Heavy Metals Uptake By Chilli Plants (Capsicum Annuum L.) Planted In Rice Husk Char And Coco Peat Media

The current study investigated the uptake of Cadmium (Cd2+) and Lead (Pb2+) by chilli plant and their effect on the plant growth and fruit quality. Kajian ini mengkaji pengambilan Kadmium (Cd2+) dan Plumbum (Pb2+) oleh pokok cili merah dan kesannya terhadap pertumbuhan tanaman dan kualiti buah-buahan

Przerzuty naciekającego raka zrazikowego piersi do odbytnicy

Rak piersi jest najczęstszym nowotworem złośliwym w Wielkiej Brytanii stanowiącym 15% wszystkich przypadków nowotworów złośliwych u obu płci. Jedna na osiem kobiet w Wielkiej Brytanii zachoruje w jakimś okresie swojego życia na raka piersi. W pracy przedstawiono przypadek 72-letniej kobiety, u której 13 lat wcześniej rozpoznano raka piersi lewej, a następnie zastosowano leczenie obejmujące szerokie miejscowe wycięcie guza, radioterapię piersi i adiuwantową terapię hormonalną. Badanie materiału biopsyjnego pobranego z tego obszaru wykazało przerzutowego raka zrazikowego piersi. Za leczenie pierwszego wyboru w celu kontrolowania progresji choroby uważa się chemioterapię lub paliatywną terapię hormonalną

Big Data Analysis: Implementations of Hadoop Map Reduce, Yarn and Spark

Nowadays, with the increasingly important role of technology, the internet and huge size of data, it has become not only possible, but necessary for management and analyzing these data, where it is difficult to process and retrieve information related to that data. Moreover, the amount of memory consumed by such data reached to terabytes or petabytes, which make it difficult for processing, analyzed, and retrieving. Also, many techniques have been carried to process big data. The dealing with the statistical programs became very hard. There are a number of algorithms that is used in big data processing, such as Mapreduce. Many obstructions and challenges face the big data processing as: poor bounded-time performance in heavy activities and high-priced cost. In this study, different big data implementations are demonstrated, also, we propose open issues and challenges raised on big data implementations. The findings compares several big data platforms which are; Hadoop, Yarn and Spark. Finally, we provide useful recommendations for further research about the best one between these implementations to process the data according to specific bases. Keywords: Big data, Mapreduce, Hadoop, Spark, Yarn.

The Influential Factors of TQM and TPM Implementation on Manufacturing Industry Performance (MIP)

The demand for quality is the one crucial factor for businesses in today's highly competitive market, to thrive in this ever expanding global market. As a result of intense global competition, Total quality management (TQM) has been created. Most of the previous papers show that TQM is very related to business success. However, the analysis of the Total productive maintenance (TPM) as mediator between TQM and MIP not widely found and previous researches were commonly regarded as general instruments and techniques without particular emphasis on improvement styles. This paper aims to suggest the relationship between TQM and MIP through mediating impact of TPM. The methodology adopted for this research was to use a review of existing literature, this paper explores the theories of TQM and TPM to provide useful information to ensure effective management of manufacturing industry. The key contribution of this paper is to develop a conceptual model to describe the cause- effect relationship between TQM, TPM activities and MIP. The implication of the proposed conceptual model would help academics and policy makers in the industry to better understand the relationship between activities

Improving the Estidama Rating for New ADEC Prototype Schools by Renewable Energy Integration Joud Abdalla Al Jumaa Al Dakheel

The building sector in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has experienced a tremendous expansion in the last forty years due to population growth and economic development. Presently, the UAE has one of the world’s largest energy consumption per capita, with the building sector accounting for 70% of the consumed energy. In the last decade, the government intensified its efforts to implement stringent environmental regulations and schemes by mandating environmental policies and regulations. It introduced “Estidama”; the local sustainability framework, and the Pearl Building Rating System (PBRS) to promote the development of sustainable buildings. All governmental buildings must achieve a minimum of 2 out of a maximum of 5 Pearls. Among these, schools are dominant in numbers and target the dual intent to create a sustainable as well as a healthy learning environment. In this regard, Abu Dhabi Educational Council (ADEC) has targeted all new schools to go beyond the requirement and reach 3 Pearls by planning to build 100 new schools from 2010 to 2020. Presently, 53 schools had been built. However, only 10 of the built schools have achieved the desired target. The objective of this research is to investigate the opportunities of enhancing the performance of ADEC schools that did not achieve the targeted Estidama level through a representative school prototype. Hence, an analysis of the Estidama performance of the school was carried out to identify the opportunities of enhancement, which showed a gap within the renewable energy systems. Next, a transient simulation tool TRNSYS, was used to assess and predict the performance of three renewable energy systems namely Photovoltaic System (PV), Solar Powered Absorption Chiller and Geothermal System. These systems were selected based on a literature review done to show their effective performances. Several parameters were optimized in each system to reach optimal performances. The photovoltaic system was sized to achieve 10% of the annual energy consumption and the solar absorption chiller targeted a cooling demand reduction of 10%. The geothermal system was sized to reach optimum values of delivered energy and outlet temperature of the ground heat exchanger. Finally, a simple payback period was done on the three systems to determine the economic feasibility of renewable energy in ADEC schools. Key findings revealed that the PV panels achieved the targeted 10% of the annual energy consumption producing 208849.32 kWh annually. The optimized solar absorption chiller system showed 19% annual cooling savings and 7.2% savings from the overall energy consumption of the school. The geothermal system findings implied 2.2% from the total energy consumption and 5.8% from the annual cooling consumption. The three renewable energy systems have shown collectively 19% savings of the annual energy consumption. The simple payback period for PV and solar absorption chiller was 3.5 years and for the geothermal system was 8 years. The proposed school design increased the credits of the school by 14 additional credit points and reached the targeted 3 Pearls. Finally, these results augur a great potential in integrating renewable energy systems in future ADEC schools for an improved energy performance

The Financial Feasibility of Retaining Walls and Winbreaks as Measures of Oil Conservation in Wadi Zabid, Yemen

Wadi Zabid is one of the major agricultural areas of Yemen that faces serious soil erosion (SE) problem caused by water and wind. Some of the farmers in the area have constructed retaining walls (RW) and windbreak (WB) to conserve their farmland soil but many do not. As the SE is becoming serious and soil conservation activity is not progressing, there is a need to reveal the feasibility of soil conservation investment, obstructions to soil conservation and farmers SE perception. Data for this study were collected through questionnaires during the agricultural season of 199912000. The total sample was 264 comprising four groups; i.e., "with" and "without" RW and "with" and "without" WB. The financial benefit cost analysis was the analytical technique and the decision criteria used were the net present value (NPV), internal rate of return (LRR) and benefit cost ratio (BCR). Order logit and logistic models have been applied to reveal farmers characteristics related to the perception of the soil erosion and to the decision of soil conservation, respectively. The study found that the farmer age, number of family working force and number of permanent labourers all have positive relations with the serious perception of soil erosion by water. However, the family size, RW length and farmer experience all have shown negative relations. The model of RW adoption showed that farm-home distance, neighbours complaints and the minor perception of soil erosion by water have positive relation. On the contrary, the size of rented area and farm-market distance both have shown negative relations with RW adoption. In the perception of wind erosion model, the farming period, numbers of WB, presence of demoplots and awareness of soil conservation programmes all have shown positive relations. However, the farmer experience, WB age and neighbours complaints all have shown negative relations with the perception. Nonetheless, the farmer will not plant WB unless he is aged, literate, has more family working force, asked by neighbours and has attended the extension night gatherings. The size of the family and the size of rented farm area have shown negative relations with the adoption of WB measure. In addition, the study found that the investments in RW and WB have been financially feasible. The farmer who has invested in RW has got Yemen Riyals (YRs) 33,652 as NPV (US$l= YRs 150). In term of BCR and IRR the farmer returns are 1.14 and 14 percent, respectively. The farmer who has invested in WB has got YRs 54,190 as NPV and 1.8 and 27 percent as BCR and IRR, respectively. Therefore, as RW and WB proved to be financially feasible then government subsidies are justified and will attract more farmers to conserve their farmland soil. In addition, as the determinants of the perceptions of water and wind erosion are not identical then separate strategies and extension programmes are justified

Zespół Rubinsteina-Taybiego związany z nowotworem piersi — opis przypadku

A number of cases of Rubinstein-Taybi Syndrome associated with different neoplastic lesions have been reported since this syndrome was first named in 1963. This paper reports a case of Rubinstein-Taybi Syndrome associated with breast cancer. Our aim is to share this finding and to emphasize how this case discussion allowed us to improve the management pathway in the future.Od 1963 roku odnotowano szereg przypadków zespołu Rubinsteina-Taybiego związanych z różnymi zmianami nowotworowymi. W poniższej pracy przedstawiono opis przypadku zespołu Rubinsteina-Taybiego związanego z nowotworem piersi. Celem pracy jest prezentacja wyników badań oraz ulepszenie zasad postępowania w podobnych przypadkach

Feeding Behaviour of the Reef Heron (Egretta Gularis Schistacea)

Western Reef Heron (Egretta egularis) is a very common coastal resident bird species in the Arabian Gulf. In UAE, the subspecies “schistacea” also known as Indian Reef Heron occurs in mangroves inlets and other coastal and inland water bodies along the southern and eastern coast of the country. The present study aims to investigate the bird’s food, feeding behavior, morphs and its relationship with the habitat in Al-Zora Protected Area (Ajman - UAE) by establishing a feeding behavior ethogram and monitor its feeding frequency and its correlation with biotic and abiotic features of the study site. Foraging success rate and foraging efficiency were calculated by observing feeding and successful feeding attempts for 1 minute every 5 minutes for 5 hours every other day for 15 days in two seasons (summer and winter) noticing the two morphs individual count, tidal changes, and time of the day. Data shows that that Western Reef Heron uses 13 feeding behavior with the difference in their utilization between seasons and age groups. Feeding is influenced by primarily the tidal movement and not time of the day. Foraging success Ratio is not only different between seasons but also between the two morphs and between age groups. The significant differences in strikes between White and Dark morph open a perplexing question of crypsis and natural selection possibility with a dilemma between the idea and its statistical analysis. There might be a relation between the sub-species and what morph is predominant. Overall, feeding behavior analysis in this study indicates a very promising possibility for Western Reef Heron to be a highly important bio-indicator species for mangrove and creek inlet ecosystem and its linkage between top avifauna waders predators and marine benthic community