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Contribution of Literature to Language Teaching and Learning

The main purpose of this paper is to explain the advantages of using literature as a resource in second and foreign language classrooms. To this end, the benefits of integrating literature in language classrooms is first presented within the scope of the following items: a) authenticity, b) cultural awareness, c) thinking skills, d) personal development, e) four basic language skills (i.e. reading, writing, listening and speaking). In the second section, the paper provides information about the significant contribution that different literature genres (e.g. poetry, drama) can make to language learning. The third section of this article highlights the importance of specific criteria (e.g. students’ language level, age, cultural background) for selecting appropriate literary texts to be used in foreign language classrooms. In the concluding section, this paper suggests that, in order to get the full benefit of these advantages, language teachers should be properly trained on the effective use of literary texts, as well. All in all, this paper emphasizes that literary texts, when chosen carefully, considering the features of the target group, and used effectively by welltrained teachers in educational settings, can add not only to the students’ linguistic development, but also to their personal
UTERINE PATHOLOGY IN BOVINE INFERTILITY

After a clinical study, the genitalia of 300 cows served an average of six times each, were dissected. In fifty-nine cases the uterus appeared abnormal on dissection; sections from eight of these and nineteen of the remainder contained neither glands nor surface epithelium. From twenty-five of the gross cases and seventy-three others, the sites of the glands were marked, in the sections, only by masses of infiltrating leucocytes, etc. A further thirteen cases showed cystic development of the glands. Bacteria isolated conformed to the type of the normal uterine flora except where the uterus showed visible abnormality on dissection ; here high densities of Corynebacterium pyogenes associated with pus pre¬ dominated. Service-interval-length comparison between cases with moderate endometritis and those histologically normal suggested that both categories retained some capacity to conceive, but that the cows with normal uterus had a superior capacity to sustain a pregnancy and less tendency to 'suboestrus'. The results are contrasted with those of some earlier workers who found a much less marked incidence of tissue change in a smaller range of material, apparently of similar origin. The conclusion stresses that
Impact of Virtualization Technologies in the Development and Management of Cloud Applications

Today almost all consumer services ranging from Banking to Education, Ticket booking to Hospital Management are made online. The on line services are real time and critical application models deployed in clouds. The cloud based applications depends on Datacenters (DCs) for resource management. The resource utilization model need to cope with dynamic workload and stochastic request spikes. Virtualization is the key technology to improve resource utilization cum the deployment of application services with high portability, isolation, scalability and performance. The goal of this paper is to compare and contrast the performance measures of various virtualization technologies under heterogeneous scenarios and to present their impact in building and deploying application services for the cloud environment. It is noticed that each virtualization technology out performs the other in some or the other performance dimensions. In spite of these differences some virtualization technology dominates the application development industry according to the recent trends and heterogeneous application requirement of the consumer service.
Biocompatibility in vivo study of a new bioglass made up niobium oxide

The aim of this study was to evaluate the biologica l response to the implantation of a new biocompatib le glass based on niobium oxide and phosphorus oxide. Scanning electron microscopy with energy dispersive spectroscopy evaluated the morphology of the materi al (SEM/EDS) and the tissue response was evaluated by implantation of 30mg of biocompatible glass on subc utaneous tissue of Balb/c mice (n=15) as ISO 109936. After the period of 1, 3 and 9 weeks, the animals w ere killed and the necropsies were fixed in buffere d formalin pH 7.2 and processed for inclusion in paraffin afte r d mineralization step in Allkymia solution; howev er, no LIMA, C. J.; CASTRO-SILVA, I. I. ; BARROS, L. F. H. ; SILVA, M. H. P.; GRANJEIRO, J. M. ; Revista Matéria , v. 16, n. 1, pp. 574 – 582, 2011. 575 demineralization conventional procedure for bone an d ceramics biomaterials was sufficient to decompose the material. Alternatively, the material was processed for inclusion in resin for being cut by high impac t microtome. The histopathological study considered inflammatory reaction (intensity of polymorphonuclear, mononucl ear and giant multinuclear foreign body cells) and repair p rocess (granulation tissue and fibrosis) for evalua tion. SEM/EDS analysis showed irregular particles with wi de size variation and presence of niobium, phosphor us, calcium and oxygen. Despite of the presence artifac ts included during the histolopatological processin g, microscopic analysis showed moderate inflammatory i nfiltrate with the presence of mononuclear cells in week 1, that disapeared in the next implantation periods. A fter 3 and 9 weeks, blood vessels were observed, wi th discrete presence of foreign body giant multinuclear cells c ontaining particles of niobium biocompatible glass. Even after 9 weeks, no fibrous capsules were observed around t he granules of material. Necrosis foci and particle s degradation signs were not detected in no one exper imental period. Based in these preliminary results, it was possible to conclude that the tested material is bi ocompatible and not bioabsorbable. The comparison o f this biocompatible glass containing niobium, specially g rafted into intraosseous sites, will allow the eval uation of its real potential use as bone graft.
Calcium, Vitamin D, and Colon Cancer1

Calcium contributes to the progression of epithelial cells through all phases of the proliferative cycle and into stages of cell differentiation; intracellular concentrations of calcium that are required for cell renewal, however, are lower than those required for epithelial-cell differentiation. These effects of calcium are modulated by interactions with 1,25-dihy-droxy-vitamin I>. phosphate, and fatty acids, all of which are partly dependent on dietary intake. In rodent models, increased dietary calcium inhibited hyperproliferation of colon epithelial cells induced by increased levels of fatty acids or bile acids present in the colon. When carcinogens induced hyperproliferation of colon epithelial cells the hyperproliferation was decreased by added dietary calcium, and in several animal models the occurrence of carcinogen-induced carcinomas of the colon decreased with increased dietary calcium. A nutritional stress diet, designed to represent human Western dietary intake of calcium, phosphate, vitamin D, and fat, produced hyperproli feration and hyperplasia in the colons of rodents; these effects were reduced by increasing dietary levels of calcium. Decreased levels of ornithine decarboxylase also were reported in human and rodent colon mucosa exposed to increasing levels of calcium. In human subjects at increased risk for familial colon cancer, hyperproliferation of colon epithelial cells was reduced after oral dietary supplementation with calcium. In epidemiolÃ³gica! studies, several inves tigators reported inverse correlations between levels of dietary calcium intake and the incidence of colon cancer. Extrapolation of the data have suggested a protective effect of total calcium intakes above 1500 to 1800 mg/day.
Unsupervised Man

Man overboard incidents in a maritime vessel are serious accidents where the rapid detection of the even is crucial for the safe retrieval of the person. To this end, the use of deep learning models as automatic detectors of these scenarios has been tested and proven efficient, however, the use of correct capturing methods is imperative in order for the learning framework to operate well. Thermal data can be a suitable method of monitoring, as they are not affected by illumination changes and are able to operate in rough conditions, such as open sea travel. We investigate the use of a convolutional autoencoder trained over thermal data, as a mechanism for the automatic detection of man overboard scenarios. Morever, we present a dataset that was created to emulate such events and was used for training and testing the algorithm.
THEMATIC SECTION-CILAMCE 2018: IBERO-LATIN AMERICAN CONGRESS ON COMPUTATIONAL METHODS IN ENGINEERING

Research in metamaterials has recently gained interest in the field of noise and vibration control. The ability of creating band gap zones with minimum added mass is the main feature behind its success. In addition, the use of 3D printed parts, particularly the Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM), offers a practical solution for manufacturing parts with intricate shapes that are challenging for standard manufacturing processes, which is the case of many structural metamaterials. The combination of this concept with smart materials can further improve performance, providing the means to overcome typical issues. From a design perspective, the problem with coupling rises, as both the mechanical and electrical responses relies on the load circuit and on the mechanical properties of the smart elements. Therefore, the modeling of such structures is a rather complex task, for it involves multiphysical simulations of systems with complex geometries and typically a high number of degrees of freedom. Hence, this paper presents a direct approach for modeling and simulating smart metamaterials using a state-space formulation, which allows the modular coupling of electromechanical resonators manufactured by FDM. The numerical results are compared to experimental data obtained with unit cells prototypes embedded with piezoelectric elements and connected with a tunable shunt electric circuit. The good agreement between test and simulated data validates the design procedure.
Symmetry and the energy landscapes of biomolecules

The role of symmetry in the folding of pro- teins is discussed using energy landscape theory. An analytical argument shows it is much easier to find sequences with funneled energy landscape capable of fast folding if the structure is symmetric. The analogy with phase transitions of small clusters with magic numbers is discussed. The role of symmetry in the physics of atoms, nuclei, and elementary particles is different from its role in the biological world. In microphysics, it has been fruitful to postulate sym- metry as being fundamental, thereby severely constraining the form of the underlying laws (1). Furthermore, the conse- quences of symmetry for dynamics and stability are profound in the subatomic world. General treatment of these symmetry effects, based on group theory, allows a nearly complete classification of states and transitions (2, 3). Indeed, even the deviations from exact symmetry have their own quantifiable consequences. In the biological world, symmetry exists too, but it often appears to be an accident (4). While accidents still can have significant consequences, rationalizable on a case-by-case basis, there has been no general unifying theory of symmetry in biology. Exact symmetry in biology would even seem to be antithetical to the notions of complexity, variety, and meta-morphosis that are central to the idea of life as we know it. Nevertheless, as in microphysics, life requires stability and sameness as well as change. The apparent conflict of these notions was captured in Schro¨dinger’s metaphor of life as an ‘‘aperiodic crystal’’ (5). Since Schro¨dinger’s time, numerous studies of biological macromolecules have revealed their structure
Well-posedness and stability analysis for a moving boundary problem modelling the growth of nonnecrotic tumors

We study a moving boundary problem describing the growth of nonnecrotic tumors in different regimes of vascularisation. This model consists of two decoupled Dirichlet problem, one for the rate at which nutrient is added to the tumor domain and one for the pressure inside the tumor. These variables are coupled by a relation which describes the dynamic of the boundary. By re-expressing the problem as an abstract evolution equation, we prove local well-posedness in the small Hoelder spaces context. Further on, we use the principle of linearised stability to characterise the stability properties of the unique radially symmetric equilibrium of the problem.
LACK OF ASSOCIATION BETWEEN ENAMEL FORMATION GENE VARIANTS AND DENTAL CARIES IN ADULTS

Objectives: Studies report that gene polymorphisms associated with mineralization may change the structure of enamel and create a predisposition for developing dental caries. The aim of the study was to evaluate the VDR and TFIP11 gene variants in adults with caries experience and to investigate their interactions with the environmental factors. Materials and Methods: A total of 160 individuals at the age of 24-40 years were included in the study and they were assigned to two groups according to decayed-missing-filled teeth index (DMFT); namely the low caries experience (LCE, DMFT≤4) and high caries experience (HCE, DMFT> 9.13). DNA was isolated from buccal swab samples to genotype the VDR (TaqI; rs731236) and TFIP11 (rs5997096) gene variants. The real-time PCR was used for genotyping. The frequency of tooth brushing, carbohydrate intake, smoking, and the dental plaques were evaluated as environmental risk factors. Results: Between the caries groups and the distribution of the genotypes and alleles of the VDR rs731236 and TFIP11 rs5997096 gene variants were not statistically different. There was also no significant difference when homozygous, heterozygous, dominant, and recessive models were evaluated for the two variants. The frequency of tooth brushing was significantly higher in the LCE group. According to the regression analysis; the amount of plaque explained the high caries experience at a rate of 51.4%. Conclusions: The study findings indicated that common variants in the VDR and TFIP11 genes were not associated with high caries experiences in Turkish adults.
LARGE TIME BEHAVIOR OF ODE TYPE SOLUTIONS TO PARABOLIC p-LAPLACIAN TYPE EQUATIONS

Let u be a solution to the Cauchy problem for a nonlinear diffusion equation { ∂tu = div (|∇u|p−2∇u) + uα in R × (0,∞), u(x, 0) = λ+ φ(x) in RN , where N ≥ 1, 2N/(N + 1) < p 6= 2, α ∈ (−∞, 1), λ > 0 and φ ∈ BC(RN ) ∩ L1(RN ) with φ ≥ 0 in RN . Then the solution u behaves like a positive solution to ODE ζ′ = ζα in (0,∞). In this paper we show that the large time behavior of the solution u is described by a rescaled Barenblatt solution.
Classification Model for Water Quality using Machine Learning Techniques

The problem of water pollution is increasing every day, due to the industries’ waste product disposal, migration of people from rural to urban areas, crowded population, untreated sewage disposal, wastewater and other harmful chemicals’ discharge from the industries. There is a need to resolve this problem for us to get good water that can be used for domestic purposes. This article proposes a suitable classification model for classifying water quality based on the machine learning algorithms. The paper analyzed and compared performance of various classification models and algorithms in order to identify the significant features that contributed in classifying water quality of Kinta River, Perak Malaysia. Five models with respective algorithms were tested and compared with their performance. In assessing the result, the Lazy model using K Star algorithm was the best classification model among the five models had the most outstanding accuracy of 86.67%. Generally, wastewater is harmful to our lives, and bringing scientific models in solving this problem is obligatory.
A Core System for a Web-based Virtual Computer Laboratory

1. ABSTRACT In a web-based e-learning environment, we expect the necessary knowledge and laboratory activities to be delivered to learners without requiring their on campus presence. Within this frame, our work focuses on designing a system that can serve in building web-based labs capable of delivering the required skills and hands-on training related to computer science field of study. The proposed architecture makes use of the current Virtualization and Virtual Network Computing (VNC) technologies to build the desired system. In this paper, we describe the design and show that it is capable of being a core for various types of scalable, modular, and easy to manage, configure, and access labs.
Methodological Application for the Evaluation Impact Factor of Tall Building Development Projects

This study systemized various influence factors to be expected in tall building development projects into four upper categories, 12 evaluation areas, and 36 evaluation items by putting together previous studies and major cases. Based on the evaluation areas of influence factors in tall building development projects, the study focused on a measuring technique for more objective and clearer evaluations, applied an analysis methodology to the evaluation areas, and proposed its application plans to the field. Going through the process, an evaluator can assess the concerned evaluation areas systematically at the stage of planning a tall building development project. The study also provided implications for the operation of the evaluation system by reflecting the variability of a certain place, time and project rather than the overall mean accuracy obtained by the subject of such systematic evaluation.
Digital-Discrete Surface Reconstruction: A true universal and nonlinear method

The most common problem in data reconstruction is to fit a function based on the observations of some sample (guiding) points. This paper provides a methodological point of view of digital-discrete surface reconstruction. We explain our method along with why it is a truly universal and nonlinear method unlike most popular methods, which are linear and restricted. This paper focuses on what the surface reconstruction problem is and why the digital-discrete method is important, necessary, and how it can be accomplished.
On the number of zeros of multiplicity r

Let S be a finite subset of a field. For multivariate polynomials the generalized Schwartz-Zippel bound [2], [4] estimates the number of zeros over Sx.xS counted with multiplicity. It does this in terms of the total degree, the number of variables and |S|. In the present work we take into account what is the leading monomial. This allows us to consider more general point ensembles and most importantly it allows us to produce much more detailed information about the number of zeros of multiplicity r than can be deduced from the generalized Schwartz-Zippel bound. We present both upper and lower bounds.
Equivalent circuit model of an impact-based piezoelectric energy harvester

This paper presents an equivalent circuit model of an impact-based piezoelectric energy harvester. The harvester alternately generates two different shapes of dampedoscillating signals due to the asymmetric structure of the device. Those signals have strong high frequency components through mechanical impact from low frequency vibration. Equivalent circuit model with dual voltage source is proposed to precisely describe the behaviour of the harvester. The simulation results of the harvester with typical conversion circuits were compared with measurement data to verify the correctness of proposed model.
Shortening the Hofer length of Hamiltonian circle actions

A Hamiltonian circle action on a compact symplectic manifold is known to be a closed geodesic with respect to the Hofer metric on the group of Hamiltonian diffeomorphisms. If the momentum map attains its minimum or maximum at an isolated fixed point with isotropy weights not all equal to plus or minus one, then this closed geodesic can be deformed into a loop of shorter Hofer length. In this paper we give a lower bound for the possible amount of shortening, and we give a lower bound for the index ("number of independent shortening directions"). If the minimum or maximum is attained along a submanifold B, then we deform the circle action into a loop of shorter Hofer length whenever the isotropy weights have sufficiently large absolute values and the normal bundle of B is sufficiently un-twisted.
A Preliminary Research on the Reading Promotion of University Library

Under the background of universal reading, university library shoulders the important task of reading promotion. In the face of the status quo and problems of the reading promotion of university libraries, this paper uses the theory of empathy to explore the necessity, validity and feasibility of the construction of university library leaders, reading promoters and readers empathy, to innovate the work ideas for the reading promotion of university library to provide reference for the reading promotion research of university library.
The ventriloquist effect does not depend on the direction of deliberate visual attention

It is well known that discrepancies in the location of synchronized auditory and visual events can lead to mislocalizations ofthe auditory source, so-called ventriloquism, In two experiments, we tested whether such cross-modal influences on auditory localization depend on deliberate visual attention to the biasing visual event. In Experiment 1,subjects pointed to the apparent source of sounds in the presence or absence of a synchronous peripheral flash. They also monitored for target visual events, either at the location of the peripheral flash or in a central location. Auditory localization was attracted toward the synchronous peripheral flash, but this was unaffected by where deliberate visual attention was directed in the monitoring task. In Experiment 2, bilateral flashes were presented in synchrony with each sound, to provide competing visual attractors. When these visual events were equally salient on the two sides, auditory localization was unaffected by which side subjects monitored for \0isual targets. When one flash was larger than the other, auditory localization was slightly but reliably attracted toward it, but again regardless of where visual monitoring was required. Weconclude that ventriloquism largely reflects automatic sensory interactions, with little or no role for deliberate spatial attention.
RUNNING HEAD: ALTERED AMYGDALA SENSITIVITY IN PANIC DISORDER A lack of differentiation in amygdala responses to fearful expression intensity in panic disorder patients

Patients with panic disorder show abnormalities in threat processing and regulation, both on a behavioral and neural level. Better understanding of the underlying mechanisms could help to develop new treatment strategies. In this study, we investigated brain region activation in 18 patients with untreated panic disorder (PD) and 17 healthy controls (HC) during the processing of emotional faces with fearful, happy and neutral expressions, using functional MRI. The intensity of the expressions was either prototypically high, medium or low. PD patients showed significantly increased activity in the dorso-medial prefrontal cortex (dmPFC) in response to faces in general and specifically for happy faces. While HC showed a decreased amygdala response to medium/low fearful versus high fearful faces, this effect was not present in PD: amygdala activation was stable across all fearful faces in this group. Psychophysiological interaction analyses indicated more negative connectivity between the amygdala and prefrontal areas in the PD group during the task. Amygdala activation in panic patients appears to be less sensitive to decreasing intensities of fearful facial expressions and salience monitoring areas were less active during fearful faces in general in this group. This suggests PD patients might avoid more extensive processing of fearful faces.