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PHYTOCHEMICAL AND ETHNOPHARMACOLOGICAL REVIEW OF TUDRI SURKH (CHEIRANTHUS CHEIRI)

Background and Aims: The traditional system of medicine continues to play an essential role in health care management. A number of plant origin drugs are utilized in Unani system of medicine for the treatment of various diseases. Tudri surkh (Cheiranthus cheiri) is one among them and is used either individually or in combination with other drugs in compound pharmacopeial formulations. Tudri surkh is a perennial plant of family Brassicaceae originally a native of Europe. This review article aims to describe morphological characteristics, phytochemistry, ethno botanical uses and therapeutic properties of Tudri Surkh. Methods: We systematically searched classical Unani literature, online data sources (PubMed, Google scholar, Elsevier, Science Direct and Research Gate) and offline encyclopaedia and books on medicinal plants for the relevant data on Tudri Surkh. Results: Tudri surkh contains alkaloids, glucosides, flavonoids and phenols. Plant contains cardenolides used for congestive heart failure. Glucosinalates (mustard oil glucosides) are secondary metabolites which are present in Tudri surkh possess biocidal and health benefits. Seeds are considered as tonic, diuretic, aphrodisiac, and expectorant. It is beneficial in tumours, jaundice and drug toxicity.
Country of Origin Effect and Animosity on The Attitude and Purchase Intention of Foreign Products

The purpose of this study is to examine COO effect and Animosity on the attitude and purchase intention of foreign products in ethnic subculture within a country. This research is tested in Malay and Chinese ethnic subculture in West Kalimantan, Indonesia. The categories of product are foods from Malaysia. Sample in this study is 435 respondents, consists of 218 Malay respondents from Ma-lay and 217 Chinese respondents. The collection of data was using non probability sampling method by combining accidental and snowball sampling. Data analysis uses structural equation modeling (SEM) Multi-group.The results show that, there is a positive influence of COO on attitudes of foreign products for both Malay and Chinese ethnic. This study also show that, the influence of COO on the purchase intentions of foreign products can only be proven in Chinese ethnic. Furthermore, the results show that animosity have a negative influence on attitude toward foreign products. In addition, attitude also have a positive influence on the intention to purchase. However, this study fails to prove the influence of animosity on the intention to purchase of foreign products. These results indicate that there are differences in consumer behavior between Malay and Chinese ethnic in the evaluation of foreign products.
Separating natural acidity from anthropogenic acidification in the spring flood of northern Sweden

Spring flood is an occasion for transient hydrochemical changes that profoundly effect the biodiversity of the aquatic ecosystem. Spring flood is also very susceptible to anthropogenic acidification. Belief that acid deposition is primarily responsible for pH decline during spring flood has been an important factor in the decision to spend close to one billion Swedish crowns to lime surface waters in northern Sweden during the last decade. The objective of this work is to present an operational tool, the Boreal Dilution Model (BDM), for separating and quantifying the anthropogenic and natural contributions to episodic acidification during spring flood episodes in northern Sweden. The limited data requirements of 10-15 stream water samples before and during spring flood make the BDM suitable for widespread use in environmental monitoring programs. This creates a possibility for distinguishing trends and spatial patterns in the human impact as well as natural pH decline. The results from applying the BDM, and a one point "pBDM" version of the model, in northern Sweden demonstrate that the anthropogenic component associated with spring flood episodes is now generally limited. Instead it is the combination of natural organic acidity and dilution of the buffering capacity that is the major driving mechanism of episodic acidity during spring flood events in the region. While the anthropogenic component of episodic acidification generally contributes 0.1 to 0.3 pH units to the natural pH decline of up to 2.5 pH units, the current regional extent of areas that are severely affected by anthropogenically driven episodes is approximately 6%. Prior to the initiation of the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency's "Episode Project", the limited spring flood data together with lack of a systematic methodology for determining liming candidates forced the liming authorities to base the remediation strategy in northern Sweden on biological indications. But, since there are more reasons why acid sensitive species may be absent or not thriving, including natural acidity, physical habitat degradation, or an earlier period of anthropogenic acidification that ceased many years earlier, biological indicators are not a reliable guide to the contemporary acidification status. Instead hydrochemical models, such as the BDM, are needed.
Connectionist Models and the Nativist Debate

More than 50 years ago Noam Chomsky proposed that language acquisition is domain specific and depends on innate knowledge. This article introduces computational models of language acquisition challenging this proposal. Early models (e.g., Elman, 1991) showed that mechanisms not specific to language can simulate important aspects of language acquisition. More recent models using as input samples of child-directed speech have successfully simulated the performance of language-learning children in respect to both their successes and their limitations (e.g., processing of higher order recursion). Further, many current computational models directly incorporate insights from previous ones and from experiments performed with children. The computational work shows the potential to provide a model of language learning that does not depend on domain specific mechanisms and suggests that the Chomskyan dictum needs to be re-evaluated.
Are Herbal Products an Alternative to Antibiotics?

Medicinal plants have been widely used in the management of infectious diseases and by now, many of the ancient remedies have proven their value through scientific methodologies. Although the mechanisms underlying most plant-derived remedies are not well understood, the success of herbal medicine in curing infectious diseases shows that many plants have beneficial effects in various bacterial, fungal, viral or parasitic infections. The modern methodologies in the isolation, purification and characterization of the active compounds, has been a great impact for advancing in vitro and in vivo research, this step being crucial for further application in clinical trials. Many plant-derived compounds, for example, quinine and artemisinin, have been already successfully used in healing lifethreatening infectious disease. The main limitations of plant medicine healing are lack of standardization and reproducibility of plant-derived products. Despite the paucity of clinical trials evaluating their efficacy, phytotherapy, adult plant uses and gemmotherapy, the use of embryonic stem cells should be reconsidered as valuable resources in finding new active compounds with sustained antimicrobial activity.
DIVERSIFICATION OF RAINFOREST FAUNAS: An Integrated Molecular Approach

▪ Abstract Understanding the evolutionary processes that generate and sustain diversity in tropical faunas has challenged biologists for over a century and should underpin conservation strategies. Molecular studies of diversity within species and relationships among species, when integrated with more traditional approaches of biogeography and paleoecology, have much to contribute to this challenge. Here we outline the current major hypotheses, develop predictions relevant to integrated molecular approaches, and evaluate the current evidence, focusing on central African, Australian, and South American systems. The available data are sparse relative to the scale of the questions. However, the following conclusions can be drawn: (a) in most cases, the divergence of extant sister taxa predates the Pleistocene; (b) areas with high habitat heterogeneity and recent climatic or geological instability appear to harbor more species of recent origin; (c) there is support for both allopatric and gradient models of di.
Formation, Reduction and Emission Behaviors of CBzs and PCDD/Fs from Cement Plants

ABSTRACTThe formation, reduction and emission behaviours of chlorobenzenes (CBzs) and polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and polychlorinated dibenzofurans (PCDD/Fs) were studied in a typical dry cement kiln in China. The operating conditions were scrutinized at various positions by monitoring the concentrations of CO, NOx, HF and HCl in the flue gas. Furthermore, the concentration, gas/particle partition and congener distribution of CBzs and PCDD/Fs were analyzed at the outlet of cyclone pre-heater, suspension pre-heater, raw mill and stack. The main PCDD/F formation zone was proven to be the first stage of pre-heater and the congener distribution of PCDD/Fs was significantly affected by the recycling ash. Specially, the concentration of CBzs continually increased with the flowing of flue gas. The final emissions of PCDD/Fs and CBzs in the flue gas were 0.016 ng I-TEQ Nm–3 and 26 µg Nm–3, respectively. Moreover, the reduction efficiency of I-TEQ via bag filter was up to 81% and 86% for gas and particle phase PCDD/Fs, respectively. Most importantly, the mass balances indicated that raw meal was the dominant input and the rotary kiln incinerating waste was clearly a weighed PCDD/F and CBz sink. Furthermore, HCBzs correlated well with the total I-TEQ during the whole process of cement production.
On semi-Lipschitz functions with values in a quasi-normed linear space

In a recent paper, S. Romaguera and M. Sanchis discussed several properties of semi-Lipschitz real valued functions. In this paper we analyze the structure of the space of semi-Lipschitz functions that are valued in a quasi-normed linear space. Our approach is motivated, in part, by the fact that this structure can be applied to study some processes in the theory of complexity spaces.
Developing real-time systems in Java on Macintosh

In this paper, we examine the advantage of writing real-time applications and operating systems in typesafe languages, such as Java. In this context, we look at the issues of using Java in real-time systems and the development tools available on Macintosh computers. Finally, we explore the potential of the Sun SPOT system: a credit-card sized Java computer with input/output, and a wireless network, that runs the Squawk JVM. It is planned to be released in Australia in the third quarter of 2007. Disciplines Physical Sciences and Mathematics Publication Details This conference paper was originally published as McKerrow, PJ, Lu, Q, Zhou, ZQ and Chen, L, Developing real-time systems in Java on Macintosh, in Proceedings of the AUC Conference, Gold Coast, 23-26 September 2007, 11.1-9. This conference paper is available at Research Online: http://ro.uow. edu.au/infopapers/699
Soyfood consumption and risk of glycosuria in post-menopausal women

Menopause is a natural event to be experienced by every woman and appears to be associated with increased risk for developing type 2 diabetes mellitus. It has been postulated that a diet high in legumes may be beneficial for the prevention of glycosuria. These unique components of soy have been shown to have beneficial effects on glucose and insulin homeostasis. The objective of the present study was to examine the possibility of an association between soy food consumption and risk of glycosuria in postmenopausal women. A cross-sectional study was conducted among 94 postmenopausal women attending Mampang Prapatan Health Center, Mampang Prapatan subdistrict, South Jakarta. Anthropometric measurements were taken using standard instruments and dietary intake was assessed with a validated food-frequency questionnaire. A dipstick semiquantitative assay for urinary glucose was used to define glycosuria (positive). The results showed that 12.8% of postmenopausal women had glycosuria and mean isoflavone intake was 69.5 ± 61.4 g/d. Intake of isoflavone was inversely associated with risk of glycosuria. Compared to women in the lowest quintile of isoflavone intake (Q1), postmenopausal women in the highest quintile (Q5) had a lower risk for glycosuria of 0.30 times that of Q1, which risk was however statistically not significant (OR = 0.30; 95% CI = 0.02 – 3.14). In conclusion, isoflavone may play a role in the prevention of glycosuria (an important indicator of diabetes) among postmenopausal women.
Time-varying group delay as a basis for clustering and segmentation of seismic signals

In this paper the applications of group delay in seismic vibration signals analysis are discussed. A method which bases on the autoregressive model with sliding-window is used to track volatility of signal’s properties in time. The analysis of time-frequency maps of group delay can be used in a process of distinguishing signals of different characteristics. Moreover, the method is robust for the different parameters of the sliding-window AR model. In the article applications of the time-frequency maps of group delay in a signal segmentation and clustering are also discussed. In seismic analysis an ability to distinguish signals with different seismic nature is very important, especially in case of safety in copper-ore underground mines. Creation of tools for revealing the origin of vibration will have positive impact on evaluation of hazard level.
Subtle Facial Expression Recognition in Still Images and Videos

Many researchers in the engineering and computer science communities have been developing automatic ways for machines to recognize emotional expression, as a goal towards achieving human-machine intelligent interaction. Research on emotion classification utilizes pattern recognition approaches for recognizing emotions, using different modalities as inputs to the emotion recognition models. In the vision community, still images and videos depicting faces constitute the main channel that conveys human emotion. In the last two decades many automatic facial expression recognition methods have been proposed. In the field of Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) computers will be enabled with perceptual capabilities in order to facilitate the communicaABSTRACT
Investigation of Relationship between Vegetation, Topography and Some Soil Physico-Chemical Characteristics in Nodoushan Rangelands of Yazd Province (Iran)

The relationship between topography, soil factors, and distribution of ecological vegetation groups in the Nodoushan arid rangelands of Yazd province (Iran) was investigated. The present species were recorded in each vegetation group using a randomized-systematic sampling method. Plant cover and density were estimated quantitatively using the transect and quadrate methods, and the two-way indicator species analysis (TWINSPAN), after which vegetation was classified into different groups. Soil samples were taken from 0-30 cm in each quadrat. In each vegetation group, 20 environmental variables including altitude, slope, aspect, percentage of bare rock, grazing intensity, percentage of gravel, soluble ions (Na + , K + , Mg 2+ , Ca 2+ ), total nitrogen, organic matter, lime, gypsum, EC, pH, and percentage of sand, silt and clay were measured. Multivariate techniques including detrended correspondence analysis (DCA) were used to analyze the collected data. The results showed that the vegetation distribution was related to elevation, slope, and soil characteristics such as texture, organic matter, gypsum, acidity, lime, and gravity percentage.
Pay to Play in Parks: An Australian Policy Perspective on Visitor Fees in Public Protected Areas

Many public protected areas worldwide charge fees for entrance, overnight camping, and commercial tour permits. These visitor or user fees raise revenue and may also influence visitor behaviour. Many protected areas are forced to charge fees because government funding is inadequate for conservation and visitor management in the face of rapidly rising visitor numbers and demands. Acceptance and effects of fees, however, depend on the historical, political, legal, economic and social context. Two issues are particularly significant: (a) equity between various social groups; and (b) control and use of funds raised.
The SAMI Galaxy Survey: Data Release One with emission-line physics value-added products

We present the first major release of data from the SAMI Galaxy Survey. This data release focuses on the emission-line physics of galaxies. Data Release One includes data for 772 galaxies, about 20 per cent of the full survey. Galaxies included have the redshift range 0.004 < z < 0.092, a large mass range (7.6 < log M*/ M⊙ < 11.6), and star formation rates of ∼10^(−4) to ∼10^1M⊙ yr^(−1). For each galaxy, we include two spectral cubes and a set of spatially resolved 2D maps: single- and multi-component emission-line fits (with dust-extinction corrections for strong lines), local dust extinction, and star formation rate. Calibration of the fibre throughputs, fluxes, and differential atmospheric refraction has been improved over the Early Data Release. The data have average spatial resolution of 2.16 arcsec (full width at half-maximum) over the 15 arcsec diameter field of view and spectral (kinematic) resolution of R = 4263 (σ = 30 km s^(−1)) around H α. The relative flux calibration is better than 5 per cent, and absolute flux calibration has an rms of 10 per cent. The data are presented online through the Australian Astronomical Observatory's Data Central.
Fundamentals and applications of the Landau–Lifshitz–Bloch equation

The influence of thermal excitations on magnetic materials is a topic of increasing relevance in the theory of magnetism. The Landau–Lifshitz–Bloch equation describes magnetisation dynamics at finite temperatures. It can be considered as an extension of already established micromagnetic methods with a comparable numerical effort. This review is a brief summary of this new field of research, with a focus on the fundamentals of the Landau–Lifshitz–Bloch equation, its connection with the stochastic Landau–Lifshitz equation, and its applications in modern magnetism.
Optimisation of the Coagulation-Flocculation of Reactive Dye Wastewater Using Novel Inorganic-Organic Hybrid Polymer

A novel inorganic-organic hybrid polymer of magnesium chloride-polyethylene oxide (MgCl2-PEO) was prepared, characterised and applied in the coagulation-flocculation of a reactive dye, Cibacron Blue F3GA (RCB). The hybrid polymers were prepared in various ratios and their conductivity and viscosities were measured. For the application in the coagulation-flocculation of RCB, the hybrid polymer of 90% MgCl2:10% PEO ratio was selected as it showed the highest conductivity and lowest viscosity. The factors that affect coagulation-flocculation of RCB, namely initial dye concentration, initial pH, agitation speed, agitation time and hybrid polymer dosage, were studied using fractional factorial design and response surface methodology (RSM). The process was also optimised, with respect to colour removal and chemical oxygen demand (COD) reduction efficiency. The five factors studied showed significant effects toward the colour removal and COD reduction of RCB. The process was optimum at initial dye concentration of 173 mg/L, pH 11.13, agitation speed of 150 rpm, agitation time of 6 minutes and hybrid polymer dosage of 1020 mg/L. Under these optimum conditions, maximum colour removal of 99.76% and COD reduction of 92.09%, were achieved. doi: 10.5829/idosi.ijee. 2016.07. 01.05
Doing More with What We Already Know – Prevention and Improved Coverage of Healthcare for Diabetes

© T O U C H B R I E F I N G S 2 0 0 9 Abstract Diabetes now affects 285 million people, representing 6.6% of the world’s adult population. It disproportionately affects the developing world, with four of five people with diabetes living in lowand middle-income countries (LMCs). Diabetes is expected to cost the world at least $376 billion (11.6% of total healthcare expenditure) in 2010, according to the IDF Diabetes Atlas. This means that LMCs will also bear the economic brunt of the disease, which affects far more people of working age than previously believed. In many of these countries, essentials for good basic care for diabetes are scarce. The International Diabetes Federation (IDF) believes that where care for diabetes is scarce or limited, improving the coverage of prevention measures and basic care for diabetes will improve outcomes and quality of life. Good basic care can be highly cost-effective or even cost-saving. Even if costs are higher, the number of people affected by diabetes is now so large that it is no longer acceptable to ignore it.
Pedestrian Detection by Laser Scanning and Depth Imagery

Abstract. Pedestrian flow is much less regulated and controlled compared to vehicle traffic. Estimating flow parameters would support many safety, security or commercial applications. Current paper discusses a method that enables acquiring information on pedestrian movements without disturbing and changing their motion. Profile laser scanner and depth camera have been applied to capture the geometry of the moving people as time series. Procedures have been developed to derive complex flow parameters, such as count, volume, walking direction and velocity from laser scanned point clouds. Since no images are captured from the faces of pedestrians, no privacy issues raised. The paper includes accuracy analysis of the estimated parameters based on video footage as reference. Due to the dense point clouds, detailed geometry analysis has been conducted to obtain the height and shoulder width of pedestrians and to detect whether luggage has been carried or not. The derived parameters support safety (e.g. detecting critical pedestrian density in mass events), security (e.g. detecting prohibited baggage in endangered areas) and commercial applications (e.g. counting pedestrians at all entrances/exits of a shopping mall).
Temporal variations of extreme precipitation events in the United States: 1895–2000

A newly available data set of daily precipitation observations was used to study the temporal variability of the frequency of short‐duration extreme precipitation events for 1895–2000 in the conterminous United States. Event durations of 1, 5, 10, and 30 day and return periods of 1, 5, and 20 year were analyzed. For all combinations of duration and return period, heavy precipitation frequencies were relatively high during the late 19th/early 20th Centuries, decreasing to a minimum in the 1920s and 30s, followed by a general increase into the 1990s. The frequencies at the beginning of the 20th Century were nearly as high as during the late 20th Century for some combinations of duration and return period, suggesting that natural variability cannot be discounted as an important contributor to the recent high values. Extensive quality control of data and Monte Carlo testing was performed to provide confidence in the reality of the early period high frequencies.