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The Rarh Bengal of India has huge potential for development of geotourism due to its diverse landscape consisting of hills, dome shaped inselberges, tors, dams, badlands, springs, waterfall, ravines etc. The combination of vast dense forest and diverse flora and fauna with various geomorphic features has created a prosperous and complex geodiversity in the Rarh region. However, the potential of geotourism in the region has not yet fully developed. The main objective of this study is to emphasize the potential for geotourism in the Rarh region of West Bengal and to determine the existing status and geotourism prospective of geosites in this region. In this paper, the authors have proposed an inventory of geosites in the Rarh region and analyzed the vast potential of geotourism among them. A comparative analysis of the selected sites has been carried out by applying the Modified Geosite Assessment Model (M-GAM), which has exposed the most suitable geosites for the development of future geotourism. The M-GAM provided the significant assessment of both Main Values and Additional Values of the sites according to the status of each sub-indicator in the valuation model assumed by tourists. The results of this study reveal information about the major aspects of the development of each geosites and identify which sites need more attention and better management in future, so that the region becomes much attractive to larger number of tourists and becomes a well-known geotourism destination.

The Santa Elena province in Ecuador has outstanding geological potential in petroleum, mining and geosite resources. All the wealth of palaeontological samples and their inherent link to the history of this territory require a recognised museum with educational and scientific material to support the potential and promotion of geotourism development. The Megatherium Palaeontological Museum is located in this province and was the first Palaeontological Museum in Ecuador. It exhibits samples corresponding to the Late Pleistocene Megafauna that inhabited the area. This study aims to evaluate the museum (a geoheritage element) as a possible (palaeontological) geosite by analysing its contributions to the geoheritage of the Santa Elena province. Thus, we also aim to enhance the geotourism of the area and promote its collections as a geotouristic attraction. The methodological process was based on: (i) information processing and systematisation in the museum and its environment, (ii) assessment of the museum’s geological interest through the method of the Geological Survey of Spain, the Brilha method and the Geosites Assessment Model, and (iii) a qualitative evaluation using the Delphi and the Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats methodologies to define strategies and proposals for museum development. Based on the results of the applied quantitative assessment, the museum has a “very high” (277/400) degree of geological interest, due to the high values of scientific (310/400), academic (310/400) and touristic (210/400) interest. In this same way, the results obtained through the Brilha method reflect a high scientific (290/400), educational (280/400), and tourist (315/400) interest and a low degradation risk (190/400) value in the museum. Furthermore, the applied Geosites Assessment Model shows the museum as a geosite with high main and additional values, placing it between the Z23 and Z33 fields of the global valuation matrix. The evaluation approached through Delphi analysis and Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats matrix allowed us to propose improvement strategies to take advantage of the museum resources as an alternative that strengthens the geotouristic development of the area.

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The current study designed to obtain, execute and test a freeze-drying protocol for the preparation and a better storage conservation of the live attenuate Mycobacterium bovis BCG-Moreau-Finlay, fundamental element for the immunotherapy against bladder carcinoma, passed successfully all trials. The new lyophilized formulation also reduces the in vivo toxicity compared to present BCG liquid preparation by means of lowering dose needed for the treatment. The second re-seeding of the Moreau Rio de Janeiro sub-strain of Mycobacterium bovis BCG (pBCG Moreau); was sub-cultured in the Sauton Synthetic Medium (SSMII), previously maintained in Seed Lot Systems and harvested during the logarithmic growth phase. Basic Bacterial Suspension (BBS) was then prepared, homogenized and stabilized by freeze-drying in vehicle A, compare to vehicle B. By means of Thin Layer Chromatography (TLC) was realized the comparative quality control of the (BBS) preparation before and after lyophilisation procedure of the final product. A high (%) colony count measure in Ogawa medium and average survival of 50.4% (Heat stability over the time). Additional values as (0.75 – 0.95 %) were obtained for the ranks of dispersion using Zieln Nielsen and the Dubos Methods. The integrity/vitality oscillated from 67.8 to 68.5 (%) measured by oxygen consumption, the residual humidity indicators from 73 to 74 (%)[BBS] and the accepts organoleptic properties designed all aftermaths concern the in vitro assays required by World Health Organization (WHO) standards for BCG intra-Vesical final product. A freeze-dried “Onco BCG Moreau - Finlay” formulation was successfully produced and has many “in vitro and in vivo test” practical and theoretical advantages when it compared to the current liquid preparation, such as the best preserving BCG biological properties and reducing the dose of product required for treatment.

This paper deals with on recovery of values from one of the operating mineral separation plant tailings which contain 2.9% heavy minerals. An attempt is made in the present investigation to recover total heavy minerals using spiral concentrator from this feed. The results of the investigation reveal that 12 stages of spiral concentrator are essential to recover a concentrate of 90.3% grade with 1.95% yield and 99% recovery. The feed sample contains 2.1% sillimanite which has been enriched to 72.8% by weight. Thus, it is recommended to use spiral concentrator to recover total heavy minerals by which this waste material (plant tailings) is a wealth to the industrialist as well as an opportunity to the local entrepreneurs to set up a mobile commercial minerals’ separation plant.

Objective Early EEG contains reliable information for outcome prediction of comatose patients after cardiac arrest. We introduce dynamic functional connectivity measures and estimate additional predictive values. Methods We performed a prospective multicenter cohort study on continuous EEG for outcome prediction of comatose patients after cardiac arrest. We calculated Link Rates (LR) and Link Durations (LD) in the α, δ, and θ band, based on similarity of instantaneous frequencies in five-minute EEG epochs, hourly, during 3 days after cardiac arrest. We studied associations of LR and LD with good (Cerebral Performance Category (CPC) 1–2) or poor outcome (CPC 3–5) with univariate analyses. With random forest classification, we established EEG-based predictive models. We used receiver operating characteristics to estimate additional values of dynamic connectivity measures for outcome prediction. Results Of 683 patients, 369 (54%) had poor outcome. Patients with poor outcome had significantly lower LR and longer LD, with largest differences 12 h after cardiac arrest (LRθ 1.87 vs. 1.95 Hz and LDα 91 vs. 82 ms). Adding these measures to a model with classical EEG features increased sensitivity for reliable prediction of poor outcome from 34% to 38% at 12 h after cardiac arrest. Conclusion Poor outcome is associated with lower dynamics of connectivity after cardiac arrest. Significance Dynamic functional connectivity analysis may improve EEG based outcome prediction.

Developmental influences of growth, such as hormones and metabolic factors, increase food intake and weight across the lifespan. Delay discounting (DD), a choice procedure that characterizes preferences for immediate rewards, such as food, over larger, more delayed ones may be useful in understanding developmental and metabolic changes in decision making processes related to food intake. The present study examined the relation between age and food DD in a cross-sectional design. Other variables, such as pubertal stage, were examined also as these may influence discounting. Participants (N = 114; 28 children and 86 adult) from a community sample completed measures of food and money delay discounting to determine if age-related variation in discounting tendencies is food-specific or more general. Both measures yield an omnibus discounting value and three additional values for small, medium, and large magnitudes. Analyses first revealed magnitude effects-- smaller magnitudes of both food and money were discounted more steeply than larger magnitudes. Hierarchical regressions indicated subjective hunger predicted steeper food discounting. When subjective hunger was controlled, age, but not puberty, significantly predicted food discounting for omnibus, medium, and large magnitudes of food. In children, food discounting decreased from early childhood to late adolescence. In adults, food discounting increased from early to late adulthood. Neither age, puberty, nor obesity status predicted any measure of monetary discounting. Food discounting, then, appears to change across the lifespan, and therefore, may be appropriate to examine psychological processes that accompany developmental and metabolic changes across the lifespan.

The Podrinje-Valjevo Mountains (located in Western Serbia) constitute the longest mountain range in Serbia and possess numerous and diverse geo-heritage sites. In prior research, this region has been poorly investigated in terms of evaluating its geo-sites for geo-tourism potential. The aim of this paper is to evaluate and compare protected geo-sites in the Podrinje-Valjevo Mountains in order to determine their current state and potential for future geo-tourism development. This is done by applying the modified geo-site assessment model (M-GAM). Eight geo-sites were analysed and evaluated: Kovacevica Cave, Tresnjica Gorge, Taor Springs, Gradac Gorge, Crna River Gorge, Petnica Cave, Ribnica Gorge, and Ribnica Cave. The research results show the analysed geo-sites possess substantial geo-tourism development potential for making the Podrinje-Valjevo Mountains a geo-tourism destination. However, there is a lot of room for improvement of additional values such as promotion, tourist infrastructure, visitor centres, tour guide services, and interpretative panels. The results also show that there are certain differences between the evaluation of hydrological and speleological geo-sites within a region. Therefore, in order to comparatively analyse with maximum relevance, it is proposed to use the model to evaluate the same type of geo-sites.

Deep-seated landslides are considered geomorphologic risk phenomena, but highly stable over time. The people perceived them differently, associating their shape with various legends. Their low vulnerability degree led to their complex valorisation. This ranged from their location in built-up spaces (households, religious infrastructures, etc.) to a varied economic usage (agriculture, logging, tourism). The scope of this study consists in assessing the deep-seated landslides as geomorphosites. This assessment is conducted by calculating their functional and additional values and the impact of their use in the field. The methodology involved 3 stages: inventory of some representative deep-seated landslides areas in Romania and the Republic of Moldova; assessment of 13 deep-seated landslides sites, perceived as case study; and their ranking, depending on the integration of the values achieved individually for each subcriterion. The research outcomes have confirmed the presence of a significant number of deep-seated landslides in the Carpato-Danubiano-Pontic space (especially in the Transylvanian Depression and in the Moldavian Plateau). The research also revealed the possibility to catalogue these landslides as geomorphosites and the high anthropic usage degree owed first of all to the good stability of the landforms.

Objectives This study sought to compare the diagnostic accuracy of coronary computed tomography angiography (cCTA) with that of cCTA+fractional flow reserve derived from cCTA datasets (FFRCT) and that of cCTA+static stress-computed tomography perfusion (stress-CTP) in detecting functionally significant coronary artery lesions using invasive coronary angiography (ICA) plus invasive FFR as the reference standard. Background FFRCT and static stress-CTP are new techniques that combine anatomy and functional evaluation to improve assessment of coronary artery disease (CAD) using cCTA. Methods A total of 147 consecutive symptomatic patients scheduled for clinically indicated ICA+invasive FFR were evaluated with cCTA, FFRCT, and stress-CTP. Results Vessel-based and patient-based sensitivity, specificity, and negative predictive values, and positive predictive values, and accuracy rates of cCTA were 99%, 76%, 100%, 61%, 82%, and 95%, 54%, 94%, 63%, 73%, respectively. cCTA+FFRCT showed vessel-based and patient-based sensitivity, specificity, and negative predictive values, and positive predictive values and accuracy rates of 88%, 94%, 95%, 84%, 92%, and 90%, 85%, 92%, 83%, 87%, respectively. Finally, cCTA+stress-CTP showed vessel-based and patient-based sensitivity, specificity, and negative predictive values, and positive predictive values and accuracy rates of 92%, 95%, 97%, 87%, 94% and 98%, 87%, 99%, 86%, 92%, respectively. Both FFRCT and stress-CTP significantly improved specificity and positive predictive values compared to those of cCTA alone. The area under the curve to detect flow-limiting stenoses of cCTA, cCTA+FFRCT, and cCTA+CTP were 0.89, 0.93, 0.92, and 0.90, 0.94, and 0.93 in a vessel-based and patient-based model, respectively, with significant additional values for both cCTA+FFRCT and cCTA+CTP versus cCTA alone (p Conclusions FFRCT and stress-CTP in addition to cCTA are valid and comparable tools to evaluate the functional relevance of CAD.

Many species use stored energy to hibernate through periods of resource limitation. Hibernation, a physiological state characterized by depressed metabolism and body temperature, is critical to winter survival and reproduction, and therefore has been extensively quantified and modeled. Hibernation consists of alternating phases of extended periods of torpor (low body temperature, low metabolic rate), and energetically costly periodic arousals to normal body temperature. Arousals consist of multiple phases: warming, euthermia, and cooling. Warming and euthermic costs are regularly included in energetic models, but although cooling to torpid body temperature is an important phase of the torpor-arousal cycle, it is often overlooked in energetic models. When included, cooling cost is assumed to be 67% of warming cost, an assumption originally derived from a single study that measured cooling cost in ground squirrels. Since this study, the same proportional value has been assumed across a variety of hibernating species. However, no additional values have been derived. We derived a model of cooling cost from first principles and validated the model with empirical energetic measurements. We compared the assumed 67% proportional cooling cost with our model-predicted cooling cost for 53 hibernating mammals. Our results indicate that using 67% of warming cost only adequately represents cooling cost in ground squirrel-sized mammals. In smaller species, this value overestimates cooling cost and in larger species, the value underestimates cooling cost. Our model allows for the generalization of energetic costs for multiple species using species-specific physiological and morphometric parameters, and for predictions over variable environmental conditions.

Additive Manufacturing (AM) is currently a frequently discussed topic in the industry, with promising benefits for the development and manufacturing of high-value products. This paper aims to investigate and structure the application purposes of additive manufacturing, especially Laser-based Powder Bed Fusion (LPBF), showing the benefits of and additional values created by the technology. Therefore a concept of “Enablers and Objectives” linked to the use of AM is developed. Based on this concept, 128 use cases from industry applications are investigated. The main finding is the relevance of AM benefits in industry applications. Currently there are two main application purposes of the AM technology: The improvement of a part’s performance and a simplified manufacturing process.

Serbia is a country rich in geoheritage with eighty geomorphological sites now under protection. Although a canyon, the site of Devil’s Town is a unique geomorphological site in Serbia and deserves special attention. The geotouristic values of Devil's Town were assessed based on the analysis of its present state and comparison with three similar and nearby geosites on the Balkan Pennisula (the Sand Pyramids in Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Stob and Melnik Earth pyramids in Bulgaria). The assessment was performed using a ‘modified geosite assessment model’ (M-GAM), which includes estimation of the main indicators and sub-indicators. Devil's Town has an average level of major and additional values. Indicators show that this geosite has great tourist, scientific and aesthetic value, as well as enough space for improving the ecological and functional values, as a basis for the development of tourism. Devil's Town displays a higher touristic value than the Sand pyramids and slightly lower than the Stob pyramids. However, in comparison with the Melnik Earth pyramids in Bulgaria, its touristic value is significantly lower. This study could serve as a guide for managing development strategies concerning decision-making and engagement in tourism of the analysed geosite, addressing the needs of modern tourists.

In this paper, we present an approach to increase the robustness of the sensors' readings. It is quite troublesome to get noises as IoT sensors need to be installed outdoor. As the problems have to be addressed properly, we decide on implementing Kalman Filter to reduce the noises. Based on the experiments, Kalman Filter serves better sensors' readings. It can reduce the errors due to noises up to 66.49 percents. Therefore, the implementation of Kalman Filter will bring additional values to precision agriculture.

In sprawling urban areas, geoheritage is suppressed into limited niches. Potential geosites are highly vulnerable and could disappear completely during construction, or their integrity could be irreversibly modified. Here, we create an inventory of urban geoheritage for Clermont-Ferrand in France, recording more than 50 sites using the French national workflow. The results of the quantitative assessment have been used to differentiate between geosites (high scientific value) and geodiversity sites (limited scientific significance, important additional values). Finally, we discuss some important considerations on urban geoconservation, such as geotouristic itineraries or customized management strategies for each site and the whole city.

A very natural and philosophically important subclassical logic is FDE (for first-degree entailment). This account of logical consequence can be seen as going beyond the standard two-valued account (of “just true” and “just false”) to a four-valued account (adding the additional values of “both true and false” and “neither true nor false”). A natural question arises: What account of logical consequence arises from considering further (positive) combinations of such values? A partial answer was given by Priest in 2014; Shramko and Wansing had also given a partial result some years earlier, although in a different (more algebraic) context. In this note we generalize Priest’s (and indirectly Shramko and Wansing’s) result to show that even if one considers ordinal-many (positive) combinations of the previous values, for any ordinal, the resulting consequence relation (the resulting logic) remains FDE.

With the increasing requirement of environmental protection, the treatment of red mud has become a more and more important issue. Depending on the various iron contents, red mud can be divided into low-iron red mud and high-iron red mud. This paper reviews the comprehensive utilization of high-iron red mud of China. In particular, this paper reviews the methods for iron recovery from red mud: physical recovery, hydrometallurgical recovery and pyrometallurgical recovery. This paper then introduces a new technique proposed by Northeastern University of China which can achieve high iron recovery and additional values from the molten slag. It is much preferred over the current methods. This method eliminates the pelletizing and sintering processes in blast furnace ironmaking shortening the technological process and saves energy greatly. The information should help to improve the future large-scale, high-value and zero waste utilization of red mud.

A semi-local smoothing spline of degree n and class Cp is a function defined on an interval, having p continuous derivatives on that interval, and coinciding with a polynomial of degree n on the subintervals forming its partition. The domain of each polynomial is a subinterval on which m + 1 values of the approximated function are given, but in order to construct the polynomial, it is necessary to know M ≥ m + 1 values (m and M are determined by the class and the degree of the spline). The additional values can be borrowed from the adjacent subintervals. When constructing an S-spline in the periodic case, the problem of additional values is solved on the basis of periodicity, but in the nonperiodic case, one is expected to define the lacking values of a function beyond the domain. The present paper is aimed at nonperiodic two-sided S-splines whose construction does not require additional data.

The aim of this systematic review was to describe the characteristics of prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA)-targeting PET and their clinical applications in prostate cancer patients. There have been major strides in the design, synthesis of PSMA-targeting PET tracers over the past several years. PSMA-targeting PET tracers can be categorized, according to positron emitters and targeting strategies for the PSMA. The majority of PSMA PET studies has been focused on patients with biochemical recurrence, but additional values of PSMA PET have also been investigated for use in primary staging, treatment planning, response evaluation, and PSMA radioligand therapy. PSMA PET is expected to bring improvements in the management of patients, but the impact of improved diagnosis by PSMA on overall survival remains unanswered. Many challenges still await PSMA PET to expedite the use in the clinical practice. At this early stage, prospective multicenter trials are needed to validate the effectiveness and usefulness of PSMA PET.

Nanoclays are among the more important industrial minerals. They are inexpensive, widely available in nature, and environment friendly. Nano kaolin (NK) is used to impart additional values of viscose fabrics. The mentioned fabrics were treated with different concentrations of NK using pad-dry cure technique. The surface morphology and surface chemical elements of treated as well as untreated fabrics were investigated using scanning electron microscopy and dispersive X-ray spectroscopy, respectively. Tensile strength and elongation, thickness, bending length, moisture regain and antimicrobial activity of the treated fabrics were evaluated. New colouring material (Thiazolidin), direct and reactive dyes were used for dyeing the treated and untreated fabrics. K/S and washing fastness of the dyed fabrics were assessed and statistically compared using t test. The effect of treatment and dying on performance properties of garments were evaluated by calculating quality factor for each fabric.

ملخص البحث هناک بعض الفنون التى يمکن استخدامه فى عمل تصميمات مبتکرة من الطبيعة وتنفيذها باستخدام فى تشکيل مکملات الزى المختلفه ذلک الفن النابع من الطبيعة الذى يعرف بفن الاوريجامى وهو فن طى الورق ,ونجد انه عند الجمع بين فن الاوريجامى واستخدامه فى مکملات الملابس واستخدامه فى مکملات الملابس وإستخدام ذلک الفن بخامه أشبه للورق فى خصائصه تلک الخامه هى الجلود وذلک لتعطى نفس تاثير الورق عند تشکيله فى فن الاوريجامى ولذلک يهدف البحث الى :- - إنتاج تأثيرات جمالية من استخدام فن الأوريجامى بإستخدام الخامات المختلفه على ملابس السيدات ومکملاتها. - يمکن الحصول على قيم إضافية بالجمع بين فن الأوريجامى وخامه الجلد على ملابس السيدات ومکملاتها. - ابتکار تصميمات جديدة لملابس السيدات ومکملاتها تعتمد فى جوهرها على استخدام فن الأوريجامى وتنفيذ الوحدات بخامات مختلفه - إثراء القيم الجمالية لملابس السيدات ومکملاتها. - إبراز تأثير فن الأوريجامى وتوظيفه وما يضيفه على الملابس من قيم جمالية وفنية. Summary There are some arts that can be used to make innovative designs of nature and to implement them using the composition of the various decorative supplements that originate from nature, which is known as the art of origami, art of paper folding. When combining the art of origami and its use in clothing supplements and its use in clothing supplements, The art is very similar to the paper in its characteristics. The raw materials are leather, so as to give the same effect of paper when it is formed in the art of origami. - Production of aesthetic effects using the art of origami using different materials on women's clothing and accessories. - Additional values ​​can be obtained by combining the art of origami and heavy skin on women's clothing and accessories. - The creation of new designs for women's clothing and accessories, which in essence depends on the use of the art of origami and the implementation of units with different materials - To enrich the aesthetic values ​​of women's clothing and supplements. - To highlight the impact of the art of the origami and its employment and what it adds to clothing of aesthetic and artistic values.

An extension of the concept of the guillotine layout function has been proposed for solving the problem of rectangular orthogonal packing; this extension is a function that assigns a triple of values to the sheet width. In addition to the standard effect for the guillotine layout function (the sheet with a given width has a minimum length), which is sufficient to arrange a given set of rectangles in a guillotine manner, two additional values have been used. They describe the method of cutting this sheet to uniquely form a guillotine cutting card and a guillotine layout card of the set of rectangles. These data involve the characteristics of the first cut of the sheet as well as the partition of the set of rectangles corresponding to the cut into two subsets, which is uniquely determined by the number of one of these subsets. The description of the first cut is modeled by a single numerical value that reflects both the size of the offset from the lower-left corner of the sheet and the orientation of the cut: a cut is required along or transverse of the sheet. It has been shown that this information is sufficient for the recovery of the guillotine cutting card and the guillotine layout card for a set of rectangles. Modifications of the algorithms for calculating the sum of two right-semicontinuous monotonically nonincreasing step functions with a finite number of steps and the minimum of two functions of this type have been proposed to determine additional information about the first cut and calculate the extension of the guillotine layout function. Also, an algorithm for the formation of a guillotine cutting card and a guillotine layout card for rectangles has been proposed that uses the calculated extensions of guillotine layout functions for all subsets of the required set of rectangles.

Research on the values of fish populations and fisheries has primarily focused on bio-economic aspects; a more nuanced and multidimensional perspective is mostly neglected. Although a range of social aspects is increasingly being considered in fisheries research, there is still no clear understanding as to how to include these additional values within management policies nor is there a cogent appreciation of the major knowledge gaps that should be tackled by future research. This paper results from a workshop held during the 50th anniversary symposium of the Fisheries Society of the British Isles at the University of Exeter, UK, in July 2017. Here, we aim to highlight the current knowledge gaps on the values of fish populations and fisheries thus directing future research. To this end, we present eight questions that are deeply relevant to understanding the values of fish populations and fisheries. These can be applied to all habitats and fisheries, including freshwater, estuarine and marine.

A search of the published chemical and engineering literature found enthalpy of solution data for an additional 104 and 49 organic compounds dissolved in benzene and acetonitrile, respectively. Standard thermodynamic relationships were used to convert the experimental enthalpy of solution data, ΔHsolv, to enthalpies of solvation, ΔHsolv. Updated Abraham model correlations were derived for describing gas-to-benzene and gas-to-acetonitrile enthalpies of solvation by combining the 104 and 49 additional values to existing benzene and acetonitrile ΔHsolv databases. The updated Abraham model correlations for benzene and acetonitrile described the observed ΔHsolv values to within overall standard deviations of less than 3.4 kJ mol−1.

Examining the correlation between agricultural exports and economic growth, a study was carried out in Ghana at the disaggregate level using the Autoregressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) model with yearly time series data spanning from 1990Q1-2011Q4 to advise policy makers on the dynamics of growth. Both the long-run and the short-run results reveal that, cocoa export has a positive and significant impact on economic growth whiles the export of pineapple and banana has negative effect on economic growth even though pineapple export is not significant in both long run and short run. In addition, the study found unidirectional causality running from banana to economic growth, a bi-directional causal relationship between cocoa export and economic growth and no causality between economic development and pineapple export in Ghana. As a result, the study recommends that the performance of Ghana Export Promotion Authority and Ghana Free Zones Board should be made public in other to grab the awareness of foreign investors, and by so doing, it would provide access to global markets to Ghanaian exporters. There is also the need for the government of Ghana to bring into force structural changes which will ensure that additional values are added to them hither to their exportation.

This paper is focused on the problem of the reactive non-gravitational effects change in the cometary motion caused by the comet’s activity fading. The modern researches have been reviewed. The necessity of a new model compatible with Marsden’s model of non-gravitational forces is shown. Modifications of Marsden’s model for the cases in which the main factors of the parameters change are the deposition of the significant non-volatile mass and the growth of the superficial crust are developed. They contain besides the usual Marsden’s parameters two and three additional values correspondingly. The developed equations have been used to explain the known change of Marsden’s non-gravitational parameters for the comet Encke during 225 years of its observational interval. Although the model with significant non-volatile mass contains less free values, it explains the characteristic features of the comet’s non-gravitational parameters behavior better. The model can be further applied for the comet’s observed astrometric positions fitting.

During fingerprint comparisons, a latent print examiner visually compares two impressions to determine whether or not they originated from the same source. They consider the amount of perceived detail in agreement or disagreement and accumulate evidence toward same source and different sources propositions. This evidence is then mapped to one of three conclusions: Identification, Inconclusive, or Exclusion. A limitation of this 3-conclusion scale is it can lose information when translating the conclusion from the internal strength-of-evidence value to one of only three possible conclusions. An alternative scale with two additional values, support for different sources and support for common sources, has been proposed by the Friction Ridge Subcommittee of OSAC. The expanded scale could lead to more investigative leads but could produce complex trade-offs in both correct and erroneous identifications. The aim of the present study was to determine the consequences of a shift to expanded conclusion scales in latent print comparisons. Latent print examiners each completed 60 comparisons using one of the two scales, and the resulting data were modeled using signal detection theory to measure whether the expanded scale changed the threshold for an "Identification" conclusion. When using the expanded scale, examiners became more risk-averse when making "Identification" decisions and tended to transition both the weaker Identification and stronger Inconclusive responses to the "Support for Common Source" statement. The results demonstrate the utility of an expanded conclusion scale and also provide guidance for the adoption of these or similar scales.

The core value of finance is to provide "services" which is provide decision-making information to middle and senior leaders of the company, provide financial support and business management to business departments, provide specified statements to government regulators and provide financial reports to stakeholders, etc. Therefore, improving service quality, service efficiency and service satisfaction are the core elements of establishing financial Shared service center. This paper expounds the core idea and several construction modes of Financial Shared Service Center (FSSC), and analyzes and studies the problems, additional values and existing difficulties of FSSC.

This article deals with the use of geographic information systems in the field of tourism development, through the inventory of geological, geomorphological and geological sites, in Ait Bockmaz at the Great Atlas. The study was based on a quantitative scientific evaluation of the various sites, based on the method of the University Geological Institute of Lausanne, Switzerland 2007.The study builds on the assessment of scientific standards and the set of additional values ​​to monitor the importance of these sites in geo-political and geo-economic development,thus,The importance of this study is also reflected in the crystallization of a new thought which is the integration of land resources and the achievement of sustainable local development, also it is based on the technological information systems such as geology in defaming the mountain heritage in various components and introducing it locally, domestically and internationally, In the development horizon of tourism in general and geological tourism, geomorphic, and geological in particular. The study found nearly 14 inventory locations, additional scientific values and geo-touristic that vary from one location to another, the study was also keen to suggest some forms of the region's tourist valorization through a comprehensive tour round our dependence on GIS software.

The principal aim of this paper is to establish a Cultural Route Evaluation Model (CREM) to better assess the importance of cultural routes for tourism development taking into account both heritage values and economic impacts. This model is applied to ‘The trail of the Roman Emperors’ in Serbia. This application is based on two groups of values — the ‘main values’ namely scientific, route-specific, economic, and protection and conservation Values, and secondly additional values. It is found that not all values contribute equally to the final assessment score, but the CREM model and the related matrix visually highlight current and potential values of the trail, thereby permitting management to devise policies that would enable the trail to better achieve its purposes.

The present paper provides the first comprehensive analysis of Jbel Amsittene's geoheritage based on quantitative and qualitative assessment of its geological and geomorphological sites, in order to promote their values and their geoconservation. Based on the analysis of twenty-two geosites, the methodology of central and additional values was adopted and adapted to match the regional and geological context of Morocco. Thus, the scientific and additional values were considered as main criteria for the assessment of the geosites. We used this methodology based on the identification and assessment of values related to geomorphological features , to survey all the geological components of the area and we adopted the term “Geosite” instead of “Geomorphosite”. Collected data from literature, field work , and values' assessment were stored and managed in a geodatabase. The output results are illustrated in tables and synthetic maps, which show that the study area has a very high scientific value and a very significant educational and touristic potential. Accordingly, protection and promotion propositions through geoeducation and geotourism are presented. This inventory is an important issue for the worldwide researchers working on geoheritage to take in consideration the local and regional context in the geosite classification and assessment, as well as a decision-making tool for local and regional authorities to promote rural socio-economic development through geoheritage linked activities such as geoeducation and geotourism.

Tata kelola teknologi informasi saat ini dibutuhkan untuk mengatur semua faktor dan dimensi yang berhubungan dengan penggunaan teknologi informasi mejadi bersinergi dan bisa memberikan nilai tambah yang diharapkan bagi sebuah instansi. Dinas Kependudukan dan Pencatatan Sipil di Tanggamus, Lampung misalnya, pada penerapan teknologi informasi terkadang ditemukan data penduduk yang tidak sinkron. Sehingga penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengevaluasi tata kelola teknologi informasi pada Dinas Kependudukan dan Pencatatan Sipil Tanggamus, Lampung. Metode yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah audit operasional dengan Framework COBIT 5. Framework COBIT 5 digunakan karena dapat membantu sebuah instansi dalam merealisasikan tata kelola teknologi informasi yang baik. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa tata kelola teknologi informasi pada Dinas Kependudukan dan Pencatatan Sipil dikategorikan pada level 4 yaitu manage and measurable, yang berarti bahwa proses bisnis sudah dimonitor dan diukur dengan baik. .

Ly Son district includes two off-shore volcanic islands: Ly Son Island (Re Isle) and Little Island (Bo Bai Isle), located in the eastern part of Quang Ngai Province, central Vietnam. It covers approximately 9.97 km2 of land. Ly Son and the surrounding area will be applying to become a UNESCO Global Geopark. The island district is a product of volcanic activity that creates a wide variety of geomorphology forms: modern marine deposition, marine sediment, basalt flow and volcanic eruptions, and other geo-features. As a result of the geosite inventory, together with the assessment of scientific value and additional values (ecology, culture/history, economics, aesthetics), this study was conducted to propose a wide range of geo-products for Ly Son Geopark. The suggested products include: tourist center; scientific interpretation services such as introduction, providing explanations of scientific values of Ly Son Geopark; geo-trails, geo-roads, and geo-adventures; as well as local products. Geo-products will definitely contribute to support local economic development, appealing to tourists and effectively enhancing Earth Sciences education and conservation.

In university/industry collaborative projects, full project value is often overlooked and such projects can be viewed simply as contributing to student employability agendas. Initially, collaborators tend to place value solely on the projects’ created outputs. This paper reveals how strategic value evolves during such projects and identifies frame creation as a means of highlighting additional values in design-led innovation projects. Identifying ‘value-frames’ allows the academic team to be more purposeful in aligning project focus to partner objectives, thereby increasing impact potential.

Due to the renewed interest for sites of geological interest, both in nature conservation and tourist sectors, numerous regional and national geosite inventories have been carried out in several countries during the last two decades. Several research groups discussed methodological issues, in particular concerning the assessment, and proposed various assessment methods. The University of Lausanne developed a method for assessing the scientific and additional values of geomorphosites in 2007. The method was widely used in regional inventories in Switzerland and abroad. This paper presents a new version of the method and discusses four main issues: (1) the assessment methodology is included in a larger process, from the selection of potential geomorphosites to their use and evaluation by stakeholders; (2) a particular attention is put on the selection of potential geomorphosites that will then be assessed and a simple approach crossing a spatial selection (the selected geomorphosites should be representative of the regional geomorphological processes) and a temporal one (the selected geomorphosites should cover the whole temporal stages of the regional morphogenesis, with both relict and active landforms) is proposed; (3) a new part is added in the assessment method; it concerns the use characteristics and fills a gap in the existing method; (4) finally, the paper discusses mapping and representation issues: specific maps are produced at two levels: simple geomorphological maps accompany the assessment of each geomorphosite and synthetic maps, covering the whole study area, are produced for the communication of results to stakeholders. For this, four types of representation (qualitative, univariate, bivariate, multivariate) are proposed. The method is illustrated by three examples of inventories carried out in Western Switzerland and Haute-Savoie (France).

Researchers have highlighted the importance of the nonprofit sector, its continued growth, and a relative lack of literature particularly related to nonprofit organizational values. Therefore, this study investigates organizational culture in a human services nonprofit organization. The relationship between person-organization value congruence and employee and volunteer job-related attitudes is examined (N = 227). Following initial qualitative enquiry, confirmatory factor analyses of the Competing Values Framework and additional values revealed five dimensions of organizational values. The relationship between value congruence, and employee and volunteers' job-related attitudes was examined using polynomial regression techniques. Analyses revealed that for employees, job-related attitudes were influenced strongly by organization values ratings, particularly when exceeding person ratings of the same values. For volunteers, person value ratings exceeding organization value ratings were especially detrimental to their job-related attitudes. Findings are discussed in terms of their theoretical and practical implications.

Under competitive environments, supply chain enterprises seek to upstream and downstream firms to collaborate and co-create additional values. This study seeks to identify the process and the mechanism of value co-creation and to realise relational value. From a sample of 110 supplier and client relationships, we empirically examine how the value co-creation process works. Our model identifies bilateral idiosyncratic investment and resource interdependence as two important steps in the value co-creation process as well as verifies the effects of value co-creation on partnership quality. The implications and limitations of the research are presented, and suggestions for future research on inter-firm value co-creation research are provided.

This paper presents a method of fusion of identification (attribute) information provided by ELINT – ESM sensors (Electronic Intelligence – Electronic Support Measures). In the first section the basic taxonomy of attribute identification in accordance with the standards of STANAG 1241 ed. 5 and STANAG 1241 ed. 6 (draft) is adopted. These standards provide the following basic values of the attributes of identification: FRIEND, HOSTILE, NEUTRAL, UNKNOWN and additional values: ASSUMED FRIEND and SUSPECT. The last values can be interpreted as a conjunction of basic values.

Klagenfurt 1728: Unter Karl VI., der vor allem den Ausbau des Verkehrswegs ��ber den Loibl forcierte, begann die Industrialisierung der Stadt. Montan- sowie Industrieadel ��bernahmen die Funktion und Stellung des Grundbesitzadels, wodurch im umliegenden Stadtgebiet verschiedene Fertigungsh��user entstanden, die eine Vorreiterrolle in der Monarchie innehatten. 1759 gr��ndete Michael Ritter von Herbert die erste Bleiwei��fabrik von ��sterreich, die 1965 abgetragen wurde. 1762 entsandte Kaiserin Maria Theresia den Niederl��nder Jan Thys nach Klagenfurt, um hier die erste Feintuchfabrik in ��sterreich zu errichten, nach Verkauf durch das ��sterreichische Milit��r wurden Teile der Fabrik im Jahr 2010 destruiert. 1788 erwarb die Familie Moro das von Joseph II. aufgelassene Zisterzienserkloster und baute dieses zur Feintuchfabrik um, Umnutzung zum Schulgeb��ude erfolgte 1976. 1865 wurde die Spirituosenfabrik von Sigmund Fischl und Co. gegr��ndet, sp��ter auch bekannt als Mautner Markhof Spirituosenfabrik. Nach dem Leerstand erfolgte 2013 die Demontage der gesamten Anlage. Dies sind nur einige Bauwerke der industriellen Kultur Klagenfurts, die in den letzten Jahren sowie Jahrzehnten der Zerst��rung zum Opfer gefallen sind. Eine Ver��nderung der gesamten industriellen Ausstattung Klagenfurts ist zunehmend erkennbar. Ein Ende dieser Zerst��rung und somit Vernichtung der industriellen Kultur Klagenfurts ist nicht in Aussicht und aus heutiger Sicht muss man von weiteren Demontagen ausgehen. Diese Arbeit besch��ftigt sich mit einer nachhaltigen Umnutzung des industriellen Bestands in Klagenfurt. Ziel ist die Vorteile des Erhalts der Bauten sowie m��gliche Synergien aufzuz��hlen und darzustellen. Mithilfe der vorangegangenen Analyse sollte somit ein real umsetzungsf��higes Projekt entstehen, welches den historischen Bestand schonen und den zuk��nftigen Nutzern dennoch eine qualitativ hochwertige Architektur bieten soll., Klagenfurt 1728: Under the power of Karl VI, who pushed the development of the road across the Loibl, the city industrialization began. The money nobility and the industrial nobility took over the position of the land nobility. Across the city their newly formed production facilities which were pioneers in the industrial ranges of the monarchy. In 1759, Michael Ritter of Herbert founded the first basic lead carbonate fabric of Austria, demolition 1965. 1762 Empress Maria Theresia sent the Dutchman Jan Thys to Klagenfurt to found the first K u. K. fine-cloth factory, demolition 2010. 1788 the Moro family acquired the cistercian monastery and converted it to a fine-cloth factory, conversion to a school in 1976. The Sigmund Fischl and Co. Spirits factory was founded in 1865, later also known as the Mautner Markhof spirits factory, demolition 2013. As it can be seen in the data, many preserved buildings fell victim to the demolition An End of destruction of the industrial heritage is not in sight. For this reason, this work deals with the sustainable conversion of the industrial culture of Klagenfurt. With the help of the previous analysis, a real project which is to be implemented to the old building, should preserve the historical structure and should nevertheless provide a high quality of architecture to their inhabitants.

Services for self-designing, or adaptive customization services, have become dominant in virtual marketplaces and are believed to create additional values both for the company as well as for the customer. While most research focused on the value from the services’ outputs , this research attempts to address the customer-perceived value deriving from the process of the services, and focuses on the self-fulfillment effect of the involved mental processing. An online survey was administered with 313 U.S. shoppers. In the results, participants using adaptive customization services reported higher self-fulfillment perceptions, than did those not using the services. Furthermore, both the self-fulfillment perceptions (i.e., autonomy and competence) significantly increased perceived design utility. The results suggest that the process of adaptive customization services should be strategically managed to improve the customers’ positive mental states that subsequently improve the perceived value of the output designs. Implications and suggestions for future studies are dsicussed.

This paper is based on one of the topics in a dissertation “Capital Social, State and Market in Fisherman Communities in Small Islands (a Case Study in Barrang Lompo Island Makassar-South Sulawesi Province)”. The research was conducted approximately in one year and specific for this paper, the research lasted for six months. Data were collected through in-depth interview and limited observation on twelve informants selected through snowball sampling. Data then were analyzed qualitatively to explain research’s data and facts. Research result shows that market penetration through the rapid flow of incoming goods, services and people to the island and commercialization of marine products in fisherman communities in small islands for the last ten years has diminished the values prevailed in and obeyed by the communities. On the other side, however, it has created additional values in the communities, whereas some other values have shifted to new forms. Key words: The impact, social capital changes, fisherman communities, market penetration, commercialization, local community and trust.

The estimation of soil erosion in Taiwan and many countries of the world is based on the widely used universal soil loss equation (USLE), which includes the factor of soil erodibility (K-factor). In Taiwan, K-factor values are referenced from past research compiled in the Taiwan Soil and Water Conservation Manual, but there is limited data for the downstream area of the Shihmen reservoir watershed. The designated K-factor from the manual cannot be directly applied to large-scale regional levels and also cannot distinguish and clarify the difference of soil erosion between small field plots or subdivisions. In view of the above, this study establishes additional values of K-factor by utilizing the double rings infiltration test and measures of soil physical&ndash, chemical properties and increases the spatial resolution of K-factor map for Shihmen reservoir watershed. Furthermore, the established values of K-factors were validated with the designated value set at Fuxing Sanmin from the manual for verifying the correctness of estimates. It is found that the comparative results agree well with established estimates within an allowable error range. Thus, the K-factors established by this study update the previous K-factor system and can be spatially estimated for any area of interest within the Shihmen reservoir watershed and improving upon past limitations.

To improve information provision about fertility preservation for breast cancer patients in the Netherlands, a web-based Decision Aid (DA) with additional values clarification exercise was developed according to the International Patient Decision Aid Standards criteria. This study reports on development of the DA.Development consisted of four stages: (I) development of a draft DA, (II) acceptability of the draft DA to patients, (III) understanding (knowledge) in healthy populations, (IV) acceptability of the revised DA among patients and physicians. The study population consisted of 185 participants: 20 patients, 17 physicians and 148 healthy volunteers.The draft DA was considered to be relevant and understandable by patients, physicians and healthy volunteers. The values clarification exercise needed adaptation in explanation and navigation, which was done after stage II. Knowledge scores improved by 18% for lower educated women (from 4.1 (41%) to 5.9 (59%) correct answers), and by 34% for higher educated women after viewing the website (from 3.9 (39%) to 7.3 (73%) correct answers). Design of the DA was evaluated to be clear, but not always very appealing.The DA was regarded as a relevant source of information that seemed coherent and understandable.

Geosites in Ha Tien - Kien Luong are classified into different categories of stratigraphy (Paleozoic, Mesozoic, Kainozoic); tectonics and geomorphology (coast, karst, landscape). Values of geosites are estimated by marks (in range from 0 to 1) for each criterion of two value sets: 1) The scientific value (integrity representativeness, rareness, paleogeographic value and complexity); and 2) The additional value (ecological, aesthetic, cultural and economic value). The study showed that geosites with high scientific value are Minh Hoa, Bai Nam (Hon Nghe island), Thach Dong, Hon Chong. Some of karstic geosites have high cultural value as Thach Dong, Da Dung, Hang Tien, Chua Hang, Mo So. The dominant value for aesthetics belongs to geosites of Hon Nghe, Mui Nai, Hon Chong. Phu My plain is attracted by ecological value and Mui Hon Trem has high mark of economic value. Two maps were created for displaying geosites of the study area. The first one represents “scientific values” of geosites. The second map represents the scientific and the dominantly additional values by proportional circles.

Vegetable oil-based shape-memory polyurethane networks are an emerging class of bio-based functional materials with great potential applications. In this study, a series of different structural soybean oil polyols were synthesized, and utilized to fabricate polyurethane networks by reacting with 1,6-diisocyanatohexane. The soybean oil-based polyurethanes (SOPUs) were characterized with differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), dynamic mechanical tests (DMA), tensile testing, shape-memory testing, and atomic force microscopy (AFM). It was found that SOPUs with a preserved triglyceride structure were fixed in a temporary shape at −20 °C, while others were fixed in temporary shapes at 4 °C. Although the recovery speeds were different, all the samples could completely regain their permanent shapes at 37 °C (human body temperature). Furthermore, different SOPUs exhibited different surface structures, which might provide the materials with additional values.

In plant factory, creation of additional values for products is very important. Cleanliness is one of the most important additional values to appeal to consumers. In particular, rapid measuring of bacteria is a significant method that keeps cleanliness of all products. Electrochemical measuring is useful to measure the number of bacteria rapidly and to estimate the number of E.coli with small potentiostat and Hoechst33258. In this study, we created a calibration curve and used it for the measuring of bacterial count on the surface of Lactuca sattiva. In our measurement, estimated count and actual count showed a similar value. Our study is clarified the possibility of electrochemical quantification of bacteria with small potentiostat.

It is not an overstatement to say that the functions of the products change and the results determine the size and weight of the product. It took a long time to develop the small size everyday tools. One of the ways to shorten the development time was the emergence of vacuum moulds that decreased the design process significantly. In other words, the manufacturing of the product may be limited by the size and shape, but the replication of a simple structure is possible within a few hours. This study aims to review and suggest the design development through vacuum moulds as an area to realize the future additional values to the economic growth under the rapidly changing industry structures as well as securing the weaknesses of the industry structures through the productivity and competitiveness of the corporations.

A fundamental technique used in the design of shared memory algorithms is tagging, where registers or other shared objects get augmented with additional values, called tags. In this paper, we provide a framework for tagging, and prove upper bounds for the complexity of this problem. We define new types that allow processes to generate tags infinitely often, store them to or retrieve them from other objects, use them safely, and release them when they are not needed any more. We present asymptotically optimally time efficient implementations of those types from objects of bounded size. In particular, our tags need only objects of logarithmic size, and operations on them can be performed in constant step complexity. In addition to the straightforward applications that use tags directly, our implementations can also be used for memory reclamation in a number of algorithms, such as those based on single compare-and-swap universal or read-copy-update.