UCL (University College London) Libraries Masterplan: Masterplanning Report

BDP were appointed to undertake a Masterplan for the UCL Main Library and the UCL Science Library and to identify how these buildings could be re-ordered to significantly improve the quality of the library environment and to facilitate the delivery of library services. An initial brief was agreed with UCL’s Estates Management Committee and a Masterplan Steering Group established including academic representatives, library staff and design consultants. To inform the development of this brief, UCL Library Services undertook a number of consultation exercises with users of the Library; students, academic staff and external users, together with Library staff. A number of visits to exemplar library buildings in the UK and continental Europe were also undertaken to inform the development of options for the buildings. Following the development and review of initial options for both the Main Library and Science Library, it was agreed a further, hypothetical New Build Central Library Option should be reviewed, to accommodate a relocated and consolidated library service encompassing 7 of the 16 existing libraries currently distributed across the UCL Estate

The Impact of Personality on Job Performance: Study on Senior Managers in State Owned Commercial Banks in Colombo District, Sri Lanka

Area of the Study This study is aimed to discuss the impact of personality of senior mangers on their job performance in the state owned commercial banks. Problem of the Study There is no any empirical research finding of the impact of personality on the job performance of the senior managers in the state owned commercial banks. Therefore, the research problem is: Does personality of the senior managers in the commercial banks affect to their job performance? Method of the study Randomly selected 103 senior managers in the state owned commercial banks in Colombo district were the sample of the study and structured questionnaire was distributed among the sample respondents to gather the primary data. The personality of the senior managers was measured using big five personality model. Descriptive statistics and correlation analysis were used to analysis the primary data gathered from the sample. Findings of the Study Mainly it was clearly found that there is a strong positive relationship between employee personality and job performance. Further the results proved that Extraversion, Agreeableness and Conscientiousness have strong positive relationship with job performance while Openness to experience has moderate relationship with job performance. It can be revealed that Neuroticism has strong negative relationship with job performance since values obtained through both Correlation analysis and Regression analysis indicated a negative relationship. Conclusion of the Study The management of the state owned commercial banks has to pay their consideration to upgrade the relevant personality traits of the senior managers for their high level job performance. Keywords: Employee Personality, Big Five Personality Model, Job Performanc

Identification of GH|MspI and GHR|AluI Gene Polymorphism and its Association with Calf Birth Weight of Grati-PO Cattle

Calf birth weight (CBW) is one of the important selection criteria to predict mature body weight and for calving ease in beef cattle. The GH and GHR genes are considered as candidate genes responsible for growth traits in cattle. The objectives of this study were to identify the polymorphism of GH|MspI and GHR|AluI genes and its association with CBW in Grati-PO cattle. A total of 186 Grati-PO cattle raised by BCRS from May to December 2017. Genomic DNA were isolated from whole blood and used in genotyping analysis using the PCR-RFLP method. The result showed that the average of CBW of Grati-PO cattle in present study was 25.58±3.31 kg. There was no statistical difference for CBW between male and female. The genotype frequency of CC, CT, and TT of GH gene were 1.1, 18.8 and 80.1 %, respectively and allele frequency of C and T of the GH gene were 0.105 and 0.895, respectively. While the genotype frequency of AA, AG, and GG of GHR gene were 66.1, 25.3 and 8.6 %, respectively, and allele frequency of A and G of GHR gene were 0.788 and 0.212, respectively. It concluded that both GH|MspI and GHR|AluI gene are polymorphic but not significantly associated with CBW in Grati-PO cattle

Penetapan kebutuhan Vitamin E (α-Tocopherol) pada Berbagai Fase Produksi Induk (Gestasi dan Laktasi) dan Kelinci Lepas Sapih

Vitamin E atau α-tocopherol merupakan antioksidan yang berperan dalam menjaga stabilitas membran sel dari oksidasi lemak tak jenuh juga berpengaruh dalam meningkatkan respon kekebalan tubuh terhadap penyakit dan meningkatkan fertilitas ternak. Percobaan dilakukan terhadap kelinci  jenis New Zealand White (NZW) sedang bunting, menyusui dan pertumbuhan. Sumber vitamin E yang digunakan yaitu vitamin E komersial dan/atau kecambah. Penelitian laboratorium dengan tujuh perlakuan tingkat vitamin E: 0, 50, 100, 150, 200, 250 dan 300 mg/kg pakan. Setiap perlakuan menggunakan 10-15 induk dengan tiga paritas. Pada kelinci lepas sapih sejumlah 6-10 replikasi, masing-masing tiga ekor selama delapan minggu dan pada pejantan, sejumlah lima pejantan dengan koleksi sperma masing-masing lima kali setiap tiga hari/perlakuan. Pengamatan dilakukan pada induk adalah kinerja reproduksi (tingkat receptivity, tingkat konsepsi, bobot lahir, LS sapih, bobot induk, anak lahir, bobot umur tiga minggu, bobot sapih, mortalitas dan laktasi, frekuensi abortus). Pengukuran pertumbuhan anak dilakukan pada bobot badan, konsumsi, konversi ransum dan mortalitas. Hasil menunjukan LS yang tertinggi sembilan ekor yaitu pada perlakuan pemberian 100 mg vitamin E/kg pakan. Sampai umur 35 hari semua perlakuan dapat mempertahankan anak di atas enam ekor. Produksi susu yang baik dihasilkan oleh perlakuan penambahan 50 dan 100 mg vitamin E/kg pakan atau setara kandungan 200 dan 300 mg/kg yaitu 1.660 dan 1.585 g/ekor/21 hari. Dapat disimpulkan bahwa suplementasi vitamin E pada pakan kelinci sebesar 50-100 mg/kg atau setara kandungan 200 dan 300 mg/kg dapat meningkatkan LS, produksi susu induk dan daya tahan hidup anak

Pengaruh Psikologi Petani terhadap Penerapan Inovasi Teknologi Fermentasi Jagung Bose pada Gapoktan Setetes Madu Fatuleu Desa Camplong II, Kabupaten Kupang

Corn is one of the important food ingredients for Indonesian people, to maximize the important role of corn as a staple food for the community, it can be done by improving the psychology about their decision to manage and consume the corn. This research aims to find out the effect of farmers’ psychological factors on the application of fermentation bose corn technology in Setetes Madu Fatuleu farmer group association. This research was held in Camplong village II Fatuleu District Kupang Regency of East Nusa Tenggara using quantitative research as an explanation survey research method and the participants of all Setetes Madu Fatuleu Farmer Group Association that cultivate the corn is amount 55 participants. Data analysis in this research using multiple linear regression analysis. The result showed: (1) psychological factors consisting of knowledge, motivation and attitudes together had a significant effect of 53,8% on the application of fermented bose corn technology in Setetes Madu Fatuleu Farmers Group Association, (2) psychological factors consisting of knowledge and each motivation has a significant effect of 46,6% for knowledge and 27,2% for the motivation factor of participant Setetes Madu Fatuleu Farmers Group Association on the application of fermented bose corn technology, while the attitude factor of the Setetes Madu Fatuleu Farmers has no effect on the application of fermentation bose corn technology

Occupational physical activity, all-cause, cardiovascular disease, and cancer mortality in 349,248 adults: Prospective and longitudinal analyses of the MJ Cohort.

BACKGROUND: Evidence on the health benefits of occupational physical activity (OPA) is inconclusive. We examined the associations of baseline OPA and OPA changes with all-cause, cardiovascular disease (CVD), and cancer mortality and survival times. METHODS: This study included prospective and longitudinal data from the MJ Cohort, comprising adults over 18 years recruited in 1998-2016, 349,248 adults (177,314 women) with baseline OPA, of whom 105,715 (52,503 women) had 2 OPA measures at 6.3 ± 4.2 years (mean ± SD) apart. Exposures were baseline OPA, OPA changes, and baseline leisure-time physical activity. RESULTS: Over a mean mortality follow-up of 16.2 ± 5.5 years for men and 16.4 ± 5.4 years for women, 11,696 deaths (2033 of CVD and 4631 of cancer causes) in men and 8980 deaths (1475 of CVD and 3689 of cancer causes) in women occurred. Combined moderately heavy/heavy baseline OPA was beneficially associated with all-cause mortality in men (multivariable-adjusted hazard ratio (HR) = 0.93, 95% confidence interval (95%CI): 0.89-0.98 compared to light OPA) and women (HR = 0.86, 95%CI: 0.79-0.93). Over a mean mortality follow-up of 12.5 ± 4.6 years for men and 12.6 ± 4.6 years for women, OPA decreases in men were detrimentally associated (HR = 1.16, 95%CI: 1.01-1.33) with all-cause mortality, while OPA increases in women were beneficially (HR = 0.83, 95%CI: 0.70-0.97) associated with the same outcome. Baseline or changes in OPA showed no associations with CVD or cancer mortality. CONCLUSION: Higher baseline OPA was beneficially associated with all-cause mortality risk in both men and women. Our longitudinal OPA analyses partly confirmed the prospective findings, with some discordance between sex groups

Retailing in the United Kingdom - a synopsis

This paper illustrates the structure of, and trends in, the retail market of the United Kingdom (UK). This industry analysis describes the retail environment compared to continental Europe and considers the regulatory issues which have helped form this retail environment. By using secondary data we describe concentration and consolidation tendencies and explain specific features of the UK retail market. Major trends are identified and discussed, concluding with an outlook on future developments

L'internationalisation de la Biennale de Paris et la scène artistique de l'Europe de l'Est (compte rendu de la séance 02)

par Aurore Buffetault Endre Tót, My Rain, Your Rain, 1971-1974. Carte postale photocopiée. (C) Endre Tót. Courtesy of Artpool Art Research Center, Budapest (photocopie noir et blanc) Dans la continuité de la première séance, le second séminaire a poursuivi l’exploration du phénomène d’internationalisation de la Biennale de Paris, en s’appuyant sur l’étude d’une scène artistique spécifique, celle de l’Europe de l’Est. Cette session s’est articulée autour de deux interventions modérées par Jér..