Deconstructing Site-Based Management: Possibilities for Emancipation and Alternative Means of Control

In the 1970s, the fragile historical centre of the city of Perugia was a key area where the binomial of sustainable mobility and urban regeneration was developed and applied. At the turn of the xxi century, the low carbon automatic people-mover Minimetrò broadened that application from the city's historical centre to the outskirts, promoting the enhancement of several urban environments. This paper is the outcome of an investigation of original sources, field surveys and direct interviews, which addresses the Minimetrò as the backbone of a wide regeneration process which has had a considerable impact on the economic development of a peripheral area of the city which was previously devoid of any clear urban sense. The conclusion proposes some solutions to improve the nature of the Minimetrò as an experimental alternative means of transport.

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Differentiation Of Clarias Batrachus, C. Gariepinus And Heteropneustes Fossilis By Pcr-Sequencing Of Mitochondrial 16s Rrna Gene

Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bangladesh Science ◽

10.3329/jasbs.v41i1.46190 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 41 (1) ◽

pp. 51-58

Author(s):

Mohammad Shamimul Alam ◽

Hawa Jahan ◽

Rowshan Ara Begum ◽

Reza M Shahjahan

Keyword(s):

16S Rrna ◽

16S Rrna Gene ◽

Fish Larva ◽

16S Rrna Genes ◽

Rrna Genes ◽

Rrna Gene ◽

Valuable Insight ◽

Multiple Sequence ◽

Pcr Rflp ◽

Alternative Means

Heteropneustesfossilis, Clariasbatrachus and C. gariepinus are three major catfishes ofecological and economic importance. Identification of these fish species becomes aproblem when the usual external morphological features of the fish are lost or removed,such as in canned fish. Also, newly hatched fish larva is often difficult to identify. PCRsequencingprovides accurate alternative means of identification of individuals at specieslevel. So, 16S rRNA genes of three locally collected catfishes were sequenced after PCRamplification and compared with the same gene sequences available from othergeographical regions. Multiple sequence alignment of the 16S rRNA gene fragments ofthe catfish species has revealed polymorphic sites which can be used to differentiate thesethree species from one another and will provide valuable insight in choosing appropriaterestriction enzymes for PCR-RFLP based identification in future. Asiat. Soc. Bangladesh, Sci. 41(1): 51-58, June 2015

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Management of grazing systems

Proceedings of the New Zealand Grassland Association ◽

10.33584/jnzg.1989.50.1863 ◽

1989 ◽

pp. 117-122 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

J. Hodgson

Keyword(s):

Management Practices ◽

Management Control ◽

Grazing Management ◽

Relative Importance ◽

Stocking Rate ◽

Pastoral Systems ◽

Starting Point ◽

Alternative Means ◽

Grazing Systems ◽

Stocking Rates

Recent assessments of the relative importance of stocking rate. stocking policy and grazing management on the output from pastoral systems are used as a starting point to argue the need for objective pasture assessments to aid control of livestock enterprises to meet production targets. Variations in stocking rates, stocking policy and other management practices all provide alternative means of control of pasture conditions which are the major determinants of pasture and animal performance. Understanding of the influence of pasture conditions on systems performance should provide a better basis for management control and for Communication between farmers, extension officers and researchers. Keywords: Stocking rate, pasture condition, pasture cover

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Physical Warmth Attenuates Ethnocentric Bias under Mortality Salience: An Embodied Terror Management Perspective

10.31234/osf.io/x6m8u ◽

2020 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Armand Chatard ◽

Margaux Renoux ◽

Jean Monéger ◽

Leila Selimbegovic

Keyword(s):

Mortality Salience ◽

Terror Management ◽

Negative Consequences ◽

Defensive Reaction ◽

Worldview Defense ◽

Management Perspective ◽

Physical Warmth ◽

Alternative Means ◽

First Time

Research indicates that individuals often deal with mortality salience by affirming beliefs in national or cultural superiority (worldview defense). Because worldview defense may be associated with negative consequences (discrimination), it is important to identify alternative means to deal with death-related thoughts. In line with an embodied terror management perspective, we evaluate for the first time the role of physical warmth in reducing defensive reaction to mortality salience. We predicted that, like social affiliation (social warmth), physical warmth could reduce worldview defense when mortality is salient. In this exploratory (preregistered) study, 202 French participants were primed with death-related thoughts, or an aversive control topic, in a heated room or a non-heated room. The main outcome was worldview defense (ethnocentric bias). We found no main effect of mortality salience on worldview defense. However, physical warmth reduced worldview defense when mortality was salient. Implications for an embodied terror management perspective are discussed.

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Internet-based Online Higher Education in Nepal Amidst COVID-19

10.35542/osf.io/r85bc ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Ashis Acharya ◽

Nabaraj Poudyal ◽

Ganesh Lamichhane ◽

Babita Aryal ◽

Bibek Raj Bhattarai ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Higher Education ◽

Human Life ◽

The Internet ◽

Online Classes ◽

Traditional Concept ◽

Digital Platforms ◽

Factors Affecting ◽

Online Higher Education ◽

Alternative Means ◽

The Government

The COVID-19 global pandemic has affected all aspects of human life, with education, not an exception. In an attempt to stop the SARS-CoV-2 spreading like wildfire, the Government of Nepal has implemented nationwide lockdowns since March 24, 2020, that have enforced schools and universities to shut down. As a consequence, more than four hundred thousand students of various levels in higher education institutions (HEIs) are in a dilemma about restoring the situation. Several HEIs, nationwide, have leaped forward from the traditional concept of learning—limited within the boundary of the classroom—to choosing digital platforms as an alternative means of teaching because of the pandemic. For this research, the descriptive and inferential analysis was carried out to investigate the effects and challenges of learning via digital platforms during this pandemic. Data were collected from students and faculty at various levels of higher education and analyzed statistically with different factors using t-test and ANOVA, and variables were found to be approximately normally distributed. The study revealed that 70% of the respondents had access to the Internet, but 36% of the Internet accessed did not continue online classes due to unexpected disturbance in Internet and electrical connectivity. Likewise, 65% of students did not feel comfortable with online classes, and among attendees of online classes, 78% of students want to meet the instructor for a better understanding of course matters. According to the analytic hierarchy process (AHP) model, three factors, such as institutional policy, internet access, and poverty, are found to be significant factors affecting the online higher education systems in Nepal. On the brighter side, this outbreak has brought ample opportunities to reform the conventional teaching-learning paradigm in Nepal.

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Rural Development and Employment through Skill Development

SMS Journal of Enterpreneurship & Innovation ◽

10.21844/smsjei.v3i01.6794 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 3 (01) ◽

Author(s):

Purnendu Kumar Patra

Keyword(s):

Rural Economy ◽

Skill Development ◽

Rural Landscape ◽

Current Status ◽

State Governments ◽

Unskilled Labor ◽

Secondary Sources ◽

Proper Training ◽

Alternative Means ◽

Civil Laws

India has around 600,000 villages with around 64% of its 1.3 billion people living in them. It is absurd to imagine growth without the country-side growing as fast as India's towns and cities. This nation has one of the largest pools of unskilled labor waiting to be trained and utilized. In the absence of proper training, awareness and motivation, it is commonplace for the rural unemployed youth to adopt alternative means of livelihood, many of which are shunned by civil laws. Through this paper the author wishes to throw some light on the importance of Skill Development programs, their current status, the gap that exists between the demand and supply of skilled labor and how employability of rural youth is enhanced by imparting skill oriented training to them. Finally, the paper also emphasizes on how skilled and employable youth contribute to overall development of a rural economy in particular and the nation in general. Data has been gathered from reliable secondary sources. On assumed lines, it was also concluded that the need of the hour for India is to aggressively pursue innovative government programs like Skill India and Make in India so that by the turn of the decade, close to half of the projected eligible population could be employed in various state-run schemes, private organizations. Entrepreneurship is also an outcome of innovative skill development that has immense potential for employment and thus, development of the rural landscape. The paper limits itself to the schemes launched by the respective state governments and central governments thus leaving room for improvement as far as measures taken by privately owned organizations and NGOs are concerned.

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The Right to Education in India

10.1093/oso/9780199494286.001.0001 ◽

2019 ◽

Author(s):

Florian Matthey-Prakash

Keyword(s):

Private Education ◽

The State ◽

Legal Empowerment ◽

Right To Education ◽

The Poor ◽

Potential System ◽

Education In India ◽

Alternative Means ◽

Education Act ◽

The Right

What does it mean for education to be a fundamental right, and how may children benefit from it? Surprisingly, even when the right to education was added to the Indian Constitution as Article 21A, this question received barely any attention. This book identifies justiciability (or, more broadly, enforceability) as the most important feature of Article 21A, meaning that children and their parents must be provided with means to effectively claim their right from the state. Otherwise, it would remain a ‘right’ only on paper. The book highlights how lack of access to the Indian judiciary means that the constitutional promise of justiciability is unfulfilled, particularly so because the poor, who cannot afford quality private education for their children, must be the main beneficiaries of the right. It then deals with possible alternative means the state may provide for the poor to claim the benefits under Article 21A, and identifies the grievance redress mechanism created by the Right to Education Act as a potential system of enforcement. Even though this system is found to be deficient, the book concludes with an optimistic outlook, hoping that rights advocates may, in the future, focus on improving such mechanisms for legal empowerment.

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Nonverbal Semantics Test (NVST)—A Novel Diagnostic Tool to Assess Semantic Processing Deficits: Application to Persons with Aphasia after Cerebrovascular Accident

Brain Sciences ◽

10.3390/brainsci11030359 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 11 (3) ◽

pp. 359

Author(s):

Katharina Hogrefe ◽

Georg Goldenberg ◽

Ralf Glindemann ◽

Madleen Klonowski ◽

Wolfram Ziegler

Keyword(s):

Language Processing ◽

Cerebrovascular Accident ◽

Semantic Processing ◽

Factor Model ◽

Principal Component ◽

Original Data ◽

Verbal Abilities ◽

Verbal Tasks ◽

Alternative Means ◽

The Relationship

Assessment of semantic processing capacities often relies on verbal tasks which are, however, sensitive to impairments at several language processing levels. Especially for persons with aphasia there is a strong need for a tool that measures semantic processing skills independent of verbal abilities. Furthermore, in order to assess a patient’s potential for using alternative means of communication in cases of severe aphasia, semantic processing should be assessed in different nonverbal conditions. The Nonverbal Semantics Test (NVST) is a tool that captures semantic processing capacities through three tasks—Semantic Sorting, Drawing, and Pantomime. The main aim of the current study was to investigate the relationship between the NVST and measures of standard neurolinguistic assessment. Fifty-one persons with aphasia caused by left hemisphere brain damage were administered the NVST as well as the Aachen Aphasia Test (AAT). A principal component analysis (PCA) was conducted across all AAT and NVST subtests. The analysis resulted in a two-factor model that captured 69% of the variance of the original data, with all linguistic tasks loading high on one factor and the NVST subtests loading high on the other. These findings suggest that nonverbal tasks assessing semantic processing capacities should be administered alongside standard neurolinguistic aphasia tests.

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Through thick and thin: Diagnosis of transthyretin cardiac amyloidosis through non-invasive multimodality imaging

Proceedings of Singapore Healthcare ◽

10.1177/20101058211006146 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 201010582110061

Author(s):

Raja Ezman Raja Shariff ◽

Hafisyatul Aiza Zainal Abidin ◽

Sazzli Kasim

Keyword(s):

Cardiac Amyloidosis ◽

Troponin T ◽

Multimodality Imaging ◽

High Sensitivity ◽

Dark Blood ◽

Non Invasive ◽

Doppler Study ◽

Alternative Means ◽

High Sensitivity Troponin T

Cardiac amyloidosis is a severely underdiagnosed cause of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction. We report a case of highly probable transthyretin (ATTR) cardiac amyloidosis (ATTR-CA) diagnosed through the assistance of non-invasive multimodality imaging. An 81-year-old man presented with worsening dyspnoea, reduced effort tolerance and limb swelling. Examination and bedside investigations demonstrated congestive cardiac failure. On arrival, N-terminal-pro B-type natriuretic peptide was 2400 ng/L, and high-sensitivity troponin T was 78 mmol/L. Echocardiography showed severe left and right ventricular hypertrophy, and a Doppler study revealed diastolic dysfunction. Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging revealed on non-conventional dark blood sequence an abnormal inversion time for nulling myocardium suggestive of infiltrative disease, including amyloidosis. The patient was referred for nuclear-based studies involving technetium-99m pyrophosphate which demonstrated changes highly diagnostic of ATTR-CA. Early diagnosis of ATTR-CA remains paramount due to the increasing availability of disease-modifying therapies. Current guidelines recognise the role of multimodality imaging in confidently recognising the disease without the need for histological evidence in the appropriate context, providing an alternative means of diagnosis.

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Weeding through the haze: a survey on cannabis use among people living with Parkinson’s disease in the US

npj Parkinson s Disease ◽

10.1038/s41531-021-00165-y ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 7 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Megan P. Feeney ◽

Danny Bega ◽

Benzi M. Kluger ◽

A. Jon Stoessl ◽

Christiana M. Evers ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Parkinson’S Disease ◽

Parkinson's Disease ◽

Scientific Evidence ◽

Symptom Control ◽

Cannabis Use ◽

Symptom Improvement ◽

Motor Symptoms ◽

The Us ◽

Alternative Means ◽

Non Motor Symptoms

AbstractSymptomatic management of Parkinson’s disease (PD) is complex and many symptoms, especially non-motor symptoms, are not effectively addressed with current medications. In the US, cannabis has become more widely available for medical and recreational use, permitting those in the PD community to try alternative means of symptom control. However, little is known about the attitudes towards, and experiences with, cannabis use among those living with PD. To address this shortcoming, we distributed an anonymous survey to 7,607 people with PD in January 2020 and received 1339 responses (17.6%). 1064 complete responses were available for analysis. Respondents represented 49 states with a mean age of 71.2 years (±8.3) and mean PD duration of 7.4 years (±6.2). About a quarter of respondents (24.5%) reported cannabis use within the previous six months. Age and gender were found to be predictors of cannabis use in this sample (Age OR = 0.95, 95% CI 0.93 to 0.97; Male OR = 1.44, 95% CI 1.03 to 2.03). Users reported learning about cannabis use from the internet/news (30.5%) and friends or other people with PD (26.0%). Cannabis users were more likely to report insufficient control of their non-motor symptoms with prescription medications than non-users (p = 0.03). Cannabis was primarily used for PD (63.6%) and was most often used to treat nonmotor symptoms of anxiety (45.5%), pain (44.0%), and sleep disorders (44.0%). However, nearly a quarter of users (23.0%) also reported they had stopped cannabis use in the previous six months, primarily due to a lack of symptom improvement (35.5%). Three quarters of respondents (75.5%) did not use cannabis, primarily because there was a lack of scientific evidence supporting efficacy (59.9%). Our results suggest that the lack of formal guidance or research evidence about cannabis for PD may in part underlie inconsistencies in both use and reported effectiveness.

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