bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Wuan Chuang: A 100-Year-Old Soy Sauce Producer Moving into the Next Century
Authors: Tseng Chiung-Hui
Published: March 2016

Wuan Chuang Food Industrial Corporation was founded in 1909 and is the longest lasting brand of soy sauce in Taiwan. Along its evolution into what it is today, this small and medium-sized enterprise had adjusted its focus between black-bean and soybean soy sauce businesses. The former is a traditional Taiwanese soy sauce that requires a lengthy, naturally-brewed process and tremendous manual works. In turn, black-bean soy sauce can only be produced in small volumes and charged premium prices. The latter, introduced to Taiwan in 1940s, is a Japanese-style soy sauce that can be produced massively in machine-controlled, giant tanks, and is dominated by large firms who compete sharply on prices. This case delineates Wuan Chuang’s growth path and the nature of the soy sauce industry in Taiwan. The stage is set for students to discuss Wuan Chuang’s strategic orientations and whether the directions of its actions fit with its competitive strengths.
Balanced presentations of the trivial group and four-dimensional geometry
Authors: Lishak Boris , Nabutovsky Alexander
Published: March 2016

We prove that: (1) There exist infinitely many nontrivial codimension one “thick” knots in [Formula: see text]; (2) For each closed four-dimensional smooth manifold [Formula: see text] and for each sufficiently small positive [Formula: see text] the set of isometry classes of Riemannian metrics with volume equal to [Formula: see text] and injectivity radius greater than [Formula: see text] is disconnected; and (3) For each closed four-dimensional [Formula: see text]-manifold [Formula: see text] and any [Formula: see text] there exist arbitrarily large values of [Formula: see text] such that some two triangulations of [Formula: see text] with [Formula: see text] simplices cannot be connected by any sequence of [Formula: see text] bistellar transformations, where [Formula: see text] ([Formula: see text] times).
The Accrual Anomaly and the Announcement Effect of Short Arbitrage
Authors: Sullivan Michael , Zhang Andrew Jianzhong
Published: March 2016

We investigate the accrual anomaly by examining the stock market reaction around the release of short interest information for firms with high accruals. We show that arbitrage activity, proxied by short interest, focuses on mispricing of firms with high accruals. In particular, we provide evidence that high accrual firms experience significant negative returns when high short interest levels are announced. In contrast, the announcement effect does not vary by short selling activity for low accrual firms. Our findings are consistent with the view that the accrual anomaly is due to overpricing.
An Integrated Circuit for Radio Astronomy Correlators Supporting Large Arrays of Antennas
Authors: D’Addario Larry R. , Wang Douglas
Published: March 2016

Radio telescopes that employ arrays of many antennas are in operation, and ever larger ones are being designed and proposed. Signals from the antennas are combined by cross-correlation. While the cost of most components of the telescope is proportional to the number of antennas N, the cost and power consumption of cross-correlation are proportional to [Formula: see text] and dominate at sufficiently large N. Here, we report the design of an integrated circuit (IC) that performs digital cross-correlations for arbitrarily many antennas in a power-efficient way. It uses an intrinsically low-power architecture in which the movement of data between devices is minimized. In a large system, each IC performs correlations for all pairs of antennas but for a portion of the telescope’s bandwidth (the so-called “FX” structure). In our design, the correlations are performed in an array of 4096 complex multiply-accumulate (CMAC) units. This is sufficient to perform all correlations in parallel for 64 signals (N[Formula: see text]=[Formula: see text]32 antennas with two opposite-polarization signals per antenna). When N is larger, the input data are buffered in an on-chip memory and the CMACs are reused as many times as needed to compute all correlations. The design has been synthesized and simulated so as to obtain accurate estimates of the ICs size and power consumption. It is intended for fabrication in a 32[Formula: see text]nm silicon-on-insulator process, where it will require less than 12[Formula: see text]mm2 of silicon area and achieve an energy efficiency of 1.76–3.3[Formula: see text]pJ per CMAC operation, depending on the number of antennas. Operation has been analyzed in detail up to [Formula: see text]. The system-level energy efficiency, including board-level I/O, power supplies, and controls, is expected to be 5–7[Formula: see text]pJ per CMAC operation. Existing correlators for the JVLA ([Formula: see text]) and ALMA ([Formula: see text]) telescopes achieve about 5000[Formula: see text]pJ and 1000[Formula: see text]pJ, respectively using application-specific ICs (ASICs) in older technologies. To our knowledge, the largest-N existing correlator is LEDA at [Formula: see text]; it uses GPUs built in 28[Formula: see text]nm technology and achieves about 1000[Formula: see text]pJ. Correlators being designed for the SKA telescopes ([Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text]) using FPGAs in 16[Formula: see text]nm technology are predicted to achieve about 100[Formula: see text]pJ.
Querying Graphs with Data
Authors: Libkin Leonid , Martens Wim , Vrgoč Domagoj
Published: March 2016

Graph databases have received much attention as of late due to numerous applications in which data is naturally viewed as a graph; these include social networks, RDF and the Semantic Web, biological databases, and many others. There are many proposals for query languages for graph databases that mainly fall into two categories. One views graphs as a particular kind of relational data and uses traditional relational mechanisms for querying. The other concentrates on querying the topology of the graph. These approaches, however, lack the ability to
combine
data and topology, which would allow queries asking how data changes along paths and patterns enveloping it.

In this article, we present a comprehensive study of languages that enable such combination of data and topology querying. These languages come in two flavors. The first follows the standard approach of path queries, which specify how labels of edges change along a path, but now we extend them with ways of specifying how both labels and data change. From the complexity point of view, the right type of formalisms are subclasses of register automata. These, however, are not well suited for querying. To overcome this, we develop several types of extended regular expressions to specify paths with data and study their querying power and complexity. The second approach adopts the popular XML language XPath and extends it from XML documents to graphs. Depending on the exact set of allowed features, we have a family of languages, and our study shows that it includes efficient and highly expressive formalisms for querying both the structure of the data and the data itself.
Long-term Follow-up of Trigger Point Injections for Abdominal Wall Pain
Authors: Nazareno Jose , Ponich Terry , Gregor Jamie
Published: March 2016

OBJECTIVE: Abdominal wall pain (AWP) is a common yet often overlooked source of abdominal pain. Trigger point injections (TPI) into the abdominal wall have been tried in the past. Few studies have looked at the long-term outcome from these injections.

METHODS: A retrospective chart review was performed on 110 consecutive patients who received TPI for abdominal pain at the University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario. Outcomes from patients whose pain was due to AWP were determined. AWP was defined as fixed or localized pain and superficial or point tenderness (less than 2.5 cm diameter) or a positive Carnett sign (increased pain with tensing abdomen). The primary outcome was long-term efficacy of TPI. The number of diagnostic tests ordered to exclude AWP and the cost of investigating it were determined. Secondary analyses were done to determine if there were significant predictors of response to TPI.

RESULTS: Eighty-nine of 110 patients who received TPI met the criteria for AWP. In those who met the criteria for AWP, the average age was 42 years, 84% were female, and the average length of follow-up was 25 months. The primary outcome shows that, at follow-up, 77% had some or complete relief and 23% had no relief. An average of 4.3 diagnostic tests per patient were ordered to exclude other causes of abdominal pain. Secondary analyses show that meeting the criteria for AWP ( P<0.0005), the absence of gastrointestinal symptoms ( P<0.025), and an upper abdominal location of pain ( P<0.025) were statistically significant predictors of a positive response to TPI.

CONCLUSIONS: This study demonstrates that TPI, in patients who meet criteria for AWP, are effective over the long term.
An Update on Anti-Helicobacter Pylori Treatment in Children
Authors: Khurana Renuka , Fischbach Lori , Chiba Naoki , Veldhuyzen van Zanten Sander
Published: March 2016

Previous consensus statements have recommended one- to two-week proton pump inhibitor (PPI)-based triple therapies with clarithromycin and either amoxicillin or metronidazole as first-line treatments for children with Helicobacter pylori infection. The objective of the present review was to summarize data from pediatric studies that have examined treatment efficacy, safety, drug resistance and reinfection rates related to anti-H pylori therapies. Data from a recent meta-analysis of pediatric studies were used along with the authors' existing databases and searches of individual studies. Regimens that were identified as greater than 80% efficacious in children included a two-week therapy with a nitroimidazole and amoxicillin in Europe; a two-week regimen of bismuth, amoxicillin and metronidazole in developed countries (except Spain); a one- to two-week regimen of a PPI, clarithromycin and amoxicillin in Northern Europe, Asia and the Middle East; and a two-week regimen of a PPI, clarithromycin and metronidazole in Canada. Although recommended as a first-line treatment in adults, two-week treatment with a PPI, clarithromycin and amoxicillin eradicated only 68% of H pylori infections in North American children. Treatment efficacy was reduced in the presence of metronidazole and/or clarithromycin resistance. Further studies of anti-H pylori treatments in children in North America and developing countries are warranted.
Invasive Tests for Helicobacter Pylori in Children
Authors: Huynh Hien Q
Published: March 2016

One of the primary indications for upper gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopy in children is the presence of persistent and severe upper abdominal symptoms. Upper GI endoscopies are performed to allow the physician to confirm or rule out upper GI pathology. Additionally, upper GI endoscopies with mucosal biopsies are the gold standard for the diagnosis of Helicobacter pylori infection and its complications in children. The gastric biopsies can be used for the rapid urease test, histological examination and bacterial culture to determine antibiotic sensitivity. DNA extracted in these biopsies can also be subjected to genotyping using molecular methods to determine the presence of H pylori infection, antibiotic resistance mutations and H pylori virulence factors.
Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma Presenting as the Budd-Chiari Syndrome: A Case Report and Literature Review
Authors: Law Joanna K , Davis Jenny , Buckley Anne , Salh Baljinder
Published: March 2016

Intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma, an increasingly recognized primary tumour of the liver, is associated with a very poor prognosis. A patient with this tumour who presented with Budd-Chiari syndrome (the first to the authors' knowledge in Western literature and only the third patient overall) secondary to extensive thrombosis in his inferior vena cava extending from the right atrium down to his iliac vessels is described. Neither curative nor palliative intervention was deemed to be an option in this patient, who deteriorated rapidly while on anti-coagulants. Postmortem examination confirmed the radiological findings, and histological analysis revealed characteristic appearances of this tumour within the biliary tree and invasion into the inferior vena cava. Furthermore, biliary dysplasia, which can be a precursor to this cancer, was also noted within some of the bile ducts.
The Validity of Rapid Malaria Test and Microscopy in Detecting Malaria in a Preelimination Region of Egypt
Authors: Kamel Maysa Mohamed , Attia Samar Sayed , Emam Gomaa Desoky , Al Sherbiny Naglaa Abd El Khalek
Published: March 2016

Background. Malaria is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Rapid and accurate diagnosis of malaria would improve control measures and reduce morbidity and mortality.Objective. The aim of this study was to assess the prevalence of malaria in high risk foci in Egypt and the effectiveness of rapid diagnostic tests in diagnosis and subsequently control of malaria.Methodology. A total number of 600 cases of both sexes with different ages were included in the present study. Cases were included in 2 groups; first group (500 cases) were randomly selected from households in Fayoum Governorate and second group (100 cases) were admitted to Fayoum Fever Hospital with signs suggestive of malaria. Cases were subjected to detailed history taking, clinical examination, microscopic examination of thin and thick blood films, and immunological test to detect plasmodial antigens.Results. A total of 3 positive cases were detected by rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs). Out of these 3 cases, one case was positive for malaria parasite by microscopic examination of blood films. All positive cases in the study had history of travel to malaria endemic areas.Conclusion. RDTs are simple and effective for rapid diagnosis of malaria to help in implication of control measures in different localities.
Complex Variable Meshless Manifold Method for Elastic Dynamic Problems
Authors: Gao Hongfen , Wei Gaofeng
Published: March 2016

Combining the finite covering technical and complex variable moving least square, the complex variable meshless manifold method can handle the discontinuous problem effectively. In this paper, the complex variable meshless method is applied to solve the problem of elastic dynamics, the complex variable meshless manifold method for dynamics is established, and the corresponding formula is derived. The numerical example shows that the numerical solutions are in good agreement with the analytical solution. The CVMMM for elastic dynamics and the discrete forms are correct and feasible. Compared with the traditional meshless manifold method, the CVMMM has higher accuracy in the same distribution of nodes.
Are Allopathic and Holistic Medicine Incommensurable?
Authors: Evangelatos Nikolaos , Eliadi Irini
Published: March 2016

The shift from the Aristotelian to the Newtonian scientific paradigm gave birth to progresses in the natural, hard sciences and contributed to the emergence of modernity. Allopathic medicine gradually implemented those progresses, transforming itself into contemporary biomedicine. In the early 20th century, replacement of Newtonian physics by quantum mechanics and Einstein's theory of relativity resulted in a new paradigm shift in the natural, hard sciences. This shift gave birth to post-modern perceptions, which attempt to put those changes in context. Within this new context, holistic therapeutic approaches are considered more compatible with the new paradigm. Different paradigms in the natural, hard sciences are considered to be incommensurable (in the Kuhnian sense). This incommensurability is also transferred to the different societal contexts, the different «Weltanschauungen» that rely on different scientific paradigms. However, drawing on arguments that range from historical and philosophical to practical and sociological ones, we argue that, although based on different scientific paradigms, allopathic and holistic medicine are not incommensurable, but rather complementary. This may be related to the inherent attributes of medicine, a fact that reinforces the debate on its epistemological status.
Resenha de Jürgen Kaube. Max Weber. Ein Leben zwischen den Epochen. Berlin: Rowohlt, 2014, 494 pp.
Authors: Da Mata Sérgio
Published: March 2016

Resenha de:Jürgen Kaube. Max Weber. Ein Leben zwischen den Epochen. Berlin: Rowohlt, 2014, 494 pp.
Comunicação médico-paciente em ambulatórios de pediatria de um hospital universitário
Authors: Lira Haline G. , Machado Camila V. B. , Del Ciampo Ieda R. L. , Del Ciampo Luiz A.
Published: March 2016

Introdução: a relação médico-paciente depende de fatores relacionados aos indivíduos e às condições sociais e culturais que propiciam o encontro desses dois personagens. Objetivo: analisar alguns aspectos relacionados ao atendimento de crianças que frequentam os ambulatórios do HCFMRPUSP, no que diz respeito ao contato e ao diálogo com o corpo clínico. Metodologia: estudo retrospectivo, observacional e descritivo desenvolvido nos ambulatórios do Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto – USP, por meio de entrevistas com as mães de crianças que aguardavam atendimento médico. Foi utilizado um questionário com perguntas relativas à criança (idade, sexo, tempo de acompanhamento no serviço), à mãe (idade, grau de escolaridade e situação conjugal) e à consulta (relacionamento com o médico, entendimento das orientações, aspectos positivos e negativos do atendimento e sugestões). O estudo foi aprovado pelo Comitê de Ética em Pesquisa do Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto da Universidade de São Paulo. Resultados: participaram 118 mães com mediana de idade foi de 32 anos, sendo 53,3% casadas e 22,8% solteiras. Entre as crianças, 57,6% eram do sexo feminino e 42,3% masculino. A mediana de escolaridade das mães apontou o segundo grau completo e o tempo médio de seguimento nos ambulatórios foi de 2 anos e 1 mês. 50% das mães referiram que a terminologia técnica era a principal causa de dificuldade de entendimento durante a consulta, 34,7% destacaram a atenção dispensada pelo médico como o fator mais positivo, enquanto que 57,6% destacaram que a demora era o principal fator negativo durante o atendimento. Conclusões: as dificuldades de comunicação entre médico e paciente e o acolhimento foram aspectos considerados importantes no atendimento oferecido pelo hospital universitário, devendo fazer parte do contexto dos profissionais que nele atuam.
Processamento auditivo: marcadores de tempo por habilidade auditiva
Authors: Deveikis Marcela B. , Mantello Erika B. , Mandrá Patricia P. , Isaac Myriam L. , Castro Monica P. , Reis Ana Cláudia M. B.
Published: March 2016

Modelo de estudo: estudo descritivo e transversal. Objetivo do estudo: caracterizar o tempo de aquisi- ção de cada habilidade auditiva trabalhada em crianças diagnosticadas com Distúrbio do Processamento Auditivo Central, em idade escolar, a partir de um programa de intervenção fonoaudiológica pré-estabelecido, com duração máxima de 20 sessões. Metodologia: foram selecionados, para a intervenção fonoaudiológica, 8 indivíduos na faixa etária de sete a nove anos, em idade escolar, de uma escola pública e que completasse, no mínimo, 16 sessões de terapia, ou, ainda, aquele que atingisse os objetivos propostos (adequação das habilidades) em menor número de sessões. Para cada sessão, que ocorreu semanalmente, com duração de 40 minutos, foi realizado registro cursivo do desempenho da crian- ça, para cada uma das habilidades trabalhadas (localização, discriminação, reconhecimento, figura-fundo/ fechamento, compreensão e memória). Posteriormente, foi realizada análise do conteúdo descritivo por semelhança entre as habilidades. No registro, foi assinalada a sessão considerada como término da atividade, isto é, a aquisição da habilidade. Resultados: o número de sessões realizadas pelos indivíduos do estudo variou de 10 a 20 sessões, sendo que o tempo médio de sessões para a aquisição de cada habilidade auditiva trabalhada oscilou entre três e 16 sessões. Conclusões: foi possível observar adequação das habilidades auditivas em todos os indivíduos do estudo, com variação de tempo para cada habilidade trabalhada. Estudos com maior casuística são fundamentais para que se alcancem marcadores de tempo para aquisição de habilidades auditivas, nesse segmento populacional.
Capacidade de exercício e função pulmonar de escolares com história de displasia broncopulmonar: revisão sistemática
Authors: Scalco Janaina C. , Medeiros Daiane L. de , Schivinski Camila I. S.
Published: March 2016

Introdução: a displasia broncopulmonar (DBP) é uma doença respiratória crônica decorrente da necessidade de oxigênio e/ou ventilação mecânica no período neonatal. A lesão pulmonar decorrente da DBP pode levar a alterações na função pulmonar, com limitação do fluxo e aumento da resistência das vias aéreas, que perduram durante a infância e adolescência. Objetivo: realizar uma revisão sistemática de estudos que avaliaram a função pulmonar e a capacidade de exercício de escolares com DBP. Método: realizadas buscas sistematizadas em três bases de dados eletrônicas SciELO, PEDro e MEDLINE via Ovid, sendo selecionados artigos publicados até janeiro de 2014 que avaliaram tanto a função pulmonar como a capacidade de exercício em escolares com DBP. Resultados: através das estratégias de busca foram encontrados 376 títulos relacionados ao tema. Após análise dos critérios de inclusão, apenas cinco trabalhos foram selecionados para compor amostra final. Conclusões: crianças com história de DBP apresentam variável obstrução ao fluxo aéreo em idade escolar e podem atingir menores valores de consumo máximo de oxigênio, volume minuto e volume corrente durante o exercicio. Ainda assim, a função pulmonar parece não influenciar a capacidade de exercício nesta população
Cheap Books in Medieval Egypt: Rotuli from the Cairo Geniza
Authors: Olszowy-Schlanger Judith
Published: March 2016

Cheap books produced and read by medieval Jews in the East have been little studied so far. The main source for the study of Hebrew book culture in general and popular and cheap books in particular is the Cairo Geniza. Only a few documents contain explicit information about the books’ costs of production and prices. However, as it is argued in this paper, additional information can be deduced from the extant book fragments themselves. Taking as an example fragments of rotuli or bookrolls from the Cairo Geniza, this paper examines the ways of making cheaper books by reducing the cost of wriitng material and of the scribe’s working time.
Bibliographical Practices in Islamic Societies, with an Analysis of MS Berlin, Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin, Hs. or. 13525
Authors: Ansari Hassan , Schmidtke Sabine
Published: March 2016

Despite the constantly growing research on the literary history of the Muslim world and related social practices, there is hardly a period or a region in the long and diverse history of the Muslim world for which we can present a clear and detailed picture as to which books were available and popular in any given discipline. Nor do we know much about the diffusion of books, the processes of survival, selection, and transmission of books, or the mechanisms and ways of including books in a teaching curriculum, or excluding them from such a curriculum. An inquiry into the “curriculum” of a specific scholarly circle or “canon” at any given time can be based on a broad range of pertinent genres of documentary sources as well as literary texts and, of course, the preserved books themselves. The article discusses main genres, viz. inventories of transmitters and chains of transmission, autobibliographical inventories and bibliographical inventories of single authors, library inventories, lists of references, and notebooks and anthologies. Moreover, MS Berlin, Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin, Hs. or. 13525, a library endowment deed, is analysed.
Lychnophora spiciformis (Asteraceae: Vernonieae), a new species from Bahia, Brazil
Authors: SINISCALCHI CAROLINA MORIANI , LOEUILLE BENOÎT , SEMIR JOÃO , PIRANI JOSÉ RUBENS
Published: March 2016

Lychnophora spiciformis, a new species from Brazil, is here described and illustrated. The new species is endemic to the Chapada Diamantina in Bahia, Northeastern Brazil. Lychnophora spiciformis is characterized by its pseudoterminal congested spike-like inflorescence of capitula or glomerules of capitula. The affinities of this species are discussed.
Formation Process Model of Consolidated Financial Statements in Insurance Companies
Authors: Пальгуева  , Palgueva T.
Published: March 2016

This article deals with formation process of consolidated financial statements in insurance companies. The

authors analyses the main stages of formation of consolidated statements, gives recommendations for their optimization.
Revisiting the Formation of Indicative Option of Investment of Money by Private Persons
Authors: Графова  , Grafova Galina , Графов  , Grafov Andrey , Аврашков  , Avrashkov Lyev , Шахватова  , Shakhvatova S.
Published: March 2016

The article considers options for investment of funds by people in various financial instruments. The authors give

the methodical approaches for determining of the profitability of such investments.
Content and Methodical Support of Partial Program of Integrated Local History Curriculum «Belgorod Studies» for Preschool Children
Authors: Епанчинцева  , Epanchintseva N. , Стручаев  , Struchaev V.
Published: March 2016

The article describes the features of the partial program of the integrated course “Belgorod Studies” for preschool children. The authors give

purposes and content of the program, consider its thematic content, the basic forms and activities, as well as the methodological means for

ensuring the socio-moral education of children on the basis of local history in the conditions of preschool organizations and further education.
Teacher, Be Tolerant!
Authors: Савостьянов  , Savostyanov Aleksandr
Published: March 2016

The author considers the problem of tolerance as a complex psychological and social phenomenon. The question of the introduction in schools

from 2015/16 academic year of lessons of tolerance in accordance with developed program in the framework of the course “Social Studies”

on the basis of continuation of school subjects “The world around us” and “Fundamentals of religious cultures and secular ethics” in primary

school, is considered. Particular attention is paid to the education of teachers of tolerance for pupils. The author’s psychological test for teachers

“Are you tolerant person” is given.
ANALISA RESIKO PEMBANGUNAN JALAN TOL NUSA DUA-NGURAH RAI-TANJUNG BENOA TERHADAP TSUNAMI
Authors: Hidayat Edwin
Published: March 2016

The construction of Nusa Dua – Ngurah Rai – Benoa Toll Road in coastal area which has vulnerability of tsunami so for measure the level of vulnerability use the Building TsunamiVulnerability (BTV) from Omira et al (2009), Tsunami Matrix from Sengaji and Nababan (2009),and Coastal Vulnerability Indeks (CVI) by Kumar et al (2010). The result of BTV is 30%, this value included in the class risk D1 which has meaning slight no structural damage. Then with the result showed the value is 4 and include in the class risk 4 which the meaning is high risk. Lastly,measuring with CVI model the result is 16,53 this included in the class risk moderate. We had different results, it is because the parameter and the coefficient value were calculated also different. Furthermore, the parameters tsunami run-up and the type of building materials are parameters which need to be most consider, these parameters are the most dominant factor. It can be concluded that the Nusa Dua - Ngurah Rai - Benoa toll road has vulnerability to Tsunami.Thus, we must preparing the mitigation or adaptation plan, such as, evacuation routes plan, if forece majeur happened.
Evaluasi Pengembangan Wilayah Permukiman Berdasarkan Pemetaan Kerusakan Permukiman Akibat Banjir Lahar Di Kali Putih, Kabupaten Magelang
Authors: Kumalawati Rosalina , Rijal Seftiawan Samsu , Rijanta R , Sartohadi Junun , Pradiptyo Rimawan
Published: March 2016

The aim of this study are (1) to assess the damage of settlement due to lahar flood in study area, (2) to analyze the damage of settlement and (3) to analyze the allocated space of settlement development based on classification of damage settlement. Methods that used in this study are GPS Tracking to know the distribution of lahar flood, classification of damage settlement based on predetermined criteria and spatial autocorrelation to know the pattern of damage settlement. The result of this study is showing that damage settlement due to lahar flood is not only caused by the house distance to the river but also by the materials of it. The spatial pattern of damage settlement is 0,68 (clustered) for Collapse, 0,62 (clustered) for High Damaged, 1,05(clustered) for Low Damaged, 0,64 (clustered) for Medium Damaged) and 1,21 (clustered) for No Damaged.
THE IMPACT OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY ON RURAL TO URBAN MIGRATION IN JAVA, INDONESIA
Authors: Fauzia Renata , Lee Soengwoo
Published: March 2016

This paper investigates if the improvement of agricultural productivity will decrease rural to urban migration. Since rural to urban migration occurs due mainly to disparity between urban and agricultural wage, we assume that boosting agricultural income will reduce migration to urban areas. It is hypothesized that increase in agricultural productivity would result in a rise in agricultural wage, and hence income, ceteris paribus, reduces rural-urban migration. The data used in this study is the 2010 provincial statistics in West Java, Central Java, and East Java, Indonesia. The agricultural productivity and migration equations were estimated by using Ordinary Least Squares (OLS). The research findings may offer the suggestion to reduce rural to urban migration by boosting rural income through focusing the policy on agricultural productivity. Enhancing investment in agricultural sector such as increasing the number of subsidized fertilizer, adding agricultural labor and livestock, increasing education of rural people, and utilizing agricultural land resource are expected to increase agricultural output.Thus, it would also minimize the wage differential between urban and rural area.
EVALUASI PENGGUNAAN LAHAN UNTUK PERKIRAAN DEBIT BANJIR RANCANGAN DI DAS CIBERANG PROVINSI BANTEN
Authors: Arianti Dessy , Murtilaksono Kukuh , Barus Baba
Published: March 2016

The Infuence of landuse change causes change of the condition of flow discharge. However, the impact of this landuse change is that the rainfall has more potential to be overland flow than infiltration. The aims of this research are: (1) to assess the patterns of rainfall of 2000, 2005, 2010 and 2014; (2) to assess the land use changes of 2000, 2005, 2010 and 2014; (3) to analyze the design discharge under land use predictions of 2028; and (4) to arrange land use planning that the peak discharge less than peak discharge of Karian Dam. Data were analysed by grid interpolation, Rational, CA-Markov. The results showed that land use of 2000–2014 change from forest to agriculture dry land area about 18.89 km2, from dry land farming to rice field area about 12.84 km2, from dry land agriculture to plantation area about 10.27 km2 and forests to plantations about 6.24 km2. The total area of land uses change of 85.39 km2 (30.2%), but the land use type which remain as existing land uses are 197.48 km2 (69.8%). Flood discharge predictions is not eligible for the best land use pattern because it exceeded the design of flood discharge of Karian Dam. The actual flood discharge is still qualify, flood discharge based on Spatial Pattern and scenarios four to synchronize the flood discharge based on Spatial Pattern is qualify for the best land use pattern. scenarios four for spatial pattern is the best land use planning to be applied that are regarded as the reference of land use in Ciberang watershed Lebak Regency of 2014-2034.
Travelling to the East: A Nonverbal Communication Account
Authors: Buja Elena
Published: March 2016

The present paper aims to give some account of the inner life of the East of which a traveller seldom gains more than a passing glimpse, by exploring some differences in nonverbal communication between European travellers and the natives of India and Persia, as they emerge from literary pieces written in the period 1664-1900. The focus will be on two nonverbal codes only, namely use of artefacts and rituals and practices. The analysis indicates both similarities, as well as differences between the two investigated cultures in terms of use of artefacts and rituals.
Respondent-Driven Sampling – Testing Assumptions: Sampling with Replacement
Authors: Barash Vladimir D. , Cameron Christopher J. , Spiller Michael W. , Heckathorn Douglas D.
Published: March 2016

Classical Respondent-Driven Sampling (RDS) estimators are based on a Markov Process model in which sampling occurs with replacement. Given that respondents generally cannot be interviewed more than once, this assumption is counterfactual. We join recent work by Gile and Handcock in exploring the implications of the sampling-with-replacement assumption for bias of RDS estimators. We differ from previous studies in examining a wider range of sampling fractions and in using not only simulations but also formal proofs. One key finding is that RDS estimates are surprisingly stable even in the presence of substantial sampling fractions. Our analyses show that the sampling-with-replacement assumption is a minor contributor to bias for sampling fractions under 40%, and bias is negligible for the 20% or smaller sampling fractions typical of field applications of RDS.
МОРФО-ФІЗІОЛОГІЧНІ ОСОБЛИВОСTІ РОСТУ ТА РОЗВИТКУ РОСЛИН В УМОВАХ ПІДВИЩЕНОЇ МІНЕРАЛІЗАЦІЇ
Authors: Vasilyuk O. M.
Published: March 2016

The effect of increasing salinity to the morpho-metric parameters of Salix alba L., which dominated in the coastal areas on rivers of Steppe Dnieper, is investigated. We added Mg as salt MgSO4 * 3H2O in the range of concentration: 0.5, 1.0, 1.5, 2.0 and 2.5 g/l in a solution of willow cuttings. In the solution was added and plant growth regulator "Kornevin" the synthetic origin. The negative effect of salt at a concentration from 1.0 g/l to 2.5 g/l in the dynamics of growth and development was found. The correlation between the size and salinity in dynamics of growth and development of plant were demonstrated: in the growth of shoots (R = 0.83, 0.91 and 0.95), in the growth of roots (R = 0.92, 0.68 and 0.84) respectively depended from salt concentration. The length of the leaf blade was from 4% to 8%, from 7% to 43%, from 333% to 11% (R = 0,68, 0,93, 0,61), depending on the concentration of salt and during observing compared with control (distilled water). "Kornevin" and combined effect of salt increased the length of the leaf blade growth by 4-5, 2-4, 3-5 times, the roots by7 and 3-14 times, the shoots by 3-4, 6-7 and 5-7 times in the dynamics of growth compared with control (MgSO4, 2,5 g/l).

The recommendations regarding for the advisability of using the plant growth regulator "Kornevin", as very effective plant growth preparation that promoted rooting and activated physiological processes of plant organism, expressed protective effect in conditions of excessive salinity, were provided.

Key words: the morpho-metric index, the plant growth regulators, abiotic factors, salinity factor, the adaptation.
ДЕСТРУКЦІЯ КСЕНОБІОТИКІВ З ВИКОРИСТАННЯМ КУЛЬТУРАЛЬНОГО ФІЛЬТРАТУ КСИЛОТРОФІВ
Authors: Fedotov O. V.
Published: March 2016

The article deals with the efficiency of pollutants biodegradation by xylotrophic basidiomycetes submerged cultures grown on standard glucose-peptone medium (GPM). The efficiency of pollutants biodegradation was determined by the model compound – dye Methyl Orange. The purpose of the work is screening of 19 species 81 strains xylotrophic basidiomycetes cultures on the indicator of the dye oxidative degradation efficiency and exploring the possibility of induction of this indicator by modifying the culture medium. The biodegradation efficiency was determined by following method. Assigned amount of culture filtrate (experiment) or medium (control) was added to the 0.001% solution of Methyl Orange in sodium acetate buffer. pH of the reaction mixture was 4.4 units. Samples were incubated at +40°C for 48 hours. Then pH of the reaction mixture was set up at 3.1 units using sodium acetate buffer and the optical density of solutions at a wavelength of 506 nm was measured. The efficiency of biodegradation was calculated by the difference of the optical density of control and experiment as a percentage. The most promising strains – F. velutipes F-1105, P. eryngii P-er, T. hirsuta Th-11 and D. quercina Dq-08 were selected. The composition of the glucose-peptone medium was modified for these strains by the introduction in the medium lignosulfonate, Tween 80, Kirk’s minerals solution and selecting the concentration of these components. According to the study for the purpose of pollutants degradation it is advisable to cultivate  F. velutipes F-1105 strain on modified GPM, which further comprises at 1 l: lignosulfonate – 3.5 g; Tween 80 – 1.0 g, Kirk’s minerals solution – 70 ml; P. eryngii P-er strain – 5.0 g, 1.0 g, 70 ml; T. hirsuta Th-11 strain – 5.0 g, 1.0 g, 105 ml; and D. quercina Dq-08 strain – 6.5 g, 1.0 g, 105 ml, respectively. This allowed to increase the model compound degradation efficiency by the culture filtrate of strain F. velutipes F-1105 in 9,3; D. quercina Dq-08 – in 9,6; P. eryngii P-er – in 13,3 and T. hirsuta Th-11 – 19,2 times. Thus, GPS modifications were designed that enhance the model compound oxidative degradation efficiency and are the basis for further optimization of the selected xylotrophic basidiomycetes strains submerged cultivation conditions to increase biodegradation of xenobiotics.

Keywords: xylotrophic basidiomycetes, submerged cultivation, biodegradation, Methyl Orange.
ЗАЛЕЖНІСТЬ СИСТЕМАТИЧНОЇ ТА ЕКОЛОГІЧНОЇ СТРУКТУРИ ТРАВ’ЯНОГО ПОКРИВУ ЛІСОВИХ ЕКОСИСТЕМ ВІД АНТРОПОГЕННОГО ВПЛИВУ
Authors: Miroshnik N. V. , Tertychna O. V.
Published: March 2016

Pine forests Chigirinsky Bor grow on fresh sod-podzolic soils formed on ancient alluvial deposits. Pine forests are characterized by stringent moisture regimes and constantly suffer from lack of productive moisture in soil.  Industrial development of Cherkasy in 60th years of ХХ century leaded air pollution and emissions of SO2, NOx, NH3, and dust. This contributed to significant negative influence on the surrounding forest ecosystems from enterprises of  Cherkassy industrial agglomeration.

The grass cover in pine stands of Chigirinsky Bor transforms into xerophytic grasses and ruderal communities under the impact of negative biotic and abiotic factors. They are namely the anthropogenic violation of forest conditions, stands decline, recreational and industrial tree crowns understocking, xerophytic and heliophytic transformations of forest conditions. All the above mentioned caused strong ruderal and adventive transformation of grass cover. We registered the changes in nitrophilous plant spread regards the Cherkasy industrial agglomeration approaching which emits toxic with nitrogen-containing gases. Adventive and other non-forest species displace ferns and mosses, the ratio of ecomorfs is also changes due to increase of the quantity and development activation of annuals, xerophytic, ruderal, and nitrofil plants. The Asteraceae/Brassicaceae 3:1 ratio indicates significant anthropogenic violations in the region.

We fixed the xerophytic, ruderal, and adventive transformation of grass cover in forest ecosystems. It is also founded the tendency of expanding the fraction of mesophilic plant species due to alterations in water regime (creation of Kremenchug reservoir and draining of floodplain Tyasmyn). When approaching the Cherkasy industrial agglomeration the grass cover degradation is clearly observed on the environmental profile. All this causes the forest ecosystem degradation and gradual loss of forest vegetation typical characteristics. We revealed the domination of plant species that are tolerant to transformed forest conditions due to drastic anthropogenic changes of ecological regimes in Chygyryn's Bor.

Key words: grass cover, Chigirin's Bor, anthropogenic impact, forest ecosystem, industrial transformation and degradation of grass cover.
A new record of the Blackish Oystercatcher, Haematopus ater ater (Vieillot and Oudart, 1825), in the Gulf of Guayaquil, Ecuador
Authors: Félix Fernando , Haase Ben
Published: March 2016

We report a record of a single individual of the Blackish Oystercatcher, Haematopus ater ater (Vieillot and Oudart, 1825), photographed on 7 February 2015 in the Gulf of Guayaquil, Ecuador (02.73° S, 080.22° W). This species regularly occurs along rocky sea coasts, mainly in cold and temperate areas of South America. The record was observed during the warmest season and when an ongoing ENSO event in the Southeast Pacific has been confirmed. We discuss two potential causes for this unusual record: variability of environment conditions and population expansion from the Peruvian population.
COMPORTAMENTO IN VITRO DE Chalara paradoxa,AGENTE CAUSAL DA PODRIDÃO-NEGRA DO ABACAXIZEIRO, EM DIFERENTES CONDIÇÕES DE CULTIVO
Authors: SOUZA WILZA CARLA OLIVEIRA DE , NASCIMENTO LUCIANA CORDEIRO DO , SANTOS TARCIANA SILVA DOS , VIDAL JULIANA DE MACÊDO , SILVA HILDERLANDE FLORÊNCIO DA
Published: March 2016

RESUMO Na pós-colheita do abacaxizeiro, a podridão-negra é considerada como um dos principais problemas na comercialização dos frutos. A doença é causada pelo fungoChalara paradoxa (De Seynes) Sacc.. Apesar da importância deste patógeno para a cultura, são poucas as informações relacionadas ao estudo do mesmo, com base em características fisiológicas in vitro. Assim, o objetivo do trabalho foi avaliar o crescimento micelial, a esporulação e a germinação de C. paradoxa, em diferentes condições de cultivo. A partir de placas contendo colônias puras do isolado de C. paradoxa, foram retirados individualmente discos para inoculação em diferentes meios. A incubação das placas foi feita em três diferentes regimes de luminosidade e em três diferentes temperaturas. Para o crescimento micelial, esporulação e germinação, as melhores condições de cultivo in vitro de C. paradoxa foram os meios aveia (OA) e batata (PDA) em alternância luminosa a 25°C, os meios batata (PDA) e abacaxi (PJA) no escuro contínuo, na mesma temperatura.
MORFOANATOMIA FOLIAR DE CUPUAÇUZEIROS ESTABELECIDOS POR DIFERENTES MÉTODOS DE PROPAGAÇÃO E SOMBREAMENTO
Authors: NOVALLI DHEIMY SILVA , ARAÚJO NETO SEBASTIÃO ELVIRO DE , SILVA PAULO CÉSAR POETA FERMINO DA , DAMASCENO RAFAELLA GEORGIA LIMA , SILVA IRENE FERRO DA
Published: March 2016

RESUMO O objetivo deste trabalho foi avaliar o efeito do sombreamento e de métodos de propagação na morfoanatomia foliar e no estabelecimento de cupuaçuzeiros. O experimento foi realizado a campo, em blocos casualizados, com quatro repetições de 10 plantas cada. Para análise de crescimento, utilizou-se do esquema de parcelas subsubdivididas (cinco épocas – parcela; três níveis de sombreamento – subparcela, e quatro métodos de propagação – subsubparcela). Para a avaliação da biometria das plantas, utilizou-se do esquema de parcela subdivida com os sombreamentos na parcela e os métodos de propagação nas subparcelas; e para as análises morfoanatômicas, considerou-se a casualização do sombreamento nos blocos. As análises de crescimento foram realizadas a cada 90 dias; e as morfoanatômicas, aos 15 meses após o plantio. A espessura do parênquima esponjoso foi maior nas folhas sombreadas por tela de 50%, as outras características morfoanatômicas não sofreram influência significativa dos níveis de sombreamento. As mudas com desenvolvimento inicial em viveiro atingiram maior taxa de crescimento relativo e absoluto. As maiores taxas de crescimento relativo e absoluto foram obtidas em cultivo sob tela de 50% de sombreamento, seguido pelo consórcio (45% de sombreamento). Os piores desempenhos em todas as características avaliadas foram observados em plantas cultivadas a pleno sol.
CONDICIONADORES DE SUBSTRATO PARA PRODUÇÃO ORGÂNICA DE MUDAS DE CUPUAÇU
Authors: ARAÚJO NETO SEBASTIÃO ELVIRO , FREDNBERG NOHELENE THANDARA NOGUEIRA , MINOSSO SHIRLEI CRISTINA CERQUEIRA , NOVELLI DHEIMY DA SILVA , ANDRADE NETO ROMEU DE CARVALHO
Published: March 2016

RESUMO O objetivo deste trabalho foi avaliar a qualidade e a biomassa de plantas de cupuaçuzeiro em substratos com diferentes condicionadores. O experimento foi realizado no Sítio Ecológico Seridó, município de Rio Branco – AC. Os tratamentos constituíram-se por alteração do condicionador dos substratos, sendo: T1 = casca de arroz carbonizada; T2 = fibra de coco; T3 = caule de palmeira; T4 = resíduo de sumaúma e T5 = composto orgânico. Os substratos T1, T2, T3 e T4 foram compostos por terra (30%), composto orgânico (30%), fino de carvão (10%) e condicionadores (30%). O substrato (T5) foi considerado uma testemunha com maior proporção de terra (45%) e composto orgânico (45%) mais adição de fino de carvão (10%). Todos os substratos foram acrescidos de 1,0 kg m-3 de calcário dolomítico e 1,5 kg m-3 de termofosfato natural. O delineamento experimental utilizado foi em blocos casualizados, com cinco tratamentos e quatro repetições de três plantas cada. Foram avaliados aos 120 dias após a semeadura o número de folhas, a massa da matéria seca da raiz, a massa seca da parte aérea, a massa seca total, a altura da planta e o índice de qualidade da muda. Os substratos contendo fibra de coco, a fibra de caule de palmeira e o composto orgânico constituem alternativas viáveis como condicionadores de substrato para produção de muda de cupuaçu.
CARACTERIZAÇÃO AGRONÔMICA E DIVERGÊNCIA GENÉTICA ENTRE ACESSOS DE ABACAXIZEIRO NAS CONDIÇÕES DO ESTADO DE MATO GROSSO
Authors: MELÃO ALINE VIDOR , PEREIRA MESSIAS GONZAGA , KRAUSE WILLIAN , GONÇALVES LEANDRO SIMÕES AZEREDO , MOREIRA WANDREILLA GARCIA
Published: March 2016

RESUMO Para iniciar um programa de melhoramento genético, a existência da variabilidade genética é essencial. Assim, a caracterização dos genótipos é o primeiro passo para adefinição da estratégia de melhoramento a ser adotada. Neste sentido, este trabalho teve como objetivo estudar a divergência genética, com base em caracteres morfoagronômicos, entre 19 acessos de abacaxizeiro (vAnanas comosusar. comosus) pertencentes à coleção ativa de trabalho da UNEMAT de Tangará da Serra (MT). Foram utilizados 52 descritores, sendo 31 descritores qualitativos e 21 quantitativos. Para aanálise dos dados, utilizou-se do coeficiente de coincidência simples, da distância euclidiana média padronizada e da análise conjunta por meio da distância de Gower. Pelos descritores avaliados, verificou-se amplavariabilidade entre os acessos de A. comosus var. comosus. A análise conjunta foi mais eficiente na representação da variabilidade genética entre os acessos avaliados. Sugerem-se os cruzamentos dos acessos 4; 5; 6; 7; 8; 13 e 19 com os acessos 3; 9; 10 e 11.