14th Edition Research Articles

Preface

FOREWORD The International Scientific Conference CIBv represents one of the most important and traditionally scientific events of Civil Engineering and Building Services in Romania, enjoying increasingly higher visibility at the international level.The aim of the CIBv conference is to provide a platform for researchers, engineers, academicians as well as professionals from all over the world to present their research results and development activities. It also provides opportunities for the participants to exchange new ideas and application experiences, to establish business or research relations and to find other partners and even friends for future collaboration.The Conference has been organized each year at Transilvania University of Bra.ov, since 2000. In November 2019, Faculty of Civil Engineering was honoured to organize, in partnership with Shenyang Jianzhu University from China and to host the 14th edition of “International Scientific Conference – Civil Engineering and Building Services CIBv2019” in Brasov. More than 100 participants from China and Romania, as well as from Serbia, Croatia, Slovakia, Japan, Germany, Russia, Finland and Norway submitted over 80 papers to the scientific board which were presented during the conference. After a rigorous peer-review process (which included for each article at least two reviewers), 71 papers were finally accepted for publication in the CIBv2019 proceedings volume.List of Honorary Committee, Organizing Committee and International Academic Scientific Committee are available in this pdf.

De São Paulo a Curitiba: A Bienal dinamiza nosso meio?

Neste artigo proponho uma discussão sobre a Bienal de São Paulo e a trama de forças políticas e artísticas que a enredam desde a primeira edição, bem como as relações conflitantes com a comunidade artística e as instâncias governamentais intensificadas ao final dos anos de 1960. Ao trazer esse caso ao debate, contribuindo com a reflexão sobre as bienais e seus efeitos em contexto locais, tenho em perspectiva a Bienal Internacional de Arte Contemporânea de Curitiba, que está em sua 14ª edição e vem se consolidando na capital paranaense.

Prediction of Nominal Compressive Strength in Steel Piles Subject to Corrosion Losses: A Finite Element Approach

This paper presents a method for predicting the nominal compressive strength of steel I-shaped piles subject to cross-sectional losses caused by corrosion. The method requires a finite element linear buckling analysis of the corroded cross-section. Results from the finite element buckling analysis may be integrated into design capacity equations contained in the 15th edition of the American Institute of Steel Construction Steel Construction Manual. Non-linear post-buckling analyses were used to verify the accuracy of the proposed method. Three cross-sectional geometries (W14x82, W14x90, and W14x120) were analyzed at varying degrees of cross-sectional loss. Results show close agreement between the non-linear finite element analyses and the proposed method of calculating nominal compressive strength.

Guest Editorial Special Issue on Plasma-Assisted Technologies February 2020

Herein is the 14th edition of the annual series of special issues on plasma-assisted technologies. The reader will find in this latest issue an expansive assortment of novel applications of plasma-based technologies. The variety of topics demonstrates the applicable expanse of plasmas and builds upon the prior scientific and technological achievements published in the preceding special issues.

Neoadjuvant chemotherapy with docetaxel plus oxaliplatin and S-1 for locally advanced, resectable gastric or gastro-esophageal junction adenocarcinoma: Short-term results from a phase II trial.

397 Background: In locally advanced, resectable gastric or gastro-oesophageal junction (EGJ) adenocarcinoma, perioperative the docetaxel-based triplet FLOT (fluorouracil plus leucovorin, oxaliplatin and docetaxel) is the standard chemotherapy in Europe. However, there is no evidence of neoadjuvant chemotherapy for resectable gastric cancer in Japan. Therefore, we conducted a phase II trial of neoadjuvant chemotherapy with docetaxel plus oxaliplatin, and S-1 (DOS) for locally advanced, resectable gastric or EGJ adenocarcinoma. Methods: Eligible patients had histologically confirmed gastric or EGJ adenocarcinoma of a clinical Stage III according to the 14th Edition of Japanese Classification of Gastric Carcinoma. DOS was administered for two or three preoperative cycles followed by eight postoperative cycles of S-1. Each 3-week cycle of DOS consisted of docetaxel 40 mg/m2 and oxaliplatin 100 mg/m2 on day 1 plus S-1 80-120 mg/body on days 1 to 14. Primary endpoint was 3-year progression-free survival rate, and secondary endpoints included overall survival, progression-free survival, response rate, histological response rate, R0 resection rate, and adverse events. Results: Of 50 enrolled patients, 48 (37 gastric and 11 EGJ) were eligible for the analysis. 42 (88%) patients completed two or three preoperative cycles of DOS. The most common grade 3-4 adverse events of DOS were neutropenia (69%), leukopenia (56%), diarrhea (19%), and febrile neutropenia (13%). Of 45 patients who underwent gastrectomy, postoperative morbidities (Clavien-Dindo ≥Grade II) occurred in 12 (27%) patients. R0 resection could be achieved in 43 (90%) patients. 12 (27%) and 30 (67%) of 45 patients achieved pathological response rate of Grade2-3 and Grade1b-3, respectively. There was no treatment-related death. Conclusions: Neoadjuvant DOS for locally advanced, resectable gastric or EGJ adenocarcinoma might be favorable. Long-term results will be published in two years. Clinical trial information: 000017652.

Preface

The 15th edition of the International Conference on Topics in Astroparticle and Underground Physics (TAUP 2017) was held from July 24 through 28, 2017 in Sudbury, Ontario Canada. It was organized and hosted by Laurentian University and SNOLAB with sponsorship and other support from the City of Greater Sudbury, IOP Publishing, the Institute of Particle Physics, the International Union of Pure and Applied Physicists, and Vale.The meeting attracted 350 participants from around the world: 31 countries were represented. The topics discussed at the meeting included Cosmology, Dark Matter, Neutrino Physics and Astrophysics, Gravitational Waves, High-Energy Astrophysics and Cosmic Rays, New Technologies, and the intersection of these fields. We were particularly pleased to open the meeting with a discussion of education, outreach, and inclusion and to have these themes continue throughout the week.List of TAUP 2017 Organizing Committee, TAUP-2017 International Advisory Committee, TAUP Steering Committee, Conference Schedule: Monday, July 24, Conference Schedule: Tuesday, July 25, Conference Schedule: Wednesday, July 26, Conference Schedule: Thursday, July 27, Conference Schedule: Friday, July 28, Poster Session, Monday Parallel Sessions: 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM, Monday Parallel Sessions: 3:30 PM - 5:30 PM, Tuesday Parallel Sessions: 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM, Tuesday Parallel Sessions: 3:30 PM - 5:30 PM, Wednesday Parallel Sessions: 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM, Wednesday Parallel Sessions: 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM, Wednesday Parallel Sessions: 3:30 PM - 5:30 PM, Wednesday Parallel Sessions: 3:30 PM - 5:30 PM, Thursday Parallel Sessions: 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM, Thursday Parallel Sessions: 3:30 PM - 5:30 PM are available in the pdf.

Review of the Volume ” Studies and Current Trends in Science of Education, ICSED 2017”, Editor: Otilia Clipa, Lumen Publishing House, 2018

The volume “Studies and Current Trends in the Science of Education”, coordinated by Assoc. Prof. PhD Otilia CLIPA, published by LUMEN Publishing House, from Iași, Romania, in 2018, addresses all specialists in the educational system and readers who intend to work in this field. The volume was published following the 15th edition of the International Scientific Conference on Sciences of Education, Studies and Current Trends in Science of Education, which took place between June 9-10, 2017 in Suceava, Romania, organized by Ştefan cel Mare University of Suceava, Romania.

Langman's Medical Embryology. 14th Edition, 2018 Author: T.W. Sadler

Langman's Medical Embryology. 14th Edition, 2018 Author: T.W. Sadler

Summary of the 14th edition of the IEEE/ACM Workshop on Automation of Software Test (AST)

Effective and efficient testing with reduced costs and a high fault detection capability is the desirable goal in industry which can be achieved only through automation of all parts of the testing process. In the past decades, a great amount of research effort has been spent on automating all various parts of the testing process such as test case derivation, test selection, test oracle construction, test execution, and others. In addition, there has been a rapid growth in automated software testing tools which is stimulated in part through the shift towards agile development practices in industry that demands a high level of automation. Work on this topic has long been published as an important part of software engineering. In recent years, testing has been consistently among the top-most popular topics in submissions to software engineering conferences. The practice of software test automation (TA) has also moved forward significantly in the past few years. However, progress in TA is still required. Software systems have become more and more complicated through the integration of components developed by different vendors and using different techniques in different programming languages running on different platforms. The advent of cloud computing, mobile computing and the Internet of Things has imposed grave new challenges to TA. Those systems become increasingly reactive to changes in their environment, requiring equally adaptive TA approaches. Few software testing tools can currently handle the needed requirements to test such systems.

The 15th Frank Warren Organic Chemistry Conference.

Chemistry on stage: The Frank Warren Organic Chemistry Conference is the specialist organic chemistry conference of the South African Chemical Institute (SACI), covering all branches of organic chemistry. The 15th edition of this conference was held July 7-11, 2019, in the shadow of the iconic Amphitheatre, which forms part of the uKhahlamba Drakensberg Park World Heritage Site.

Development and Certification of Calcium Chloride Casein Reference Standard

In accordance with the requirements of the State Pharmacopoeia of the Russian Federation, 14th edition, Clostridium novyi 198 test strain is used to determine growth promoting properties of thioglycollate medium when testing sterility of immunobiological medicinal products. The preservation of C. novyi 198 as spores requires a special liquid medium containing insoluble calcium chloride casein (CChC). At present, there is no reference standard available on the Russian market for the quality control of CChC used as a component of the media for preservation of C. novyi 198.The aim of the study was to develop and certify the first batch of calcium chloride casein industry reference standard (IRS) for the quality control of CChC batches and liquid media containing CChC which is used to preserve C. novyi 198 as spores.Materials and methods: thermally denatured CChC which was chemically synthesized from industrial CChC was used as candidate material. The quality control was performed using the test procedures described in procedural guidelines MUK 4.2.2316-08. C. novyi 198 spores were obtained as described in the «Sterility testing» section of MUK 4.2.2316-08 (preparation, inoculation and incubation in the medium containing calcium chloride casein IRS).Results: a list of quality parameters was developed for calcium chloride casein IRS: «Spore formation» (certifiable parameter), «Appearance», «Loss on drying», «Clarity of medium». The first batch of the candidate calcium chloride casein IRS was certified. The value of the «Spore formation» certifiable parameter was found to be (32.6 ± 7.3) %, the IRS shelf life was 5 years when stored in a dry place protected from light at a temperature of 15 to 25 °C. A documentation package for the IRS 4228-444-2018 was prepared and approved. The liquid medium containing CChC reference material (0.3 g/10 mL) allows for preservation of the biological properties of the C. novyi 198 working culture for at least 12 months.Conclusions: the certification results demonstrate that the calcium chloride casein IRS meets the applicable requirements and can be used as reference material to control the quality of new CChC batches and to assess the suitability of liquid medium containing CChC for preservation purposes. The use of the calcium chloride casein IRS makes it possible to standardise and greatly simplify the procedure for preserving the stability of C. novyi 198, to increase the efficiency and reliability of immunobiologicals quality control in terms of Sterility, and to reduce costs when using a freeze-dried strain.

Článek Fenomenologie pro Encyclopædia Britannica

This is a Czech translation of the Edmund Husserl's entry "Phenomenology" written for the 14th edition of Encyclopædia Britannica.

Resistance and Correlation of Pod Shattering and Selected Agronomic Traits in Soybeans

Pod shattering is a serious production constraint that causes 34 to 99% seed losses in soybean. Identification, development and utilization of varieties with resistance to pod shattering can reduce yield losses. However, there is limited information on genetic variability of this trait in local germplasm. Twenty soybean genotypes were evaluated at KALRO-Embu and KALRO-Mwea Research Centers, in Eastern and Central highlands of Kenya during the 2016 short and long rain seasons in an alpha lattice design arranged in a 4 x 5 pattern with three replicates. Data was collected on maturity, plant height, biomass, number of seeds per pod, pod shattering and grain yield and analyzed using Genstat software (15th edition). Pearson’s correlation estimates for pod shattering and agronomic traits was done using Statistix-8 statistical package. Results showed significant interactions between genotypes, sites and seasons for days to maturity, plant biomass and pod shattering. Seasonal and location effects were significant for all the traits measured except for plant height, grain yield and pod shattering. Genotype effects showed significances for all the traits. Results showed 17.87% of soybean pod shattering in Embu and 17.41% in Mwea; 16.58% during the long rains and 18.77% during the short rains. Based on their scores, ten genotypes were classified as resistant, seven as moderately resistant, one as moderately susceptible and two as highly susceptible. Genotypes SB-8 followed by Gazelle, SB-74, SB-4, Nyala and SB-20 were the most resistant. SB-93 and SB-25 were the most susceptible genotypes. Three varieties (931/5/34, 915/5/12 and SB-154) performed well with grain yields of up to 1800 kg ha-1. The study found that pod shattering resistance was negatively correlated with number of seeds per pod (r=-0.13*). Plant with few seeds per pod tended to have high resistance to pod shattering. The resistant genotypes can be utilized for production and in effective breeding programs.

Preface

Over the last decades, we have witnessed an explosion in information generation related to all aspects of life, including all engineering disciplines. There has been an increase in active information collection to be used for solving critical engineering problems.Computers are basic means for the efficient completion of construction projects from the design phase to the monitoring of constructions behaviour and facilities during exploitation.The growing sophistication of computer programs, their availability, increased speed of computations and their ever-decreasing costs have already had a significant impact on Civil Engineering and Architecture and that can be considered a paradigm change.The permanent development of the computing tools and the requirements for the delivery of complex and complete products / projects highlight the need to anticipate and, hence, the need to be at the current with the computational trends in constructions.The Conference Computational Civil Engineering become traditional (since 2003).The 15th edition CCE2019 was organized by Faculty of Civil Engineering and Building Services of Iasi in partnership with the International Centre for Numerical Methods in Engineering (CIMNE) Barcelona Spain, the “Matei Teiu-Botez” Academic Society Iasi and the “Anton Sesan” Civil Engineering Academic Society Iasi, Romania. The scientific event was held on May 30th-31st at Iasi, Romania.CCE2019 aimed to bring together leading academic scientists, researchers, practitioners, numerical analysis programs developers to exchange / share their experiences to the Computational Civil Engineering domain to share their research findings to the theoretical and practical levels.

Quantification of yield loss to pineapple heart rot disease on pineapple cultivars in Uganda

1 ABSTRACT Pineapple (Ananas comosus L. Merr) is an important fruit crop in Uganda. Pineapple production in Uganda is devastated by pineapple heart rot disease (PHRD) which is associated with serious economic and yield losses. Therefore, this study quantified yield loss on five pineapple cultivars to pineapple heart rot disease in central Uganda. Five cultivars (Smooth Cayenne, Victoria, Sasilimu, MD-2 hybrid and Red Spanish) were tested for latent infection by planting the suckers in buckets containing 10 kilograms of sterile soil for four month. Disease free suckers, four month old, of average size from the five cultivars were planted in pots containing 10 kilograms of sterile clay-loam soil in the screen house in 2016/2017 in a completely randomized design (CRD). Treatments consisted of protected pots, un-protected pots and control pots respectively. Pineapple plants in the protected pots had their suckers dipped for three minutes in a solution of Metalaxyl (Active Ingredients: methoxyacetyl)-N-(2, 6-xylyl)-DL-alaninate 8%) before planting and later sprayed with a solution of Fosetyl Al (Active Ingredients: Aluminum tris 80%) using a backpack sprayer with Hardir flat spray nozzles three weeks after planting. Pineapple plants in the unprotected pots were not treated with any fungicide. The suckers in protected and unprotected pots were inoculated with 108ml of zoospores using needle-mediated leaf base wound technique. Control pots were not inoculated. Data on pineapple heart rots caused by the pathogen was collected from all the pots and thus used to compute yield loss per cultivar. Data was analyzed usin analysis of variance (ANOVA) of the GenStat computer program (15th edition). Pineapple heart rot disease (PHRD) significantly (P<0.001) reduced pineapple yield in the un-protected pots across all the five cultivars evaluated in both trial one and trial two. Metalaxyl (Ridomil) and Fosetyl Al treatment significantly (P<0.001) reduced yield losses in all the five cultivars used in the Protected pots in trial one and trial two respectively. The highest and lowest yield loss was recorded in cultivar Victoria and Smooth Cayenne respectively. PHRD can cause 100% yield loss. Metalaxyl (Ridomill) and Fosetyl Al is recommended for the control of PHRD in Uganda

Extra-perigastric Extranodal Metastasis is a Significant Prognostic Factor in Node-Positive Gastric Cancer.

Extranodal metastasis is an isolated tumor nodule without a residual lymph node structure and has been reported as a poor prognostic factor in gastric cancer. The aim of this study is to assess the prognostic value of extranodal metastasis, especially from the viewpoint of its anatomical distribution. A total of 139 consecutive gastric cancer patients who underwent curative surgery with lymph node metastasis between 2008 and 2009 were included. Clinicopathological features and patient survival outcomes were retrospectively assessed. Patients with extranodal metastasis were subdivided into two groups: perigastric extranodal metastasis, located near the perigastric area (#1-#7 according to the Japanese classification of gastric carcinoma 15th edition), and extra-perigastric extranodal metastasis, located alongside the major vessels (#8-#12). Extranodal metastasis was found in 51 patients (37%), and it was more frequent in those with bulky, ≥pT3, and pStage III tumors. All patients with extra-perigastric extranodal metastasis had recurrence, resulting in a 0% 5-year overall survival rate, which was significantly worse than that of patients with perigastric extranodal metastasis (59%), or those without extranodal metastasis (84%; P < 0.001). Multivariable analysis identified the presence of extra-perigastric extranodal metastasis as an independent poor prognostic factor. Extranodal metastasis, especially extra-perigastric extranodal metastasis, was a pivotal poor prognostic factor in node-positive gastric cancer. Recognizing extra-perigastric extranodal metastasis would help provide optimal therapeutic options to these high-risk patients.

Attitude to and Usage Intention of High School Students Toward Electric Two-Wheeled Vehicles in Hanoi City

Attitude to and Usage Intention of High School Students Toward Electric Two-Wheeled Vehicles in Hanoi City

Issue: Selected paper of OIPE 2016 on modeling and optimal design of electromagnetic and electronic devices

Issue: Selected paper of OIPE 2016 on modeling and optimal design of electromagnetic and electronic devices

The Precised Management of Surgical Treatment for Gastric Cancer: Interpretation of the 5th edition of Japanese Gastric Cancer Treatment Guideline and the 15th edition of Japanese Classification for Gastric Cancer

The 8(th) UICC gastric cancer TNM classification has international view since it was based on the follow-up data from 57 institutes of 15 countries. The number of examined lymph nodes is a determining factor for accurate staging. Dissection of No13 and No14 nodes may benefit for the selected distal advanced gastric cancer. The concept of esophagogastric junction cancer was redefined and Siewert type Ⅲ EGJ cancer will be classified according to the TNM staging of gastric cancer. The transhiatal approach has survival advantage for patient with esophageal invasion of 3 cm or less EGJ cancer. The dissection of distal lymph nodes for patients with 4 cm or less EGJ cancer is not recommended and the clinical benefit of dissection of lymph nodes in mediastinum is not clear. No10 node dissection is not recommended to the D2 procedure for total gastrectomy. Bursectormy could not bring survival benefits for cT3/4 gastric cancer, nor could palliative surgery bring improved survival to patients with metastatic gastric cancer. However, for highly selected cases of stage Ⅳ gastric cancer, conversion therapy can make some patients get the opportunity of radical operation and gain the chance for long-term survival.

Treatment experience of surgery for gastric cancer in Japan

The treatment of gastric cancer in Japan is formulated according to the classification and the guidelines describe treatment methods.The last revision of Japanese Gastric Cancer Treatment Guidelines adopted the 7th edition of TNM stage classification, which was a major revision since the publication. This revision of the 15th edition of the classification is a combination of the revision of the 8th edition TNM classification and clinical experience. A stage revision and a clinical stage were newly established.In addition, the guidelines for the treatment of gastric cancer have also been revised at the same time, becoming the 5th edition, consistent with the new classification and its stage classification. Clinical trials on nationwide well-controlled gastric cancer surgery have come to be carried out in recent years, and these results are the source of evidence for the world.These results are also included in this revised guideline. Expansion surgery such as left thoracotomy and laparotomy for esophageal infiltrating gastric cancer and prophylactic para-aortic lymph node dissection is denied from these clinical trials. In total gastrectomy for advanced gastric cancer that does not invade the greater curvature, splenectomy is unnecesary. Since gastrectomy followed by chemotherapy did not show any survival benefit compared with chemotherapy alone in advanced gastric cancer with a single non-curable factor and without bleeding or stenosis, gastrectomy cannot be justified for treatment of patients with these tumors. Laparoscopic pyloric lateral gastrectomy for early gastric cancer is fairly widespread and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is a standardized treatment. However, totally laparoscopic gastrectomy for advanced gastric cancer is currently awaiting results of randomized controlled trials. Key words: Gastric neoplasms; Gastric cancer; Staging; Guideline