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PROFITABILITY OF BROILER AND LAYER PRODUCTION IN THE BRONG AHAFO REGION OF GHANA

The study sought to compare the profitability of broiler and layer production in the Brong Ahafo Region of Ghana. Six poultry farms, comprising three layer farms and three broiler farms, were purposively sampled for the study. Data were obtained from production records of the farms and by questionnaire administration. Profitability analysis was carried out using the cost, revenue and profit functions to derive total cost, total revenue and total profit respectively. Constraints were analyzed using the Kendall’s coefficient of concordance. The results showed that both broiler and layer production were profitable in spite of some constraints facing their production. The major constraints associated with layer production were inadequate finance and scarcity/high cost of maize. For broiler production, the major constraints were inadequate finance and competition with imported frozen chicken. Access to credit, extension education and training on production practices were recommended as measures to improve commercial poultry production in the country.
Reverse Auctions as a Support Mechanism in Flexible Supply Chains

The Internet offers buyers a number of solutions for automating purchasing activity through e-procurement mechanisms. Some of these solutions have yet to prove their worth, requiring long lead times to implement and achieve payback benefits. Online reverse auctions are a tool which can be rapidly adopted and which are producing price reductions for direct and indirect purchases. They also offer process benefits to participating buyers and suppliers. As supply chains learn to become more flexible and responsive in the face of shorter product life cycles and faster-changing markets, auctions offer a viable mechanism for situations where there are many suppliers and product complexity is low. They also offer an early payback for electronic marketplaces and exchanges.
Senior marketers’ insights into the challenges of social media implementation in large organisations: assessing generic and electronic orientation models as potential solutions

Abstract The unique characteristics of social media (SM) have made it difficult to implement this tool within many large organisations. This paper seeks to identify the implementation challenges and evaluate alternative organisational orientations that may provide solutions. We aimed to reconcile theory with current practice by integrating the extant literature with data from three focus groups involving 27 senior marketing executives. The managerial discussions identified additional challenges to those previously discussed in the literature, which appear to result from SM’s unique characteristics. These include: interactivity, the integration of communication into distribution channels, collaborative media and information collection. Using both broad orientation models (market orientation and entrepreneurial orientation) and a specific digital orientation (e-marketing orientation), guidelines and research propositions for effective implementation are put forward.
Application of Mixed Sensitivity in Electro-hydraulic Load Simulator

Because some parameters are uncertain in loading system of electro-hydraulic load simulator, the controller designed by classical control theory has disadvantages such as dependency on model and weak robustness. Robust controller is designed by mixed sensitivity H∞ approach through choosing suitable weighted functions. It's solved through linear matrix inequality algorithm. It's testified by experiments that robust controller can satisfy robust stability and robust performance when spring stiffness changes. It also can eliminate superfluous force and improve passive loading performance with compensation of structure invariance principle.
Investigating websites’ e-CRM features in building customer relationships: evidence from Greece

In this study the 500 largest Greek companies are examined concerning their websites as marketing communication channels. Features of the websites are analysed and the most important features are categorised. Companies’ characteristics are analysed and connected to the business activities of the firms. Simultaneously, the companies are segmented using a two-step cluster analysis and, hence, the profiles of the clusters are presented. The findings indicate that Greek firms do not adopt advanced e-CRM features as a means to obtain feedback. Only a minority of firms surveyed have exploited the web as a marketing communication tool. Further, a field research was conducted addressed to the marketing managers of the largest 500 companies in Greece. The survey showed that the advanced e-CRM features are found to be related to the communication and advertisement goals of a company’s website. Moreover, those advanced features are related to the e-commerce web applications and information quality of the company’s webpage. Finally, some e-CRM strategy features and pursued characteristics of a company webpage, according to the marketing managers of the firms, are identified and presented.
Imatinib Mesylate Is a Potent Inhibitor of the ABCG2 (BCRP) Transporter and Reverses Resistance to Topotecan and SN-38 in Vitro

Imatinib mesylate (Gleevec, STI571) is a kinase inhibitor selective for Bcr-Abl, activated c-Kit kinases, and platelet-derived growth factor receptor tyrosine kinase. Imatinib mesylate, similar to many other tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs), such as members of the 4-anilinoquinazoline class, competes for ATP binding. Previously, 4-anilinoquinazoline TKIs have been shown to inhibit the function of the breast cancer resistance-associated drug transporter (ABCG2), reversing resistance to camptothecin derivatives topotecan and SN-38. However, the potential to inhibit ABCG2 for the 2-phenylamino-pyrimidine class of TKIs, exemplified by imatinib mesylate, has not been examined. Here, we show that imatinib mesylate potently reverses ABCG2-mediated resistance to topotecan and SN-38 and significantly increases accumulation of topotecan only in cells expressing functional ABCG2. However, overexpression of ABCG2 does not confer resistance to imatinib mesylate. Furthermore, accumulation and efflux of [14C]imatinib mesylate are unaltered between ABCG2-expressing and non-ABCG2-expressing cells or by ATP depletion. These results suggest that imatinib mesylate inhibits the function of ABCG2 but is not a substrate for this transporter.
Short-Lasting Unilateral Neuralgiform Headache Attacks with Conjunctival Injection and Tearing

SUNCT (Short-lasting Unilateral Neuralgiform headache attacks with Conjunctival injection and Tearing) and SUNA (Short-lasting Unilateral Neuralgiform headache attacks with cranial Autonomic symptoms) are rare primary headache syndromes, classified as Trigeminal Autonomic Cephalalgias (TACs). Hypothalamic involvement in the TACs has been suggested by functional imaging data and clinically with deep brain stimulation. Fifty-two patients (43 SUNCT, 9 SUNA) were studied to determine the clinical phenotype of these conditions and response to medications. A functional imaging study explored activation of the posterior hypothalamus in attacks of SUNCT/SUNA. The clinical study characterised SUNCT and SUNA in terms of epidemiology, phenotype and clinical characteristics. Indomethacin is ineffective on single-blind testing. Intravenous lidocaine was effective in all cases. Open-label trails showed the effectiveness of lamotrigine, topiramate and gabapentin. On functional imaging there was hypothalamic activation bilaterally in 5/9 SUNCT patients, and contralaterally in two patients. Two SUNCT patients had ipsilateral negative activation. In SUNA the activation was bilaterally negative. There was no hypothalamic activation in a patient with SUNCT secondary to a brainstem lesion. The data suggests that there should be revised classification for SUNCT and SUNA, with an increased range of attack duration and frequency, cutaneous triggering of attacks, and a lack of refractory period. The concept of ‘attack load’ is introduced. The lack of response to indomethacin and the response to intravenous lidocaine, are useful in diagnostic and therapeutic terms, respectively. Preventive treatments include lamotrigine, gabapentin and topiramate. The role of hypothalamic involvement in SUNCT and SUNA as TACs is considered.
Sustainability marketing research: past, present and future

Abstract This paper provides a synthesis and critical assessment of the sustainability marketing literature, from the period 1998–2013, building on a previous assessment from 1971 to 1998. It details research within major marketing journals and critically assesses this research in relation to the on-going conversation which focuses on marketing’s relationship with the natural environment. Differences in the content and depth of sustainability coverage in marketing journals are considered. Potential avenues for future sustainability marketing research are proposed, with a particular call for theoretical and managerial reflections which tackle broader systemic and institutional issues within the discipline.
On-line Commerce and Town Centre Retailers’ Experience

This paper is an attempt to develop a new way to sell products or services for retailers within town centres. An analysis of the literature revealed that the use of the Internet and digital commerce strategies are rarely used as tools to revitalize urban retail and develop a multidimensional experience of place. Thus, this paper aims to highlight which new modes of online commerce—e-commerce, s-commerce and m-commerce—are more suitable than others to help town centre retailers revitalize the place where they work. The research questions are as follows: 1) What are the origins of the growth and development of new forms of selling? and 2) How might town centre retailers integrate new forms of selling with traditional retailing? In answering the previously stated questions, this paper provides a proposed model that, by combining physical and virtual means to sell products and services, can provide specific strengths in revitalizing town centres.
College Accession Research: New Variables in an Old Equation

ABSTRACT With something of a sort of lagged effects of demographic shifts and decline in Federal Funds, Enrollment Planning Research that was once a nonsubject on most American campuses has reached a status of a “thoughtware” for the institutions of higher learning. In descriptive terms Enrollment research has become a growth industry in American higher education sector. Research surveys are on the rise each day that make claims to have discovered critical variables used by the students in their choice process for the colleges. Counterclaims of still new variables in the old equation are equally abundant in student's attitudinal and motivational studies. The author has joined this bandwagon in polling a sample of students and asking them to reveal their inner Whys about their colleges and universities. The uniqueness of this survey is that the questionnaire itself was designed by the students and it does contain some provocative variables important to students which are generally omitted in a traditional .
Exercise and intestinal polyp development in APCMin mice.

PURPOSE Epidemiological evidence suggests that physical activity protects against colon cancer. We previously used a mouse predisposed to intestinal polyps (APCMin) to evaluate this association and found the suggestion of fewer polyps in exercised males but not females. The present study was designed to further explore the potential exercise x sex interaction on polyp development and to begin to look at potential mechanisms. METHODS Six-week-old APCMin mice (N = 60 males; 60 females) were randomly assigned to one of two groups by sex: treadmill running at 20 m.min-1, 5% grade, 45 min.d-1, 5 d.wk-1 (EX) or nonrunning controls (CON) (N = 30 per group). EX mice ran in running wheels while in quarantine (weeks 0-3), followed by treadmill running weeks 3-8. Body weights were measured weekly. Urine was collected at 5 wk and fasting blood at 7.5 wk. Body composition was measured, serum was frozen, and polyp number and size were measured at sacrifice. RESULTS EX resulted in lower body weights (P < 0.01) and reduced fat mass (P < 0.01). Fasting glucose was lower in EX (P < 0.01), and leptin was lower in EX (P = 0.05) compared with CON. EX did not affect serum insulin-like growth factor-1 or urinary corticosterone. Total polyp number and size were not statistically different between groups; however, there were fewer jejunal polyps in EX (3.6 +/- 0.7, mean +/- SE) versus CON males (5.2 +/- 0.8; P = 0.04) and an even larger difference when only the consistent runners were kept in the analysis (2.7 +/- 0.5 in EX; P = 0.01). CONCLUSION Despite favorable changes in body composition, blood glucose, and leptin, 8 wk of running resulted in only minor changes related to polyp development in male but not female APCMin mice.
Corrosive poisoning mimicking cicatricial pemphigoid: Munchausen by proxy.

BACKGROUND Munchausen by proxy (MBP) is a severe form of abuse in which a caregiver simulates or fabricates illness in another person, primarily the elderly and children, which can even result in death. CASE We report two siblings who were victims of MBP, one of whom died. A very rare diagnosis, cicatricial pemphigoid was suspected in the 2-year-old girl who was first abused. She was hospitalized twice, for 3 and 4 months, respectively. Her second hospitalization ended with her death. MBP was diagnosed after the second sibling's admission with similar atypical signs and symptoms. It was realized that a household-cleaning product, sodium hydroxide, was administered repeatedly by oral route to the children by their own mother. CONCLUSIONS Physicians must consider the diagnosis of MBP whenever they are confronted with unusual, persistent or recurrent signs and symptoms in a child.
The Effect of Destination Image and Attitude toward Medical Tourism on the Mongolian's Intention to Use Korean Medical Tourism Service

Background: Over the last decade, medical tourism industry has grown in Korea. Especially the number of Mongolian medical tour-ists has increased rapidly. Therefore, the Mongolia is one of the targets for Korea medical tourism. The purpose of this study is to in-vestigate the effects of destination image and expected attributes of medical services on Mongolian’s intention to use Korean medi-cal tourism service.Methods: This study empirically collected survey data from Mongolian lived in Mongolia. The study analyzed the data using a PLS model.Results: Our results are as follows. First, the country image didn’t significantly have causal effects on expected medical service qual-ity and perceived risk. Second, tourism image (e.g., entertainment, economic feasibility, and local convenience) has significantly causal effects on expected medical service quality and perceived risk. However, tourist site as tourism image didn’t significantly have causal effects on expected medical service quality and perceived risk. Third, medical image made a statistically significant effect on expected medical service quality and perceived risk. Fourth, the expected medical service quality showed a significant effect on intention to use Korean medical tourism service. Fifth, the perceived risk of medical tourism showed a significant effect on the reliability of medi-cal tourism, but didn’t show a significant effect on the intention to use Korean medical tourism service. Finally, the reliability has a significant effect on the intention to use Korean medical tourism service.Conclusion: From our empirical results, this study concluded that as a strategy attracting Mongolian patients, it is more effective to strengthen Korean hospital image and tourism image than Korean country image.Keywords: Medical tourism; Mongolia; Destination image; Healthcare use
Resource Provisioning Methodologies: An Approach of Producer and Consumer Favorable In Cloud Environment

Cloud computing is an emerging technology, having ability to renovate a large part of computing environments by providing resources as services. Cloud environment is composed of a set of resource providers and consumer. Cloud offers two ways of resources provision to the consumers. Firstly resource on-demand and secondly resource on-reservation. Various case studies have proven that resource on-demand has increased cost than resource on- reservation. This paper explores a detail survey on various existing resource provision mechanisms in state in favour to the consumer and the producer. We will use survey results to identify areas that require further research.
Structural distortion and superconductivity in (Nd1-xTbx)1.85Ce0.15CuO4.

The phase diagram of (Nd{sub 1{minus}{ital x}}Tb{sub {ital x}}){sub 1.85}Ce{sub 0.15}CuO{sub 4} has been studied by resistivity, magnetic susceptibility, x-ray, electron-, and neutron-diffraction experiments. For low-Tb concentrations the samples are superconducting; however, {ital T}{sub {ital c}} diminishes rapidly with increasing {ital x}. For higher Tb concentrations all diffraction studies indicate the long-range lattice deformation characterized by the rotation of the CuO{sub 4} squares around the {ital c} axis (i.e., the orthorhombic phase recently observed in Gd{sub 2}CuO{sub 4}); the structural consequences of the distortion are discussed. {copyright} {ital 1996 The American Physical Society. }
Forecasting US Dollar/Euro Exchange Rate with Genetic Fuzzy Predictor

— Fuzzy systems have been successfully used for exchange rate forecasting. However, fuzzy system is very confusing and complex to be designed by an expert, as there is a large set of parameters (fuzzy knowledge base) that must be selected, it is not a simple task to select the appropriate fuzzy knowledge base for an exchange rate forecasting. The researchers often look the effect of fuzzy knowledge base on the performances of fuzzy system forecasting. This paper proposes a genetic fuzzy predictor to forecast the future value of daily US Dollar/Euro exchange rate time’s series. A range of methodologies based on a set of fuzzy predictor’s which allow the forecasting of the same time series, but with a different fuzzy partition. Each fuzzy predictor is built from two stages, where each stage is performed by a real genetic algorithm.
Impairment of cognitive function in women receiving adjuvant treatment for high-risk breast cancer: high-dose versus standard-dose chemotherapy.

BACKGROUND Although high-dose chemotherapy is rapidly gaining acceptance as a treatment option for a number of cancers, the long-term toxic effects of such therapy are a concern. Cognitive deficits (e.g., problems with memory and concentration) are not uncommon after chemotherapy, but they have not been documented systematically. In this study, we assessed the prevalence of cognitive deficits in a group of patients with high-risk breast cancer who were randomly assigned to receive either high-dose or standard-dose adjuvant chemotherapy plus tamoxifen, and we investigated whether high-dose chemotherapy impaired cognitive functioning more than standard-dose chemotherapy. METHODS Cognitive functioning was evaluated by use of a battery of neuropsychologic tests. In addition, patients were interviewed with regard to cognitive problems, health-related quality of life, anxiety, and depression. Results from patients who received adjuvant systemic therapy were compared with results from patients who had early stage breast cancer not treated with such therapy (control patients). RESULTS The study population consisted of 34 patients treated with high-dose chemotherapy plus tamoxifen, 36 patients treated with standard-dose chemotherapy plus tamoxifen, and 34 control patients. For all patients, the average time since the completion of last nonhormonal therapy was 2 years. Cognitive impairment was found in 32% of the patients treated with high-dose chemotherapy, in 17% of the patients treated with standard-dose chemotherapy, and in 9% of the control patients. In comparison with the control patients, patients treated with high-dose chemotherapy appeared to have an 8.2-times higher risk of cognitive impairment (odds ratio; 95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.8-37.7); in comparison with the patients who received standard-dose chemotherapy, this risk of impairment was 3.5-times higher (95% CI = 1.0-12.8). CONCLUSION High-dose chemotherapy appears to impair cognitive functioning more than standard-dose chemotherapy. Central nervous system toxicity may be a dose-limiting factor in high-dose chemotherapy regimens.
Intégration de données hétérogènes et imprécises guidée par une ressource termino-ontologique

Cet article presente les enjeux de l'ingenierie des connaissances dans le domaine des sciences du vivant et, a titre d'illustration, un systeme d'integration de donnees thematiques ouvert sur le Web, appele ONDINE (Ontology based Data INtEgration). Ce systeme propose un processus complet d'acquisition, d'annotation semantique et d'interrogation de donnees a partir de tableaux trouves dans des documents scientifiques issus du Web. L'element central du systeme ONDINE est une Ressource Termino-Ontologique (RTO) qui permet la representation de relations n-aires et dont les concepts sont utilises pour annoter des tableaux de donnees. Nous presentons le modele de la RTO, la methode d'annotation semi-automatique de tableaux de donnees guidee par cette RTO, puis le logiciel @Web (Annotating Tables from the Web) d'annotation semantique de tableaux.
Pseudocyst of Pancreas: A Clinical Study

Introduction:Pancreatic pseudocysts belong to a large and heterogeneous group of cystic pancreatic lesions and represent a complication of acute or chronic pancreatitis. The objective of this observational study was to study the different etiologies, clinical features, investigations and management of pseudocyst of pancrease in patients being treated at KMC hospital Manipal. Methodology:A prospective observational study was carried out on patients diagnosed with a pancreatic pseudocyst in the Department of Surgery/Medicine/Gastroenterology in Kasturba hospital, Manipal. The study was conducted over a period of 2 years from 1st September 2012 to 31st August 2014. A total of 50 patients were included in the study. Results:The majority of patients belonged to the age group of 30-39 yrs(40%) and showed a predisposition towards males (96%). Abdominal pain was the presenting symptom (98%) and abdominal tenderness was present in 62% of patients. Majority of the patients had history of alcohol abuse (47%). CECT abdomen was more useful for details of pseudocyst. The mean size of pseudocyst was 9.62 cms. Most common site for pseudocyst was body and tail (24%). The major complication seen was hemorrhage in cyst (8%). The most commonly done procedure was cystogastrostomy (18%). Conclusion: Surgery is the traditional modality for treating pancreatic pseudocysts, with high success rates and low morbidity and mortality, and it still plays an important role in therapy. Laparoscopic management has been reported with very encouraging results, but long-term follow-up has still to show equivalence to open surgery. Endoscopic therapy is a reasonable alternative to surgery, particularly for chronic pseudocysts, and is increasingly being used.
The impact of dementia prevalence on the utility of the AD8.

ARTICLE Sir, Galvin et al . (2010) suggest that the AD8, a brief informant-based test, may improve detection of dementia in community settings. Research on the AD8 has been conducted in settings where the prevalence of dementia is unusually high. The prevalence of dementia is likely to be much lower in community settings, and it is likely that the utility of the AD8 will be reduced accordingly. The World Alzheimer Report (Alzheimer’s Disease International, 2010) estimates the global prevalence of dementia at 4.7% in individuals aged 60 and older. In contrast, the prevalence of dementia or Alzheimer’s disease in published studies of the AD8 …