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Modélisation de l'irrigation en goutte à goutte enterré du palmier\ndattier sous les conditions oasiennes

Field: Agricultural and Biological Sciences (Life Sciences)

Modeling subsurface drip irrigation for date palm under oasis conditions. Due to its high potential efficiency, subsurface drip irrigation (SDI) was recently introduced in Morocco. This paper deals\nwith its application to the date palm in the Tafilalet oasis (south-east of Morocco), where appropriate design and management of this system have to be proposed to farmers. The objective of this paper is to assess how the variation of the installation depth of an SDI system surrounding a date palm tree can affect the distribution of soil moisture. A numerical model simulating the multidirectional soil water transfer was used to evaluate the distribution of water around the dripper line in the local silty soil conditions. The simulation results using an axisymmetric two-dimensional model were compared to field measurements carried out in a farmer's plot where SDI was installed at different depths. The study shows the suitability of the model to simulate infiltration around a dripper line during irrigation. Soil moisture is steadier with SDI at 35 cm depth than with SDI at 15 cm and 25 cm. There is an increase in volumetric soil water content below the soil surface for a 35 cm depth, compared to 15 cm and 25 cm, due to less evaporation. / En raison de sa bonne efficience potentielle, l'irrigation en goutte à goutte enterré (GGE) a été récemment introduite au Maroc. Ce document discute son utilisation pour le palmier dattier dans l'oasis du Tafilalet (Sud-Est duMaroc), où une conception et une gestion appropriée de ce systèmedoivent être proposées aux agriculteurs. L'objectif de l'article est d'évaluer l'effet de la variation de la profondeur d'installation du systèmeGGEentourant le palmier dattier sur la distributionde l'humidité dans le sol.Pour atteindre cet objectif, un modèle numérique simulant le transfert multidirectionnel de l'eau du sol a été utilisé. Les résultats de la simulation à l'aide d'unmodèle bidimensionnel axisymétriqueont étécomparés à desmesures effectuées sur un sol limoneux, dans la parcelle d'un agriculteur où le GGE a été installé à différentes profondeurs. L'étude montre la pertinence du modèle pour simuler l'infiltration autour d'une rampe enterrée. L'humidité du sol est plus stable avec le GGE à 35 cm de profondeur en comparaison avec une installation à 15 cm ou 25 cm de profondeur. Ily a aussi une augmentation de la teneur en eauvolumique sous la surfacedu sol pour la profondeur de 35 cm, par rapport aux profondeurs de 15 cm et 25 cm, du fait de la diminution de l'évaporation.
The impact of volunteering on the volunteer: findings from a peer support programme for family carers of people with dementia

Field: Health Professions (Health Sciences)

With an ageing population, there are increasing numbers of experienced family carers (FCs) who could provide peer support to newer carers in a similar care situation. The aims of this paper are to: (i) use a cross-sectional study design to compare characteristics of volunteers and recipients of a peer support programme for FCs of people with dementia, in terms of demographic background, social networks and psychological well-being; and (ii) use a longitudinal study design to explore the overall impact of the programme on the volunteers in terms of psychological well-being. Data were collected from programmes run in Norfolk, Northamptonshire, Berkshire and four London boroughs between October 2009 and March 2013. The volunteer role entailed empathic listening and encouragement over a 10-month period. Both carer support volunteers (N = 87) and recipient FCs (N = 109) provided baseline demographic information. Data on social networks, personal growth, self-efficacy, service use and well-being (SF-12; EuroQol Visual Analogue Scale; Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale; Control, Autonomy, Self-Realisation, Pleasure-19) were collected prior to the start of the intervention (N = 43) and at either 3- to 5 month or 10 month follow-up (N = 21). Volunteers were more likely than recipients of support to be female and to have cared for a parent/grandparent rather than spouse. Volunteers were also more psychologically well than support recipients in terms of personal growth, depression and perceived well-being. The longitudinal analysis identified small but significant declines in personal growth and autonomy and a positive correlation between the volunteers' duration of involvement and perceived well-being. These findings suggest that carers who volunteer for emotional support roles are resilient and are at little psychological risk from volunteering.
BACK TO THE BASICS- UTILITY OF THE DISC DAMAGE LIKELIHOOD SCALE FOR OPTIC DISC EVALUATION IN GLAUCOMA

Field: Medicine (Health Sciences)

BACKGROUNDGlaucoma is a progressive disease and requires serial evaluation of the optic disc to monitor progression and optimize therapy.The Disc Damage Likelihood Scale (DDLS) a new system for assessing disc damage in glaucoma, is a simple but versatile tool that needs only clinical skills and minimal instrumentation.The DDLS could be especially useful in those parts of India where sophisticated technological equipment like Heidelberg Retinal Tomography and Optical Coherence Tomography are not available.The aim of this study was to estimate the reliability of the DDLS and to compare the sensitivity and specificity of the DDLS, Vertical Cup to Disc Ratio (VCDR), Mean Deviation (MD) of the Visual Field (VF) and the Hodapp-Parish-Anderson (HPA) System in distinguishing between normal and glaucomatous eyes. MATERIALS AND METHODSIn this cross-sectional study, patients of Primary Open Angle Glaucoma were enrolled over 2 years.The study group had 110 eyes of 60 patients and control group had 40 eyes of 20 normal subjects.10 eyes were excluded due to advanced glaucoma.Disc Damage was assessed by the VCDR and DDLS using slit lamp biomicroscopy with 90D lens and fundus photographs.VF were graded using the HPA system.Pearsons one-tailed correlation test was used to find the correlation between DDLS, MD, Pattern Standard Deviation (PSD) and HPA system.Receiver Operating Characteristic curves were drawn. RESULTSMean patient age: 55 years.MD of VF -7.83.DDLS had highest Area under curve (AUC) of 0.925 followed by VCDR (AUC=0.886),HPA (AUC=0.850)and MD (AUC=0.834) in the separation of glaucoma patients from normal.DDLS was strongly co-related with MD (r=-0.768,p<0.0001),PSD (r =0.706, p<0.0001) and HPA (r= 0.699, p<0.0001).The co-relation between the VCDR and the HPA system was lower (r=0.620,p<0.0001). CONCLUSIONDDLS is more sensitive than conventional Cup to Disc Ratio for disc evaluation in patients of POAG and co-relates accurately with visual field loss and hence may be especially valuable in situations where more sophisticated machines are unavailable.
Ibuprofen arginate retains eNOS substrate activity and reverses endothelial dysfunction: implications for the COX‐2/ADMA axis

Field: Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics (Life Sciences)

ABSTRACT Nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs, including ibuprofen, are among the most commonly used medications and produce their antiinflammatory effects by blocking cyclooxygenase (COX)‐2. Their use is associated with increased risk of heart attacks caused by blocking COX‐2 in the vasculature and/or kidney, with our recent work implicating the endogenous NOS inhibitor asymmetric dimethylarginine (ADMA), a cardiotoxic hormone whose effects can be prevented by L‐arginine. The ibuprofen salt ibuprofen arginate (Spididol) was created to increase solubility but we suggest that it could also augment the NO pathway through codelivery of arginine. Here we investigated the idea that ibuprofen arginate can act to simultaneously inhibit COX‐2 and preserve the NO pathway. Ibuprofen arginate functioned similarly to ibuprofen sodium for inhibition of mouse/human COX‐2, but only ibuprofen arginate served as a substrate for NOS. Ibuprofen arginate but not ibuprofen sodiumalso reversed the inhibitory effects of ADMA and N G ‐nitro‐L‐argininemethyl ester on inducible NOS (macrophages) and endothelial NOS in vitro (aorta) and in vivo (blood pressure). These observations show that ibuprofen arginate provides, in one preparation, a COX‐2 inhibitor and NOS substrate that could act to negate the harmful cardiovascular consequences mediated by blocking renal COX‐2 and increased ADMA. While remarkably simple, our findings are potentially game‐changing in the nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drug arena.—Kirkby, N. S., Tesfai, A., Ahmetaj‐Shala, B., Gashaw, H. H., Sampaio, W., Etelvino, G., Leão, N.M., Santos, R.A., Mitchell, J.A. Ibuprofenarginate retains eNOS substrate activity and reverses endothelial dysfunction: implications for the COX‐2/ADMA axis. FASEB J. 30, 4172–4179 (2016). www.fasebj.org
Non-crop plant beds can improve arthropod diversity including beneficial insects in chemical-free oil palm agroecosystems

Field: Agricultural and Biological Sciences (Life Sciences)

Conventional oil palm plantations, characterized by monocropping practices, are susceptible to pest infestations due to the lack of diversity in crop composition. This reliance on monoculture often necessitates heavy pesticide use, posing considerable risks to human health, the environment, and biodiversity. In contrast, regenerative agricultural approaches support ecosystem services, such as natural pest control, thereby reducing pesticide dependency and promoting biodiversity while maintaining productivity. The present study examined the composition of arthropod assemblages and understory plant species in chemical-free oil palm plantations, comparing farms with the integration of non-crop plant beds to those without intervention. We established either 10 square plant beds measuring 3 × 3 m or three rectangular beds measuring 9 × 3 m between the planting rows at each experimental plot. Using coloured pan traps and sticky traps, we assessed the relationship between understory plant species richness and arthropod assemblages, including the number of arthropod families, overall abundance, and selected trophic guilds. Our findings reveal that the integration of non-crop plant mixtures significantly enhances the number of arthropod families, as well as the abundance of predatory and phytophagous arthropods. Moreover, we observed that arthropod assemblages, most notably the number of families, overall abundance, abundance of scavengers and predators were significantly and positively correlated with the number of understory vegetation species. The study highlights the potential of establishing non-crop plant bed as a practical approach to enhancing habitat complexity for natural enemies, thereby fostering biodiversity and contribute to the resilience and functioning of agroecosystem within monoculture plantations.
Penguatan Kesadaran Bela Negara Pada Remaja Milenial Menuju Indonesia Emas

Field: Social Sciences (Social Sciences)

Defending the state is not only the obligation of the TNI and Polri but the responsibility of all people, especially the millennial generation. As the nation's next generation, millennial youth have a great responsibility to determine the nation's future. State defense is an attitude and behavior that must be possessed by millennial youth to ensure the survival of the nation and state. Awareness and inculcation of the values ​​of defending the country are considered the best preventive concepts to fortify millennial youth to always have a sense of love, pride and loyalty to NKRI in the midst of today's developments. The purpose of this study includes how to strengthen awareness of defending the country in the millennial generation. This research is a qualitative research with a descriptive approach. The results of this study are that it is necessary to inculcate the values ​​of defending the state for millennial youth through formal and informal school facilities, lectures or examples by involving religious leaders or fighters, state defense training, seminars and FGDs, communication and information media/social media/internet media. by using struggle films, short videos, national songs, educational programs. In addition, awareness of defending the country can be raised by building national insight.
A multi-service architecture to support mobile IP applications over heterogeneous wireless networks

Field: Computer Science (Physical Sciences)

Wireless access of the Internet enables users to experience Web access, multimedia communication and entertainment services. These services will be assessable from a range of networks dependent on the QoS requirements of the application and location, which could be in the office, home or "on the move". This paper presents an architecture to support end user control of QoS over heterogeneous wireless networks. These wireless access networks will consist of various types and generations of cellular networks, and wireless local and personal area networks. The architecture described in this paper proposes a wireless resource manager that selects the "always best connected" access network technology consistent with the QoS requirements of the application, availability of network and service costs. It also supports dynamic allocation of access network preventing forced termination of session and allowing users to move between heterogeneous networks within sessions.
Synthese von [3]‐Praerotaxanen

Field: Chemistry (Physical Sciences)

Synthesis of [3]‐Prerotaxanes Starting from the doubly bridged 5‐amino‐1,3‐benzodioxole derivative 1 the [3]‐prerotaxanes 4c, 5c, 6c are synthesised as a mixture of isomers in a four step reaction sequence.
Recent results from Fermilab E791

Field: Physics and Astronomy (Physical Sciences)

Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Twitter Facebook Reddit LinkedIn Tools Icon Tools Reprints and Permissions Cite Icon Cite Search Site Citation A. Nguyen, E. M. Aitala, S. Amato, J. C. Anjos, J. A. Appel, M. Aryal, D. Ashery, S. Banerjee, I. Bediaga, G. Blaylock, S. B. Bracker, P. R. Burchat, R. A. Burnstein, T. Carter, H. S. Carvalho, I. Costa, L. M. Cremaldi, C. Darling, K. Denisenko, T. Dubbs, A. Fernandez, P. Gagnon, S. Gerson, K. Gounder, D. Granite, M. Halling, G. Herrera, G. Hurwitz, C. James, P. A. Kasper, S. Kwan, D. C. Langs, J. Leslie, J. Lichtenstadt, B. Lundberg, S. MayTal‐Beck, B. Meadows, J. R. T. de Mello Neto, R. H. Milburn, J. M. de Miranda, A. Napier, A. B. d’Oliveira, K. C. Peng, L. P. Perera, M. V. Purohit, B. Quinn, S. Radeztsky, A. Rafatian, N. W. Reay, J. J. Reidy, A. C. dos Reis, H. A. Rubin, A. K. S. Santha, A. F. S. Santoro, A. Schwartz, M. Sheaff, K. O’Shaughnessy, R. A. Sidwell, A. J. Slaughter, J. G. Smith, M. D. Sokoloff, N. Stanton, K. Sugano, D. J. Summers, S. Takach, K. Thorne, A. K. Tripathi, S. Watanabe, R. Weiss, J. Wiener, N. Witchey, E. Wolin, D. Yi, R. Zaliznyak, C. Zhang; Recent results from Fermilab E791. AIP Conf. Proc. 10 July 1995; 338 (1): 777–780. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.48447 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentAIP Publishing PortfolioAIP Conference Proceedings Search Advanced Search |Citation Search
Society, Social Policy and Lunacy: the Limits to the Legal Approach, 1890–1939

Field: Social Sciences (Social Sciences)

It would be misleading to argue that the emergence of the lunacy laws in the nineteenth century was a response to the problem of social order. The mentally disordered were not enlisted in any form of political campaign and, unlike in France, their emancipation was not just part of a political programme. The magistrates who operated the lunacy laws regarded their tasks not as an expression of social control but as a social duty of the propertied classes to administer the local state. Therefore lunacy was a contemporary problem, but not one of order. In this sense, lunacy policy was not an object of class control but, like the poor laws, the subject of it.
Scientific approaches to the application of red-and-white cows milk in the production of combined composition soft cheeses

Field: Agricultural and Biological Sciences (Life Sciences)

The demand for natural products is constantly growing in the current environmental situation. This encourages manufacturers to increase the production of these goods. However, almost all branches of the food industry use nowadays a large number of biologically active additives, mainly of synthetic origin. In this regard, the introduction of natural vegetable supplements in the composition of a traditional food product will contribute not only to an increase in the nutritional and biological value of the product, but also to expand the range of healthy food products. The possibility of using dietary fiber from root crops of scorzonera, immobilized on biopolymers, and chickpea flour obtained from chickpea beans bioactivated by germination in the amount of 5% and 15%, respectively, was studied in the work. Scientific substantiation of the effectiveness of the use of vegetable filler in the production of combined soft cheese was given. The cheese product produced has a mass fraction of fat in dry matter of 4.5%, a mass fraction of moisture not more than 64%, a mass fraction of salt not more than 2.0%. The use of dietary fiber as a food additive in cheese production gives the product a functional value. Dietary fiber, introduced in an amount of 5.0%, increases the yield of the finished product by 11-11.5%. Thus, applying the proposed technology for the production of a soft cheese product, it becomes possible to solve a number of technological, environmental and economic problems, including an increase in the nutritional value of a soft cheese product, due to enrichment with dietary fiber, macro- and micronutrients, as well as an increase in the biological value of the developed product by balancing the amino acid composition
Sustainable development, attractiveness, and competitive capacity of touristic local territorial systems (LTSs) in south Italy: a strategic positioning

Field: Social Sciences (Social Sciences)

Abstract This investigation focuses on applying an innovative strategic planning model for place marketing to implement a sustainable development process for touristic territories. The purpose of this study is to propose a strategic place marketing approach for the sustainable development of four Local Territorial Systems (LTSs) located in the Province of Lecce, Southern Italy, by examining their main determinants. Two intermediate objectives are established: 1) to evaluate the determinants of sustainable development of LTSs—specifically, the attractiveness of the competitive environment and the competitive capacity of the various LTSs—by analyzing the competitive positioning of each LTS; and 2) to define the prospective positioning by forecasting future dimensions of sustainable development, attractiveness, and competitive capacity. The outcomes of a prospective analysis are valuable to inform and develop distinctive place marketing investment strategies—Penetration investments, Rebuilding investments, Selection investments, and Reduction investments. This approach provides a groundbreaking tool to guide the choices of policymakers and institutions, and to inform their strategies. The specificity of LTSs can be leveraged to prepare suitable territorial offers and achieve sustainable development by shifting the focus of state government planning decisions from individual cities to cohesive territorial systems.
Patterns of small intestinal motility in duodenal ulcer patients before and after vagotomy.

Field: Medicine (Health Sciences)

Prolonged (18-24 hours) recordings of the pattern of small intestinal motor activity have been made, using radiotelemetry, in seven patients before surgery for chronic duodenal ulcer, seven after truncal vagotomy, and four with persistent post-vagotomy diarrhoea. There was no difference in the pattern of fasting cyclical activity between the three groups but the duration of feeding activity after a standard meal was reduced in asymptomatic truncal vagotomy patients compared with duodenal ulcer controls (p less than 0 . 05). In patients with post-vagotomy diarrhoea, the duration of the feeding pattern was further reduced compared with the asymptomatic post-vagotomy patients (p less than 0 . 001). It is suggested that altered emptying of food from the stomach in these patients together with duodenal receptor insensitivity is the probable explanation of these changes.
Strategic Usage of Test Case Generation by Combining Two Test Case Generation Approaches

Field: Computer Science (Physical Sciences)

Model-based testing is used as a cost-effective development approach especially for embedded systems in the automotive sector. In this work, we focus on two kinds of test case generation and compare two methods. Each method has different criteria for generating test cases: One is based on the theory of Markov chains and the other one is a combination of functions to get test cases for unexpected failure. We compared two sets of test cases from the two test case generation methods and show that combining the two methods makes model-based testing more cost-effective in the context of critical embedded systems. The work presented in this paper is work in progress.
[Prevention of chronic bronchitis in relation to the stage of development under current conditions of the organization of medical care].

Field: Health Professions (Health Sciences)

Mass screening was used for a study of chronic bronchitis (CB) morbidity among 5107 construction workers and employees in the city of Barnaul. The rate of persons at risk of developing CB was 10.1%, with prebronchitis 7.9%, with CB 11.1%. CB stage-related individual therapeutic and prophylactic activities in outpatient clinics resulted in a decrease in morbidity rates of diseases of the respiratory organs with temporary loss of working capacity per 100 workers: from 98.3 (in 1980) to 17.5 cases (in 1984), i.e. from 1162.9 to 107.3 days, respectively, when a preventorium is engaged; without preventorium cases reduced from 93.5 to 40.0, i.e. from 1091.6 to 394.1 days, respectively. The identification during CB formation of the stage of risk of CB development, the stage of prebronchitis and CB as a nosological entity promoted the improvement of organization of therapeutic and prophylactic care.
Hidden-Markov-Model Analysis Of Telemanipulator Data

Field: Computer Science (Physical Sciences)

Mathematical model and procedure based on hidden-Markov-model concept undergoing development for use in analysis and prediction of outputs of force and torque sensors of telerobotic manipulators. In model, overall task broken down into subgoals, and transition probabilities encode ease with which operator completes each subgoal. Process portion of model encodes task-sequence/subgoal structure, and probability-density functions for forces and torques associated with each state of manipulation encode sensor signals that one expects to observe at subgoal. Parameters of model constructed from engineering knowledge of task.