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Amperometric and spectrophotometric determination of carbaryl in natural waters and commercial formulations

The work presented describes the development and evaluation of two flow-injection analysis (FIA) systems for the automated determination of carbaryl in spiked natural waters and commercial formulations. Samples are injected directly into the system where they are subjected to alkaline hydrolysis thus forming 1-naphthol. This product is readily oxidised at a glassy carbon electrode. The electrochemical behaviour of 1-naphthol allows the development of an FIA system with an amperometric detector in which 1-naphthol determination, and thus measurement of carbaryl concentration, can be performed. Linear response over the range 1.0×10–7 to 1.0×10–5 mol L–1, with a sampling rate of 80 samples h–1, was recorded. The detection limit was 1.0×10–8 mol L–1. Another FIA manifold was constructed but this used a colorimetric detector. The methodology was based on the coupling of 1-naphthol with phenylhydrazine hydrochloride to produce a red complex which has maximum absorbance at 495 nm. The response was linear from 1.0×10–5 to 1.5×10–3 mol L–1 with a detection limit of 1.0×10–6 mol L–1. Sample-throughput was about 60 samples h–1. Validation of the results provided by the two FIA methodologies was performed by comparing them with results from a standard HPLC–UV technique. The relative deviation was <5%. Recovery trials were also carried out and the values obtained ranged from 97.0 to 102.0% for both methods. The repeatability (RSD, %) of 12 consecutive injections of one sample was 0.8% and 1.6% for the amperometric and colorimetric systems, respectively.

How to increase and attract more tourists into Kenya throught experiental marketing

This marketing plan project is a culmination of extensive strategies with the use of experiential marketing to address issues confronting the Kenyan tourism industry in order to have a sustainable tourism sector. Following the terrorist attack carried out by Islamist militants’ belonging to al-Shabaab terrorist organization on Nairobi’s Westgate shopping mall in September 2013, tourist forecast has gone down sharply with an average of 20% fall in tourists’ arrivals which is likely to have an impact on the tourism sector in Kenya. Even before the deadly attack on Westgate, the most lethal attack by Islamist terrorists in 15 years in Kenya, the government through the Kenya tourist board had announced that in 2013 tourist arrivals were down by 12%, at 495,978, according to an October 2013 report by Bloomberg. Tourism revenues were also down by 7.4%, over FY12/13 (July-June) to reach KES96.24bn, according to a September 2013 report on the local Capital FM website. Beyond 2013, much will depend on how quickly the Kenya tourist board can regain control of the situation. The Kenyan government believes that the Westgate mall attack was a 'one-off' incident, with a low probability of a similar event happening again over the short term period. Germany, United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Italy, France and Canada continue to be the key source market however; the Kenya tourist board can make continued growth stronger from new emerging markets in order to increase new arrivals into the country. The marketing plan outlines the objectives to be implemented and provides the implementation strategy, activity plans, monitoring and evaluation plans, financial requirements projections and proposes a new structure of experiential marketing. A number of regional forces are identified that will impact tourism into the country including global, social and economic forces, emerging trends in visitor motivations and behavior, emerging forces in experiential marketing. A major component of the strategy identifies target markets for Kenya to commensurate with the level of resources that will be available for marketing and promotion, in keeping with the forces and trends identified and the nature of the Kenya tourism environment. The agreed upon target market segments are: generic/mass travel, experiential travel, creative travel, adventure seeking travel, senior/extended/long stay travel, and business related travel. The strategy phases the development of the target markets over the years of the marketing strategies in order to yield the best opportunity for results. A core activity in developing a marketing strategy is determining the nature of experiences Kenya offers in tourism. The strategy’s experience development process will continue to develop within the context of the products identified which will be promoted regionally: culture/heritage, nature, community-based. Each county in the country has a significant number of attractions and experiences and the challenge of the country is to bring these together in a creative and innovative way in order to encourage tourists to visit more than one county in Kenya.

Loss of ability to work and ability to live independently in Parkinson's disease.

OBJECTIVE: Ability to work and live independently is of particular concern for patients with Parkinson's disease (PD). We studied a series of PD patients able to work or live independently at baseline, and evaluated potential risk factors for two separate outcomes: loss of ability to work and loss of ability to live independently. METHODS: The series comprised 495 PD patients followed prospectively. Ability to work and ability to live independently were based on clinical interview and examination. Cox regression models adjusted for age and disease duration were used to evaluate associations of baseline characteristics with loss of ability to work and loss of ability to live independently. RESULTS: Higher UPDRS dyskinesia score, UPDRS instability score, UPDRS total score, Hoehn and Yahr stage, and presence of intellectual impairment at baseline were all associated with increased risk of future loss of ability to work and loss of ability to live independently (P ≤ 0.0033). Five years after initial visit, for patients ≤70 years of age with a disease duration ≤4 years at initial visit, 88% were still able to work and 90% to live independently. These estimates worsened as age and disease duration at initial visit increased; for patients >70 years of age with a disease duration >4 years, estimates at 5 years were 43% able to work and 57% able to live independently. CONCLUSIONS: The information provided in this study can offer useful information for PD patients in preparing for future ability to perform activities of daily living.

Ictioplancton entre Tambo de Mora y Punta Falsa durante agosto y setiembre de 1995

Se presentan los resultados sobre la composición, distribución y concentración de huevos y larvas de peces durante el Crucero BIC Humboldt y BIC SNP-1 9508-09, llevado a cabo entre el 12 de agosto y 22 de setiembre de 1995 entre Tambo de Mora (13°30 'S) y Punta Falsa (06° S). Se determinó larvas de 12 familias. Fue posible identificar 11 géneros y 9 especies. Los huevos y las larvas de anchoveta se distribuyeron en toda el área explorada. La sardina tuvo una pequeña concentración en la zona norte.

Estimación de la biomasa desovante del stock norte centro de la anchoveta por el método de producción de huevos durante el invierno 1996

La biomasa desovante de la anchoveta peruana Engraulis ringens en el área comprendida entre Tambo de Mora (13°30 'S) y Punta Falsa (06° S), fue estimada en 4,02 millones de toneladas. En esta oportunidad, a diferencia de las anteriores, se hicieron ajustes en la determinación de la producción diaria de huevos (Po) así como en la fecundidad. En el primer caso, por efectos de la dispersión de los huevos en un área de desove mayor; y en el segundo, por no cubrir todo el rango de tamaños. El crucero se llevó a cabo del 11 de agosto al 27 de setiembre de 1996 a bordo del BIC Humboldt. Los valores promedio de los parámetros involucrados en la estimación fueron: proporción de hembras, 0,52; producción diaria de huevos, 10.14E+13; peso promedio de hembras, 29,79 g; fecundidad parcial, 18 495 huevos por hembra y frecuencia de desove, 7,8%. Los parámetros que presentaron mayor variación con respecto a 1995 fueron: la fecundidad parcial, producción diaria de huevos y frecuencia de desove.

Sharing data between LSDBs and central repositories.

Several Locus-Specific DataBases (LSDBs) have recently been approached by larger, more general data repositories (including NCBI and UCSC) with the request to share the DNA variant data they have collected. Within the Human Genome Variation Society (HGVS) a document was generated summarizing the issues related to these requests. The document has been circulated in the HGVS/LSDB community and was discussed extensively. Here we summarize these discussions and present the concluded recommendations for LSDB data sharing with central repositories.

Abcès pulmonaires: évolution dans la prise en charge [Lung abscess: changes in the management?].

L'abcès pulmonaire se présente de manière très pléomorphe selon les germes initialement impliqués. Des symptômes gé­ néraux et une évolution souvent subaiguë sont retrouvés en cas d'aspiration de la flore oropharyngée, chez des patients avec des troubles de l'état de conscience ou de la déglutition. L'infection est très souvent polymicrobienne, avec présence de germes anaérobes dans deux tiers des cas. La prise en charge consiste en un traitement antibiotique prolongé, jusqu'à résolution ou stabilité de l'image radiologique. En cas d'état toxique ou d'absence de drainage bronchique spontané, un drainage de l'abcès est à discuter. Les sanctions chirurgicales sont peu souvent nécessaires et envisagées indépendamment de la taille de l'abcès excepté lors de néoplasie sous-jacente. Lung abscess occurs in very pleomorphic according to germs initially involved. The mechanism commonly found is an aspiration of the oropharyngeal flora in patients with disorders of consciousness or swallowing. The infection is polymicrobial, with presence of anaerobic germs in 2/3 of the cases. The support consists of a prolonged antibiotic treatment, as well as anaerobic until resolution or stability of the radiological image. In case of prolonged toxic state, drainage of the abscess is to be discussed especially if there is no airways drainage. Surgical sanctions is rarely needed regardless of the size of the abscess, unless underlying carcinoma is present.

Cours de construction. 19, Métré de serrurerie, quincaillerie, charpente en fer, ferronnerie & grillage / par Ch. Guillaume,...

Collection : Encyclopédie théorique & pratique des connaissances civiles & militaires ; partie 1, livre 6

L'Écho de Paris

1885/07/19 (Numéro 495).

Breviarium et Graduale ad usum Cenomanensem.

Principales fêtes seulement. F. 1-265v Bréviaire noté : — « De b. Juliano, primo Cenomanensi ep. » (42v) ; — Office de ste Catherine (incompl.) (201) ; — Commun des saints (220). F. 266-345 Graduel : — s. Julien (271v) ; — Kyriale (334v) ; — Credo (notation proportionnelle) (342).

[Archives de la Parole]. , Cmern ancav ; Vor mahkanacu / zapevala s horom ; Makar Vardikân, chef de choeur

[Traditions. Asie. Russie. Arménie]

Breviarium Turonense.

F. 2-157 Temporal. F. 160 Calendrier de Tours. F. 166 Psautier, litanies, « preces », suffrages, bénédictions pour les leçons de matines. F. 243v « Vigilie mortuorum. » F. 246v-477 Sanctoral : — « De reversione Martini » (257v) ; — s. Gatien (311) ; — « In receptione reliquiarum s. Mauricii » (316). F. 478 Commun des saints. F. 492 Office de la Vierge.