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MUSICAL ART FROM THE VIEWPOINT OF ECOLOGICAL IMPACT ON THE HUMAN’S INNER WORLD
Authors: Ostrovskaya Galina Ivanovna
Published: May 2018

The article analyzes the state of modern musical culture, identifies its vulnerable points and potentials from the viewpoint of influence on the human eco-system. The negentropic approach is considered as genetic relationship between nature, the human and art. The author justifies the necessity to actualize in theory, practice and professional pedagogical consciousness the problem of non-correlation of musical education and upbringing with the nature of art and a human being. The paper proposes a new approach to musical and esthetic education of a child.
S. T. SHATSKII: “GIVE CHILDREN BACK THEIR CHILDHOOD!”. TO THE 140TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE OUTSTANDING RUSSIAN EDUCATOR
Authors: Pomelov Vladimir Borisovich
Published: May 2018

The article reveals the facts of the biography of the outstanding Russian educator Stanislav Teofilovich Shatsky (1878-1934), shows the main stages of his eventful pedagogical activity. Some of Shatskii’s most important works are described. The paper depicts the inseparable link of his theoretical views and practical work with children. The author points to the significance of Shatskii’s heritage, especially in connection with the attention given to social pedagogy at the present time, the founder of which in Soviet Russia was, in fact, S. T. Shatskii.
FORMATION OF GENERAL PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCES OF ACADEMIC BACHELOR’S DEGREE STUDENTS OF TRAINING DIRECTION 13.03.02 ‘ELECTRIC POWER AND ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT’ BY MEANS OF DIDACTIC MULTIDIMENSIONAL TECHNOLOGY
Authors: Posyagina Tat'yana Aleksandrovna
Published: May 2018

The article is elaboration of the developmental learning theory. The pedagogical condition of students’ activity suggests the use of the didactic multidimensional technology of professor V. E. Steinberg. The practical significance of the study is the development of a cognitive map with multi-code representation of information on general energetics. The multidimensional organization of the study material allows revealing the continuity of scientific information more fully and deeper, since in the analysis of the subject area it becomes possible to show the process of making judgments in a more intelligible and easier way. The paper is addressed to university teachers of technical disciplines.
STYLISTIC ADEQUACY IN PIANO PEDAGOGY
Authors: Smirnova Natal'ya Mikhailovna
Published: May 2018

The article analyzes the issues associated with the manifestation of the category of style in piano pedagogy. Interpreting style as dialectic integrity of the figurative semantic system and the means of expressiveness the author emphasizes such aspect of pedagogical work as teaching stylistic adequacy. The paper describes traditional methods and proposes innovative techniques providing qualitative growth of students-pianists’ professional competence. Theoretical provisions are supplemented by examples from piano compositions.
INTEGRATION OF ART-PEDAGOGY AND ART-PSYCHOLOGY IN MUSICAL ART
Authors: Stepanova Mariya Vladimirovna
Published: May 2018

This article studies such manifestations of art-psychology as an art method of musical content and active perception of music, reveals their interconnection in the process of the development and formation of a fully developed personality in pedagogical and psychological aspects. The organic combination of the two ways of non-verbal communication in terms of the force of impact is equal to the effect of each individual art form. The study is based on the example of George Gershwin’s musical composition “Rhapsody in Blue” with an integrated characteristic.
METHOD OF TEACHING THE COURSE “ENGINEERING GRAPHICS” AT BAUMAN MOSCOW STATE TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY
Authors: Golovacheva Lyudmila Ivanovna , Maksutova Raisya Abdrakhmanovna , Fedoritenko Natal'ya Aleksandrovna
Published: May 2018

The article describes the method of teaching the course “Engineering Graphics” in the third semester of studies at Bauman Moscow State Technical University. Within the framework of this course, each student receives an individual assignment, which consists of a set of parts of the assembly unit. During the assignment fulfillment, the student makes sketches of the parts. Basing on the sketches the models of parts and further the model of the assembly unit are built using the Autodesk Inventor program. The student makes a general drawing with a table of component parts basing on the model of the assembly unit also applying the Autodesk Inventor package. The proposed methodology allows students to master the skills of developing design documentation much faster. The article gives examples of design documents.
PERFORMING-PEDAGOGICAL CONCEPTION OF N. M. KOLPAKOVA (ON THE ISSUE OF PIANISM TRADITIONS GENESIS AT TAMBOV MUSICAL SCHOOL)
Authors: Dolgushina Marionella Yur'evna
Published: May 2018

The work is devoted to the formulation of the topic and problems of studying the regional piano tradition, as well as to the remarkable teacher - N. M. Kolpakova, who represents the best traditions of musical pedagogy and piano performance. The article touches upon the theory of different understanding of the term “piano school”. The author indicates prospective aspects and algorithms for studying successive links of piano performance. New facts of Kharkov period of N. M. Kolpakova’s creativity are revealed. Successive links of regional musical pedagogy with the heritage of musical culture of Tambov region are traced.
Pattern of hematological malignancies diagnosed by peripheral smear examination
Authors: Paudyal Punam , Pradhan A , Pokharel S , Shah N , Pradhan B , Poudel P
Published: May 2018

Background: Leukemia is a malignant neoplasm of the hematopoietic stem cells. Examination of the peripheral blood smear is an inexpensive but powerful diagnostic tool in both children and adults suffering from leukemia because it provides rapid, reliable access to information about a variety of hematologic disorders.Objectives: To study the various patterns of leukemia, clinicoepidemiological profile and hematological features of leukemia.Materials and Methods: This is a cross sectional study conducted in the Hematology section of Department of Pathology of a tertiary care hospital. This study included all consecutive cases of leukemia diagnosed by peripheral blood smear examination from 1st June 2013 to 30th May 2014. The demographic indices were noted in a proforma. Investigations including haemoglobin estimation, total leucocyte count and platelet count were done for the study of hematological features. The morphological sub-typing was done according to the FAB classification system for leukemia.Results: Out of total 52 cases, majority of cases were of acute leukemia (65.38%), followed by chronic leukemia (26.92%) and lymphoma spill/ acute leukemia (7.69%). The age range was 2 to 90 years. Mean age was 37.6 year. Majority were male. Mean hemoglobin count for AML and ALL was 6.8 and 5.3 gm/dl respectively.Conclusion: The finding of this study reflects the pattern of leukemia at BPKIHS. Majority of acute leukemia constituted of acute myeloid leukemia (36.53%) cases and majority of chronic leukemia constituted of chronic myeloid leukemia (17.30%) cases.Journal of BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Vol. 1, No. 1, 2018, Page: 25-35
Intermittent Hemodialysis For Patients With Acute Kidney Injury (AKI): Outcome In A Tertiary Level Hospital
Authors: Sharma Arun , Karki Binod , Rajbhandari Ajay
Published: April 2018

INTRODUCTION: Acute kidney injury (AKI) is the sudden loss of renal function with accumulation of nitrogenous waste compounds. In developing countries, community acquired AKI is common than AKI in hospitalized septic patients. With conservative management many patients recover renal function however few require renal support with intermittent Hemodialysis (HD). We conducted a study to find out the etiology and outcome of the patients presenting with AKI who required dialysis.METHODS: This is a descriptive follow up study of the patients who needed renal replacement therapy in the form of HD presenting to our Nephrology unit of the hospital over a period of two years. Patients were followed up for three months post discharge. Data were tabulated and analyzed using SPSS software.RESULTS: Total 50 patients were included in study with 67% male. The commonest etiologies were urinary tract infection (30%) and  acute gastroenteritis (24%).The mean creatinine at the time of nephrology consultation, maximum level and at the time of discharge were 6.5(SD± 2.62), 7.3(SD ±2.13) and 2.2(SD ±1.75) respectively. Uremia with anuria was the most common reason for the initiation of HD in 54% cases. The mean number of intermittent HD used was 3.36. Complete recovery was seen in 68%, death in 26% and CKD in 6%.CONCLUSION: UTI followed by acute gastroenteritis are the leading cause of AKI in our tertiary level hospital. Timely initiated renal replacement therapy in the form of intermittent HD could lead to substantial renal recovery in almost three fourth of patients.
Laparoscopic Groin Hernia Repair with TAPP: Experience at a Tertiary Level Hospital
Authors: Malla Srijan , Rayamajhi Jyoti , Bhat Pawan Singh , Amatya Bishwo Ram , Rawal Sushil Bahadur
Published: April 2018

Background: Groin hernia represents a significant volume of workload at the department of surgery, Shree Birendra Hospital constituting about 25% of total general surgical operations annually. Regular laparoscopic repair is now being done at the hospital. Hence, a retrospective study was performed to assess safety, feasibility, return to work and associated complication during the learning curve.Method: A single institution, single unit retrospective study of all TAPP hernia repair performed at the department of surgery from Dec 2016 to Nov 2017. Data of all patients undergoing TAPP were obtained from a proforma attached to the case file during patients’ admission and retrospectively analyzed.Results: A total number of 41 patients underwent the surgery including three bilateral hernias giving a total of 44 TAPPs being performed during the study period. Age group varied from 19 years to 72 years and a male dominance with 40 males to one female. Four patients underwent surgery for recurrent hernia following open surgery. Per operative findings of indirect hernia was noted in 39, direct in 4 and femoral in the only female patient. Duration of surgery ranged from 128 mins to 47 mins with progressively decreasing time in the second half of the study period. Complications encountered in the post-operative period were seroma in four patients, peritonitis in one and recurrence in one patient. Patients were discharged in median two days with the serving soldiers sent back to their respective units in median 7 days.Conclusion: Laparoscopic repair of groin hernias can safely be carried out in our settings with the TAPP method with all the established advantages of a minimal access surgery.
Anesthetic effects of varying doses of Fentanyl combined with spinal Bupivacaine in caesarean delivery
Authors: Thapa Puja , Shrestha Amir Babu , Rayamajhi Mallika
Published: April 2018

Introduction

Spinal opioids have gained popularity in recent years as they augment the analgesia produced by local anesthetics. Fentanyl is one of the opioids used for such purpose however the optimal dose has not been described adequately in the literature available so far in our setup. The aim of this study is to find out the effect of adding various doses of Fentanyl to low dose hyperbaric Bupivacaine intrathecally.

Materials and methods

Seventy-five parturients scheduled for caesarean delivery were randomly allocated into three groups (Bupivacaine-Fentanyl) BF10, BF20 and BF30 who received intrathecal 0.5% hyperbaric Bupivacaine 1.6 ml with Fentanyl 10µg, 20 µg and 30 µg respectively. Total volume was made to 2.2ml by adding normal saline. The outcomes measured were peak sensory level, degree of motor block, quality of intraoperative anesthesia, duration of effective analgesia, neonatal APGAR score and side effects were noted if any.

Results

Peak sensory level and degree of motor block was similar in all the groups. Peak sensory level (Thoracic Dermatome) was 4.52± 0.82, 4.32± 0.62 and 4.32± 0.74 (p=0.540) in BF10, BF20 and BF30 respectively. Degree of motor block was not significantly different (p=1.000). Quality of intraoperative anesthesia improved from BF10 to BF20 (P=0.040) but did not improve significantly from BF20 and BF30 (P=0.189). Duration of effective analgesia prolonged as the dose of Fentanyl increased which was in minutes 173.64±41, 216.80±32 and 273.16±35 (p=0.000) in BF10,BF20 and BF30 respectively. Neonatal APGAR scores were similar in all groups and very little adverse effects in higher doses.

 Conclusion

The combination of 1.6 ml of 0.5% hyperbaric Bupivacaine and 20 µg of Fentanyl intrathecally provides excellent surgical anesthesia, prolonged postoperative effective analgesia with very few side effects. Increasing the dose of Fentanyl beyond it could prolong the postoperative pain relief but at the cost of increased adverse effects.
Intermittent hemodialysis for patients with acute kidney injury (AKI): Outcome in a tertiary level hospital
Authors: Sharma Arun , Karki Binod , Rajbhandari Ajay
Published: April 2018

INTRODUCTION: Acute kidney injury (AKI) is the sudden loss of renal function with accumulation of nitrogenous waste compounds. In developing countries, community acquired AKI is common than AKI in hospitalized septic patients. With conservative management many patients recover renal function however few require renal support with intermittent Hemodialysis (HD). We conducted a study to find out the etiology and outcome of the patients presenting with AKI who required dialysis.

METHODS: This is a descriptive follow up study of the patients who needed renal replacement therapy in the form of HD presenting to our Nephrology unit of the hospital over a period of two years. Patients were followed up for three months post discharge. Data were tabulated and analyzed using SPSS software.

RESULTS: Total 50 patients were included in study with 67% male. The commonest etiologies were urinary tract infection (30%) and  acute gastroenteritis (24%).The mean creatinine at the time of nephrology consultation, maximum level and at the time of discharge were 6.5(SD± 2.62), 7.3(SD ±2.13) and 2.2(SD ±1.75) respectively. Uremia with anuria was the most common reason for the initiation of HD in 54% cases. The mean number of intermittent HD used was 3.36. Complete recovery was seen in 68%, death in 26% and CKD in 6%.

CONCLUSION: UTI followed by acute gastroenteritis are the leading cause of AKI in our tertiary level hospital. Timely initiated renal replacement therapy in the form of intermittent HD could lead to substantial renal recovery in almost three fourth of patients.
The Network’s Blindspot: Exclusion, Exploitation and Marx’s Process-Relational Ontology
Authors: Prey Robert
Published: April 2018

The ‘network metaphor’ impoverishes our understanding of power. Its binary logic of inclusion/exclusion leaves it blind to relations of exploitation. However, instead of ideological critique – the standard Marxist approach - this paper reconstructs Marx’s theory of exploitation from a common “process-relational ontology” that is shared by both network theorists and Marx. From this shared ontology it becomes possible to demonstrate how Marx’s materialization of process through ‘production’ and his understanding of relations as ‘internal’ and ‘contradictory’ lead him not into an inclusion/exclusion cul-de-sac but rather to a critique of exploitation writ large. This paper concludes by briefly demonstrating how the theory of exploitation that emerges from Marx’s process-relational ontology is ideally suited to understanding and critiquing the intensification and extensification of exploitation under informational capitalism.
Freedom of Expression in Distributed Networks
Authors: Hansen Ejvind
Published: April 2018

This paper proposes the following question: Is it possible to transfer human rights like the freedom of expression – or at least to preserve the formal protections guarding speech acts from arbitrary suppression – in a post-national setting? The question arises as an urgent matter in the context of our global system of connected markets and distributed telecommunications networks – the Internet – since, as many academics and policy makers have noted, the two tend to undermine nationals boundaries, putting into question the power of individual states to continue function as the traditional legal and identity-generating entities of last resort.   If this analysis is reliable the dialectical union between the autonomous individual citizen and the legally regulated nation state is broken. In this paper I will draw the consequences of that supposed break, exploring the question of the extent to which it makes sense to accord “rights” – freedom of expression – to entities that are not classical autonomous humans, and to confer them by entities that no longer bear the marks of nation-state sovereignty. The question thus is: Is it possible to transfer the normative approach of the classic liberal nation states into a global system?   The paper explores this question through an elaboration of problems for the preservation of the human right to freedom of expression: On the one hand communication on the Internet is regulated by an immense legal body, but on the other hand, the machinery for enforcement controlled by this legal body is dependent on various agencies that don’t necessarily recognize its legitimacy. I will then explore whether a more technologically oriented approach could be a more fruitful approach in defining the actual limitations to freedom of expression in the new global system. My answer is that ultimately the control paradigm fails, because it is too clumsy at incorporating self-correcting measures. Thirdly, I suggest that the best solution to the challenges to freedom of expression in the global system must be a Global Government of the Internet, a government that is defined by (i) democratic elections, (ii) a constitutional body, and (iii) deliberative institutions.
On Becoming an Exchange: Translating Michel Callon into a Political Economy of Communication
Authors: Lee Micky
Published: April 2018

Financial technology and information are more than economic stimuli and commodities, and hence political economists ought to look beyond their discipline to understand the multi-faceted nature of information and technology. Using a case study of trading technologies of Nasdaq stocks prior to the dot-com boom, this paper argues that Michel Callon's writings lend insight to political economists. Three key terms of Callon (Actor-Network Theory; framing: metrology and calculation; and performative economics) are applied to analyse Nasdaq. We suggest how Callon's key terms help understand the dialectics of critical theories. However, Callon's dismissal of capitalism as a macro structure requires political economists' critical appraisal.
America’s Battle for Media Democracy: The Triumph of Corporate Libertarianism and the Future of Media Reform
Authors: Pickard Victor
Published: April 2018

This contribution is a recording of the CAMRI research seminar held at the University of Westminster on November 19, 2014, in which Victor Pickard presented his book "America’s Battle for Media Democracy: The Triumph of Corporate Libertarianism and the Future of Media Reform": http://www.cambridge.org/gb/academic/subjects/politics-international-relations/american-government-politics-and-policy/americas-battle-media-democracy-triumph-corporate-libertarianism-and-future-media-reformWhy do American media have so few public interest regulations? How did the American media system become dominated by a few corporations, and why are structural problems like market failures routinely avoided in media policy discourse? By tracing the answers to many of these questions back to media policy battles in the 1940s, Victor Pickard explains how this happened and why it matters today. Drawing from extensive archival research, the book uncovers the American media system’s historical roots and normative foundations. His book charts the rise and fall of a forgotten media reform movement to recover alternatives and paths not taken. As much about the present and future as it is about the past, the book proposes policies for remaking media based on democratic values for the digital age. Victor Pickard is an assistant professor at the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania. Previously he taught media studies at NYU and the University of Virginia, and he worked on media policy in Washington, D.C. as a Senior Research Fellow at the media reform organization Free Press, the public policy think tank the New America Foundation, and Congresswoman Diane Watson’s office. He has published numerous journal articles and book chapters on the history and political economy of media institutions and media reform activism. His op-eds on media policy debates and the future of journalism have appeared in news outlets like The Guardian, The Seattle Times, The Huffington Post, and The Philadelphia Inquirer. He is the editor (with Robert McChesney) of Will the Last Reporter Please Turn out the Lights, and the author of America’s Battle for Media Democracy. He tweets at @VWPickard.
Reflections on Todd Wolfson’s Book “Digital Rebellion: The Birth of the Cyber Left”
Authors: Fuchs Christian
Published: April 2018

This article presents a review of and reflections on Todd Wolfson’s (2014) book “Digital Rebellion: The Birth of the Cyber Left”. The book criticises the fetishisation of the digital and the neglect of political organisation and the analysis of class and capitalism in recent social movements. I contextualise Wolfson’s work by more broadly discussing the lack of engagement with capitalism, class, Marxist theory and political economy in social movement studies and social movement media studies as well as the naïve and celebratory idealism that results from this orientation and that does not help actual social movements in identifying the problems that their work is confronted with under capitalist conditions. Acknowledgement: This review has been simultaneously published in tripleC: Communication, Capitalism & Critique’s volume 13 and the International Journal of Communication’s volume 9 using Creative Commons licenses that allow the sharing of articles in journals.
From Produsers to Shareaholics: Changing Models of Reader Interaction in Women’s Online Magazines
Authors: García-Favaro Laura
Published: April 2018

Women’s online magazines have been constantly proliferating and increasingly supplanting print publications. Contributing to their success, these sites offer similar content free of change and significantly greater opportunities for interaction – often in the form of discussion forums. However, these interactive spaces are currently disappearing, being replaced by an ever-escalating emphasis upon social network sites (SNSs). This article critically examines this changing model of reader interaction in women’s online magazines, drawing on a study of 68 interviews with industry insiders, forum user-generated content, and a variety of trade material. The analysis demonstrates how the decision to close the forums and embrace SNSs responds to multiple determinants, including a corporate doctrine of control over users’ discourse and outsourcing new modalities of free consumer labour, constituting a new ideal worker-commodity online: “the shareaholic”. This exercise of power has varying levels of success, and potentialities remain for users to exercise some transformative subversion, for example through what the article theorises as “labour of disruption”. Nonetheless, the emergent SNS-based magazine model of reader interaction poses a serious challenge to ongoing celebrations both in the industry and in some scholarly work about an increasingly democratic and user-led digital media ecosystem.
When States Strike Back: Failures of Mediatized Activism in Azerbaijan and Turkey
Authors: Mehrabov Ilkin
Published: April 2018

This article is a theoretical investigation of the failures of oppositional online movements in the year 2011 in Azerbaijan and Turkey. Through the analysis of a set of specific cases, namely the complete dispersion of social media based opposition in Azerbaijan and arrests of Anonymous led hacktivists in Turkey, the article aims to contribute to debates on online activism in the face of growing mediatized surveillance. The article also reflects on the future of social media based activism and hacktivism, and provides a unified approach, which incorporates both types of mediatized activism in a complementary manner, by taking into consideration shortcomings and promises of both.
Affective Media, Cyberlibertarianism and the New Zealand Internet Party
Authors: Jutel Olivier
Published: April 2018

The New Zealand Internet Party tested key notions of affective media politics. Embracing techno-solutionism and the hacker politics of disruption, Kim Dotcom’s party attempted to mobilize the digital natives through an irreverent politics of lulz. While an electoral failure the party’s political discourse offers insights into affective media ontology. The social character of affective media creates the political conditions for an antagonistic political discourse. In this case affective identification in the master signifier “The Internet” creates a community of enjoyment threatened by the enemy of state surveillance as an agent of rapacious jouissance. The Internet Party’s politics of lulz was cast as a left-wing techno-fix to democracy, but this rhetoric belied a politics of cyberlibertarianism. Dotcom’s political intervention attempted to conflate his private interests as a battle that elevates him to the status of cyberlibertarian super-hero in the mold of Edward Snowden or Julian Assange.
The Relevance of Franz L. Neumann’s Critical Theory in 2017: "Anxiety and Politics" in the New Age of Authoritarian Capitalism
Authors: Fuchs Christian
Published: April 2018

This articles discusses and contextualises tripleC’s republication of Franz L. Neumann’s essay Anxiety and Politics. It provides some background information on Neumann’s life and works. The essay ascertains that in the age of new nationalisms, rising right-wing authoritarianism and authoritarian capitalism, Franz L Neumann’s works can help us to critically understand contemporary society.
Gender in Veteran reintegration and transition: a scoping review
Authors: Eichler Maya , Smith-Evans Kimberley
Published: April 2018

Introduction: This article presents the results of a scoping review of Canadian and international literature on gender and Veteran reintegration and transition. Methods: The scoping review yielded 178 articles, which were organized thematically according to issues impacting Veterans' transition to civilian life and by their approach to gender. Results: There has been an upswing in gender research on Veterans, with 100 of the 178 articles published between 2000 and 2015. Most of the research articles, largely quantitative studies, are related to health issues ( n=108), discussing mental and physical health outcomes and health services use. There is much less gender-related research being conducted on socio-economic themes ( n=25) of Veterans' homelessness, employment, and education. Military sexual trauma (MST) represents the second most common topic ( n=45) researched in the reviewed literature, and appeared primarily in the context of health research and, to a lesser extent, in relation to socio-economic issues. Discussion: Lack of clarity on the use of the term “Veteran” and lack of explicit engagement with military-to-civilian transition in the reviewed literature pose challenges. Furthermore, the lack of qualitative research, social sciences research, and Canadian research represent major gaps in the literature. We recommend that the impact of military and civilian gender norms and gendered power dynamics be considered in relation to female, male, and LGBTQ Veterans across transition stages and across health and socio-economic dimensions in future research and programming.
Determinants of successful transition literature review
Authors: Rose Steve , VanDenKerkhof Elizabeth , Schaub Michael
Published: April 2018

Introduction: To understand the current Canadian research on transition from military to civilian life, the Office of the Veterans Ombudsman (OVO) initiated a literature review of peer-reviewed work from both academic and government sources, to help identify which factors contribute to a successful transition to civilian life for medically-released Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) Veterans. Methods: A scoping review was conducted by searching Embase, MEDLINE, PsycINFO, Google Scholar and the Veterans Affairs Canada (VAC) Research Directorate website for Canadian articles that described transition facilitators in any of the domains identified by the OVO. Results: In total, 94 relevant studies were identified and most of these focused on all Veterans without identifying a medical or non-medical release. Only 18 addressed the determinants of successful transition and only 2 focused on investigating transition issues for medically-released CAF Veterans compared to their non-medically-released peers. Discussion: The largest limitation found in the literature is the scarcity of articles related to identifying the factors that facilitate a successful transition for medically-released CAF Veterans. A further limitation is that the majority of surveys conducted were based on cohorts that had not experienced transition under the New Veterans Charter (NVC), implemented in 2006, or had only a small number of NVC subjects in their cohort. Given the significant policy and program changes implemented with the NVC, this is a compelling rationale for the requirement of more Canadian research to determine the effectiveness of the NVC policy and programs on transition outcomes for Canadian Veterans.
Crystallization Behavior of Polyvinyl Alcohol with 1,2-Diol Side-Chains
Authors: Shibutani M. , Yamamoto T. , Inoue K. , Tokumitsu K.
Published: April 2018

The crystallization behavior of a newly developed polyvinyl alcohol with 1,2-diol side-chains (DPVA) was investigated for different 1,2-diol side-chain, magnesium acetate, and sodium acetate contents. Crystallization by stepwise cooling, isothermal and non-isothermal crystallization (the actual cooling process in melt molding) experiments were conducted. Upon crystallization analysis by stepwise cooling, the end surface energy of DPVA increased as the 1,2-diol side-chain content was increased. The isothermal crystallization process exhibited longer half crystallization times at high 1,2-diol side-chain and magnesium acetate contents. Upon Kissinger analysis of the non-isothermal crystallization results, the effect of the acetate salts was found to be smaller than that for isothermal crystallization, while the smaller number of repeating units in the lamellar structure, reflecting a higher side-chain 1,2-diol content, resulted in a smaller activation energy for DPVA crystallization. In addition, analyses by the Ozawa method and the Kissinger Plot suggested possible changes in the mode and dimension of the crystal growth of DPVA.
Investigation of the Mechanical and Thermal Properties of LFR PA66 with Graphene Coating on Fibre Surface
Authors: Jin S.-Y. , Du W.-W. , Benkhenafou F. , Douadji L.
Published: April 2018

An industrial fibreglass winding process is employed to apply graphene based sizing (0.2 wt% graphene concentration) on fibreglass surface. Both SEM and Raman spectroscopy characterization have proved that the coating of graphene on fibreglass surface is homogeneous and that the roughness of the fibreglass surface was improved. Long fiberglass-graphene reinforced PA66 pellets are successfully prepared through a pultrusion process. LGF-graphene-PA66 composites are produced following an injection molding process. Thermal conductivity was found to increase from 0.23 W/m · K−1 to 0.67 W/m · K−1 when compared with samples without graphene coating. The tensile strength of LGF-graphene-PA66 is 196 MPa while that of LGF-PA66 is 173 MPa. Tensile modulus is also found to increase to 13.5 GPa from 10.6 GPa after graphene coating. This new graphene coating process is a good method to produce high performance composites.
Effect of age of seedlings at staggered transplanting and weed management on the growth and yield of aromatic Boro rice (cv. BRRI dhan50)
Authors: Sinha Tama , Paul Swapan Kumar , Sarkar Abdur Rahman
Published: April 2018

An experiment was conducted at the Agronomy Field Laboratory, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh during December 2015 to May 2016 to study the effect of age of seedlings at staggered transplanting and weed management on the growth and yield of aromatic Boro rice (cv. BRRI dhan50). The experiment comprised four seedling ages at staggered transplanting viz. 30, 45, 60 and 75-day old seedlings with five different weed management treatments viz. unweeded controls, two hand weeding at 20 and 35 DAT (days after transplanting), pre-emergence herbicide  (Pendimethaiin, Panida 33EC) applied at 3 DAT  + one hand weeding at 35 DAT, post-emergence herbicide (Penoxsulam, Granite 240 SC) applied at 12 DAT  + one hand weeding at 35 DAT, pre-emergence herbicide (Panida 33 EC) applied at 3 DAT + post-emergence herbicide (Granite 240 SC) applied at 12 DAT. It was observed that the experiment was laid out in a randomized complete block design with three replications. The highest plant height and total dry matter hill–1 were recorded in 30-day old seedlings with pre-emergence herbicide (Panida 33EC) applied at 3 DAT + post-emergence herbicide (Granite 240 SC) applied at 12 DAT. Younger seedlings (30-days old) produced the highest number of total tillers hill–1 (11.08), effective tillers hill–1 (8.47), grains panicle–1 (80.76) and grain yield (3.94 t ha–1) compared to aged seedlings at staggered transplanting. In case of weed management, pre-emergence herbicide (Panida 33EC) applied at 3 DAT + post-emergence herbicide (Granite 240 SC) applied at 12 DAT produced the highest number of effective tillers hill-1 (8.89), grains panicle–1 (81.66), 1000-grain weight (18.44 g), grain yield (4.47 t ha–1) and straw yield (5.13 t ha–1). Grain yield was reduced by 59.82% in unweeded control compared to pre-emergence herbicide (Panida 33EC) applied at 3 DAT + post-emergence herbicide (Granite 240 SC) applied at 12 DAT. In interaction, 30-day old seedlings combined with pre-emergence herbicide (Panida 33 EC) applied at 3 DAT + post-emergence herbicide (Granite 240 SC) applied at 12 DAT produced the highest effective tillers hill–1 (9.58), grains panicle-1 (89.47), 1000-grain weight (18.93g), grain yield (5.31 t ha–1) and straw yield (5.75 t ha–1). Therefore, 60-day old seedlings at staggered transplanting with pre-emergence herbicide (Panida 33EC) applied at 3DAT + post-emergence herbicide (Granite 240 SC) applied at 12 DAT appears as the promising technique for aromatic Boro rice cultivation.J. Bangladesh Agril. Univ. 16(1): 5-11, April 2018
Effect of nitrogen fertilizer and weed management on the yield of transplant aman rice
Authors: Adhikari Jyoti , Sarkar Abdur Rahman , Uddin Md Romij , Sarker Uttam Kumer , Hossen Kawsar , Rosemila Umme
Published: April 2018

The research work was conducted at the Agronomy Field Laboratory, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh during aman season from July to December 2015 to study the effect of nitrogen fertilizer and weed management on the growth and yield of transplant aman rice cv. BRRI dhan46. The experiment consisted of four fertilizer treatments viz. 0 kg N ha−1 (N0), 40 kg N ha−1(N1), 80 kg N ha−1(N2) and 120 kg N ha−1(N3) and four weeding treatments viz. one hand weeding at 20 DAT (W1), two hand weedings at 20 and 35 DAT (W2), three hand weedings at 20, 35 and 50 DAT (W3), weeding by Japanese rice weeder twice at 20 and 35 DAT (W4) and unweeded control (W5). The experiment was laid out in the randomized complete block design with three replications. The highest plant height (113.00 cm), number of total tillers hill−1 (8.74), number of effective tillers hill−1 (6.18), panicle length (21.98 cm), number of grains panicle−1 (114.20), grain yield (4.00 t ha−1), straw yield (5.25 t ha−1) and biological yield (9.25 t ha−1) were recorded in N2 (80 kg N ha−1) treatment. The lowest plant height (106.00 cm), number of total tillers hill-1 (7.20), number of effective tillers hill−1 (5.00), panicle length (20.70 cm), number of grains panicle−1 (97.60), grain yield (3.52 t ha−1), straw yield (4.46 t ha−1) and biological yield (7.97 t ha−1) were recorded from N0 (No nitrogen fertilizer control) treatment. On the other hand, the highest grain yield 4.23 t ha−1 was observed in three weedings condition because of the highest number of effective tillers hill−1 (6.81), number of grains panicle−1(111.10). The highest straw yield (5.51 t ha−1) was also found in three weeding condition. The lowest grain yield (3.40 t ha−1) was recorded in W5 (unweeded control) treatment. The lowest straw yield (4.31 t ha−1) was also observed in W5 (unweeded control) treatment because of the smallest plant (106.97 cm) and lower number of total tillers hill−1 (7.20). Therefore, 80 kg N ha−1along with three hand weedings at 20, 35 and 50 DAT may be used for obtaining the highest grain and straw yields of BRRI dhan46J. Bangladesh Agril. Univ. 16(1): 12-16, April 2018
Effect of salt stress on growth of sorghum germplasms at vegetative stage
Authors: Roy Ramen Chandra , Sagar Ashaduzzaman , Tajkia Jannat E , Razzak Md Abdur , Hossain AKM Zakir
Published: April 2018

Soil salinity is an increasing problem in the world and main obstacle to agricultural productivity especially in areas where irrigation is necessary. It adversely affects plant growth and development. Adoption of salt tolerant variety is more important here and so screening of salt tolerant germplasms is essential. For this reason, a germination test under salinity and a hydroponic experiment were conducted at Plant Physiology Laboratory, Department of Crop Botany, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh to investigate the effect of NaCl on germination, morphological characters and growth of sorghum seedlings. The experiment comprised of two levels of NaCl concentration viz. Control (without NaCl and EC 1.36 dSm−1 in hydroponic culture) and 80 mM NaCl and five sorghum germplasms viz. BD 700, BD 703, BD 707, BD 710 and BD 726. There were 10 (5×2) treatments in a completely randomized design (CRD) with three replications. Results showed that germination percentage, hypocotyls and epicotyls length, root and shoot length, leaf length, leaf sheath length, fresh and dry mass production were influenced by NaCl stress. However, among tested germplasms, BD 707 showed the best performance considering the seedlings growth, germination percentage and other parameters. BD 710 and BD 703 showed the highest sensitivity to NaCl stress based on the above parameters studied. These results suggested that sorghum is able to grow with moderate salinity.J. Bangladesh Agril. Univ. 16(1): 67-72, April 2018
Factors affecting poverty in rural Bangladesh: An analysis using multilevel modelling
Authors: Imam Md Farouq , Islam Mohammad Amirul , Hossain MJ
Published: April 2018

Poverty is a multi-faced problem in the developing world and it is much more complex in rural settings. Hence, policy formulation based on national level studies sometimes fails to find remedies of rural poverty. Thus, the present study aims to identify the determinants of poverty in rural Bangladesh using the nationally representative Household Income and Expenditure Survey (HIES) 2010 data. The HIES follows a hierarchical structure hence, two-level random intercept binary logistic regression models were used to capture the unobserved heterogeneity between communities along with revealing important factors associated with poverty. The analyses found that 32% of the households were absolute poor and 19% were extremely poor in rural Bangladesh. The potential factors having significant association with poverty were found to be age and education of household head, division, household size, household types, number of dependents, per capita income, household own land, access to electricity, amount of cultivable land, engagement in livestock and farm forestry, household non-agricultural assets, number of male earner and number of female earner in the family. Significant community-level variations were observed in the analyses which emphasis the need for special attention on the poor performing communities. Specific policy recommendations have been suggested for the poverty alleviation of rural households in Bangladesh.J. Bangladesh Agril. Univ. 16(1): 123-130, April 2018
Modeling and forecasting of climatic parameters: univariate SARIMA versus multivariate vector autoregression approach
Authors: Hossain MJ , Al Amin AKM Abdullah , Islam Abu Hayat Md Saiful
Published: April 2018

Agriculture sector throughout the world including Bangladesh is extremely vulnerable to the negative consequences of climate change as evident in a good number of studies. Accurate climate forecasting may prove a valuable resource in mitigating these consequences in agriculture. The study aims to identify the best performing forecasting method by comparing the forecasting abilities of univariate seasonal autoregressive integrated moving average (SARIMA) and multivariate vector autoregression (VAR) models in forecasting monthly maximum and minimum temperatures,  humidity,  and cloud coverage in Bangladesh. Though the univariate time series investigate the influence of the past values of a single time series on the future values of that specific series, the VAR approach forecast multivariate time series simultaneously incorporating the interrelationship among the groups of variables. Monthly forecasts of climatic parameters for in-sample over the period 1972-2008 and out-of-sample from 2009-2013 were generated via a univariate SARIMA and a VAR approach. Different forecast accuracy measures reveal that VAR model give better forecast than univariate SARIMA model. The forecast results using VAR(9) model from January 2014 to December 2021 show that maximum and minimum temperature, as well as humidity are increasing while the cloud coverage is decreasing, that is, consistent with global warming. Moreover, the impulse response function results exhibit the fluctuated and significant dynamic relationships in future among the foresaid climatic variables. Thus, findings of the study can potentially allow Bangladeshi farmers and other actors in the agriculture sector to make proper planning to abate unwanted impacts or reap the expected benefits of favourable climate.J. Bangladesh Agril. Univ. 16(1): 131-143, April 2018
Effects of soaking and grinding conditions on anti-nutrient and nutrient contents of soy milk
Authors: Nowshin Humyra , Devnath Kumkum , Begum Anjuman Ara , Mazumder Md Anisur Rahman
Published: April 2018

Although soy milk is a very good source of nutrient with high biological value, the presence of anti-nutritional factors affects its nutrition quality and limits bioavailability of the nutrients. The effects of soaking duration and combination of soaking and grinding (hot or cold) on phytate, lipoxygenase, urease, trypsin inhibitor activity, protein solubility and other nutrient contents were investigated. Soaking alone at 55 and 60oC for different durations was found effective for the reduction of lipoxygense activity. Combination of soaking, blanching (80oC for 10 min) and hot grinding (100oC) significantly (P>0.05) reduced urease activity, more than 80% phytate activity and deactivated trypsin inhibitor, but did not affect protein solubility. Meanwhile, protein solubility (10–15%) was increased due to hot grinding. Soy milk extracted from soaking at 55 and 60oC for 2, 4 and 6 h with hot grinding provided higher protein content compared to cold grinding. Increase in soaking temperature from 55 to 60oC increased the extracted solid content having a potential fraction of lipid. Increasing soaking time from 4 to 6 h did not show any significant difference in terms of phytate inhibition, urease activity reduction, trypsin inhibition and protein solubility except lipoxygenase activity. The results suggested that soaking of soybean at 60oC for 6 h and hot grinding (100oC) with blanching at 80oC for 10 min is the best for reducing anti-nutrient and retaining nutrient activity for soy milk and other soy-based products.J. Bangladesh Agril. Univ. 16(1): 158-163, April 2018
Farmers’ perception of beneficial effects and limitations of vermicompost
Authors: Shiduzzaman Md , Akhter Humyra , Ahmed Mohammad Bashir , Islam Md Matiul
Published: May 2018

Vermicompost is very useful manure which is becoming popular day by day. However, its perception by the farmers is not yet assessed in the southwestern region of Bangladesh. The main objectives of this study were to determine the farmers’ perception of beneficial effects and limitations of vermicompost and to explore the relationship between selected characteristics of the farmers’ and their perception of beneficial effects and limitations of vermicompost. Data were collected using an interview schedule from randomly selected 60 respondents. Locale was three villages namely Lokhpur, Bollokhpur and Vobna under Fakirhat upazila of Bagerhat district. Faceto- face interview was conducted during 7 to 29 May, 2016. Farmers’ perception regarding the beneficial effects and limitations of vermicompost was measured using 5- point Likert type scale. Data were analyzed using SPSS software and farmers’ perception index was calculated. Majority (66.7 percent) of the respondents had moderate perception while 18.3 percent and 15 percent of them had less and high perception, respectively, on the beneficial effects and limitations of vermicompost. Among seven selected characteristics of the respondents, age showed a significant negative relationship with their perception of beneficial effects and limitations of vermicompost while training experience of the respondents showed a significant positive relationship with their overall perception. Thus, arrangement of training could pave the way of high perception of beneficial effects and limitations of vermicompost.Res. Agric., Livest. Fish.5(1): 19-25, April 2018
Aquaponic production of Tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) and water spinach (Ipomoea aquatica) in Bangladesh
Authors: Akter Bably , Chakraborty Subhas Chandra , Salam Md Abdus
Published: May 2018

The experiment was conducted to assess the water spinach production in aquaponic system using two different media for a period of 90 days. Only brick lets was used as media in treatment T1, whereas in treatment T2 media had mixture of brick lets and used tea leaves. Six 20 liter plastic containers and a 750 L water tank were used for vegetable bed and fish rearing respectively. Fish and water spinach were sampled fortnightly. The highest average plant height, weight and number of leaves recorded in T1 were 35.96 ± 4.75 cm, 59.09 + 23.85 g and 93.90 + 38.52, respectively. Total production of water spinach in T1 and T2 was 1.26 and 0.98 kg, respectively. At the end of the experiment, % length and weight gain was 33.81 and 174.06, the survival rate and FCR was found to be 98.33% and 1.56, respectively. The total production of fish was 29.44 tons/ha/90 days. The system produced higher amount of fish as well as vegetable with minimum water use having no environmental pollution. The system efficiently utilized fish waste in plant production through a symbiotic relationship between the fish and plants. Therefore, the system could be installed in high density city areas to produce fish and vegetable from the rooftop and backyard to address the environmental problems.Res. Agric., Livest. Fish.5(1): 93-106, April 2018