in closed-loop system are bounded. The validity of the proposed control scheme is shown by computer simulation of a two-link robotic manipulator.
Acquiring Proper Nouns for Familiar and Unfamiliar Animate Objects: Two-Year-Olds' Word-learning Biases

In 2 studies, 2-year-old children learned a novel word modeled as a proper noun (e.g., “This is Zav”) for an animate stuffed toy. Children who learned the word for a familiar object (i.e., one for which they knew a basic-level count noun for the kind) interpreted the word appropriately as a proper noun reliably more often than children who learned the word for an unfamiliar object (i.e., one for which they did not know such a count noun). When the creature was familiar, children typically interpreted the novel word as if it were a proper noun referring uniquely to the labeled individual. When the animal was unfamiliar, children frequently interpreted the word as if it were a count noun referring to a kind of object. Children's spontaneous comments during the tasks provided striking additional evidence that their interpretations of the proper noun varied with the familiarity of the object. The results suggest that young children's sensitivity to the form class of proper nouns is affected by the familiarity of the referent object. The findings are discussed in terms of interpretative biases in word learning.
Molecular simulation of polymers with a SAFT-γ Mie approach

ABSTRACT We review the group contribution Statistical Associating Fluid Theory with Mie interaction potentials (SAFT-γ Mie) approach for building coarse-grained models for molecular simulation of polymeric systems. In this top-down method, force field parameters for coarse-grained polymer models can be derived from thermodynamic information on constituent monomer units using the SAFT-γ Mie equation of state (EoS). This strategy can facilitate high-throughput computational screening of polymeric materials, with a corresponding states correlation expediting the force field fitting. Accurate and transferable non-bonded parameters linked to macroscopic thermodynamic data allow for calculation of properties beyond those obtainable from the EoS alone. To overcome limitations of SAFT-γ Mie regarding polymer chain stiffness and branching, hybrid top-down/bottom-up approaches have combined non-bonded parameters from SAFT-γ Mie with bond-stretching and angle-bending potentials from higher-resolution force fields. Our review critically evaluates the performance of recent SAFT-γ Mie polymer models, highlighting the strengths and weaknesses in the context of other equation of state and coarse-graining methods.
Antioxidant properties of cashew leaves' extracts before and after treatment with activated carbon used in cosmetics

Natural ingredients such as cashew leaves extract could be an attractive candidate in cosmetic formulation. However, the plant extracts are normally dark brown and greenish color that might spoil the appearance of the products if they are added in cosmetic formulation. In order to solve this problem, use of activated carbon was tested to eliminate the intense color of plant extract without affecting the cosmeceutical properties. Ethanol and water extracts of cashew leaves were compared for the cosmeceutical properties mainly antioxidants. The system was tested with different concentrations of cashew leaves extract (CLE-5, 10, 15, 20, 25 and 30%) for solid and liqufied form of cashew leaves extract (CLE) before treatment with activated carbon and after treatment with (10, 15, 20 and 25 g). The study shows that 15 g activated carbon using 20% CLE (water) produces 0.13 radical scavenging activity (RSC%) antioxidant. Moreover, using a similar system, 25% CL (ethanol) produces 0.10 (RSC%) antioxidants.