Bioecologia e controle de Spodoptera frugiperda em milho.

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Game Edukasi Bahasa Inggris Menggunakan Metode Goal Directed Design

Education game is a media used as a learning tool. In this research, we built a learning application of animal and fruit names vocabulary in English. Users of the application are 4 to 6 years old children. The purpose of this research is to build an application that can improve children\u27s ability to remember and enrich their Vocabulary. For the user interface design we implement Goal Directed Design Method. This Method consists of eight main stages, which is research, modeling, requirements, definition, framework definition, refinement, and support. Participants of this research were 18 children aged 4 to 6 years. Based of the evaluation of the application, all participants are able to increase their ability to remember animal and fruit names by about 10%

Eksperimentasi Model Pembelajaran Numbered Heads Together Dan Jigsaw Dengan Pendekatan Kontekstual Terhadap Prestasi Belajar Matematika Ditinjau Dari Kecerdasan Majemuk Siswa SMP Negeri Kota Madiun

This research aims to find out: (1) which one provides better mathematics learning achievement: conventional, Numbered Heads Together, or Jigsaw with contextual approach learning model, (2) which one provides better mathematics learning achievement: the students with linguistic, logical-mathematics, or interpersonal intelligence, (3) in each multiple intelligence, which one provides better mathematics learning achievement: conventional, Numbered Heads Together, or Jigsaw with contextual approach learning model, and in each learning model, which one provides better mathematics learning achievement: the students with linguistic, logical-mathematics, or interpersonal intelligence. This study was a quasi-experimental research with 3x3 factorial design. The population of this research was the seventh-year-students of State Junior High Schools of Madiun Municipality in the school year of 2012/2013 with the students of SMPN 4 Madiun, SMPN 6 Madiun, and SMPN 10 Madiun as the sample. The research instrument used was mathematics learning achievement test and questionnaire of multiple intelligence. The hypothesis test used was unbalanced two way analysis of variances. The test on the hypothesis revealed that: (1) learning model of Jigsaw with contextual approach provided better mathematics learning achievement than conventional and Numbered Heads Together learning model, while learning model of Numbered Heads Together provided better mathematics learning achievement than conventional learning model, (2) there was no difference in mathematics learning achievement between students with linguistic, logical-mathematics and interpersonal intelligence, (3) in each multiple intelligence, learning model of Jigsaw type with contextual approach provided better mathematics learning achievement than conventional and Numbered Heads Together learning model, while learning model of Numbered Heads Together provided better mathematics learning achievement than conventional learning model, and in each learning model, there was no difference in mathematics learning achievement between students with linguistic, logical-mathematics and interpersonal intelligence

Photometric Variability in the Ultracool Dwarf BRI 0021-0214: Possible Evidence for Dust Clouds

We report CCD photometric monitoring of the nonemission ultracool dwarf BRI 0021-0214 (M9.5) obtained during 10 nights in 1995 November and 4 nights in 1996 August, with CCD cameras at 1 m class telescopes on the observatories of the Canary Islands. We present differential photometry of BRI 0021-0214, and we report significant variability in the I-band light curve obtained in 1995. A periodogram analysis finds a strong peak at a period of 0.84 day. This modulation appears to be transient because it is present in the 1995 data but not in the 1996 data. We also find a possible period of 0.20 day, which appears to be present in both the 1995 and 1996 datasets. However, we do not find any periodicity close to the rotation period expected from the spectroscopic rotational broadening (< 0.14 day). BRI 0021-0214 is a very inactive object, with extremely low levels of Halpha and X-ray emission. Thus, it is unlikely that magnetically induced cool spots can account for the photometric variability. The photometric variability of BRI 0021-0214 could be explained by the presence of an active meteorology that leads to inhomogeneous clouds on the surface. The lack of photometric modulation at the expected rotational period suggests that the pattern of surface features may be more complicated than previously anticipated.Comment: Accepted for publication in ApJ. 26 pages, 13 figures include

Cardiac Magnetic Resonance in the Assessment of Pericardial Abnormalities: a Case Series

Background: Cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) has a unique role in evaluating pericardial disease, permitting non-invasive tissue analysis, and haemodynamic assessment. Case summary: In Case 1 of recurrent pericarditis, CMR confirmed reactivation of inflammation with late gadolinium enhancement and native T1/T2 mapping techniques, prompting therapeutic changes. In constrictive pericarditis, CMR is the only modality capable of differentiating a subacute potentially reversible form (Case 2), from a chronic, burnt out irreversible phase characterized by constrictive physiology (Case 3). Discussion: Cardiac magnetic resonance is an effective tool to tailor individual therapy, particularly in cases of recurrent and constrictive pericarditis. Late gadolinium enhancement provides diagnostic and prognostic information, and multiparametric mapping has emerged as a promising tool with incremental diagnostic value.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio

The Opacity of Nearby Galaxies from Counts of Background Galaxies: II. Limits of the Synthetic Field Method

Recently, we have developed and calibrated the Synthetic Field Method (SFM) to derive the total extinction through disk galaxies. The method is based on the number counts and colors of distant background field galaxies that can be seen through the foreground object, and has been successfully applied to NGC 4536 and NGC 3664, two late-type galaxies located, respectively, at 16 and 11 Mpc. Here, we study the applicability of the SFM to HST images of galaxies in the Local Group, and show that background galaxies cannot be easily identified through these nearby objects, even with the best resolution available today. In the case of M 31, each pixel in the HST images contains 50 to 100 stars, and the background galaxies cannot be seen because of the intrinsic granularity due to strong surface brightness fluctuations. In the LMC, on the other hand, there is only about one star every six linear pixels, and the lack of detectable background galaxies results from a ``secondary'' granularity, introduced by structure in the wings of the point spread function. The success of the SFM in NGC 4536 and NGC 3664 is a natural consequence of the reduction of the intensity of surface brightness fluctuations with distance. When the dominant confusion factor is structure in the PSF wings, as is the case of HST images of the LMC, and would happen in M 31 images obtained with a 10-m diffraction- limited optical telescope, it becomes in principle possible to improve the detectability of background galaxies by subtracting the stars in the foreground object. However, a much better characterization of optical PSFs than is currently available would be required for an adequate subtraction of the wings. Given the importance of determining the dust content of Local Group galaxies, efforts should be made in that direction.Comment: 45 pages, 10 Postscript figure

Crew Procedures for Continuous Descent Arrivals Using Conventional Guidance

This paper presents results from a simulation study which investigated the use of Continuous Descent Arrival (CDA) procedures for conducting a descent through a busy terminal area, using conventional transport-category automation. This research was part of the Low Noise Flight Procedures (LNFP) element within the Quiet Aircraft Technology (QAT) Project, that addressed development of flight guidance, and supporting pilot and Air Traffic Control (ATC) procedures for low noise operations. The procedures and chart were designed to be easy to understand, and to make it easy for the crew to make changes via the Flight Management Computer Control-Display Unit (FMC-CDU) to accommodate changes from ATC. The test runs were intended to represent situations typical of what exists in many of today's terminal areas, including interruptions to the descent in the form of clearances issued by ATC

Development, uncertainty estimation and application of a LC-MS/MS method for simultaneous determination of acrylamide and 4hydroxy2,5-dimethyl-3(2H)-furanone in baby food.

Acrylamide, a heatgenerated food contaminant, has been associated with neurotoxic effects in humans and was classified under group 2A as a probable human carcinogen by the International Agency Research on Cancer (IARC) [1]. Additionally, hydroxy2,5dimethyl3(2H)furanone (DMHF), a furanic compound, has demonstrated genotoxic effects in vitro as also in vivo [2]. In this study, a new accurate liquid chromatographytandem mass spectrometry method was developed for simultaneous analysis of acrylamide and DMHF in baby food. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first study on DMHF in baby foods as well as pioneer in acrylamide monitoring in baby foods from Brazil. For this, a sample preparation method was optimized, which involves acetonitrile-based extraction, followed by dispersive solidphase extraction (dSPE) using primary and secondary amine sorbent (PSA) and then, a final cleanup of extract by solid phase extraction (SPE). An ACQUITY ultraperformance liquid chromatography (UPLC) system interfaced to a Quattro Premier XE triple quadrupole mass spectrometer with electrospray ionization (ESI) source (WATERS) was employed for analysis. The chromatographic separation was achieved on a C8 column (150 mm x 2.1 mm i.d., 5?m particle size) at 30ºC with a flow rate of 0.2 ml/min, and the injection volume was 20 ?l. The mobile phases consisted of MilliQ water (A) and acetonitrile (B), both containing 0.01% of formic acid, and the elution gradient employed was as follows: 0 min, 5% B? 5 min, 50% B? 5.1 min, 100% B? 6?10 min 5% B, resulting in a total run time of 10 min. Data acquisition was carried out in selective reaction monitoring (SRM) mode employing ESI in positive mode, whose conditions were: capillary voltage 3 KV? temperatures of source at 120°C and desolvation at 400°C and gas flow 500 L/h. The collision energy and cone voltage were 10 and 25 V. The m/z 55 and 44 (acrylamide) and m/z 101 and 83 (DMHF) were used respectively for quantitative and confirmative purposes. As a great result, the optimized sample preparation method provided sufficient removal of potential analytical interfering commonly present in fruitbased matrices, the amino acid valine, without affecting the sensitivity, trueness and precision of the method. Limits of detection (LOD) and quantification (LOQ) of 10 and 20 ?g/kg were obtained for both analytes. Linearity in solventonly and matrixmatched calibration curves was achieved in the range between 10 and 300 ?g/kg, with determination coefficients higher than 0.99. Matrix effects, calculated from slopes obtained for solvent and matrixmatched calibrations, were observed for acrylamide (?45%) and DMHF(?11%). Recoveries between 75 and 115% were obtained for the two studied compounds from blank baby foods spiked at 20 (LOQ), 100 and 200 ?g/kg. Precision, under repeatability and withinlaboratory reproducibility conditions, was verified with RSD values < 20%. In addition, by using data obtained from inhouse validation, was possible to estimate the expanded measurement uncertainty for the levels of acrylamide and DMHF detected in the samples, whose values were lower than 25%. The applicability of proposed analytical method was evaluated by analyzing 20 baby food samples available in Brazilian markets