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SPATIAL ANALYSIS OF FACTORS AFFECTING VEGETATION CHANGE IN SOUTHERN SAMBURU , KENYA

Abstract. Rangelands in Africa are under pressure from the increased human population that demand more land for food production and settlement. The once mobile communities have become more sedentary due to provision of centralized social and health amenities. These factors leads to concentrated use of land for grazing and settlement creating pressure on the vegetation and soil resources. This paper present a section of findings for study undertaken for Master thesis. Geographic information system was used to determine the distribution of various factors affecting vegetation change in Southern Samburu. This study dealt with analysis of the factors affecting the vegetation change in Southern Samburu. Data has been collected to determine the distribution of the land use and land cover of the study area. GIS Thematic maps showing distribution of schools, churches and clinic/health facilities as factors reducing the Samburu mobility have been developed and superimposed on the transport network and trading centres using ArcView 3.2 and ArcGIS.
Technology for Post-Stroke Cognitive Rehabilitation

Stroke is a major cause of disability worldwide. Cognitive rehabilitation is a must for many stroke survivors. Due to the specificity of the cognitive impairment, in terms of affected cognitive area and quantification of the specific deficit, the rehabilitation intervention has to be individually tailored in content and quantity, and it must be adapted to the functional and energetical restant of the patient, for each session. The intervention can be a no-tech, low-tech, medium-tech or high-tech one. The clinician psychologist must choose and adapt the appropriate technology to be used for each patient, depending on the cognitive impairment (in terms of cognition area and severity), as well as on one’s personality and motivation, general attitude towards technology, expectations for one’s future functioning and quality of life. 
1 M ar 2 01 7 On the nature of the neutrino

Originally conceived to be massless in the standard model, neutrinos are now known to oscillate in flavor and posses tiny but non-vanishing masses [1–3], although their absolute values are unknown, with data and estimations about squared-mass splittings and upper bounds for mass eigensates currently available [1]. Disregarding gravity, neutrinos interact only through the weak interaction, and only left-handed neutrinos and right-handed antineutrinos have ever been detected [1, 4]. One open problem in neutrino physics is the determination of their nature. Because they are electrically neutral two possibilities exist [5–10]: either neutrinos are distinct from their antiparticles and hence of the Dirac type (implying lepton number conservation), or they are equal to their antiparticles and hence of the Majorana type (implying lepton number violation). Theoretically, the latter is the preferred alternative for two main reasons: it provides a natural explanation for light neutrino masses through the see-saw mechanism [8], and allows for models of baryogenesis from leptogenesis that could explain the baryon asymmetry of the Universe [7, 11– 13]. Thus, in most extensions to the standard model it is ab initio assumed that neutrinos are Majorana particles [12, 14]. When calculating amplitudes of neutrino processes it is found that, regardless of the process, the difference in matrix elements for Dirac and Majorana types is proportional to the ratio of the neutrino mass mν to its energy Eν : mν/Eν , which becomes negligible small for high-energetic neutrinos with small masses [5]. This result makes very difficult the experimental determination of the nature of the neutrino, with the best option provided by neutrinoless double beta decay experiments, a process that can only occur if neutrinos are Majorana particles. The present experimental status in this regard is inconclusive [1], but there are both ongoing and planned experiments that could resolve the issue in a few years [15, 16]. In this letter I address the problem of the neutrino nature, from the perspective of canonical quantum field theory, and show that it must necessarily be of the Majorana type. This is done by assuming that a general neutrino with definite mass is described by a massive Dirac field operator and showing that, nonetheless, the physical one-particle states must be identified with the antiparticles ones because they can be rotated to each other, violating lepton number conservation in the process. I will also show that no such rotations are possible for massive Majorana field operators. The procedure involves momentum-dependent transformations acting on free field operators in an analogous way to the standard discrete transformations of parity and charge conjugation, with no models beyond the standard model assumed or required. Natural units with ~ = c = 1 and the Weyl representation of the gamma matrices
The Impact of Innovation on Organizational Competitiveness

Conquering new markets and expanding competition areas make innovation the basis of development and dynamism in all economies. In this study we analyze how innovation, becoming part of the life of a business, will allow the companies to adjust and adapt their business model to the changing market, gaining knowledge and competitiveness. Once described what an innovation truly represents for the competitiveness, the research will explain where the innovation may develop and what is the process that transforms a simple idea into a product service or innovative mechanism to be placed on the market. Innovation could be considered as the only solution to overcome the economic crisis, and different types of innovation may represent choices and processes of business development.
The Study of Lumbar Erector Spinea and Rectus Abdominis Activations according to the Different Gait Velocities in Young Healthy Adults

186 J Korean Soc Phys Ther 2012:24(3):186-190 The Study of Lumbar Erector Spinea and Rectus Abdominis Activations according to the Different Gait Velocities in Young Healthy Adults Jong-Sung Chang, PT, PhD, Hae-Yong Lee, PT, Mi-Young Lee, PT, PhD Department of Physical Therapy, College of Health Science, Honam University, Department of Rehabilitation Science, Graduate School, Daegu University, Department of Physical Therapy, College of Health and Therapy, Daegu Haany University
Adaptive Principal Component Analysis and Its extensions

We propose algorithms for online principal component analysis (PCA) and variance minimization for adaptive settings. Previous literature has focused on upper bounding the static adversarial regret, whose comparator is the optimal fixed action in hindsight. However, static regret is not an appropriate metric when the underlying environment is changing. Instead, we adopt the adaptive regret metric from the previous literature and propose online adaptive algorithms for PCA and variance minimization, that have sub-linear adaptive regret guarantees. We demonstrate both theoretically and experimentally that the proposed algorithms can adapt to the changing environments.
Importance of Visualization to Postural

The article is connected with problem of postural stability and balance in fighting sports as boxing. The present empirical studies demonstrate that the lack of information about the body position is one of the factors which affect functioning and human physical activity. The study was carried out on the 11-person group of boxers who trained boxing. The particular focus during the examination was on three aspects: duration of the attempt, measures of stability used and instructions given to the subjects. Researches demonstrated that impairment of the sense of vision or sudden change in the field of view largely delays proper development of the postural response of the human body. © Idōkan Poland Association “IDO MOVEMENT FOR CULTURE. Journal of Martial Arts Anthropology”, Vol. 14, no. 2 (2014), pp. 23–28 DOI: 10.14589/ido.14. 2.3
Teaching a Humanoid Robot through Physical Feedback : So Easy Even a Five Year Old Could Use It

We propose a communication robot that can acquire verb meanings through interaction with a human. Our target verbs are body movement verbs that have two objectives and can be performed only by using arms and head of a humanoid robot. In our system, sentences as ”place the right hand on the head”, are input using a keyboard and the movements are taught from a human by moving the robot’s arms through physical interaction. For an impression evaluation using the SD method, 16 participants taught the robot two verbs, which are ”put-on” and ”move-away-from”, through ten times interactions with the robot. The result showed the verb acquisition ability using direct physical feedback is efficient to make human-robot communication more interesting, enjoyable and fulfilled.
The effect of 8-week ' s anaerobic intermittent exercises on the amount of fibrinogen , CRP and VO 2 max in student athletes

Studies show that a severe exercise leads to changes on the surface of acute phase proteins. In today's industrial society cardiovascular disease is the main cause of death. This study focuses on the effect of 8week anaerobic intermittent exercises on the amount of fibrinogen, CRP and VO2max in student athletes. 10 of the university's team members with an average age of 22±3, height of 174±4.2 centimeters, and weight of 66±3.31 kilograms voluntarily participated in this study. The subjects participated in three weekly anaerobic intermittent exercises sessions for a period of 8-week. The fibrinogen, C-reactive protein (CRP) and VO2max was measured before and after this period. Blood samples were collected before and after training sessions, after 12 hours fasting. The data was analyzed A paired t-test with α≤0.05. Results showed the 8 week of anaerobic intermittent exercises caused a significant decrease in the subjects' fibrinogen and CRP levels and a significant increase in the level of VO2max. © 2011 Published by Elsevier Ltd.
Global Warming versus Green Architecture : African Experience

Greenhouse gases (GHGs) are solely responsible for climate change and its associated effects in the world today. Studies reveal that the building sectors consume more than one third of the world's energy, and contribute to global warming. On average between 1980 and 1990, CO2 emissions from buildings have grown by 1.7 percent per year with rates of growth noted to be four times greater in developing countries. Due to increase in urban population and attendant residential pressures, energy consumption is projected to rise in buildings especially in fast growing countries. With increasing building impact on energy consumption, it is necessary to address the challenges of unsustainable building practices by adopting more sustainable building approach such as „green architecture. Green architecture focuses on saving energy production and consumption through green buildings. Green buildings emit fewer greenhouse gases, consume less energy, use less water, and offer occupants healthier environments than the typical buildings. A typical traditional building of earth emits fewer greenhouse gases, consumes less energy, and maintains a high level of internal thermal comfort, regardless of prevailing solar radiation outside. It is therefore necessary to promote the construction of earth structures and combine its potentials with modern technology so as to produce a new generation of buildings that require no mechanical airconditioning during hot days and nights. The paper studied the benefit of using natural and traditional building materials in housing delivery and discusses the relevance of local inputs to affordable and balanced housing and concludes by recommending fusion of traditional building materials and modern technology as a sustainable tool for reducing high energy production and consumption in the building sectors. Keywords---Global warming, Greenhouse gases, Green architecture, Green buildings.
DIRECT POWER CONTROL FOR A PHOTOVOLTAIC CONVERSION CHAIN CONNECTED TO A GRID

Solar energy represents the future of the world in matter of clean energy. Its use and mainly the photo voltaic (PV), for different applications including grid connected, are well suited to most of the rural areas due to the lack of electrification. In this paper we proposed a strategy for optimizing the performance of a grid-connected photovoltaic system. For this, we opted for an MPPT control method based on the fuzzy logic controller. The control and improving of the performance of a voltage source inverter for grid connected photovoltaic systems, we proposed to use a modern technique which is called direct power control. Simulations of the proposed approach give interesting results compared to the existing control strategies in this field. The model of the proposed system is simulated by MATLAB / Simulink.
Intuitive Interaction with VR Applications Using Video-based Gesture Recognition

This paper describes the implementation of a deviceless int eraction ’device’ using hand gesture recognition within a calibrate d stereo system. Video-based interaction is one of the most intuitiv e kinds of Human Computer Interaction with Virtual Reality applica tions due to the fact that users are not wired to a computer. If inter ac ion with three-dimensional environments is considered, point ing, grabbing and releasing are the most intuitive gestures used by hu mans. This paper describes a video-based gesture recognition sys tem that observes the user in front of a large displaying screen, iden tifying three different hand gestures in real time using 2D feature c lassification and determines 3D information like the 3D position of the user’s hand or the pointing direction if performed. Differe nt scenario applications like a virtual chess game against the com puter or an industrial scenario have been developed and tested.
Reinforced Anytime Bottom Up Rule Learning for Knowledge Graph Completion

Most of todays work on knowledge graph completion is concerned with sub-symbolic approaches that focus on the concept of embedding a given graph in a low dimensional vector space. Against this trend, we propose an approach called AnyBURL that is rooted in the symbolic space. Its core algorithm is based on sampling paths, which are generalized into Horn rules. Previously published results show that the prediction quality of AnyBURL is on the same level as current state of the art with the additional benefit of offering an explanation for the predicted fact. In this paper, we are concerned with two extensions of AnyBURL. Firstly, we change AnyBURLs interpretation of rules from $\Theta$-subsumption into $\Theta$-subsumption under Object Identity. Secondly, we introduce reinforcement learning to better guide the sampling process. We found out that reinforcement learning helps finding more valuable rules earlier in the search process. We measure the impact of both extensions and compare the resulting approach with current state of the art approaches. Our results show that AnyBURL outperforms most sub-symbolic methods.
Expert Witnesses : The Effect of Expertise on the Pleasure of Experiencing Films

This research explores the fertile and largely understudied relationship between pleasure and expertise when experiencing art. Cinematography students at an Eastern Canadian post-secondary institution participated in this longitudinal study that collected their responses to attractive and unattractive films at the beginning and end of a semester of film study. The results suggest that expert film goers are more able to differentiate between attractive and unattractive films, garnering greater pleasure from the high quality films than their previous (naïve) assessments. The implications for arts marketers include both target marketing that is, selecting audiences and building in features that appeal to specific pleasures, whether sensory, social, emotional or intellectual. Suggestions for future research include verifying the results with larger samples and more broad-based choice of art forms.
Printed in the United Kingdom Ontology Evolution : A Process Centric Survey

Ontology evolution aims at maintaining an ontology up to date with respect to changes in the domain that it models or novel requirements of information systems that it enables. The recent industrial adoption of Semantic Web techniques, which rely on ontologies, has led to the increased importance of the ontology evolution research. Typical approaches to ontology evolution are designed as multiple-stage processes combining techniques from a variety of fields (e.g., natural language processing and reasoning). However, the few existing surveys on this topic lack an indepth analysis of the various stages of the ontology evolution process. This survey extends the literature by adopting a process-centric view of ontology evolution. Accordingly, we first provide an overall process model synthesized from an overview of the existing models in the literature. Then we survey the major approaches to each of the steps in this process and conclude on future challenges for techniques aiming to solve that particular stage.
A critical survey on measuring success in rank-based keyword assignment to documents

Evaluation approaches for unsupervised rank-based keyword assignment are nearly as numerous as are the existing systems. The prolific production of each newly used metric (or metric twist) seems to stem from general dis-satisfaction with the previous one and the source of that dissatisfaction has not previously been discussed in the literature. The difficulty may stem from a poor specification of the keyword assignment task in view of the rank-based approach. With a more complete specification of this task, we aim to show why the previous evaluation metrics fail to satisfy researchers’ goals to distinguish and detect good rank-based keyword assignment systems. We put forward a characterisation of an ideal evaluation metric, and discuss the consistency of the evaluation metrics with this ideal, finding that the average standard normalised cumulative gain metric is most consistent with this ideal.
Inhibition of airway inflammation , hyperresponsiveness by the fructus schisandrae ( wu wei zi ) extract in a murine model of allergic asthma

Fructus schisandrae (wu wei zi) extract, a traditional Chinese medicine formula has been used in the treatment of asthma. This study demonstrated the immunoregulatory effect of the fructus schisandrae extract on chronic allergic asthma using the OVA challenged chronic asthmatic murine model. In the current research, we found that the fructus schisandrae extract decreased the airway hyperresponseness (AHR), pulmonary inflammatory cell infiltration, and airway remodeling in OVA mice. The fructus schisandrae extract also decreased Th2 cytokines, IL-4, IL-13 and Th17 (IL-17), but increased IFN-γ in the BALF. Furthermore, fructus schisandrae extract could attenuate TIMP-1 expression in lung, inhibit airway remodeling and AHR. In conclusion, the plant-medicines of fructus schisandrae extract cloud suppressed OVA-induced airway inflammation, remodeling, and hyperresponseness in chronic asthma murine model.
Chapter 8 Severe Acute Pancreatitis and its Management

Severe acute pancreatitis (SAP) is a severe form of acute pancreatitis, which requires often intensive care therapy. The common aetiology varies with geographic locations. In Middle East, biliary pancreatitis is the commonest type. Initial phase of the disease is due to profound release of the proinflammatory marker, then the organ dysfunction takes over. It mainly divided into three types depending upon the pathological changes that are oedematous, necrotic and haemorrhagic. The common clinical presentation is typical abdominal pain radiating to the back and relieved by typical positioning i.e. sitting or leaning forwards. Raised pancreatic amylase and lipase with imaging will help to diagnose the SAP. The outcome of SAP is dictated by various criteria and scores. The commonly used scoring systems are Ranson’s and Glasgow scores, whereas the local complication is diagnosed and predicted by the Balthazar’s score. The management of SAP is mainly analgesia, prevention of complications and supportive care. Initially, laparotomy was recommended routinely for SAP complicated by necrosis of the pancreas and continuous lavage, but nowadays, minimal invasive image guided drainage is the recommended modality. The most common complications of concern are the abdominal compartment syndrome, Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), and infection of the pancreatitis necrosis. SAP has a high mortality rate (up to 40%), but initial aggressive supportive management will improve the outcome.
Reviews Yin-yang Balance Therapy on Regulating Cancer Stem Cells

s: Researches have shown that cancer stem cells, regulated by the niche where they reside, are the roots of oncogenesis, relapse and metastasis. To date, very few treatments have targeted on cancer stem cells. The authors study that the regulated factors in the niche share the characteristics of yin-yang in the theory of traditional Chinese medicine, which has confirmed its therapeutic effects in the prevention and treatment of cancer. So the authors presume that the mechanisms of traditional Chinese medicine on the prevention and treatment of cancer may be related to the yin-yang balance of the niche of cancer stem cells.
SYSTEMIC COMPARISON OF SPOKEN AND SUNG VOWELS IN FORMANT-FREQUENCY SPACE

A new approach is introduced for uncovering dominant characteristics of steadystate vowels produced in sung phonation. The approach is motivated by the articulatoryphonetic notion of a vowel space and uses the correlate space of formant frequencies as a systemic tool. Two spatial representations (F1-F2, F1-F2-F3) are examined using formant frequencies measured from Australian English vowel-nuclei of /hVd/ monosyllables, which were spoken at an estimated fundamental-frequency (F0) of 80-Hz and sung at a nominal F0 of 110Hz by a semi-professional bass singer. An asymmetric retraction of the sung relative to the spoken polygon is clearly evident in F1-F2 space, where the unrounded front vowels are shifted towards the apparently less susceptible back vowels. In F1-F2-F3 space, spoken and sung vowels cluster tightly about distinct quadratic surfaces, which facilitate a more complete interpretation of the retraction in F1-F2 space. The emergent perspective is that spatial representations of spoken and sung vowel-formants provide useful pathways for interpreting acoustic-articulatory strategies in singing.
Information Security Perceptions of Users, Levels of Engagement and Developer Resistance

This paper reports on a case study considering the propensity for a range of stakeholders to engage with information security issues during a major development project as part of a project considering the user involvement with the elicitation of information security requirements. Also examined were the attitudes of IT managers and project team members. The research found that many users have an interest in being involved with information security issue, but their concerns meant they would need to be supported during any information security requirements gathering process. While business areas were interested in being involved, there was resistance from developers and this would require careful management. It was found that most users had a simplistic view of information security, largely limited to issues around access privileges.
An Overview of IoT and Healthcare

This paper is an overview of some of the implications of IoT on the healthcare field. Due to the increasing of IoT solutions, healthcare cannot be outside of this paradigm. The contribution of this paper is to introduce directions to achieve a global connectivity between the Internet of Things (IoT) and the medical environments. The need to integrate all in a global environment is a huge challenge to all (from electrical engineers to data engineers). This revolution is redesigning the way we see healthcare, from the smallest sensor to the big data collected.