RNAsynthesis isactivated inthecells oftheplant embryo very soon after thestart ofseedimbibition. We previously reported thatmainly heterogeneous nuclear RNA issynthesized intheradicle ofZeamays embryo during thefirst hours ofgermination. Thepresent study was undertaken inorder todetect thetimeofappearance ofthenewly synthesized messenger RNAinthepolysomes ofgerminating maize axes. Freepolysomes wereprepared fromembryonic axesrehydrated for2 hours inthepresence ofradioactively labeled uridine. These polysomes wereshowntobelabeled andtocontain labeled particles sedimenting, after dissociation withEDTA,inthe1OSto40Sregion ofasucrose gradient. Thelabeled polysomal RNAmigrates heterogeneously inagel with ameansize corresponding toabout 16S, and60%ofthese molecules arepolyadenylated. Thedata indicate that thenewly synthesized RNAassociated with the polysomes after 2hofgermination consists ofmessenger RNAmolecules. Analysis ofthepolysomes prepared 0.5and1h after thestart of imbibition suggests that translation ofthenewly synthesized messenger RNAprobably occurs within the1sthourofimbibition oftheisolated axis, thus well before thecompletion oftheinitial wateruptake.


Study is conducted to analyse whether the variants like anythink or nothink is the laziness of New Zealanders to pronounce 'anything' or 'nothing' or they are the words in use since many years. It is clear from the study that these variants are not the product of laziness but are survived in New Zealand since long time.


Abstract The rheological and mechanical properties of PVC-lignin blends were studied, and their alterations were investigated after lignin was treated with poly(ethyl acrylate-co-maleic anhydride). The addition of lignin changes the early rheological properties of the blend comparing with PVC control because the rigidity of lignin particles leads to more intensive shearing in the system, but has little effect on its rheology during the equilibrium period. The processing stability slightly decreases with the increase of lignin content in the blend. The mechanical properties of the blends are worse than that of PVC control. The rheological properties of the blends are little influenced after lignin is treated with polyacrylate, but the mechanical properties, especially toughness, are improved, and the maximum impact strength is 37.7% higher than that of PVC control.


The precision of trigonometric leveling depends upon the precision of the instruments, the method, and the natural condition, altering the results could improve the precision At outside, the natural condition such as the topographies rise and fall, the atmospheres refractive power, the air current, the fog and so on All of these were harmful to our servey And their affects were difficulty to determine Along with the advanced instruments were used, the trigonometric leveling could take place the leveling If we overcome the natural condition affects, the trigonometric leveling could take place the leveling in special conditions And it was valuable for future


The potential health hazard in the extensive use of mercury in dental surgeries is a current cause for concern {Journal of the American Dental Association, 1971; Central Unit on Environmental Pollution, 1976), exacerbated by the sporadic occurrence of clinical mercury poisoning in dentists and their assistants (Cook and Yates, 1969; Iyer et al., 1976; Mantyla and Wright, 1976; Merfield et al., 1976). This paper reports the results of a survey of urinary mercury excretion in 62 Area Health Authority (AHA) and 49 National Health Service (NHS) dentists and dental surgery assistants (DSAs).


The introduction of smart meters in Victoria has created opportunity for retailers and distributors to create efficiencies and provide value-add services for customers. In particular, having smart meters installed in every household and small business opens the door for tariff progress through the creation of innovative pricing structures that can be applied at 30 minute intervals – This has led to some cutting edge electricity offers in recent time, such as Dodo's 'Hour of power' (free electricity from 6-7am every day) and AGL's 'Free Saturdays'. Whilst innovative tariffs are a great example of progress in the Victorian electricity market, they also highlight an inherent obstacle in the lack of consumer awareness and industry knowledge – Whilst the savvy, welleducated consumers can find great deals, the rest of the consumers don't have enough general knowledge of the industry to understand the difference between one offer and the next. Because most Victorian consumers are unable to identify or understand simple elements of their bill, such as supply charge and usage rates, they are in no position to understand the impact of 'flexible pricing' tariffs on their overall costs. To that end, the more innovative a tariff is, the more difficult the task of assessing and comparing offers is. So whilst tariff progress is greatly improved through the use of smart meters, broad consumer benefit of that progress can be hampered. To combat these issues, the Department of Economic Development, Jobs, Transport and Resources (DEDJTR) has created an online price comparison website ('Victorian Energy Compare') which simplifies the comparison process for all Victorian consumers. With a recent bill and answers to a few simple questions, users of the Victorian Energy Compare website can easily navigate the electricity market to receive a recommendation of the best offers for their individual needs – often demonstrating a significant benefit in switching, to the tune of around twenty five percent or hundreds of dollars!


In the paper,the supply chain in which there are one supplier in the upper reaches and two distributors in the lower reaches and upstream enterprise supplies intermediate products to downstream distributors is assumed.The non-linear models which are about intermediate products transfer price are established under the models of uniform pricing and discriminatory pricing.Under the policy of uniform pricing,the catastrophic behavior of the transfer price is analyzed using cusp catastrophe model.Under the policy of discriminatory pricing,the catastrophic behavior of the transfer price is analyzed using hyperbolic umbilic catastrophe model.


A study of the ionic conductivity and the space charge characteristics of cubic silverhalide microcrystals as a function of Pb2+ adsorption or incorporation, is presented. At a fixed pAg the ionic conductivity of the AgBr (100) microcrystals decreases with a factor ten, when about 3000 mol ppm Pb2+/Ag+ are adsorbed on the surface. No change in the activation energy is observed. For the AgBr(100) microcrystals with Pb2+ incorporated the ionic conductivity is not altered. The results are interpreted basing on earlier reported conclusions that cubic AgBr microcrystals possess an almost unlimited number of available surface sites for Frenkel defect generation. The influence on the latent image formation is discussed.

La conductivite ionique et les characteristiques de la charge spaciale des microcristaux d'halogenures d'argent en fonction de Pb2+ adsorbes et incorpores ont ete etudiees. On a constate qu' a pAg = cte la conductivite ionique decroǐt d'un facteur dix quand ± 3000 mol ppm Pb2+/Ag+ sont adsorbes a la surface tandis que l'energie d'activite reste constante. Pour les microcristaux AgBr(100) incorpores de Pb2+ la conductivite n'est pas influencee. Les resultats sont enfin interpretes en se basant sur le fait que les microcristaux cubiques de l'AgBr possedent un nombre non limite de sites a la surface pour la generation des defauts de Frenkel. L'influence sur la formation de l'image latente est discutee.


The wind turbine with low-voltage ride-through capability is required not to disconnect from grid under certain fault conditions,for which the relevant relay protections should cooperate with it.The cooperation between the relay protection of transmission system beyond the wind farm outgoing line and the relay protection of wind farm is analyzed for different faults of transmission system components,wind farm outgoing line,wind farm internal grid and wind turbine.The current configuration of relay protection for the wind farm centrally connected to power grid is analyzed and it is pointed out that,the selectivity of wind turbine protection and converter protection is not enough,which leads to the disconnection of wind farm from grid before the fault is removed by wind farm internal relay protection or system relay protection,and the current configuration regards the wind power as a distribution network with single source,which neglects the contribution of wind turbine to short-circuit fault.Improvements are proposed for the relay protections of wind turbine,main transformer and outgoing line to ensure the successful low-voltage ride-through,and their problems are pointed out.


Transportation network improvements are commonly evaluated by estimating average speeds from a transportation/traffic model and converting them into emission estimates using an environmental model such as MOBILE or EMFAC. Unfortunately, recent research has demonstrated that average speed, and perhaps even simple estimates of the amount of delay and the number of vehicle stops on a roadway, is insufficient to fully capture the environmental impacts of Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) strategies such as adaptive traffic signal control. Specifically, for the same average speed, one can observe widely different instantaneous speed and acceleration profiles, each resulting in very different fuel consumption and emission levels. In an attempt to address this limitation, the paper presents the \IINTEGRATION\N model framework for quantifying the environmental impacts of ITS alternatives. The model combines car-following, vehicle dynamics, lane changing, energy, and emission models to estimate mobile source emissions directly from instantaneous speed and acceleration levels. The validity of the model is demonstrated using sample test scenarios that include traveling at a constant speed, traveling at variable speeds, stopping at a stop sign, and traveling along a signalized arterial. The study also demonstrates that an adjustment in driver aggressiveness can provide environmental benefits that are equivalent to the benefits of adaptive traffic signal control.


Atomic force microscopy is used to examine the structure of a natural eumelanin isolated from the ink sacs of cuttlefish (Sepia officinalis). The experimental data presented clearly show that the 100−200 nm spherical eumelanin particles imaged previously by SEM are not a fundamental structural unit. While these spherical particles are stable structures, as is evidenced by their cohesiveness under mechanical stress, the AFM images reveal that these particles are composed of smaller constituents. Taking recent scattering and mass spectrometry results into consideration, we conclude that the self-assembly of Sepia eumelanin is a hierarchical process with small units assembling into hundred-nanometer structures, which then aggregate to form the morphology of the macroscopic pigment.


The intensity ratios of the multipole lines corresponding to transitions between levels of the 6s26p2 ground electronic configuration of Bi ii have been measured. Two ratios were found to be I368.3/I324.1 = 0.17 ± 0.03 and I591.3/I485.0 = 0.65 ± 0.13. These values are compared with the theoretical predictions and other experimental results. The ratios found are used to calculate the value of the radial integral s2=e∫0∞Pnl(r)r2Pn′l′(r)dr, which is found to be 8.5 ± 0.8[ea02].


Today the prevalence of visual information coding determines the changes in the text and extra-textual components of the textbook, the problem affects the placement and number of illustrative material, defines the relationship and interaction of text and image information, focuses on new forms of organization of the learning process. The movement of humanity from the dominant culture of text oriented logos or the spread and adoption of visual forms of information broadcast began at the turn of the XIX and XX centuries. It was during this period in the academic literature visual components acquired independent didactic value. I began to develop a holistic visual range of a school textbook. The visual tutorial series has been the subject of special study for many scientific disciplines. The overall goal of our research is to answer the question. What didactic features were inherent in visual range of textbooks for initial literacy in Russia in the second half of XIX - early XX century, why, how, and how they changed. In this article, we will focus on the issue of allocation of structural components of the visual range of the spectrum and the functions they perform. Offering a model of this analysis, we relied on the development problems of the textbook functions V. Krajewski, V. Beilinson, I. Lerner, V. Bespal'ko and characteristics of the major structural components of the textbook, the proposed D. Zuev, A. Sochor, J. Mickey and others.


The forming process of stainless steel corrugated plate has been simulated by utilizing MSC.Marc. The mathematic model of cold roll forming has been established, and stress-strain distribution and metal flowing law have been researched in the forming process. The results show that the planar billet occurs to plastic bending before it reaches the next roll, which generates cross distortion, and forms a complicated three-dimensional curved face. The cross-section of the planar billet changes gradually according to the pass outline, and the material in the bending zones deforms from elastic to elastic-plastic continuously.


Photographic surveys completed during the past 30 years yielded data of about 600 flare stars in these fields. Although their average flare number is very low 17 of the stars pro duced 10... 120 flare ups. In order to investigate the possible long-term activity changes of these objects a new method - which is described below -was developed. Making use of it significant flare frequency variations were found at two out of three 'active' flare stars.


Monitoring the quality of air has become crucial because of perpetually expanding contamination levels of air pollution. It not just helps in deciding the quality of air, but additionally cautions people about how vulnerable they are to airborne pollutants. Clean air is necessary for the survival of human beings. This paper presents the effects of airborne pollutants on human health and models which can be used to estimate them. The unsafe impacts of breathing in airborne toxins are discussed which brings about the need of an Air Quality Monitoring System(AQMS). This paper also presents an architecture and implementation of real-time AQMS with the help of sensor networks. With sensing, actuation, communication and control have become more sophisticated and ubiquitous, the methods for Air Quality Monitoring can be envisioned in a completely different manner leading to more open research problems.


This paper analyzes the characteristics in the elder tourism market and discusses the olds′ consumer behavior according to psychology and physiology,which provides reference to exploiting the senior tourists market,including some aspects of marketing tactics,such as product,price,promotion,place and service.


In this paper, we build a compactification by a strictly pseudoconvex CR structure for complete and non-compact K\"ahler manifolds whose curvature tensor is asymptotic to that of the complex hyperbolic space.


INTRODUCTION
Hyperuricaemia in tumour lysis syndrome (TLS) can cause acute renal failure (ARF), necessitating dialysis. Recombinant urate oxidase (rasburicase) converts uric acid to soluble allantoin, which is excreted easily.

CASE REPORT
An 8-year-old boy with stage 3 Burkitt's lymphoma, TLS was successfully treated with hyper-hydration, diuretics and rasburicase, without dialysis. This is the first paediatric case in Kandang Kerbau Women's & Children's Hospital (KKH) in which rasburicase was used. We review the literature on the effectiveness of urate oxidase in avoiding dialysis in TLS.

TREATMENT AND OUTCOME
Our patient developed rapidly rising serum uric acid (SUA) and progressive renal impairment. Hyper-hydration and rasburicase (0.2mg/kg) were administered. SUA rapidly decreased from 1308 to 437 mmol/L within 12 hours. Urate oxidase has shown better results than allopurinol. There was a need for dialysis in 0.4% to 1.7% of patients with haematological malignancies given rasburicase, compared to 20% in patients given allopurinol.

CONCLUSIONS
Rasburicase can reverse renal insufficiency. Though expensive, it may be cost-effective by lowering incidence of dialysis, shortening the duration of intensive care and hospitalisation, allowing early chemotherapy.


During the machining process, in order to ensure the machining accuracy of the workpiece, the workpiece occupy a certain position relative to the machine tool and the tool, and it also can be clamped quickly and reliably, this process equipment that accepts processing or inspection is called the machine tool fixture. The analysis and calculation of positioning error occupies an important position in the fixture design. The size of the positioning error is an important basis for determining the positioning scheme. The calculation of positioning error is a difficult point, and sometimes it cannot be started. Therefore, this article will give a sets of concrete steps make its calculations quick and accurate and verified by examples. 1. Positioning Error and Its Cause In the fixture, the task of the workpiece positioning is to make the same batch of workpiece occupy the correct machining position. In fact, due to the manufacturing error of the positioning reference and positioning elements, the position of the same batch of workpieces in the fixture may not be the same. This change in position will result in an error in the machining dimensions. That is, the maximum amount of positional deviation in the direction of process size in the process reference, which is referred to as positioning error, is represented by ΔD. Whether the accuracy of the workpiece can be guaranteed depends on the correct mutual position between the tool and the workpiece. There are several error factors that affect this correct positional relationship, as follows: (1) Positioning error — D D . (2) Installation error and adjustment error— T A − D . (3) Process error— G D . In order to ensure processing requirements, the above three errors should be less than or equal to the tolerance of the workpiece K δ , that is D T A G K δ − D + D + D ≤ . The above three errors should be less than or equal to the tolerance of the workpiece K δ , that is D T A G K δ − D + D + D ≤ . In the analysis of the positioning scheme, it can be assumed that the above three errors hold 1/3 of the workpiece tolerance respectively. As long as process size difference of workpiece caused by the position change in the fixture, it does not exceed the allowable range specified in this procedure, and then the position where the workpiece has been determined in the fixture is considered to be correct. 2. The Composition and Calculation Formula of Positioning Error When a batch of workpieces is installed by fixture and processed by an adjustment method, the maximum variation range of the processing size due to the positioning is called a positioning error, is represented by D D . The positioning error consists of two parts, the reference misalignment error and the reference displacement error. 6th International Conference on Machinery, Materials and Computing Technology (ICMMCT 2018) Copyright © 2018, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/). Advances in Engineering Research, volume 152


OBJECTIVE
We performed a prospective study to evaluate the value of contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) in quantitative evaluation of renal cortex perfusion in patients suspected of early diabetic nephropathies (DN), with the estimated GFR (MDRD equation) as the gold standard.

METHODS
The study protocol was approved by the hospital review board; each patient gave written informed consent. Our study included 46 cases (21 males and 25 females, mean age 55.6 ± 4.14 years) of clinical confirmed early DN patients. After intravenous bolus injection of 1 ml sulfur hexafluoride microbubbles of ultrasound contrast agent, real time CEUS of renal cortex was performed successively using a 2-5 MHz convex probe. Time-intensity curves (TICs) and quantitative indexes were created with Qlab software. Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves were used to predict the diagnostic criteria of CEUS quantitative indexes, and their diagnostic efficiencies were compared with resistance index (RI) and peak systolic velocity (PSV) of renal segmental arteries by chi square test. Our control group included forty-five healthy volunteers. Difference was considered statistically significant with P <  0.05.

RESULTS
Changes of area under curve (AUC), derived peak intensity (DPI) were statistically significant (P <  0.05). DPI less than 12 and AUC greater than 1400 had high utility in DN, with 71.7% and 67.3% sensitivity, 77.8% and 80.0% specificity. These results were significantly better than those obtained with RI and PSV which had no significant difference in early stage of DN (P > 0.05).

CONCLUSIONS
CEUS might be helpful to improve early diagnosis of DN by quantitative analyses. AUC and DPI might be valuable quantitative indexes.


In this study, a confocal scanning laser microscopy was used to in situ observe the collision and aggregation behavior of inclusions in molten state and the pushing/engulfing behavior in the solidifying interface of tire cord steel. The results show that the inclusion particles will be captured into the grains in the solidification front for the inclusions with a diameter are larger than 53.4μm at a cooling rate of 1 K/s. Moreover, the attraction force of inclusion particles in molten state is in the order of 10-16N~10-14 N in tire cord steel.


The question of the nature of money is pursued drawing on results generated in the field of social ontology as well as on observations from history. The conception of the nature of money found in this manner to be the most sustainable is compared to various other prominent, if usually held to be mutually incompatible, theories.


Several research on mollusk fossils have been done in Indonesia. So far research was focused in the identification of species. Although thestudy ofrelationshipsbetween mollusks fossilsand their environment is important, only a few studies have been carried out it in Indonesia. The present study is aimed to reveal the relationships of genus Zaria appearance and sedimentation mechanism and expected to provide an overview of environmental model of Zaria. The methods used are field surveys, laboratory analysis and identification of morphological character of Zaria. Field surveys were conducted in two sites of discovery of Zaria bantamensis fossil in Bayah and Bojong areas. Laboratory work composes of granulometricand statistical analysis of biometric Zaria.The results showed that Zaria bantamensis appeareancewas associated with the rocks of poor sorting characteristics, with medium to fine sand grain sizes. Based on Visher curve the sedimentation mechanism of Bojong samples was dominated by saltation and in Bayah samples was thesuspensions. The results also indicate a possible relationship between shell length and sedimentation mechanism conditions.


In their clinical review of contraception for women, Amy and Tripathi specifically advise asking about "a personal and family history of deep vein thrombosis and measuring blood pressure at baseline" at the first consultation for the contraceptive pill.1 However, limiting history and examination to just these checks seems …


We report a patient with anti‐glutamate receptor (GluN2B, GluN1 and GluD2) antibody‐positive and anti‐N‐methyl‐d‐aspartate receptor antibody‐negative encephalitis presenting as cerebellar ataxia and generalized cognitive impairment. Intravenous corticosteroid pulse therapy markedly resolved his symptoms 6 weeks after onset. Marked impairment of the cortical function with a relatively preserved level of consciousness, and a favorable response to corticosteroid therapy might occur in immune‐mediated lobar encephalitis associated with anti‐glutamate receptor antibodies.


The present invention relates to a COMPONENTS FOR MAKING PREPARATIONS CONTAINING VERSICULARES-CREAM hydrophilic or AMBIFILAS PROCESS. PREPARATIONS REPRESENT THE CREAM OIL IN WATER "CLASSIC" are stable for several months, OBTAINED WITHOUT REMOVING COMPONENT AND ARE VERSICULARES suitable for use TOPICAL AND COSMETICS dermatology.


Abstract A number of different approaches to premarital counseling have been developed to better prepare couples for marriage. A variety of these of approaches will be described here, including those used in churchsettings, where the majority of premarital counseling is performed. A brief summary of the premarital counseling research will also be presented, including what research suggests are important ingredients to designing effective premarital counseling approaches.


Summary. The state of water in meat batter modified with wheat and oat fibre was investigated by the method of low field nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR). The study was performed for meat batter of model meat products. The fat was replaced by wheat fiber (Vitacel WF 200) or oat fiber (Vitacel HF 200) in the amounts of 5%, 7.5%, 10%. The fiber was mixed with water at the ratio 1:5. The modified products were subjected to measurements of free water content, apparent viscosity, spin-lattice R1 and spin-spin R2 relaxation rates. All the samples modified with wheat and oat fibres showed greater free water content than the control sample. The apparent viscosity of all samples of meat batter modified with natural fiber was found to decrease with increasing fiber content. Significant differences between the R1 values for the control sample and all the samples modified with fiber mean that water is weakly bonded in the system. For the samples modified with oat fiber the relaxation rate R1 increased with increasing fiber content, which suggests a decrease in the free water content in these systems. The values of the relaxation rate R2 brings information on the mobility of free water molecules in the samples as its value decreases with increasing water mobility. The changes in the water mobility of modified samples were irregular. Analysis of the parameters R1 and R2 indicates that the fat substitution of 7.5% of fiber is the best. The increase in R1 for the modified samples with respect to the value for unmodified sample suggests a decrease in the free water content in the former, which means that the water is well bonded with the meat batter components, and in particular with the fiber added.


Experiments have been performed in simulated CANDU-BLW lattices in ZED-2 (square arrays of 28-rod UO{sub 2} clusters at a spacing of 27.94 cm) to determine: (a) the material buckling of the lattice with H{sub 2}O or air as 'coolants'; and (b) the flux perturbation and reactivity effects of removing the H{sub 2}O coolant from 50% of the fuel assemblies in three geometric arrangements. The buckling for the H{sub 2}O-cooled lattice was 1.166 +- 0.018 m{sup -2} and for the air-cooled lattice 3.949 +- 0.039 m{sup -2}. The loss of coolant experiments indicated a significantly smaller increase in reactivity when alternate fuel assemblies or alternate rows of fuel assemblies were voided than when one-half of the lattice about a diameter was voided. (auth)


We propose to use an elongated rectangular waveguide near its cutoff frequency for axionic dark matter searches. The detector's large surface area allows for significant signal power, while its narrow transverse dimension and tapered-waveguide coupling suppress parasitic modes. The proposed system can fit inside a solenoid magnet and is sensitive to the QCD-axion in the axion mass 40–400 μeV. We describe the theoretical principles of the new design, present simulation results, and discuss the implementation.


Machine learning algorithms are widely used in many intelligent applications and cloud services. Currently, the hottest topic in this field is Deep Learning represented often by neural network structures. Deep learning is fully known as deep neural network, and artificial neural network is a typical machine learning method and an important way of deep learning. With the massive growth of data, deep learning research has made significant achievements and is widely used in natural language processing (NLP), image recognition, and autonomous driving. However, there are still many breakthroughs needed in the training time and energy consumption of deep learning. Based on our previous research on fast learning architecture for neural network, in this paper, a solution to minimize the learning time of a fully connected neural network is analysed theoretically. Therefore, we propose a new parallel algorithm structure and a training method with over-tuned parameters. This strategy finally leads to an adaptation delay and the impact of this delay on the learning performance is analyzed using a simple benchmark case study. It is shown that a reduction of the adaptation step size could be proposed to compensate errors due to the delayed adaptation, then the gain in processing time for the learning phase is analysed as a function of the network parameters chosen in this study. Finally, to realize the real-time learning, this solution is implemented with a FPGA due to the parallelism architecture and flexibility, this integration shows a good performance and low power consumption.


The reception in Anglo-Saxon England of Prudentius's Psychomachia has been well studied. In an earlier article I concentrated on the textual tradition and touched only briefly on the important aspect of Psychomachia illustrations in Anglo-Saxon manuscripts; in the present article I treat the illustrations more fully. Psychomachia illustrations have been studied previously, most thoroughly by Stettiner and Woodruff, and they are also referred to by Katzenellenbogen and Norman. None of these examinations is completely satisfactory as far as the Anglo-Saxon illustrations are concerned. Both Stettiner and Woodruff examine all, that is both continental and Anglo-Saxon, illustrated Psychomachia manuscripts, and their primary aim is to establish stemmata and to determine generic relationships between the various manuscripts. Of necessity this procedure leads away from a scrupulous examination of individual manuscripts and their illustrations. In other words, by being concerned more with the generic similarities of the illustrations, Stettiner and Woodruff pay less attention to the differences (though they do not ignore them altogether). Moreover, they concentrate on the illustrated manuscripts and neglected the evidence which non-illustrated manuscripts can provide. Katzenellenbogen and Norman, in turn, are interested in the Psychomachia and its illustrations exerted on the sculpture and painting of later centuries, and only briefly refer to the Anglo-Saxon Psychomachia Illustrations thus still remains a necessity.


This paper presents the orifice calibration results for nominal 15.24, 10.16, and 5.08-cm (6,4,2-in.) orifice meters conducted at the Chevron's Sand Hills natural gas flow measurement facility in Crane, Texas. Over 200 test runs were collected in a field environment to study the accuracy of the orifice meters. Data were obtained at beta ratios ranging from 0.12 to 0.74 at the nominal conditions of 4576 kPa and 27{sup 0}C (650 psig and 80{sup 0}F) with a 0.57 specific gravity processed, pipeline quality natural gas. A bank of critical flow nozzles was used as the flow rate proving device to calibrate the orifice meters. Orifice discharge coefficients were computed with ANSI/API 2530-1985 (AGA3) and ISO 5167/ASME MFC-3M-1984 equations for every set of data points. With the orifice bore Reynolds numbers ranging from 1 to 9 million, the Sand Hills calibration data bridge the gap between the Ohio State water data at low Reynolds numbers and Chevron's high Reynolds number test data taken at a large test facility in Venice, Louisiana. The test results also successfully demonstrate that orifice meters can be accurately proved with critical flow nozzles under realistic field conditions.


Along with the improvement of people's living standard,the power load for cooling has an increasing impact on the power grid operation.It is therefore very important to pay more attention to the analysis of power load for cooling.A model is established to effectively evaluate the power load for summer cooling and electricity consumption and an analysis is conducted on the unit temperature-rising power load of the power load for cooling according to the relationship between the cooling power load and the highest summer temperature.Based on the data of SGCC from June to August of 2010,this paper studies the relationship between the cooling power load,cooling electricity consumption and unit temperature-rising power load of the five regional power grids,which can referred by power grid dispatch and marketing.


By using Bianchi I type of homogenous and anisotropic background metric having cylindrical symmetry in $x$ direction of a local cartesian coordinates system, we solve metric field equations for a non-minimally coupled Einstein-Maxwell gravity. Then by applying the dynamical system approach we investigate stability nature of the cosmic system in the de Sitter phase with anisotropy trajectories. To do this we choose long wavelength EM waves where spatial dependence of the waves are negligible at the inflation regime. Mathematical derivations show stable (point-like sink) nature in phase space when EM wave polarization is just parallel with the $x$ direction and quasi stable (linear sink) when polarization of the EM waves is perpendicular to the $x$ direction. This work show that the cosmic EM waves can be play as visible matter instead of the invisible dark sector of the cosmic mater to support cosmic inflation with anisotropy trajectories of the space time.


We present a microscopic study of a doped quantum spin liquid candidate, the hyperkagome Na$_3$Ir$_3$O$_8$ compound by using $^{23}$Na NMR. We determine the intrinsic behavior of the uniform q = 0 susceptibility via shift measurements and the dynamical response by probing the spin-lattice relaxation rate. Throughout the studied temperature range, the susceptibility is consistent with a semimetal behavior. Remarkably, the antiferromagnetic fluctuations present in the insulating parent compound Na$_4$Ir$_3$O$_8$ survive in the studied compound. The dynamics are consistent with 120$^o$ excitations modes that are correlated over short ranges.


Due to increased interest in biologically active ingredients, the use of plant sources is increasing day by day. Unconscious harvesting of plants from their natural habitat increases the oppression on endemic plants and biotechnological methods are used to prevent them. The objective of the present work was to develop a simple micropropagation system for Nepeta nuda L. subsp. lydiae PH Davis an endemic plant, thus allowing its exploitation without threat to local biodiversity. Seeds were surface-sterilized and incubated on different in vitro media for germination. Paper bridges and glass beads were used to provide physical support for the seeds. The cultures were maintained at 24 ± 2 o C temperature with a 16-h light period. The results of the experiments have shown that the maximum germination percentage was observed in distilled water (60%). In axillary shoot propagation experiments, the maximum shoot number per explant was obtained on MS medium supplemented with 0.1 mgL Kinetin (5.30 shoot/explant). The highest shoot lenght was obtained on MS medium supplemented with 1 mgL N-Benzyladenine (7.40). The maximum rooting percentage was obtained on MS medium supplemented with 1 mgL IBA.


The effects of small mammals on invertebrate prey populations in grassland were investigated by means of an exclosure experiment over a period of 2 yr. Using direct searches and suction sampling, numbers of invertebrates were compared in four experimental plots fenced to exclude small mammals and four control plots where they had free access. There was no evidence of differences in guild structure or species composition in either large or small invertebrates as a result of mammal predation, but numbers of large invertebrates were consistently and significantly smaller (by 22.7−64.8%) in the presence of mammals, due principally to the predatory effects of shrews


In this article an attempt is made to construct a model of occupational choice. To some extent the model is specific to the social and economic setting in which it was developed and reflects a concern for developing an understanding of the labor market mechanism governing the choice of a skilled trade by adolescent males in Western Australia. However, the limitations imposed on the model by the particular institutions of this submarket are not fundamental. Although the discussion of the model is within this framework, the final two sections of the article extend the model and examine some of its implications.


The challenge of operating and managing complex and dynamic environments, known as complex endeavors, has become a central issue in the C2 research community. NATO research groups have studied how ...


The interrupted-sampling repeater jamming (ISRJ) countermeasure is researched based on waveform agility and mismatched filter design in this work. By analyzing the effects of transmitted waveform on ISRJ imaging characteristic, the principle of the anti-ISRJ method is proposed. The ISRJ range processing gain and energy can be suppressed by designing the waveform and mismatched filter. Meanwhile, the ISRJ azimuth processing gain can be further restrained by utilizing the waveform agility. The anti-ISRJ problem is formulated and is then divided into several subproblems. The analytical solutions of waveform and mismatched filter are derived based on majorization minimization (MM), and a fast algorithm is proposed by applying a squared iterative method (SQUAREM). The fast implementation of the algorithm is derived, and computational complexity is $\mathcal {O}({N\log N})$ . Moreover, to improve the anti-ISRJ performance, the peak-to-average power ratio (PAR) constraint is introduced. Specifically, the waveform design subproblem under PAR constraint is solved, and thus, the PAR waveform can also be designed by the proposed algorithm. The simulation results verify that the proposed joint design algorithm shows significantly faster running speed than the conventional algorithms. The anti-ISRJ performance is superior to the existing methods, and the best anti-ISRJ performance can be obtained by applying the PAR waveform agility and mismatched filter design method.


Objective: To explore whether successful valvuloplasty increases mitral valve reserve capacity in patients with mitral stenosis. Methods: Thirty-eight patients with pure rheumatic mitral stenosis underwent isoproterenol stress echocardiography before and after successful percutaneous balloon valvuloplasty. The mitral valve area (by direct planimetry of two-dimensional echocardiography), mean transmitral pressure gradient (by continuous-wave Doppler echocardiography), and cardiac output (by M-mode echocardiography) were measured at rest and under isoproterenol infusion to achieve heart rate of different stages. Results:Between the measurements before and after valvuloplasty, significant differences were observed in the mitral valve area (0. 91±0. 28 vs 1. 87±0. 23 cm2, P0. 01), mean transmitral pressure gradient (12. 5±6. 3 vs 3. 9±1. 9 mmHg, P0. 01) and cardiac output (3. 93±1. 44 vs 4. 73±1. 01 L/min, P0. 05) at rest. Before valvuloplasty, the mean transmitral pressure gradient increased significantly (P0. 01) as heart rate increased, but there were no significant differences in the measurements of mitral valve area and cardiac output (both P0. 05). In contrast, there was a significant increase after valvuloplasty in the mean transmitral pressure gradient (P0. 01), but both mitral valve area and cardiac output further increased (both P 0. 01) as heart rate increased. Moreover, valvuloplasty decreased the mean transmitral pressure gradient at peak heart rate from 23. 0±4. 5 to 7. 75±2. 30 mmHg (F0. 01) under submaximal stress. Conclusion: Successful percutaneous balloon valvuloplasty soon causes a significant increase of mitral valve reserve capacity in patients with mitral stenosis, which is conspicuously manifested under condition of hemodynamic stress. Stress echocardiography provides a safe, feasible and non-invasive means of assessing the reserve capacity.


Cowpea [Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp.] is an important legume growing in tropical regions. Cowpea is grown in the Dry Zone of Sri Lanka as an inter-season crop. Rising temperatures and unpredictable precipitation patterns are major factors contributing to soil moisture stress in tropical agriculture. Despite the short life cycle, it is highly likely that cowpea experiences mild soil moisture stress (around 70% of field capacity) conditions at flowering stage due to enhanced evapotranspiration in response to increasing air temperature. In this study, five cowpea varieties were subjected to two soil moisture conditions; field capacity and mild water stress, at the onset of flowering under a split-plot design for two consecutive inter-seasons with the objectives to determine the leaf gas exchange and hydraulic traits of cowpea exposed to soil moisture stress and the underlying relationships between yield reduction and leaf gas exchange, hydraulic, and agronomic traits. The yield reduction (p<0.05) in the five varieties tested was associated with a reduction in leaf net assimilation rate, number of pods/plant, and number of seeds/pod. Variety-dependent reductions in leaf functional traits in many varieties leading to a reduction in yield parameters (p<0.05) were obvious under mild water stress conditions. Despite the water stress variety, Waruni performed well in both moisture conditions. As conclusion, cowpea varieties for inter-season cultivation should be selected based on ability to maintain yield under mild water stress conditions. A special emphasis should be placed on commencing cultivation as soon as the main crop is harvested to better utilize the residual moisture.


A secure system is proposed in order to authenticate smart meter reading for securing the overall smart grid communication. Compression based techniques are employed to prevent power reading by unauthenticated entities. Impersonation attacks are common in smart grid environment which cause drastic security issues along with economic issues. Compression along with authentication is studied here to weed out the potential threats raised by unauthenticated access. Hypothesis based testing analysis is done to differentiate intruder based signal and genuine signal. This could be applied to meter data more effectively and is thought to bring about low authentication issues concerned with smart meter data. So the increased threat level in smart meter communications in grid can be lowered efficiently by using compression and authentication and make the overall system secure.


With a great number of laboratory model tests carried out to study the ultimate bearing capacity of foundations on layered soils,the law that the magnitude of the ultimate bearing capacity of foundations on layered soils varies with the strength and thickness of the bearing stratum has been obtained.The test results have been verified with the theoretical calculation method of Meyerhof and Hanna,Hansen's method of weighted mean,the method of dispersion angle for load distribution and Vesic's theoretical calculation method,which are the four methods commonly used in port and civil engineering for the theoretical calculation of the ultimate bearing capacity of foundations on layered soils.The results of the verifications demonstrated that,for the theoretical calculation of the ultimate bearing capacity of layered soils,the calculated results by Vesic's and Meyerhof's theories were the most approximate to the values measured during the model tests.The finite element method was finally used to analogically calculate the deformation and displacement of foundations on layered soils,the results of which have further proved the rationality of Vesic's theory.


Machine learning, a field concerned with developing computational theories of learning and constructing learning machines, is now one of the most active research areas in artificial intelligence. An inference-based theory of learning will be presented that unifies basic learning strategies. Special attention will be given to comparing and unifying inductive learning and deductive learning strategies.
Inductive learning strategies include empirical techniques for learning from examples and learning from observation and discovery. Deductive learning techniques include analytic learning on the basis of the explanation of a given fact using prior domain knowledge. We will show that the "similarity-based learning" (a form of inductive learning) and the "explanation-based learning" (a form of deductive learning) are two extremes in the spectrum of techniques representing different relative role of the learner's prior knowledge and the information supplied to the learner. We will also show how inductive and deductive learning can be integrated within one theoretical framework. Some experimental results will be used to illustrate presented ideas.


Risk-stratified breast cancer prevention requires accurate identification of women at sufficiently different levels of risk. We conducted a comprehensive evaluation of a model integrating classical risk factors and a recently developed 313-variant polygenic risk score (PRS) to predict breast cancer risk.Fifteen prospective cohorts from six countries with 237,632 women (7,529 incident breast cancer patients) of European ancestry aged 19-75 years at baseline were included. Calibration of five-year risk was assessed by comparing predicted and observed proportions of cases overall and within risk categories. Risk stratification for women of European ancestry aged 50-70 years in those countries was evaluated by the proportion of women and future breast cancer cases crossing clinically-relevant risk thresholds.The model integrating classical risk factors and PRS accurately predicted five-year risk. For women younger than 50 years, median (range) expected-to-observed ratio across the cohorts was 0.94 (0.72 to 1.01) overall and 0.9 (0.7 to 1.4) at the highest risk decile. For women 50 years or older, these ratios were 1.04 (0.73 to 1.31) and 1.2 (0.7 to 1.6), respectively. The proportion of women in the general population identified above the 3% five-year risk threshold (used for recommending risk-reducing medications in the US) ranged from 7.0% in Germany (∼841,000 of 12 million) to 17.7% in the US (∼5.3 of 30 million). At this threshold, 14.7% of US women were re-classified by the addition of PRS to classical risk factors, identifying 12.2% additional future breast cancer cases.Evaluation across multiple prospective cohorts demonstrates that integrating a 313-SNP PRS into a risk model substantially improves its ability to stratify women of European ancestry for applying current breast cancer prevention guidelines.


The present invention relates to a motor and a reduction motor. Motor according to the present invention, a commutator (10) arranged so that the same potential short circuit between the commutator piece connecting line, low-speed brush (21a), high-speed brush (12b), and they are used together with common brush (21c) to form the brush (21) and are arranged circumferentially, the high-speed brush circumferential brush width (W2) is set larger than the low-speed brush width in the circumferential direction of the brush (W1) is small, high-speed brush and the low-speed brush and the commutator is formed as a sheet can be avoided with the same potential (15) in sliding contact simultaneously. Additionally, armature cores (8) is formed such that a plurality of teeth (12) are arranged at equal intervals in the circumferential direction, respectively, and a rotary shaft (3) as to be in point symmetry, and at 90 degree intervals circumferentially the teeth and grooves (13) exist alternately. With the above configuration, the motor can achieve downsizing, high performance, but also to reduce the vibration and noise.


The application of organic and inorganic fertilizer to the soil is considered as good agricultural practice because it improves the fertility of the soil and plant quality. The objective of this study is to compare the effect of organic (vegetable waste, cattle dung) and inorganic fertilizer (NPK) on Solanum nigrum. The experiment was arranged in a randomized design in three replicates. Parameters assess include leaf area, height, leaf length, nutrient composition, phytochemicals and antioxidant activity on leaf of Solanum nigrum. The application of cattle dung and vegetable waste gave plants with the greatest plant height, leaf area and surface length. The mean values recorded for these parameters were 38±3.16, 10.5±2.18cm & 5.5±1.58cm for organic fertilizer and 36±3.14 cm 8.0±1.12cm & 4.0±1.48cm for inorganic fertilizer. Organic manuare produced higher effect on carbohydrate, protein, amino acid, vitamin c and chlorophyll content in the leaf of Solanum nigrum when compared with NPK fertilizer. Mean values recorded for the above parameters in leaf sample were 30.0±2.41, 1.93±1.93, 3.31±0.65, 2.53±0.72, 1.24±0.53mg/100g compared with values of 10.0±2.26, 1.25±1.62, 2.0±0.52, 2.26±0.80, 1.98±0.40mg/100g respectively for inorganic fertilizer. Effect of organic fertilizer in plant phytochemicals was higher than that of inorganic fertilizer. Values obtained for alkaloids, flavonoids, tannins, saponins and total phenol in organic treated leaf samples were 0.21±0.80, 0.9±0.53, 0.52±0.16, 0.34±0.36, 0.26±0.18mg/100g, respectively as against values of 0.2±0.32, 0.5±0.46, 0.4±0.12, 0.29±0.26, 0.8±0.14mg/100g for inorganic fertilizer. Organic fertilizer treated plants have higher antioxidant activity than the inorganic fertilizer. Mean values recorded for leaf sample


In this article, the author discovers the relationship between astronomy and religion: stars, comets, solstices ... Thus, history, Christmas and astronomy are fused in a brief writing.


In this paper, the geology characteristics of loess gulch area were summarized. The mechanical models of the influence of landslide, debris flow and soil erosion on the safety of the pile foundation were created. The influence of the geology casualty on the safety of the pile foundation were analyzed. The analyses showed, when the pile foundation located the varied position of the loess gulch, the influence of soil erosion on the pile foundation character (acting force of pile side, free length of the pile, the first zero point position of the flexure curve, drawdown of the maximum bending moment, the increment of the lateral displacement, the drawdown of the lateral bearing capacity, the drawdown of the stability, etc.) were strikingly different. The calculation method of the pile and pier internal force was put forward under the function of landslide thrust and pressing force of debris flow. The corresponding prevention measures to different influencing factors were presented in the end.


A new geometrical model of terry woven fabrics made with cotton yarn has been analyzed to understand the pile yarn path. Theoretical model has been created to predict the porosity of terry woven fabrics depending on their geometrical such as warp and weft spacing pile length pile height pile ratio (terry ratio) type of terry yarn count yarn crimp fabric thickness yarn density and fiber density. Cotton terry woven fabrics were produced with different parameters namely pile height picks per cm and weft yarn count their porosity was determined by measuring fabric density and fiber density and compared with the theoretical porosity. The validity of the theoretical model was confirmed by experimental results. Experiments show that this model gives good results.


Objective: To establish a method for measuring the contents of matrine in compound Kushen cream. Methods: The separation was carried out on Phenomenex C18 column(250 mm×4.6 mm,5 μm). 0.02 mol/L triethylamine(adjusted to pH 9.5 by acetic acid)-acetonitrile(65:35) was used as a mobile phase. The flow rate was 1.0 mL/min. The detect wavelength was set at 209 nm. Results: The linear ranger of matrine was between 4.86 and 194.4 μg/mL (r=0.999 9) and the average recovery was 98.91% (RSD=2.78%, n=6).The average content of matrine was 1.15 mg/g.Conclusion: This method is simple, fast and accurate, and it is suitable for the determination of matrine in compound Kushen cream.


The invention discloses a method for driving a thin film transistor liquid crystal display having a three-gate pixel structure. The driving method comprises the following steps of: providing a transformational common voltage; after the polarity of the common voltage is transformed, turning on a first gate line so as to allow a source line to charge a first sub-pixel for first write time; after the first gate line is turned off, turning on a second gate line so as to allow the source line to charge a second sub-pixel for second write time; after the second gate line is turned off, turning on a third gate line so as to allow the source line to charge a third sub-pixel for the second write time; and adjusting the first write time to fully charge the first sub-pixel so as to further improve deviation on color display.


We exploit differences in Indonesian education expenditures in response to the Asian Financial Crisis (AFC) to document human capital investment behavior. Indonesians from rich and poor households adopted different types of strategies to cope with high inflation levels and volatile currency exchange rates. While we find that consumption levels changed little, education expenditures fell and the cost of education rose disproportionately higher. As a consequence, tradeoffs had to be made in the human capital investment of children aged 6 ��� 14. At the extensive margin, children were still able to receive some form of education, be it formal or informal. But the extent to which parents from different income levels were still able to maintain the educational quality attained by their children is questionable. To attempt to understand the elusive concept of quality of educational outcomes, we use the EBTANAS national achievement test scores for transition to a higher level of schooling. Our finding is that the aggregate shock caused some children to self-select themselves out of transition to the next stage despite passing their tests.


Solid redox polymerization electrodes (SRPEs) have recently been used successfully as cathodes in lithium solid polymer electrolyte batteries. SRPEs contain organopolydisulfides -(SRS)n as the electroactive material; upon cell discharge these materials are reductively depolymerized via scission of the disulfide linkages to di- or trithiolate salts. The thiolate salts are reoxidized to the polymeric disulfides when the cell is recharged. Organopolydisulfides are easily synthesized via a one step process, are inexpensive, and exhibit high performance levels in batteries. A characteristic unique to the SRPE is the facile modification of physical and electrochemical properties simply by changing the organic group R, or the ability to combine the desirable features of several compounds by copolymerization. The discharge characteristics of several different polymeric and copolymeric disulfides are presented in this paper. In general aliphatic organopolydisulfides exhibit a flat discharge potential of about 2 V vs. Li, while others have higher cell voltages. The low equivalent weight and the high utilization of thick cathodes of -(SCH2CH2S)n (XS) translate into high energy densities for lithium polymer electrolyte cells.


To gain knowledge about how students in upper secondary school`s national program describe participation and influence as well as how they describe how they can impact on those important things is ...


The concept of multi-cultural education should be adhered to in ethnic education in our country.The development of ethnic education should be oriented towards multi-cultures and largely depend on ethnic cultures.


The paper presents an approach to web-based visualization of automatically generated data models, which combines visualization principles used in desktop applications, and usage of web-based technologies. The proposed approach is implemented and integrated with an existing online system for automatic synthesis of conceptual database models based on business process models. The approach and implemented online system named AMADEOS are illustrated by an example of visualization of the UML class diagram representing the conceptual database model automatically generated based on the source BPMN model.


ABSTRACT The article begins by exploring the crisis of contemporary multilateralism in terms of three core elements: institutions, norms and negotiation. It then argues that in relation to these elements, the EU and the US occupy ambiguous positions and roles, and that these ambiguities, exacerbated by internal tensions and crises as well as external forces, pervade their changing roles in the multilateral system. The third part of the paper assesses the role of multilateralism in the development of transatlantic relations, drawing attention to the differentiation between 'special relationships', modes of transatlantic governance and broader multilateral mechanisms, and to the ways in which this reflects the underlying ambiguities in the roles of the EU and the US. The paper concludes that the consequent tension between differentiation and disintegration will be a core element of transatlantic relations for the foreseeable future, and that EU-US relations are thus weakening in a foundational aspect of world order.


Pleasure is a key component of any game design. This paper presents a pleasure framework based on sixteen dimensions of pleasure including creation, discovery, sensation, danger and sympathy. The utility of the pleasure framework is shown by applying it to a tangible game-based learning system designed to teach university students about WiMAX signal propagation. The analysis reveals that while eleven pleasures were considered in the design of this game, the game could be improved along each dimension. Further, five pleasure dimensions were not explicitly considered at all and included important variables like fantasy, discovery and subversion.


In this paper, we propose a novel multi-class motor imagery (MI) classification method in electroencephalogram (EEG)-based brain-computer interface (BCI) using multi-class support vector machine (SVM). EEG signal is decomposed into multi-band signal and then for each sub-band, spatial sample covariance matrix is computed. By applying Riemannian tangent space mapping method which utilizes the geometric structure of covariance matrices to the sub-band spatial covariance matrices, sub-band features are extracted and combined to form a feature vector. In order to improve multi-class classification performance, the feature vector is passed into multi-class SVM which directly tackles multi-class problem, in contrast to the existing works where one-versus-one or one-versus-rest strategy is used to indirectly solve multi-class classification problem. The performance of the proposed method is evaluated on the 4-class BCI Competition IV dataset 2a and the experimental results show that the proposed method improves the mean classification accuracy.


Land use change could cause considerable variability of soil properties and processes at various scales. The objective of this study was to investigate the spatial variability and dependence of soil hydrophysical attributes of an Alfisol changed for cowpea (Vigna unguiculata) production in Southwest Nigeria during the 2015 late cropping season. A 1.01 ha cowpea field, divided into thirty-five (35) grids, each measuring 10 m x 10 m, was used. At two weeks after planting (2 WAP) and harvest, undisturbed and disturbed soil samples was collected from 0-20 cm surface layer at the center of each grid using core samples of known volume for the evaluation of spatial variability of soil water content (SWC), bulk density (BD), saturated hydraulic conductivity (Ksat) and total porosity (Pt). To ensure sampling of the same point at harvest, a global positioning system (GPS) equipment was used to record the coordinates of each point. The BD, SWC and Pt had coefficient of variation (CV) less than 12%, indicating low variability while Ksat, Ma and seed yield had CV between 12 and 60%, indicating moderate variability. Also, variables BD, Pt, EA, Ksat, Ma and seed yield were moderately spatially dependent while SWC was strongly spatially dependent.This soil had Ksat = 29.54 cm h , 1 BD = 1.63 g cm , Pt = 0.3861 cm cm and Ma = 0.10 cm cm as reference values, with more than 90% of the 3 3 3 3 3 sampled points falling within the reference values, indicating that land use change has not significantly affected soil structural formation. The resulting maps of soil physical and hydraulic properties and crop yield could be used to support spatial sampling and thus facilitate site-specific soil management strategies with a view to saving cost and protecting the environment.


Insects are suitable models for the study of microevolution in real time. Springtails (Collembola) are common inhabitants of organic soils. When the soil is polluted by heavy metals, some springtails are still able to survive due to genetic adaptation. We have shown that the production of a metal-binding protein, metallothionein, is increased in strains of Orchesella cincta cultured from sites with heavy metal contamination. A higher production of metal-binding protein allows more metal to be retained in the gut cells and consequently more metal to be excreted when the gut epithelium is regenerated at moult. DNA analysis has shown that the promoter of the metallothionein gene shows a considerable degree of polymorphism in springtail populations while some promoter alleles confer increased expression of the gene. In populations exposed to high metal concentrations the frequency of these alleles is increased compared to reference populations, which is most likely due to a selective advantage of high expresser phenotypes in polluted ecosystems. The data illustrate a new mechanism of microevolution, selection on transcriptional regulation, rather than on gene structure.


The reservoir characteristics of super heavy oil directly determine the development effects of heavy oil thermal recovery. The development process of super heavy oil reservoir in Du 84 block contains the production test of steam huff and puff-the industrialization of steam huff and puff-the production test of SAGD-the industrialization of SAGD. The researches on the reservoir characteristics carried out at the early stage of the reservoir development have partly guiding significance for the reservoir development and deployment. As the development progress, we need describe the reservoir characteristics of super heavy oil once more in order to guide the deployment of thermal well network. This article makes a detailed and reliable description of reservoir characteristics of super heavy oil and provides fundamental data support for the next dynamic regulation by doing a statistical analysis of the characteristics of sand body distribution, petrology, physical property and aeolotropy of the Guantao formation and the Xinglongtai reservoir [1,2] . Key words: Super heavy oil; Du 84 block; Reservoir characteristics; Guantao formation; Xinglongtai reservoir


In the course of the ESO Large Programme "First Stars" (P.I. R. Cayrel), we have observed several stars which were classified as Turn O (TO) on the basis of the medium resolution survey spectra and colours and yet showed a prominent G band, suggesting a strong C enhancement. Among these CS 29497- 030 proved to be an exceptional object: it is very metal poor ((Fe/H)=-2.8), hot- ter than the Halo Turn O (T eff = 6650K, logg = 3.5) and C, N and O are all strongly enhanced ((C/Fe) = +2.38, (N/Fe)= +1.88, (O/Fe)= +1.67), as well as Na ((Na/Fe)=+0.52) and all of the ni capture elements. Most striking is the large Pb overabundance ((Pb/Fe)= +3.5). This large Pb overabundance and the overall abundance pattern of ni capture elements may be understood as a signature of the si process in very low metallicity stars. This strongly suggests that the si process was fully operative at early times in the Galaxy.


Infrared microspectroscopy is useful for characterizing media in very small cross sectionsamples using both transmission and reflection modes of analysis. In a direct comparison of the two methods, reflection techniques produce poorer quality spectra than the transmission methods. However, many of the problems of reflection spectra can be mitigated by looking at the variations that occur between spectra obtained under similar conditions. An excellent venue for such a study is the use of infrared mapping. Mapping studies compare the intensities of absorption bands versus their location in the sample to generate an image of compositional differences in a region. Several examples are shown in this paper for the application of infrared mapping to the determination of components in thin section and cross section samples. The technique for infrared mapping was also used as a direct, nondestructive method for the characterization of colorants and binders on a small painted manuscript leaf. Compared to the paint cross sections, four relatively large areas (1 cm 2 ) were mapped with the infrared microscope then joined together using a mosaic technique.


The charge-transfer-to-solvent (c.t.t.s.) spectrum of the iodide ion in nitrobenzene was observed in the visible region, the intensity of the spectrum being lowered by addition of a small amount of water to the solution. From the spectral changes, the first, second, and third hydration constants, K1=3.5, K2=2.6, and K3=1.4 (mol−1 dm3) were determined. On the basis of 1H NMR of water in nitrobenzene solutions in conjunction with the hydration constants obtained from the spectra, it was suggested that a fraction of the water molecules bound to the iodide ion is hydrogen bonded to each other.


OBJECTIVES
The 2007 National Health Service Cancer Reform Strategy includes a proposed extension of the UK breast screening program to women aged 47 to 49 years. The aim of this study is to undertake a preliminary assessment of this proposal to identify the key factors determining its cost-effectiveness and to determine whether there is sufficient uncertainty that requires more thorough analyses.

METHODS
An economic model was constructed. For simplicity, the health impact of screening was estimated by calculating the lives saved through shifts in prognostic group. A "plausible bounds" approach was used to derive distributions for model parameters for probabilistic sensitivity analysis. UK data were used to populate the model.

RESULTS
The cost-effectiveness of the extension is estimated to be pound27,400 per quality-adjusted life-year (QALY) with a 29% probability of cost-effectiveness at a threshold of pound20,000 per QALY. The deterministic estimate of benefit becomes negative if the anxiety due to a false-positive result is set at 0.028 QALYs. Including a small positive benefit from a negative screen has a dramatic impact on the cost-effectiveness of screening. The impact of other factors appears less marked.

CONCLUSIONS
Because the vast majority of women aged 47 to 49 years will test negative when screened for breast cancer and most of those who test positive will actually be free of the disease, the psychological impacts of screening are likely to drive cost-effectiveness for this age group. Therefore, a research priority should be to better understand and quantify these effects.


In order to gain the optimum conditions for the extraction of total flavonoids from Eriocaulon buergerianum Koern by ultrasonic method,we determined the content of extracted total flavonoids by using UV spectrophotometry,and investigated the influences of ethanol concentration,ultrasonic temperature and ultrasonic time on the extraction yield of total flavonoids through orthogonal experiment. The results showed that the effect of various factors on the extraction yield revealed the following sequence: ethanol concentration ultrasonic time ultrasonic temperature. Among these factors,ethanol concentration had the most significant influence on the extraction yield,followed by ultrasonic time,while ultrasonic temperature had no significant influence. The best extraction conditions were gained as follows: 60% ethanol,ultrasonic temperature 60 ℃,and ultrasonic time 25 min. Under the optimum conditions,the average extraction yield of total flavonoids was 25. 0 mg /g,and the RSD was 0. 4%.


A third order active-RC Chebyshev low-pass filter for a mobile terminal receiver supporting carrier aggregation is presented. It has a 0.4 dB passband ripple, reconfigurable bandwidth (4.75-34.75 MHz), automatic RC tuning, and IQ-mismatch correction. The noise power spectral density referred to the filter input is 3.8pA/√Hz at 90 % of the bandwidth. The output referred third order intercept point (OIP3) is 39.4 dBm for a two tone input at 47 MHz and 70 MHz. By digitally controlling the passive circuit elements of the filter, the frequency dependent gain and phase IQ mismatch can be reduced, resulting in a remaining gain error below 0.35 % and a maximum phase error of 0.23 degrees. After calibration, the IQ matching is sufficient for a mean receiver image-rejection ratio of more than 60 dB. The current consumption is 39 mA from a 1.2 V supply.


In this article we will focus on which cultural values that people´s interest in practical-aesthetic learning activities have in the common busy and splinted society. Dance and crafts is neither ne ...


There is little doubt that education is the key to progress . From primary to higher level of education all come in handy at one time or other in life . Similarly industry in any form from a simple village artisan to the most sophisticated space travel is linked together and education forms the key to progress in all areas.


ABSTRACT:Sacramental concelebration has become increasingly common in the Roman Rite since the Second Vatican Council and today it is the regular form of Mass at clergy meetings and for priests living in community. This article first offers a brief overview of historical evidence for sacramental concelebration in the Church's tradition. Secondly, I look at the discussions on the subject around the time of the council and at the post-conciliar development of the rite of concelebration up to the present liturgical norms. This will allow me, thirdly, to consider some of the important theological, liturgical, and spiritual questions raised by the current practice.


We report on the status of our search for quasi-topological solitons of various dimensions in realistic field theoretical models of condensed matter and of elementary particle physics.


Studies using tolC mutant derivatives of deep rough (rfa) mutants indicate that tolC and rfa mutations have an additive effect with respect to their sensitivity to hydrophobic agents, suggesting that they are not acting through a mutual mechanism to alter the permeability of the outer membrane.


1. Although thermoregulation by large bees in cool climates has been well studied, less is known about the very different thermoregulatory strategies of small bees, especially those subjected to heat stress.


The association between depression, suicide, and unnatural death is well established, but the association between depression and premature death due to natural causes has yet to be unequivocally established. This thesis sets out to explore whether or not premature mortality is part of the natural history of a depressive illness; to establish the period of highest risk, and to discriminate between death following endogenous and reactive depressive illness. A cohort was available for study consisting of all depressed patients referred to the psychiatric service in two catchment areas. These patients were followed for 24 years, and with the co-operation of the Office of Population Census and Surveys, copies of the death certificate of those who died were obtained by the researcher. A control population was prepared for statistical analysis using the England and Wales mortality Tables which are published annually. Statistically significant premature mortality was found throughout the 24 year period from both natural and unnatural causes. Death was found to occur predominantly in the early years after referral and the diagnosis of endogenous depression was found to incur the greater mortality. The discussion speculated on the most likely mechanisms mediating between depression and death. Possible improvements in the design were discussed and further research highlighted. This thesis by establishing that premature mortality is part of the natural history of depressive illness, has contributed to scientific knowledge.


The following questions are discussed: What is a contract? Is there a contract? When did the contract come into being? Whose terms and conditions apply to the Contact? What happens if there is a dispute? Are there defined liabilities for failure to perform the contract where non-performance involves delay and where non-performance involves defects of some sort. (4 pages)


A semiconductor device fabrication method is disclosed. The method includes obtaining an inverse layout of an original circuit layout, reducing the inverse layout in size, thereby obtaining a reduced layout, obtaining a dummy pattern layout having an outline identical to an outline of the reduced layout and a given line width such that the dummy pattern layout is self-assembled to the circuit layout, and transferring the self-aligned or self-assembled dummy pattern layout and circuit layout to a semiconductor substrate.


Recognising a heated discussion about Romanian and Bulgarian free movement in British Newspapers, my interest about its development arose. Simultaneously, increasing attention is paid to Eurosceptical politicians, bringing up the question if the attitude towards the EU is an influencer on the Eastern European migration debates. The question is treated by a qualitative critical frame analysis of primary literature, namely political debates of two particular cases: Great Britain as starting point of my reflections and Germany, differing from UK in its EU-attitude. Analysis shows that Euroscepticism is a noticeable influencer on the discourse about free movement, shaping British discussions in a less receptive way for free movers than German debates.


Magnesium aluminium phosphate, MgAlPO 5 is monoclinic with space group P2 1 /c, a = 7.111(2) A, b = 10.362(3) A, c = 5.455(3) A, β = 98.38(5)°, Z = 4 and D calc = 2.71 g/cm 3 . Single crystals were prepared synthetically. The structure was refined to R (unweighted) = 0.067 and R (weighted) = 0.040 using 1132 nonequivalent observed reflections. The structure contains Mg 2+ in fivefold coordination by oxygen in the form of a distorted trigonal bipyramid


An Evaluation of Vocational Shorthand Competency Attained in Utah High Schools by Alden A, Talbot, Master of Science Utah State University, 1969 Major Professor: Dr . Ted D. Stoddard Department: Business Education A sample U. S. Civil Service shorthand test was given to 2,336 students of 66 Utah high school shorthand instructors to determine the efficiency of shorthand students in taking shorthand at 80 words per minute and transcribing it with 95 per cent accuracy. The test was also used to compare shorthand achievement through the use of typ ewrite r s in shorthand instruction, the location of the school, the size of class by number of students, and the length of the class period . Test scores were used as the means of comparison . The test results were coded and punched into cards . These cards were the n tabulated by a computer and results were placed in t ab le form for comparison at the .05 level of significance. Only 4.31 per cent of the students taking the test passed it with 95 per cent accuracy-. 4 per cent of the fir st -year students and 15.1 per cent of the second-year shorthand students. The progr ams of teaching had no effect on the students


In this paper the diagonalizability of an arbitrary non-singular (semisimple) non-locally bi-Hamiltonian system of hydrodynamic type is proved and for each such system a full set of Riemann invariants that is completely determined by the metrics of the bi-Hamiltonian structure is constructed. Let us consider systems of hydrodynamic type that are bi-Hamiltonian with respect to two linearly independent, compatible, non-degenerate, non-local Poisson brackets of hydrodynamic type, that is,


The main chemical composition of the insoluble residue from nitric phosphoric acid suspensions, which is formed during the decomposition of the mineralized mass (MM) with nitric acid. The optimal MM:H2O ratio was established for a single washing. The optimal MM:H2O ratio for washing insoluble residue is 1.0:0.6 at 80 and 90°C. In this case, insoluble residues are obtained with the following composition (wt., %): Р2О5tot. — 5.94-6.20; CaOgen. — 14.31-14.94; CaOv.r. — 2.88-3.01; N- 3.31-3.46; SiO2 — 45.07-47.06; Al2O3 — 4.98-5.20; Fe2O3- 4.18-4.36 and SO3- 6.20-7.20.


lhe expression of a- and 8-tubulin proteins in developing fibers and severa1 other tissues of cotton (Gossypium hirsutum, cv Texas Marker 1) have been analyzed by immunoblots of one- and two- dimensional gels utilizing anti-tubulin antibodies as probes. As a percentage of total protein, fibers had greater amounts of tubulin than did hypocotyls, roots, leaves, or cotyledons. Both a- and 8-tubulin, having apparent molecular masses of approximately 50 kD and isoelectric points between pH 5 and pH 6, were resolved on a single two-dimensional gel. Under the conditions used, a-tubulin was less acidic in the isoelectric focusing dimension and migrated slightly faster in the sodium dodecyl sulfate dimension than did 8-tubulin. Nine a-tubulin isotypes that formed two distind groups were identified on immunoblots of two-dimensional gels. lhe three most abundant a-tubulin isotypes were common to all tissues examined. Seven distind 8-tubulin isotypes were also iden- tified. Although their leve1 of accumulation differed, four of the 8-tubulin isotypes were common to all tissues. Preferential accumu- lation of isotypes was more apparent in fibers than in the other tissues examined. l w o a-tubulin isotypes and two 8-tubulin isotypes showed preferential accumulation in 10- and 20-d postan- thesis fibers, respectively.


One of the most essential tasks in the scholarly analysis of a writer's artistic corpus consists in clarifying the links among his images and their mutual interdependence, the inner logic of their concatenation. Only by clarifying such links can we reach an understanding of the essence of a writer's art and only thus can we achieve a monistic view of the writer and reveal the fundamental unity in the many and varied images in his works.


Objective To understand the avian influenza kenowledge and related behavior among rural population in Guanghan City so as to provide basis for propaganda. Method Cluster sampling method and questionnair were applied. Result 1 038 persons were investigated,in which 62.90% understood avian influenza endangered one's health,56.45%-84.0% knew the fransmission route,40.75% was aware of washing hands after being confacted with poultry,86.89% of them slaughtered poultry with bare handed,and 12.90% was aware of burying the dead poultry. Conclusion Most farmers understand certain knowledge on avian influenza.It is necessary to strengthen the publicity on prevention knowledge on avian influenza so as to promote the preventive behavior.


Predicting, in the one hand, the time duration that a vehicle remains associated to a cell i.e. Network Attachment Point (NAP) and, on the other hand, the next cell can help anticipating network control decisions to provide services with stringent requirements despite vehicle mobility. In this paper, we propose a machine learning based approach for Software Defined Vehicular Networks that allows a cell to estimate the attachment duration of each newly associated vehicle at the association request time, as well as, a prediction of the upcoming cell, performed at the SDN controller that controls the cells. Our proposed models have been evaluated on a large dataset, which we have generated based on a real mobility trace from the city of Luxembourg, and the evaluation shows promising results in terms of prediction accuracy.


• High heart rate variability (HRV), a measure of the parasympathe:c nervous system (PNS, Porges, 1991), has been linked to beDer emo:onal regula:on (Thayer & Lane, 2000) and rela:onship quality (Smith et al., 2011). • Conversely, rejec:on sensi:vity (RS), a tendency to expect and perceive social rejec:on, has been linked to poorer rela:onship quality (Downey & Feldman, 1996). • Prior research has shown that high RS individuals who have low HRV are more hos:le during lab-‐based conflict (Gyurak & Ayduk, 2008). • No studies to date have examined how HRV in everyday life co-‐varies with rela:onship distress in low and high RS individuals. • In contrast to prior research, which uses in-‐ lab, retrospec:ve measurement, the current study u:lizes real-‐:me heart rate measurements in daily life.


The "exemption,credit,refund"-VAT-formulae for exported goods adopted in our country are out of accord with the definition of the "exemption,credit,refund"-VAT,for the formulae don't embody the principle of "how much is levied,how much is refunded;non-levied,non-refunded;refund thoroughly".One possible reason may be that we haven't found out the core concept on "exemption,credit,refund"-VAT.In this paper the authors have proposed a concept called the "cashed-VAT",which may benefit the levy and regulation of "exemption,credit,refund"-VAT,and embody the above-mentioned principle.


FATIGUE ON GLENOHUMERAL KINEMATICS IN SHOULDER IMPINGEMENT SYNDROME Philip J. Royer, Edward J. Kane, Kyle E. Parks, Jacob C. Morrow, Richard R. Moravec, Douglas S. Christie, Deydre S. Teyhen Physical Therapy Research Center, U.S. Army-Baylor University Graduate Program in Physical Therapy, Fort Sam Houston, TX, USA Department of Kinesiology & Health Education, The University of Texas, Austin, TX, USA E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com


Abstract Ultrasonic irradiation leads to increased reaction rate and reduction in reaction temperature and time in the reactions of tetraphosphorus decasulfide and 2,4-bis(alkylthio- and 4-methoxyphenyl)-2,4-dithioxo-1,3,2λ5,4λ5-dithiadiphosphetanes with dialkyl disulfides, thioacetals, acetals, bis(tributylstannyl)sulfide and tributyl(iso-butylthio)stannane and to increased yields of organothiophosphorus products.


The more pressures hospitals face, the more they need the support of their communities. Learn how to renew local trust by forging new partnerships.


We quantify the performance of impairment-aware networking in terms of capital and operational expenditures and compare it to an impairment-unaware solution in the presence of nodes that bear different degrees of flexibility.


Moscow when U.S. pro-Israeli foreign policy is emphasized. Finally, A. Hourani's fourpage conclusion is short and sweet. Although not a specialist of foreign policy analysis, he manages to make his remarks very much to the point. What is the main verdict, then, on both the book's main problematique of the relationship between Islam and foreign policy, and the worth of the collection? In the majority of cases, the analysis indicates, the relationship between Islam and foreign policy is ambiguous, not traceable, or absent. Although the collection's argument is not cumulative, we end by having much information, insight, and even the fine distinctions required for any cumulative research. Witness what Piscatori said in dealing with Saudi Arabia (pp. 33-53):


A method of synthesis for spherical six-bar path generation mechanisms which are divided into several link groups is proposed by using link group in this paper.The synthesis equations of two link groups for the spherical mechanisms are established,the constraint conditions and objective functions are presented.A numerical example is given to prove effectiveness of the method.


Effective teachers sensitively and flexibly control those conditions of learning that can be arranged, try to influence or at least take into account less manageable conditions, and recognize that their teaching effectiveness depends also on inquiry into their own patterns of thought and action. Computers do not 'think' this way. Nor do they respond sensitively to changing conditions and subtle student cues that signal a need to use a different teaching approach. Computers, therefore, cannot replace the teacher, but are a useful tool to help arrange the conditions of learning in certain teaching situations. These situations are discussed in the light of what we know about effective teaching.


In railway business plan, operations require a strategic and sustained level of planned investment to ensure assets are fit for purpose over the whole of their planned life. Therefore it is essential that operator can confidently plan and predict capital investment requirements over a number of years. This research addresses that how the London Underground apply a systematic risk based approach to their health and safety planning and investment decision making. Through this case study, we investigate the elements of management system that includes arrangements for the ongoing identification of hazards, assessment of risks and the implementation of necessary control measures. Risk based business planning processes are also addressed.


This paper deals with implementing a steganography based multi-modal biometric system. For this purpose, we construct a multi-biometrics system based on the face and iris recognition. Here, the feature vector of iris pattern is hidden in the face image. The recognition system is designed by the fuzzy-based Linear Discriminant Analysis(LDA), which is an expanded approach of the LDA method combined by the theory of fuzzy sets. Furthermore, we present a watermarking method that can embed iris information into face images. Finally, we show the advantages of the proposed watermarking scheme by computing the ROC curves and make some comparisons recognition rates of watermarked face images with those of original ones. From various experiments, we found that our proposed scheme could be used for establishing efficient and secure multi-modal biometric systems.


4 INTRODUCTION 3.6 years . Gallbladder tumors preferentially metastasize Carcinoma of Gallbladder is a rare finding in western to the regional lymph nodes and liver parenchyma. world but in comparison, its rate is much higher in eastern Gallbladder carcinoma occurs particularly if chronic countries like India and Pakistan where people do not cholecystitis is left untreated. The usual type of have much knowledge of the fatal diseases of biliary Gallbladder Carcinoma is an Adenocarcinoma (85 out of tract. Gallbladder cancer is the fifth most common every 100 Gallbladder cancers) but Squamous and gastrointestinal cancer and is incidentally found in 1–2% mixed Squamous-Adenocarcinoma also occur, some of gallbladders after laparoscopic cholecystectomy, studies advocate the incidence of adenocarcinoma to be 5 anomalous pancreaticobiliary ductal junction is believed as high as 100 percent . Spread is by direct invasion of 1,2 to be one of the risk factors for gall bladder carcinoma . the Liver and Porta hepatis and to the hilar lymph nodes These are usually early cancers confined to the via the lymphatics and also via veins of the liver. The gallbladder and adjacent liver. widespread adoption of laparoscopic cholecystectomy has led to an increased frequency of gallbladder These early cancers are difficult to diagnose on carcinoma discovery intraoperatively. Little data exist to 3 ultrasonography Overall the median survival of patients guide surgeons in the optimum management of patients with gallbladder cancer is 6 months, and the prognosis with gallbladder cancer, particularly with respect to the and survival depends on the stage of the disease. potential advantages of radical resection. Potentially curative surgery gives a median survival of DR. AHMAD HASSAN KHAN DR. HAROON-UR-RASHID MBBS, MCPS, FCPS MBBS, DMRT Senior Registrar Surgery Assistant Professor Radiotherapu & Nuclear Medicine Sargodha Medical College Sargodha Medical College


For the purpose of studying the characteristic of resistance to pressure of the E.coli in Liquid Egg White. Ultra-high hydrostatic pressure is applied to sterilize E.coli at different growth phase which accessed in liquid egg white in this paper. The death law and resistance to pressure of the E.coli in liquid egg white were investigated. Death characteristic curve of E.coli were fitted by Linear model and Exponential model, respectively. Exponential model fitted better, E. coli in a steady growth phase had a stronger pressure resistance, and we obtained Dp and Zp, the pressure resistance parameters of E. coli. Therefore, the E. coli in a steady growth phase has the strongest pressure resistance; Exponential model can well describe the death law of the E. coli to pressure.


The most important features that we have reached through this study, are shown the cross-section of root were in the secondary growth stage and the epidermis of leaf were studded by stomata complex, the type of it was anomocytic that's mean no have subsidiary cells around the guard cells, the mesophyll bifacial also the midrib region of leaf like the pear and the vascular bundle located in the center crescent in shape. The cross-sections of petiole ovate shape with two ears in the lateral side and the vascular bundles crescent in shape. The cross-section of fruits circular component of three-layer the outer layer pericarp, mesocarp, and the endocarp, surrounding the ovary or the seeds.


The type species of the Neotropical Actinopus, A. tarsalis Perty, 1833, is redescribed based on material from the type locality, the state of Piaui, Brazil. The species appears to be restricted to northeastern Brazil and is newly recorded from the state of Sergipe. An old record from the state of Rio Grande do Sul is rejected. Actinopus tarsalis differs from other species of the genus by details of the male copulatory bulb: tegular apophysis absent, robust embolar base, inserted basally at a right angle (90°); embolar apices apex flattened and expanded, arrow-shaped in dorsal view.


An iterative process of continuation of wave fields is proposed to invert the wave equation. Inverse problems of two types are analyzed, namely: the problem of reconstruction of the right-hand side of the wave equation describing the wave sources and the inverse problem of wave scattering in an inhomogeneous medium. The latter problem is of great practical importance for applications. It is shown that for an observation system in which a source point coincides with a receiver point (the so-called "scheme of central rays" in seismic prospecting), the scattering problem is reduced to the Cauchy problem on a space-like surface and in an inhomogeneous reference medium. The solution of this problem is obtained by wave continuation at each iteration step with the reference velocity values specified at the previous step.


In the 1980's political literature emerged as a radical genre in the post-war context of Taiwanese literary movement. In and around 1987, when Martial Law wase abolished, many literary works, concerning various subject matters and in a different styles, appeared. In this context, there were three important works of fiction illustrating Taiwanese (Tâi-gi) literature as a emergent genre: 'Brokers in Washington' by Oo Bin-siong; 'The Revolt in Ta(superscript n)-niau City' by Song Tik-lâi; 'Beautiful Camphor Forest' by Tân Lui. This article focuses on distinguishing these works from each other in terms of writing strategies. What do these three representative Taiwanese fiction writers have in common in their efforts to promote Tiwanese Literature' Which distinctive writing strategy did they wield to achieve their common aim in spite of their differences in artistry?


Purpose: The aim of our study is to establish whether a difference exists in the personality intrapsychic processes, SN and SS, ASQ-anxiety, and CDQ-depression of fifty-eight breast cancer(BC) women(W) and seventy-four healthy-women, all in post menopause. Methods: Tests: SASB Form-A intrapsychic behavior, Social Network List (SN), and Social support evaluation (SS). Statistical analysis: Variance analysis (ANOVA) was applied to evaluate the SASB clusters differences between the two groups; Pearson's R coefficient was used to compare SASB, SN, SS dimensions, ASQ, and CDQ. Results: BC women showed a smaller size of SN (fewer social relationships), with ties stronger than healthy women. SASB Profile BC-W (comparison with healthy-women)." Not affiliation and Autonomy": medium low value of autonomy, low self-appreciation and self-esteem, low expression of emotions and needs, difficulties in being able to achieve emotional and psychic equilibrium in presence of stress because of their control and self-critical behavior, depression, stress; difficulties in asking helps to family members. They invest in limited bonds for leisure, considered important but without fall into intimacy: they may be not always satisfied of their relationships. The depression is directly linked to these intrapsychic behaviors. Conclusions: Patients with "not Affiliation and Autonomy" SASB profile should be regarded as having a high risk of worse social support and depression, and could be followed up and screened, in order to plan the multidimensional and psychotherapeutic intervention specific to the single patient, aimed at modifying the problematic and unhealthy intrapsychic experience and promoting the development of a better quality of life.


ln the bacterial molds of human dental calculus formed by the extracellular calcification, whitlockite and octacalcium phosphate crystals as well as apatite crystals were occasionally precipitated in the later stages of calculus formation . Thus, the deposits would be similar to the calculus formed by both the intraand extracellular calcifications . Key werds: human dental calculus, extracellular calcification , bacterial molds, later calcification, scanning electron microscopy As is well known, there exist the intraand extracellular calcifications of oral microorganisms in human dental calculus'-5) . The crystals are biological apatites including hydroxyapatite , Cadeficient and carbonate apatites'-8), although oral microorganisms were occasionally replaced by Mg-containing whitlockite crystals9-11) . The formation processes will be roughly divided into 3 cases : I to III1-541,12); case I: the intraand the extracellular calcifications occur at almost the same time, case II: the intracellular calcification first occurs followed by the extracellular calcification, and case III: the extracellular calcification first occurs. In case III, the bacterial molds will be retained during the time of the calculus formation , although the deposits of case III would become like a calculus of case I in the later formation stage. In this study, crystals deposited within the bacterial molds were investigated with scanning electron microscopy (SEM). Materials and Methods Supraand subgingival dental calculi attached to human teeth, which had been used in our previous studies, 9-11,13,14) were also used in these observations. The fractured calculus were treated with 10% sodium hypochlorite (Na0C1) for 1 hour in order to remove organic debris9-'2, 14,15). This was followed by rinsing in running water for 1 hour and drying in the air. The samples were observed with a Hitachi S-430 SEM at 20 kV accelerating voltage after coating with a 10 to 15-nm platinum-palladium layer .


The surface tension of sodium stearate and sodium oleate dispersions in mineral oils of high and low viscosity index has been measured over a wide range of temperature. In dispersions in the non-polar oil, no surface activity is shown by the soap until the full melting point is reached. In dispersions in an oil of relatively high polarity, surface activity is shown at much lower temperatures corresponding to partial melting points of the soaps. The ability of the soap to lower the surface tension is dependent on the degree of dispersion of the soap, and the relation of surface activity to physical states and phase transitions, previously determined by the authors, is discussed. The addition of glycerol increases the surface activity at a given concentration, but the temperature at which surface activity is attained remains unaffected. Excess fatty acid acts similarly to glycerol; excess alkali decreases surface activity.


The branching data of an algebraic function is a list of orders of local monodromies around branching points. We present branching data that ensure that the algebraic functions having them are representable by radicals. This paper is a review of recent work by the authors and of closely related classical work by Ritt.


a social matrix or pre-established form of social reality. The socialization process conceived of in this fashion fails to emphasize the ongoing dialectic between the reified society and its constituent members. The perspective is too mechanistic and ignores the notion that individuals have a contribution to make to the construction of social reality. Nor does it allow for differences in the way a finite frame of social reality is perceived and the different meanings attached to these perceptions. As Lyman and Scott clearly point out in their pr olegomenon for a sociology of the absurd: in modern complex societies there are few if any