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The Australian Farm Business Management Network: Industry, Education, Consultancy and Research Coming Together
Under the sponsorship of the University of Sydney, on 5-6th December 2002 the future of farm management in Australia was discussed. The fundamental conclusion achieved by key primary industry representatives, corporate executives, academics, consultants and researchers is that farm management will have a more significant role to play in the future than previously in servicing the primary sector. The idea of farm management as a profession was proposed. Its basis would be business management supported by farming systems and technology, and using an holistic approach to action (i.e. finance, people and environment). The new profession of Farm Business Management would seek to influence education, research, consultancy and extension in Australia. Interested parties participating of the 2002 National Farm Management Workshop came away with the idea of championing a consultative network, constituted by interested institutions and interested individuals, as a first step in the process of nurturing the future development of farm business management. By integrating farmers and academics with corporate executives, consultants and researchers the objective is to behave as a consultative group. This group will influence educational models, implement consultancy and research strategies, and network in social and professional terms. Moreover, this network will provide a systematic opportunity for the channelling of farm business management and farming systems related information at different levels for education, extension and scientific purposes. This network is called the Australian Farm Business Management Network (AFBMnetwork).Institutional and Behavioral Economics,
The Mechanical Behavior of a 25Cr Super Duplex Stainless Steel at Elevated Temperature
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Resonant Frequency Characteristics of a SAW Device Attached to Resonating Micropillars
Recently we reported experimental and simulation results on an increase in resonance frequency of a SAW resonator caused by mass loading of micropillars made of SU-8, attached normal to the surface of the resonator. We concluded that SAW resonator and the SU-8 micropillars in unison form a system of coupled resonators. We have now extended this work and performed a finite element method simulation to study the resonance frequency characteristics of the SAW-based coupled resonator. In this paper we report the effect of the resonance frequency of the micropillars on the resonance frequency of the system of coupled resonators, and observe the coupling of micropillar resonance and the propagating SAW as described in the well known Dybwad system of coupled resonators
Accessory renal arteries in a Caribbean population: a computed tomography based study
INTRODUCTION: The commonest variation to the classic anatomic description of renal arterial supply is the presence of accessory renal arteries. The incidence varies widely according to ethnicity. There is no data on the prevalence of these anomalies in persons of Caribbean ethnicity. METHODS: All CT scans done over two years from July 1, 2010 to June 30, 2012 were retrospectively evaluated. The anatomy of the renal arterial supply was reported from these studies and the anatomy of accessory renal arteries was documented. RESULTS: There were 302 CT scans evaluated and accessory renal arteries were present in 109/302 (36.1%) CT scans, 95% confidence interval 30.6%, 41.4%. There were 71/309 (23.5%) patients with accessory arteries on the left and 54/309 (17.9%) had them on the right (p 0.087). Of these, 16 (14.7%) patients had bilateral accessory renal arteries present. The most common origin for the accessory arteries was the abdominal aorta in 108 (99.1%) cases and in 1 case the accessory artery arose from the coeliac trunk. There were 80 left sided accessory renal arteries: 17 (21.3%) upper polar and 27 (33.8%) lower polar arteries. Of 62 right sided accessory arteries, 14 (22.6%) were upper polar and 26 (42%) were lower polar arteries. CONCLUSION: This is the first population-based report of anatomic anomalies in renal arterial supply in a Caribbean population. These are important findings that may affect vascular and urologic procedures on persons of Caribbean ethnicity
Accelerating Innovation in the Creation of Biovalue : The Cell and Gene Therapy Catapult
The field of regenerative medicine (RM) has considerable therapeutic promise that is proving difficult to realize. As a result, governments have supported the establishment of intermediary agencies to “accelerate” innovation. This paper examines in detail one such agency, the UK's Cell and Gene Therapy Catapult (CGTC). We describe CGTC’s role as an accelerator agency and its value-narrative, which combines both “health and wealth.” Drawing on the notion of socio-technical imaginaries, we unpack the tensions within this narrative and its instantiation as the CGTC cell therapy infrastructure is built and engages with other agencies, some of which have different priorities and roles to play within the RM field
Couplings of light I=0 scalar mesons to simple operators in the complex plane
The flavour and glue structure of the light scalar mesons in QCD are probed
by studying the couplings of the I=0 mesons and to the
operators , and to two photons. The Roy dispersive
representation for the amplitude is used to determine the
pole positions as well as the residues in the complex plane. On the real axis,
is constrained to solve the Roy equation together with elastic
unitarity up to the K\Kbar threshold leading to an improved description of
the . The problem of using a two-particle threshold as a matching
point is discussed. A simple relation is established between the coupling of a
scalar meson to an operator and the value of the related pion form-factor
computed at the resonance pole. Pion scalar form-factors as well as two-photon
partial-wave amplitudes are expressed as coupled-channel Omn\`es dispersive
representations. Subtraction constants are constrained by chiral symmetry and
experimental data. Comparison of our results for the couplings with
earlier determinations of the analogous couplings of the lightest I=1 and
scalar mesons are compatible with an assignment of the ,
, , into a nonet. Concerning the gluonic operator
we find a significant coupling to both the and the
.Comment: 31 pages, 5 figure
New Science on the Open Science Grid
The Open Science Grid (OSG) includes work to enable new science, new
scientists, and new modalities in support of computationally based research.
There are frequently significant sociological and organizational changes
required in transformation from the existing to the new. OSG leverages its
deliverables to the large scale physics experiment member communities to
benefit new communities at all scales through activities in education,
engagement and the distributed facility. As a partner to the poster and
tutorial at SciDAC 2008, this paper gives both a brief general description and
some specific examples of new science enabled on the OSG. More information is
available at the OSG web site: (http://www.opensciencegrid.org)
Comment on Spracklandus Hoser, 2009 (Reptilia, Serpentes, ELAPIDAE): request for confirmation of the availability of the generic name and for the nomenclatural validation of the journal in which it was published (Case 3601; see BZN 70: 234–237; 71: 30–38, 133–135, 181–182, 252–253)
Phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase dentified as a key enzyme in erythrocytic Plasmodium falciparum carbon metabolism
Phospoenolpyruvate carboxylase (PEPC) is absent from humans but encoded in thePlasmodium falciparum genome, suggesting that PEPC has a parasite-specific function. To investigate its importance in P. falciparum, we generated a pepc null mutant (D10Δpepc), which was only achievable when malate, a reduction product of oxaloacetate, was added to the growth medium. D10Δpepc had a severe growth defect in vitro, which was partially reversed by addition of malate or fumarate, suggesting that pepc may be essential in vivo. Targeted metabolomics using 13C-U-D-glucose and 13C-bicarbonate showed that the conversion of glycolytically-derived PEP into malate, fumarate, aspartate and citrate was abolished in D10Δpepc and that pentose phosphate pathway metabolites and glycerol 3-phosphate were present at increased levels. In contrast, metabolism of the carbon skeleton of 13C,15N-U-glutamine was similar in both parasite lines, although the flux was lower in D10Δpepc; it also confirmed the operation of a complete forward TCA cycle in the wild type parasite. Overall, these data confirm the CO2 fixing activity of PEPC and suggest that it provides metabolites essential for TCA cycle anaplerosis and the maintenance of cytosolic and mitochondrial redox balance. Moreover, these findings imply that PEPC may be an exploitable target for future drug discovery
A Search for Water Maser Emission in Southern AGN and Star Forming Galaxies -- Discovery of a Maser in the Edge-on Galaxy IRASF01063-8034
We report the cumulative results of five surveys for water maser emission at
1.35 cm wavelength in 131 active galactic nuclei (AGNs) and star-forming
galaxies, conducted at the Parkes Observatory between 1993 and 1998. We
detected one new maser, in the edge-on galaxy IRASF01063-8034, which exhibits a
single, about 0.1 Jy spectral feature at 4282+/-6 km/s (heliocentric) with an
unusually large 54+/-16 km/s half-power full width. The centroid velocity of
the emission increased to 4319.6+/-0.6 km/s (38+/-2 km/s width) over the 13
days between discovery and confirmation of the detection. A similarly broad
linewidth and large change in velocity has been noted for the maser in NGC1052,
wherein jet activity excites the emission. Neither optical spectroscopy,
radio-infrared correlations, nor infrared colors provide compelling evidence of
unusual activity in the nucleus of IRASF01063-8034. Since the galaxy appears to
be outwardly normal at optical and infrared wavelengths, detection of a water
maser therein is unique. The maser emission is evidence that the galaxy harbors
an AGN that is probably obscured by the edge-on galactic disk. The detection
highlights the possibility that undetected AGNs could be hidden in other
relatively nearby galaxies. No other maser emission features have been
identified at velocities between 3084 km/s and 6181 km/s.Comment: To appear in The Astrophysical Journal, 2002 Jan. 20. 29 pages, 6
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