Undoubtedly, urban development has a strong environmental impact. One of them, it is the urban heat island (UHI) phenomenon that appears in cities for the drastic change in land use. This phenomenon affects thermal comfort index harming health and human productivity. To counteract this effect, air conditioning systems are used, leading to an increase in energy consumption. Mexico, as a country where almost all the world\'s climates are present, the UHI mitigation becomes a great challenge since the solutions that can be achieved may be adequate for a city but not for another. In this work, a particular point of view is presented on the strategies to follow to solve this problem in a developing country, with a chaotic urban growth and climate complexity.

OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the association between RECQL gene mutations and breast cancer risk by meta-analysis.\nMATERIALS AND METHODS: We systematically searched PubMed and Web of Science. Two reviewers independently evaluated the eligibility of publications and consensus was achieved. We extracted data to calculate the relative risk and Odds ration with the corresponding 95% confidence intervals using forest plots and I2. RESULTS: Six eligible studies comprising about 21,165 patients with breast cancer and 16,620 control cases were selected. Our study shows statistically significant positive association between RECQL gene mutations and breast cancer risk, with RR of 4.03 (95% CI: 2.13-7.62) and OR of 3.94 (95% CI: 2.25-6.89). CONCLUSION: These informations may be of practical value and further researches of RECQOL gene mutations and breast cancer risk relationship among high-risk group persons, especially in BRCA1/2 mutation-negative breast cancer patients, are necessary. Moreover, larger cohort studies based on different population-types are needed to determine RECQL genes role in the pathogenesis of breast cancer.

A key challenge facing schools is that of truancy among school going age children. It is imperative that factors contributing to learner truancy need to be investigated as they impact negatively on learner performance. The dynamics initiating learner truancy may be rooted in socio-economic conditions, school related and prolonged factors. This needs to be addressed so that governments and different stakeholders might intervene to curb the problem. If this problem persists it might lead to learner dropout. A lack of parental involvement, bullying and punishment for late-coming are some of the reasons why there is a high rate of truancy in schools. Learners who choose not to attend school regularly and who exhibit patterns of extended absences are in violation of the law and are therefore, the focus of many school systems. Truancy often occurs in high numbers due to chronic illnesses and family crises, but these absences are not what offer the most concern to schools. Unexcused absences are the core of the problem being addressed not only nationally, but also in other countries that have compulsory school attendance laws. Unexcused absences often fall under the term of truancy.

Purpose of this paper is to describe the possibilities of music therapy in the context of Integrated Psychotherapy / Knobloch. The main pillar of music therapy in the process of Integrated Psychotherapy / Knobloch is created by Interpersonal Hypothesis of Music, which is based on an idea that the music reflects interpersonal tendencies which independent observer can determine with the certainty beyond a mere chance. Music is able to induce a state that similarly like dreams activates interpersonal processes in person’s Group Scheme, and in fantasy even satisfies some interpersonal needs and activates interpersonal tendencies. This relates to all people alike. One of the most important tools of music therapy is Circumplex that represents eight categories of interpersonal tendencies (dominance and submission, affiliation and autonomy, exhibition of high and poor quality, fight and escape). There are also used various techniques of passive (receptive) and active components of music therapy – always in accordance with the principle of Interpersonal Hypothesis of Music which together with the Circumplex and Group Scheme can function as effective secondary tool in therapeutic practice.

A survey was conducted in Obuasi municipality in Adansi North to assess manure production, management and utilization. Structured questionnaires and personal observations were used as tool (research method). In all twenty samples (poultry farmers) were conveniently selected using convenience sampling technique.\\nThe collection of the data took six weeks, thus from 16th December, 2011 to 27th December, 2012. Data obtained were analysed using statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) computer software. Descriptive statistics namely means, frequencies, percentages and tabulations were used to determine relationships between variables.\\nThe research revealed that 75% of poultry farmers in Obuasi municipality produce manure/bedding material as the major waste and 25% of the farmers produce wasted feed/broken eggs. The research further revealed that 85% of the poultry farmers in Obuasi municipality store their waste in sacks and 15% of them store in outside structures. Again, it can be observed from the study that 35% of the farmers apply the waste generated in their crop farms to serve as organic fertilizer. The research also revealed that 20% of the farmers apply the manure in their fish ponds. This serves as feed for the fishes and fertilizer to the phytoplankton and other primary productivity. Lastly, the research revealed that 30% of the poultry farms are 10m close to the nearness residential area. 15% of the farms are 20m close to the nearness residential area and 25% of them are also 30m close to residential areas.

Increasing using internet and cyberspace as well as performing many commercial activities around the world led to legal consideration of these issues. Forming of juridical-legal issues, which need desired responses of jurists, is among achievements of cyber transactions. Jurists have presented some issues about commerce traditionally including contracts formation, selling contract, optional contract, and etc. the main objective of the present study has been assessing cyber transactions, based on Iranian law and jurisprudence. The study has applied library studies and related books or papers in this regard, for legal and juridical assessment of it. The paper has been considered descriptive analysis of juridical issues of transactions legal issues of cyber transactions and E-commerce, in addition to introducing E-commerce and cyber transactions.

Performance evaluation of a locally developed 60 litres mobile on-farm digester suitable for rural farm settlements is presented. Experimentation using cow dung and vegetable waste collected from within the farm was carried out to determine the performance of the digester. The digester was charged with selected substrates respectively with water in a ratio 1:2 for thirty days retention time within the mesophilic temperature range and comparative yield within the same operating conditions was studied. The results obtained from the gas production showed that cow dung produced a cumulative biogas peak yield of 0.702 litres with percentage yield of 3.51 % per 20 litre of slurry while vegetable waste produced a cumulative peak yield of 0.144 litres with 0.72 % per 20 litre of slurry. Significant yield started from the 17th day of retention for cow dung substrate while it started by the 24th day for vegetable waste. These results indicate the performance of the digester for gas production within a farm. It achieved advantageous yield of cow dung over vegetable waste like established digesters while showing the potentials of both substrates as sources of biogas. The results indicate the workability of the developed digester and its potentials for use within a farm settlement.

Objective: This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of Logo therapy on suicide ideationand hopeamong women with AIDS thatcovered by Community ofvalues revival.\\nMethods: This study was semi-empirical pre-test - post-test with control group. The statistical population included all women with AIDS that covered by community of values revival,53 women from this community were evaluated by Miller (1988) hope questionnaire and Beck et al (1991) suicide ideation questionnaire, 26 subjects who theirhopescored was lower than 120 and their suicide ideation scored wasmore than 15 randomly divided into two groups, control group (n = 13) and experimental groups (n = 13). Then logo therapy method in 10 sessions were conducted one xperimental groups, In the end, both groups were assessed again by using research tools.\\nResults: The results showed that between experimental and control groups in terms of hope and suicide ideation after the intervention there was a significant difference (p<0.01). Also in the experimental group between hope scored and suicide ideation scored before and after intervention, significant differences were observed(p<0.01).\\n Conclusions: Logo therapy can increase hope and reduce suicide ideation in women with AIDS.

With the passage of time digital technology multiple computing solutions continue to evolve and communities/ group’s use these technologies expanded exponentially, which leads to quick adoption of the technology/ tolls of education support and enhancement programs. This paper on strategic plan for e-learning implementation is as a guide to help the colleges/ universities to fulfill the teaching requirement and students needs of e-learning modules.