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Agri-tourism sector has contributed to the industry’s progressive state. The attainments of the study were rooted in the concept of impact analysis under economic aspect. It determines the significance of each effect and used it as a basis for enhancement in the economic state of JBT Agri-farm in Amadeo, Cavite, with the aspects of direct, indirect, and induced impacts of the concept used for the study’s objectives. The data from 255 respondents from 3 different nearby communities in the Agri-farm were obtained through adapted questionnaires from the previous and past study. The study used descriptive method in determining the demographic characteristics of the respondents. In addition to it, the study proposed an economic action plan under the concept of impact analysis. It also used quantitative method and simple random sampling in the selection of respondents aided by ANOVA and T-test for the statistical processes of the results. The results indicated that all the sub-aspects of impact analysis were evident if impacts were measured toward the assessed effects. To further enhance the level of impact of the subject, it will then undergo an effective plan of action that the proponents have specifically crafted for JBT Agri-farm.

The aim of the work is to know the changes that the uterine artery undergoes with age, the determination of its origin and its possible variants. Cross-sectional, comparative, descriptive, retrospective study Angiotomographies of the abdomen and pelvis of female patients were obtained, reformatted in 3D, analyzing the uterine arteries (thickness, origin and trajectory). Measurements were carried out by two medical specialists in diagnostic imaging. 107 CT angiograms of patients with a mean age of 56.62±16.97 years (range 1890) were included. The average thickness of the uterine arteries was 2.16 mm (±0.38 mm). Divided by laterality and age groups, they were 2.35 mm, 2.19 mm and 2.36 mm on the right side and 2.19 mm, 2.07 mm and 2.15 mm on the left side, respectively. There was no statistically significant difference in thickness between the three groups (p=0.08). Five types of anatomical variants are described with prevalence of 85.1% in type I, 6.75% in type II, 5.4% in type III, 2.02% in type IV and 0.67% in type V, the latter coming directly from the left ovarian artery. There are five diffe– rent anatomical variants in our population, Type I is the most predominant. There are no significant morphological changes with age, except for an increase in vascular lesions, mainly atherosclerosis, in people over 50 years of age.

With the growing hate against Asians in the United States of America since the start of the pandemic, this study has attempted to determine whether racial discrimination has an influence on their travel behavior to the country and in what way is it affected. Through semi-structured interviews, information was gathered from purposively selected respondents, while it was analyzed using thematic analysis. Results revealed that racial discrimination had influenced the travel behavior of the Filipinos to the USA; they tend to avoid places where there are high incidents of racial discrimination, they prefer traveling with a companion, they are more cautious with the people they see and meet, and they develop less interest in going to the USA for leisure purposes. Additionally, literatures suggest factors that probably have caused the prevalence of racial discrimination in the country, which include weak law enforcement, poor knowledge of Americans on COVID-19, poor crime apprehension, and the inadequate degree of punishment provided by existing laws. The findings resulted in a recommended motivational plan for the government to decrease these incidents and to continuously attract Filipinos to visit the USA.

In Cuba, newborn screening (NBS) for cystic fibrosis (CF) was introduced in January 2019. The results from the first three years of the CF NBS program are presented. An IRT/IRT protocol was followed using a cut-off value of 50 ng/mL. In this period 281,717 neonates were screened, 2,197 samples had increased IRT values, and a second sample was necessary (recall rate=0.78%). In 686 (0.24%) neonates, IRT was still elevated, and they were referred for clinical evaluation. Twenty-one children were confirmed by sweat test and molecular biology. Eighteen newborns presented variant F508del. A false negative case was reported. Demographic data of 32,764 neonates were collected. The average age of sampling was six days with results available at 11 days of life, but 1.7% of the samples were collected 20 days after birth. The mean IRT value was 12.7±11.7 ng/mL (ranging 0-283 ng/mL) with a calculated 98.5 percentile value of 42.4 ng/mL. On average, the samples were processed five days after collection and two days after they were received at the laboratory. Although CF NBS program in Cuba is just beginning, it can be predicted that CF will be one of the most frequent inherited-metabolic diseases in the Cuban population.

The good realization of any infrastructure in civil engineering requires the implementation of geotechnical investigations. During these investigations, the physical properties of the soil, especially the mechanical ones, must be determined with care and precision because of their capital importance in the preliminary studies before the realization of the work. The soil compression index is one of these mechanical parameters, determined by laboratory tests. It allows the calculation of settlements and is therefore essential, especially for fine clay or silty soils which are often subject to swelling phenomena. However, the realization of the test to find the compression index in the laboratory takes time, and the test itself proves delicate. Several authors have therefore proposed the determination of this index from the limits of Atterberg, which can be obtained more quickly and easily. Through this study, empirical models have been proposed to easily calculate the compression index. Regression analyses in Matlab with 2D and 3D graph systems were performed for this purpose. The model was established for the soils of the Issaba depression in the Republic of Benin, where clayey and silty soils are very swelling. The models obtained show very good correlations with R2 coefficients higher than 0.80 and the RMSE error minimized to less than 0.5.