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Impact of Urban Agriculture on the Species Distribution and Insecticide Resistance Profile of Anopheles gambiae s.s. and Anopheles coluzzii in Accra Metropolis, Ghana

Malaria incidence in urban areas has generally been low compared to rural areas but recent data indicate that urban malaria remains a public health problem. It is therefore important to understand the factors that promote urban malaria to help formulate future vector control strategies. This study compared Anopheles gambiae s.l. (A. gambiae s.l.) species composition, distribution and insecticide resistance mechanisms between vegetable and non-vegetable growing areas in Accra Metropolis. Four sites were selected within the city of Accra which comprised of two vegetable-growing and two non-vegetable growing areas. WHO susceptibility tests were carried out on adults A. gambiae s.l. reared from larvae collected from the sites. Five insecticides were tested and the A. gambiae complex, resistance genotypes and enzyme activities of each population were characterized. All A. gambiae s.l. populations tested were resistant to all the insecticides, but relatively lower mortalities were observed in the vegetable growing areas. The mortality against 0.05% deltamethrin was 2.6% (Opeibea) and 12.5% (Korle-Bu) for the vegetable growing areas and 36.2% (Achimota) and 38.9% (Mataheko) in the non-vegetable growing areas. Anopheles gambiae s.s. (95% of Opeibea population) and Anopheles coluzzii, (98% of Korle-Bu population) were the dominant species in the vegetable growing areas. The voltage-gated sodium channel (Vgsc-1014F) frequencies of all the populations were similar but the acetylcholinesterase (ace-1) frequencies were significantly lower (p < 0.05) in Korle-Bu and Mataheko populations. High level of P450s and esterases were observed in the A. gambiae s.l. from Opeibea than from the other areas. The contribution of urban agriculture in the development of insecticide resistance needs to be considered in the formulation of future vector control strategies alongside other domestic usages.
CORRIGENDUM: Local structural fluctuations in amorphous and liquid metals: a simple theory of the glass transition

A method of describing the thermal fluctuations in the local atomic structure of liquid and amorphous metals in terms of the fluctuations in the atomic level stresses is proposed. The energy of the system is expressed in terms of these stresses in the elastic approximation. The temperature dependence of the second moments of the stresses is then calculated and shown to be linear with temperature. The glass transition is assumed to take place when the second moments freeze to certain values determined by computer simulation. It is shown that the pressure fluctuations and the shear fluctuations freeze at different temperatures. The glass transition, in the normal sense, is described by the freezing of the pressure fluctuation. This method provides a reasonable estimate of the glass transition temperature, and predicts it to be proportional to the product of atomic volume and bulk modulus. It furthermore provides an explanation of the different relaxation behaviours between the pressure and shear fluctuations.
Effect of flood hazard on organizational commitment

Individuals are continually collaborating with the regular habitat from origination to death, and any adjustment in nature can bring about destroying impacts, yet can likewise represent a danger to mankind. Consideration regarding human–condition connections has assisted with separating the boundaries between social, earth, and organic science. Under this setting this examination was directed to inspect the impact of characteristic risk on workers Organizational. Citizenship Behavior. The example comprised of 100 representatives of both genders, out of which 50 were working in flood inclined zones and 50 were working, in non-flood inclined zones throughout the previous 10 years. They were directed lox et al., OCB Checklist (2011). what's more, Alam's Organizationa Commitment Scale (2011). Results showed that workers of flood inclined regions had altogether lower Organizational Citizenship Behavior. what's more, lower Organizational Commitment contrasted with those of flood free regions.
Reaksi Abnormal Return Dan Trading Volume Activity Sebelum dan Sesudah Ramadhan Effect

This Research aims to find out the difference between the average of abnormal return and trading volume activity of the transportation companies’ stocks listed in Indonesia Stock Exchange, a period 2014-2018 before and after Ramadhan. The research method is a quantitative method. Th kind of data used is secondary data. The sample is 11 transportation companies listed ini Indonesia Stock Exchange during the period of 2014-2018, while the sampling technique applies purposive sampling. The findings show that there is no difference on the average of abnormal return before and after Ramdahan, and there is no difference on the average of trading volume activity in 2015 and 2018, whereas in 2014, 2016, and 2017 there is a difference on the average of trading volume activity. Meanwhile, the abnormal return and trading volume activity simultaneously influence toward Ramadhan effect with the result of the coefficient determination of 50%, it means that 50% of Ramadhan effect variable is explained by return and trading volume activity.
Spatial Logic of Shopping Malls: Application of Space Syntax in understanding Economics of Architecture

Research findings of architecture and environmental psychology espouse the supremacy of built environment in influencing human behavior in general and movement behavior within buildings and urban areas in particular. Retail management studies on the other hand highlight the importance of influencing human movement as a determining factor for tenant-mix design. Identifying a proper mix of tenant stores in a shopping mall is responsible for its economic performance and is considered a strategic mall management decision. In practice, this decision is taken by management professionals, based mostly on gut feeling or rule of thumb. So, there is a scope for integration of knowledge of these two different disciplines for significantly enhancing tenanting decision making in shopping malls, which will ultimately lead to its economic success. A proper methodology is required in this juncture to relate spatial configuration with movement. Verbal description of space, prevalent in the architectural practice, makes it difficult for correlating with measurable variables like footfall. Space syntax analysis is a potential evidence based approach for quantitative description of configuration in explaining movement through space. The purpose of this paper is twofold: identifying the supremacy of space syntax measures over normal metric measures and establishing a spatial rationale behind tenanting decision making (optimal area and rent of tenant stores) through developing the standard bid-rent model with tenant store specific variables and solving under the conditions of maximizing profit and situation of perfect competition. Consequently, retail space planning will not only be an accommodator of functional requirements but will be a potential tool for economic success through generating, controlling and predicting movement. Search Keywords for This Page Logic of space, Space syntax architecture, Architectural standards shopping mall, Journal of space syntax, Space syntax in architecture, Economic importance of shopping malls, Understanding space in architecture, Shopping mall architecture case study
Regulation of immune complex formation and clearance by histidine-rich glycoprotein

Histidine-rich glycoprotein (HRG) is a relatively abundant plasm a protein whose function is unclear, although it has been proposed that HRG may regulate processes as diverse as cell adhesion, coagulation and complement activation. This thesis will describe studies which indicate an im portant new functional role for HRG, namely the regulation of the size of im m une complexes (ICs) and their subsequent uptake by monocytes. Prelim inary studies prior to my PhD demonstrated that HRG co-purifies with C lq, based on enzyme linked im m unosorbent assay (ELISA) results binds to purified C lq and immunoglobulin G (IgG) and can inhibit the formation of insoluble ICs. The aim of this thesis was to initially verify these preliminary findings and to further examine the functional significance of the interaction of HRG
Meristem Termination and Organ Number Control in Early Stage of Arabidopsis Flower Development

Unlike animals, plants are able to initiate new organs and tissues throughout their whole life after embryogenesis; the organogenesis relies on the continuous activity of pluripotent stem cells. Plant stem cells are embedded in specialized tissues called meristems. Two primary meristems, the shoot apical meristem (SAM) and the root apical meristem (RAM), which are located at the tips of shoot and root, are responsive for the plant continuous growth. After floral transition, floral meristems (FMs) develop from the franks of SAMs to form flowers. In angiosperms, flower development is well controlled by the precise coordination of stem cell proliferation and organ differentiation. Consequently, the number of organs in the flowers of a given species is defined mostly based on the size of FMs. For example, in a model plant Arabidopsis, each flower consists of four different types of floral organs, four sepals, four petals, six stamens and two fused carpels produced from outside (whorl 1) to the centre (whorl 4). While a mountain of evidence has shown that the FM activity is associated with the floral organ number, the precise developmental program behinds the species-specific numbers of floral organs and how 4 whorls are produced remains unknown.
Intraplate strain localization due to olivine viscous anisotropy in the lithospheric mantle

The generation of earth-like plates implies efficient strain localization in the lithosphere for long times-spans. In this thesis, I quantified the contribution of viscous anisotropy due to crystal preferred orientations (CPO) of olivine in the lithospheric mantle on strain localization at the plate-scale. First, I performed numerical experiments using polycrystal plasticity models (e.g., VPSC) to evaluate the magnitude and controlling parameters of olivine-induced viscous anisotropy at the rock-scale and compared their predictions to experimental data to validate the model results. Then, a parameterization based on these models has been developed and implemented in a 3D finite-element geodynamical code to study structural reactivation and deformation regime associated with fossil lithospheric shear zones. The aim is to investigate the role of intrinsic (olivine CPO) viscous anisotropy on the development old lithospheric shear zones and its possible relation with the onset of linear seismicity in intraplate settings. The results show that activation of 2nd mechanisms at the rock scale greatly contributes to reducing the magnitude of viscous anisotropy in mantle rocks, resulting in maximum contrast of <6 in stress (for a constant strain rate). Imposed boundary conditions regulate the CPO-induced viscous anisotropy at both rock- and plate scale, mainly due to the 3D (out-of-plain) strain and stress components that develops. The presence of olivine CPO in the lithospheric mantle lead to strong directional dependence of the strain localization within the mantle shear zone, which, if well oriented to be reactivated, induces strain localization in the entire lithosphere. Deformation regime in the crust follows the one in the mantle. The mechanical feedbacks between both rheological layers, which are affect by the isotropic (composition) and anisotropic (CPO) parts, greatly affect strain localization in continental plates.
Proračun struje kratkog spoja u niskonaponskim mrežama sa fotonaponskim elektranama

This paper describes the procedure for calculating the current of a 3-phase (symmetric) short circuit using the superposition method. On the example of the 0,4kV low-voltage distribution network to which the photovoltaic power plants are connected, the current of the 3-phase short-circuit was calculated using the superposition method. The calculation was made for two cases: when the power consumption is maximal and the photovoltaic power plant does not work and when the consumption is maximal and the photovoltaic power plant works. The calculation results were analyzed to see the effect of a photovoltaic power plant at maximum power consumption on a 3-phase short circuit.
Habitat fragmentation and species diversity in competitive species communities

Habitat loss is one of the key drivers of the ongoing decline of biodiversity. However, ecologists still argue about how fragmentation of habitat (independent of habitat loss) affects species richness. The recently proposed habitat amount hypothesis posits that species richness only depends on the total amount of habitat in a local landscape. On the other hand, different empirical studies report contrasting patterns: some find positive and others negative effects of fragmentation per se on species richness. To explain this apparent disparity, we devise a stochastic, spatially-explicit model of competitive species communities in heterogeneous habitats. The model shows that habitat loss and fragmentation have a non-monotone and non-linear effect on the species diversity in competitive communities. When the total amount of habitat is large, fragmentation per se tends to increase species diversity, but if the total amount of habitat is small, the situation is reversed: fragmentation per se decreases species diversity.
Comparative acute inhalation toxicity of a saline suspension and an ethanol solution of t-2 mycotoxin in mice. (Reannouncement with new availability information)

We compared retention, distribution, toxicity, and histopathological change in mice after exposure to aerosols of T-2 suspended in saline or dissolved in ethanol. We found that the LC50 for mice exposed for 10 min to an aerosol of a saline suspension of T-2 was 0.035 plus or minus 0.02 T-2 per liter of air, which was lower than the LC50 (0.380 plus or minus 0.08 mg T-2 per liter air) for an aerosol of T-2 dissolved in ethanol. However, within about 15 min postexposure, most of the T-2 deposited in the respiratory tract was translocated from the respiratory tract regardless of whether the T-2 aerosol was from a saline suspension or ethanol solution. Also, although T-2 is an inflammatory agent to dermis and gastrointestinal epithelium, T-2 from either aerosol did not produce any histological evidence of inflammation in the respiratory tract.
Securing the Internet of Things using Machine Learning: A Review

The Internet of Things facilitates integration of massive group of devices into networks to provide data for an ever-growing number of applications. The current and future IoT applications holds promise to improve the convenience and comfort for the user but are prone to various types of security threats namely Denial of Service (DoS), Man-in-the-Middle, spoofing, Jamming, Eavesdropping and software attacks. Therefore, it becomes crucial to address these security challenges. In this paper, we discuss major security threats that exist at IoT layers and review Machine Learning based IoT security systems with a focus on Supervised Learning.
Big Data and the Future of the Accounting Profession

Background/objectives: The purpose of this research is to study and analyze the Big Data, to identify the challenges which facing Big Data in business organizations, and to clarify the impact of Big Data on changing the roles of accountants and accounting profession. Determining the impact of big data analysis on improvement accounting information quality. Methods/statistical analysis: To achieve this objective, reference was made to previous studies and related research, with a qualitative study based on in-depth and semi-structured interviews with specialists in the field of accounting and data analysis. Findings: The study concluded the impact of big data on the roles of accountants and the profession of accounting in the future, the importance of big data analysis in improving the accounting information quality. Improvements/applications: The other main findings of this research are that the importance to teach Big Data and business analysis in the curriculum of accounting education at the university level to enhance students’ knowledge on the importance of such data and how to process, store, and use them in the accounting field. The study recommends carrying out further scientific and applied research in Big Data to know its impact on the developments of the accounting profession. Originality/ value: The original contribution of the study lies in the empirical investigation of the phenomenon of Big Data and the extent of the need for it because it provides great opportunities in the field of accounting measurement, changing the roles of accountants, the development of the accounting profession, and improving the quality of accounting information as one of the most recent developments in the accounting context.
Actividad in vitro anti-Leishmania (Trypanosomatidae) del epóxido trans-Z-α-bisaboleno y del Safrol, en frutos de Piper auritum (Piperaceae)

Anti- Leishmania (Trypanosomatidae) activity of trans-Z-α-bisabolene epoxide and isolation of safrole, in fruits of Piper auritum (Piperaceae). The leishmaniosis disease incidence is high in tropical regions, and its current treatment has shown severe secondary effects. Considering this problem, many studies have focused on plants, looking for chemical components that have anti-leishmanial activity, and are free of adverse effects for human beings. The purpose of this work was to find a chemical component with this kind of activity in Piper auritum . In a phytochemical screening of this plant, we found some cumarins, terpens, triterpens and reducing sugars; and later, we identified the components trans-Z-α-bisabolene epoxide and Safrol. The first component presented a CI 50 of 50.0 µg/mL of anti- Leishmania activity. The Safrol, which is the major component of the essential oils of this plant, did not show antiparasitic activity. These results are discussed considering treatment of leishmaniasis. Rev. Biol. Trop. 66(2): 826-835. Epub 2018 June 01.
The Adsorption/Desorption Behavior of Odorous Compounds on Clothing Materials: A Case Study on Reduced Sulfur Compounds

In this work, the adsorptive and desorptive behavior of reduced sulfur compounds (RSC) was investigated using the combination of the Peltier cooling (PC)/thermal desorption (TD) unit with the gas chromatographic (GC) detection technique. To examine the adsorptive characteristics of RSC on clothing materials, a total of nine experiments were conducted in a stepwise manner. Once small towel pieces are exposed to significant quantities of RSC standards with high concentrations (10 ppm), the desoprtion stage was then induced by deloading RSC with ultrapure at three different flow rates (FR) of 20, 40, and 60 mL/min. At each FR, the total deloading volume of 400, 800, and 1,600 mL were maintained. These results were then compared in terms of odoring efficiency by dividing the total amount of desorption with the total amount used for exposition or RSC loading. The results indicated that desorption reaction of certain compounds ( and DMS) can be influenced significantly with the reducing FR, while they are not affected directly by the total deloading volume. In addition, when the extent of adsorption was compared for most S compounds by the odoring efficiency term, the extent of absorption generally occurred at approximately 1/1000 level of original exposition.
Short Term Evolutionary Dynamics of Escherichia Coli in Different Carbon Environments

Starting from a parentalE. coli K-12 MG1655 strain, we evolve cells in five different carbon environments-glucose, arabinose, xylose, rhamnose, and a mixture of these four sugars (in a predefined ratio) for approximately 2,000 generations. At the end of the adaptation period, we quantify and compare growth dynamics of the strains in a variety of environments. The evolved strains show no specialized adaptation towards growth in the carbon medium in which they were evolved. Rather, in all environments, the evolved strains exhibited a reduced lag phase and an increased growth rate. Sequencing results reveal that these dynamical properties are not introduced via mutations in the precise loci associated with utilization of the sugar in which the bacterium was evolved in. These phenotypic changes are rather likely introduced via mutationselsewhere onthe genome. Sugar systems are known to exhibit hierarchy in utilization. Evolution in a defined environment, in our experimental framework, does not alter this hierarchy.
Efeito da relação proteína degradável no rúmen: proteína indegradável no rúmen e do tipo de volumoso na dieta de ruminantes

HOFFMANN, Fabiane. Effect of degradable protein ratio on rumen: indegradable protein in rumen and type of forage on ruminant diet. 47s. Dissertação (Mestrado em Zootecnia) – Programa de Pós-Graduação em Zootecnia (Área de Concentração: Produção Animal), Federal University of Technology Paraná. Dois Vizinhos, 2020. The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of the combination of two sources of forage and two ratio rumen degradable protein in the rumen (RDP) and rumen undegradable protein (RDP:RUP) on intake, digestibility, ruminal parameters and microbial protein synthesis in cattle. Four castrated males, Jersey-breed, cannulated in the rumen with an average live weight of 315 Kgwere used in a 4x4 Latin square experimental design, with four treatments in a 2x2 factorial arrangement. The treatments were, ABR= ryegrass as a source of forage with low RDP:RUP ratio (RDP= 60% of CP); AAR= ryegrass as a source of forage with high RDP:RUP ratio (RDP= 65% of CP); TBR= tifton as a source of forage with low RDP:RUP and TAR= tifton ratio as a forage source with high RDP:RUP ratio. Animals fed tifton hay showed higher intake of dry matter, organic matter and consumption of soluble carbohydrates . The different RDP:RUP ratios did not influence the variables of consumption and digestibility. Ammonia and amino acid concentrations were higher in cattle fed tifton hay. The high RDP:RUP ratio promoted higher concentrations of sugars, while the low RDP:RUP ratio promoted higher ammonia concentration in ruminal fluid. There was interaction between forage and the RDP:RUP ratio for pH and amino acids. More important than the type of forage provided is the quality of this feedd, observing the bromatological composition and proven by higher consumption, it is verified that tifton hay was higher in relation to ryegrass hay. The RDP:RUP ratios used were not determinant in any of the results found and for this reason concluded that both RDP:RUP ratios can be used in tropical or temperate grass diets.