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Prospects for Local Collaboration into an Uncertain Future: Learning from Practice within Labour's Partnership Paradigm

Achieving effective local collaboration, a strong theme of the previous Labour government, may actually become more important given Coalition government policies emphasising decentralisation and encouraging alternative providers of public services. Therefore, it remains essential to learn from experiences of collaboration especially as, despite significant research, few studies explicitly identify guidance for improving this practice that is of specific relevance to local policy actors. In order to do so, a decentred and ethnographic approach was adopted to examine collaboration in a case study of a Sport and Physical Activity Alliance in Casetown, a medium-sized city in the south of England. Findings from this case study reinforced those found in other studies that pointed to the constraints of targets imposed by the Labour government, ingrained approaches to public administration and lack of open acknowledgement of power differentials impeding the development of effective collaboration. Drawing on the suggestions of those involved in the alliance, an alternative vision of collaboration is advocated, focused on shared learning and bottom-up implementation within more fluid and open structures in which there would be greater scope for the exercise of agency on behalf of those individuals and organisations involved. As during the period of the Labour government, aspects of current wider policy agendas may impede as well as support the development of this alternative vision of collaboration. Nevertheless, it is argued that reflexive local actors may collectively be able to address the contextual challenges that exist in order to develop more effective forms and practices of collaboration.
Subacute Toxicity Study of the Aqueous Extract from Acanthus montanus

Acanthus montanus aqueous extract (AM) is a traditional treatment for pain, female infertility and threatened abortion with dosage schedule depending on the ailment. AM was evaluated for subacute toxicity. Female Wistar rats, 6/group, took oral doses of AM at 0, 125, 250, 500 and 1000 mg/kg/day for 30 days. Hypercreatinine was observed on day 30 but not glucose, transaminases, total proteins, hematological parameters, oxidative stress markers, gross and histological changes on liver, lungs and heart. However, kidneys of 1000 mg/kg/day group had crystals resulting in glomerulosclerosis. In conclusion present results suggest that, AM lacks effects on hematological, some biochemical; and oxidative stress markers but possesses nephrotoxic and hypecreatinemic effects at a dose > 500m/kg/day which is below the nominal human value.
Change within organizational culture

The paper aims to underline the importance of organizational culture. Although most of the time the culture of a company has an invisible presence, it remains one of the most important parts that forms a company. The paper reflects on how organizational culture can be changed, what are some of the most important facts regarding this process, why is this process so important and how the company’s activity can be modified and improved. It is important to underline the fact that, at the present moment, organizational culture is a very important issue in the activity of worldwide companies, if we take into consideration the fast changing business environment and the globalization process that is taking place.
Enhancing Employee Commitment in Job Responsibility and Accountability through Performance Based Rewards: Operational Workers in Selected Manufacturing Company in Sri Lanka

The purpose of the study was to investigate the impact of performance based rewards to establish employee commitment in terms of job responsibility and accountability. The main objective of the study was to examine the relationship between performances based rewards and employee commitment in terms of job responsibility and accountability in the selected manufacturing company. 117 operational workers used sample of the study and structured questionnaire was the main method of gathering data. It was found that base pay and incentives relationship was lower level to establish employee commitment which was rejected and participating in decision making, performance based annual bonus and increment, performance based promotion, continuous learning, recognition, work life balance of relationships were supported to enhance employee commitment. The study was significant because it contributed results of employee commitment and impact of performance based rewards towards establishing employee commitment in terms of job responsibility and accountability among operational level employees. The study illustrates implications for the Human Resources professionals also by issuing some directions to understanding about employee commitment and performance based rewards. Keywords: Performance-based Rewards, Employee Commitment, Job Responsibility and Accountability, Sri Lanka
Regulatory Reforms and Agencification

Over the last two decades the classical model of hierarchical and integrated government has been gradually replaced by a more horizontally structured and fragmented arrangement. A central aspect of this development in many countries has been a change in how regulatory activities are organized. Regulation based on central command and control from the top has been weakened in favor of more regulation by autonomous regulatory agencies. We discuss this development first by looking at concepts like the Regulatory State, regulation and agency, thereby drawing together the different strands of literature about regulation and agencies. Second, we describe the development and effects of the new regulatory model and review a number of empirical studies of reform processes and effects. Finally, we discuss how some of the main empirical features may be interpreted using various theoretical approaches such as the rational-economic, organizational-structural, and institutional perspectives.
Amaranth protein improves lipid profile and insulin resistance in a diet-induced obese mice model

Amaranth has been claimed as functional food, but its function on obesity-related disorder is not fully known. The aim of this study was to analyse the effect of amaranth protein intake on blood lipids profile and insulin resistance in diet-induced obese mice. The effect of soybean protein was also analysed for comparative purposes. C57BL-6 mice were fed for eight weeks with regular or high fat diet. Amaranth or soybean protein isolates (10 mg/kg) were supplied via oral administration. Changes in body weight, adipose tissue, total cholesterol, triglycerides, insulin, a glucose tolerance test, as well as the expression of lipid metabolism-related genes were measured. Our results have shown that amaranth protein induces a decrease in plasma insulin in mice fed with a regular diet, whereas a decrease in triglycerides was observed in mice fed with high fat diet. Furthermore, down-regulation of Tnf- and Res, suggested the inhibition of inflammation state. The present study demonstrates that amaranth protein, but not soybean protein, improves the obese mice health, and the hormonal modulation (Lep, Fasn, Lpl) could lead to new mechanism of action by which amaranth consumption exerts its beneficial health effect.
Surface modification of gold nanoparticles with polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane and incorporation within polymer matrices

A new approach to achieve polymer-mediated gold ferromagnetic nano- composites in a polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane (POSS)-containing random co- polymer matrix has been developed. Stable and narrow distributed gold nanopar- ticles modified by 3-mercaptopropylisobutyl POSS to form Au-POSS nanoparticles are prepared by two-phase liquid-liquid method. These Au-POSS nanoparticles form partial particle aggregation by blending with poly(n-butyl methacrylate) (PnBMA) homopolymer because of poor miscibility between Au-POSS and PnBMA polymer ma- trix. The incorporation the POSS moiety into the PnBMA main chain as a random copolymer matrix displays well-dispersed gold nanoparticles because the POSS-POSS interaction enhances miscibility between gold nanoparticles and the PnBMA-POSS copolymer matrix. This gold-containing nanocomposite exhibits ferromagnetic phe- nomenon at room temperature. V C 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part B: Polym Phys 47: 811-819, 2009
Assisting Text Annotation based on Attributes Suggestion Strategy using Content and Query

: In the current computing world, machine based data innovations have been broadly used to help numerous associations, individual businesses, scholarly and training establishments to deal with their procedures and data frameworks. Data frameworks are utilized to keep an eye on information. A general information administration framework that is prepared to do dealing with a few sorts of information, data stored in the database is known as Database Management System (DBMS). Accumulations of enormous, extensive text based Information contain huge measure of organized data, which remains unstructured content. Important data is constantly hard to find in these documents. In this paper we proposed a novel approach that encourages the era of the organized metadata by recognizing records that are prone to contain data of investment and this data is going to be helpful for questioning the database. Here individuals will lying on your front to allot metadata identified with records which they transfer which will effortlessly help the clients in recovering the records.
Intelligent Environmental Recognition Features of “Robosofa”

The detailed review of state of the art techniques and algorithms is presented in this work, aiming to create the autonomous mobile platform for mobility improvement of disabled persons. The video camera, sixth infrared range sensors and the motorized furniture were used in our mobile system. Presented system automatically localizes the position of the “smart” furniture based on certain color markers. The mobile platform is a part of a bigger associative system which is being developed during the project ROBOSOFA. Therefore, the main focus of this paper is on the self localization problem from visual information, i.e., the images of colored markers. The recognition task of the certain room is limited by the signals from range sensors and the recognition of the certain markers, because each room is coded with different color markers. Intermediate experimental results show, that the proposed algorithm can be applied in real time applications and it is able to process 20 frames per second. Ill. 6, bibl. 20 (in English; abstracts in English and Lithuanian). DOI: http://dx.doi. org/10.5755/j01.eee. 117.1. 1045
A CYTOLOGICAL STUDY ON THE MATURATION AND FERTILIZATION OF THE EGG OF HYNOBIUS RETARDATUS (AN URODELAN AMPHIBIAN) With 29 Text-figures and 4 Plates (50 figures)

Title A CYTOLOGICAL STUDY ON THE MATURATION AND FERTILIZATION OF THE EGG OF HYNOBIUS RETARDATUS (AN URODELAN AMPHIBIAN) With 29 Text-figures and 4 Plates (50 figures) Author(s) MAKINO, Sajiro Citation 北海道帝國大學理學部紀要 = JOURNAL OF THE FACULTY OF SCIENCE HOKKAIDO IMPERIAL UNIVERSITY Series VI. Zoology, 3(3): 117-167 Issue Date 1934-11 Doc URL http://hdl.handle. net/2115/26967 Type bulletin File Information 3(3)_P117-167.pdf
Nonsteroidal Anti-inflammatory Drugs: Integrated Approach to Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Inflammation is an immediate response to damage; in acute phase, it is a form of defense for body and it aims to restitutio ad integrum, in the chronic form itself becomes disease. This mechanism determines inflammatory diseases that are a group of clinical disorders which are characterized by abnormal inflammatory responses such as osteoarthritis, in myalgic syndromes (like fibromyalgia or miofascial sindrome), in some forms of headache, in peripheral vascular disease, in many malignancies. In Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine, the use of analgesic drugs (including NSAIDs) is a crucial resource inside a complex bioprogressive rehabilitative project. A part of the classic use per os is characterized by a serious and systemic side effect and there is also a possibility to administer drugs through other routes. Antalgic and rehabilitative mesotherapy (ARM) is a minimally invasive technique consisting of subcutaneous injections of bioactive substances. Other alternatives are represented by iontophoresis, phonophoresis, phytotherapy, and topical application. The purpose of this chapter is to give an overview about the state of the art regarding the use of NSAIDs in physical medicine and rehabilitation.
Environmental and Social challenges of oil and gas exploration in Kenya

The discovery of oil reserves in the Turkana Rift basin, could possibly multiply government revenue. These findings signify a major possible change in the country's position considering the fact that it is one of the low incomes, aid dependent countries in the Sub Saharan region. However, the commercial exploitation of this resource also presents the country with formidable environmental and social challenges due to weak institutions, lack of public participation, poor communication, unskilled labor in the oil industry, absence of crucial policies, poor organizational structures and governance system, indicators that continue to affect all activities leading to unsustainable actions at both the national and community levels. This could give birth to more disastrous results like civil strife, sabotage of oil dealing and the resource curse phenomenon. The paper focuses on aspects of long term sustainable actions which require engagement of all actors, dissemination of information among others driven by all the four sustainability domains (political, economic, ecological and cultural pillars) to prevent potential negative impacts on the country's socio-economic development. This involves comprehensive environmental and social baseline and impact assessment studies, best practice in environment management for effective impact reduction and mitigation, effective environment monitoring, intensive coordination with County government and socialization to local communities to obtain legal and public approval, acceptance, and support for the operation from the very beginning phase of the operations of planning until after the completion of the operations.
EFFECT OF HYDROPHILIC POLYMERS ON CEFIXIME COMPLEXATION WITH β-CYCLODEXTRIN

With the recent advent of high throughput screening of potential therapeutic agents, the number of poorly soluble drug candidates have risen sharply and the formulation of poorly soluble compounds for oral delivery now presents one of the most frequent and greatest challenges to formulation scientists in the pharmaceutical industry. [1] The solubility behavior of a drug is a key determinant of its dissolution and consequently its oral bioavailability. [2] Various formulation techniques are applied to compensate for their insolubility and consequent slow dissolution rate. These include formulation of the amorphous solid form, nanoparticles, microemulsions, solid dispersions; melt extrusion, salt formation and formation of water-soluble complexes. [3,4]Among the different methods proposed to overcome this problem, the molecular encapsulation of the drugs by cyclodextrins is probably the most widely used method. [5,6]
The microstructure of meteoric ice from Vostok, Antarctica

Abstract The 3623 m long, 5G core collected at Vostok station, Antarctica, contains alternating layers of meteoric ice with two distinctly different microstructures. In this paper, we present the microstructure and impurity content of a number of specimens ranging in depth from 97 to 3416 m, describe in detail the characteristics of the different layers and propose a mechanism for their microstructural development. Digital image analysis, ion chromatography, scanning electron microscopy and energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy were used to measure texture and the location and type of impurities; electron backscatter diffraction was used to determine crystal orientation. The ice associated with interglacial periods is characterized by relatively coarse grains and a strong preferred orientation of the c axes in a plane encompassing the coring direction, producing a vertical-girdle fabric. In contrast, ice from glacial periods is characterized by a much smaller grain size and a strong singlemaximum fabric, where the c axes are clustered around the vertical. Calcium is uniquely present in the grain boundaries of the fine-grained glacial layers, and its effect on grain-boundary mobility and the misorientation dependence of mobility can explain the development of the discontinuous microstructure seen in glacial ice at Vostok station.
NCIS: A NETWORK-ASSISTED CO-CLUSTERING ALGORITHM TO DISCOVER CANCER SUBTYPES BASED ON GENE EXPRESSION BY

Cancer subtype information is critically important for designing more effective treatments. In this thesis, we introduce a new co-clustering algorithm for cancer subtype identification, which combines the information of gene networks to simultaneously group samples and genes into biologically meaningful clusters. We call our method network-assisted co-clustering for the identification of cancer subtypes (NCIS). Prior to clustering, we assign weights to genes: those that play key roles in the network and/or show significant variations among samples would be prioritized. This new approach allows us to rely more on genes that are informative and representative by including the weights as an importance indicator in the clustering step. Here we introduce a new weighted co-clustering method based on semi-nonnegative matrix tri-factorization. We evaluated the effectiveness of the algorithm on large-scale Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) and breast cancer (BRCA) datasets from TCGA and on simulated datasets. We found that our NCIS method can achieve more reliable results with respect to the clinical features compared to conventional semi-nonnegative matrix trifactorization methods and consensus clustering. We also train two classifiers for GBM and BRCA subtypes identification based on NCIS’s results. This new method will be very useful to comprehensively detect subtypes that are otherwise obscured by cancer heterogeneity, from various types of cancers based on highthroughput and high-dimensional gene expression data.
Bound states of dark solitons and vortices in trapped multidimensional Bose-Einstein condensates

We report on the existence and stability of multidimensional bound solitonic states in harmonically-trapped scalar Bose-Einstein condensates. Their equilibrium separation, as a measure of the strength of the soliton-soliton or the solitonic vortex-vortex interaction, is provided for varying chemical potential $\mu$. Static bound dark solitons are shown to be dynamically stable in elongated condensates within a range of intermediate (repulsive) interparticle-interaction strength. Beyond this range the snaking instability manifests during the time evolution of the planar solitons and produces the decay into non-stationary vortex states. A subsequent dynamical recurrence of solitons and vortices can be observed at low $\mu$. At equilibrium, the bifurcations of bound dark solitons are bound solitonic vortices. Among them, both two-open and two-ring vortex lines are demonstrated to exist with both counter- and co-rotating steady velocity fields. The latter flow configurations evolve, for high chemical potential, into a stationary 3D-chain-shaped vortex and a three vortex-antivortex-vortex ring sequence that arrest the otherwise increasing angular or linear momentum respectively. As a common feature to the bifurcated vortex states, their excitation spectra present unstable modes with associated oscillatory dynamics.
. A comparative analysis of an EEG model and a conductance-based

We consider a ﬁring-rate based approach to modelling EEG, justifying its use by comparison with a conductance-based refractory density population model and a set of individual neurons. It is shown that stimulation of the system by applying a step-wise current, results in a sharp peak in the population activity that can be reproduced by the EEG-model. In addition the steady-state activity may also be reproduced. Similar comparisons are obtained for stimulation via oscillatory inputs.
Spatial dependence and non-linearities in regional growth behaviour in Italy

In this paper, we present an empirical study of per capita income convergence in Italy over the period 1951-2000 based on a fine level of aggregation (the NUTS-3 EU regions represented by the Italian provinces). Concerning the statistical methodology, we use both nonparametric and spatial econometrics approaches to measure the effects of spatial dependence and non-linearities. Our results confirm the convergence club hypothesis and suggest that spillover and convergence clubs are spatially concentrated.
VERBAL-ARCHITECTURE TO REDUCE POWER INDULGENCE IN EQUAL RANKS

Within this paper, we advise a brand new CAM word architecture, known as master-slave match line (MSML) design, which aims to mix the actual-slave architecture and charge refill minimization method to lessen the CAM power dissipated within the match lines (MLs). Content-addressable memory (CAM) is really a hardware storage generally utilized in the short lookup applications. However, the parallel comparison feature costs the CAM memory large power consumption. Additionally, we further propose an altered CAM cell to facilitate the MSML match performance, i.e., MSMLhp design, which could even result energy-delay product improvement in contrast to the initial MSML and traditional CAM designs within the 128-bit word size situation. Unlike the traditional design, where just one single ML can be used, our design uses one master-ML (MML) and many slave-MLs (SMLs) to do looking operation. By discussing the MML charge with simply the mismatched SML, our design can minimize the MML charge refill swing, so that the ML power consumption could be reduced effectively. Theoretically, the ML power saving, that is in addition to the search pattern and match situation. In contrast to the traditional NOR-type CAM design, the simulation results reveal that the MSML design using the best configuration can help to eliminate the ML energy consumption with a range, which increases using the word size.
SIMULATION OF PRECIPITATION IN V-CONTAINING HSLA STEEL FOR THE STRENGTHENING ENHANCEMENT

The precipitation of the microalloying elements in high strength low alloyed (HSLA) steel controls the strength of the steel greatly through grain refinement and particle hardening mechanisms. The current work simulates the precipitation of vanadium a hot rolling process for the optimized strengthening effect in a microalloyed steel. Taking into account the effect of deformation, cause of the drastic increase in the dislocation density, namely higher nucleation site density, it can be clearly seen that the precipitation of all species at dislocations, dominate the precipitation kinetics. The diffuse interface effect on the interfacial energy as well as a volumetric misfit of AlN at dislocations is also taken into account. The latter is because of its significant difference in the lattice parameter from the matrix. The presence of AlN at dislocations does not override that of V(C,N) as found in other cases with low density of dislocation. Slow cooling rate in the process ensures the consumption of the microalloying elements which in turn strengthen the product and minimise the production cost. The experimental verifications for the precipitates are performed by scanning transmission electron microscopy (STEM) as well as X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) from synchrotron radiation.