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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MULTIDISCIPLINARY: APPLIED BUSINESS AND EDUCATION RESEARCH Pedagogical Competence of Science Pre-Service Teachers: Baseline for Training Program

This descriptive survey aimed to explore the pedagogical competence of science pre-service teachers (PSTs). The study involved 35 PSTs in a state university in Central Luzon, Philippines. In accordance to the National Competency-Based Teachers Standard (NCBTS) domains, science PSTs were assessed using an adapted NCBTS survey questionnaire to find out the pedagogical areas they do best and the areas that they have to develop. Results revealed that a typical science PST is a female, aged 21 years old and below from college. The study concluded that the pedagogical competence of Science pre-service teachers is moderately evident in terms of social regard for learning, learning environment, diversity of learners, curriculum, community linkages and personal growth and professional development domain. The findings on this study served as basis in constructing a training program for science PSTs which could enhance their pedagogical competence as they embrace the actual workplace after graduation.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MULTIDISCIPLINARY: APPLIED BUSINESS AND EDUCATION RESEARCH

Sustainability is regarded as a critical goal in tourism planning and development. Boracay Island has faced challenges and deterioration as a result of rapid growth in tourism without proper planning and management, leading to its six-month temporary closure on May 8, 2018. Through qualitative interviews with key stakeholders, this paper aims to investigate the sustainable tourism development of Boracay Island, Malay, Aklan. Yin's data analysis and procedures were used to create a single case study design. Data was gathered and analyzed using interviews, observations, and data reviews. The study included twenty (20) key informants who were chosen at random. The study's conclusive report yields benefits and costs in three areas: first, economic characteristics of tourism benefit communities and improve the island's economy. However, the island's high cost of living rises, causing inflation. Second, in terms of the environment, its natural resources have been harmed in part by members of the local immigrant and business populations, but they will recover as a result of the recent national and local government efforts to restore the island's ecology. Third, in terms of social structure, improved infrastructure such as good housing and roads create better living conditions for residents. Nonetheless, tourists' influence on the social culture of Boracay Island's young residents is enthralling. The study's output is a theory on sustainable tourism development that will help future research on similar topics and improve the socio-economic quality of life.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MULTIDISCIPLINARY: APPLIED BUSINESS AND EDUCATION RESEARCH

Forest and land fire significantly impact the balance of the environment, such as haze pollution, destruction of ecosystems, the high release of carbon in the air, deterioration of health, and losses in various other fields. Based on these factors, developing an early warning system is essential to prevent forest fires, especially in forest and land areas. One of the data that can be used to monitor areas where there are frequent fires is hotspot data taken from the NASA MODIS Fire satellite. Data mining techniques are carried out to process the hotspot data so that the distribution of hotspot swarms is obtained. The data on the distribution of the clustering of hotspots are used to detect areas that are prone to fire from year to year. This study used the K-Means clustering algorithm. The data used in this study is hotspot data from Malang District, Indonesia. The range of hotspot data from January 2018 to June 2022. We use Silhouette coefficient testing to get the best number of classes in the cluster—this study's most recent application of the Kmeans clustering method to analyze hotspot distribution in a spatial-temporally. We use hotspot data in Malang's forest and land area using hotspot confidence levels >80%.
Nutritional poverty trend in children of urban and rural areas in Kerman province: Cohort approach (1984-2012)

Background: Nutrition and access to it are important aspects of poverty analysis in multidimensional perspective. Measurement of nutritional poverty indices is important to inform policy makers about distributive effects of policy strategies on household and child welfare. Objective: The aim of this study was to determine nutritional poverty trend in children of urban and rural areas in Kerman province from 1984 to 2012. Methods: This trend analysis was conducted in Kerman Province during 2013. The nutritional poverty trend was measured in children of urban and rural areas using the data from the incomeexpenditure survey. Food calorie and the Foster, Greer and Thorbecke index were measured in the households. Childhood was divided into four age groups. Data were analyzed based on the ratio, gap and severity of poverty. Findings: The nutritional poverty rate was different across the age groups in urban and rural households with child. The highest nutritional poverty was found in 2009 in both urban and rural households. The nutritional poverty rate in 0-5 year’s old age group was lower than the other age groups in both urban and rural areas and in most years. Nutritional poverty was higher and more severe in rural areas compared to urban areas. Conclusion: With regards to the results, provincial and regional policy makers should more emphasize on nutritional poverty reduction in rural areas. Keywords: Nutrition Policy, Poverty, Child
Editorial : Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Chris McPhee Strengthening Innovation Capacity through Different Types of Innovation Cultures Jens-Uwe Meyer Does Social Innovation Require Social Entrepreneurship? Asceline Groot and Ben Dankbaar Disruptive Innovation vs Disruptive Technology: The Disruptive Potential of the Value Propositions of 3D Printing Technology Startups Finn Hahn, Søren Jensen, and Stoyan Tanev Turning Technology into Business Using University Patents Dap Hartmann University Spinoffs: What, Why, and How? Pinaki Nandan Pattnaik and Satyendra C. Pandey Author Guidelines December 2014 Technology Innovation Management Review
Pigeonpea A unique jewel in rainfed cropping systems

Pigeonpea is a crop for rainfed environments endowed with several features to thrive harsh climate. It adapts well in sole crop and inter cropped conditions (with cereals, millets, oils seeds and pulses) by enhancing the system productivity and net income to the small and marginal farmers across the globe. The range of maturity duration in the crop allows it to grow in diversified cropping systems and patterns in varied ecoregions of the world. Development of cytoplasmic male sterility based hybrids provided an opportunity for enhancing the yields under marginal environments. With recent interventions in addressing the photo sensitivity and maturity have led to evolving super early varieties with less than 100 days duration, provided a scope for horizontal expansion of the crop in different agro ecological systems.
HIV-associated neurocognitive disorders : A review for NPs

Copyright © 2015 Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. Unauthorized reproduction of this article is prohibited. he success of using a combination of antiretroviral (cART) drugs for the treatment of HIV disease has transformed what was once a deadly infection into a chronic, manageable disease in the United States. Widespread use of cART has helped many patients with HIV virus manage the illness effectively and has reduced medical morbidity and mortality. However, long-term infected and treated patients, including those with well-controlled viremia, started to complain about mild memory problems and slowness, diffi culties in concentration, planning, and multitasking. HIV-associated neurocognitive disorders (HAND) is a term that was developed to classify a broadening clinical spectrum of neurocognitive impairment, including mild abnormalities. HIV is associated with global and regional brain atrophy, especially in advanced disease. Despite the success of cART, neurologic complications are among the most clinically important and the most commonly seen. HAND remains one of the main central nervous complications in HIV-1 infection. Early recognition of HAND could have signifi cant clinical implications—currently and in the future. An assessment of neurocognitive impairment that is relatively easy to apply would be a clinical tool that nurse practitioners (NPs) could use to help shape an optimal treatment plan in the comprehensive care of patients with HIV-1 infection. Currently, there is no agreed-upon standard, validated, easy-to-perform test that can assess neurocognitive impairment. Because of this, HIV-infected patients are not routinely assessed for HAND. This might have been acceptable in the past when little was understood about cognitive changes, especially milder forms of neurocognitive impairment associated with HIV infection; however, with increased understanding of the possible causes and consequences of HAND in an increasingly aging demographic of HIV-infected patients for what is now recognized as a chronic disease, utilization of a simple, validated assessment tool could prove to be useful. Early recognition of cognitive impairment will likely enhance treatment outcomes of HIV by recognizing patient limitations earlier in treatment.
Analysis of Radar Cross Sectional Area of Corner Reflectors

Radar corner reflectors are designed to reflect the microwave radio waves emitted by radar sets back toward the radar antenna. This causes them to show a strong "return" on radar screens. A simple corner reflector consists of three conducting sheet metal or screen surfaces at 90° angles to each other, attached to one another at the edges, forming a "corner". These reflect radio waves coming from in front of them back parallel to the incoming beam. To create a corner reflector that will reflect radar waves coming from any direction, 8 corner reflectors are placed back-to-back in an octahedron (diamond) shape. The reflecting surfaces must be larger than several wavelengths of the radio waves to function.
Influence of long-term tillage and crop rotations on soil hydraulic properties in the US Pacific Northwest

In the low precipitation zone (<0.3 m [11.8 in] annual precipitation) of the Inland Pacific Northwest, no-tillage continuous spring cereal and no-tillage spring cereal-chemical fallow rotations are being examined as alternatives to the traditional winter wheat–summer fallow rotation for soil conservation. There is limited information, however, regarding the long-term effects of no-tillage cropping systems on soil hydraulic properties in this semiarid region. The objective of this study was therefore to characterize infiltration, water retention, saturated hydraulic conductivity and bulk density of a silt loam that had been subject to various tillage and crop rotations in east-central Washington. Treatments examined included no-tillage spring barley–spring wheat (NTSB–SW), no-tillage spring wheat–chemical fallow (NTSW–ChF), and traditional winter wheat–summer fallow (WW–SF). Soil properties were measured in spring and late summer 2006 due to the vulnerability of the soil to rapidly dry and erode during these seasons. Saturated hydraulic conductivity was determined by the falling-head method, infiltration was measured using a double-ring infiltrometer, and water retention characteristics was assessed by examining the temporal variation of in situ soil water content. NTSB–SW resulted in higher infiltration and saturated hydraulic conductivity, lower bulk density, and larger and/or more continuous pores in the upper soil profile (<0.1 m [<3.9 in] depth) than WW–SF and NTSW–ChF. Infiltration and saturated hydraulic conductivity were lower for chemical fallow than for traditional fallow in spring whereas hydraulic conductivity was lower for summer fallow than chemical fallow in late summer. Soil hydrologic properties appeared more favorable for no-tillage continuous spring cereal rotations. These results are useful for soil and water management and conservation planning in the low precipitation zone of the Inland Pacific Northwest.
Sensing Systems in Construction and the Built Environment: Review, Prospective, and Challenges

This article is a comprehensive review of state-of-the-art sensors of the built environment, applicable in construction, structural engineering, management, and planning industries. This review is framed within the technical definition of sensing systems and their components. Existing sensors are listed and described in two broad categories of structural health monitoring (SHM) and building environment monitoring (BEM). The SHM systems are used for monitoring the long-term performance of structures, such as bridges and buildings. BEM systems are employed to ensure the safety and comfort of the built environment’s occupants, as well as the general monitoring of the environment for any required maintenance. The applications and implementation challenges of both systems are discussed, with emphasis on common sensing system limitations such as energy supply, packaging, network layout, and performance validation. Finally, the prospect of sensing systems as part of a digital twin that incorporates multifunctional sophisticated monitoring systems and intelligent analysis methods is discussed.
Mucin1 as a potential molecule for cancer immunotherapy and targeted therapy

Mucin1 is a highly glycosylated type 1 transmembrane mucin that ranks second among 75 tumor-related antigens published by the National Cancer Institute, and has been identified as a possible therapeutic target over the past 30 years. MUC1 plays an important role in malignant transformation and disease evolution, including cell proliferation, survival, self-renewal, and metastatic invasion. MUC1 has been shown to interact with diverse effectors such as β-catenin, receptor tyrosine kinases, and cellular-abelsongene, which are of importance in the pathogenesis of various malignant tumors. Targeting MUC1 has been shown to be an effective way to induce tumor cell death in vivo and in vitro models. In recent years, a number of therapeutic strategies targeting MUC1 have been developed and their value for tumor therapy have been demonstrated experimentally. This review summarizes recent findings on the structure of MUC1, its expression in different tumors and its involved mechanism pathways, with emphasis on new progress in cancer therapy which related MUC1 in the past decade and evaluates their therapeutic effect.
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Laser pointer based interfaces present an interesting alternative for interaction with large displays such as those provided by video projection systems. In order to operate correctly, such systems need to quickly and reliably detect the on-screen laser spot generated by the pointer. This paper describes a fast algorithm for real-time laser spot tracking and presents some performance results.
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Basic and ultrasonic aspirators are the most commonly used surgical devices in neurosurgery. In this study, a tissue removal model was adjusted to experimental results of interaction between ultrasonic aspiration and brain tissue-mimicking material. Tissue grasping with a basic aspirator was also further investigated on fresh calf brain tissue obtained from several animals. Tests were conducted on both grey and white matter. The simulation screenshots, compared with the experimental photos, are presented to demonstrate the results.
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For the purpose of gene identification, we propose an approach to gene expression data mining that uses a combination of unsupervised and supervised learning techniques to search for useful patterns in the data. The approach involves validation and elimination of irrelevant data, extensive data pre-processing, data visualization, exploratory clustering, pattern recognition and model summarization. We have evaluated our method using data from microarray experiments in a Hepatitis C Virus transgenic mouse model. We demonstrate that from a total of 15311 genes (attributes) we can generate simple models and identify a small number of genes that can be used for future classifications. The approach has potential for future disease classification, diagnostic and virology applications.
The National Heroes’ Monument in Budapest. A case study for World War I memorials as symbolic-political venues for interaction between politics and the masses

The paper introduces the World War I memorials in Hungary within the historiographical framework of the ‘memory boom’. It discusses the artistic sources that were used in their formation, their characteristics and types. Special attention is paid to the description of their role as a communication tool in the hands of contemporary politics. Brief overview concentrating on legal requirements and on elements of the commemoration acts provides a historical and social background for the case study. The center memorial that still exists in the capital of Hungary, is analyzed thoroughly with detailed descriptions and contextualization. The three phases of the National Heroes’ Monument can be seen as the three sections of Hungarian history in 20th century, and an artistic realization of the contemporary power’s message about the given section of the past. At the end, the author places the paper’s topic into the scholarly discourse of nation building, by adapting the notion of imagined community of Anderson, Calhoun and Finlayson.
Hepatitis C virus : risk factors and disease progression

Hepatis C Virus (HCV) treatment to people who inject drugs (PWID) is controversial as successful treatment risks being followed by new infection. Reinfection after sustained virologic response has been reported, but is the risk so great that treatment should be withheld from this large HCV population? Preliminary evidence suggests that the reinfection incidence is low, but studies to date have been limited by small sample size and few cases of reinfection. In this review, we assess data from studies among PWID of HCV reinfection following treatment to give a reasonable estimate on how frequent reinfection appears and try to characterize those most at risk. The observation that spontaneous clearance of HCV reinfection following treatment occurs is suggestive of a partial protective immunity against persistent infection.
Hepatitis C Virus: From Laboratory to Clinic

Preface Part I. Basic Principles: 1. Background 2. The virus 3. Epidemiology and transmission 4. Natural history of infection 5. Pathogenesis of infection 6. HCV and hepatocellular carcinoma 7. Extrahepatic sites for hepatatis C 8. HCV and autoimmune diseases 9. Clinical aspects of the disease 10. Current therapeutic approaches 11. NS5A and interferon resistance Part II. Recent Advances: 12. Propagation of virus in culture 13. Understanding the natural history of HCV 14. HCV animal models 15. Vaccine research Part III. Experimental Approaches: 16. New systems to understand HCV biology 17. New antiviral screening assays 18. Antiviral gene therapy Part IV. Protocols and Techniques: 19. Sample collection, preparation and storage 20. HCV RNA in blood and tissue samples 21. HCV RNA genotypes and quasispecies 22. Replication of HCV in tissue culture 23. NS3 protease, helicase and NTPase 24. Characterization of NS5B Part V. Outstanding Questions and Emerging Areas for Investigation References Index.
Pulmonary nodules and primary Sjögren syndrome: a case report

Primary Sjögren syndrome (pSS) is a systemic autoimmune disorder that principally affects the exocrine glands but can also affect systemic or extra-glandular sites. Approximately 65-80% of patients with Sjogren’s demonstrate pulmonary involvement at the CT scan and pulmonary nodules (PNs) can be encountered as a common finding. We present the case of a 49-year-old woman admitted to the emergency department for chest pain and fever. The patient was diagnosed with pSS fourteen years prior and had never taken therapy or followed regular check-ups. At the HRTC were found PNs that were studied trough a CT-PET and a needle biopsy via CT guidance, which showed diffuse large B cell lymphoma. This case report underlies the importance of check-ups and the need for a multidisciplinary approach in the care of Sjögren’s syndrome patients.
A Practical FastSLAM Implementation Method using an Infrared Camera for Indoor Environments

FastSLAM is a factored solution to SLAM problem using a Rao-Blackwellized particle filter. In this paper, we propose a practical FastSLAM implementation method using an infrared camera for indoor environments. The infrared camera is equipped on a Pioneer3 robot and looks upward direction to the ceiling which has infrared tags with the same height. The infrared tags are detected with theinfrared camera as measurements, and the Nearest Neighbor method is used to solve the unknown data association problem. The global map is successfully built and the robot pose is predicted in real time by the FastSLAM2.0 algorithm. The experiment result shows the accuracy and robustness of the proposed method in practical indoor environment.
Comercio de derechos de emisión, adopción de tecnología y heterogeneidad de industrias: un enfoque experimental

The economic and environmental gains expected from particular environmental policies based on allowances trading programs depend on how they are specifically implemented in the field. In this paper we focus on a tradable permit program based on a double auction market combined with an industry structure that presents heterogeneity in conventional abatement cost functions across firms, and allows for the possibility of adopting a new low emissions technology. Our results show that there is a direct relationship between the technological heterogeneity within an industry and the efficiency * Agradecemos el apoyo financiero de Fritz Thyssen Stiftung (AZ 10.07.1.124), de la Universidad Autonoma de Madrid y de las Becas de Investigacion de la Comunidad de Madrid (009/SHD/05 y CCG07-UAM-HUM-1963). Traduccion a cargo de Jose Manuel Puerta. 72 CUADERNOS ECONOMICOS DE ICE N.o 77 of firms behavior when investing in cleaner technologies and the efficiency of the market when reaping the potential benefits from trade by way of permits reallocation. JEL classification: C92; D44; L51; Q28; Q55.
Development of microsatellite markers in the toxic dinoflagellate Alexandrium minutum (Dinophyceae)

Outbreaks of paralytic shellfish poisoning caused by the toxic dinoflagellate Alexandrium minutum (Dinophyceae) are a worldwide concern from both the economic and human health points of view. For population genetic studies of A. minutum distribution and dispersal, highly polymorphic genetic markers are of great value. We isolated 12 polymorphic microsatellites from this cosmopolitan, toxic dinoflagellate species. These loci provide one class of highly variable genetic markers, as the number of alleles ranged from four to 12, and the estimate of gene diversity was from 0.560 to 0.862 across the 12 microsatellites; these loci have the potential to reveal genetic structure and gene flow among A. minutum populations.