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The Artisanal fishery in the Sepik-Ramu catchment area, Papua New Guinea
No full textA survey in 25 villages in the Sepik-Ramu basin revealed that fishing was practised in all villages surveyed. The participation in catching fish decreased from 42% of the population of villages situated below 200 m altitude to 23.4% of villages al altitudes above 1,000 111, 111ain(v as a result of the lower involvement in fishing of women and girls at higher altitudes. Females contributed half of the estimated total fish yield of respondents living below 100 m. altitude, and 33% of the annual total yield of the whole catchment, which was estimated at 8,200 tons. At high (>1000 m) and middle altitude (200 - 1000m above sea level) most villages had only access to creeks or small rivers. At low altitudes (<200 m above sea level) most villages surveyed had access to big rivers, swamps or lakes. Average yield/person/trip with various gears and in various waters are reported. Eels Anguilla spp and Cyprinus carpio dominated the catch of respondents living at high altitude levels. At low altitude levels half of/he catch consisted of Oreochromis mossambicus. This species plus C. carpio contributed 42% of the weight of the total catch of the Sepik-Ramu area. The part of the fishing respondents that believed that the exotic species C. carpio and/or O. mossambicus had affected the numbers of native fish species decreased with increasing altitude level. At the high altitude Gobiidae were often mentioned to have decreased in number after the arrival of C. carpio
Penggalang Ramu
No full textDi dalm buku ini terdapat 30 syarat yang harus diselesaikan oleh anggota Pramuka. Penggalang yang berisi aktivitas-aktivitas yang sesuai untuk pembelajaran usia mereka. mulai dari pembelajran mengenai agama dan peribadtan, pengetahuan tentang Pancasila dan Kebangsaan, pengetahuan tentang sandi-sandi, tali-temali, baris berbris, dan dilengkapi permainan kelompok, olahraga ringan, bernyanyi dan berbagai aktivitas kepramukaan lainnya.xiv, 150 hlm ; ilus 14 x 21 c
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
No full textThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Mitomycin C in highly myopic eyes - Author reply
No full textOphthalmology. 2005 Feb;112(2):208-18; discussion 219.
Mitomycin C modulation of corneal wound healing after photorefractive keratectomy in highly myopic eyes.
Gambato C, Ghirlando A, Moretto E, Busato F, Midena E.
SourceRefractive Surgery Service and Antimetabolite Therapy Research Unit, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Padova, Padova, Italy.
Abstract
PURPOSE: To evaluate the role of topical mitomycin C in corneal wound healing (CWH) after photorefractive keratectomy (PRK) in highly myopic eyes.
DESIGN: Prospective, double-masked, randomized clinical trial.
PARTICIPANTS: Seventy-two eyes of 36 patients affected by high (>7 diopters) myopia.
METHODS: In each patient, one eye was randomly assigned to PRK with intraoperative topical 0.02% mitomycin C application, and the fellow eye was treated with a placebo. Postoperatively, mitomycin C-treated eyes received artificial tears (3 times daily, tapered in 3 months), whereas the fellow eye was treated with fluorometholone sodium 2% and artificial tears (3 times daily, tapered in 3 months).
MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Uncorrected visual acuity (UCVA) and best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA), contrast sensitivity, manifest refraction, and biomicroscopy. Contrast sensitivity was determined using the Pelli-Robson chart. Corneal confocal microscopy documented CWH.
RESULTS: Mean follow-up was 18 months (range, 12-36). No side effects or toxic effects were documented. At 12-month follow-up examination, UCVAs (logarithm of the minimum angle of resolution) were 0.4+/-0.48 and 0.5+/-0.53 (P = .03) in mitomycin C-treated eyes and corticosteroid-treated eyes, respectively. At 1 year, corneal haze developed in 20% of corticosteroid-treated eyes, versus 0% of mitomycin C-treated eyes. At 12, 24, and 36 months, corneal confocal microscopy showed activated keratocytes and extracellular matrix significantly more evident in untreated eyes (Ps = 0.004, 0.024, and 0.046, respectively).
CONCLUSION: Topical intraoperative application of 0.02% mitomycin C can reduce haze formation in highly myopic eyes undergoing PRK.
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Ophthalmology. 2006 Feb;113(2):357; author reply 357-8
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
No full textWe conducted a full-scale evaluative citation analysis study of scholars in the XML research field to explore just how different from each other author rankings resulting from different citation counting methods actually are, and to demonstrate the capability of emerging data and tools on the Web in supporting more realistic citation counting methods. Our results contest some common arguments for the continued
use of first-author citation counts in the evaluation of scholars, such as high correlations between author rankings by first-author citation counts and other citation
counting methods, and high costs of using more realistic citation counting methods that are not well-supported by the ISI databases. It is argued that increasingly available digital full text research papers make it possible for citation analysis studies to go beyond what the ISI databases have directly supported and to employ more
sophisticated methods
Long distance dispersal by Eumetopina flavipes (Hemiptera: Delphacidae), vector of Ramu stunt: is culture contributing?
No full textThe Island cane planthopper, Eumetopina flavipes, is the only known vector for Ramu stunt disease of sugarcane. Ramu stunt disease appears confined to Papua New Guinea, but disease free populations of the vector are known to occur
throughout the Torres Strait island archipelago and on the northern peninsula of Cape York, Australia. The ability of E. flavipes to hitch-hike on sugarcane moved by people throughout the region is unknown, but is a process which may
explain the initial and subsequent colonisations of the Torres Strait and mainland Australia. We assessed the ability of mobile life stages of E flavipes to survive
over time on cut sugarcane stalks. Results indicated that while nymphs and adults leave the stalk at different rates over time, almost half of the initial population of nymphs and almost one third of the adults survived six days in situ
on cut stalks; indicating that E. flavipes is capable of surviving extended periods of time on deteriorating plant host material. These results imply that human mediated movement may play an important role in the dispersal. of E. flavipes
A Multi-Language Comparison of Influences on Author Verification using Character N-Grams
No full textWe create a new multi-language corpus for author verification based on Wikipedia talkpages, and evaluate the influence that differences in topic and time have on character n-gram author profiles. Topic alignment between two texts is found to increase author verification precision, and an authors writing style is found to change over time, but not more significantly after 3 years than after 1 year.Information ArchitectureWISElectrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Scienc
A 0.12mm<sup>2</sup> Wien-Bridge Temperature Sensor with 0.1°C (3σ) Inaccuracy from -40°C to 180°C
No full text Resistor-based temperature sensors can achieve much higher resolution and energy efficiency than conventional BJT-based sensors [1], but they typically occupy more area (> 0.25 mm 2 ) and have lower operating temperatures (le 125 {circ} {C}) [2]-[4]. This work describes a 0.12mm 2 resistor-based sensor that uses a Wien-bridge (WB) filter to achieve 0.1 {circ} {C} (3 sigma) inaccuracy from - 40 {circ} {C} to 180 {circ} {C}. Compared to a state-of-the-art WB sensor [4], it occupies 6 × less area and achieves comparable relative accuracy over a 76% wider operating range. Session 10.3 Green Open Access added to TU Delft Institutional Repository ‘You share, we take care!’ – Taverne project https://www.openaccess.nl/en/you-share-we-take-care Otherwise as indicated in the copyright section: the publisher is the copyright holder of this work and the author uses the Dutch legislation to make this work public.Electronic InstrumentationMicroelectronic
The effect of host structure on the distribution and abundance of the island sugarcane planthopper, Eumetopina flavipes Muir, vector of Ramu stunt disease of sugarcane
No full textThe island sugarcane planthopper, Eumetopina flavipes Muir, is the only known vector for Ramu stunt disease of sugarcane. This study examined the relationship between host plant distribution and abundance, and E. flavipes distribution, abundance and levels of population connectivity in Papua New Guinea (PNG), the Torres Strait (TS) and northern peninsula area (NPA) of Australia, as a first step in establishing E.flavipes invasion potential through the TS/NPA. Results show that E. flavipes utilises a wide range of Saccharum host species in PNG and that the occupation rates and abundances differed significantly among host types. For hosts in common, the proportion of plants occupied in PNG was significantly greater than in TS/NPA. This is likely the result of greater overall host density and connectivity in PNG. E. flavipes abundance per plant did not differ significantly between the two regions suggesting a possible plant-specific abundance and/or dispersal threshold independent of location. Whilst E. flavipes presence and persistence was highly variable at some TS/NPA locations, large and stable infestations occurred down the western edge of the TS archipelago. These populations appear to link PNG to the NPA and offer a potential incursion route for Ramu stunt disease. The stability of these populations appears to be associated with the availability and persistence of host material, which in turn is significantly affected by variation in cultivation practices. In the TS/NPA, implementation of pre-emptive management of E. flavipes via cultivation techniques, such as simultaneous tip-pruning, may be an effective means of control for the pest, and would be simpler and preferable to the direct management of Ramu stunt disease should it be detected in the TS/NPA
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