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Current Practices and Standards of Cataloging Hebraica in RLIN
Authors: Lerner Heidi
Published: December 2016

Since 1988, approximately 21 institutions have input Hebraica records into RLIN utilizing its Hebrew script capability. These institutions have varying standards for the amount of Hebrew script and Romanization that they provide. Some institutions provide vernacular access only for the core fields that have been defined by RLIN; others provide vernacular access for main and ad d ed entries, notes, and subject headings as well. Some institutions do not provide Romanization for the statement of responsibility or beyond the title proper. These institutions have varying financial, technical, and policy constraints that have contributed to this diversity of procedures for inputting vernacular records and for vernacular enhancement of already existing copy. In the papers from the AJL 1993 Convention session on "Modification of RLIN Hebraica Records," we share in each other's experiences in creating and modifying RLIN Hebraica script records.
Books Without Boundaries: Jewish Children's Books in the Secular Arena
Authors: Snyder Carol
Published: December 2016

Books with Jewish content are of universal interest and are important to individuals and to society. Through humor and personal experiences in writing and speaking about my Ike and Mama series, my middlegrade young-adult books, as well as my picture book, God Must Like Cookies, Too, I communicate to publishers, authors, and librarians the ways that my books have crossed over to the general marketplace. Why and how this came to be, and the newfound inclusion and interest of Jewish writers in the "multicultural" designation are also examined.
Transgression in Jewish Literature
Authors: Felman Jyl
Published: December 2016

Jewish library collection policies as they relate to Jewish gay and lesbian issues are discussed. Questions considered are whether a book about gay Jews or a book written by a Jewish gay author should be included in Judaica collections. The issue is placed within a historical Jewish literary tradition which includes authors such as Grade, Ozick, Miller, Roth and Rukeyser-who write about such transgressive themes as sexuality, assimilation, self-loathing, agnostic rabbis, etc. Through personal examples drawn from her collection of Jewish short stories, Hot Chicken Wings, the author makes a case for including books with Jewish lesbian content. Also considered are the consequences of excluding such works and the ultimate arbitrariness of banning works with gay content from the Jewish library shelf.

The author also comments on the Pulitzer Prize-winning play Angels in America, written by a gay Jewish man, Tony Kushner. Even though Angels is being touted as an AIDS play, it is replete with Jewish characters, questions about assimilation, and Jewish self-loathing as exhibited by the lead character Roy Cohn. The play derives from a long tradition of Jewish avant-garde writing dealing with the nature of Jewish identity. For this reason, the author uses Angels to make a case against censoring gay themes in Judaica collections. Jewish literature throughout the ages has had a transgressive bent, and gay themes must be read in this context and viewed by Jews as legitimate literary material worthy of reading by Jewish communities.
Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Literature with Jewish Content: A Bibliographic Overview
Authors: Porter Jack
Published: December 2016

The topic of gay, lesbian, and bisexual literature with Jewish content has been taboo for a very long time. Because of Judaism's deep-rooted commitment to the family, alternative forms of sexual relationships have rarely been mentioned in Jewish literature. Only in the past twenty-five years, with the rise of AIDS, but starting in the radical 1960s with its innovative sexual and cultural critique and revolutionary approach to politics and power arrangements, have we seen the rise of Jewish literature on gay, lesbian, and bisexual lifestyles. Since homosexuality is still asur (forbidden) in Halacha, this is still a controversial topic and care must be taken to handle it with sensitivity. Still, librarians and teachers should introduce these issues at age-appropriate and text appropriate levels. This bibliographic essay demonstrates the wide range of material that exists on this topic from research guides and anthologies to novels and sociological works. The literature is growing by leaps and bounds; much of the material is useful for Jewish libraries but must be updated regularly since this field is undergoing great change. However, since gay history is still history, the encyclopedias and research guides will always be useful. The paper includes a special section on homosexuality and sexual politics in Nazi Germany, a special interest of the author, a son of Holocaust survivors.
Judaica Library Collection Policies: Arab-American and Muslim-American Literature
Authors: Horowitz Cyma
Published: December 2016

An overview of the inclusion and treatment of Arab-American literature in a special library primarily concerned with contemporary American Jewish issues, the Blaustein Library of the American Jewish Committee. Mainstream Arab-American literature is interfiled with the regular collection, using a modified Dewey Decimal classification scheme. Extremist material, although housed separately, is classified in the same manner as the regular collection, preceded by a designation signifying literature of an antisemitic nature.
Research Resources for the Study of African-American and Jewish Relations
Authors: Gubert Betty Kaplan
Published: December 2016

Several libraries in New York City have exceptionally rich resources for the study of relations between African Americans and Jewish Americans. The holdings of and access to these collections are discussed; some sources in other parts of the U.S. are mentioned as well. The most important collection is in the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, The New York Public Library. Besides books, there is a vast Clipping File, the unique Kaiser Index, manuscript collections, and some audio and visual materials. The Jewish Division of The New York Public Library has unparalleled holdings of Jewish newspapers from around the world, from which relevant articles can be derived.
The libraries of the Jewish Theological Seminary and the VIVO Institute ,are also both fine sources. Their book holdings are up-to-date, and YIVO's clipping file is also, including such items as publicity releases from Mayors Koch and Dinkins. YIVO's archives have such important historical holdings as the American Jewish Committee Records (1930s to the 1970s), and some NAACP materials from the thirties and forties.
Children's books on this top ic and ways of acquiring information are noted. A list of the major libraries, with addresses, telephone numbers, and hours is in an appendix.
Alterações Fisiológicas relacionadasà Síndrome da Tensão Pré-Menstrual na vida da mulher
Authors: Mendes Natalia Alves , Souza Anderson Pereira de
Published: December 2016

Introdução: A Síndrome Pré-Menstrual (SPM) é caracterizada por mais de cem sinais e sintomas físicos e psicológicos diferentes, o que torna difícil defini-la cientificamente. Objetivo: identificar as possíveis consequências da síndrome da tensão pré-menstrual na vida das mulheres, especificamente, em mulheres estudantes do nível superior. Metodologia: A presente pesquisa se classifica como revisão não sistemática da literatura. A amostra foi constituída por artigos, teses e dissertações indexados nas bases de dados MEDline, Scielo, National Center for Biotechnology Information e Asian Nursing Research. Inicialmente surgiram cerca de 7.200 resultados, contudo foram selecionados apenas 38 e após leitura dos resumos dos mesmos, foram excluídas 9 publicações. Resultados e Discussões: Após análise do conteúdo dos artigos foram criadas duas categorias de discussão: Sintomas da SPTM e consequências no cotidiano das universitárias e Alternativas para controle dos sintomas. Considerações Finais: A SPM pode acarretar graves prejuízos no contexto social (família/trabalho/estudo) e contexto pessoal.
Má Alimentação e Obesidade nos Alunos dos Cursos de Saúde de uma Instituição Privada de Vitória da Conquista
Authors: Salomão Halisson Naninne Morais , Bittencourt Felipe Oliveira
Published: December 2016

O presente projeto tem por objetivo geral identificar o perfil da obesidade entre acadêmicos de cursos de saúde de uma instituição privada de Vitória da Conquista/BA. E como objetivo específico: identificar o perfil da má alimentação e obesidade em estudantes universitários de 18 a 25 anos, como sendo as pessoas mais interessadas e entendidas do assunto. Trata-se de uma pesquisa do tipo analítica com delineamento transversal e abordagem quantitativa, tendo uma amostra de 50 indivíduos, de cursos de saúde variados. Trabalho baseado dentro do projeto de extensão, sobre “O perfil epidemiológico da obesidade em Vitória da Conquista/BA’’, aprovado pelo Comitê de Ética em Pesquisa da FAINOR e autorizada pelo CEP. Os dados foram coletados em formulário próprio de questionário de hábitos alimentares. Para a descrição das variáveis contínuas foi utilizada a média aritmética, com seu respectivo desvio padrão e, para variáveis categóricas, número absoluto e frequência relativa. Como resultado desse trabalho evidenciou-se a prevalência de uma alimentação inadequada entre os participantes da amostra (65,5%), um grande indicie global de sobrepeso (39,6%) e obesidade (13,6%), estando bem acima dos valores encontrados na maioria das literaturas, além de uma prevalência de sobrepeso na população masculina da amostra (40,6%).  Considera-se assim que os resultados desse estudo indicam a necessidade de intervenção no ambiente universitário, visto que a grande prevalência de problemas relacionados ao peso e a má alimentação tendem a proporcionar o desenvolvimento de outras patologias, influenciando na queda da qualidade de vida dos estudantes universitários, e consequentemente em seu rendimento acadêmico.
Nível de depressão em profissionais de uma unidade hospitalar
Authors: Franca Joando Oliveira , Bittencourt Felipe Oliveira
Published: December 2016

A depressão e ansiedade estão conectadas, e constituem um problema de saúde pública, e fazem parte de episódios psíquicos encontrados com mais frequência na sociedade. O Objetivo dessa pesquisa é analisar e descrever o nível de depressão dos funcionários de uma unidade Hospitalar; Métodos: a amostra foi constituída por 159 participantes, a partir de investigações bibliográficas através da Biblioteca Virtual em Saúde (BVS) durante o período de julho a novembro de 2016, posteriormente aplicação de questionários validado de BECK (1996), com análise de estatística descritiva dos dados e a utilização da análise Kruskal Wallis. Resultados: em relação ao perfil sócio demográfico dos entrevistados, observou-se uma predominância em relação ao sexo feminino com 76,7% e masculino com 23,3%; E, em relação ao estado civil casado com 57,9%, solteiro 31,4%, divorciado 9,4% e com 1,3% viúvo; No grau de escolaridade o ensino médio completo e o ensino superior completo ambos com 36,5%, superior incompleto 12,6%, ensino fundamental e médio incompleto com 5,7% e fundamental completo com 3,1%; Em relação ao domínio psicológico com 79,5% foi determinante a regular, 11,5% necessita melhorar e com 9,0% boa; E, indivíduos sem depressão ou depressão leve com 49,2%; Depressão leve a moderada com 29,5%, Depressão moderada a grave com 18% e Depressão grave com 3,3%. Conclusão: Os instrumentos de avaliação de ansiedade e depressão são favoráveis para diagnóstico e norteamento do manejo clínico perante das alterações emocionais ocasionadas. Assim sendo é importante que a unidade hospitalar contribua uma assistência médica ressaltada na assistência humanizada tanto em questão curativa como preventiva.
Dislexia: Leitura e Escrita numa Perspectiva Bibliográfica
Authors: Nogueira Maria Zuleide De Lima , Beserra Theóphilo Michel Álvares Cabral
Published: December 2016

Este artigo científico centrou, através do levantamento bibliográfico, compreender a Dislexia na perspectiva psicopedagógica, para após o estudo entender como acontece a síndrome durante a infância, uma vez que a dislexia só pode ser identificada, logo que se inicia o processo de alfabetização, embora que os estudos, também, mostram que essas características podem acontecer na fase adulta, onde o individuo passou toda a sua infância-adolescência sem saber que era acometido pela dislexia.  Para fundamentar o estudo, optou-se pelos levantamentos teóricos de autores que discernem sobre o assunto. O processo de aprendizagem da leitura é um fator desafiador, uma vez que ela faz parte do avanço do educando não só em língua portuguesa, mas também nas outras disciplinas, desde a simples assinatura de seu nome à construção frasal mais complexa. A não aprendizagem da leitura pelo aluno, à certo tempo, era caracterizado como aluno inapto a ler, o qual era encaminhado pelos pais e profissionais a outras atividades que não envolvessem a leitura, e taxado como “ esse menino não dá para leitura”.  A descoberta da Dislexia possibilitou novos olhares para esse educando, e possibilitou uma nova forma de aprender a ler e escrever para eles. O estudo é puramente bibliográfico, sua pesquisa teórica embasou em livros, artigos e site do Google profissional da internet.
Riscos Ocupacionais dos Profissionais de Enfermagem atuantes no SAMU 192
Authors: Nascimento Marta Oliveira , Araújo Giovana Fernandes
Published: December 2016

Os profissionais atuantes no Samu 192 são suscetíveis a diversos riscos ocupacionais. O objetivo deste artigo foi avaliar a percepção de riscos ocupacionais que os profissionais de enfermagem atuantes no atendimento móvel de urgência. Estudo descritivo com uma abordagem qualitativa, onde participaram quatorze profissionais (enfermeiros e técnico de enfermagem) que trabalham no Atendimento Pré Hospitalar – APH. Os dados foram coletados através de uma entrevista semiestruturada. Constatou-se que os  profissionais atuantes no Samu 192 tem conhecimento dos fatores de risco envolvidos durante o seu labor, considerando a sobrecarga de trabalho aliado às falhas na estrutura organizacional, fatores estes determinantes para potencializar os riscos ocupacionais. A identificação dos fatores de riscos os quais estão expostos contribui de forma efetiva para elaboração de medidas de proteção necessárias a fim de minimizar os riscos ocupacionais.
Educação Especial: Reflexões acerca da temática
Authors: Nogueira Maria Zuleide De Lima , Bezerra Lireida Maria Albuquerque
Published: December 2016

Este artigo discute aspectos históricos da educação inclusiva. Conhecer contexto histórico da educação inclusiva ajuda na maneira de conviver com essa parcela da população. Este estudo se propões a realizar uma breve pesquisa bibliográfica sobre a história da Educação Especial no Brasil.  Propõe, ainda, destacar a importância da comunidade escolar na vida da pessoa especial inclusa. O objetivo é, através de um resgate histórico, conhecer como se sucedeu a educação  inclusiva e, como a pessoas com necessidades educativas especiais convivem hoje no espaço da sala de aula. Enfatizando a contribuição da família, da escola e dos professores como fundamentais para que a inclusão aconteça na prática.  Conclui que a inclusão deve ter a participação de toda a sociedade, provocando mudanças não só físicas, mas também estrutural e curricular para que a pessoa inclusa tenha acesso a mesma educação daqueles que não tem necessidades especiais.
El jardín del Mercado
Authors: Zárate Mg. Arq. Carlos
Published: December 2016

El presente artículo es resultado de una investigación presentada por el autor en 2013 para optar al título de Máster en Restauración y Conservación de Bienes Arquitectónicos y Monumentales. Refiere a un jardín con características neoclasicistas que existió en el predio de la actual Plaza O'Leary, en pleno centro histórico de Asunción, Paraguay. El objetivo fue lograr exponer simbologías y criterios de diseño del trazado original del Jardín del Mercado bajo la premisa de la necesidad de un análisis específico para lograr una interpretación adecuada, asumiendo que dicho diseño respondió, antes que a criterios funcionales, sobre todo a criterios de orden estético, simbólico y estilístico.La investigación, orientada a lo histórico y hermenéutico, permite conocer a mayor profundidad aquellas características citadas y también conocer un poco más sobre la forma de concebir el diseño del espacio público en un lugar y tiempo determinado, muy distinto a la época actual, indagando en el imaginario de autores y sus contemporáneos, los tipos de relaciones habitante/sitio, sitio/entorno y los motivos que expliquen su substitución y notable desaparición de la memoria colectiva. Finalmente, estos resultados también aportan elementos de discusión respecto de la pertinencia o no de la recuperación del diseño original.

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An efficient scheme for solving a system of time- fractional order differential-algebraic equations by using fractional Laplace iteration method
Authors: Hasan Sameer , Namah Eman
Published: December 2016

In this article, we propose an efficient algorithm for solving system of time- fractional differential-algebraic equations by using a fractional Laplace iteration method. The scheme is tested for some examples and the results demonstrate reliability and accuracy of this method.
Efficient spectrum sensing technique based on energy detector, compressive sensing, and de-noising techniques
Authors: Hussein Amr , Kasem Hossam , Adel Mohamed
Published: December 2016

Highdata rate cognitive radio (CR) systems require high speed Analog-to-Digital Converters (ADC). This requirement imposes many restrictions on the realization of the CR systems. The necessity of high sampling rate can be significantly alleviated by utilizing analog to information converter (AIC). AIC is inspired by the recent theory of Compressive Sensing (CS), which states that a discrete signal has a sparse representation in some dictionary, which can be recovered from a small number of linear projections of that signal. This paper proposes an efficient spectrum sensing technique based on energy detection, compression sensing, and de-noising techniques. De-noising filters are utilized to enhance the traditional Energy Detector performance through Signal-to-Noise (SNR) boosting. On the other hand, the ordinary sampling provides an ideal performance at a given conditions. A near optimal performance can be achieved by applying compression sensing. Compression sensing allows signal to be sampled at sampling rates much lower than the Nyquist rate. The system performance and ADC speed can be easily controlled by adjusting the compression ratio. In addition, a proposed energy detector technique is introduced by using an optimum compression ratio. The optimum compression ratio is determined using a Genetic Algorithm (GA) optimization tool. Simulation results revealed that the proposed techniques enhanced system performance.
An estimation of willingness to pay for secondary health care services in Tamil Nadu, India
Authors: Ramu K
Published: December 2016

The present study has estimated the willingness to pay (WTP) for secondary health care services (SHCS) in rural and urban environment of three districts in the state of Tamil Nadu during 2009-2011. Since the governments are struggling to mobilise additional financial        resources to provide essential health care services to the deprived population in the country, assessing the WTP for utilising the public health care services are realised as very important at this juncture. In realizing the importance of augmentation of resources, it has been decided to introduce contingent valuation method (CVM) for WTP of SHCS. A disproportionate systematic random sampling method has been adopted for the selection of 720 households; representing 240 respondents from each of the three districts represent 120 from rural and 120 from urban. A major portion (92%) of the surveyed respondents’ gender was male, literacy was high (90%) and they belonged to productive age group. They generally involve themselves in the farm and non - farm activities and avail employment. Their per capita income is Rs.17871, and it is lower than the India’s PCI. The SHCS are classified into 26 categories as per the guidelines provided by public health medical officers in the state of Tamil Nadu. The different health care services started with entry fee to dental problem. The 98.6 per cent of the total surveyed respondents are ready to pay for SHCS in a public hospital and the remaining 2.4 per cent of them are not willing to pay for the same. The range of WTP for 26 SHCS is Rs. 2 - 7000; the range of mean value is Rs. 6 - 5008 and the range of SD is 2 - 2854. Considering the view of majority of the respondents, this study prescribes to introduce the range of user fee for the identified major public health care services. Since the range is differed significantly, it is suggested to follow the minimum amount initially and in a phased manner, the policy makers may prescribe to enhance the user fee after assessing the ground realities and loopholes. The estimated R2 value for SHCS is 20 per cent, which indicates that the selected 12 independent variables have low influence on WTP for SHCS. The study reports that the other exogenous factors like intensity of disease, accessibility of services, quality, urgency, need and perception are the predominant determinants of WTP for SHCS. The present research contends that constitution of district level co-ordination committee for fixing and implementing user fee for SHCS. Introduction of nominal fee (user fee) for SHCS may be fixed for affordable population, free services for BPL population and it would improve the efficiency and equity of the public health care services for the marginalised population. Finally, it is of utmost importance for health professionals to follow ethics in their profession.
Health day at the university of Namibia 2014 : A community service
Authors: Nauiseb Taimi , Kloppers Joan.M
Published: December 2016

Although there are many ‘health days’ to promote important public health issues, many of which are supported by different institutions. Global public health campaigns offer great potential to raise awareness and understanding about health issues. There are many world days observed throughout the year related to specific health issues or conditions.The School of Public Health conducted yearly a health day in the beginning of March or April of each year. According to Clinicians handbook (1998) explains check -up as a clinical preventive services usually delivered by primary health care clinicians to persons with no signs and symptoms of illness as part of a routine health care process. Central to the periodic health examination.
Growth of spray pyrolysis deposited copper oxide thin film
Authors: Dhawankar Sachin , Patil Avish , Suryavanshi Bhagwat , Tripude Manish
Published: December 2016

Copper oxide thin film is deposited on the glass slide using aqueous solution of copper chloride and hydrogen peroxide by using spray pyrolysis deposition technique. The deposited CuO thin film is adherence and homogeneity with high transparency in visible region. Investigation of CuO thin film for physical properties is done. By using UV –Visible Spectrophotometer optical properties like absorption, transmission, energy band gap, Absorption coefficient and extinction coefficient in the visible region (380 – 1000 nm) are studied. The X-ray diffraction of CuO thin film is polycrystalline in nature with monoclinic crystal structure. The resistivity of Cuo thin film is studied using four probe methods.
Antibacterial activity of Saponaria officinalis and Zanthophyllum aramatum
Authors: G Veda , T Mallikarjuna Rao , B Ganga Rao
Published: December 2016

The present study was carried out to evaluate the antimicrobial properties of two traditional medicinal plant species Saponaria officinalis and Zanthophyllum aramatum belonging to the families Raryophyllaceae and Rutaceae. The root part was selected for the antibacterial activity, and extracts were prepared using soxhlet extraction procedure using different solvents successively. Different extracts of selected plants tested their anti-microbialproperty using agar well diffusion method at different concentration on standard human pathogenic bacterial strains. The selected plants extracts concentrated dependent bactericidal activity on tested standard bacterial strains. The zones of inhibitions were measured for each concentration of various extracts on each bacterial strain tested in a millimeter (mm). All concentrations of extracts showed minimum zone of inhibition (8mm). The chloroform extracts at 5mg/100µL showed less activity. But, as the concentration increases the bactericidal activity was increased. The extracts showed more activity at 40mg/100µL. Among two plants S. officinalis showed more antibacterial activity. In these, methanol extracts of two plants more competent results along with ciprofloxacin on tested bacterial strains. The extracts also showed more activity on gram-negativeorganisms compared to gram-positiveorganisms. The extracts showed more activity on E. coli and S. typhimurium and lower activity on C. sporogenes and S. pneumoniae. The results of the present study provide the evidence on antibacterial property of selected medicinal plants and there is a scope to further studies on isolation of antimicrobial compounds from these species.
Corporate Tax Reform and “Value Creation”: Towards Unfettered Diagonal Re-allocation across the Global Inequality Chain
Authors: Quentin David
Published: December 2016

Discussion of corporate tax reform loosely uses concepts like “value creation” and “economic substance” as a basis for systematic departures from the tax outcomes that would otherwise eventuate from computational artifacts based on price, but in fact mainstream economics does not have a theory of value creation as distinct from computational artifacts based on price. Corporate tax reform discourse is therefore an unacknowledged exercise in heterodox value theory. This article deploys global value chain theory to question a key assumption in that exercise; the assumption that while intra-group pricing may be modified or ignored for the purposes of reallocating the corporate tax base between jurisdictions for corporate tax purposes, prices arrived at between entities not under common control are sacrosanct. The article proceeds to deploy an expanded version of the global value chain analytic, the “global inequality chain”, to (i) investigate this question using a schematic illustrative case study based around Amazon’s UK/Luxembourg structuring, and (ii) to develop the beginnings of a concept of “unitary taxation by formulary apportionment of the entire value chain”, which would enable unfettered “diagonal” re-allocations across the space which the global inequality chain describes.
The Contribution Of E. Taquet, H. Shirasawa And J. Unger To The Introduction Of Woody Plants To Průhonice
Authors: Tábor Ivo
Published: December 2016

The activities of the Dendrological Society in Průhonice have significantly influenced the introduction of woody plants into the territory of today‘s Czech Republic. This is evidenced by a significant handwritten document – The Register of plants of the Dendrological Society that records the introduction period between 1909 and 1924 (10,050 items). The collections of seeds (plants) from E. Taquet, H. Shirasawa and J. Unger played an important role in the introduction of woody plants to Průhonice with over 157 taxa of woody plants from their collections being introduced between 1909 and 1912. From the total number of 157 taxa, 80 items were introduced to Průhonice before anywhere in the Czech lands. This work aims to provide a new knowledge acquired from studying the above-mentioned document, about the time and place of these introductions. A significant part of this work is a detailed overview of the particular woody species introduced to Průhonice.
Examination of Basic Variety Characteristics of Sweet Corn in Conditions of the Southern Slovakia
Authors: Barátová Silvia , Šlosár Miroslav , Andrejiová Alena
Published: December 2016

The production of sweet corn has been increased recently. It is a very delicious vegetable species with wide variety assortment. Nowadays, new varieties which come to markets are characterized by improved properties, higher sugar content and their stability in storage. Thus, it is necessary to know basic variety parameters for better orientation in wide corn assortment. According to earliness, sweet corn varieties were classified to following groups: very early or early (RISING SUN F1; 874 F1; SF 1073 F1; SF 583 F1); middle-late (SF 681 F1; 1027 F1; ASTRONAUT F1); late (GALAXY F1; SPACE SHIP F1) and very late (MATADOR F1). The day number from tassel anthesis to harvest is an important parameter of sweet corn for potential grower and its lowest value was found at variety RISING SUN F1. On the basis of gained results, we classified all evaluated varieties to the group of super-sweet corn (sh-2) with slow decline of sugar content and storage possibility in cold conditions from 4 to 7 days after harvest. The sugar content of sweet corn is a parameter having important role for purchase by consumers. The variety had statistically significant impact to the sugar content and its highest value was determined at variety 874 F1.
Using Spectrometry to Monitor Reactions of Citrus × Limon at Different Times of Irrigation During Winterizing
Authors: Klimaj Alan , Bárek Viliam
Published: December 2016

The aim of this work is to monitor changes of Citrus × limon leaves spectrometry at different times of irrigation and the exposure to stress caused by drought or excessive watering during winterizing. The changes were monitored at plants at different times of irrigation (daily, once in two days, once in three days, and once a week). The changes are monitored in the visible spectrum and compared with shed leaves in order to monitor changes in spectrometry, choose the correct time of irrigation and compare them with stress-exposed plants.
Implementation of Statistical Methods and SWOT Analysis for Evaluation of Metal Waste Management in Engineering Company
Authors: Záhorská Renáta , Nozdrovický Ladislav , Mikulášik Ľudovít
Published: December 2016

This paper presents the results of the waste management research in a selected engineering company RIBE Slovakia, k. s., Nitra factory. Within of its manufacturing programme, the mentioned factory uses wide range of the manufacturing technologies (cutting operations, metal cold-forming, thread rolling, metal surface finishing, automatic sorting, metrology, assembly), with the aim to produce the final products – connecting components (fasteners) delivered to many industrial fields (agricultural machinery manufacturers, car industry, etc.). There were obtained data characterizing production technologies and the range of manufactured products. The key attention is paid to the classification of waste produced by engineering production and to waste management within the company. Within the research, there were obtained data characterizing the time course of production of various waste types and these data were evaluated by means of statistical method using STATGRAPHICS. Based on the application of SWOT analysis, there is objectively assessed the waste management in the company in terms of strengths and weaknesses, as well as determination of the opportunities and potential threats. Results obtained by the SWOT analysis application have allowed to come to conclusion that the company RIBE Slovakia, k. s., Nitra factory has well organized waste management system. The fact that the waste management system is incorporated into the company management system can be considered as an advantage.
A thermodynamic discourse on the dissolution behavior of bioactive glasses
Authors: Pföss Barbara , Conradt Reinhard
Published: December 2016

The interaction between bioactive glass and body fluid is crucial for the special properties of this material, therefore a large number of experimental data is available in literature. However, a frame for systematic interpretation of these results in terms of understanding the mechanisms at the interface between glass and body medium and the relation between glass composition and dissolution behavior is still missing. For two multicomponent bioactive glasses, 45S5 and 13-93, the Gibbs energies of the glassy material on one side and their aqueous system on the other side were calculated individually. The difference between solid material and aqueous system further constitutes the pH dependent Gibbs energy of hydration, ∆Ghydr. The impact of glass compositions and glassy or crystalline state on ∆Ghydr is demonstrated referring to chemical durability. Along considerations regarding the aqueous system, the thermodynamic calculations proof the precipitation of hydroxyapatite inwater and simulated body fluid for a systemcontaining P2O5 and Ca2+. In the course of deriving the Gibbs energies for bioactive glass compositions via constitutional compounds, bioactive behavior is discussed from the point of coexisting equilibrium phases in the system of Na2O-CaO-SiO2.
Acellular Bioactivity of Sol-Gel Derived Borate Glass-Polycaprolactone Electrospun Scaffolds
Authors: Lepry William C. , Smith Sophia , Liverani Liliana , Boccaccini Aldo R. , Nazhat Showan N.
Published: December 2016

Recently, sol-gel derived borate glasses (BGs) have shown unprecedented conversion rates to bone-like mineral (hydroxycarbonated apatite). In an effort to explore their potential applications in bone tissue engineering, this study reports on the fabrication and characterization of BG particle incorporated electrospun "- polycaprolactone (PCL) fibrous composites. The electrospinning technique successfully incorporated PCL fibres with BG particles at 2.5 and 5 w/v%, with the higher BG loading creating a three-dimensional cotton-wool like morphology. Dynamic vapour sorption showed greater extents of mass change with BG content attributable to water sorption, and indicating greater reactivity in the composite systems. In vitro bioactivity was investigated in simulated body fluid for up to 7 days. Scanning electron microscopy, Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy and xray diffraction indicated apatite formation in the 5 w/v% incorporated composite scaffold, which initiated as early as day 3. In summary, sol-gel derived BGs incorporatedfibrous electrospun PCL composites indicate rapid reactivity and bioactivity with potential applications in mineralized tissue engineering.
Sodium-free mixed alkali bioactive glasses
Authors: Brauer Delia S. , Brückner Raika , Tylkowski Maxi , Hupa Leena
Published: December 2016

Two sodium-free mixed alkali series of bioactive glasses based on compositions Bioglass 45S5 and ICIE1, containing lithium and/or potassium as alkali ions, were prepared by a melt-quench route. Thermal properties showed the well-known mixed alkali effect, with glass transition and crystallisation temperatures and the coefficient of thermal expansion going either through a minimum or a maximum for the mixed alkali composition, resulting in a wider processing window. Ion release, by contrast, was controlled by the modifier ionic radius, with ion release rates in dynamic and static dissolution studies increasing for potassium-substituted glasses compared to the composition containing lithium as the only alkali ion. This was caused by pronounced changes in oxygen packing density and molar volume of the glasses owing to the differences in ionic radii (76 pm for Li+ and 138 pm for K+). Partially substituting one alkali for another therefore helps to improve high temperature processing of bioactive glasses and can also be used to control or tailor ion release.
Characteristics and coordination of source-sink relationships in super hybrid rice
Authors: Bai Pu , Bai Ruoqi , Jin Yuxue
Published: December 2016

This paper discusses the characteristics of source and sink for super hybrid rice and how to coordinate its source-sink relationships for high-yielding cultivation. It is known that super hybrid rice possesses a higher net photosynthetic rate than non-hybrid rice because of its higher grain-leaf area ratio, better stornata traits and less midday depression. However, the sink of super hybrid rice remains large due to its large and numerous spikelets. Furthermore, the relocation of assimilates is smooth in super hybrid rice because of its well-developed vascular structure. However, due to the very large sink of super hybrid rice, it is relatively inefficient in supplying of assimilate products to spikelets, in particular to inferior spikelets. Therefore, reducing the discrepancy between source and sink in super hybrid rice is essential for developing high-yielding cultivation. This can only be achieved by planting cultivars adapted for local environments, raising strong seedling, setting up populations with a high photosynthetic efficiency for increasing the supply of source, and improving the field management in filling stages to the duration of supply of photosynthate to grains.
Construction of a Genetic Linkage Map and QTL Analysis of Fruit-related Traits in an F1 Red Fuji x Hongrou Apple Hybrid
Authors: Liu Zunchun , Bao Donge , Liu Daliang , Zhang Yanmin , Ashraf Muhammad Aqeel , Chen Xuesen
Published: December 2016

A genetic linkage map of the apple, composed of 175 SSR and 105 SRAP markers, has been constructed using 110 F1 individuals obtained from a cross between the ‘Red Fuji’ Malus domestica and ‘Hongrou’ Malus sieversii cultivars, which have relatively high levels of DNA marker polymorphism and differ remarkably in fruit-related traits. The linkage map comprised 17 linkage groups, covering 1299.67 cM with an average marker distance of 4.6 cM between adjacent markers, or approximately 91% of Malus genome. Linkage groups were well populated and, although marker density ranged from 2.1 to 9.5 cM, just 10 gaps of more than 15 cM were observed. Moreover, just 12.5% of markers displayed segregation distortion. The present genetic linkage map was used to identify quantitative trait loci (QTLs) affecting fruit-related traits. 23 QTLs for ten fruit traits were detected by multiple interval mapping: 3 QTLs for Vc content, One QTL for single fruit weight, 2 QTLs for peel-phenols content, 2 QTLs for flesh-hardness, 2 QTLs for diameter, 6 QTLs for acid content, 1 QTL for sugar content, 2 QTLs for soluble solids content, 2 QTLs for flesh-phenols and 2 QTLs for brittleness. These QTLs were located on linkage groups C1, C2, C3, C5, C6, C7, C9, C10, C14 and C17, respectively. The phenotypic variations exhibited by each QTL ranged from 2% to 72%, and their LOD values varied from 2.03 to 8.93, of which five QTLs were major effect genes (R2 ≥ 10%). The tight linkage markers (*me2em7-460f, *MS01a03-180m, *me1em6-307m, *CH05c06-102f, *me1em8-423f) would be helpful to elucidate the molecular mechanisms of apple domestication and breeding in the future.
Comparative Study Of The Role Of Institutions In Shaping Inventive Activity In Mid-Range Emerging Economies
Authors: Ervits Irina , Żmuda Małgorzata
Published: December 2016

The objective of this paper is to investigate the effects of institutions on national rates of inventive activity. Invention, part of the innovation process, is acknowledged as one of the driving forces behind economic growth, and patent statistics are frequently used as a measurable indicator of inventive output. Thus this paper explores the relationship between national patent statistics and measures of institutional quality. As a result of our research, the effect of the “threshold of inventive activity” was observed. This effect demonstrates that when countries reach a certain level of institutional development and attain a general institutional climate conducive to inventive activity, the number of patent applications begins to sharply increase. The paper contributes to the body of evidence that confirms that a combination of fundamental institutions like the rule of law or freedom of expression, which are not necessarily aimed at boosting innovation, create an overall environment conducive to patenting. We demonstrate that “mid-range emerging economies”, including those in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), where the quality of institutions is lagging behind more developed counterparts and/or their influence is weak or sporadic, have not yet reached the threshold of inventive activity yet. However, those CEE countries that have acceded to the European Union first have made visible progress with respect to institutional quality and invention.
Conjugacy word problem in the tree product of free groups with a cyclic amalgamation
Authors: Bezverkhniy Vladimir N. , Logacheva Elena S.
Published: December 2016

The conjugacy word problem in the tree product of free groups with a cyclic amalgamation is solved in the positive. This result generalizes the known result obtained by S. Lipschutz for the free product of two free groups with cyclic amalgamation. Solution of the main problem involves proving the solvability of the problem of intersection of a finitely generated subgroup of a given class of groups with a cyclic subgroup belonging to the factor of the main group; the solvability of the problem of intersection of a coset of a finitely generated subgroup with a cyclic subgroup belonging to a free factor.
Successive partition of edges of bipartite graph into matchings
Authors: Magomedov Abdulkarim M. , Magomedov Tagir A.
Published: December 2016

It is assumed that the input data for scheduling a set of customers are given as a bipartite graph in some system of units. We consider the problem of composing a schedule of smallest length under the condition of continuous work with no downtime of each unit and their simultaneous actuation. Conditions are obtained for a partition of the edge set of a graph into matchings to form a schedule of the required form.
Removal of benzaldehyde from a water/ethanol mixture by applying scavenging techniques
Authors: Mitic Aleksandar , Skov Thomas , Gernaey Krist V.
Published: December 2016

A presence of carbonyl compounds is very common in the food industry. The nature of such compounds is to be reactive and thus many products involve aldehydes/ketones in their synthetic routes. By contrast, the high reactivity of carbonyl compounds could also lead to formation of undesired compounds, such as genotoxic impurities. It can therefore be important to remove carbonyl compounds by implementing suitable removal techniques, with the aim of protecting final product quality. This work is focused on benzaldehyde as a model component, studying its removal from a water/ethanol mixture by applying different derivatization agents as the scavengers. Discovery chemistry is performed in the beginning as a screening procedure, followed by the process design of a small-scale continuous process for benzaldehyde removal with in-line real-time monitoring. Applications of tris(hydroxymethyl)aminomethane (TRIS) are found to provide above average removal of benzaldehyde.
A low dose (6.5 mg) of intravaginal DHEA permits a strictly local action while maintaining all serum estrogens or androgens as well as their metabolites within normal values
Authors: Labrie Fernand , Martel Céline
Published: December 2016

Objective:

Serum concentrations of estradiol (E2) and testosterone (testo) measured by mass spectrometry-based assays should remain below the 95th centile measured at 9.3 pg/mL for E2 and 0.26 ng/mL for testo in normal postmenopausal women in order to avoid the risk of non-physiological systemic exposure to elevated serum concentrations of these two sex steroids.

Methods:

Serum E2 and testo, as well as dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) and nine of its other metabolites, were measured at 10 time intervals over 24 h on the first and seventh days of daily intravaginal administration of 0.50% (6.5 mg) DHEA by validated mass spectrometry-based assays.

Results:

No biologically significant change in the individual serum concentrations of E2, testo or DHEA was observed. Most importantly, estrone sulfate (E1-S) and the glucuronidated androgen metabolites also remained within normal values, thus confirming the absence of biologically significant systemic exposure in line with intracrinology. Using data from the literature, comparison is made with serum E2 above normal postmenopausal values following administration of 10-μg E2 tablets.

Conclusion:

While the clinical program on vulvovaginal atrophy has shown the efficacy and safety of intravaginal 6.5 mg of DHEA (prasterone), the present data illustrate in detail the serum levels of the individual sex steroids and their metabolites derived from DHEA. The data obtained are in line with the physiology of intracrinology and confirm an action limited to the vagina as the serum concentrations of all sex steroids are maintained within the normal values of menopause, thus protecting the uterus and most likely other tissues.
ADOFL: Multi-Kernel-Based Adaptive Directive Operative Fractional Lion Optimisation Algorithm for Data Clustering
Authors: Chander Satish , Vijaya P. , Dhyani Praveen
Published: December 2016

The progress of databases in fields such as medical, business, education, marketing, etc., is colossal because of the developments in information technology. Knowledge discovery from such concealed bulk databases is a tedious task. For this, data mining is one of the promising solutions and clustering is one of its applications. The clustering process groups the data objects related to each other in a similar cluster and diverse objects in another cluster. The literature presents many clustering algorithms for data clustering. Optimisation-based clustering algorithm is one of the recently developed algorithms for the clustering process to discover the optimal cluster based on the objective function. In our previous method, direct operative fractional lion optimisation algorithm was proposed for data clustering. In this paper, we designed a new clustering algorithm called adaptive decisive operative fractional lion (ADOFL) optimisation algorithm based on multi-kernel function. Moreover, a new fitness function called multi-kernel WL index is proposed for the selection of the best centroid point for clustering. The experimentation of the proposed ADOFL algorithm is carried out over two benchmarked datasets, Iris and Wine. The performance of the proposed ADOFL algorithm is validated over existing clustering algorithms such as particle swarm clustering (PSC) algorithm, modified PSC algorithm, lion algorithm, fractional lion algorithm, and DOFL. The result shows that the maximum clustering accuracy of 79.51 is obtained by the proposed method in data clustering.
Dielectric, etching and Z-scan studies of glycine doped potassium thiourea chloride crystal
Authors: Azhar S.M. , Anis Mohd , Hussaini S.S. , Kalainathan S. , Shirsat M.D. , Rabbani G.
Published: December 2016

Glycine doped potassium thiourea chloride (PTC) crystal has been grown by slow solution evaporation technique. The dielectric studies have been employed to examine substantial improvement in dielectric constant and dielectric loss of glycine doped PTC crystal. The etching studies have been performed to investigate the surface quality of this crystal. The z-scan studies have been carried out at 632.8 nm to explore the third order nonlinear optical nature. The negative nonlinear refraction of glycine doped PTC crystal was found to be of 7.27 × 10−12 cm2/W. The origin of high magnitude of third order nonlinear optical susceptibility and reverse saturable nonlinear absorption have been investigated. The obtained results were explored to discuss the nonlinear optical applications of PTC crystal.