Phenotypic characteristics and Gene Frequency of the Banyo Gudali zebu (Bos indicus) variety in the high Guinean Savannah zone of Cameroon

This study is aimed at evaluating the phenptypic and genetic diversity of local cattle breeds in Cameroon. To this end, biometric data were collected randomly in six (6) localities of the Mayo-Banyo Division, on a sample of 321 adult Banyo Gudali zebu cattle (234 cows and 87 bulls) aged between 6 and 16 years and having a body condition score varying from 2 to 4. Results reveal a variability of the coat color i.e., 19,00% white coat and its derivatives (speckled, stoat, grey, truiture); 9.99% black coat and its derivatives (black list and black piebald); 18.06% piebald (4.67% black piebald and 13.39 red piebald); 52.94% red and its derivatives (red piebald and red list). The single-colored coats are less represented (38.94%)compared to double-colored coats (61.06%). The frequency of alleles S+, D, ED, Aa, E+, s, A+, e and P are respectively 0.315; 0.201; 0.140; 0.267; 0.859; 0.685; 0.733; 0.386 and 1.000. There is a predominance of white-black horns (50.2%) over grey horns (42.4%). This population is characterized by long hairs, straight-edged ears oriented laterally and with humps occupying a cervico-thoracic position. The facial and back profiles are straight. The neck has a horizontal curved profile, the rump with a low set tail. Crescent shaped horns predominate (73,5%) followed by the horns in low lyre (15,9%) with the other shapes (stump, lateral pointed tip, crown and asymmetrical deformed right or left) being the least represented. The raised horns (92.5%) are predominant. Erect and moderate humps (86.6%) are dominant over drooping ones (13.4%).

Review and Analysis on Filtering of Unwanted Multimedia Messages from Online Social Network User Walls

When it comes to sharing and exchanging various types of information, online social networks (OSNs) have become an increasingly popular and interactive medium in today's world. People who are connected to blogs and social networks see all of the publicly shared information, and it has a profound effect on the human mind. Messages or comments posted on a wall, a public or private area, may include unnecessary information or sensitive data. Thus, online social networks can benefit from information filtering, which can be used to help users organise messages written in public areas by removing unnecessary words. An information filtering system proposed in this paper may allow OSN users to control the posting and commenting on their walls directly. Every time a user posts a message, the message is intercepted by the filtered wall, which then applies Filtering and Black List Rules to it. The message will appear on the user's wall if it is not filtered or blacklisted. Keywords: Content Based Message Filtering, Demographic Filtering, Collaborative Filtering.

Technical and operational characteristics of GPS radiosounding system in the upper air network of IMD

In recent years, the upper air radiosounding system based on Global Positioning System (GPS) is used as an effective method. GPS receiving device in a Radiosonde improves observation accuracy, allowing simplification of ground equipment. To get improved quality of upper air data, ten stations have been upgraded with new upper air systems based on GPS. This paper describes the upper air radiosounding system that adopts the GPS. After the introduction of GPS Radiosonde in the network at 10 places, data quality has improved substantially at these stations, which has been validated by National Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasting (NCMRWF) and European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF). In all cases the quality change has been remarkable and as a result black list tag is removed by ECMWF for the Indian GPS stations.

Judgment Aggregation in Creative Production: Evidence from the Movie Industry

We study a novel, low-cost approach to aggregating judgment from a large number of industry experts on ideas that they encounter in their normal course of business. Our context is the movie industry, in which customer appeal is difficult to predict and investment costs are high. The Black List, an annual publication, ranks unproduced scripts based on anonymous nominations from film executives. This approach entails an inherent trade-off: Low participation costs enable high response rates, but nominations lack standard criteria, and which voters see which ideas is unobservable and influenced by various factors. Despite these challenges, we find that such aggregation is predictive: Listed scripts are substantially more likely to be released than observably similar, but unlisted, scripts, and, conditional on release and investment levels, listed scripts generate higher box-office revenues. We also find that this method mitigates entry barriers for less-experienced writers, as (i) their scripts are more likely to be listed than those by experienced writers and to rank higher if listed and (ii) within scripts by less-experienced writers, being listed is associated with a higher release rate. Yet, the gap in release probabilities relative to experienced writers remains large, even for top-ranked scripts. These results can be explained by the premise that scripts from less-experienced writers are more visible among eligible voters than scripts from experienced writers. This highlights idea visibility as an important determinant of votes and surfaces the trade-offs, as well as potential limitations, associated with such methods. This paper was accepted by Ashish Arora, entrepreneurship and innovation.

List of unscrupulous (unfair) suppliers: improvement is necessary

The article shows legal and economical nature of unfair supplier list (black list) in Russian public procurement system, black list inclusion statistics, black list appeal court practice, problems and ways of improvement of this instrument, transformation to business reputation index.

Territorial factor of segregation of Russian citizens living abroad

A person’s place of residence often plays a significant role in his fate; moreover, it can act as a discriminatory moment. Specifically, the place of residence of a Russian citizen contributes to his reckoning with a certain caste, which can only be changed by changing the place of residence, and even then not always. In the conditions of modern Russian society, Russian citizens living abroad, especially in the countries of the “black list”, are often impaired in their rights; find themselves in a discriminatory position, which may indicate a kind of unofficial segregation. At the same time, legislatively at the federal level, this defeat in rights depending on the place of residence does not exist; however, it is implemented through laws of a lower order, as well as in the form of an unofficial policy in diplomatic missions, which, according to the convention, should, on the contrary, protect the interests of fellow citizens. Taking into account migration statistics, this type of segregation affects about 16-18% of Russian citizens, and this is a large part of Russian society. Such unofficial segregation can definitely deform Russian society in two directions: lead to a change in the structure of Russian civil society with the allocation of different degrees of citizenship to those more or less impaired in rights - this would legitimize Russia as a country disloyal to its own citizens - or force it to abandon discriminatory laws and traditional concepts, raising a new generation of officials and diplomats, which would contribute to strengthening the international authority of Russia in the world.

Alien invasive plants of Chengdu city: «the black list» and typical habitats

The report presents some results of the international project «Alien invasive plants of Chengdu city: protection. control, utilization, development of an utilization model», which is jointly implemented by scientists from Voro-nezh State University (Russia) and the Sichuan Provincial Academy of Natural Resources Sciences and the Insti-tute of Botany of the Sichuan Province (China). For the first time, a list of 130 species of invasive plants in Chengdu is published, their typical habitats are indicated.

Penyelesaian Sengketa Kontrak Antara Pemerintah Kabupaten Buleleng Dengan PT. Chandra Dwipa Terkait Pembangunan Ruang Terbuka Hijau Taman Bung Karno Singaraja

This study aims to determine the form of dispute resolution between the Buleleng Regency Government and the private sector PT. Candra Dwipa regarding the construction of RTH Bung Karno Park, Singaraja city. The data collection technique used purposive sampling through interviews, observation, documentation and literature study. The subjects in this study were the Regional Government, especially the Commitment Making Official (PPK) of the Disperkimta, Buleleng Regency. Data processing and analysis techniques in this study will be carried out qualitatively. After the qualitative analysis process is carried out, then the data will be presented in a descriptive qualitative manner and systematically. The results showed that (1) a contract clause / agreement letter between the Buleleng Regency Government and PT. Chandra Dwipa is in accordance with the pacta sunt servanda principle and has implications for the rights and obligations of the parties, namely the DISPERKIMTA party can supervise the work of the provider and the provider must carry out the work according to the applicable contract; (2) the dispute settlement mechanism for the development of RTH Taman Bung Karno in which the provider (contractor) does not fulfill the work as planned, namely the realization is only 74,932% while the deviation is -25,068%, the government will stop work, impose fines, and put the provider into in the Black List.