Autophagy modulator scoring system: a user-friendly tool for quantitative analysis of methodological integrity of chemical autophagy modulator studies

Sustainable management and conservation of tropical trees and forests require accurate identification of tree species. Reliable, user-friendly identification tools based on macroscopic morphological features have already been developed for various tree floras. Wood anatomical features provide also a considerable amount of information that can be used for timber traceability, certification and trade control. Yet, this information is still poorly used, and only a handful of experts are able to use it for plant species identification. Here, we present an interactive, user-friendly tool based on vector graphics, illustrating 99 states of 27 wood characters from 110 Amazonian tree species belonging to 34 families. Pl@ntWood is a graphical identification tool based on the IDAO system, a multimedia approach to plant identification. Wood anatomical characters were selected from the IAWA list of microscopic features for hardwood identification, which will enable us to easily extend this work to a larger number of species. A stand-alone application has been developed and an on-line version will be delivered in the near future. Besides allowing non-specialists to identify plants in a user-friendly interface, this system can be used with different purposes such as teaching, conservation, management, and selftraining in the wood anatomy of tropical species.

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The Roball

Bulletin of the New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering ◽

10.5459/bnzsee.35.3.204-207 ◽

2002 ◽

Vol 35 (3) ◽

pp. 204-207 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

William H. Robinson

Keyword(s):

Seismic Isolation ◽

Inverted Pendulum ◽

Experimental Results ◽

Flat Plates ◽

Isolation System ◽

Friction Forces ◽

New Device ◽

System A ◽

Full Scale Tests ◽

User Friendly

Robinson Seismic's latest developments in seismic isolation includes a new device, the RoballTM, for seismically isolating structures during earthquakes. This advance is a new concept for seismic isolation based on the principle of the inverted pendulum. It consists of 'friction balls' or 'Roballs' moving between upper and lower spherical like cavities or flat plates. The Roballs are filled with a material which is able to provide the friction forces required to absorb the energy from numerous earthquakes while supporting the structure. The Roball technique is expected to enable light and in the future possibly heavy structures to be more economically seismically isolated. As part of a program to develop a user friendly 'seismic isolation system' a series of full-scale tests have been carried out on a number of possible designs including three approaches for vertical pressures of -1 MPa resulting in coefficients of friction of -0.1 to -0.4. In this paper we present the preliminary experimental results.

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DEVELOPMENT OF THE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM OF ORDERS OF THE COMPANIES AND ORGANIZATION OF THE STAFF WORK

EUREKA Physics and Engineering ◽

10.21303/2461-4262.2018.00588 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 2 ◽

pp. 12-20 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Svitlana Popereshnyak ◽

Anastasia Vecherkovskaya

Keyword(s):

Dynamic Scheduling ◽

Working Hours ◽

Automated System ◽

Activity Diagram ◽

Task List ◽

System A ◽

Order Management ◽

Intuitive User Interface ◽

User Friendly ◽

And Control

In the course of the study, the activity of Ukrainian enterprises was analyzed. It was revealed that the main aspects that require increased attention, regardless of the industry, are staff management and order management. The activity of any enterprise consists of fulfilling orders and, as a consequence, satisfying customers. It is proposed to develop an automated system that will enable to keep records of orders, namely: the time of order receipt, the number of products, the urgency, the necessary material and time resources, the priority of the order, the executor, the predicted and actual time of the order. This system will help to organize the work of staff, namely: to optimize the working hours of employees due to the dynamic scheduling of the task list; to introduce responsibility for an order that is tied to a specific employee, to keep records of shifts and working hours, automatically form a payroll with due account of worked shifts/hours. The work designed an automated system for managing orders and staff at middle-class enterprises. The requirements for this system are defined and two types of architecture are proposed. For a better understanding of the design phase of the automated system, a class diagram, activity diagram and interaction diagrams are presented. In the process of research, the end product was created with a user-friendly and intuitive user interface that maximally satisfies all the requirements that have been defined for this system. For today the system works in a test mode at the enterprise of Ukraine. The introduction of the system to the filter element manufacturing company allowed to improve the interaction with customers by 40 % due to faster fulfillment of orders; 80 % facilitate the work of managers to track and control the execution of orders; and also, by 20% increase the efficiency of the staff department. What on the whole positively affected the work of the enterprise as a whole.

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Hypermobility in Hallux Valgus

Foot & Ankle ◽

10.1177/107110078800800507 ◽

1988 ◽

Vol 8 (5) ◽

pp. 264-270 ◽

Cited By ~ 43

Author(s):

Allen Carl ◽

Susan Ross ◽

Phillip Evanski ◽

Theodore Waugh

Keyword(s):

Experimental Data ◽

Soft Tissue ◽

Hallux Valgus ◽

Scoring System ◽

Environmental Stresses ◽

Similar Group ◽

Ligamentous Laxity ◽

System A ◽

Foot Problems ◽

Generalized Hypermobility

Hypermobility has been implicated as one of the etiological components in common foot problems such as hallux valgus but has not been substantiated by experimental data. Twenty patients with symptomatic untreated hallux valgus and 20 controls were evaluated with a simple hypermobility scoring system. A statistically significant correlation was found to reveal that female patients aged 20 to 40 yr with symptomatic hallux valgus have a mild generalized hypermobility when compared to a similar group of control patients. The presence of such ligamentous laxity would seem to support the need for bony correction in such patients as soft tissue procedures would have a greater propensity for malalignment due to the underlying hypermobility in combination with everyday environmental stresses of trauma and overuse.

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