Continuity of Affiliative Relationships among Infants and Juveniles in a Free-Ranging Group of Japanese Monkeys (Macaca Fuscata)

1998 ◽  
Vol 82 (2) ◽  
pp. 691-700
Author(s):  
Yasuo Kojima
Keyword(s):  
Macaca Fuscata ◽  
Early Stage ◽  
First Year ◽  
Japanese Monkeys ◽  
Stage Of Development ◽  
Free Ranging ◽  
Selection Of

5 infants were observed during the first 13 mo. after birth in a free-ranging group of Japanese monkeys ( Macaco fuscata) to examine whether they maintained relatively frequent affiliative relationships with particular immature individuals. The number of immature affiliative partners rapidly increased from the first 3-mo. period after birth to the second 4-mo. period after birth, and the infants thereafter maintained affiliative relationships with particular individuals, mostly same-aged infants, at least in the second half of their first year. These findings show that infants were likely to interact with a larger number of different animals in the early stage of development, and thereafter selected particular individuals with whom they maintained affiliative relationships. The effects of sex on the selection of these long-term partners are also discussed.

scholarly journals A SMARTPHONE-BASED 3D PIPELINE FOR THE CREATIVE INDUSTRY – THE REPLICATE EU PROJECT

2017 ◽  
Vol XLII-2/W3 ◽  
pp. 535-541 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. Nocerino ◽  
F. Lago ◽  
D. Morabito ◽  
F. Remondino ◽  
L. Porzi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Point Clouds ◽  
First Year ◽  
Automated Generation ◽  
Dense Point ◽  
Modelling Techniques ◽  
Eu Project ◽  
Selection Of ◽  
Made In

During the last two decades we have witnessed great improvements in ICT hardware and software technologies. Three-dimensional content is starting to become commonplace now in many applications. Although for many years 3D technologies have been used in the generation of assets by researchers and experts, nowadays these tools are starting to become commercially available to every citizen. This is especially the case for smartphones, that are powerful enough and sufficiently widespread to perform a huge variety of activities (e.g. paying, calling, communication, photography, navigation, localization, etc.), including just very recently the possibility of running 3D reconstruction pipelines. The REPLICATE project is tackling this particular issue, and it has an ambitious vision to enable ubiquitous 3D creativity via the development of tools for mobile 3D-assets generation on smartphones/tablets. This article presents the REPLICATE project’s concept and some of the ongoing activities, with particular attention being paid to advances made in the first year of work. Thus the article focuses on the system architecture definition, selection of optimal frames for 3D cloud reconstruction, automated generation of sparse and dense point clouds, mesh modelling techniques and post-processing actions. Experiments so far were concentrated on indoor objects and some simple heritage artefacts, however, in the long term we will be targeting a larger variety of scenarios and communities.

BANKRUPTCY PREVENTION STRATEGY AND ITS PLACE IN THE SYSTEM OF STRATEGIC ENTERPRISE MANAGEMENT

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (9) ◽  
pp. 2013-2025
Author(s):  
E.A. Leonenko ◽  
◽  
S.V. Kunev ◽  
A.A. Bushova ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Early Stage ◽  
State Regulation ◽  
Prevention Strategy ◽  
Enterprise Management ◽  
Prevention Measures ◽  
Economic Relations ◽  
Financial Condition ◽  
Stage Of Development ◽  
Business Entities

In the modern market economy, an assessment of the enterprise's financial condition is of great importance for the effective adaptation of the company to a turbulent market environment. This is due to the fact that organizations acquire independence and are fully responsible for the results of their activities to shareholders, suppliers, employees, creditors and banks. At the same time, in the phase of crisis phenomena in the economy, survival in a competitive environment is of particular importance for many enterprises, and therefore the issues of diagnosing the risk of bankruptcy of business entities are more relevant than ever. When identifying signs of bankruptcy, companies' management focuses on the development and implementation of such measures that would avoid it and build the enterprise to a new stage of development. In this regard, one of the most important components of bankruptcy prevention measures is the development of a bankruptcy prevention strategy (anti-crisis management strategy). To overcome the insolvency of ineffectively operating economic entities, at an early stage, the problem of developing an organizational and economic mechanism and measures that will strengthen the position of an enterprise in the market and help to postpone possible bankruptcy becomes dominant. The inclusion of bankruptcy in the mechanism of state regulation, which followed the formation of new economic relations in the Russian Federation, objectively required a rethinking of the previously accumulated theoretical and methodological developments and practical solutions. A bankruptcy prevention strategy is a set of prescribed measures for the long term to get an enterprise out of a crisis situation and prevent bankruptcy. It is such a development as a strategy for preventing bankruptcy that is an algorithm for all personnel of an enterprise to act during a crisis (bankruptcy).

scholarly journals Optimum selection of zinc-coated cable trunking systems for electrical installations based on atmospheric corrosion prediction

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 5-19
Keyword(s):  
Atmospheric Corrosion ◽  
Environmental Parameters ◽  
First Year ◽  
Logarithmic Function ◽  
Atmospheric Conditions ◽  
Optimum Selection ◽  
Selection Of

The study presents a methodology for the optimum selection of the most suitable zinc-based coatings in metallic trunking systems to fulfill the requirements related to atmospheric corrosion resistance. The current methodologies are based on heuristic procedures that do not consider the influence of the in situ atmospheric conditions, which are the main cause of most of the corrosion problems. The effect of corrosion over time is generally estimated using a logarithmic function, which depends on corrosion during the first year of exposure, as well as on environmental parameters (e.g. temperature, humidity, pollutants, etc.). Different mathematical models for the prediction of corrosion during the first year of exposure were analyzed. Ten of these models were selected and compared with actual tests determining the model that best fitted the actual values. From this first-year corrosion value, the long-term corrosion function was calculated for each relevant commercial coating. Finally, a case study was analyzed by means of the proposed methodology. The results show the importance of the corrosion function and its influence in the selection of the coating to minimize costs.

Some Experiments with the Emerging Costs of a Hypothetical Pension Fund

1973 ◽  
Vol 20 (03) ◽  
pp. 143-171
Author(s):  
D. H. Loades
Keyword(s):  
Computer Model ◽  
Pension Fund ◽  
Early Stage ◽  
Pension Funds ◽  
Stage Of Development ◽  
Pension Schemes ◽  
Best Estimate ◽  
The Moment ◽  
Selection Of

1.1. In text-books concerned with the study of pension funds the space devoted to the calculation of emerging costs is usually small and this is probably in keeping with the number of occasions when such estimates are necessary.If, however, it is accepted that the purpose is to produce the best estimate of the emerging costs, the calculations become interesting and consideration of the appropriate bases provides a useful background to the selection of a suitable basis for valuing the capital liabilities of the fund.1.2. This paper develops some ideas generated while preparing detailed estimates of the emerging costs of several immature pension schemes with high rates of turnover of staff. A computer model is described which at the moment is in the early stage of development. Having outlined the pattern of costs derived from the model, the paper considers the effects of simplifying the original assumptions and in particular compares the results of using a traditional valuation basis.

scholarly journals Population-Based, Cause-Specific Risk of Non-Lymphoma Deaths Among 20,491 Adults with Classical Hodgkin Lymphoma (cHL) Treated with Initial Chemotherapy in the United States, 2000-2015

Blood ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 134 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. 4034-4034
Author(s):  
Graca M. Dores ◽  
Rochelle E. Curtis ◽  
Nicole H. Dalal ◽  
Martha S. Linet ◽  
Lindsay M. Morton
Keyword(s):  
Adverse Events ◽  
Early Stage ◽  
The United States ◽  
First Year ◽  
Advanced Stage ◽  
Treatment Approaches ◽  
The Past ◽  
Specific Risk ◽  
Stage Disease

Introduction: Advances in cHL treatment over the past 50 years have been fueled, in part, by recognition of long-term treatment-related complications that emerged after cure of cHL became a reality. While cHL-specific survival has continued to improve with time, premature death following diagnosis and treatment of cHL remains life-limiting. Most studies of cHL mortality have focused on long-term survivors and included patients treated with chemotherapy approaches and radiation techniques used in the past. Therefore, we sought to comprehensively quantify early and late cause-specific risks of death among U.S. adults with cHL treated with chemotherapy during a treatment era predominated by ABVD-based (doxorubicin, bleomycin, vinblastine, dacarbazine) chemotherapy. Methods: We used data from 17 cancer registry areas of the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Program to quantify risks of death among individuals diagnosed with early (I/II) or advanced (III/IV) stage cHL between ages 20-74 years and treated with initial chemotherapy during 2000-2015. We calculated standardized mortality ratios (SMRs) and 95% confidence intervals to compare cause-specific risk of death following cHL to that expected in the general U.S. population and estimated absolute excess risks (per 10,000 patient-years) to quantify disease-specific death burden. Results: Among 24,205 cHL patients, we assessed mortality among the 85% (n=20,491) treated with initial chemotherapy (37% of the 20,491 also received initial radiotherapy). With a mean follow-up of 6.7 years, we observed 3,230 deaths due to lymphoma (n=1,936), other neoplasms (n=273), noncancers (n=937), and unknown (n=84) causes. The risk of non-lymphoma deaths overall was significantly elevated 1.5- and 2.3-fold among adults diagnosed with early or advanced cHL, respectively, representing 20 (early stage) and 75 (advanced stage) excess deaths/10,000 patient-years. The most common causes of noncancer deaths were attributed to cardiovascular (n=284), respiratory (n=166), and infectious (n=119) diseases and accidents/falls/adverse events (n=121). The greatest increased risk of cardiovascular deaths was observed for heart disease <1-year after cHL which persisted 1-4 and >5 years after early and advanced stage cHL. Death from interstitial lung disease (ILD) significantly exceeded the expected rate by 14- and 24-fold in early and advanced stage cHL, respectively, most notably within the first year of diagnosis (SMRearly=90; SMRadvanced=128), with SMRs decreasing substantially after 1-year but remaining significantly increased in both stage groups. Patients were also prone to infection-related deaths irrespective of early (SMRearly=2.2) or advanced (SMRadvanced=3.9) cHL, both <1 or >1 year after diagnosis, with the greatest excesses occurring within the first year. Individuals with early (SMRearly=1.8) and advanced stage (SMRadvanced=4.2) disease had significantly elevated risks of death from adverse events (deaths coded as sequelae of drug, treatment, or other specified exposure), most notably <1 year after cHL diagnosis (SMRearly=7.5; SMRadvanced=17.5). Among non-lymphoma neoplasms, death from myelodysplastic syndromes/acute myeloid leukemia (MDS/AML) was significantly increased among early (SMRearly=5.2) and advanced stage (SMRadvanced=8.6) cHL. No MDS/AML deaths occurred within 1-year of cHL, but risks increased to >9-fold among both stage groups 1-4 years after diagnosis, and excesses persisted at >5-years among those with advanced stage cHL (SMRadvanced=9.1). Lung cancer accounted for the majority of solid tumor deaths among those with early (SMRearly=1.4) and advanced stage (SMRadvanced=1.9) cHL, with heightened risks beginning at >5 years among early stage cHL and at 1-4 years among advanced stage disease. Conclusion: Despite tailored treatment approaches in an ABVD-predominant era, risk of non-lymphoma deaths remains significantly elevated among cHL patients 20-74 years of age in the U.S., with early or advanced stage disease, and <1 or >1 year from diagnosis. Our data strongly support implementation of preventive and supportive measures following cHL diagnosis and continued refinement of treatment approaches to minimize premature deaths. Disclosures No relevant conflicts of interest to declare.

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