Variabilité et hérédité de l'angle du fil du bois mesuré à l'aide d'un traceur radioactif chez le pin maritime et le pin laricio de Calabre

1978 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 280-289 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Arbez ◽  
Ph. Baradat ◽  
Y. Birot ◽  
P. Azoeuf ◽  
R. Hoslin

Spiral grain variation and inheritance were studied in maritime pine (Pinuspinaster Ait.) and Calabrian pine (Pinusnigra Arn. ssp. laricio var. calabrica) through radioisotopes (12K, 188Re) injected into the sap and autoradiography, on different types of material: mother trees in the forest, their open-pollinated progenies (10–14 years old), and the vegetative propagates (grafts) of the mother trees. For both species, spiral grain was always to the left in the grafts and seedling progenies but higher for the former. Broad sense and narrow sense heritabilities, and genetic prediction coefficient estimates were, respectively, 0.43, 0.16, 0.34 for maritime pine and 0.61, 0.58, 0.38, for Calabrian pine.Despite encouraging results, more research is needed to elucidate spiral grain variation along the stem and with time, before including this trait among the selection criteria.

1985 ◽  
Vol 42 (4) ◽  
pp. 411-434
Author(s):  
H. POLGE ◽  
Thérèse HURPEAU ◽  
A. PERRIN ◽  
P. GELHAYE

Algorithms ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (8) ◽  
pp. 186 ◽  
Author(s):  
Md. Saiful Islam ◽  
Emam Hossain ◽  
Abdur Rahman ◽  
Mohammad Shahadat Hossain ◽  
Karl Andersson

In recent years, the foreign exchange (FOREX) market has attracted quite a lot of scrutiny from researchers all over the world. Due to its vulnerable characteristics, different types of research have been conducted to accomplish the task of predicting future FOREX currency prices accurately. In this research, we present a comprehensive review of the recent advancements of FOREX currency prediction approaches. Besides, we provide some information about the FOREX market and cryptocurrency market. We wanted to analyze the most recent works in this field and therefore considered only those papers which were published from 2017 to 2019. We used a keyword-based searching technique to filter out popular and relevant research. Moreover, we have applied a selection algorithm to determine which papers to include in this review. Based on our selection criteria, we have reviewed 39 research articles that were published on “Elsevier”, “Springer”, and “IEEE Xplore” that predicted future FOREX prices within the stipulated time. Our research shows that in recent years, researchers have been interested mostly in neural networks models, pattern-based approaches, and optimization techniques. Our review also shows that many deep learning algorithms, such as gated recurrent unit (GRU) and long short term memory (LSTM), have been fully explored and show huge potential in time series prediction.


2000 ◽  
Vol 6 (5) ◽  
pp. 362-370 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robin G. Morris ◽  
Claire Worsley ◽  
David Matthews

Neuropsychological assessment, in the broader sense, is common clinical practice with older adults because of the widespread use of mental status examinations and dementia rating scales. In the more narrow sense, a neuropsychological assessment conducted by a clinical psychologist or clinical neuropsychologist is used less frequently and for more specific purposes. This paper outlines these uses and provides a brief overview of the different types of test that might be used, with a clinical example to illustrate the type of information gained. This review is designed not to be comprehensive, but to provide a pointer towards the latest trends in test development.


1983 ◽  
Vol 61 (3) ◽  
pp. 692-699 ◽  
Author(s):  
Claude Plassard ◽  
Daniel Mousain ◽  
Louis Salsac

To estimate the intensity of mycorrhizal development of maritime pine (Pinus pinaster Soland. in Ait.) associated with Pisolithus tinctorius (Pers.) Coker et Couch., two methods were used: the assay of fungal chitin after acid or alkaline hydrolysis; the measure of absorption of fungus pigments extracted by means of acetone. The products of the hydrolysis of the chitin are assayed by a colorimetric method. The alkaline hydrolysis enables us to directly assay the fungal chitosan; after acid hydrolysis the tissues of pine produce some substances reacting colorimetrically and the absorption due to chitin is estimated from the total absorption of the hydrolysate. There are good correlations between these different types of determination themselves and between the determination and the counting of the mycorrhizae.


Author(s):  
Elke Loots ◽  
Eva Goossens ◽  
Toke Vanwesemael ◽  
Manuel Morrens ◽  
Bart Van Rompaey ◽  
...  

Adherence to prescribed medication regimes improves outcomes for patients with severe mental illness such as schizophrenia or bipolar disorders. The aim of this systematic review and meta-analysis was to compare the effectiveness among interventions to improve medication adherence in patients with schizophrenia or bipolar disorders. Literature published in the last decade was searched for interventions studies to improve adherence in patients with schizophrenia or a bipolar disorder. Interventions were categorised on the basis of type, and the context and effectiveness of the interventions were described. Two review authors independently extracted and assessed data, following criteria outlined by the Cochrane Handbook for Systematic Reviews of Interventions. The GRADEPro (McMaster University, 2020, Ontario, Canada) was used for assessing the quality of the evidence. Twenty-three publications met the selection criteria. Different types of interventions aiming to improve adherence were tested: educational, behavioural, family-based, technological, or a combination of previous types. Meta-analysis could be performed for 10 interventions. When considered separately by subgroups on the basis of intervention type, no significant differences were found in adherence among interventions (p = 0.29; I2 = 19.9%). This review concluded that successful interventions used a combination of behavioural and educational approaches that seem easy to implement in daily practice.


Author(s):  
Davide Pinelli ◽  
Zuohua Liu ◽  
Franco Magelli

Several dynamic and steady-state methods have been proposed in the literature for measuring the mass transfer coefficient in gas-liquid stirred vessels. Analysis has also been developed about the fundamentals of the most interesting techniques. Similarly, the flow behaviour of the gas and the liquid phases has been modelled in various ways—the different models often resulting in different coefficient estimates. Cross checking of a number of techniques and of various models has already been performed for a number of cases. However, not all the implications are clear and have been retained, especially for high-aspect-ratio equipment stirred with multiple impellers.In this paper, the main problems in KLa characterisation are analysed: the most promising techniques and flow models are reviewed critically and several combinations of experimental methods and models have been tested with the purpose of providing information regarding their choice. Vessels stirred with sets of multiple impellers of different types as well as coalescing and non-coalescing gas-liquid systems have been considered. Recommendations about the use of some of the mentioned tools are also given in relation to the final use of the coefficient.


2020 ◽  
Vol 64 (3) ◽  
pp. 311-330 ◽  
Author(s):  
Suzanne Spaan ◽  
Richard Glass ◽  
Henk Goede ◽  
Sander Ruiter ◽  
Rianda Gerritsen-Ebben

Abstract The suitability, availability, and use of protective clothing are critical factors determining the actual dermal exposure (ADE) of operators and workers to pesticides. A realistic assessment of occupational exposure to pesticides requires information about the performance of protective clothing during everyday use. In this study, the performance of clothing or gloves has been investigated based on available dermal exposure data in order to provide recommendations for default protection factors that can be used in regulatory exposure assessments. Suitable dermal exposure data from available exposure databases were collated and analysed. The data that met the selection criteria for the analysis of the performance of protective clothing comprised studies in which protective clothing like cotton coveralls, cotton clothing, polyester–cotton coveralls, Sontara coveralls, Tyvek coveralls, butyl/neoprene gloves, latex/PE/vinyl/PVC gloves, or nitrile gloves were worn. Based on available potential and ADE levels, the migration of pesticides through this protective clothing was estimated. Evaluation of exposure data showed that on average only 2.3–2.6% of the pesticides present on the outside of the clothing or gloves migrated through the garments, although there was a large variation with migration up to 99%. Forearms, legs, and chest areas of the clothing tended to have the greatest migration of pesticides. Caution is needed in the selection of the appropriate protection offered protective clothing for specific situations. This study gives valuable information on the performance of protective clothing, for use in exposure assessment and for default setting in exposure modelling, taking into account the type of clothing or gloves worn. As new data become available, it may be possible to further refine the protection factors offered by different types of clothing or gloves, particularly where a common protocol has been used.


2020 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Annabelle Doerr ◽  
Anthony Strittmatter

AbstractWe study the identification of channels of policy reforms with multiple treatments and different types of selection for each treatment. We disentangle reform effects into policy effects, selection effects, and time effects under the assumption of conditional independence, common trends, and an additional exclusion restriction on the non-treated. Furthermore, we show the identification of direct- and indirect policy effects after imposing additional sequential conditional independence assumptions on mediating variables. We illustrate the approach using the German reform of the allocation system of vocational training for unemployed persons. The reform changed the allocation of training from a mandatory system to a voluntary voucher system. Simultaneously, the selection criteria for participants changed, and the reform altered the composition of course types. We consider the course composition as a mediator of the policy reform. We show that the empirical evidence from previous studies reverses when considering the course composition. This has important implications for policy conclusions.


2019 ◽  
pp. 141-156
Author(s):  
Henk Addink

The (sub)principles of effectiveness is rather new for many lawyers. This novelty is partly because these principles are related not only to law from a more classical perspective but also to academic fields like social sciences and economics. Modern textbooks on administrative law are sometimes split into two parts: one part on administration and law and another part on law and administration. The first part is, from an administrative law perspective, the most innovative. It is mainly focused on policy, constitutional, and organizing aspects of the administration. The approach is contextual, and it draws on different disciplines. It deals with administrative developments, centralized and decentralized administration, the different types of administration, the management aspects of administration, the development of agencies, the different methods of internal and external coordination, and the position of the key players in the field of the administration. The second part concerns the analysis of the principles of judicial review as they have been developed by the courts, the ombudsman, and other controlling institutions. These principles are applied to control and structure the administration. It also takes full account of the legislative and political initiatives that are relevant for the development of administrative law, including the role played by the different powers in the state. In this chapter, we integrate these two parts of ‘administration and law’ and their corresponding approaches. This reflects the interdisciplinary nature of the development of the principles in general and more specifically in the (sub)principles of effectiveness. These principles can also be applied mutatis mutandis in other contexts that restrict the perspective of the administration in a narrow sense, like the administrative court and the fourth power institutions.


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