Evaluation of Philippine Corn Statistics

This paper aims to broaden people’s knowledge in which the country’s official corn statistics are produced. It presents the estimation procedures used for area, production and yield. Comparisons are made among the estimators sourced from official and design estimates and from independent sources.economic/development modelling, rice commodities, rice farm, data and statistics, corn and corn products

Evaluation of Philippine Corn Statistics

This paper aims to broaden people’s knowledge in which the country’s official corn statistics are produced. It presents the estimation procedures used for area, production and yield. Comparisons are made among the estimators sourced from official and design estimates and from independent sources.economic/development modelling, rice commodities, rice farm, data and statistics, corn and corn products

Las diapositivas como apoyo al discurso oral en la docencia universitaria: perspectiva de los estudiantes en el marco de un proceso de mentorización

Presentamos un estudio que surge en el seno de un proceso de mentorización de profesorado universitario novel desarrollado en la Facultad de Ciencias de la Educación de la Universidad de Granada, en la titulación de Maestro de Educación Primaria. En este contexto, el potencial de las diapositivas como apoyo al discurso oral del profesor emerge como una de las cuestiones relevantes en la reflexión sobre la práctica docente en una asignatura de Didáctica de la Matemática. Ante la diversidad de críticas que recibe este recurso, recurrimos a la opinión de los estudiantes para indagar en el uso de las diapositivas como apoyo para el desarrollo de las explicaciones expositivas, con el objetivo de identificar posibilidades y limitaciones del uso de este recurso y entender las implicaciones de su uso en el aula

El proceso de mentorización: un espacio para la reflexión docente

En este trabajo destacamos y reflexionamos sobre algunas cuestiones surgidas dentro de nuestra actividad en un proceso de mentorización del profesorado novel. Este proceso tiene como principal objetivo la mejora en la formación docente. Además, en estos momentos de cambio hacia el Espacio Europeo de Educación Superior (EEES), se constituye en un espacio de reflexión sobre la docencia de todo el profesorado participante que trasciende a todo el área a la que pertenece dicho profesorado

Massive glosso-cervical arteriovenous malformation: the rationale for a challenging surgical resection

Massive arterivenous malformations (AVM) in the cervico-facial area are rare but potentially life-threatening. Treatment protocols are not well-established. A 41-year old man presented large painless rubber-like mass within the entire neck, which also extended intraorally through the floor of the mouth, showing a slow growing pattern for 5 years. Angiography diagnosed it as cervicofacial AVM. Treatment approach consisted on the embolization of the right upper thyroid, lingual and facial arteries under intravenous sedation. Three days later, bilateral radical neck dissection and subtotal glossectomy was performed. A musculo-cutaneous pectoralis major pedicled flap was harvested to reconstruct the floor of the mouth. Treatment of massive AVMs in the cervico-facial area is challenging due to the associated disfigurement and frequent recurrence rate due to incomplete resection. Also, massive bleeding may be present despite pre-operative super-selective embolization. A new case is presented with focus on surgical treatment considerations

Spacecraft thermal control design data

This paper shows the actual state of a compilation work on Thermal Control Design Data being done at Madrid (Lamf-ETSIA) under several ESTEC contracts, introducing a Handbook already issued, its additions and updatings

Atividade de extratos vegetais in vitro sobre ovos de nematóides gastrintestinais de ovinos.

Atualmente o uso indiscriminado de antiparasitários na ovinocultura se tornou rotina na maioria das propriedades e existe uma preocupação com relação aos resíduos dessas drogas nos produtos de origem animal e no ambiente. Além disto, a necessidade de se encontrar novos princípios ativos faz com que pesquisas com fitoterápicos se tornem cada vez mais freqüentes e assumam um caráter científico mais rigoroso. Esse estudo teve por objetivo avaliar a ação ovicida de extratos vegetais brutos sobre nematóides gastrintestinais de ovinos. Realizou-se testes in vitro por meio de metodologia padronizada de inibição de eclodibilidade. Foram avaliadas as seguintes espécies vegetais: extrato hidrometanólico das cascas do fruto (20 mg) e da semente (22 mg) de Trichilia elegans e partição metanólica das folhas de Euxylophora paraensis (20 mg). Os extratos foram produzidos no Departamento de Química da Universidade Federal de São Carlos e os testes foram realizados de acordo com a disponibilidade dos parasitas no Laboratório de Sanidade Animal da Embrapa Pecuária Sudeste (São Carlos, SP). Os ovos foram recuperados de fezes contaminadas por meio do uso seqüencial de peneiras e foram incubados (cerca de 100 ovos/poço) com os extratos em placas de 24 poços em B.O.D. a 25°C por 72 horas, quando foi realizada a contagem das larvas eclodidas. Os extratos tiveram seus solventes evaporados e depois testados a 100%, 50% e 25% da massa inicial, adicionando-se água destilada. Foram feitas três repetições e o controle contendo água destilada. Os extratos não apresentaram ação ovicida nas concentrações testadas, exceto o extrato hidrometanólico das cascas do fruto T. elegans a 100%. Enquanto no controle ocorreu eclodibilidade de 88,2% das larvas, neste tratamento a eclodibilidade foi de 21,5%, indicado a possibilidade de seu uso no controle desses parasitas

The European Federation of Organisations for Medical Physics Policy Statement No. 10.1: Recommended Guidelines on National Schemes for Continuing Professional Development of Medical Physicists

Continuing Professional Development (CPD) is vital to the medical physics profession if it is to embrace the pace of change occurring in medical practice. As CPD is the planned acquisition of knowledge, experience and skills required for professional practice throughout one's working life it promotes excellence and protects the profession and public against incompetence. Furthermore, CPD is a recommended prerequisite of registration schemes (Caruana et al. 2014 [1]; [2]) and is implied in the Council Directive 2013/59/EURATOM (EU BSS) [3] and the International Basic Safety Standards (BSS) [4]. It is to be noted that currently not all national registration schemes require CPD to maintain the registration status necessary to practise medical physics. Such schemes should consider adopting CPD as a prerequisite for renewing registration after a set period of time. This EFOMP Policy Statement, which is an amalgamation and an update of the EFOMP Policy Statements No. 8 and No. 10, presents guidelines for the establishment of national schemes for CPD and activities that should be considered for CPD

Nutritional regulation of glucose-6-phosphatase gene expression in liver of the gilthead sea bream (Sparus aurata)

To examine the role of glucose-6-phosphatase (G6Pase) in glucose homeostasis in the diabeteslike experimental model of carnivorous fish, we analysed postprandial variations and the effect of starvation, ration size and diet composition on the regulation of G6Pase expression at the enzyme activity and mRNA level in the liver of gilthead sea bream (Sparus aurata ). G6Pase expression increased in long-term starved or energy-restricted fish. In contrast to data reported for other fish species, short-term regulation of G6Pase expression was found in regularly fed S. aurata. G6Pase mRNA levels were lowest between 4 and 15 h after food intake, whereas minimal enzyme activity was observed 10-15 h postprandially. Alterations of plasma glucose levels affect G6Pase in mammals. However, the carbohydrate content of the diet did not affect hepatic expression of G6Pase in S. aurata, suggesting that a different molecular mechanism is involved in the control of G6Pase expression in fish. Although G6Pase was unaffected, highcarbohydrate low-protein diets increased glucokinase (GK) expression and thus allowed a metabolic adaptation favouring glycolysis over gluconeogenesis. Interestingly, only the nutritional conditions that promoted variations in the blood glucose levels resulted in changes in the hepatic expression of G6Pase. These findings indicate a concerted regulation of G6Pase and GK expression and suggest that the direction and rate of the glucose-glucose-6-phosphate substrate cycle flux is finely regulated in the liver of S. aurata, challenging the role attributed to deficient regulation of G6Pase or GK expression in the low ability of carnivorous fish to metabolize glucose

Oestrid myiasis in European Mouflon from Spain

From February 1992 to March 1997, 245 European mouflon (Ovis orientalis musimon) from Sierras de Cazorla, Segura y Las Villas Natural Park (southern Spain) were surveyed for oestrid larvae in order to estimate prevalence and mean intensity of parasitism by Oestrus ovis. Over 46 percent of the animals surveyed were infected, with a mean intensity of 9.6 larvae/host parasitized. No significant differences in prevalence rates between host sexes were observed, but older mouflons were infected with more larvae than younger ones.Peer Reviewe