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Métaphysique des tubes d’Amélie Nothomb: une vie racontée à travers l’intensité linguistique
Authors: Crespi Patrizia 
Published: December 2019

La lectura de un libro de la autora belga Amélie Nothomb conlleva siempre entrega y pasión. A través de su peculiar estilo, lleno de figuras retóricas aplicadas con gran maestría, el lector se sumerge en una atmósfera agradable y excesiva, donde realidad y exageración se mezclan sin solución de continuidad. Esto es particularmente cierto en sus novelas de inspiración autobiográfica. En Métaphysique des Tubes la autora viaja en el tiempo y en la memoria para devolvernos los recuerdos de sus tres primeros años de vida. Adoptando el el punto de vista de cuando era niña, Nothomb consigue que sus lectores compartan las sensaciones de la protagonista a través de una sintaxis extremadamente cuidada y de un discurso colmado de procedimientos de intensificación ; una verdadera red subyacente a la trama principal que asume, mediante las múltiples expresiones léxicas de la intensidad, la función de estructura de soporte de la novela en su descripción de la realidad.
Métaphysique des tubes by Amélie Nothomb: narrating a life through lexical intensity
Reading a book of the belgian writer Amélie Nothomb is an act of passion and dedication: through her characteristic style, filled with rhetorical images that she perfectly masters, the reader plunges into a nice and immoderate atmosphere in which reality merges with exaggeration. This is mostly referred to her autobiographical novels: in Métaphysique des Tubes (The Character of Rain) she travels through times and memories to give us a recollection of her first three years of living. By applying in this book to the point of view of a child, the author let the reader feel the same sensations as the main character, thanks to the accuracy of a precise syntax, where the speech is filled with intensification methods, becoming an implicit network underlying the main history, being by definition the real outline of the description of reality. Intensity is, in Nothomb’s book, a stylistic and narrative necessity, revealing its creative force through many lexical forms that we aim to identify and categorise in this article.
La lecture d'une oeuvre de l'écrivaine belge Amélie Nothomb constitue un véritable acte de passion. Grâce à un style très particulier, fourré d'ironie et d'autres figures rhétoriques qu'elle emploie avec une maîtrise absolue, le lecteur plonge dans une atmosphère agréablement excessive où la réalité se fond souvent avec l'exagération. Ceci est particulièrement vrai par rapport à ses livres sur fond autobiographique. Dans Métaphysique des Tubes, elle voyage dans le temps et la mémoire afin de nous rendre les souvenirs de ses trois premières années de vie. En assumant le point de vue de l'enfant, Nothomb partage avec le lecteur les sensations intenses ressenties par la protagoniste, à travers une syntaxe très soignée où les procédés de l'intensification remplissent le discours; une véritable structure portante de la réalité décrite.
Revisión del “espacio autobiográfico” en la narrativa de Boris Vian
Authors: Cortijo Talavera Adela 
Published: December 2019

Este artículo aborda la dificultad de establecer límites y categorías entre la realidad y la ficción en la obra narrativa y la “escritura del yo” de Boris Vian, en relación con los principios del Colegio de ‘Patafísica al que pertenece. Para ello, a través del concepto de “espacio autobiográfico” de Lejeune, que modifica su teoría expuesta anteriormente en el Pacto autobiográfico, nos centraremos en las técnicas del lenguaje- universo vianiano que juega con el principio de identidad a través de los seudónimos, la autocitación y las transposiciones novelescas de amigos y conocidos que, enmascarados, participan en las peripecias de su mundo ficticio en el que los límites entre lo vivido y lo imaginado se diluyen sin censar.
This article addresses the difficulty of establishing limits and categories between reality and fiction in the narrative work and the "writing of the self" by Boris Vian, in relation to the principles of the Pataphysics College to which he belongs. For this, through the concept of "autobiographical space" of Lejeune, which outlines and modifies in Moi aussi his theory previously exposed in the Pacte autobiographique, we will focus on the techniques of the language-universe that plays with the principle of identity through the pseudonyms, the self-citation and the novelistic transpositions of friends and acquaintances who, masked, are participants in the vicissitudes of their fictional world in which the borders between the lived and the imagined are blurred without ceasing.
Cet article aborde la difficulté d'établir des limites et des catégories entre la réalité et la fiction dans le travail narratif et "l'écriture du moi" de Boris Vian, en relation avec les principes du Collège de ‘Pataphysique auquel il appartient. Pour cela, à travers le concept d'"espace autobiographique" de Lejeune, qui modifie sa théorie précédemment exposée dans le Pacte autobiographique, nous allons cibler sur les techniques du langage-univers vianien qui joue avec le principe d'identité à travers les pseudonymes, les autocitations et les transpositions romanesques d’amis et de connaissances qui, masqués, participent aux péripéties de leur monde fictif dans lequel les frontières entre le vécu et l’imaginé s’estompent sans cesse.
Varierande titulatur: En jämförelse av titlar och social stratifiering i tre källtyper under svenskt 1730-tal
Authors: Ågren Henrik 
Published: December 2019

Varying Titling: A Comparison of Titles and Social Stratification in 1730s Sweden This study analyses the relation between styles of addressing people and social stratification in 1730s Sweden. The aim is to see how titles signalled social belonging in practice, specifically when people communicated reciprocally. In an earlier study, titles painted a unanimous picture of social stratification. Borders between social groups were not always the same as in ideal descriptions of early modern society, but were strictly consistent. There would be little room for change if that were the entire truth; unanimous systems remain stable.That study, however, was based on only one type of source material: court protocols. This study, therefore, tests whether other types of material will give a more varied result. To do so, two source types have been studied: letters and occasional poetry. In both, unlike court protocols, private persons addressed one another.The results show that private persons practised more variety in title choices. This meant that sometimes the social differences were more pronounced, although more often they were less so. Titles were chosen more to please than to categorise. Even though the differences were small, these sources indicate a potential for change, which is a result that will be important for future research.
Chemical and Physical Properties of Soils in Mt. Apo and Mt. Hamiguitan, Mindanao, the Philippines
Authors: P. Daquiado Nonilona , M. Ebuña Raul , G. Tabañag Renato , B. Bojo Perfecto , B. Amoroso Victor 
Published: November 2019

Aims: The study was aimed to determine the edaphic qualities of two Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER) sites in Mindanao; Mt Apo in Cotabato and Mt. Hamiguitan in Davao Oriental, the Philippines
Study Design: Random soil sampling within the plots
Place and Duration of Study: Analyses of the soil samples collected from each site were performed at Soil and Plant Analysis Laboratory (SPAL), Central Mindanao University, Musuan, Bukidnon, the Philippines from October, 2012 to December 2013.
Methodology: One hectare permanent plot was established in each site. Soil profile description was done in a pit measuring 1m wide, 1.5m long and 1m deep in each site. Soil samples for physicochemical characterization were collected within the plot. Soil physical properties included bulk density, particle density, soil texture and water holding capacity while the chemical properties included soil pH, organic matter, extractable P and exchangeable K contents using the methods employed at SPAL.
Results: Results showed that the soils in Mt. Apo were extremely to very strongly acidic, had very high organic matter contents, slightly deficient to very deficient in extractable P, low to very high exchangeable K content, low particle and bulk density values, high porosity, moderate water holding capacity and moderately coarse to moderately fine-textured soils belonging to loamy textural class. On the other hand, the soils in Mt. Hamiguitan were slightly to very strongly acidic, contained adequate organic matter content, low extractable P, low exchangeable K, low particle and bulk density values, high porosity, moderate water holding capacity and are moderately fine to fine-textured belonging to loamy and clay textural classes. Generally, soils in Mt. Apo were more acidic but with relatively higher fertility status and comparable physical make-up with the soils in Mt. Hamiguitan.
Conclusion: It was found that both sites have some soil constraints, particularly in terms of soil acidity and low nutrient availability to plants. Information obtained on this study revealed that identification of soil constraints are indispensable in formulating proper land use and conservation program.
Isolation and Identification of Keratinophilic Fungi from Cattle House Soil in Khartoum City, Sudan
Authors: Abdalla Wisal, G. , Osman Huda 
Published: November 2019

The present study was done to investigate the presence of keratinophilic fungi in soil, sixty soil samples were collected randomly from bovine farms in Khartoum state. Hair baiting technique was used for isolating the fungi. Plates which contain soil and children hair were then incubated at 28ºC for one month. Ten genera and fifteen species were isolated from cattle house soils. Aspergillus species represent the highest occurrence of isolates.
Influence of Nitrogen Sources and Bio-fertilizer on Soil Nutrients, Yield and Quality of Cowpea under Saline Soil Conditions
Authors: A. Ahmed Marwa, , El-Agyzy Fatma H. A. , A. Shaban Khaled, 
Published: November 2019

Two field experiments were conducted at El-Rod village at Sahl El-Houssinia, El-Sharkia governorate, (32°15' 00" N 30°50' 00" E), Egypt. The study investigated evaluations of different nitrogen fertilizers sources (calcium nitrate, ammonium sulphate and urea fertilizers) and rates (0, 47.6, 71.4 and 107 kg N/ha) alone or combined with bio-fertilizer (using bio-fertilization with Rhiobium radiobacter sp strain on improve nutrients available and contents in cowpea productivity and quality in newly reclaimed saline soil conditions during two summer seasons 2017 and 2018. The studies treatments were disturbed among the experimental pelts in split design with six replicates. The obtained results cleared that the used ammonium sulphate fertilizer was increase effect with increasing rate in EC, pH, and available N, P, K , Fe, Mn and Zn content in soil. Moreover data recorded the applied 71.4 kg N /ha was increase of plant height, weight of 100 seeds, weight of pods (g/plant) , weight of seeds (g)/plant and seeds yield (ton ha-1) have been affected by inoculation with bio-fertilizer combined with nitrogen sources fertilizers and different rates than other treatments. The highest values of N, P , K, Fe, Mn and Zn concentrations and uptake in seeds treated with ammonium sulphate at rate 71.4 kg N/ha than other treatments. The decrease of the soil salinity to increased content of cowpea plant of chlorophyll and protein, but increased salinity of the soil led to increase the content of the plant of proline. The application of ammonium sulphat at 30 kg N/fed combined with bio-fertilizer was improve soil properties and cowpea productivity and quality under saline soils conditions.
Microbial Remediation of Used Engine Oil from Contaminated Soil around Automobile Workshop in Calabar Metropolis, Cross River State, Nigeria
Authors: Andem A. B. , Bassey I. U. , Odey C. O. , Ibor O. R. , Agborubere I. O. 
Published: November 2019

Microbial biodegradation of engine oil contaminated soil in Calabar Metropolis was studied for a period of six (6) months (January to June, 2017). The soil samples collected were ice boxed and taken to the laboratory for microbial, total hydrocarbon, total organic carbon and other physico-chemical parameters analysis. A total of thirteen (13) indigenous bacteria species were identified in the soil of the sites analyzed during the study, which includes; Staphylococcus spp., Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Bacillus spp., E. coli, Enterococcus feacalis, Shigella spp., Arthrobacter spp., Alcaligen spp., Acinobacter spp., Azotobacter spp., Aeromonas spp., Xanthomonas spp. and Clostridium spp. The most abundant bacteria in the contaminated site was Staphylococcus spp. (65%) while the least bacteria count in the contaminated site was Clostridium spp. (9%). Staphylococcus spp. was the most abundant indigenous bacterial species and also the most effective biodegradation bacteria. The identified indigenous bacteria utilized the hydrocarbons, multiplied rapidly and then degraded the total hydrocarbon and total organic carbon more in the contaminated site compared to the control site. Site one recorded the highest bacteria count (927) while the least bacteria counts were recorded in the control site (81). The bacteria species showed its degradation and bioremediation capabilities prompting the need for its use in cleaning crude oil contaminated sites, due to the fact that it is cheap and not environmentally harmful.
Combined used of Dry Cocoa Bean Test Ash (Theobroma cacao L.) and Poultry Dropping for the Improvement of Soil Fertility and Maize (Zea mays L.) Growth and Yield on a Humid Alfisol Southwestern, Nigeria
Authors: Olojugba Michael Rotimi , Chinedu Ezike Florence 
Published: November 2019

The combine use of dry cocoa bean testa ash and poultry droppings for the improvement of soil fertility, maize growth and yield was studied on an Alfisol south western Nigeria, located at Joseph Ayo Babalola University Ikeji-Arakeji, Ilesa Osun State, Nigeria. Research farm from April to July 2018 and from August to November 2018. Four treatments of poultry droppings (PD) at 5 tones ha-1, cocoa bean testa ash (CBTA) ash at 5 tones ha-1, mixture of poultry droppings and cocoa bean testa ash (PD + CBTA) at 2.5 tones ha-1 each and control (C) were used in a Randomized Complete Block Design (RCBD) with three replications. The study showed that organic manure is a valuable fertilizer and can serve as a suitable alternative to inorganic fertilizer in the south western Nigeria especially, CBTA that has higher concentration of potassium (K) and organic carbon (OC). Poultry droppings (PD 2.5 tones ha-1) treatments plus cocoa bean testa ash (CBTA 2.5 tones ha-1) produced higher values for plant height, leaf area, chlorophyll, leaf area index, plant diameter, cob length, cob diameter and grain yield against the control that recorded the lowest value. Also, CBTA improves soil pH (94%) and OC (87%) over the control as well as increases minerals such as N, P, K Ca, Mg, and Na at 19%, 37%, 19%, 53%, 43% and 36% respectively. Organic fertilizer applications increase maize growth towards the later stage and were significantly different from the control according to DMRT at p<0.05. Cocoa bean testa ash (CBTA) and poultry dropping (PD) application registered over 47% increases of N levels in the soil, from 0.15% to 0.77% to 0.84%. Organic carbon increased as poultry droppings plus cocoa bean testa ash were added to the soil. Maize grain yield increased from control plot to 1.95 t ha-1 in CBTA + PD plot. The study recommends an application rate of cocoa testa ash and poultry droppings for maize growth on this type of soil in this agro-ecology.
Non-contact Tonometry Versus Pachymetry Corrected Intraocular Pressure: Any Difference? A Case for Pachymetry during Glaucoma Screening
Authors: Awoyesuku E. , Onua A. A. 
Published: December 2019

Objective: This study sets out to determine if there is any statistical difference in the results of measuring intraocular pressure (IOP) uncorrected for Central Corneal Thickness with Air Puff Tonometry and corrected with pachymetry for clients undergoing screening for glaucoma at the department of Ophthalmology, University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital (UPTH), Nigeria.
Methods: One hundred and thirty-two (132) adults were screened for glaucoma during the 2019 World Glaucoma week in UPTH Port Harcourt, they had their IOPs measured with Air Puff (Non-contact) Tonometer (Pulsair intelliPuff Tonometer, Keeler), after which they underwent pachymetry (Sonomed Escalon PacScan Plus) to determine corneal thickness after which the corrected IOP was determined by using a correction factor for adjusting IOP based on corneal thickness [1]. The results were analyzed using SPSS version 20 to determine statistical differences.
Results: There was a statistically significant difference between intraocular pressure (IOP) measurements when corrected with pachymetry than when it is uncorrected. In our study the mean uncorrected IOP RE and LE was 14.53 mmHg and14.75 mmHg respectively while Corrected IOP RE and LE was 16.37 mmHg and 16.72 mmHg respectively.
Conclusion: Intra ocular pressure measurement adjusted with pachymetry for corneal thickness may be a better option for tonometry and we propose this be considered during intra ocular pressure measurement.
Bacteriological Quality Assessment and Antibiogram Profile of Bacteria Associated with Sachet Drinking Water Sold at Zaria, Northern Nigeria
Authors: Umar M. , Kambai J. , Mohammed I. B. , Oko J. O. , Obafemi A. A. , Murtala Ibrahim , Ajiya K. G. , Yaya A. A. , Abdulkarim I. M. , Akafyi D. E. , Idris S. , Tashi U. T. , Ahmed S. 
Published: November 2019

Aims: Bacteriological quality assessment and antibiogram profile of bacteria associated with sachet drinking water was carried out with view to determine the bacterial load and fitness of the water sold in the study area for human consumption.
Materials and Methods: Ten samples of different brands were aseptically collected and analyzed using heterotrophic count and most probable number technique. The isolated bacteria were microscopically and biochemically characterized and finally confirmed using Box™ Easygel® E. coli Quantitube™ Test Kit (Micrology Laboratories manufactures, Easygel®, USA) biotyping. Physicochemical analysis of the samples was done using standard methods. The isolated bacteria were screened for antimicrobial susceptibility using Kirby-Bauer disc diffusion technique.
Results: The total heterotrophic bacterial count ranged from 1.0×102 to 3.0×102 cfu/ml, with MPN/100ml values ranged from <0.03 to 1.2. The temperature ranged from 8 to 18°C, at the pH range of 5.0 to 7.6. The findings showed that, high temperatures and pH was associated with high bacterial counts. There was no statistical relationship between microbial loads and the temperature (p= 0.454) of the analyzed sachet water. Also, there was no statistical relationship between microbial loads and pH (p= 0.446) of the sachet water. The bacteria isolated were Escherichia coli, Enterobacter aerogenes, Salmonella sp, Citrobacter freundii and Proteus vulgaris. Most 9 (90%) of the water analyzed fell within the statutory limits. While, the remaining 1 (10%) fell within the contamination level, which recorded high bacterial counts beyond the standard of safe drinking water set by water and food regulatory bodies.
Conclusion: The isolation of E. coli and Salmonella sp. in sample brand “A” in this study is an indication that if not promptly checked, an outbreak could occur in the near future. All the isolates are susceptible to variety of antibiotics used, except Enterobacter aerogenes, Salmonella sp. and Citrobacter freundii which recorded resistance to amoxicillin, and Proteus vulgaris which recorded multidrug resistance.
A Review on Medicinal Plants with Antiangiogenic Activity Available in Iraq
Authors: Haseeb Khamees Amjed , Jawad Kadheem Enas , Bahaa Sahib Hayder , Hussein Ahmed Omar 
Published: December 2019

Aims: To correlate the antiangiogenic effect of medicinal plants available in Iraq.
Study Design: Study design by correlate different study and article about the antiangiogenic activity of different plant available in Iraq and make collection of different information of medicinal plant grow in Iraq.
Methodology: We included the irregular growth of blood vessels contributes to the pathogenesis of many diseases, which has a major impact on human health. Indeed, a long list of disorders is characterized and caused by excessive angiogenesis. Historically, the best known disorders stemming from angiogenesis are cancer, psoriasis, arthritis and blindness, but many additional common disorders such as obesity, asthma, atherosclerosis and infectious disease and correlate different plant by activity with antiangiogenic properties.
Results: The plant sources of Iraq are likely to provide effective antiangiogenic substances. All examples that are provided in this review of promising bioactive materials obtained from different plants with other therapeutic uses.
Conclusion: Aerial part of different plant in Iraq possess antiangiogenic activity has crucial activity to treat disease relate angiogensis.
Neural Networks for Microwave Circuits
Authors: Feng Feng , Na Weicong , Jin Jing , Zhang Jianan , Zhang Wei , Xu Jianjun , Zhang Qi‐Jun 
Published: December 2024

Abstract
Neural networks, also called artificial neural networks (ANNs), are important techniques for performing forward/inverse modeling for microwave active/passive components to enhance a circuit design. With measured or simulated data of microwave devices, ANNs can be trained to learn relevant microwave relationships, which could be otherwise computationally expensive or for which efficient analytical formulas are not available. By training an ANN using data from electromagnetic (EM)/physics simulations, one can use the trained ANN as models for microwave circuits to replace the EM/physics models, which are typically CPU intensive, to significantly accelerate circuit design with EM/physics‐level accuracies. Fundamental concepts of the ANN structure and training, knowledge‐based neural networks, automated model generation, neuro‐transfer function modeling, deep neural network modeling, neural network‐based inverse modeling, and the use for EM/multiphysics design optimizations are described here.
Method of Moments: Introduction and Techniques
Authors: Kishk Ahmed A. 
Published: December 2024

Abstract
The basic ideas of the method of moments (MoM) technique, based on the surface integral equations, are described by analogy with the numerical integration. Such description makes it easy for a nonexpert to have some understanding of the MoMs based on surface integral equations. Then, a simple 2D scattering from an infinite conducting cylinder is considered to show a beginner how to formulate a problem and obtain the integral equations to be solved using the method of moments. Formulations of the problem of multi‐homogeneous dielectric materials are considered. To ease the construction of the MoM matrix for any problem composed of different materials, the surface integral equations are based on the actual boundary condition on each boundary in an operator form that is translated to a matrix, which is looked at as a composition of different impedance or admittance matrix in a partitioned matrix. Different surface integral equations can even be constructed at the matrix level. Discussions related to different possible formulations are considered. The problems involved in some formulations for conducting objects and how to overcome them are discussed. The literature review at the end is given for more detailed reading, which is related to different applications.