Productivity remains an intriguing subject and a dominant issue in the construction sector, promising cost savings and efficient usage of resources. Productivity is one of the most important issues in both developed and developing countries. The developed countries are aware of the importance of economic growth and social welfare. The developing countries which face unemployment problems, inflation and resource scarcity seek to utilize resources and in such a way as to achieve economic growth and improve citizens lives. The aim of this project work is to identify factors affecting labour productivity and also to study causes i.e. labour problems on site and its effects on the construction projects. Some of the important factors affecting labour productivity are; quality of site management, material shortage, timely payment of wages, labour experience, misunderstandings between labour and superintendent etc.


Ramipril was an Angiotension-Converting enzyme inhibitor. It is an Antihypertensive drug. Insoluble in water used to treatment of Hypertension, Conjective heart failure patients. The present investigation was to development of formulations of porous tablet of Ramipril by sublimation technique. Porous tablets of Ramipril were prepared by using subliming agent like different concentrations of menthol by using direct compression method. The technique is to increase the porosity of the tablets where's by subliming material was sublimed from the granules by exposing the granules to vacuum. Alternatively, tablets were first prepared and later exposed to vacuum. It is suitable dosage form for paediatric and geriatric patients. The drug and excipients were characterized using FTIR techniques. The blend was examined for angle of repose, bulk density, tapped density, compressibility index and Hausner's ratio. The prepared tablets were evaluated for general appearance, content uniformity, hardness, friability, wetting time, In vitro and in vivo disintegration time, and In vitro dissolution studies. Tablets with menthol at 13% and crospovidone 6% concentration have shown quick disintegrating features, i.e., within 20 s, which is very characteristic of orodispersible tablets. The In vitro drug release study revealed that menthol at a concentration of 13 % and crospovidone 6% (F1) of the dosage form weight was able to fast the release of Ramipril within 10 minutes. Further optimized formulations (F1) were subjected to stability testing for 3 months at temperatures 25±5oC/60±5%RH and 40±5oC/75±5%RH. Optimized tablets have shown no appreciable changes with respect to taste, disintegration, and dissolution profiles. In conclusion, the results of this work suggest that sublimation is a useful technique to enhance the solubility and dissolution rate of poorly water-soluble drug like Ramipril.


There have been astronomical observatories on Magdalena Ridge in south-central New Mexico since the late 1960s. Magdalena Ridge is relatively flat, at an average elevation of 10,560 feet (3220 meters) with a north-south length of 3/4 of a mile. In 2000 the Magdalena Ridge Observatory began site testing for two new facilities: a 2.4-meter optical telescope and a 10-element optical interferometer. As part of that testing, meteorological instrumentation was deployed at several locations across the mountain. As a result, we have an 18 year history of regular experience with the environment, including weather and cloud cover data for much of this time period. We present trends in the basic meteorological parameters: temperature, humidity, barometric pressure, wind speeds and directions, and cloud cover. Diurnal temperatures ranges vary from 15 C° in the spring when it is largest to 10 C° in the summer months when it is smallest. Barometric pressure varies more in the spring and fall than in the summer. Annual rain fall levels vary greatly with an average of about 10 inches of rain per year. The snow amounts have traditionally been very hard to measure as the area is partly above the tree line and wind-blown snow can leave parts of the region barren while other parts have a foot or more of snow. Winds speeds are typically 10 to 20 miles per hour. Wind speeds have been measured above 100 mph (45 m/s), with wind gusts as high as 125 mph (56 m/s), though this is primarily a spring phenomenon. The wind direction is predominately out of the Southwest. Wind speeds at the 2.4-meter telescope location are frequently 2 times as high wind speeds at the optical interferometer site due to the differences in terrain to the West of the two sites. An optical allsky camera has been in operation on the Ridge from 2003 to 2012 with nightly sequences of images obtained on most nights when the winds were less than 15 m/s and the humidity below 90%. Analysis of this imagery shows that a majority of the nights would be useable for astronomical observations. We present an overview of statistics of the site and discuss how these statistics will be used for defining appropriate operational windows for the Magdalena Ridge Observatory Interferometer.


This paper uses a pseudo-cassegrain system as the initial structure, whose full field of view and F number are 5.6°and 1.63, respectively. Then the authors make further improvements and optimization in large weights and serious central obscuration. The final system is designed with preference of smaller central obscuration, lower manufacturing difficulty, lighter, simpler configuration and lower cost compared with the initial pseudo-cassegrain optical system. In addition, what is different from the previous modified cassegrain system is that secondary mirror of the final system is a plane mirror which is easier to fabricate and install. At the same time, the final system has three significant characteristics of these three systems: cassegrain, maksutov and schmidt. At last, the dissertation certificates the feasibility of the new system in the angle of aberration analysis, spot diagram analysis and energy analysis. It also provides a new design method for the optical system of moderate field, large relative aperture and wide spectral.


This article analyzes the main subjects and contents of candidate and doctoral dissertations on sociology, which have been defended in dissertation council D 501.001.01 based on the Lomonosov Moscow State University starting from year 2005 until 2015. The subjects of the defended dissertations fully comply with the priority research areas of the Sociological faculty of MSU and is dedicated to solving modern sociological issues. While analyzing the subject and the content of the dissertations, a major priority was given to overview the scientific novelty, as a complex of new scientific results and provisions, which contain the solution to the actual issue, which is important for the future development of sociology, and which witness the author's personal impact in this particular area. The doctoral dissertations are based on the analysis of social equality and it's role in the consolidation of the modern Russian society, analysis of the genesis of social rights, sociocultural processes in organizations, and the socialization of young people in the transition society. The candidate's dissertations (PhD) based on specialty 22.00.01, rely on a serious analysis of theoretical and methodological approaches of the classics of sociology, modern concepts of domestic and foreign authors. The candidate's dissertations (PhD) on the specialty 22.00.04 are devoted to the study of related structures of society, transformation processes in the social structure, social stratification, the study of the new elements of the social structure, changes in social institutions. The candidate's dissertations (PhD) on the specialty 22.00.06 explore the sociological problems of culture — its structure, social functions, forms, levels, cultural dynamics, tradition and innovation, global and local trends in the development of culture, cultural socialization of youth.


In this article, I describe and analyze three principles of First Amendment doctrine. First, the Establishment Clause generally forbids governmental expression that has the purpose or effect of promoting or endorsing religion. Second, and conversely, private religious expression is broadly defined and is strongly protected by the Free Speech Clause. Third, as an implicit exception to the first principle, the government itself is sometimes permitted to engage in expression that seemingly does promote and endorse religion, but only when the expression is noncoercive, nonsectarian, and embedded within (or at least in harmony with) longstanding historical tradition. Comparing these three principles to the demands of French  laïcité , I conclude that the United States and France share fundamental common ground on the first principle, but that the second and third principles demonstrate that the American approach is in some respects more protective and tolerant of religious expression in the public domain. I suggest that these variations are not accidental, but rather are the product of historical, philosophical, and cultural differences.


Records Committee review of a Ferruginous Hawk east of Shenandoah in Page County, IA on October 26, 1983. Includes a record review document with votes, an article in Iowa Bird Life, a summary of the review, and a documentation form submitted to the committee.


Based on the researches of Halliday and other linguistists, this paper presents the definition, categories, characteristics of cohesion and coherence within discourse analysis, with the emphasis on the features and functions of text, context and coherence.


In-wheel direct-drive motors are directly connected to the wheels of electric vehicles. They therefore reduce mechanical loss in gears, achieve high degree of performance control, and make efficient use of car interior space. However, in-wheel direct-drive motors need to be robust and have a high degree of resistance to heat. The motors also need to be in expensive because more motors are fitted than in conventional piston-driven cars. Switched reluctance (SR) motors have many advantages such as their simple and solid construction, low-cost manufacturing, higher efficiency, and excellent reliability at high temperatures. These features make them suitable for in-wheel direct-drive vehicles. We evaluated the attributes of 12/16 SR motors and 24/32 SR motors for an in-wheel motor driven electric bus using the finite element method.


This study aimed to provide guidance on the advantages and limitations of a new optimizer, "photon optimizer" (PO), when compared with its predecessor, "progressive resolution optimizer" (PRO), for intensity-modulated arc therapy (IMAT) plans. Eleven study plans that included a cohort of prostate, head and neck, and brain treatment sites were optimized using both PRO and PO algorithms. A plan template using the same objectives for the same number of iterations was used for each optimized plan to obtain hypothetical treatment plans that would be comparable with a clinical plan. Analysis was performed using plan conformity-based parameters such as target volume coverage factor, conformation number and homogeneity indices, and plan complexity assessment parameters such as small aperture score, modulation indices, and monitor unit variation with arc angle for prostate, brain and head, and neck IMAT treatment plans. Plan conformality analysis demonstrated that conformation numbers, target volume coverage factors, and homogeneity indices produced by the 2 optimizers were comparable for most anatomic sites. IMAT treatment plans produced using the PRO optimizer were found to be less complex than plans produced using the PO optimizer, in terms of multileaf collimator (MLC) leaf position variability and modulation complexity scores. Similarly, the PRO optimizer was shown to produce treatment plans that used fewer monitor units (and generally fewer monitor unit per degree of arc rotation) than PO optimizer. This study demonstrated that the PO optimizer can produce IMAT treatment plans with a similar degree of dose conformity to the target volume and generally improved organ at risk sparing, compared with the PRO optimizer. Better coverage to organs at risk produced by plans optimized using PO was observed to have higher MLC variability and monitor units. Therefore, careful evaluation of treatment plan conformity and complexity before assessing its deliverability is recommended when implementing the routine use of PO optimizer. Crown Copyright © 2017 Published by Elsevier Inc. on behalf of American Association of Medical Dosimetrists. All rights reserved. Reprint requests to Diana Binny, MSc. Q.M.P.S., M.A.C.P.S.E.M., Radiation Oncology Centres, Cleveland, QLD. E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com https://doi.org/10.1016/j.meddos.2017.10.003 0958-3947/Crown Copyright © 2017 Published by Elsevier Inc. on behalf of American Association of Medical Dosimetrists. All rights reserved Medical Dosimetry ■■ (2017) ■■–■■ ARTICLE IN PRESS


Random access coding is an information task that has been extensively studied and found many applications in quantum information. In this scenario, Alice receives an n-bit string x, and wishes to encode x into a quantum state ρ x , such that Bob, when receiving the state ρ x , can choose any bit i ∈ [ n ] and recover the input bit xi with high probability. Here we study two variants: parity-oblivious random access codes (RACs), where we impose the cryptographic property that Bob cannot infer any information about the parity of any subset of bits of the input apart from the single bits xi; and even-parity-oblivious RACs, where Bob cannot infer any information about the parity of any even-size subset of bits of the input. In this paper, we provide the optimal bounds for parity-oblivious quantum RACs and show that they are asymptotically better than the optimal classical ones. Our results provide a large non-contextuality inequality violation and resolve the main open problem in a work of Spekkens et al (2009 Phys. Rev. Lett.102 010401). Second, we provide the optimal bounds for even-parity-oblivious RACs by proving their equivalence to a non-local game and by providing tight bounds for the success probability of the non-local game via semidefinite programming. In the case of even-parity-oblivious RACs, the cryptographic property holds also in the device independent model.


The impact of annual preemergence herbicide usage on the rooting potential of seven commercially important woody ornamental species was studied. Granular formulations of dichlobenil (2,6-dichlorobenzonitrile), diphenamid (N,N-dimethyl-2,2-diphenylacetamide), simazine [2-chloro-4,6-bis(ethylamino)-s-triazine], and trifluralin (α,α,α-trifluoro-2,6-dinitro-N,N-dipropyl-p-toluidine] employed as dormant season or spring applications had no inhibitory effects on the rooting of plants following transplantation. Season of transplanting influenced subsequent root growth of Japanese holly (Ilex crenata Thunb. var. convexa Makimo), Rosebud azalea (Rhododendron X 'Rosebud'), and Hicks' yew (Taxus media Rehd. var. hicksii Rehd.) more than herbicide treatment. Hardwood cuttings taken from plants grown in herbicide-treated soil rooted as well as those from untreated controls. Plants grown in full sunlight or 55% shade exhibited similar root growth and insensitivity to preemergence herbicides.


Objectives: QT dispersion (QTD) is thought to reflect spatial heterogeneity of ventricular refractoriness. We aimed to investigate and compare the effect of nebivolol and Quinapril on the QTD in patients with hypertension. Material and Methods: Patients with established or newly diagnosed hypertension were included. The QT interval was measured in all leads from a standard 12-lead ECG and QTD was defined as the difference between the maximum and minimum QT interval. The QTD values were corrected for heart rate using Bazett's formula (QTDC). Results: Groups (Quinapril, n= 27, Nebivolol, n=27) were similar with respect to demografic, echocardiographic, biochemichal and clinical variables. After four weeks of tretament a significant reduction was observed in systolic (p


For the slightly insufficient conditions of input/output ports of PLC controlling system,ten methods to expand programmable logic controllers'(PLC) output contacts in a low cost are presented,which are based on external hardware expansion,internal software programming and system design etc,these reduce effectively output contacts.


Differences in husbands' and wives' tolerance for financial risk were analyzed, including an investigation of demographic variables previously found to be significant between men and women in predicting financial risk tolerance. The sample consisted of 110 couples who completed a web-based survey designed to measure the financial risk tolerance of both husbands and wives. Although a positive relationship between wives' risk tolerance and their level of education was consistent with previous results that indicated individuals with higher levels of formal education tend to possess higher levels of risk tolerance, findings also indicated that wives' higher level of education was associated with a lower tolerance for risk among husbands. Further research and practice recommendations regarding couples' risk tolerance assessment are provided.


Peptide nucleic acids (PNA) were synthesized by a modified Merrifield method using several improvements. Activation by O‐(benzotriazol‐1‐yl)‐1,1,3,3‐tetramethyluronium hexafluorophosphate in combination with in situ neutralization of the resin allowed efficient coupling of all four Boc‐protected PNA monomers within 30 min. HPLC analysis of the crude product obtained from a fully automated synthesis of the model PNA oligomer H‐CGGACTAAGTCCATTGC‐Gly‐NH2, indicated an average yield per synthetic cycle of 97.1%. N1‐benzyloxycarbonyl‐N63‐methylimidazole triflate substantially outperformed acetic anhydride as a capping reagent. The resin‐bound PNAs were successfully cleaved by the 'low–high' trifluoromethanesulphonic acid procedure.


In this paper, an efficient and objective method to detect the occurrence of layer de-bonding in asphalt pavement layer has developed. This method evaluates the lateral wave amplitude of CMP gathers by a multiple-input and multiple-output (MIMO) GPR system YAKUMO. The system operates in the frequency range from 50 MHz to 1.5 GHz. It consists of 8 transmitting antenna array and 8 receiving antenna array. Each antenna has 24 cm separation spacing, both transmitting and receiving antenna array. Considering the antenna configuration and designing survey lines spacing, amount of CMP gathers could extract out in a large survey area. After the amplitude correction, the lateral wave amplitude of each CMP gather was analyzed. In particular, this method allows us to distinguish the multiple echoes contribution which was generated by the stripping phenomenon occurred between asphalt layers. The real application demonstrated this method at Tokyo International airport taxiway. The method shows a high consistency of the traditional sounding method. It provides an innovative way for the stripping detection of the partially damaged pavement while were hard to be observed by the reflected signals.


The most commonly used sterilization method of human skin allografts is ethylene oxide (EO). EO gas, however, can change the biomechanical properties of the grafts and produce toxic residues which are harmful to the recipient. The heating method cannot be applied for sterilization of soft tissues because of damage due to heat. The purpose of this study was to determine whether it is possible to apply gamma-irradiation for sterilization of soft tissues as well as for hard tissues.


Marketing activities in the public transport sector (PT) in Russia is not yet sufficiently understood. The key to marketing is from customer satisfaction issues of transport service quality. This article analyzes the work and programs associated with different approaches to the quality of transport services in modern Russia. The analysis demonstrates a lack of regulations in the existing marketing approach to quality and service from the focus on "production quality" The conclusions made by the authors indicate the need for attention to the transfer in the field of production approach to the client.


" It gives me great pleasure to write this brief message on the occasion of the first edition of the World Youth Championships. I personally campaigned hard for the introduction of this new addition to the World Athletic Series calendar, because we must fight ha rder than ever to gain the attention of young people today. But the World Youth Championships is not just another athletics competition it is an opportunity for youngsters to gain valuable experience, to improve personal bests, and to build friendly relationships with their rivals from every corner of the world. I am confident that this new event will delight all who attend them and experience the emotions and enthusiasm of tomorrow's stars."


This article explains how it is that in the last 30 years has established a type of public policy that simulating the development of the organization, has promoted a successful and dynamic industrial model for the country in the last 18 years. This is one which, based essentially on the called employment stability (social peace and labor peace product of corporate relations), has concealed the true mechanisms of workers' control, that regardless of the Mexican labor law, culminating in containing conflicts workers and strikes in the region. The article shows basically how local stakeholders were the need to have a vision to take them to reduce rates and indicators of labor radicalism; and building an enabling environment for industrial development of the region's environment. With this view, public policy was the solution to their problems, because through a whole state apparatus, were able to build a series of legal and informal mechanisms for the region-city of Aguascalientes was exempt from labor disputes and was a sufficiently attractive to foreign investment IED. And so, in this case, we can say that public policy created by local stakeholders culminated in the creation of developing a competitive industry based on intangible incentives such as the workers' control throughout the region. Therefore, the notion of development that is handled in this article is one denoting subordination of the public by the private, based on a legal logic and specific social relations of collusion between social actors geared to favor domestic capital and foreign; which it simulated, ultimately, development for the region.


The evaluation system of special physical fitness for the excellent female hockey athlete was established by questionnaire,interview,test and mathematical statistics in this paper.The aim of the research is to construct evaluation system of special physical fitness of excellent Chinese female hockey athlete,it can provide criterion for athletes to find out their demerits indifferent training periods,and theory foundation for coaches to arrange the integral and the personal training.


on objective of the is to provide focused, and constructive feedback to the country on progress in implementing its Poverty Reduction Strategy


Mucormycosis infection may develop after using steroids treatment to improve the severely of the symptoms in coronavirus patients. The rising in the infection rate of mucormycosis has been noticed in patients after COVID-19 infection. To understand the high morbidity mucormycosis coinfection, the cell surface Glucose Regulated Protein 78 (CS-GRP78) was docked to the virus ACE2-SARS-CoV-2 RBD to create the ACE2-SARS-CoV-2 RBD-GRP78 complex which facilitates the virus entrance into the cell. The spore coat protein homolog 3 (CotH3) of mucormycosis was modeled and docked to the ACE2-SARS-CoV-2 RBD-GRP78 complex. The binding energies of CotH3 with RBD, ACE2, and GRP78 were calculated. The binding results show that GRP78 substrate-binding domain β weakly binds to the spike RBD combined with ACE2 of the spike RBD-ACE2 complex. Its main function is to stabilize the binding between RBD and ACE2, while CotH3 has a strong affinity for the SARS-CoV-2 RBD, but not for ACE2 or GRP78. The CotH3 appeared to have the same affinity to RBD in the SARS-CoV-2 lineages with some preference to the lineage B.1.617.2 (Delta variant). The complex design illustrates that the coat protein of the fungi is more likely linked to the spike protein of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, which would explain the increased mortality mucormycosis coinfections in COVID-19 patients.


Saxagliptin is a dipeptidyl peptidase-4 (DPP-4) inhibitor for the treatment of type 2 diabetes. It is a novel DPP-4 inhibitor with a high selectivity for DPP-4 compared with other dipeptidyl peptidases and a duration profile designed for once-daily application. DPP-4 inhibitors enhance endogenous concentrations of the incretin hormones glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) and gastric inhibitory polypeptide. This action leads to a glucose-dependent stimulation of insulin and inhibition of glucagon secretion post-prandially. DPP-4 inhibitors have no intrinsic risk of hypoglycemia and are weightneutral. Saxagliptin has been approved in the US and other countries. Phase I clinical trials demonstrated a dose-dependent inhibition of DPP-4 by saxagliptin in a dose range from 2.5 to 100mg daily without serious side effects. Patients with type 2 diabetes receiving 10mg saxagliptin once-daily in phase II trials showed a lowering of HbA 1c and glucose together with good tolerability and safety. Phase III clinical studies demonstrated a good efficacy regarding glycemic parameters in different patient populations, either in monotherapy or in combination with metformin, as well as a favorable cardiovascular profile.


The Baltic Sea was officially declared a Particularly Sensitive Sea Area in 2005, an area that needs special protection through action by the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) and is prone to damage by international maritime activities which may influence various socioeconomic and environmental aspects of Baltic life. PSSA is a tool which works effectively only when proper Associated Protected Measures (APMs) are introduced and implemented such as traffic separation schemes, areas to be avoided, discharge and emission restrictions, ship reporting and Vessel Traffic Services systems. There is a great need to evaluate the effect of Associated Protective Measures on oil spill risks in the Baltic Sea so the Maritime Institute in Gdansk has carried this out for the Polish Marine Areas.


Abstract. Chilocorellus Miyatake is presently recorded from China. Three new species from this genus are described and illustrated in detail: C. quadrimaculatus sp. nov., C. protuberatis sp. nov., C. tenuous sp. nov. A diagnosis of the genus and a key to the known species are also given.


This note describes some insights into relative motion and the Coriolis force not available from a computer or by watching apparatus on a lab bench. They are better seen and experienced as a participant. The apparatus is a 5-m-long rotating frame of reference made from two 8-ft-long plywood carts that can be used in a classroom or lab if the regular furniture is movable or in a hall, commons area, or cafeteria.


In-situ observation of electromigration in thin film pattern of 63Sn-37Pb solder was performed using a scanning electron microscope system. The 63Sn-37Pb solder had the incubation stage of electromigration for edge movement when the current density of was applied the temperature between . The major diffusion elements due to electromigration were Pb and Sn at temperatures of , respectively, while no major diffusion of any element due to electromigration was detected when the test temperature was . The reason was that both the elements of Sn and Pb were migrated simultaneously under such a stress condition. The existence of the incubation stage was observed due to Pb migration before Sn migration at . Electromigration behavior of 63Sn-37Pb solder had an incubation time in common for edge drift and void nucleation, which seemed to be related the lifetime of flip chip solder bump. Diffusivity with (effective charges number) of Pb and Sn were strongly affect the electromigration-induced major diffusion element in SnPb solder by temperature, respectively.


Pseudaulacaspis pentagona (Targ.) was first observed in Bermuda in 1917. By 1920 infestations severe enough to cause defoliation of oleanders were recorded. Damage by the scale increased despite an intensive spray programme until the establishment of Aphytis diaspidis (How.) from Italy in 1921-24. (Ogilvie, 1928). For several years this Aphelinid kept the scale under satisfactory control, only small sporadic outbreaks occurring from time to time. In recent years however, outbreaks have been severe enough to warrant a detailed investigation(Simmonds, 1955).


In modern research, as well as in everyday practice, there is a general confusion about the name and the shape of the analabos, one of the original elements of the Byzantine monastic habit. Thus, slavists and archaeologists use this term as an equivalent of the paramand (which is different from the Byzantine paramand in shape and use); byzantinists and art historians see it as an equivalent of the Latin scapular, that is, in fact, an extension of the Byzantine cowl, which we can always see in traditional representations of holy monks. The variety of names and the interpretation of the terms for this attribute is far from clear. Information about the analabos' original shape can be obtained from early monastic texts, Byzantine literature, Old Russian literature, liturgical monuments, artistic representations of saints in illuminated manuscripts and finds from excavations of Russian monastic tombs. Our analysis reveals the characteristic forms and functions of the analabos at different times, both in the Greek world and in the Slavonic world, and also shows the reasons for the terminological confusion.


This study sought and investigated the determinants of forensic accounting techniques. The data analysed in this study were gathered from both primary and secondary sources. The 120 respondents were purposively selected, which includes forensic accountants, fraud auditors, bankers, forensic investigators, finance enthusiasts, fraud investigators, and those in academia. The data for this study were gathered electronically using an online questionnaire through Google Form. The Google Form analysis was adopted. Secondary data were the existing data, established by seasoned professionals and academics. The data were presented through pie charts, bar chats, and descriptions. The study shows that the nature of fraud under investigation which includes the level of crime perpetrated, how much involved, stages, complexity, and who is involved are the determinant of techniques to be applied to fraud examination. Also, other factors such as criminal evidence, the expertise and experience of the examiner, organisational policies, and the risks involved determine what techniques to be applied to forensic investigations. Data mining emerged as the most appropriate technique for fraud investigation, however, the combination of two or more techniques is advised for forensic accountants, forensic legal practitioners, and all other similar parties. This study recommends the need for stakeholders to engage, recruit, and employ the services of a forensic accountant to review, strengthen, reappraise records and internal control systems on a routine basis; Organisations should train employees on the dynamics and scope of financial crimes, the legal environment, fraud prevention, and ethical issues.


This paper describes a CMPP (china mobile peer to peer) Internet distributed and adaptive system for SMS (short messaging service). It is used to provide the information for the users of the cell phones by short messages. The system for SMS is often subject to rigid restrictions of delivery, and the data stream of the system is fairly asymmetrical. Sometimes the data stream flux received by us is high, whereas sometimes low. Therefore when the data stream is very large, the data often cannot be processed by the system for SMS in real time. In order to solve the problems mentioned above efficiently, after presenting the structure of this system for SMS, we mainly introduce you two new methods, including adaptive data flow algorithm and distributed client algorithm. Finally some terse conclusions are given. Just as the experiments prove, the implemented system for SMS has some advantages in the quality, performance and adaptability of the data stream.


Objective:To study related factors to cerebral hemorrhagic infarction(HI)and its prognosis.Methods:875 cerebral infarction patients were analyzed retrospectively.We compared the infarct size,neurologic impairment,etiological factor,blood glucose,blood pressure,hemorrhagic time,hemorrhagic nature and prognosis between HI and non-hemorrhagic infarction(NHI).Results:The incidence of HI in the large infarct size group was 38.31%,in the lacunar infarction group was 1.4%,in the neurologic impairment gravis type group was 17.93%,in the neurologic impairment var.mitis group was 3.31%,in the hyperglycemia group(blood glucose exceeded 11.1mmol/L)was 17.98%,in the euglycemia group(blood glucose was lower than 7.0mmol/L)was 4%,in the hypertension group(24 hour blood pressure mean exceeded 180/100mmHg)was 14.32%,and in the ortho-arteriotony group(24 hour blood pressure mean was lower than 140/80mmHg)was 3.42%.In all HI cases,the percentage of cardiogenic cerebral embolism was 62.82%,the percentage of cerebral thrombosis and lacunar infarction was 37.18%.The non-cure rate and the case fatality in HI group were significantly higher than those in NHI group.Conclusion:There was a strong association between HI and large infarct size,severe neurologic impairment,cardiogenic cerebral embolism,hyperglycemia and unremit hypertension.In other words,the patients with above-mentioned factors were liable to hemorrhagic infarction.HI was harmful effect on the state of illness and prognosis of cerebral infarction.


Current tools for webpage validation cannot handle the dynamically generated pages that are ubiquitous on today's Internet. There are no approaches which can detect the failures in dynamically generated web applications without executing them for several times. The Developer of the dynamic web applications has to check for failures only after executing the application in web server. If there are many failures occur, he has to correct them and again executes the application several times We present a dynamic test generation technique for the domain of dynamic Web applications. The technique utilizes both combined concrete and symbolic execution. This paper extends dynamic test generation to the domain of web applications that dynamically create web (HTML) pages during execution, which are typically presented to the user in a browser. We are proposing such approach which can detect the execution and HTML failures in dynamic web applications before they are going to be executed. Keywords-Software testing, Web applications,


This article argues that an unconstitutional law or act do produce neither rights nor duties. Thus the unconstitutional judicial act does not make the res judicta, likewise that it t makes neither the perfect juridical act nor the acquired rights.


BACKGROUND
The aim of the present study was to evaluate microvessel density (MVD) in the cellular layers of ovarian endometriomata, with particular interest in the relationship with VEGF and survivin expressions by endothelial cells and with the diameter of the cysts.

MATERIALS AND METHODS
MVD and VEGF and survivin endothelial cell expressions were evaluated in 26 ovarian endometriotic cysts and correlated with the cyst diameter.

RESULTS
The mean MVD was higher in the inner specialized stroma of ectopic endometrium than in the outer fibrous capsule, but only in the fibrous capsule was MVD correlated with endothelial cell VEGF and survivin expressions as well as with the cyst diameter.

CONCLUSION
The diameter of ovarian endometriotic cysts seems to be related to the angiogenic process involving the outer fibrous capsule, and not the inner specialized stroma of ectopic endometrium, since only in the capsule are vessels stimulated to proliferate by VEGF and protected from apoptosis by survivin, and their density is correlated to cyst diameter.


The recent interest in trust, and its role in organizational dynamics, has propagated several intuitively appealing theoretical propositions, many grounded to date in anecdotal evidence. For example, theorists often tout the importance of an individual's trust predisposition to engendering trust in social situations (Luhmann, 1979; Rotter, 1967, 1971 & 1980; Zand, 1972). Similarly, management scholars have proposed that perceived value congruency between employee and employer, as well as consistent managerial behavior, contribute to the development of trust in the workplace (Gardner, 1990; Kouzes and Posner, 1993; Lewicki and Bunker, 1996). The purpose of this research is to empirically examine the role of an individual's predisposition to trust, perceived value congruency and consistent managerial behavior in developing employee trust in the workplace. This paper describes the development of an experimental instrument using three existing instruments, modified to suit the needs of this repeated measures experimental design. A sample of graduate students is employed as experimental subjects. Findings generated by this preliminary research indicate a correlation between an employee's predisposition to trust and the employee's inclination to initially trust a manager. However over time, as the employee learns more about the manager, disposition becomes less significant. Although in the beginning, value congruency appears to have little relevance on an employee's willingness to trust his/her manager, as their relationship develops over time, value congruency between the two parties becomes more relevant, but not significant. In addition, a strong correlation develops between the degree of consistency in a manager's behavior and the amount of trust engendered in an employee. Overall, findings suggest that all three factors play an important role in the development of employee trust in organizational settings.


The Doppler frequency shift is predicted for two models of acoustooptic Bragg scattering. The predictions do not agree with experiment, and therefore the observed frequency shift is not properly called a "Doppler" shift.


Abstract In this article, oxidation stabilities of catalytically-cracked diesel oil extracted with several solvents were studied respectively. The experimental results showed that double-solvent extraction was the better method than others, in which furfural containing transition metal ion was used as the first extraction solvent and the 95% ethanol solution was the second extraction solvent. During the course of accelerated storage test, the amount of sediment was reduced from 27.56 mg/100 mL to 0.43 mg/100 mL, and met the requirement of premium grade diesel oil. Under the experimental condition: shaking time of 3 min, the volume ratio of solvent to oil of one and operating temperature 30°C, the extraction result is most satisfied. The color and existent gum reached the standard of premium grade diesel oil. The removal rate of sulfur was up to 74.5%, the removal rate of nitrogen 93.8%. The cetane number of catalytically-cracked diesel oil was enhanced from 37.3 to 51.2. The oxidation stability was improved greatly after being treated.


Pratto, F., Çidam A., Stewart, A. L., Zeineddine, F. B., Aranda, M., Aiello, A., Chryssochoou, X., Cichocka, A., Cohrs, J. C., Durrheim, K., Eicher, V., Foels, R., Górska, P., Lee, I.-C., Licata, L., Liu, J. H., Li, L., Meyer, I., Morselli, D., Muldoon, O., Muluk, H., Papastamou, S., Petrovic, I., Petrovic, N., Prodromitis, G., Prati, F., Rubini, M., Saab, R., van Stekelenburg, J., Sweetman, J., Zheng, W., Henkel, K. E. (2013). Social dominance in context and in individuals: Contextual moderation of robust effects of social dominance orientation in 15 languages and 20 countries. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 4(5), 587-599. (Original DOI: 10.1177/1948550612473663) On page 587 of the above article published in Social Psychological and Personality Science, author Monica Rubini's institutional affiliation was listed as the University of Limerick in Limerick, Ireland; however, her institutional affiliation was with the Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna in Bologna, Italy.


On account of the shallow-buried target bed in Hebaochang structure in south Sichuan Basin and the complicated surface condition,3D seismic took advantage of many effective methods,such as the designing method of 3D wide azimuth layout with the proven parameters,the reasonable design for receiver pattern,the optimized selection of the inducing point and well depth,the variable layout designed by the satellite remote sensing data,adopting several methods for fine surface investigation and establishing the geologic model of near surface.Finally compared with the former data,the quality of the 3D seismic prospecting data has been improved greatly.


The topic of this thesis is Analysis of attandance chosen accommodation or gastronomic equipme. A motive for an investigating this area is interested in the current market situation. The aim of the paper is analysis Liptov region in terms of visit and beautiful places for visitors. Thesis is focuses on the Hotel Flora in Beseňova. In the first part deal with the theoretical knowledge about hospitality, marketing, services, customers and tourism. Words are the main topic of this work. The second part of the thesis describes analysis beautiful place in Liptov region. Detailed analyzes also accommodation in the hotel Flora**. For example, the number of guests, nationality, length of stay, reservation method. This part includes interview with owner of the Hotel Flora**. The analysis includes a questionnaire for the guests of Hotel Flora**. In the last part according to the information which were gained can help to suggest ways to increase traffic at the time of the off-season. For example, use newsletters, social networks, discount packages, loyalty programs. I hope my proposal will help to increase traffic.


The use of plutonium in Mixed Oxide (MOX) fuel in traditional Pressurized Water Reactor (PWR) assemblies leads to greater americium production which is not addressed in MOX recycling. The transuranic nuclides (TRU) contribute the most to the radiotoxicity of nuclear waste and a reduction of the TRU stockpile would greatly reduce the overall radiotoxicity of what must be managed. Am-241 is a TRU of particular concern because it is the dominant contributor of total radiotoxicity for the first 1000 years in a repository. This research explored the feasibility of transmuting Am-241 by using varying amounts in MOX rods being used in place of burnable absorbers and evaluated with respect to the impact on incineration and transmutation of transuranics in MOX fuel as well as the impact on safety. This research concludes that the addition of americium to a non-uniform fuel assembly is a viable method of transmuting Am-241, holding down excess reactivity in the core while serving as a burnable poison, as well as reducing the radiotoxicity of high level waste that must be managed.


LSE alumnus Dominik Balthasar says that the election Abdiweli Mohamed Ali Gaas as new leader of Puntland is likely to lead to the renewal of federal ties to Somalia.


The electrochemical hydrogen compressor (EHC) is a new system that can produce compressed purified H2 out of a complex mixture of gases, which includes no moving parts and mechanical losses, and operates isothermally. The simulation of this system is the focus of this work in order to produce a zero-dimensional, steady-state EHC model for process design in commercial tools such as AspenPlus™. The model calculates the overall voltage by considering the Nernst voltage, the Ohmic losses, and the activation overpotentials. The required power and cooling load are thereafter evaluated, while taking into account the water management. The inclusion of the aforementioned phenomena results in an EHC system that considers several operating parameters and could be readily used for process integration.


Abstract Introduction: Hartmann reversal is a complex surgical procedure associated with significant morbidity. Injuries of the urinary tract can occur in 10% to 15% of primary colorectal resection...


This paper proposes a new synthesis technique for extracted pole and non-resonating nodes (NRN) filter. The circuit elements can be set to the values extracted from the simulation of its electromagnetic (EM) model during the synthesis procedure. Accurate mapping relationship between the physical dimensions and prototype circuit can be achieved with the fully analytical approach. A three pole waveguide filter with one finite transmission zero is designed to illustrate the new procedure. A four pole waveguide filter with two finite transmission zeroes from literature is re-designed and analyzed to show the validity of the proposed approach, accuracy and key differences.


underwent extend hepatectomy. Liver parenchyma sparing to risk of postoperative liver failure, shorten recovering time, and allow re-hepatectomies in patients with high risk of recurrence. In patients with multifocal benign (adenomatosis) or malignant


This paper examines the link between the value of a diversified firm and the value of its internal capital. We construct measures of the value of internal capital market transactions based on the dollar flow of subsidies and transfers across segments, the relative investment opportunities of segments, and the likelihood that a segment receiving a subsidy would face external financing constraints if it were a stand-alone firm. We find that specific components of a diversified firm's internal capital market are important determinants of its excess value. Subsidies to small financially constrained segments with good relative investment opportunities significantly increase excess value, while transfers of resources from segments with good relative investment opportunities significantly decrease excess value. Surprisingly, subsidies to small financially constrained segments with poor relative investment opportunities also significantly increase excess value, albeit to a lesser extent than the subsidies to constrained segments with good relative investment opportunities. We conclude that financing constraints drive the relationship between the internal capital market and firm value.


be " in charge of publicity and jackets, " which included the designing of the latter. Through this, his appreciation of the visual appeal of books was bolstered by the practical experience of trying to make books look good. His office in the Victorian building that served as both staff headquarters and stock warehouse was next to that of philosopher and art historian Herbert Read, who served part-time as a literary adviser and from whom Franklin claims to have learned how to be " lazy. " A recurrent painful intrusion into that laziness is described: " I often found there were few troubles in my life so excruciating as meeting authors. There we sat in my small room, the two of us, as he seized the moment of total egoism to explain his book…there were times when, trying to follow an author's exposition, I suffered near-ulcerous stomach pain. " For that and other reasons, Franklin decided to chart a new course in his life and became a book dealer, and the next few chapters offer witty and sharp-eyed reminiscences of other dealers, such as Hans Kraus, and of clients, including his most important, the American millionaire Paul Mellon, whom he aided in augmenting the magnificent collection that eventually moved with Mellon to his English country house at Wormsley Park. As is often the case with book dealers, Franklin's own collecting and scholarly interests and his work in the trade went hand in hand, or sometimes hand out of hand. For example, his deep interest in William Morris (whom he describes as one of his heroes) led him to the acquisition of a complete set of all the Kelmscott Press books, including an example of each title printed on vellum when such existed, or on paper when no vellum copies were printed. One notable exception to this was his copy of the Kelmscott Chaucer, which was on paper not vellum; but even that was special, being a presentation copy from Morris and Burne-Jones to Swinburne. Franklin sold this beloved set to fund other ventures. Morris is the topic of one of the more or less self-contained essays that make up the chapters of the second half of the book. Along with an assessment of Morris, these essays include as topics the Daniel Press, the manuscript of Nijinski's unexpurgated autobiography and the troubles and pleasures the temporary ownership of that document brought …


Excitation-fluence-dependent charge carrier transport and decay dynamics in individual lead bromide perovskite microcrystals were studied using time-resolved pump–probe microscopy. Measurements sho...


Tolerance and physical dependence, although important in the addicted state, cannot account for the central problem of addiction—relapse from the abstinent state. Psychologic conditioning theory offers more satisfactory explanations. Methadone programs are effective, it is proposed, not because addicts have any "biochemical need" for opiates, but for straightforward pharmacologic and psychologic reasons. Methadone hydrochloride abolishes the periodic withdrawal sickness experienced by the active addict. By producing cross-tolerance, it diminishes the rewarding (reinforcing) effects of heroin. Thus methadone allows the motivated addict to discontinue heroin use without discomfort. A methadone program should strengthen that motivation by providing a nonpunitive environment within which self-help and peer help can operate to alter life style. A methadone temporary support program is outlined, as an alternative to methadone maintenance of indefinite duration.


....................................................................................................................vii CAPÍTULO 1 INTRODUÇÃO GERAL............................................................................. 1 CAPÍTULO 2 MITOCHONDRIAL DNA FAILS TO REVEAL GENETIC STRUCTURE IN SEA LAMPREYS ALONG EUROPEAN SHORES ...........................................................27 CAPÍTULO 3 ICELANDIC LAMPREYS (PETROMYZON MARINUS): WHERE DO THEY COME FROM? ................................................................................................................39 CAPÍTULO 4 PHYLOGEOGRAPHICAL ANALYSIS REVEALS MULTIPLE CONSERVATION UNITS IN BROOK LAMPREYS LAMPETRA PLANERI OF PORTUGUESE STREAMS..............................................................................................47 CAPÍTULO 5 GENETIC RELATIONSHIPS OF BROOK LAMPREY OF THE GENUS LAMPETRA IN A PYRENEAN STREAM IN SPAIN .........................................................65 CAPÍTULO 6 NEW DISTRIBUTION DATA ON SPANISH AUTOCHTHONOUS SPECIES OF FRESHWATER FISH ................................................................................79 CAPÍTULO 7 ORIGINATION OF DIFFERENT STOCKS OF BROOK LAMPREYS IN SPAIN FROM LAMPETRA FLUVIATILIS AT TWO DISTINCT TIMES AND PLACES....101


This investigation is part of a combined research/curriculum development project in which children's learning is being examined in the context of developing and testing instructional units on 3-D geometry in grades 3, 4, and 5. There are two components lo the article. First, the strategies and cognitive constructions that students utilize to conceptualize and enumerate the cubes in 3-D arrays are described. Second, the change in thinking of students as they are involved in instructional tasks !hat help them develop more sophisticated thinking about enumerating cubes in 3-D arrays are examined. (Author/MKR) *********************************************************************** Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made * from the original document. *********************************************************************** \:42) Enumerating Cubes in 3-D Arrays: Students' Strategies and Instructional Progress Michael T. Battista, Douglas H. Clements A Paper Presented at the Seventeenth Annual Meeting for the Psychology of Mathematics Education (North American Chapter) l'ERMI`;SION TO REPRODUCE 11-11S MATE RIAL HAS BEEN GRANTED BY


Introduction: The long term effects of urgent and emergency surgery performed by cardiothoracic trainees are largely unknown Hypothesis: Trainee-led and consultant-led emergency/urgent cardiac surgery have equivocal short and long-term outcomes Methods: We retrospectively analysed prospectively collected data on 13,655 patients who underwent cardiac surgery between June 1999 and June 2015 at our institution. We divided operations into Consultant-led (Group A), Trainee-led without consultant scrubbed (Group B) and Trainee-led with consultant scrubbed (Group C). We compared in-hospital outcomes using multivariate logistic and linear regression. We compared long-term outcomes using cox-regression. Results: There were 82.9% of patients in Group A, 9.0% in Group B and 8.1% in Group C. Elective cases were 76.9%, Urgent cases were 20.7% and Emergency cases were 2.4% of all procedures performed. From multivariate analysis, trainee-led procedures had longer cross-clamp and bypass times for elective and urgent/emer...


Abstract The construction of a reservoir on the Neretva River resulted in the flooding of three springs which now function as ponors (swallow-holes). In the first phase, they discharged 28 m3 s−1 of water from the full reservoir. All the water that was lost through these ponors appeared some 1 km downstream from the dam in a group of springs. Most of these springs were, in the natural state, only temporary, and during the dry period their discharge was approximately 1 m3 s−1. In order to reduce the losses from the reservoir, some reclamation works were carried out resulting in a decrease of the losses by only 6 m3 s−1. Detailed hydrogeological and hydrological analyses were performed with the objective of identifying the karst system, i.e. to determine the position of the karst channels. The definition of the position and dimensions of the karst channels through which the greatest quantities of water are lost from the reservoir was carried out according to the definition of the hydrograph recession curves...


In the article by Jeong et al. (Am J Nephrol 2010;32:356–361), entitled 'Significant associations between CCL5 gene polymorphisms and post-transplantational diabetes mellitus in Korean renal allograft recipients', the following errors should be corrected. In table 2, the number of HLA mismatches has been changed to 3.06 8 1.56 among the PTDM subjects and 3.30 8 1.50 among the non-PTDM subjects. The corresponding p value has also been changed to 0.33.


From the perspective of repurposing medication, recent evidence suggests that the use of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor antidepressants (SSRIs) can help reduce the severity of symptoms and death associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection. To focus more, COVID-19 is a viral disease with potentially high risk of symptoms. There is presently no cure. However, there are specific treatments that may help manage the condition. Since the SSRI fluvoxamine has a unique mechanism of action in reducing cytokine production, researchers have started to relate the antiviral effects via modulation of sigma-1 receptors with the vision of treatment options for COVID-19 patients. The scope of this chapter is to examine different mechanisms of fluvoxamine in relation to immune response, including both the serotonin and the sigma-1 receptor-related mechanisms. Addressing the impact of fluvoxamine in minimizing possible complications during COVID-19 infection.


The main focus in this paper is the importance of Management Control Systems (MCS) in Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs). The research is based on empirical literature by collecting and interpreting researchers finding on the important role that play MCS in SMEs. A greater control systems implementation can create/added a value and influencing stakeholders to practice concrete actions to reduce costs derived from the exploitation in SMEs.Keywords: Management Control Systems, Small and Medium Enterprises


Coaching interventions are often designed to impact on a golfer's skill with a variety of intended outcomes. Primarily, these have concerned the acquisition of a new skill (e


Personal income tax is a tax imposed on personal tax subjects on income received or earned in one tax year and has been regulated in Law no. 36 of 2008 concerning Income Tax. In this study using a qualitative descriptive method, namely collecting available data, compiling it, studying it, and then conducting further analysis regarding the calculation, deposit and reporting of Personal Income Tax on personal taxpayers registered at The Pratama Bandung Tegalega Tax Service Office. Based on the results of the analysis conducted, it can be concluded that the personal taxpayers registered at the Pratama Bandung Tegalega Tax Service Office as a whole have an average income of more than one source, where the tax calculation results in underpaid taxes. Underpaid tax deposit using electronic Deposit Letter with e-Billing system.


Objective To evaluate three different Chlamydophila pneumoniae recombinant antigens for use in Chlamydophila pneumoniae serodiagnosis. Methods The recombinant plasmids pGEX6p-2/ Cpn0146,Cpn0147 and Cpn0308 were constructed and expressed as GST fusion proteins. The immunogenicity and the immunocompetence of these recombinant protein were analyzed by Western-blot and indirect ELISA. A total of 183 sera samples of patients with respiratory tract infection and 32 sera samples of patients with Chlamydia trachomatis infection were detected with indirect ELISA coated microwell plates with the purified recombinant proteins comparing with SeroCP-TM IgG ELISA kits. The positive recognition rate, sensitivity and specificity of each method were analyzed. Results GST-Cpn0146, Cpn0147 and Cpn0308 were obtained after expression and purification. The titers of the specific IgG antibodies against Cpn0146, Cpn0147 and Cpn0308 were higher than 1:6 400, 1:128 00 and 1:128 00, respectively. When the indirect ELISA was developed to detect the IgG antibody against Chlamydophila pneumoniae in 183 samples, the concordance rate between the indirect ELISA test and SeroCP-TM IgG ELISA kits were 92. 3% (Cpn0146) , 94.5% (Cpn0147) and 96.7% (Cpn0308), respectively. The recombinant Cpn0146, Cpn0147 and Cpn0308 were recognized by 71 (38.8% positive recognition rate), 75 (40.9%), and 82 (44.8%) samples, respectively. The recombinant antigen-based detection assays displayed > 97% of detection specificity and>87%of sensitivity.Condusion GST-Cpn0308 shows a better sensitivity and specificity,which suggests it could be used for developing serodiagnosis kits of Chlamydophila pneumoniae infection.

Key words:
Chlamydophila pneumoniae;  Antigens,bacterial;  Recombinant proteins; Serologic tests


A severe disease or the birth of a disabled child may lead the family into the unexpected 'career' of 'caregiving that causes the whole family to re-evaluate its ways of fhnetioning. The situation may affect the parents' marital relationship, their work and leisure-time activities, siblings and economy. A child's disability brings the parents face to face with tasks such as helping the child to live with his or her illness or disability and to deal with problems brought along with the disability. At the same time, they have to encourage him/her in developing as normally as possible, and they have to achieve all this in such a manner that the family can function normally as an entity. One factor that will most likely contribute to whether or not this can be done is how the parents can cope with the stress caused by the situation. Research shows that some families manage well but others do not; therefore, it is important to understand what factors contribute to differences between families who seem to manage well from those who seem to encounter large number of problems. The present study focuses on understanding how parents experience their child's disability and how, in their opinion, it has affected both themselves and the functioning of the family. One of the major reasons for undertaking this research is the desire to examine the factors that help families cope well with disabled children, as well as to identify those factors which differentiate between parents who seem to manage well from those who seem to encounter large number of problems. Previous studies have also emphasized that this research area is highly significant one because it is important to find risk factors so as to be able to help families in time. Parents need information, advice and support in order to face up to their child's disability, and to address the problems of their children's upbringing. Families in the present study have expressed strongly the emotional, social and economic cost in caring for a child with a disability. The distress could be alleviated by more aware and responsive support from informal and culturally sensitive formal sources. The goals of a responsive community should be to enhance coping resources that maximize the daily achievement of personal and family goals. Therefore, there should be a focus on community-based strategies that facilitate the inclusion of children with disabilities, as well as direct family support strategies to facilitate positive attitudes to inclusion of children with disabilities to contribute to family coping.


Growth differentiation factor(GDF)-15,a distant member of the transforming growth factor-β cytokine superfamily,is a powerful cardioprotective factor.Many studies have demonstrated that serum GDF-15 level is a novel marker closely associated with the diagnosis,risk stratification,and prognosis of several cardiovascular diseases.This article mainly reviews the characteristics of GDF-15 and its multifunction in cardiovascular diseases.


Between August and November 1991 in Turkey police arrested 203 prostitutes who had not registered as prostitutes in Istanbul. Physicians at the Dermatology and Venereal Diseases Hospital took a medical history and blood samples from these unregistered prostitutes. 96 prostitutes were Rumanian women 88 were Turkish women and 19 were Turkish male transsexuals. No unregistered prostitute had signs or symptoms of primary secondary or tertiary syphilis. 14.3% (29) did have early or late latent syphilis however. 19.7% (40) had history of treatment for syphilis and did not currently have syphilis. No significant differences existed in syphilis prevalence between Rumanian and Turkish prostitutes. Syphilis diagnosis was significantly more common in male transsexuals than in women (31.6% vs. 12.5%; p = .036). Further male transsexuals were more likely to have been treated for syphilis in the past than were women (58 vs. 15.8%; p = .0001). Moreover the men were more apt to have positive Treponema palladium hemagglutination assay (TPHA) and enzyme immunoassay (EIA)-IgG results than the women (89.5 vs. 28.3%; p < .0001). Positive TPHA and EIA-IgG results were significantly more common in Rumanian women than in Turkish women (38.5 vs. 17%; p = .002). Prevalence of IgM antibodies was basically the same in all 3 groups. Prevalence of syphilis in unregistered prostitutes was much greater than in about 5000 normal obstetric patients in Istanbul (1 case of latent syphilis). These findings indicated that unregistered prostitutes are at high risk for syphilis due to their illegal status. This places their clientele at high risk of syphilis and other sexually transmitted diseases.


The Fe-22Cr-15Co-3Mo alloy melt was rapidly solidified to ribbons by a double roller technique. The texture of the ribbons was {100} . After solution treatment, the ribbon was cut into small chips and thermomagnetically aged and then control-cooled. The maximum value of the coercive force was 500 Oe at 660°C for 30 min. The maximum value of (BH)max was 3.3 MGOe at 650°C for 60 min. The modulated structure was observed after the final aging by TEM. The modulated structures of adjacent grain boundaries showed misorientation with each other, whose cause was attributed to the addition of Mo. Experimental data indicated the validity of the theoretical analysis concerning the coercive force, uniaxial anisotropy constant and modulated structures.


Argonne National Laboratory (ANL) has developed two- and three-dimensional computer programs to predict hydrodynamics in complex fluid/solids systems including atmospheric and pressurized bubbling and circulating fluidized-bed combustors and gasifiers, concentrated suspension (slurry) piping systems and advanced particle-bed reactors for space-based applications, for example. The computer programs are based upon phenomenological mechanistic models and can predict frequency of bubble formation, bubble size and growth, bubble frequency and rise-velocity, solids volume fraction, gas and solids velocities and low dimension chaotic attracters. The results of these hydrodynamic calculations are used as inputs to mechanistic models to predict heat transfer and erosion and have been used to produce simplified models and guidelines to assist in design and scaling. An extensive coordinated effort involving industry, government, and university laboratory data has served to validate the various models. Babcock & Wilcox (B&W), in close collaboration with ANL, has developed the three dimensional FORCE2 computer program which is both transient as well as steady-state.


Researches up to data have focused on using non texture based methods in addressing the problem of classifying the data types of file fragments. In this research we considered a file fragment as a 8 bit grayscale image and the Gray Level Co-Occurrence Matrix (GLCM) based method was used to extract textural features. Texture features for fragment dimensions 8 × 8, 16 × 16, 32 × 32 and 64 × 64 and gray level quantizations from 4 to 64 with step increments of 4 were explored. The K nearest neighbor classifier was used as the classifier and the optimal GLCM features for a particular gray level and fragment dimension were determined using Sequential Forward Selection (SFS) algorithm. On the classification of 7 data types, our novel approach reached a maximum overall accuracy of 86.86% in classifying 64 × 64 sized fragments with 12 gray levels.


UCLA Statistical Series Report No. 195 Robust Methods for Mean and Covariance Structure Analysis Ke-Hai Yuan and Peter M. Bentler October 15, 1995 Ke-Hai Yuan is Statistician, and Peter M. Bentler is Professor, Department of Psychology and Center for Statistics, University of California, Los Angeles, Box 951563, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1563. This work was supported by National Institute on Drug Abuse Grants DA01070 and DA00017.


A novel pairwise 3-D shape context for partial object matching and retrieval is developed for extracting 3-D light poles and trees from mobile laser scanning (MLS) point clouds in a typical urban street scene. Unlike the single-point shape context describing only the local topology of a shape, the pairwise 3-D shape context can simultaneously model the local and global geometric structures of a shape in manifold space. By using histogram descriptors, the pairwise 3-D shape context has such characteristics as invariance to scale, invariance to orientation, and partial insensitivity to topological changes. Our results show that 3-D light poles and individual trees can be extracted from the RIEGL VMX-450 MLS point clouds and the performance achieved using our algorithm is much more accurate and effective than those of the other two existing algorithms.


The ongoing SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has been announced by the World Health Organization (WHO). In India, the first case of SARS-CoV-2 was reported on January 30, 2020, in the Thrissur district of Kerala, having a travel history of Wuhan, China. The risk of infection, fatality rates, and treatment responses across different countries, age groups, and demographic groups are diverse. Age and gender are key indicators of health to understand the extent to which outbreaks affect a specific age groups or gender. It is a fundamental step to evaluate the primary and secondary effects of a health emergency in the communities. The previous workers have been revealed that the males are more at risk for worse outcomes and death with SARS-CoV-2. The X chromosome is known to contain the largest number of immune-related genes in the whole genome. With their XX chromosome, the female has a double copy of key immune genes compared to the single copy in XY male. Thus females immune systems are generally more responsive to infections. This might mean female may more able to tackle the SARS-CoV-2 more effectively but this has not yet been proven. The present study was conducted to know whether gender equality in SARSCoV-2 infections prevails across different age groups in the Dadra and Nagar Haveli district of the UT of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu, India.


Abstract : The Interim Strike Force Headquarters organizational concept has emerged as the experimental platform upon which the U.S. Army will examine how to reorganize the Army in the near term to meet the conflicting demands of National Security Strategy, force projection and resource constraints. This new design seeks to create a force which is more rapidly deployable, more lethal, modular, more mobile, more sustainable, and more survivable. By enabling the Strike Force Headquarters to operate in a decentralized manner and avoid the pitfalls of information pathology the Digital LNO Nodes provide the organizational adaptability required to enable Strike Force organizational tailoring. Force tailoring offers a powerful solution to alleviate this tension between requirements and constraints. Force tailoring is defined as the capability to determine the right mix and sequencing of units with sufficient combat power to accomplish the mission and sustain the force, based on METT-T, analysis, and other criteria such as available lift, pre-positioned assets and host nation support. This monograph addresses the challenges posed by force tailoring. In particular, this monograph seeks a remedy to the challenges posed by an increased span of control, operating in a more complex environment, the loss of organizational cohesion posed by task organizing on short notice, command and control issues associated with decentralized execution and the threat of information pathology. A review of the theory of complex systems indicates that all complex adaptive systems require control mechanisms to ensure that the self regulating and adaptive qualities of the system survive in a turbulent environment. This suggests that the Interim Strike Force requires integrative control mechanisms in order to remain adaptive and self organizing. The Digital LNO nodes, serving as directed telescopes, serve this vital function.


A numerical study of the complete system of reaction‐diffusion‐convection equations that govern the dynamics of Belousov–Zhabotinsky (BZ) reactive fluid has been conducted in order to understand the interaction of chemical waves with fluid convection induced by chemical reactions. In the regime studied, it was found that although the heat of reaction alone could drive convection, it was too weak to destabilize the wave. When the influence of the isothermal chemical reactions was combined with that of the heat of reaction, however, convective instability of the wave structure could result for both up‐going and down‐going waves. The regime in the parameter space was defined within which instability of the up‐going wave and stable propagation of the down‐going wave is expected, as observed in a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) experiment. The velocity of an undistorted wave front in the presence of convection was found to be independent of the lateral scale of the system and the direction of wave propagation...


A 4-year-old Limousin bull sustained a rupture of the ventral aspect of the tunica albuginea of the penis, 20 cm distal to the distal bend of the sigmoid flexure. The corpus spongiosum penis and urethra apparently ruptured at the same time.


Montoring and controlling safe production is a main way to improve management safe of production in coal mine,speed up accident treatment video frequency,rechuce the lost of disaster.This paper expounds the technical plan and key points of realizing video frequency system by presont technology,which would be used by Hegang Coal Mine Company Group.


Voltage control is a growing issue in distribution networks operation, due to the increase in load and also distributed generation. In this work model predictive control (MPC) is proposed as a better solution as compared to conventional ones to deal with this problem. A fast MPC algorithm is used to allow online optimization of voltage profile. the algorithm is tested on a 20 kV distribution network.


Background: For benign lesion and early stage lung cancer, the current trend is precise resection with more preservation of pulmonary function. In this study, we reviewed the perioperative date and outcome of single port subsegmentectomy in our hospital. Methods: The patients who received single port subsegmentectomy from 2015/05 to 2017/09 were all included. Patients' characteristics (age, gender), perioperative data (operative time, blood loss, intraoperative complication), and outcomes (recovery period, postoperative complication, mortality, disease free survival and overall survival of primary lung cancer) were all collected. Results: There were 38 patients receiving single port subsegmentectomy in our hospital. The mean age was 63.1 years old, mean operative time was 172.2 minutes, mean blood loss was 39.5 cc, and the mean duration of chest tube placement was 2.8 days. There was no intraoperative complication or conversion. One patient had prolonged air leak (n=1, 2.6%), and another patient had bronchopleural fistula (n=1, 2.6%) who received completion lobectomy later. No recurrence or mortality developed in the 22 patients with primary lung cancer. Conclusions: Single port subsegmentectomy is safe and provide precise resection for the small lung lesion. Preoperative 3D CT reconstruction helps to establish detailed surgical plan and improve surgical safety.


Purpose
In 2006, Saks (2006) published one of the first empirical studies of the antecedents and consequences of employee engagement. Since then dozens of studies on engagement have been published and most of them have used the Utrecht Work Engagement Scale (UWES) to measure work engagement. The purpose of this paper is to revisit Saks (2006) to try and address some issues that have arisen during the last ten years and to assess the generalizability of his findings and model using the UWES measure of work engagement and single-item measures of job and organization engagement.

Design/methodology/approach
Additional analyses was conducted using the data from Saks (2006) including measures of each job characteristic, the use of the UWES measure of work engagement, and single-item general measures of job engagement and organization engagement. In addition, a review of engagement research was conducted as well as research that used Saks' (2006) measures of job engagement and organization engagement.

Findings
The results indicate that skill variety is the main job characteristic that predicts job engagement. The results of the analysis using the UWES measure of work engagement found that job characteristics and perceived organizational support are significant predictors of work engagement, and work engagement predicts job satisfaction, organizational commitment, organizational citizenship behavior and intentions to quit and mediates the relationship between the antecedents and the consequences. Similar results were found using the single-item measures of job engagement and organization engagement. A review of the engagement literature indicates general support for the Saks (2006) model of the antecedents and consequences of employee engagement and for his measures of job and organization engagement. A revised and updated model is provided with additional antecedents and consequences.

Practical implications
The results indicate that organizations can drive employee engagement by focusing on skill variety as well as providing social support, rewards and recognition, procedural and distributive fairness, and opportunities for learning and development. In addition, organizations can assess employee engagement more frequently and easily by using single-item measures of job and organization engagement.

Originality/value
This paper provides an update and revision of the Saks (2006) model of employee engagement and suggests that the main findings are similar when using the UWES measure of work engagement and single-item general measures of job engagement and organization engagement.


A highly profitable petrochemical industry has reemerged in Texas from the boom in U.S. shale oil-and-gas exploration, creating an internationally competitive sector that can produce a variety of products including plastics at a lower cost.


The main focus of this study is the interplay between topology and order in frustrated quantum spin systems. We identify relevant effects in the study of novel phases of matter, as they emerge in tractable quantum spin models and we make a number of original contributions. In particular, we study quantum dimer models with frustrating interactions and holes, identifying possible phases of matter and the nature of the phase transitions between them. Further, we identify a possible mechanism of how incommensurate ordering can emerge in strongly correlated systems and show explicitly how it works in toy models of quantum frustration, such as quantum dimer models. We characterize the topological character of frustrated spin systems by studying the quantum entanglement entropy of different topological phases in exactly solvable quantum spin models; we show explicitly how a finite correlation length affects different topological observables. Finally, we use our understanding of frustration in spin systems to study the phenomenological nature of the Mott insulator to metal transition at finite temperatures and we demonstrate that it generally belongs to the Ising universality class.


This paper describes a solution for the generation of true random numbers in a purely digital fashion; making it suitable for any FPGA type, because no FPGA vendor specific features (e.g., like phase-locked loop) or external analog components are required. Our solution is based on a framework for a provable secure true random number generator recently proposed by Sunar, Martin and Stinson. It uses a large amount of ring oscillators with identical ring lengths as a fast noise source - but with some deterministic bits - and eliminates the non-random samples by appropriate post-processing based on resilient functions. This results in a slower bit stream with high entropy. Our FPGA implementation achieves a random bit throughput of more than 2 Mbps, remains fairly compact (needing minimally 110 ring oscillators of 3 inverters) and is highly portable


appeared. The patient stated that there was considerable heat and discomfort in the skin shortly after taking the first dose of the medicine, and the rash became so very marked after only a second dose, and then she ceased taking the medicine. She volunteered the statement that she thought the rash must be due to something in the medicine, as a similar chain of circumstances had happened to her more than once before; and, after inquiry, I was able to prove that the eruption had *appeared in September 1870, after taking a pill composed of two grains of calomel and one grain of powdered opium, whilst attending the Central London Ophthalmic Hospital; again in I878, after a dose of Kay's compound essence of linseed; and still again, some months before I saw her, after a dose of chlorodyne. There were no symptoms produced of general disturbance, nor of the affection of any other organ than the skin. There was no increase of visible sweating. The effect of opium and morphia in producing an erythematous eruption is well known. Dr. Ringer, in the article Measles in Reynolds's Systemit of Mfedicine, mentions that it causes a roseola; and again, in the HandThook of Therapeutics, he adds, "Morphia occasionally produces an eruption, sometimes like that of measles, at other times like that of nettle-rash; it may be accompanied by distressing itching, sufficient often to counteract the anodyne properties of the medicine". Dr. Farquharson, in his recent lecture, published in the BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL (February 15th and 22nd, 1879), writes "that the itching of skin not very uncommonly complained of after the use of morphia may sometimes be shown to depend on a minutely papular or vesicular rash". Trousseau points to the sweat-apparatus as the site of the eruption. " Opium is the most powerful and most energetic of all sudorifics", and " the cutaneous emunctory is especially charged with its elimination". He adds that the transient eruption either of erythematous patches, pseudo-morbillous spots, vesicles, or true papules is due to the peculiar quality imparted to the sweat, for it may occur when the opium does not produce sweating. The vaso-motor nerves are probably primarily influenced, as we see by the intense flushing of the skin commonly ob:served after morphia injection. T. CALCOTT Fox, M.B.Lond., B.A.Cantab., Physician to St. George's and St. James's Dispensary.


Abstract Characiformes have several families, being Characidae important due to the number and diversity of species. The present work presents the first cytogenetic characterization of Acestrorhynchus pantaneiro, Roeboides bonariensis, Cynopotamus kinkaidi, Galeocharax humeralis and Raphiodon vulpinus from Argentina (Paraná river- Posadas, Misiones) stating some considerations on the cytotaxonomic relationships among them. Chromosome preparations were obtained from kidney cells by means of direct and cell culture methods. Chromosomes were stained conventionally and with C and NOR banding. Chromosome numbers ranged from 2n=50 (Acestrorhynchus pantaneiro, Acestrorhynchidae) and 2n=52 (Roeboides bonariensis, Cynopotamus kinkaidi and Galeocharax humeralis, Characidae) to 2n=54 (Raphiodon vulpinus, Cynodontidae) with different proportions among the chromosome types M-SM/ ST-A. All species show pale heterochromatin, however, some centromeric, telomeric and interstitial regions appear strongly stained. NOR regions were located at terminal regions on the short arms of one chromosome pair in Acestrorhynchus pantaneiro, Roeboides bonariensis and Cynopotamus kinkaidi, with the exception of Raphiodon vulpinus, that show the bands on the long arms. Galeocharax humeralis present two pairs of chromosomes involved in nucleolar organization. The present study reports information about three Characiformes families, Acestrorhynchidae (2n=50), Characidae (2n=52) and Cynodontidae (2n=54). Karyotypes of Roeboides bonariensis and Raphiodon vulpinus are described for the first time, the diploid numbers of the other species are coincident with the available data. In spite scarce chromosome studies about "dientudos" of Characidae, Acestrorhynchidae and Cynodontidae families, it is clear that the divisions raised from cytogenetics characters are in agreement with the classification based on morphological traits.


In the course of the 7th century, Persia was overrun by victorious Muslim armies, and the Sasanian Empire(226~651) crumbled. The Arab conquest proved to be far more than military, for it introduced a new religion of Islam into Persian and opened an entirely new chapter in Iranian history as well. The characteristic belief of Zoroastrian religion of Iran disappeared, gone, too, were the class distinctions which had been the backbone of the Sasanian social and political organization. The Islamization of Persia brought about such deep and enduring transformation in the life and culture of the country. But from the 9th century, Persian language emerged again as the tool of a "Renaissance" of Persian literature. The greatest monument without doubt was "Shahnameh(The Book of Kings)" of Ferdawsi(completed in 1015), although the work of literary genius, is in substance the reworking of the national saga of the end of the Sasanian period. As the best example of Shahnameh, the Persian literature generally tends to be descriptive rather than dramatic, expressionistic rather than naturalistic, organic rather than architectural. The Shahnameh gives the history of Iran from the Creation down to its conquest by the Arabs in the 7th century. The first half tells of mythical and legendary kings and heroes, and the second half tells of historical personages. Through the study on the structure and function of each heroes and kings in the Shahnameh, we can analyze more accurately the characters of heros in the Kushnameh in which we can find very interesting stories on mutual relations between some Persian heroes and Silla royal families in the 7th century. The Kushnameh, an pre-Islamic Persian epic, gives us surprisingly many remarkable description on Silla Kingdom of the 6~8th centuries. Such main heroes in the Shahnameh as Abtin, Faranak and their son Feridun appear in the Kushnameh in different role and social circumstances. Abtin with his royal families migrated to Silla with the invitation of the king, through long and difficult expedition in Iran and China. Abtin married a Silla princess named Frarang and a most famous Persian hero Feridun was born. After the death of Abtin, Feridun returned Iraq to destroy Kus, a demon-king who had killed Abtin and Jamshid. Eventually, Feridun had Kus borne to Mt. Demavent chained and powerless. To the great joy of the many who had for so long suffered his tyrannies, Faridun repealed the cruel laws of Kus and bade every man live in peace and work in freedom. Of course Feridun informed the good news to his grandfather, the Silla king Tayhur. But Tayhur is already passed away and Karam became new Silla king with whom Feridun continued their friendly relations and cooperation. The Kushmameh can be the vital source for new interpretation of ancient Silla history and society, through which the study of Korean ancient history opens new horizon based on more vivid historical materials unknown. In this sense, the significant meaning of Kushnameh in studying Korean history is already emphasized by the previous articles. The main difficulty faced to us now is that how much Korean academia could accept the epic stories as historical sources. I firmly believe, however, e Persian poetry or epic speaks the language of the Persian heart, mind and soul, fully reflecting the Persian world view and life experience. To study Persian epics therefore is the important tool to understand the history of Iran and beyond at that time. By more systemic and long term research projects, the wide range of rich contents on Silla described in Kushnameh can be enlightened hopefully. This article is one of the research plans.


The bud,stem-segment,leafstalk and leaf of Brassica pekinenis × B.olercea as the explants were cultured in tubes containing MS medium supplemented with 2.0 mg·L-1 6-BA and 0.2 mg·L-1 NAA.The bud,stem-segment,leafstalk and leaf could induce callus.The percentage of callus formation were 52.4%,76.9%,21.5% and 19.3%.On MS medium containing 0.2 mg·L-1 6-BA and 0.1 mg·L-1 NAA,shoot multiplication occurred at 3.9,4.6,3.5 and 3.1-fold.Over 95% rooted on 1/2MS medium containing 0.1 mg·L-1 IBA.


I have read the manuscript "Aortic arch aneurysm rupture into the lung misdiagnosed as lung carcinoma" by Che and colleagues,1 and I congratulate the authors. Yet, I want to remark on some aspects of the manuscript.

On a computed tomography scan of the chest, the authors identified a well-defined mass in the left upper lobe of the lung invading the side wall of the aortic arch and diagnosed lung cancer. There was no preoperative histopathological diagnosis of the suspicious lung mass and, therefore, staging was not performed. Moreover, during the exploratory thoracotomy, a left upper lobectomy was performed without perioperative frozen section examination.

Once the radiographic or clinical presentation raises the possibility of lung cancer, the physician must proceed in an expeditious manner to confirm a diagnosis. The evaluation should establish the histopathological tissue diagnosis and determine the stage of the lung cancer. This information is critical for treatment decisions and discussion of prognosis with the patients.2Clinically noninvasive or minimally invasive techniques such as sputum cytology, fibreoptic bronchoscopy, endobronchial forceps biopsy, bronchoalveolar lavage, transbronchial needle aspiration, thoracentesis and percutaneous pleural biopsy as well as invasive techniques such as transthoracic fine-needle aspiration guided by computed tomography or ultrasonography, video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery and open thoracotomy can be used to diagnose lung cancer. After tissue type is established, the patient must be accurately staged. Staging is the measurement of the extent of lung cancer. The only rationale for staging is to select patients who will benefit from surgical resection. In this context, expanded clinical evaluation is performed, and tumour status, nodal status and evidence of metastatic disease are determined by a variety of procedures such as computed tomography of the chest extended through the liver and adrenal glands, positron-emission tomography, scalene lymph node biopsy, mediastinoscopy, anterior mediastinotomy, video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery, and fine-needle aspiration biopsy of mediastinal lymph nodes guided by esophageal endoscopic ultrasonography.2,3With correct staging, it is possible to detect mediastinal invasion or distant metastasis, achieve high rates of complete resection, identify patients who would benefit from induction therapy and avoid unnecessary surgical procedures such as thoracotomy in inoperable patients, which may cause treatment failure and death.4

Despite the use of all these techniques, thoracotomy can be performed in cases where limited lung cancer is suspected without preoperative histopathological proof of malignancy. In such cases, the surgeon should assess the nature of the lesion macroscopically and perform a biopsy for frozen section examination. If there are signs of malignancy, mediastinal lymph nodes have to be examined histopathologically; the type of surgery has to be determined with intraoperative staging. Nashef and colleagues5 argued that lung resection should not be performed without examination of perioperative frozen sections when thoracotomy is performed for suspected but unproven lung cancer.

In conclusion, in suspected lung cancer cases, malignancy must be routinely confirmed histopathologically before lung resection to avoid serious functional and medico–legal sequelae in benign diseases.

Sami Karapolat, MD Department of Thoracic Surgery Dokuz Eylul Medical School Izmir, Turkey


OpenAPI indicates a behavior where producers offer Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) to help end-users access their data, resources, and services. Generally, API has many parameters that need to be entered. However, it is challenging for users to understand and document these parameters correctly. This paper develops an API workbench to help users learn and debug APIs. Based on this workbench, much exploratory work has been proposed to reduce the overhead of learning and debugging APIs. We explore the knowledge, such as parameter characteristics (e.g., enumerability) and constraints (e.g., maximum/minimum value), from the massive API call logs to narrow the range of parameter values. Then, we propose a fine-grained approach to enrich the API documentation by extracting dependency knowledge between APIs. Finally, we present a learning-based prediction method to predict API execution results before the API is called, significantly reducing user debugging cycles. The experiments evaluated on the online system show that this work's approach substantially improves the user experience of debugging OpenAPIs.


The article examines the issue of employment of persons sentenced to imprisonment. In the modern criminal law of Ukraine, the order and conditions of employment of persons sentenced to imprisonment are established in such a way that they hardly differ from the order and conditions of work of other citizens who work at enterprises of various forms of ownership. However, the work of convicts in penal institutions is significantly different from the work performed by ordinary workers. Thanks to the involvement of convicts in work in combination with other means (the regime of serving the sentence, social and educational work, etc.), it is possible to achieve positive changes in the personality of the convict, which are a real possibility in the future in the direction of adaptation to life after release from serving the sentence. Community service is one of the most effective means of correction and resocialization of convicts. The analysis of scientific publications concerning the labor use of convicts before deprivation of liberty, in the vast majority, indicates international approaches to this problem, that is, convicts can be involved in work for the purpose of correction and acquisition of certain skills, and not for the purpose of compensating for material losses, moral damage to persons, victims from crimes, or profit making by enterprises of penal institutions. Reasoned reformation of the normative and legal principles of the labor use of convicts in places of deprivation of liberty, changes in approaches to the regulation and organization of the work of convicts during the execution and serving of punishment, can contribute to improving the situation in the direction of the implementation of such a means of resocialization as the labor of convicts. In addition, taking into account by the administration of the institution of execution of punishments the special characteristics of convicts can be useful in the process of labor utilization of convicts. Key words: sentenced to imprisonment, right to work, labor exploitation, correction and resocialization.


ABSTRACT The effects of wheat protein and starch on yellow-alkaline noodles have not been fully clarified. Twenty-four hard winter wheats with varying protein, hot-water swelling power (SP95), and polyphenol oxidase (PPO) activity were milled into long-patent and short-patent flours. Protein, SP95, and PPO activity in the 48 flours were 8.2–12.9%, 16.2–24.1 g/g, and 80–157 ΔA480/mg of protein/min, respectively. Lightness of raw noodles declined with increasing protein and PPO levels but yellowness decreased and then increased. Tensile force to break the cooked noodles was positively correlated with SP95 and protein. Compression (50%) force of noodles made from flour with high SP95 ≈21 g/g, averaged ≈20% below those made from low SP95 ≈17 g/g of flour. Compression force was measured in the long dimension of a single noodle strand using a rectangular probe. The instrumental measurements suggest that alkaline noodles made from a single-null partial-waxy wheat with medium SP95 ≈19.9 g/g will have a tender bit...


It starts from direct observations of the life of the community where the writer lives, Jambi province, and other regions where the writer has visited in Indonesia as well as a number of Muslim-majority countries in the Middle East and non-Muslims in Asia, Australia, America and Europe and is enriched with literature research, this paper attempts to respond to the question why Qur'anic values are often not reflected in the behavior of people in Muslimdominated areas that should be more Islamic than others? This study concludes that the theological view of Muslims who view that sanctions against violations of religious values will be punished in the Hereafter contributes to their disobedience to a regulation or qur'anic values that is deemed to be erroneous merely earthly. In addition, the weakness of direct sanctions by certain regulatory authorities or the actual law regulating no one's religious background is the second largest factor. It is just that general public is more concerned about religious background factor of any violators rather than the lack of legal sanctions that actually do not see it from the religious background factor. These are then responsible and hidden factors that hamper the implementation of Qur'anic values in Muslim-majority countries.


We discuss the efforts over the last 10 years of the International Federation of Consulting Engineers (FIDIC) to fight corruption in the construction industry. We describe the Business Integrity Management System, which was developed by the industry to manage the integrity of a consulting firm, and a parallel system (Government Procurement Integrity System) to manage the integrity of a government procurement department. FIDIC suggests that the industry cannot achieve a successful outcome in this effort to fight corruption without the inclusion of all of the participants including the clients, the financial community, and the government.


This paper presents a hybrid approach that aims at solving the Capacitated Vehicle Routing Problem (CVRP) by means of combining Constraint Programming (CP) with Lagrangian Relaxation (LR) and Probabilistic Algorithms. After introducing the CVRP and reviewing the main literature on this area, the paper proposes the use of a multistart hybrid Variable Neighbourhood Search (VNS) algorithm. This algorithm uses a randomised version of the classical Clarke and Wright savings heuristic to generate a starting solution to a given CVRP. This starting solution is then improved through a local search process which combines: (a) LR to optimise each individual route, and (b) CP to quickly verify the feasibility of new proposed solutions. Some results on well-known CVRP benchmarks are analysed and discussed.


Different time variations are observed for the increases in the flux Ie and the temperature Te of end-loss electrons following excitation of an Alfvén ion cyclotron (AIC) wave in the GAMMA 10 tandem mirror. The increase in Ie is coincident with the end-loss ion flux caused by the AIC wave such that the current balance holds on a floating end plate. On the other hand, the increase in Te is due to direct action of the AIC wave caused by electron Landau damping.