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THE EFFECT OF DIVIDEND POLICY DETERMINANTS WITH SIZE AS A MODERATING VARIABLES IN LQ45 COMPANIES REGISTERED INDONESIAN STOCK EXCHANGE

Dividend policy is of concern to many parties such as shareholders, creditors, and other external parties who have an interest in the information issued by the company. This study aims to analyze the determinants of dividend payout ratio, which is proxied by variables, profitability (ROE), liquidity (CR) and company size (size) as moderating variables in LQ45 companies listed on the Indonesian stock exchange. The population this study were all LQ-45 companies for the period 2016-2018. The sample was determined based on the purposive sampling method so that a sample of 19 companies obtained. The results of this study indicate that return on equity (ROE), current ratio (CR) have positive and significant effect on dividend policy (dividend payout ratio). The MRA test shows that firm size as a moderating variable can influence the relationship between profitability (ROE)and liquidity (CR) on dividend policy (DPR). The results of this study are also in line with the signaling theory which states that companies that pay high dividends will be positive signal for investors because they think the company will experience profits in the future and as an implication of this study the more liquid the company will be, the more internal funds it will receive.Keywords: Dividend Policy, Profitability, Liquidity, and Size (Company Size)
The Shape of the Nasal Cavity and Adaptations to Sniffing in the Dog (Canis familiaris) Compared to Other Domesticated Mammals: A Review Article

Simple Summary Modern dogs are the most morphologically diverse group of mammals. Numerous studies have shown that dogs and their olfactory abilities are of great importance to humans. It was found that the changes within the skull have had a significant impact on the structure of the initial sections of the respiratory system, including the turbinates of the nasal passages. Congenital defects, defined as brachycephalic syndrome, are currently a significant problem in dog breeding as they can affect animal welfare and even lead to death; therefore this manuscript also focuses on this topic. After identifying the subject, we believe that further characteristics of the nasal turbinates and in-depth research related to their hypertrophy are needed. The study also summarized the state of knowledge about the structure of the respiratory system and nasal cavity in dogs compared to other species of domestic animals. Abstract Dogs are a good starting point for the description and anatomical analysis of turbinates of the nose. This work aimed at summing up the state of knowledge on the shape of the nasal cavity and airflow in these domestic animals and dealt with the brachycephalic syndrome (BOAS) and anatomical changes in the initial airway area in dogs with a short and widened skull. As a result of artificial selection and breeding concepts, the dog population grew very quickly. Modern dog breeds are characterized by a great variety of their anatomical shape. Craniological changes also had a significant impact on the structure and physiology of the respiratory system in mammals. The shape of the nasal cavity is particularly distinctive in dogs. Numerous studies have established that dogs and their olfactory ability are of great importance in searching for lost people, detecting explosives or drugs as well as signaling disease in the human body. The manuscript describes the structure of the initial part of the respiratory system, including the nasal turbinates, and compares representatives of various animal species. It provides information on the anatomy of brachycephalic dogs and BOAS. The studies suggest that further characterization and studies of nasal turbinates and their hypertrophy are important.
Identifying adverse drug events in patients at a pediatric ward in a Brazilian hospital: application and performance of the triggers

Abstract Objectives: to evaluate the performance of a trigger tool in identifying adverse drug events (ADE) in hospitalized children. Methods: a retrospective cohort study review on 133 medical records at a federal maternal and child reference hospital in Rio de Janeiro in 2016. A list of 14 triggers was developed to detect ADE in the pediatric population. Three steps were performed: (1) search for triggers; (2) selection of suspected cases of ADE and (3) final determination of ADE by experts’ consensus. Results: 360 triggers were identified in 100 hospitalizations (75.2%), with an average of 2.7 triggers/ hospitalization. The most frequent triggers were “abrupt medication stop” (79.7%); “antiemetics use” (8.9%) and “laxatives use” (7.2%); while the “diphenhydramine use”, “phytomenadione use” and “excessive sedation/lethargy/fall/hypotension” obtained the highest performance indicating ADE every time they occurred. Thirty-one ADE were identified in 12.8% of the hospitalizations; 11 (35.5%) ADE were detected without the aid of the triggers thus, pruritus and diarrhea were the most frequent. Conclusion: the trigger tool proved to be useful in identifying ADE in hospitalized children, especially if high performance and high frequency triggers are used in identifying the events. The inclusion of the triggers “diarrhea” and “pruritus”, may favor the identification of ADE in patients at pediatric wards.
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The authors present experiments on dust emission, in which they conclude that an approach using an albedo-based representation of surface roughness (called AEM) outperforms “traditional” approaches (called TEM) for three reasons: 1. The formulation of streamwise sediment/saltation flux was incorrect in TEMs; 2. spatio-temporal dynamics of roughness elemental coverage were not considered in TEMs; 3. TEMs required calibration while AEM did not.
Turbulence Model Evaluation for Numerical Modelling of Turbulent Flow and Heat Transfer of Nanofluids

In this work, Nusselt number and friction factor are calculated numerically for turbulent pipe flow (Reynolds number between 6000 and 12000) with constant heat flux boundary condition using nanofluids. The nanofluid is modelled with the single-phase approach and the simulation results are compared with experimental data. Ethylene glycol and water, 60:40 EG/W mass ratio, as base fluid and SiO2 nanoparticles are used as nanofluid with particle volume concentrations ranging from 0% to 10%. A prior turbulence model evaluation of k-ε-, k-ω- and k-ω-SST-model revealed substantial deviations between the tested models and resulted in applying the k-ω-SST-model for the simulation. Nusselt number predictions for the nanofluid are in agreement with experimental results and a conventional single-phase correlation. The mean deviation is in the range of 5%. Friction factor values show a mean deviation of 1.5% to a conventional single-phase correlation, however, they differ considerably from the nanofluid experimental data.
The design speculation and action research assemblage: ‘transit for all’ and the transformation of Melbourne's passenger rail system

ABSTRACT The planning problems of neo-liberal cities require theories and methods that are adequate to the task of engaging as well as understanding their fragmented opacity. This paper reports on research that combines well-established processes of action research and design studio teaching with more recent interest in assemblage theory. ‘Transit for All’ was a recent industry–university research collaboration investigating railway station design in Melbourne. The project illustrates ‘the design speculation action research assemblage’ as a tool for creative as well as critical thinking. Framed by the need to find ways to achieve significant modal shift toward active transport in a car-dependent city, the project brought 15 industry partners from state and local government, transport companies and the design sector together around a series of architectural and urban design studios for real sites. The outcomes of the project allow a deeper understanding of how transformative the focus on the relationship between network planning, urban renewal, interchange design and the removal of level crossings could be in bringing Melbourne's 19th century rail system into the 21st century.
Antidiabetic Activity of Clitoria ternatea Linn

In recent years, interest in plant study has expanded all over the world and a substantial body of evidence has been collected to illustrate the great potential of medicinal plants utilized in diverse traditional systems. Plant-based medications and chemicals have been used to treat various diseases and for personal adornment since the beginning of human civilization. Clitoria ternatea Linn, (butterfly pea) Fabaceae family. Clitoria ternatea is used to treat a variety of ailments and symptoms. It possesses antidepressant, anticonvulsant,anticancer, hypolipidemic, anti-inflammatory, analgesic and antipyretic qualities, as well aslocal anesthetic, purgative, and anti-diabetic effects.It's also used to treat snake bites and scorpion stings in India.
Body Size and Hematological Values for Herring Gulls (Larus argentatus) Breeding in the Northeastern United States

With a substantial number of herring gulls (Larus argentatus) being seen each year at wildlife clinics and wildlife rehabilitation facilities, it is clear that there is a need for hematological reference values for this species. Being able to compare values from gulls in these settings to reference ranges available from healthy, actively breeding gulls will provide useful information regarding their health. Surprisingly, there are very few published studies with hematological data specific to herring gulls. In this study, serum chemistry values and body size measurements were obtained from approximately 20 incubating herring gulls at two breeding islands—Appledore Island, Maine, USA and Kent Island, New Brunswick, Canada. The values found were compared to those in the published literature obtained from a number of similar species. This comparison indicated that the hematological values from the herring gulls sampled on Appledore and Kent Islands are similar to those found in other gull species. Therefore, the data collected in this study represent ranges of normal hematological values for healthy, breeding herring gulls.
Amelanotic Malignant Mucosal Melanoma of the Nasal Cavity: Case Report and Literature Review

Sinonasal malignant melanoma is a rare but aggressive tumor of the head and neck area. It has a poor prognosis. Common symptoms are nasal obstruction, epistaxis, or purulent rhinorrhea. Diagnosis relies on histopathology with immunohistochemistry (IHC) studies. Surgery is the essential treatment, most often supplemented by radiotherapy or immunotherapy. A 63-year-old female patient, with a history of right dacryocystorhinostomy and Parkinson's disease, consulted for symptoms of right nasal obstruction with increasing intensity accompanied by two episodes of mild unilateral epistaxis. Rigid optic examination showed a white-pinkish right obstructive supra-centimetric endonasal tumor. CT revealed an extensive tissue process of the right nasal cavity invading the maxillary sinus, the inferior and middle conchas. A biopsy of the lesion was conducted under local anesthesia. The immunohistochemical study has shown undifferentiated tumor with positive antibody anti PS100 and anti-melan A evoking malignant sinonasal melanoma. The patient underwent two surgeries for maxillectomies as she presented a first local recurrence. She was started on adjuvant radiotherapy. At one year of follow-up, she does not present any local or general signs of disease. Sinonasal melanoma is a particular entity of head and neck mucosal melanomas. The highest incidence is described to be in the seventh and eighth decades of life with no sex difference. IHC profiling of different melanoma subtypes showed the importance of alterations in the KIT gene, this genetic data may constitute a therapeutic target. After surgery, the important local recurrence rates and regional failure justify adjuvant radiotherapy also for resections in free margins. Most authors consider that prophylactic neck dissection is not necessary. Preoperative imaging features (CT scan) are characteristic and helpful for diagnosis. IHC is essential, has a high sensitivity for differentiating achromic melanomas from other neoplasms. Sinonasal achromic melanoma is a very uncommon tumor, invasive, and frequently associated with distant metastasis. Paraclinic examinations are essential for staging and guiding therapeutic management. Immunotherapy is a promising ground of research as it comes to metastatic and advanced disease.
Extra-gastrointestinal stromal tumors (EGISTs): A case report for a mischief entity

Background: Extra-gastrointestinal stromal tumor is a rare subtype of soft tissue sarcomas with significantly variable presentation, management, and prognosis. This makes it crucial to report the different institutional experiences of encountering extra-gastrointestinal stromal tumors (EGIST). Case presentation: We report 3 cases of EGIST diagnosis at American University of Beirut Medical Center for 2 males and 1 female in the 5th, 6th, and 7th decades of life, respectively. For the first case, the tumor was initially suspected to be ovarian cancer, but biopsy revealed a diagnosis of EGIST, and the patient was started on neoadjuvant therapy. In the second case, the tumor was retro-gastric and prelim diagnosis was gastric cancer but again biopsy revealed an EGIST histopathology, and the patient underwent surgery and adjuvant treatment. For the third case, a previous history of testicular cancer prompted an initial suspicion of recurrence with metastasis but biopsy and immunohistochemistry staining revealed EGIST with related markers. The patient underwent treatment at a different institution in his home country. Conclusion: This report sheds light on the importance of keeping EGIST amongst any differential list for abdominal and pelvic tumors. It also shows that EGIST-focused studies are needed to assess the effectiveness of the different treatment modalities available when utilized specifically for EGIST. This would allow for better oncological outcomes and improved quality of life.
Compact dual-band dual-mode circular patch antenna with broadband unidirectional linearly polarised and omnidirectional circularly polarised characteristics

A novel probe-feed single-layer circular patch antenna with dual-band dual-mode dual polarisation is proposed in this study. By using modified mushroom structure, dual-band dual-mode characteristic is realised as former designs. Due to the loading structure including four curved patches added around the circular radiating patch, bandwidth is broadened for the patch mode (n = 1 mode) with unidirectional linearly polarised characteristics at the upper frequency band. By loading with four curved branches in the ground plane, circularly polarised property for the dipole mode (n = 0 mode) with omnidirectional radiation patterns is achieved at the lower frequency band. Parameter analysis is made to study this antenna and one prototype is fabricated to confirm the property. Moreover, the measured results are obtained with −10 dB impedance bandwidths of 227.5 MHz (5.1% at the centre frequency of 4.42 GHz) and 857.5 MHz (14.9% at the centre frequency of 5.74 GHz), and maximum gain of 1.1 and 7.1 dB for the dipole mode and patch mode, respectively. With the advantages of simple structure, wide bandwidth, radiation pattern selectivity and polarisation diversity, this antenna concept is valuable in wireless communications.
SPERIMENTAZIONE DI TECNICHE DI CLASSIFICAZIONE OBJECT-ORIENTED DI IMMAGINI QUICKBIRD A FINI FORESTALI (1)

FDC 587.2 L’approccio metodologico comunemente utilizzato per derivare cartografie tematiche forestali da immagini satellitari e la fotointerpretazione manuale in ambiente GIS (Geographical Information Systems). Gli elaborati prodotti con sistemi di classificazione automatici (unsupervised) o semi-automatici (supervised) sono caratterizzati da legende troppo semplificate perche risultino utili strumenti di supporto alla pianificazione forestale. D’altra parte il tentativo di aumentare la complessita dei sistemi di nomenclatura comporta inevitabilmente un aumento degli errori di classificazione, in genere oltre i limiti di accettabilita del prodotto. L’approccio pixel-oriented e la scarsa risoluzione geometrica delle immagini sono ulteriori limiti alla diffusione di cartografie tematiche prodotte con metodi di classificazione automatica e semiautomatica. Le ultime generazioni di satelliti VHR (Very High Resolution) e lo sviluppo di tecniche di classificazione object-oriented sembrano capaci di superare i limiti sopra accennati. A tal fine, su un’area di studio estesa 1370 ettari nel comune di Sasso Marconi (BO), e stata sperimentata l’efficacia di una procedura di classificazione object-oriented della copertura del suolo basata sulla segmentazione multirisoluzione di immagini satellitari QuickBird. Per confronto, l’accuratezza tematica ottenuta e stata comparata con quella derivante da un approccio di tipo pixeloriented. I risultati ottenuti con l’approccio object-orientend (KIA=0,78) sono stati migliori di quelli scaturiti dall’approccio pixel-oriented (KIA=0,47).
Nutrients in ‘Gigante’ forage cactus pear under different saline water irrigation depths and planting densities

ABSTRACT Climate variability tends to increase the occurrence of extreme drought conditions in semi-arid regions, thereby compromising crop yield, including that of drought-tolerant plants such as forage cactus pear. Irrigation of cactus with saline water has enabled good results, and its combination with changes in planting densities may promote changes in the production response of this crop. A field experiment spanning two crop cycles was carried out to evaluate nutrient concentrations in ‘Gigante’ forage cactus pear (Opuntia ficus-indica Mill) under different saline water irrigation depths and planting densities. A randomized block design was used with treatments arranged in split-split plots. Two irrigation intervals (7 and 14 days) were assigned to plots, four planting densities (20,000; 40,000; 60,000 and 80,000 plants ha-1) to subplots, and four irrigation depths of saline water of electrical conductivity 2.91 dS m-1 (0, 11, 22 and 33% of reference evapotranspiration) to sub-subplots. The irrigation depths were applied only in the period of the year without rain. Intermediate planting densities (43,002 and 54,687 plants ha-1) promote lower P, Ca and Fe concentrations in cladode tissues of forage cactus pear. Irrigating ‘Gigante’ cactus forage with saline water up to 33% ETo increases the concentrations of N, P, Ca, Mg, B, Cu, Mn and Zn in cladode tissues. Irrigation levels between 16 and 25% of ETo with saline water resulted in the highest concentrations of K, S and Na.
Système hybride à pile à combustible et supercondensateur : structures, contrôle- commande et gestion d'énergie

This paper deals with a study of the hybrid system using membrane of exchange of protons fuel cell (PEMFC) with supercapacitors for applications with strong dynamics of instantaneous power, as in the electrical vehicles. After a description of the power requirements, different hybrid structure are analysed, and two parallel structures are more detailed. For each of them, from a control strategy allowing an effective flows energy management, an experimental validation shows the performances obtained on a mission profile given by the vehicle dynamics.
Vegetarian “Sausages” with the Addition of Grape Flour

Vegan sausages with the addition of grape flour represent a way to reduce the intake of processed meat and at the same time to increase the intake of a healthy substance of plant origin. Grape flour obtained from grape marc as a byproduct of wine production is a source of many bioactive substances, such as antioxidants and polyphenols. The study was conducted using vegetarian sausage production: six batches of sausages with different concentrations of grape flour (0%, 1%, 3%, 7%, 10%, and 20%) were produced. The following analyses were applied for the evaluation of these vegetarian sausages: ferric reducing antioxidant power assay (FRAP), 2,2′-azino-bis(3-ethylbenzothiazoline-6-sulfonic acid) diammonium salt (ABTS), total polyphenolic content, total protein content, and textural and sensory parameters. The results clearly indicated that the grape seed flour addition resulted in a higher antioxidant capacity of experimentally produced vegan sausages. Based on the sensory evaluation, vegan sausages with 1% (according to taste evaluation, these samples were the most acceptable by panelists) and 3% additions of grape flour were selected as the most suitable since they were statistically more acceptable than samples produced with 20% grape flour addition. The results of this study confirm that the addition of grape flour to vegan sausages is nutritionally beneficial for consumers because it increases the antioxidant capacity and polyphenol content; however, a slight decrease in protein content was recorded too. The sustainability of the product is also achieved using the grape flour since it is a waste material generated worldwide within grape processing.
Multimedia Tools Gain Favor For Chemistry Presentations

Classroom topic of the day: molecular dynamics and the harmonic oscillator. Chemistry professor Kent R. Wilson stands before a group of physical chemistry students and provides narration for a stream of computer images, text, video clips, equations, animations, music, and sound—a multimedia presentation projected on a 25-foot screen in front of the class. That scenario is a far cry from the traditional chalkboard talk, and the educational benefits of the approach are only beginning to be assessed. But efforts by Wilson and collaborators at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD)— along with burgeoning efforts by other researchers around the country—are helping to evaluate how multimedia technology can be used to bring new depth and dimension to classroom, laboratory, and research presentations about chemistry. Beyond developing new multimedia curriculum materials, Wilson and other researchers are working to make these resources available to the academic community in a variety of ways. A researcher .
The Effect of the Modification of Carbon Spheres with ZnCl2 on the Adsorption Properties towards CO2

Zinc chloride and potassium oxalate are often applied as activating agents for carbon materials. In this work, we present the preparation of ZnO/carbon spheres composites using resorcinol-formaldehyde resin as a carbon source in a solvothermal reactor heated with microwaves. Zinc chloride as a zinc oxide source and potassium oxalate as an activating agent were applied. The effect of their addition and preparation conditions on the adsorption properties towards carbon dioxide at 0 °C and 25 °C were investigated. Additionally, for all tested sorbents, the CO2 sorption tests at 40 °C, carried out utilizing a thermobalance, confirmed the trend of sorption capacity measured at 0 and 25 °C. Furthermore, the sample activated using potassium oxalate and modified using zinc chloride (a carbon-to-zinc ratio equal to 10:1) displayed not only a high CO2 adsorption capacity (2.69 mmol CO2/g at 40 °C) but also exhibited a stable performance during the consecutive multicycle adsorption–desorption process.