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Abnormal blood glucose (BG) levels often seen in critically ill horses are significantly associated with adverse patient outcomes and increased mortality. Rapid and accurate BG monitoring is now considered an essential component of evidence-based equine practice and can provide critical information quickly for treatment. Although several point-of-care (POC) BG monitoring hand-held devices are commercially available for veterinary use, none contains a unique algorithm validated for use in horses. The AlphaTrak 3 (AT3) BG monitoring system is a first-of-its-kind device with an equine-specific algorithm that allows stall-side clinical decision making, and frequent monitoring at minimal cost. As such, AT3 is potentially a preferred alternative to more costly and time-consuming standard diagnostic reference laboratory methods. The objective of this study was to determine the accuracy of the AT3 device in measuring BG levels in equine whole blood samples in comparison to results obtained by the Beckman Coulter AU480 reference analyzer per ISO15197:2013 specifications. Accuracy of the AT3 equine algorithm were initially verified by testing equine blood samples with artificially adjusted blood glucose levels followed by its validation in a field study. Testing with artificially adjusted equine samples (n=129) showed that 98.9% of glucose measurements ranging from 29 to 479 mg/dL fell within ISO accuracy threshold of ±15mg/dL or ±15% of the average reference value. In addition, 100% of the AT3 measurements fell in consensus error grid (CEG) zone A, which indicates that test outcomes have a minimal likelihood of adverse clinical impact. In a follow-up field study involving 96 horses, 98.4% of AT3 measurements met the ISO accuracy threshold and 99.2% of AT3 measurements fell in CEG zone A. These results demonstrate that the AT3 glucometer has a high degree of accuracy in horses and is a dependable, convenient, and cost-effective device for accurately monitoring equine BG levels in farm or clinical settings. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The boom of regulatory agencies is a common global phenomenon, and its basics are deeply rooted in national settings, leading to the setting up of specific regulators. Theoretically, auditors must demonstrate their professional prowess, skepticism, and analytical procedure, and effectively communicate audit outcomes to the stakeholders. Interestingly, the Indian audit profession is at its crossroads: constrained by scams and multiple regulators. Reform initiatives in the wake of corporate shenanigans compelled the creation of the National Financial Reporting Authority (NFRA) under Section 132 of the Companies Act, 2013. However, the accounting profession regulator, the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI), alleges penetration of the former in its regulatory jurisdiction. Against this backdrop, adopting a descriptive approach, the current study attempts to unearth the factors leading to such face-offs for offering an amicable solution. The study concludes that the ICAI's objections to treating the NFRA as a "super-regulator" cannot be supported. Consequently, the observation of the Committee on Experts constituted by the Supreme Court. Vesting investigating power in the NFRA could be a game changer in regulating auditors, audit firms, and audit networks. In light of the findings, the auditors could motivate to improve the audit quality substantially. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Constitution of India. When the Supreme Court decides a lis, it not only decide for the parties to the case but also declares the law on a question that it decides to answer. There are only twenty-four reported decisions delivered by the Supreme Court in the last 72 years on the copyright law. Number of decisions per year is not even one. On an average, the Supreme Court has decided. 33 case in a year; or one copyright case in 1104.58 days; or in 3.02 years. These decisions of the Supreme Court on the copyright law are just double of the number of decisions on the patent law. A review of decisions on copyright law from 28 January 1950 to 28 August 2022, reveals that: (i) only in 20 decisions, the Supreme Court has declared copyright law which include 4 decisions from 20th century and 16 decisions from 21st century; (ii) the validity of The Copyright Act, 1957, was not challenged in any decision; (iii) only one case from the decision of theHigh Court involving the constitutionality of Rule 29 (4) of The Copyright Rules, 2013 where the High Court re-drafted the Rule, reached to the Supreme Court and the Supreme Court held the re-drafting by the High Court as unwarranted and shown deference to the legislative wisdom; (iv) No Constitution Bench or Single Bench decision is reported; (v) no Chief Justice of India was on the bench in any copyright decision; (vi) only 4 judges authored their separate but concurring judgments (3 from 20th century and 1 from 21st century) and no dissenting judgment was delivered; (vii) the Court has unanimpously answered the questions of copyright law; and (viii) only some of the questions of copyright law have been answered unambiguously and unequivovally by the Supreme Court but some of the questions have been left open by the Court. This Paper seeks to cull out the principles of copyright law as declared by the Supreme Court in the last 72 years. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Resenha do livro Limites da Democracia: de Junho de 2013 ao Governo Bolsonaro (Todavia, 2022). Neste livro, Marcos Nobre aprofunda a reflexão crítica acerca do funcionamento político brasileiro pós-redemocratização, destrinchando amálgamas como “Junho 2013” e “Direita”; “Bolsonaro” e “Novas Direitas”; “Junho” e “Bolsonaro”; “Presidencialismo de Coalizão” e “Democracia Brasileira” para propor novos caminhos para se pensar a crise política brasileira

Corporate social responsibility is an indispensable part of any company’s operations in which the issue of environmental sustainability is significant, yet less prevalent, while carrying out CSR activities. This paper aims to underline and examine the expenditure on environmental sustainability pertaining to CSR by the selected PSUs in the oil sector. The data for six years, from 2014-15 to 2019-20, have been taken from the sample of five companies having the Maharatna and Navratna status. The framed hypotheses on intra- and intercompany, along with overall comparisons, have been tested using the Kolmogorov-Smirnov Z test and Kruskal-Wallis test, respectively. The null hypothesis in each case has been accepted, which indicates that there has been no significant difference in CSR expenditure towards environmental sustainability compared yearly, mutually, and collectively. The companies have been found to contribute less than they ought towards the concerned area, considering their nature and utilisation of resources. It has been recommended that the area of environmental sustainability be given due diligence, and further suggestions have been given for the protection and preservation of the environment. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Following the issuance of Law (No. 1 of 2013) by the General National Congress at a crucial time when the country was undergoing administrative, political, and economic upheaval, banks operating in Libya are now called Islamic banks. It made the transition from traditional to Islamic banking in Libya is challenging. This study intends to identify the obstacles faced by Libyan banks in transition to Islamic banks. A content analysis is a method used for analyzing data gathered from past studies, articles, publications, and legislation published by the Libyan government. The findings revealed that the most important of which is that one of the challenges in Libya's shift from traditional banks to Islamic banks has been the ineffectiveness of Islamic bank legal and legislative regulation, the country's legislative and executive authority being divided and fragmented, control the armed group on the most Libyan Central Bank operation, the political split, the lack of propaganda operation proceed the process of transformation are the prevailing obstacles that encounter Libyan transformation from traditional banking into Islamic banking. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

During the 1965 debates over the Voting Rights Act, there are only two brief mentions of Native Americans. During the Act's 1975 renewal, Native Americans were mentioned only with respect to their inclusion under the minority language provisions. At no point did the applicability of Section 5's pre-clearance provisions to political jurisdictions with histories of discrimination against Native Americans generate discussion. They also were ignored in the Supreme Court's 2013 Shelby County v. Holder decision, where Section 4(b) that established the criteria for establishing Section 5 covered jurisdictions was found to be unconstitutional. In this paper, we examine struggles over Section 5 pre-clearance in South Dakota, as well as the challenges of legal attempts to establish “covered jurisdictions” using the more stringent standard required in Section 2. We focus on South Dakota because it is a state with a long, troubled history of discrimination towards Native peoples. It also is the state with the highest number of voting rights cases involving Native Americans. Although a state that has been labeled “the Mississippi of the North” is an extreme case, we argue that it is precisely those settings that make pre-clearance so critical.

This article analyzes Comanche elder LaDonna Harris's adoption of actor Johnny Depp as a response to the cultural politics of Disney's casting him as a Comanche Tonto in The Lone Ranger 2013. In addition to onscreen performers and characters like Depp's Tonto, in my reading “cinematic Comanches” also include offscreen cultural critics and social actors who, like Harris, maneuver through thorny layers of representing the indigenous. Focusing my inquiry on how Harris and other cinematic Comanches created opportunities to make kin with Depp, engage Disney, and expand the convoluted discourse on producing Comanche representation and cultural knowledge, I discuss Lone Ranger's hype and protest, Harris's reframing of the adoption as captivity, and post-captivity collaborations between Comanches, Depp, and Disney. I suggest that by recreating a traditional Comanche mode of kinship in the twenty-first century, Harris took Depp in as a son to honor his onscreen efforts, to express Comanche self-determination in kinship, and to increase the cultural capital of the Comanche Nation.

Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) has garnered worldwide attention (Jamali & Mirshak, 2007), both in the academic and corporate domains. It has predominantly gained impetus in the developing countries; with nations like India imposing legislative mandates (Subramaniam et al. 2017). India has an extensive history of CSR (Sundar, 2000) but lacks academic depth and understanding of the phenomenon (Dhanesh, 2015); particularly in the post mandatory regime. This extensive exploratory research based on the managerial perspective utilizes semi-structured interviews of 28 CSR managers responsible for implementing CSR within corporates. Thematic analysis of interview data identifies 4 unique approaches adopted by Indian companies and their resultant benefits. It is indeed one of the first researches in India done in both Public Sector Undertaking (PSUs) as well as the Private Enterprises. The study strengthens the existing knowledge base and assists corporates to build their CSR strategies and furthers understanding of companies' objectives of social development. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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This work is part of the research project developed by the Observatory on New Social Movements and Law in Brazil at La Salle University, focusing in the city of Porto Alegre and on the occupation of the City Council on July of 2013, which is placed in the context of the protests against the increase of bus fares and for free fare, attempting to understand the relationship between the political organization of the Bloco de Lutas pelo Transporte Publico and its legal group during the eight days of City Council occupation. We conducted semi-structured interviews with members of the occupation in order to clarify the dynamics in the movement and its understanding of the relationship between law and social movements, highlighting the deferment of the eviction order and the elaboration of two Bills as fundamental moments of the relationship between the collective organization of the occupation and its legal team. Este artículo forma parte de un proyecto de investigación desarrollado por el Observatorio de Nuevos Movimientos Sociales y Derecho de la Universidad La Salle de Brasil. Nos centramos en la ciudad de Porto Alegre y en la ocupación de su ayuntamiento en julio de 2013, en el contexto de las protestas contra el aumento de las tarifas de autobús y a favor del transporte gratuito. Intentamos comprender la relación entre la organización política del Bloco de Lutas pelo Transporte Publico y su grupo jurídico durante los ocho días que duró la ocupación. Realizamos entrevistas semiestructuradas con miembros de la ocupación para aclarar las dinámicas del movimiento y cómo entendía la relación entre derecho y movimientos sociales, destacando el aplazamiento de la orden de desalojo y la elaboración de dos leyes como momentos fundamentales de la relación entre la organización colectiva de la ocupación y su equipo jurídico. Available from: https://doi.org/10.35295/osls.iisl/0000-0000-0000-1040

Berdasarkan penelusuran yang dilakukan oleh Tim Editor Indonesian Journal of History Education (IJHE), artikel dengan judul Evaluasi Isi/Materi Buku Teks Sejarah Indonesia Kelas X Kurikulum 2013 Revisi 2017 pada Februari 2019, telah diterbitkan oleh penulis pada jurnal lain selain Indonesian Journal of History Education (IJHE) seperti terdapat dalam tautan berikut ini. https://jurnal.ranahresearch.com/index.php/R2J/article/view/53 Dengan demikian penulis artikel telah menyalahi etika akademik dan Ketua Editor memutuskan untuk menarik penerbitan artikel tersebut dari Indonesian Journal of History Education Vol 7 No 2 (2019) edisi Desember 2019. Terima kasih, Tim Editor

The empirical study has obtained insights into the expenditure patterns of cash compensation and the desired constituents of compensation package by the affected landowners in a linear project in peri-urban area of Gurugram district in Haryana. The study concludes that monetary compensation is apportioned between the twin heads of immediate consumption needs and income generating assets, though, the percentage spent under each category is influenced by the geographical location and the sociological attributes of communities. A heterogeneous mix of compensation options was found to elicit greater acceptance among the affected landowners. The individual compensation choices are ascribable to factors such as education, age, size of land holdings, income level, extent of awareness, and access to information. The findings of the study underscore the need to diversify the compensation choices incorporated in The Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement (RFCTLARR) Act, 2013 to optimize the post-acquisition outcomes for the projectaffected-families. The paper recommends the adoption of land pooling policy for land aggregation in urbanizing areas to assure high economic return to participating title holders from the serviced parcel of land returned to them through its monetization or utilization for commercial purposes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Following the infamous gang rape of a young woman in New Delhi in 2012, India introduced a host of legislative reforms, including harsh punishments for sexual offences. Indian feminist groups, though invested in some of these reforms, have been critical of the carceral approach, but other than denouncing the death penalty, they have largely abstained from conversations around appropriate punishments for sexual crimes. Mapping the responses of feminist groups to the J. S. Verma Committee, this article underscores inconsistencies between the positions on defining sexual offences on the one hand and suggesting appropriate punishments on the other. It argues that the absence of engagement around complex issues of criminal law and sentencing not only left feminists divided on the outcome in Mahmood Farooqui's case but also revealed unintended consequences of the newly introduced law on rape. The article concludes by questioning the use of criminal law as a site for feminist reform. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The generic positions of the 29 Indo-West Pacific species currently placed in Rochinia A. Milne-Edwards, 1875, sensu lato, are addressed, in an attempt to establish a more phylogenetically coherent classification for these spider crabs. Twenty-five Indo-West Pacific species are referred to a redefined Samadinia Ng & Richer de Forges, 2013. Three species are transferred to Laubierinia Richer de Forges & Ng, 2009, Pugettia Dana, 1851, and Oxypleurodon Miers, 1885, respectively. Rochinia kagoshimensis (Rathbun, 1932) and a new species from the South China Sea are assigned to a new genus. The generic status of four Atlantic species of Rochinia is also discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this editorial, the editori in chief, Flavius-Cristian MĂRCĂU, speaks about the history of the journal and the content of the present issue.

Corporate Social Responsibility is a tool in the hands of companies to enhance the reputation in the eyes of society and government by spending some proportion of profit on various activities like education, health, employment, women empowerment, sports, rural development, etc. Companies communicate CSR information through various channels of communication viz. Annual reports, media, web site etc. The study focuses on the level of corporate social responsibility disclosure on the websites of 45 insurance companies including 22 life and 23 non-life insurance companies in India and also analyze the effect of different attributes namely size, liquidity, age, and profitability on corporate social responsibility web disclosure (CSRWD). The study found that level of CSRWD of insurance companies is low. Education, health, employment, and environment are highly concerned areas for CSR expenditure. Size is showing a significant relationship with web disclosure of corporate social responsibility in case of life insurance sector whereas in case of non life insurance sector in case of non-life insurance sector, size and profitability are found to be good predictor of web disclosure of corporate responsibility. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Introduction: Traumatic injury is a leading cause of death and disability in adults ≥ 65 years old, but there are few epidemiological studies addressing this issue. The aim of this study was to assess how characteristics of blunt traumatic injuries in adults ≥ 65 vary by age. Methods: Using data from the a single-state trauma registry, this retrospective cohort study examined injured patients ≥ 65 admitted to all Level I and Level II trauma centers in Pennsylvania between 2011 and 2014 (n=38,562). Patients were stratified by age into three subgroups (age 65-74; 75-84; ≥85). We compared demographics, injury, and system-level across groups. Results: We found significant increases in the proportion of female gender, (48.6% vs. 58.7% vs. 67.7%), white race (89.1% vs. 92.6% vs. 94.6%), and non-Hispanic ethnicity (97.5% vs. 98.6% vs. 99.4%) across advancing age across age groups, respectively. As age increased, the proportion of falls (69.9% vs. 82.1% vs. 90.3%), in-hospital mortality (4.6% vs. 6.2% vs. 6.8%), and proportion of patients arriving to the hospital via ambulance also increased (73.6% vs. 75.8% vs. 81.1%), while median injury severity plateaued (9.0% all groups) and the proportion of Level I trauma alerts (10.6% vs. 8.2% vs. 6.7%) decreased. We found no trend between age and patient transfer status. The five most common diagnoses were vertebral fracture, rib fracture, head contusion, open head wound, and intracranial hemorrhage, with vertebral fracture and head contusion increasing with age, and rib fracture decreasing with age. Conclusion: In a large cohort of older adults with trauma (n= 38,000), we found, with advancing age, a decrease in trauma alert level, despite an increase in mortality and a decrease in demographic diversity. This descriptive study provides a framework for future research on the relationship between age and blunt traumatic injury in older adults.

Vivemos no Brasil pouco mais de um século de uma deficiente República, marcada por dois longos processos ditatoriais que contribuíram para a conformação das características da repressão estatal diante dos movimentos sociais. Nesse bojo, o presente artigo analisa como 2013 pode ser compreendido como um momento de inflexão pós-redemocratização, no qual cresceu a desvinculação entre os detentores do poder e os cidadãos, apresentando-se como um de seus aspectos o deslizamento da ação política para a arena penal. Em associação com o tratamento dos ativistas como caso de polícia, pode-se identificar avanços institucionais posteriores na tipificação penal dos repertórios de confrontação dos movimentos sociais. Além da revisão da literatura do campo, este artigo parte da análise documental legislativa, bem como da cobertura midiática para demarcação dos principais acontecimentos desde 2013. Como aporte teórico será utilizada a Teoria do Confronto Político, a partir da qual pretende-se enxergar o período iniciado em junho de 2013 na qualidade de um processo, com o olhar voltado para a relação entre ativistas e os agentes estatais para uma leitura do complexo cenário nacional.

Tulisan ini menelaah aspek filosofis pada kurikulum 2013. Secara eksplisit kurikulum 2013 berdasarkan berbagai fondasi aliran filsafat dan aliran filsafat pendidikan. Kurikulum 2013 mencoba mengakomodasi dan menggabungkan halhal yang positif dari berbagai aliran filsafat dan aliran filsafat pendidikan. Namun bila ditinjau secara lebih mendalam, kurikulum 2013 lebih mementingkan tersampaikannya materi pelajaran meliputi pengetahuan, keterampilan, dan sikap yang ditentukan oleh para ahli secara sentralistis. Berdasarkan tinjauan mendalam tersebut, kurikulum 2013 lebih condong ke aliran filsafat idealisme, aliran filsafat pendidikan perrenialisme dan esensialisme. This paper examines the philosophical aspects of the 2013 Curriculum. Explicitly, 2013 Curriculum is based on a variety of foundation in schools of philosophy and philosophical schools of education. 2013 Curriculum tries to accommodate and incorporate the positive things from various schools of philosophy and philosophical schools of education. Nevertheless, if we make a deeper view, the 2013 curriculum more concerned with the receipt of the curriculum subject by students include the knowledge, skills, and attitudes that are determined by experts in a centralized way. Based on the in-depth review, the curriculum in 2013 are more inclined to idealism philosophical schools, perrenialism and essentialism educational philosophy schools.

Tulisan ini ditujukan untuk mengulas fenomena perubahan kurikulum di tahun 2013. Perubahan sebagai suatu keniscayaan tidak dapat dipungkiri juga telah merambah dunia pendidikan sebagai jawaban atas fenomena kehidupan masyarakat yang terus mengalami dinamika. Perubahan diperlukan untuk menyiapkan generasi muda dalam menyongsong Indonesia emas yang sangat membutuhkan sumber daya manusia yang berkualitas dan siap bersaing di pasar global. Dalam pendidikan Islam, perubahan kurikulum ini memberi arah yang menguntungkan di beberapa aspek. Dimulai dari tujuan pembelajaran yang mengintegrasikan tiga domain pembelajaran, proses yang lebih “manusiawi” serta evaluasi sebagai akhir yang mengakomodasi seluruh potensi peserta didik. This paper is intended to review the phenomenon of changes in the 2013 curriculum. The changes are an undeniable necessity; it also penetrated the education world as an answer to the phenomenon of a dynamics society living. Changes are needed to prepare young generation in facing great Indonesia that needs qualified and ready human resources to compete in the global market. In Islamic education, curriculum change is to give direction favorable in some aspects. It is starting from the learning objectives that integrate the three domains of learning, a process that is more ”humane” as well as a final evaluation that accommodate all potential learners.

In 2013 the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences was awarded to the American economists, Eugene Fama, Lars Peter Hansen and Robert Shiller. The monetarists, Fama and Hansen, from the University of Chicago, and the Neo- Keynesian, Shiller, from the Yale University, according to the Swedish Royal Academy, won this prestigious prize for their research providing mathematical and economic models to determine (ir)regularities in the stock value trends at the stock exchanges. With his colleagues, in the 1960s Fama established that, in the short term, it is extremely difficult to forecast stock prices, given that new information gets embedded in the prices rather quickly. Shiller, however, determined that, although it is almost impossible to predict the stock prices for a period of few days, this is not true for a period of several years. He discovered that the stock prices fluctuate much more substantially than corporation dividents, and that the relationship between prices and dividends tends to decline when high, and to grow when low. This pattern does not apply only to stocks, but also to bonds and other forms of capital.

In 2013 the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences was awarded to the American economists, Eugene Fama, Lars Peter Hansen and Robert Shiller. The monetarists, Fama and Hansen, from the University of Chicago, and the Neo- Keynesian, Shiller, from the Yale University, according to the Swedish Royal Academy, won this prestigious prize for their research providing mathematical and economic models to determine (ir)regularities in the stock value trends at the stock exchanges. With his colleagues, in the 1960s Fama established that, in the short term, it is extremely difficult to forecast stock prices, given that new information gets embedded in the prices rather quickly. Shiller, however, determined that, although it is almost impossible to predict the stock prices for a period of few days, this is not true for a period of several years. He discovered that the stock prices fluctuate much more substantially than corporation dividents, and that the relationship between prices and dividends tends to decline when high, and to grow when low. This pattern does not apply only to stocks, but also to bonds and other forms of capital.

In 2013 the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences was awarded to the American economists, Eugene Fama, Lars Peter Hansen and Robert Shiller. The monetarists, Fama and Hansen, from the University of Chicago, and the Neo- Keynesian, Shiller, from the Yale University, according to the Swedish Royal Academy, won this prestigious prize for their research providing mathematical and economic models to determine (ir)regularities in the stock value trends at the stock exchanges. With his colleagues, in the 1960s Fama established that, in the short term, it is extremely difficult to forecast stock prices, given that new information gets embedded in the prices rather quickly. Shiller, however, determined that, although it is almost impossible to predict the stock prices for a period of few days, this is not true for a period of several years. He discovered that the stock prices fluctuate much more substantially than corporation dividents, and that the relationship between prices and dividends tends to decline when high, and to grow when low. This pattern does not apply only to stocks, but also to bonds and other forms of capital.

We've had this ongoing issue with sexual harassment, sexual assault. I believe it's because we've had separate classes of military personnel at some level. Now, it's far more complicated than that . . . But when you have one part of the population that is designated as "warriors" and one part that is designated as something else, that disparity begins to establish a psychology that, in some cases, led to that environment. I have to believe the more we treat people equally, the more likely they are to treat each other equally. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement (RFCTLARR) Act, 2013, has made social impact assessment (SIA) the cornerstone of the new regime that seeks to establish a participative, informed, and transparent process of land acquisition for industrial and infrastructure development in India. This article examines the cogency of the approach and methodology of social impact assessment studies to gauge the extent of compliance with the substantive and procedural requirements of law with respect to impact identification, public consultation, and web reporting. The review of 12 SIA reports, drawn from a wide spectrum of infrastructural sectors across the country, reveal varying degrees of compliance with The RFCTLARR Act, 2013, and The RFCTLARR (Social Impact Assessment and Consent) Rules, 2014. The indifferent quality of certain SIA reports point towards a capacity deficit of SIA agencies and insufficient oversight by state SIA Units, while the low level of web disclosure of SIA reports by governments of states and Union Territories may be a derivative of bureaucratic inertia or a deliberate effort to preclude public scrutiny of land acquisition processes. This article recommends capacity building of various stakeholders and closer vigil by judiciary, civil society, researchers and the media for better compliance of the law. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper reports the luminescence properties of nanocrystalline calcium fluoride doped with dysprosium (CaF 2 : Dy). The nanophosphor has been synthesized by the chemical co-precipitation technique and the dopant concentration has been optimized at 0.3 mol% using thermoluminescence (TL) intensity emitted post 50Gy gamma dose irradiation of samples doped with different dopant concentrations. X-ray diffraction shows the formation of crystalline particles with an average size of 49.233 nm. Photoluminescence (PL) emission spectrum shows the characteristic peaks at 455 nm, 482 nm, 573 nm corresponding to 4I 15/2 to 6H 15/2 , 4F 9/2 to 6H 15/2 and 4F 9/2 to 6H 13/2 Dy3+ transitions respectively. PL excitation spectrum shows a peak at 327 nm which corresponds to the Dy3+ transition of 6H 15/2 to 4L 19/2. Gamma (of 1.25 MeV) and low energy proton beam (of 30 keV) irradiated nanophosphor shows a variation in TL glow curve structure and peak position with an increase in radiation dose/fluence. However, the nanophosphor shows a wide linear dose response for 60Co gamma radiation in the range 10 Gy - 1.5 kGy and for low energy proton beam in the fluence range of 1012–1014 ions/cm2. Srim 2013 has been used to calculate the ion beam parameters including the range of protons in CaF 2 : Dy 0.3 mol%. The nanophosphor CaF 2 : Dy could be further investigated as a potential dosimeter for gamma rays and proton beam by studying its TL properties for different energies of these radiations. • CaF 2 : Dy nanophosphor was irradiated for the first time with low energy proton beam of energy 30 keV. • The nanophosphor showed a linear dose response from 10 Gy to 1.5 kGy of gamma rays from 60Co source. • PL emission spectrum for the nanophosphor showed characteristic Dy3+ transitions at 455 nm, 482 nm and 573 nm besides the defects in the material. • The nanophosphor showed a simple cubic structure with an average size of 49.23 nm favourable for good TL efficiency. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This research explores the effect of mobile technology in Lebanese higher education classrooms. Three components were utilized to evaluate the impact: student attitudes, student achievements, and educational process. This study used both quantitative and qualitative methods to examine the research questions. The main sources for data collection were surveyed, discussion group, achievement scores, and classroom observations. Thirty-eight volunteer students participated in this study in the spring 2013 term. The findings of this study showed that when Mobile with 3G technology used in education, it affected students' attitudes such as take pleasure in class, positive learning experience, and student prospects of the common effectiveness of mobile technology. Mobile technology, was also found to have positive influenced on students learning outcomes. It was also positively impacted the interactions between students as well as between the instructor and students.

In this research, the ground contact opportunity for the fictitious low lunar orbiter is analyzed to prepare for a future Korean lunar orbiter mission. The ground contact opportunity is basically derived from geometrical relations between the typical ground stations at the Earth, the relative positions of the Earth and Moon, and finally, the lunar orbiter itself. Both the cut-off angle and the orbiter’s Line of Sight (LOS) conditions (weather orbiter is located at near or far side of the Moon seen from the Earth) are considered to determine the ground contact opportunities. Four KOMPSAT Ground Stations (KGSs) are assumed to be Korea’s future Near Earth Networks (NENs) to support lunar missions, and world-wide separated Deep Space Networks (DSNs) are also included during the contact availability analysis. As a result, it is concluded that about 138 times of contact will be made between the orbiter and the Daejeon station during 27.3 days of prediction time span. If these contact times are converted into contact duration, the duration is found to be about 8.55 days, about 31.31% of 27.3 days. It is discovered that selected four KGSs cannot provide continuous tracking of the lunar orbiter, meaning that international collaboration is necessary to track Korea’s future lunar orbiter effectively. Possible combinations of world-wide separated DSNs are also suggested to compensate for the lack of contact availability with only four KGSs, as with primary and backup station concepts. The provided algorithm can be easily modified to support any type of orbit around the Moon, and therefore, the presented results could aid further progress in the design field of Korea’s lunar orbiter missions.

Participants representing various stakeholders, including medical schools, pharmaceutical companies, medical education companies, international regulatory bodies, and independent consultants from 17 countries, attended the annual meeting of the Global Alliance for Medical Education (GAME) in Barcelona between 9 and 11 June 2013. The attendees took part in small-group exercises to explore the use of a 10-step empirical procedure as part of an instructional design model applied to the planning and implementation of educational activities in continuing medical education and continuing professional development (CME/CPD). The strategic focus of GAME was presented to highlight areas of interest in patient safety, inter-professional education, and adult learning theory in CME/CPD. These areas were also underlined during presentations of abstracts by representatives of the World Health Organization, academic institutions, and medical education companies. These presentations demonstrated the wide array of educational activities and formats being conducted around the world, with live links to Rwanda and Uruguay emphasizing the global reach of GAME.

مجلة حوليات التراث، كلية الآدب والفنون، جامعة مستغانم، الجزائر، العدد 13/2013. - Hawliyyat al-Turath / Annals of Heritage Journal, Faculty of Letters and Arts, University of Mostaganem, Algeria, Issue 13/2013.