This second moderated discussion by the Comparative Education Review (CER) in part grows out of a symposium, "Past CIES Presidents Discuss the Value of Comparative and International Education Post-9/11," organized by thenPresident-Elect Kassie Freeman at the March 2003 Comparative and International Education Society (CIES) annual meeting. The symposium stimulated animated discussion and debate among the approximately 150 people who attended. The main issues addressed included what comparative and international educators can contribute to our understanding of the context and reasons for the tragic events of September 11, 2001, as well as what educators and others can/should do in the post-9/11/01 era. However, rather than merely continuing that discussion, the CER coeditors decided to use as a catalyst for this moderated discussion a book published in August 2003 by the Thomas B. Fordham Foundation, Terrorists, Despots, and Democracy: What Our Children Need to Know. Chester Finn (president of the Fordham Foundation, former professor of education at Vanderbilt University, and assistant secretary of education in the Ronald Reagan administration) notes in the book's introduction, "Why This Report?" that


Bio-membrane extracellular polymer(BMEP) is a bio-synthesis polymer that sticks and attaches to the bio-membrane to assure the function and integrity of bio-membrane.Recently physicochemical and biological properties of BMEP and its detection technique were deeply paid close attention to.The components of BMEP,its detection technique,functions and other aspects were summarized in this article.


Configurable modular communication device (200) is constructed from a fitting possible information delivery module (204) to each other, and the information input module (202). Information distribution module, a touch screen keypad (216), a single base unit that can operate in conjunction with a number of modular keypad or other information input attachment. The information delivery module, the user, based on personal preference, can change the look of modular communication device, it is possible to extend precisely its features depending on the occasion and the mode of use. Information delivery module operates as its own navigation keys, the screen menu (including touch sensing keypad on the screen), telephone (320), PDA (personal digital assistant: mobile information terminal) (270), camera (246 ), watches (80), to provide the user access to all functions, including MP3 music player (280). Navigation by the user of the operation, by actuating a hard key or soft key is carried out in the vicinity of the display screen or on the display screen. .The 11


The purpose is to describe a recently developed technique aimed at providing a universal interface between surface types. In brief, a software package was developed which functions a common denominator of CAD/CAM surface types. This software enable one to convert from any given surface representation to any other target representation. The tiles maintain the same slope continuity as the target surface gram, bicubic patches are used since they allow one to match point, slope, and twist vectors to the target surface. Thus, slopes can be continuous or discontinuous as they are on the target surface. The patches can be of lower order if desired. For example, if only point information is available, the patches produced will be bilinear; however, the number of patches required is likely to increase correspondingly. The patches can be of higher order although many systems will not accept patches of more than order four. The final result of the program is a rectangular grid of bicubic patches. The patches fit the target surface exactly at their corners. Also, the patch corners have the same tangent and twist vectors. Adjacent patches will have slope continuity, unless a discontinuity was indicated by the target surface.


Management of hydrocarbon reservoir development is associated with the continuous implementation of many projects and it is project-oriented management. Many provisions of the existing hydrocarbon reservoir development management system are regulated, however, there is a contradiction between the need to take into account all aspects of management in a complex and the lack of such an opportunity in the existing management system. The work presents an improved system of project-oriented management of hydrocarbon reservoir development, as well as the results of its testing on real data in comparison with the existing management system.


Increasing trade within the East Africa region is beginning to drive ever-increasing demands and opportunities for businesses in this region leading to the expansion or reorganization of Kenyabased banks in the region. They have no choice but to evaluate and choose strategies that will enable them penetrate and gain competitive advantage in the new market. Entry strategies are crucial to the survival of new firms as they ensure that the firms are moving on the correct track right from the start without deviating from their goals. KCB, Kenya's biggest retail bank, is pursuing regional expansion programme, a strategy to meet the ever increasing demand for banking services in Eastern Africa region. The study therefore sought to identify Identifying Strategies used by Kenya commercial bank when entering its new markets, the level of success or failure of these strategies; the causes of success and failure and recommendation of possible solutions. The methodology employed in this study was case study. Case study was used because it would provide both qualitative and quantitative information on research subject. The tool mainly used was interview and secondary to it was the questionnaire. KCB was the bank selected for the case study as it had already ventured in to four other Eastern African countries and was now considered as a major player in the region. The researcher used Microsoft Excel and SPSS software for data analysis and presented charts, tables and narratives on the findings. The major findings from the data collected were that KCB targeted new geographic areas and new distribution channels. They did not focus on service improvement for niche markets nor was price reduction for penetration cause of failure in Tanzania. The ease of penetration, demand of


Combinatorial auctions allow bidders to bid their synergistic values. Because of complementarities between different assets, bidders give their preferences not just for particular items but also for sets or bundles of items. This form of auction shows great potential under some given circumstances but is still in its infancy. The difficulty lies in finding the optimal price that is the price of a revenue maximizing set of winning bids. Determining the revenue maximizing set of winning bids is NP-complete. In this paper, we review some of the existing approaches as detailed by Sandholm in one of his recent studies. We propose a heuristic, which is a lower bound on the maximal revenue, or an inadmissible heuristic. We then present an algorithm called, "iterative threshold search (ITS) - hybrid". We show using this algorithm that, although inadmissible, such a heuristic near the optimal can be a better choice in practice than a surely admissible or upper bound heuristic. We establish through experiments that this new heuristic coupled with the proposed search algorithm improves the performance result significantly over the one presented by Sandholm.


Background: characterizing the molecular features associated with prolonged benefit from CDK 4/6 inhibitors in HR+ HER2- BC and the acquired genomic alterations following treatment progression remains an unmet need and is crucial for leveraging the efficacy of CDK4/6 inhibitors and for elucidating resistance mechanisms. Identifying pre-treatment or pharmacodynamic predictive markers of treatment benefit, as well as predictive markers of toxicity by correlating pharmacogenomics with adverse events, could help physicians to select patients who may benefit the most from these therapies and improve the clinical management. Trial design: this is an Italian, multicenter, open-label, single-arm trial (NCT03439046) enrolling approximately 350 HR+ HER2- aBC first line patients in 48 sites. Patients are treated with ribociclib and letrozole and eligibility criteria are similar to the MONALEESA-2 trial. Patients will be followed for safety and efficacy outcomes. An extensive prospective collection of biological samples at different time points will be performed as follow: whole blood and plasma at baseline, cycle 1-D15, cycle 2-D1, at first imaging evaluation, at cycle 24-D1, as well as upon progression of disease; newly obtained tissue biopsies at baseline and at progression; a buccal swab for pharmacogenetics at baseline. Efficacy and safety data will be collected for all patients. Aims: the primary objective of this study is to identify circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) alterations at baseline, to describe their evolution during treatment and to evaluate the association with clinical outcome. An optimized Next Generation Sequencing approach for the detection of low abundance events in ctDNA will be adopted. Single nucleotide variants and copy number alterations in a customized panel of genes relevant for BC will be analyzed. Secondary objectives include the evaluation of: serum thymidine kinase 1 activity over time as blood marker of early response; ctDNA alterations across different patient profiles and clonal evolution of ctDNA alterations under treatment; ctDNA alterations at time of tumor progression; correlation between mutational status detected in ctDNA and matched tissue samples; features of tumor microenvironment before and after treatment; association of pharmacogenomics patterns with adverse events and clinical outcomes. Clinical efficacy and safety of ribociclib + letrozole will be correlated with all biological endpoints. Statistical methods: the study is descriptive in nature and no formal statistical testing is necessary or applicable. Sample size is aligned with other biomarker studies and is based on a feasibility analysis of the trial and relative timelines. Present accrual: The first study patient was screened in Feb 2018, as in June 2018, 126 patients have been screened and 78 patients have been enrolled. Citation Format: De Laurentiis M, Arpino G, Bianchini G, Malorni L, Castelletti D, De Vecchi R, Grasso D. A phase IIIb, open-label, local, multicenter study of the molecular features of postmenopausal women with hormone receptor-positive (HR+) HER2-negative advanced breast cancer on first-line treatment with ribociclib and letrozole (BioItaLEE) [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the 2018 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium; 2018 Dec 4-8; San Antonio, TX. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Res 2019;79(4 Suppl):Abstract nr OT1-12-04.


This work was conducted under Motu's programme "Shaping New Zealand's Low-Emission Future" with funding support from the Aotearoa Foundation. The inclusion of the ideas in this document does not imply any recommendation, consensus or endorsement by ETS Dialogue participants or presenters, their affiliated organisations or the programme funder. All opinions, errors and omissions are the authors' own.


Transport at microscopic length scales is essential in biological systems and various technologies, including microfluidics. Recent experiments achieved self-organized transport phenomena in microtubule active matter by using light to modulate motor-protein activity in time and space. Here, we introduce a novel phenomenological model that reveals a mechanism for emergent transport phenomena in active matter, including motility and contraction, though spatially modulated particle interactions. The model's analytic treatment elucidates the conservation of the center of mass of activated particles as a fundamental mechanism of material transport and demonstrates the necessity of memory for sustained motility. Furthermore, we generalize the model to explain other phenomena, like microtubule aster-aster interactions induced by more complicated activation geometries. Therefore, our model provides a possible foundation for the phenomenological understanding of light-controlled active matter and will enable the design and optimization of transport protocols for active matter devices.


I Homogeneous and Simple Flows.- Introductory Remarks.- On Modelling the Pressure Terms of the Scalar Flux Equations.- A Simplified Spectral Closure for Inhomogeneous Turbulence: Application to the Boundary Layer.- The Interaction of Two Distinct Turbulent Velocity Scales in the Absence of Mean Shear.- The Mixing Layer Between Turbulent Fields of Different Scales.- On the Structure of Homogeneous Turbulence.- Turbulence in a Stably Stratified Shear Flow: A Progress Report.- II Free Shear Flows.- Wake-Shear Layer Interaction and the Onset of Turbulence Behind a Circular Cylinder.- Investigation of the Detailed Spread Characteristics of Plane Turbulent Wakes.- Coherent Structures in a Turbulent Mixing Layer: A Comparison Between Direct Numerical Simulations and Experiments.- Structure of the Vorticity Field in a Plane Free Shear-Layer.- Coherent Structures in the Axisymmetric Turbulent Jet Mixing Layer.- Laser Doppler Velocimeter Measurements in 3-D Impinging Twin-Jet Fountain Flows.- III Wall Flows.- Turbulent Flow Over Mesh Roughness.- Low Reynolds Number Turbulent Boundary Layers on a Smooth Flat Surface in a Zero Pressure Gradient.- Probability Density Distribution in Turbulent Wall Boundary Layer Flows.- Evolution of a Vortical Structure Associated with the Bursting Event in a Channel Flow.- Direct Numerical Simulation of Equilibrium Turbulent Boundary Layers.- Calculation of Longitudinal Vortices Imbedded in a Turbulent Boundary Layer.- Interaction Between a Vortex and a Turbulent Boundary Layer in a Streamwise Pressure Gradient.- The Pulsed Wire Skin-Friction Measurement Technique.- IV Reacting Flows.- Introduction: Turbulence Modeling of Reacting Flows: The State of the Art.- Multi-Scalar pdf Transport Equations for Turbulent Diffusion Flames.- Modelling the Flow and Combustion in a Production Gas Turbine Combustor.- Connection with a First-Order Chemically Reactive Passive Scalar.- Experimental and Numerical Study of a Turbulent Recirculation Zone with Combustion.- Experimental Study of the Interaction Between a Premixed Confined Laminar Flame and Coherent Structures.- Index of Contributors.


The aim of the present study was to explore the effect of a non-uniform heat source/sink on the unsteady stagnation point flow of Carreau fluid past a permeable stretching/shrinking sheet. The novelty of the flow model was enhanced with additional effects of magnetohydrodynamics, joule heating, and viscous dissipation. The nonlinear partial differential equations were converted into ordinary differential equations with the assistance of appropriate similarity relations and were then tackled by employing the Runge-Kutta-Fehlberg technique with the shooting method. The impacts of pertinent parameters on the dimensionless velocity and temperature profiles along with the friction factor and local Nusselt number were extensively discussed by means of graphical depictions and tables. The current results were compared to the previous findings under certain conditions to determine the precision and validity of the present study. The fluid flow velocity of Carreau fluid increased with the value of the magnetic parameter in the case of the first solution, and the opposite behavior was noticed for the second solution. It was seen that temperature of the Carreau fluid expanded with the higher values of unsteadiness and magnetic parameters. It was visualized from multiple branches that the local Nusselt number declined with the Eckert number parameter for both the upper and lower branch.


a peer group assessment of objective data than one based on purely subjective peer group assessment. To sum up: the fact is that citation counts correlate highly with all subjective measures of peer assessment of the quality of research. They have their limitations – they can be used only within a given subject domain and only over relatively short periods of time. However, when a major exercise such as the RAE, with its attendant costs, has a clear choice of methods to use, one of which is much cheaper than others, the reasons for not using the cheaper method must be based on far stronger grounds than criticisms of methodology which are known to have no overall impact on reliability of results, or on appeals against the crude bean-counting methods that citation counts entail.


Not only sustains a bold thesis about Americanization but also affords the reader one of the freshest and most comprehensive histories of the seventh century New England mind and society.


Geosynthetics as a reinforcing material for earth structures have ever increased due to their excellent economy, fine external appearance, and easy construction. Geogrids are high-strength, orientated-polymer grid structures used to reinforce soil. This paper deals with the construction and sire monitoring for a 5.1m high-reinforcd slope with steep. The purpose of site monitoring is to evaluate the applicability of reforced slope with geogrid. Full scale field performance during and after construction was monitored by incorporating instrumentation including strain gauges on the geogrid, and horizontal and vertical movements.


This paper proposes an automatic diagnostic scheme without manual feature extraction or signal pre-processing. It directly handles the original data from sensors and determines the condition of the rolling bearing. With proper application of the new technique of shift invariant sparse coding (SISC), it is much easier to recognize the fault. Yet, this SISC, though being a powerful machine learning algorithm to train and test the original signals, is quite demanding computationally. Therefore, this paper proposes a highly efficient SISC which has been proved by experiments to be capable of representing signals better and making converges faster. For better performance, the AdaBoost algorithm is also combined with SISC classifier. Validated by the fault diagnosis of bearings and compared with other methods, this algorithm has higher accuracy rate and is more robust to load as well as to certain variation of speed.


Input=output (I=O) linearization via state feedback provides a convenient framework for designing controllers for multivariable nonlinear systems. However this approach does not account for parametric uncertainty which may lead to loss of stability and performance degradation. In this paper, a multi-model H2=H∞ approach is utilized to design a robust controller for minimum phase multivariable nonlinear systems that are subject to parametric uncertainty. It is 4rst shown that a state feedback (inner loop) based on nominal parameters introduces nonlinear perturbations to the linear sub-system and results in loss of decoupling. The uncertain system is characterized in a form that provides a framework for robust controller design. Recent results from linear robust control theory are utilized to design an outer-loop controller to account for the parametric uncertainty. This methodology is illustrated via simulation of a regulation problem in a continuous stirred tank reactor. ? 2001 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.


This chapter examines trends in public agricultural spending between 1961 and 2012 and disaggregates that spending into the cocoa and noncocoa sectors. The majority of total spending has gone into the cocoa subsector, while the noncocoa subsector, which includes all the country's food staples, has been neglected. The government's public spending on agriculture has fallen short of 10 percent of its total expenditure in most years since 1961, and in recent times the share has averaged only 2 to 3 percent, which is low even by African standards. The government has also spent relatively little on complementary investments in rural roads and other essential rural infrastructure. Econometric analyses then estimate the impact of public spending on agricultural productivity growth, insights into the marginal returns to public investments in the cocoa and noncocoa subsectors, and by type of public investment. This is followed by a discussion of some of the government's recent attempts to promote noncocoa agricultural growth through several new subsidy and investment programs.


The invention discloses a belt conveyor for stabilized soil, belonging to stabilized soil transportation equipment. The belt conveyor comprises a turnabout drum, a belt conveyor frame, a carrier roller, a belt, a drive drum and a connecting piece, wherein the turnabout drum and the drive drum are respectively positioned at the two ends of the belt conveyor frame; the carrier roller is mounted on the belt conveyor frame; the belt is supported by the turnabout drum, the carrier roller and the drive drum; the belt conveyor frame is divided into multiple sections; adjacent two sections of belt conveyor frame are in foldable movable connection through the connecting piece. By adopting the belt conveyor disclosed by the invention, the space is saved in transportation, and the time for field installation of the belt and the carrier roller is saved; the belt conveyor has the characteristics of compact structure, and is convenient to transport and quick install.


Infinite series involving Riemann's zeta and Dirichlet's lambda tails, and weighted by three harmonic-like elementary symmetric functions are examined. By means of integral representations of zeta tails together with the telescopic approach, twelve general summation theorems are established that express these series as coefficients of the bivariate beta function Beta(u,v). By further expanding Beta(u,v) into Laurent series in u and v, several explicit summation formulae are shown as consequences.


The estimation method for strength of concrete in structures by small size cores is proposed recently. The strength of small size specimen is a little higher than that of the ordinary size core according to earlier experimental results, but it is concluded that the estimation of strength of concrete in structures is possible by small size cores. In this paper, analytical study on the estimation of strength of concrete in structures by small size cores is carried out by visco-elasto-plastic suspension element method. As the result, the strength of small size specimen is higher than that of the ordinary size specimen under ideal condition. On the other hand, the strength of small size specimen tends to decrease under eccentric loading and by using a specimen which has uneven loading surface. Earlier experimental results are compareble with the analytical ones and it is shown that accuracy is required in an experiment using by small size cores.


Odontogenic keratocyst (OKC) is one of the debatable odontogenic lesions. The need for more researches in order to determine the true nature of this lesion was one of the WHO's recommendations in 2016. Stromal reactions to epithelial neoplasms are marked by the appearance of alpha smooth muscle actin (α-SMA) positive myofibroblasts (MFs). Stromal collagen has a vital role in pathogenesis of odontogenic lesions. Objectives: to compare the count of α-SMA positive MFs, collagen quality and packing in OKC, in relation to dentigerous cyst and ameloblastoma. Material and methods: α-SMA immunohistochemically positive MFs count, as well as the fraction of yellow-green fibers to detect the collagen quality and packing using picrosirius red staining with polarized light microscope, were compared in 11 samples of each of ameloblastoma, OKC and dentigerous cyst. Statistical analysis was performed. Results: the average number of MFs were 53.7, 41.9 and 11.3 in ameloblastoma, OKC and dentigerous cysts respectively with statistically significant differences (P-value


The invention relates to an aluminum and aluminum alloy non-chromium passivation method and non-chromium passivation solution. The aluminum and aluminum alloy non-chromium passivation method comprises the step of contacting the surface of the aluminum and aluminum alloy with non-chromium passivation solution, wherein the non-chromium passivation solution comprises the following ingredients: a) titanate; b) zirconate; c) modified organic silicon resin; and d) epoxy resin. The invention further provides the non-chromium passivation solution which can produce an even conversion coating on aluminum and aluminum alloy sediment. The coating has excellent corrosion resistance performance, and time for producing white corrosion product is prolonged. The non-chromium passivation method has low cost, is simple to operate and also has higher environment-friendly values.


Objective:To establish an RP-HPLC method for quantitative determination of Ginkgolides in teas of Ginkgo biloba.Methods:The evaporation light scattering detector(ELSD) were employed.The analytical column was C18 column(4.6 mm× 250 mm,5 μm).The mobile phase was composed of methanol-tetrahydrofuran-water(25:10:65) at a flow rate of 1.0 ml/min.Results:The logarithm value of sample size had a good linear relationship with the logarithm value of peak area when the sample size of ginkgolide A,B,C and bilobalide was 0.485~9.701 μg,0.460~9.204 μg,0.501~11.899 μg,0.935~18.703 μg respectively.The average recovery was 100.45%(RSD=2.79%),98.29%(RSD=2.90%),98.22%(RSD=2.53%),101.32%(RSD=1.81%) respectively.Conclusion:This method is sensitive,repeatable and suitable to determine the content of total Ginkgolides in teas of Ginkgo biloba.


The diagnostic approach to primary amenorrhoea includes a thorough history taking, clinical examination, laboratory testing and imaging technology. This case report describes a young woman who was diagnosed with isolated hypogonadotropic hypogonadism that resulted in delayed secondary sexual development and primary amenorrhoea. The patient had a normal female karyotype and an atrophied uterus. Based on the results of the laboratory tests, which indicated low oestradiol, FSH and LH levels, along with normal levels of other pituitary hormones, the patient was diagnosed with isolated hypogonadotropic hypogonadism. Genetic testing revealed a rare diagnosis of autosomal recessive hypogonadotropic hypogonadism 8 ( KISS1R , NM_032551.4:c.443T>C; p.Leu148Ser). The KISS1R gene encodes the kisspeptin receptor, which regulates the secretion of the gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH). Treatment typically requires hormone therapy, which involves the administration of oestrogen to promote the growth of the uterus and secondary sexual characteristics. Combined contraceptive pills were initiated and repeated pelvis ultrasound after six months revealed a growing uterus.


Two trials were conducted to determine the effects of added copper from copper sulfate or copper chloride on performance of growing-finishing pigs. A total of 2,277 pigs with an initial weight of 71.6 lb were used in a commercial research facility in southwest Minnesota. Adding copper to the diet improved performance during the first two weeks in the finishing barn regardless of copper source or level. The results of these experiments indicate that low levels of copper chloride or copper sulfate (50 to 100 ppm) can be an effective and economical growth promoter when fed for the first two weeks to growing-finishing pigs.


In recent years, cloud computing technology has emerged as a promising solution to many medium and small scale business enterprise. It leverages cost, encourages collaboration, and it is so flexible to use. Despite its attractive features, it still has some challenging issues such as power consumption rate. Although significant efforts have been devoted to optimising power usage through scheduling and virtualisation, it though remains a challenging problem. This paper introduces a new model on how to reduce the power consumption during live virtualisation and schedule based on intelligent mobile agent technology. The simulation results show that the proposed algorithm minimises power consumption used in the data centre at each stage by more than 30% compared to the current state-of-the-art techniques.


These are times when the violent silencing, racialization, criminalization, and erasure of our communities of color and the stripping of rights and freedoms to indigenous groups all over the world, transgender and gay and lesbian communities, and women across multiple intersectionalities, run rampant. With such urgencies brewing and escalating at every second, the role of international and intercultural communication research and praxis seems even more necessary. This journal issue features two important and riveting articles that highlight the intricate operations of power in the current historical-political moment (by Michelle A. Hollings, Dreama G. Moon, and Alexandra Jackson Nevis) as well as the ways in which we as scholars can become more attuned and equipped with tools for identifying and engaging such power moves (by Kate G. Willink, Robert Gutierrez-Perez, Salma Shukri, and Lacey Stein). The operations of power are simultaneously blatant and subtle, shocking and sympathy-inducing, and historically brewing and swift. In order to highlight the connection between these articles and our surrounding sociopolitical context, I invited two key scholars, Ronald L. Jackson II and Keith Nainby, to provide reflections on each of the featured essays. Their thoughtful and powerful reflection essays continue the momentum of the two articles presented in the pages that follow: that is, toward making critical interventions in the often gridlocked (and yet not foreclosed) and ever-present nature of power, oppression, and domination. Journal of International and Intercultural Communication Vol. 7, No. 4, November 2014, p. 259


The African clawed frog Xenopus laevis Daudin, 1802 is a global invader with established non-native populations on at least four continents. While Florida, USA has the largest established non-native herpetofauna in the world, there has been no evidence of X. laevis establishment in the state. Surveys during July 2016 in the Tampa Bay region of west-central Florida revealed an active breeding site of this species in an urban detention pond. The pond (~458 m) is located adjacent to a small tributary of the Alafia River, which receives discharge from the pond. Two historic X. laevis collection locations were sampled but no individuals were detected. An additional 15 detention and retention ponds and 5 stream crossings near the breeding pond were also surveyed but no X. laevis specimens were collected at any location except the one active breeding site. No eggs were found in the breeding pond and early stage tadpoles were rare, but middle and late stage tadpoles, froglets, and juvenile frogs were common. At least 13,000 tadpoles and froglets were removed during four sampling dates. Climate modeling suggests that west-central Florida is not suitable for establishment and is warmer than the native range of X. laevis. However, daytime temperatures in the pond were relatively cool (25–26°C) for summertime in west-central Florida due to shading provided by an extensive tree canopy. We suspect that the availability of relatively cool refuge habitat in shaded streams and temporary pools, augmented by frequent cooling summer rains, strongly influences X. laevis dynamics in the region. The breeding site was unique among surveyed locations due to its combination of ephemeral nature but with adequate hydroperiod for tadpole development and metamorphosis, lack of fishes and low abundance of other potential predators, and heavy shading. Surveys during other seasons, across a broader geographic range, and using multiple sampling gears might detect additional breeding sites or increase the known range of X. laevis in Florida.


Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to assess the vulnerability of communities prone to earthquake hazards in Baluchistan at the community and household levels and identify the determinants accounting for the vulnerability of the communities. Baluchistan is vulnerable to potential seismic risk and has recently suffered huge economic and property losses due to the October 2008 earthquake. Design/methodology/approach – The study is based on household surveys, field observations, key informant interviews and focus-group discussions for the assessment of community vulnerability to earthquakes. Findings – The analysis revealed that the community is vulnerable to earthquake hazards both at the community and household levels. The logistic regression model identified three variables, namely, ownership of residential unit, family size and household income, as the most important factors in influencing community vulnerability to earthquake hazards. Practical implications – The paper may help emergency managers, p...


United Nations Hunger Task Force listed eight goals and conservation of nature and protection of environment is one of them. Different practices involved in use of agrochemicals like mishandling, indiscriminate use, disposal could have adverse health and environmental impact. This experiment was done in eight selected villages of Sonamukhi block in Bankura district of West Bengal with the main objectives of assessing the knowledge and practices regarding agrochemicals stewardship role performed at the end user level i.e. farmers; exploring the farmers perceptions of agrochemical use and its potential adverse effects on health and identifying socioeconomic variables which Original Research Article Gupta et al.; CJAST, 39(8): 23-30, 2020; Article no.CJAST.56346 24 influence this role and perception. Two types of Methodology involved in this study among which participatory types are cross sectional survey, focus group discussions, key informant interviews along with descriptive statistics and Pearson Correlation Analysis. Pesticides which are highly hazardous according to WHO report, are very much in use for different purposes in the study area. All total of 300 farmers were interviewed, among them 20% stored agrochemicals in their homes prior to usage. Eighty percent of the respondents do not use anything to mix the chemicals and they do it bare hand, Unsafe dispose of empty sacs or containers of agrochemicals found in 40% of the respondents and whereas almost 25% of the respondents reused containers/sacks to store materials at homes. A minimal number of them i.e. only 5% of the respondents used sufficient personal protective equipment during application of agrochemicals. Participatory and bottom-up approaches like focus group discussion and key informant interviews divulged that awareness and perception regarding adverse effects of agrochemicals is moderate among the participants. The practice of handling of agrochemicals without proper protection and unsafe disposal of pesticide containers appears to be widely prevalent in the study villages. It was found the though respondent possess moderate knowledge of health and environmental hazard but the implementation of this perceived knowledge is very low. Among the different socioeconomic variables age and size of land holding has negative but significant, whereas education has shown positive and significant correlation with the use of Personal Protective Equipment. A holistic program for increasing awareness for safe management, handling and disposal of pesticides among both users and agricultural input dealers is required to address this important health and environmental problem.


The specific heat of high‐purity Acheson graphite prepared by the National Carbon Company has been measured from 13° to 300°K. In the region 13° to 54°K the Cp data follows a T2 dependence quite accurately in agreement with previous experimental work and recent theoretical investigations of specific heat in strongly anisotropic solids.On the basis of some recent studies for other highly anisotropic solids, it is suggested that the specific heat of graphite will eventually follow a T3 dependence at still lower temperatures.The derived thermodynamic functions, entropy, enthalpy, and free energy, have been determined by graphical integration and tabulated at integral values of temperature up to 300°K. The entropy of graphite at 298.16°K is 1.372±0.005 cal/g‐atom deg, of which 0.004 is extrapolated from 13° to 0°K assuming the third law and the T2 dependence.


The one-dimensional Ising model with nearest neighbor interactions is the only Ising type system for which one can do an exact, simple renormalization group calculation. Of course, this model is not of a great deal of interest since it has no phase transition. Nonetheless, it is a good place to start. For reasons that will be apparent in a moment, we use a chain which runs from −N to N with N equal to a power of 2, namely 2. The partition function is


We discuss the dynamics of an analytic group when a female member spoke about her three-year-old child suffering from a malignant disease. The group was slow-open and consisted of six members and the female therapist (the first author). The group held sessions one and a half hours a week for approximately five years. The therapist conducted the group in accordance with the theoretical background of Foulkes. During the period described in this article (10 months), the group went through hard times; they moved from an initial fear of disintegration to gradual recovery by working through the previous separation anxiety of individual members and of the group as a whole. We believe that the threatening loss (i.e., facing the fear of death) led to more profound interactions. In our opinion, the well-developed coherency very much contributed to the gradual recovery.


William Le Baron Jenney and the Home Insurance Building have been given a pivotal position in many of the early histories of modern architecture, a reputation that has been consistently embroiled in controversy during the building9s 100-year history. The context of the Home Insurance Building in Chicago9s commercial building milieu immediately prior to Jenney9s design of 1884 reveals that tall buildings constructed before the Home Insurance Building were called skyscrapers. Many of these earlier buildings, in fact, were even taller than the final height of the Home Insurance Building. A technical analysis of Jenney9s final structural design reveals that it was neither conceived nor detailed as a rigid, independent iron frame. A recently discovered article on the potential of iron framing published by Chicago architect Frederick Baumann in March 1884, before Jenney even started designing the Home Insurance Building, not only disputes Jenney9s reputation as the "father of the iron skeleton frame," but also exposes the antiquated nature of Jenney9s actual structure and detailing.


0.0001). ALI and liver failure7 occurred in 8.2% and 4.5% of patients, respectively; 1.4% died. ALI (16.7% versus 8.0%; P 0.0001), liver failure (11.4% versus 4.4%; P 0.0001), and death (3.0% versus 1.4%; P 0.01), but not transplantation (0.13% versus 0.08%; P 0.68), were more common in HCV patients. The risk of ALI was higher in HCV patients with intentional (12.2% versus 6.4%) and unintentional (29.6% versus 18.4%; P 0.005) overdoses. In multivariate analysis, HCV remained a significant predictor of ALI (OR, 1.42; 95% CI, 1.12-1.79; Fig. 1) and liver failure (OR, 1.60; 95% CI, 1.22-2.10) but not mortality. Sensitivity analyses excluding patients with acute HCV (OR for ALI, 1.52; 95% CI, 1.15-2.00) and cirrhosis revealed similar results. Unintentional AOs (OR, 2.94; 95% CI, 2.69-3.21), alcohol abuse (OR, 1.10; 95% CI, 1.00-1.20), and African American (versus whites: OR, 0.72; 95% CI, 0.62-0.0.84) and Hispanic race (OR, 0.53; 95% CI, 0.44-0.64) were also associated with hepatotoxicity. In summary, our reanalysis supports Nguyen and colleagues' findings1 of an increased risk of acetaminophen-related hepatotoxicity in patients with HCV, although the magnitude of this risk was attenuated. We confirmed observations that AO-related ALI is more common in patients with unintentional overdoses and alcohol abuse.4,10-12 These findings may have substantial public health importance because rates of unintentional AO are rising10,13 It emphasizes the necessity of clear package labeling of acetaminophen content and perhaps reductions in the maximum daily dosage recommended in at-risk populations.2 If this is confirmed, studies exploring the mechanisms behind the racial differences that we observed may help explain heterogeneity in AO outcomes.


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In this research, a new mode of dispersive liquid–liquid microextraction based on a double-solvent system (DLLME-DSS) was developed for the extraction and preconcentration of organophosphorus pesticides (OPPs) in the blood of children with acute leukaemia prior to determination by high-performance liquid chromatography-ultraviolet detection (HPLC-UV). In the present method, two long normal chain alcohols are mixed in a particular ratio, and then injected into the sample solution, which is magnetically stirred. In this case, the mixture of the two alcohols changes to a new aggregate extractant. This new double-solvent is used as an extractant, which has a higher extraction power than any of its components alone. Under the optimum conditions, the calibration graph was linear in the rage of 3–600 μg L−1 with detection limits of 1 to 2 μg L−1. Relative standard deviations (RSDs) including intra-day and inter-day of the method based on 7 replicate determinations of 100.0 μg L−1 for each analyte were in the range of 2.9–4.7% and 3.8–6.1%, respectively. The results proved that DLLME-DSS is a sensitive, very simple, inexpensive, environmentally friendly, rapid and efficient method for the preconcentration of trace amounts of OPPs in blood samples.


SUMMARY.— One hundred and two cases of pachyonychia with onycholysis were studied both histologically and histochemically on transverse sections of the extremities of the nail.


An editor, Software engineering tool or collection of Such tools may be configured to encode (or employ an encoding of) an insertion point representation that identifies both a particular token of a token-oriented representation and a character offset thereinto. Efficient implementations of insert, remove and replace operations that employ Such a representation are described herein. Computational costs of Such operations typically Scale at Worst with the Size of fragments inserted into and/or removed from Such a token oriented representation, rather than with buffer size. Accord ingly, Such implementations are particularly well-Suited to providing efficient Support for programming tool environ ments in which a token Stream is updated incrementally in correspondence with user edits.


The development of a flat-type vibratory gyroscope is expected in the near future. The new vibratory gyroscope using only a single resonance mode, which is entirely different from the conventional construction, is proposed here as such a structure. The characteristic of this type of vibratory gyroscope is that the mass is added asymmetrically to the top of the arm of a 2-arm-type tuning fork. The amplitude of the driving mode is increased or decreased by the Coriolis force that occurs in the mass part. This structure is used as an angular rate sensor by detecting the change of amplitude. The resonance frequency and displacement are analyzed by the finite-element method. Moreover, the influence on the resonance frequency by clamping the base end for support is also calculated, and the base form which is not affected by clamping, is clarified. Furthermore, it is investigated experimentally that this vibratory gyroscope acts as an angular rate sensor.


In order to improve the mechanical stability, the coupled splitring (also spirals) resonators, loaded either with drift tubes or RF Quadrupoles, are integrated together through conducting bars. Investigations on 1/2 and full scale models (50 cm in tank diameter) show considerable improvement on the overall rigidity of the structure while keeping the RF efficiency high. The operating frequency can be greatly reduced by the integration to 24 and 14 MHz for loading with drift tubes and RFQ respectively. The integration also flattens the accelerating voltage distribution and enhances the mode separation and thus facilitates the assembling and commissioning of the accelerating structure. An equivalent circuit of the integral splitring, which agrees well with the experiments, has been developed.


The present invention discloses a system and method for two-stage power conversion system protection. A system and method for protecting a power conversion system. A system comprising two protection controller assembly and the drive assembly. Two protective component is configured to detect the output power of the power conversion system and generates a protection signal based on at least information associated with the output power of a power conversion system. The drive assembly is configured based on at least information associated with the protection signal and generating a drive signal of the drive signal to the switch associated with the primary circuit of the primary winding flows through the switch and a power conversion system. The drive assembly is further configured to: generate a first switch driving signal corresponding to the frequency to generate a first output power equal to the power threshold, and generates a second driving signal corresponding to the switching frequency to generate a second output power is equal to the threshold value power.


Due to the focus on solving the issues concerning agriculture, rural areas and peasantry, the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China proposed a rural revitalization strategy. In this era, new-type professional farmers came into being. They helped the development of agriculture and accelerated the process of rural revitalization. However, there are still some obvious problems which urgently need to take corresponding improvement measures in the cultivation and development of new-type professional farmers. To solve these problems, it is required to set a premium on basic education in rural areas and promote advanced technology; cultivate correct professional values and improve the social status of farmers; adhere to the training model that combines theory with practice and enrich teaching methods; pay attention to the targeted training of talents at different levels and form reasonable teaching structures; coordinate agricultural development planning and develop regional characteristic agriculture.


The southeast of Tibet covers Linzhi and Changdu districts. The paper analyzes the advantage and disadvantage of eco-tourist product development in this area, and presents developmental content related to plateau sightseeing, folk custom tour, natural forest and lake tour, spa vacation, gorge adventure, floating tour, etc.


For the damaged structure repaired with bonded composite patches,based on the TOM theory,an improved Rose L R F theoretical solution is proposed,in which the shear effect among the skin thickness is considered. The assumption of linear shear stress distributions through the thickness of the skin is adopted in the analysis.The analytical results showed good agreements with the FEM result,which verifies the validity of the proposed analytical model. The effects of the skin thickness on the adhesive shear distributions are presented. It is shown that the improved solutions are more close to numerical results than Rose L R F solution when the thickness of the skin is relatively thin( i.e.,the ratio of the thickness to the length is less than 0. 1).


The definition and explanation to plant compensation and over_compensation are summarized and reviewed. According to the study of predecessors research on water deficit compensation and over_compensation effect, this paper studies the ecological mechanism from the difference between ideal ecological niche and real ecological niche, meanwhile it explores its physiological mechanism from several aspects such as the adaptation to water stress, photosynthesis, nitrogen metabolism, internal hormone and variation of the center of assimilation product etc, the essence of compensation and over_compensation is explained using the growth tediousness theory. Furthermore, the relationship between water deficit compensation effect and the agriculture is elaborated, the development direction and prospect on water saving and water concentrating agriculture are forecasted.


Sierolomorpha sogdiana Lelej & Mokrousov, spec. nov. is described and illustrated from Central Asia (Uzbekistan). A key to the Palaearctic species of Sierolomorpha and a World catalogue of the family Sierolomorphidae (13 species in three genera) are given.


This study examines the corporate social responsibility (CSR) disclosure of Indian firms in the wake of the Companies Act, 2013. The annual reports of SENSEX companies for 2016–2017 were scanned to observe the dominant field of CSR reporting related to 'community development', 'environmental activities', 'human resources', 'products & customer relations' and 'fair business practices'. Analysis of annual reports reveals that 'fair business practices' received most attention followed by 'community development' and 'environmental activities'. Likewise, the most reported items have been 'education', 'health' and 'energy conservation'. The results show that the CSR disclosure is pronouncedly communicated by 'mining and mineral' companies followed by 'power sector' companies.


of Abgar of Edessa, and with it Gregoire's attempt to date the first version of the poem before 944 (pp. xxxv, lxxviii); he thinks that the poem was written more likely in the middle years of the eleventh century (p. lxxxiv). He is at least sceptical about Gregoire's geographical identification of the epic background (p. lxxix). These points cannot be discussed at length here. M. himself (p. xxix) notes a similar instance of lack of contemporary evidence for ballads underlying an English epic. As for the historical Diogenes, Gregoire's comparison of him with the historical 'Hruodlandus Brittanici limitis praefectus' (Roland) is to me convincing, and M. is wrong in rejecting it, as he is in translating Aioyhry; 6 TWV avaxoXiKwv Tovp/tdpx>]£ <dvfjp> iKavog as 'a good regimental officer' (p. lxxi): the phrase means 'the capable lieutenantgovernor of the Anatolic province', a very different matter. As we know, Cappadocia was until the third quarter of the ninth century a turma (county) of the Anatolic province (Takt. Usp. in Byz--Neugr. Jhrb. 5, 1926-27, 140, no. 111); and, sure enough, at Dig. Akr., p. 18, 11. 265-6, the uncles of Digenes, who hailed from Cappadocia, declare that they come from-the Anatolic province. Of this Cappadocian turma the historical Diogenes may have been, and very probably was, the efficient turmarch in 788. The name dtysvrjs is (pace M.) exactly the sort of aetiological form which a tenthor eleventh-century pedant would have created out of Ai[o]yevt]g; and the latter survives as Giannes in some of the ballads themselves. Again, it is not easy to reject parts only of Gregoire's closely reasoned hypothesis without getting into difficulties. Gregoire has shown pretty clearly that the locale of the ballads on which he thinks the tenth-century epic was based was Commagene (Lykandos); M., rejecting the ballad intermediary, has to place the author of the Digeneid himself in this area (pp. xxxv, lxxix): a far less probable hypothesis, if we consider his literary and cultural affinities with the capital. I do not myself feel that M. is right in rejecting the identification of Naaman's towel with Abgar's (cf. Luke iv. 27); but on the other hand, to accept the identification is not necessarily to see in it a piece of decisive chronological evidence, as Gregoire and Kyriakides do: an author so well up in his chronicles could easily make the adjustment of supposing the relic still at Edessa many years after its historical removal (944). But whether M.'s conjectural date for the epic's composition, 1042-54 (p. lxxxiv), can be upheld, is not clear. It seems to me that there are many other factors to be considered before any final conclusion about this can be reached: notably, Dig. Akr. p. 116, 1. 706, vofiia^iara -naXala, which could yield important chronological evidence after consultation with Anna Comnena (III, 10, 4) and Professor Grierson; as could pp. 220-3, after consultation with Professor Kitzinger.


I would like to thank Joseph Sanders for his careful editorial assistance and Bette Sikes for her expert editorial work. 1 As Merry (p. 110) and Conley and O'Barr (p. 2) note, the term "discourse" has been used in different ways by different disciplinary traditions. Social theorists, anthropologists, and linguists use the term to refer to both spoken and written language and speak of "types" of discourse that vary in their structure. Thus discourses are stretches of language that can be viewed as structured or coherent; often analysts also examine the ways in which some stretches of language differ in principled ways from other kinds of language. Some discourse analysts from these traditions also pay particular attention to speech context. As Merry (p. 9) notes, a growing number of scholars, from Michel Foucault to Martha Fineman, have been concerned with understanding the social constitution and contexts of discourses. This kind of approach views discourses as always ideologically laden, as embedded in power relations in nonrandom ways. From this vantage, then, kinds of "talk" are kinds of discourse. However, to the extent that we embrace Merry's somewhat Foucauldian vision of "discourses," discourse analysis would involve in-depth study of the social context of speech. It would be possible to analyze kinds of talk in terms of linguistic differences without much attention to the relevant communities and social history, but this would not be "discourse" analysis in Merry's sense. (It would, however, meet the definition of "discourse" analysis used by Conley and O'Barr-and by most linguists.) While at several points in this essay I use the distinction between "talk" and "discourse" to signal this kind of difference in approach, it is not my intent to assert any canonical usage of the terms. (Indeed, my own practice in general is to use the term "discourse" broadly.) Here the distinction is meant to signal a difference between Conley and O'Barr's more in-depth treatment of the language itself, as opposed to Merry's more in-depth analysis of the social/economic/political contexts of the language she studied.


The acrylate emulsion for waterborne coatings was synthesized by semi-continuous method with the functional monomer monobutyl itaconate(MBI).The influences of the amount of the functional monomer on the properties of acrylate emulsions were discussed.The results indicated that compared with the acrylate emulsion which was prepared with functional monomer AA,the one prepared with MBI had better polymerization stability and chemical durability,and the particles had regular spheric structure.The emulsion prepared with 4% of MBI had excellent water resistance and lowest viscosity.


Abstract : In order to examine the effects of such demographic characteristics as sex, age, education, occupational, company and job tenure and management level on job satisfaction, the responses of 1139 exempt employees in six companies to 28 satisfaction scales were factor analyzed. In comparing the factor structures for the various demographic groupings, patterns of scale loadings across groupings were emphasized. It was expected that some factors would be common for all demographic groupings of employees, while other factors would vary in their patterns of scale loadings. The resulting factor structures showed that factors related to compensation and personal progress and development work aspects had very similar scale loadings for all groupings of employees. However, the two remaining factors that dealt with superior-subordinate interactions and the context of the organization were perceived differently among the demographic groupings. Thus the conclusion of the study was that demographic characteristics reflected a difference in the perception of organizational-related variables but not in the perception of individual-related variables for job satisfaction. (Author)


This Essay/Book Review examines the Matthew Shardlake series by C.J. Sansom. In particular, it examines the question of whether the sixteenth-century fictional lawyer Shardlake can serve as a role model for twenty-first-century lawyers, both in terms of his ethics and his professionalism. An examination of the Shardlake series as a whole yields some uncertain answers, both as to Shardlake and as to what it means to be an ethical and professional lawyer. This is ultimately part of what makes the series so enjoyable for lawyers.


A summarization on the quality control process and on the measures in prefabricating of large cylindrical structure of Lanshan Port, as well as the experience of the construction are presented in the paper.


We present a theory of time- and energy-resolved photoluminescence (PL) from semiconductors excited by femtosecond laser pulses. Our approach combines quantum kinetics of hot-carrier relaxation and quantum theory of spontaneous emission under consistent inclusion of Coulomb interaction. Model calculations show the transition from PL at the pump frequency via subsequent phonon replicas until the build-up of excitonic PL. We predict hot luminescence to be a sensitive measure of electron-LO-phonon quantum kinetics and bottleneck effects.


Macroscopically chiral nanospheres and nanotubes composed of helical copolymers are described on page 238 by F. Freire, R. Riguera, and co-workers. The presence of a donor co-solvent either activates or deactivates cation-π supramolecular interactions on the chiral monomers of the copolymer, generating either P or M helical senses in the nanostructure through the 'Sergeants and Soldiers' effect.


presence of this anomaly, 'a duplicated portal vein', may be useful. It is unnecessary for the simple duplicated portal vein to be treated. However, the diagnosis must be differentiated from an intrahepatic portosystemic shunt, an aneurysm of the portal vein and an intrahepatic arteriovenous fistula that may cause severe complications. The intrahepatic portosystemic shunt connects the portal with the hepatic vein. Its location and blood flow signal pattern are quite different from the duplicated portal vein. An aneurysm of the portal vein appears as a cystic-like or shuttle-like protuberance in certain parts of the portal vein. For the ultrasound diagnosis of intrahepatic arteriovenous fistula, the spectral waveform analysis is very useful. In conclusion, although duplicated portal vein is extremely rare, it is important to detect this kind of anomaly in screening for other intrahepatic vascular abnormalities.


Many of the systems in various signal processing applications are nonlinear due to, for example, hardware impairments, such as nonlinear amplifiers and finite-resolution quantization. The Bussgang decomposition is a popular tool used when analyzing the performance of systems that involve such nonlinear components. In a nutshell, the decomposition provides an exact probabilistic relationship between the output and the input of a nonlinearity: the output is equal to a scaled version of the input plus uncorrelated distortion. The decomposition can be used to compute either exact performance results or lower bounds, where the uncorrelated distortion is treated as independent noise. This lecture note explains the basic theory, provides key examples, extends the theory to complex-valued vector signals, and clarifies some potential misconceptions.


Objectives: To determine the number of lymph node in prostatic anterior fat pad (PAFP) and the incidence of metastasis in lymph nodes dissected during robotic-assisted radical prostatectomy (RARP). Methods: From May 2011 to November 2015, PAFP were removed in 146 patients who underwent RARP and sent for pathological analysis to determine the number of lymph nodes and incidence of metastasis to the lymph nodes. Another 48 patients without PAFP removal were enrolled as the control group. Operative features including operative time, estimated blood loss, post-operative hospital stay, and the incidence of complications were compared between the two groups. Results: Lymph nodes within PAFP were detected in 14/146 (9.6%) patients, with metastatic lymph nodes in 2/146 (1.3%) patients. The patients with metastatic lymph nodes in the PAFP had no obturator lymph node involvement. There were no significant differences in operative features between the two groups. Conclusions: Our findings demonstrated that PAFP contain lymph nodes, and that the incidence rate of lymph node metastasis was high. There was no increase in the surgical risk when removing PAFP, and therefore we suggest that PAFP be routinely removed during RARP and then analyzed pathologically to allow for precise lymph node staging.


morphokinetics as a predictor of embryo implantation. Hum Reprod 2011; 26:2658–2671. Meseguer M, Rubio I, Cruz M, Basile N, Marcos J, Requena A. Embryo incubation and selection in a time-lapse monitoring system improves pregnancyoutcome compared with a standard incubator: a retrospective cohort study. Fertil Steril 2012; 98:1481–1489. Ottosen LD, Hindkjaer J, Ingerslev J. Light exposure of the ovum and preimplantation embryo during ART procedures. J Assist Reprod Genet 2007;24:99–103. Rubio I, Kuhlmann R, Agerholm I, Kirk J, Herrero J, Escribá MJ, Bellver J, Meseguer M. Limited implantation success of direct-cleaved human zygotes: a time-lapse study. Fertil Steril 2012;98:1458–1463. Rubio I, Galan A, Larreategui Z, Ayerdi F, Bellver J, Herrero J, Meseguer M. Clinical validation of embryo culture and selection by morphokinetic analysis: a randomized controlled trial by time-lapse imaging. Fertil Steril 2014. doi:10.1016/ j.fertnstert.2014.07.738. Ubaldi F, Anniballo R, Romano S, Baroni E, Albricci L, Colamaria S, Capalbo A, Sapienza F, Vajta G, Rienzi L. Cumulative ongoing pregnancy rate achieved with oocyte vitrification and cleavage stage transfer without embryo selection in a standard infertility program. Hum Reprod 2010;25:1199–1205.


Poultry egg and meat production continue to be optimized for productivity and efficiency. However, genetic selection focusing on production efficiency has overlooked other aspects critical to bird wellbeing, such as skeletal development. As a result, modern birds are more prone to leg weakness, osteoporosis, and, subsequently, fractures. Dietary omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid (n-3 PUFA) enrichment has been proposed to benefit bone development, quality, and strength. However, there is a lack of conclusive and quantitative results across studies. Therefore, a meta-analysis approach was used to evaluate published studies to determine the effects of dietary n-3 PUFA enrichment on bone quality in laying- and meat-type birds. Publications were retrieved from multiple sources (databases and hand searching), and ten studies were selected for inclusion in the final dataset. A model to predict tibial bone ash content (BAC) was developed in Proc MIXED of SAS, treating the study as a random effect. The dietary concentration of n-3 PUFA, n-3 PUFA:n-6 PUFA ratio, calcium (Ca), phosphorus and feeding duration (days) were used as independent variables to predict BAC. The final model included the dietary n-6:n-3 FA ratio and the calcium concentration in the diet. The final model was selected based on the corrected Akaike Information Criteria, the root mean square prediction error (0.999) and its components, and the concordance correlation coefficient (CCC) (0.99). In laying-type birds, BAC was reduced by n-3 PUFA (p = 0.001) but was increased by Ca (p = 0.014). In contrast, in broiler chickens, BAC was increased by n-3 PUFA (p = 0.001) and decreased by Ca (p = 0.014). The influence of n-3 PUFA:n-6 PUFA ratio on tibia BAC in laying-type birds was not statistically significant (p = 0.505), whereas in meat-type birds, the influence of PUFA ratio was significant (p < 0.05). These results may indicate a low biological significance in laying-type birds but not in meat-type birds.


In many such mixture-process variable experiments, constraints such as cost or time prohibit the selection of treatments completely at random. This leads to a split-plot structure of the data and affects both the experimental design and the statistical modelling. The constraints of the mixture component affect the experimental region. The experimental region could be a regular or irregular shape. For the irregular shape, the design points are difficult to identify by hand. XVERT algorithm is one algorithm in mixture experiments to define the design points of mixture experiment. An algorithm used for selecting a subset of extreme vertices when the number of candidate vertices is large. This research a new split-plot designs of mixture experiments with process variables was developed. The study case was on cementitious mixture components for steelslag concrete. The five mixture components were cement, aggregate fine, aggregate coarse, percentage steel slag replaced the aggregate fine and water. The process variable was size of steel slag. The steel slag concrete experiment was run using a split plot mixture process variable design with 23 whole plots of three observations. The final design consisted of {8 7 8} and experiment design with 69 observations.


SIMULATION ANALYSIS OF ANTI-ROLLOVER MECHANISM FOR VEHICLES by Mohib L. Raid Rollover accidents are considered the most significant safety problems for all classes of light vehicles, especially pickups, Sport Utility Vehicles (SUV), Light Truck Vehicle (LTV) and vans. The main objective of the research is the design of a new mechanism able to keep the vehicle stable under various road conditions and high speeds, to prevent the vehicle from rolling over and to maintain the stability for the vehicle by creating an anti-rolling torque on the vehicle body capable of turning the vehicle smoothly to stable position. SIMULATION ANALYSIS OF ANTI-ROLLOVER MECHANISM FOR VEHICLES


The petroleum systems of two adjacent Miocene intraslope minibasins in the northern deep-water Gulf of Mexico are modeled to investigate why one of them produces primarily gas but the other produces oil. Specifically, the Mensa field produces gas from a faulted four-way closure that overlies a turtle structure, whereas the adjacent Thunder Horse field produces from a turtle structure with four-way structural closure. To resolve this issue, a three-dimensional petroleum-system model was constructed, whose results indicate that the Lower Cretaceous source interval, comprising type II kerogen, matured significantly earlier in the Mensa basin; the oil window was reached between 11.4 and 9.0 Ma, and the thermogenic gaswindowwas reached between 6.2 and 0.0Ma. By contrast, within the Thunder Horse basin, the source interval reached the oil window by 10.75 to 9.4Ma and largely remains in the oilwindow. TheThunderHorse trap had formed by 13.05Ma, which was before the end of the oil window. The Mensa trap (9.0-8.2Ma) was not in placewhen the source rock passed though the oil window. The primary control on the timing ofmaturation and charge is related to the original thickness of allochthonous salt that created the accommodation for the thick Miocene deep-water sediments. Originally, the Mensa minibasin contained thicker Cretaceous allochthonous salt than the Thunder Horse minibasin. Consequently, as the salt was loaded with sediment and completely evacuated, the turtle structure (trap) formed earlierin Thunder Horse field than in Mensa. By contrast, the source rocks matured earlier in Mensa, prior to the deposition of reservoir sands and the formation of the trap. The results indicate that turtle structures with similar appearances can have subtle differences in the timing of their petroleum systems, which ultimately control whether the feature is charged and with what fluid. These features must be modeled carefully in evaluating their exploration potential. Copyright © 2017 The American Association of Petroleum Geologists. All rights reserved.


English Final Semester Assessment for Sixth Grade MI NU Tasywiquth Thullab Salafiyyah (TBS) Kudus Year 1441–2 AH. / 2020–1 CE


Molecular imprinting polymer has the advantages of simple preparation,structural stability,strong identification,quick absorption rates and high absorption capacity. Therefore,it has been widely used in the biological separation,chemical analysis,drug purification and sensors and so on. The preparation principle of molecular imprinting technology is briefly introduced. The latest progress of molecular imprinting polymer is focused on. At last,the development trend of the molecular imprinting polymer is prospected.


The structure of Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) is
an interconnected network of discrete components that record and
count the votes of voters. The EVM system consists of four main
subsystems which are Mother board of computer, Voting keys,
Database storage system, power supply (AC and DC) along with
various conditions of functioning as well as deficiency. The
deficiency or failure of system is due to its components
(hardware), software and human mismanagement. It is essential
to reduce complexity of interconnected components and increase
system reliability. Reliability analysis helps to identify technical
situations that may affect the system and to predict the life of the
system in future. The aim of this research paper is to analyze the
reliability parameters of an EVM system using one of the
approaches of computational intelligence, the neural network
(NN). The probabilistic equations of system states and other
reliability parameters are established for the proposed EVM
model using neural network approach. It is useful for predicting
various reliability parameters and improves the accuracy and
consistency of parameters. To guarantee the reliability of the
system, Back Propagation Neural Network (BPNN) architecture
is used to learn a mechanism that can update the weights which
produce optimal parameters values. Numerical examples are
considered to authenticate the results of reliability, unreliability
and profit function. To minimize the error and optimize the output
in the form of reliability using gradient descent method, authors
iterate repeatedly till the precision of 0.0001 error using MATLAB
code. These parameters are of immense help in real time
applications of Electronic Voting Machine during elections.


In this paper the authors present a systematic numerical method to analyze multilayered linear chiral waveguides. The Maxwell's equations are solved inside each layer and the transversal fields at the top and bottom of the whole layered medium are then related. This relation, together with the use of the proper transversal impedance matrices, makes it possible to obtain the dispersion relation of the waveguide. Since this technique is mainly numerical, the whole procedure is practically independent of both the number of layer and linear properties of the materials. In addition to the proper modes, the authors also show the behavior of the improper leaky modes of different chiral waveguides. In all the analyzed cases and for the considered ranges, the authors have found that the presence of chiral material does not substantially change the qualitative behavior of the dispersion relation, although it offers another parameter to control the propagation characteristics of the waveguide.


A rare case is presented: a lethal hereditary abnormality with autosomal recessive inheritance of restrictive dermatopathy, diagnosed in a preterm (week 29—30) girl, weighing 1140 g, with body length of 39 cm. The pathological complex included developmental abnormalities of the skin and its appendages, bone system, and polyorgan failure. The lethal outcome ensued on day 57 of life from bronchopulmonary dysplasia, aggravated by bilateral congenital polysegmented pneumonia in the presence of multiple lung atelectases and polyorgan (cardiovascular, cerebral) failure. Relevant publications (17 sources) are discussed and illustrations presented.


A comprehensive study was conducted with the objectives of evaluation of noise exposure in the workplace of bus drivers, and to find attitudes of passengers and drivers. This study consisted of two phases. In the first phase, Noise levels were measured in fifty buses. The evaluation of noise levels in the workplace of bus drivers was performed according to the Iranian legislation`s. Twenty four buses with noise levels above 85 dB (A) consider as an "unsafe" workplace. In the second phase, the attitude of 50 male drivers and 500 passengers concerning the annoyance and impact of noise on health were also surveyed. Second phase showed that 70% of drivers and 86.4% of passengers was nervousness from high level noise inside the buses. Eighty four percent drivers and 80% passengers felt noise had affected on their hearing. This study also affirmed that out of every seven drivers, six reported headache.


It is shown that the x-ray Debye-Waller factor of a coherent, parallel, monochromatic phonon beam does not depend on the scattering vector (2 sinθ/λ). These results are used to interpret some earlier experimental observations on the attenuation of anomalous transmission of x rays due to acoustoelectrically amplified phonon beams


THE undernoted rotifers were obtained from moss kindlY sent to me by Mr. N. D. F. Pearce, of Cambridge, England, in the early summer of 1906. The nmoss was sent from British Guiana. The locality from which it camne was unknown, but it was somewhere in the interior. A portion of the moss was still moist, but most of it had been dried. The majority of the species were got from the dried moss. As is usual when dried moss is examined after a lapse of some time, most of the -lotifers found belonged to the order Bdelloida. Of this order 13 species were distinguished; 11 of the species were already known, most of them being common and widely distributed


The TECRA Salmonella Enzyme Immunoassay was compared with a conventional culture method for the detection of salmonella in naturally contaminated foods and animal feeds. Rappaport Vassiliadis enrichment prior to ELISA and photometric reading of the results gave 95% agreement with the conventional method. Presumptive positive results can be reported within 48 h.


A speaker-independent variable-word keyword spotting system including a garbage modeling unit using decision tree-based state clustering and a method thereof are provided to replace a garbage modeling unit of an existing keyword spotting system with a garbage model unit having a superior function for removing a garbage part and a background noise part, thereby easily improving performance of the keyword spotting system. A pre-processor(100) detects an inputted voice section and extracts characteristics of the detected voice. A variable-word keyword recognizing system(200) uses the voice characteristics from the pre-processor and detects a keyword through a keyword model unit(240), a garbage model unit(260) and a tying model unit(265). The garbage modeling unit is a garbage modeling unit using decision tree-based state clustering using both inter-phoneme acoustic information and statistical information.


How to practise a kind of exact algorithm for obtaining the characteristic polynomial of a 0-1 matrix, particularly a Hucker matrix, is presented in this paper.


. Stainless steel thin foils have unlimited applications in the field of microforming industries, making them attractive for use in industrial society. The problem hindering their use is the different mechanical properties that exist between thick and ultra-thin metals with the same plastic deformation characteristics. In this study, we compared the martensitic phase transformation (MPT) effect in SUS 304 and SUS 316, which was clarified in samples of the same grain size (Dg). The correlation between the MPT, grain misorientation (GM), and surface roughening behavior of SUS 304 and 316 thin metal foils was investigated using a uniaxial tensile test, which was repeated five times, with constant strain increments of 1.5%. Phase transformations such as MPT and GM were investigated using scanning electron microscopy/electron backscattered diffraction (SEM-EBSD). The results show that surface roughening increased proportionally in both the SUS 304 and SUS 316 thin foils with a coarse grain size (Dg of 9.0 µm). Surface roughening increased to a greater extent in the coarse-grained SUS 304 and 316 thin metal foils compared with the fine-grained (Dg 1.5 µm) samples. The SEM-EBSD results show that the grain strength of the coarse-grained SUS 316 thin metal foil was less inhomogeneous than that of the coarse-grained SUS 304 thin metal foil. The surface roughness ratio of the coarse-grained SUS 304 was higher than that of the coarse-grained SUS 316. The inhomogeneous grain strength of the fine-grained SUS 304 was similar to that of the fine-grained SUS 316. The surface roughness ratio of the fine-grained SUS 304 was similar to that of the fine-grained SUS 316. The MPT demonstrated a huge effect on the surface roughening behavior of the SUS 304 and SUS 316 samples with different Dg.


The factors that determine the importance of clusters are considered not only as one of the means of achieving a competitive advantage by small and medium-sized enterprises through clustering, but also as a link that allows you to focus on the problems of resource efficiency and the establishment of circular value chains. Attention is focused on the need to solve key tasks to accelerate the transition to climate neutrality.


Previously treated as members of the family Issidae and currently without clear status, four genera are transferred to the family Nogodinidae: genus Paralusanda Synave, 1956 is transferred to the tribe Mithymnini Fennah, genera Chondroptera Bergroth, 1910 and Neolollius Muir, 1921 – to the tribe Tongini Kirkaldy, and genus Paramangola Synave, 1956 – to the tribe Epacriini Fennah. Male and female genitalia of Paralusanda sinuatipennis Synave, 1956 and fore and hind wings of Paramangola schmitti Synave, 1956 are illustrated for the first time. Notes on ecology of P. sinuatipennis are made.


E have reported previously the results of studies of impaired salivary N gland function on dental caries in the Syrian hamster.' In these early investigations the limitation of function was produced by the bilateral removal of submaxillary and sublingual glands and the ligation and severing of both parotid ducts. Subsequent to the operation, the animals developed minimal to severe dental caries depending upon the nature of the postoperative diet. In almost every instance a characteristic caries pattern was seen with the first molar showing the greatest various involvement and the third molar the least. This procedure gave us valuable information concerning the collective importance of the major salivary glands in influencing tooth decay. It did not, however, permit observation as to the relationship of the individual glands to dental caries susceptibility. In the study herein reported, hamsters were placed on cariogenic diets after either the submaxillary and sublingual glands were removed or the parotid ducts were ligated. It was hoped that this procedure would clarify the roles of the parotid and the submaxillarysublingual glands in caries etiology.


Objective
To investigate the self-efficacy and postoperative ambulation in patients with gastric cancer, and analyze the effects of self-efficacy on postoperative ambulation.

Methods
A total of 101 patients with gastric cancer undergoing surgery in the oncological surgery of Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital of Kunshan Affiliated to Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine from October 2014 to October 2016 were included using convenient sampling method. Normal data, self-efficacy and postoperative ambulation of patients were surveyed. The current status of postoperative ambulation and the effects of self-efficacy on postoperative ambulation were analyzed.

Results
The total score of postoperative self-management efficacy in patients with gastric cancer at 120 h post operation was (72.34±7.26) with a medium level; the score of positive attitude dimension was (38.52±4.09) , the score of self-decompression dimension was (26.32±5.16) , and the score of self-decision dimension was (8.46±3.87) . At 72 h post operation, the ambulation level was low with a score of (5.32±1.48) , while for 120 h post operation, the ambulation was at a medium level with a score of (10.08±1.76) . The postoperative ambulation positively correlated to the score of self-efficacy (r= 0.85, P<0.05) .

Conclusions
Self-efficacy is an influence factor of postoperative ambulation in patients with gastric cancer. It is possible to investigate the methods of improving self-efficacy of patients so as to increase postoperative ambulation of patients with gastric cancer.

Key words:
Stomach neoplasms; Surgery; Self-efficacy; Ambulation


E2VENT is an EU project aiming to develop cost effective, high energy efficient, low CO2 emissions, replicable, low-intrusive, systemic approach for retrofitting of residential and commercial buildings, able to achieve remarkable energy savings, through the integration of an innovative adaptive ventilated façade system. E2VENT will be designed for an optimal and adaptable refurbishment of existing buildings.


The logistics industry environment is continuously changes with intense competition and demanding customers. Hence, appropriate firm culture that initiates firm innovativeness is required. At present, innovativeness research on logistics companies is still limited. Yet, empirical research showed firm innovativeness provide companies capabilities to achieve lower cost while rendering higher quality services that meet all requirements of potential customers, introduce new products, services, business, environmental issues and maximum utilization of information technology. Although there is general impression on low level of innovativeness in SMEs around the world, this research aims to demonstrate that there is potential higher degree of innovativeness within Malaysia's logistics sector. Hence, this study objective is to gauge firm culture relationship with firm innovativeness. The study used simple random sampling technique where 226 companies were selected from total population of 500 logistic companies registered under Federation of Malaysian Freight Forwarders via survey. Findings revealed firm innovativeness among logistic companies is at high level and firm culture has a significant positive correlation with firm innovativeness.
 In fact, firm culture specifically adhocracy and market orientation culture significantly and positively influence on logistic firm innovativeness in Malaysia. This study brings new insight on innovativeness among Malaysian logistic companies.


The evidence that periodontitis does not afflict all people and
does not progress in a continuous manner, changed our
understanding of the nature of periodontal disease in the last
two decades. The events associated with the development of
periodontitis can be divided into bacterial infection, genetic
susceptibility, metabolic responses, and anatomical changes,
each of which should be considered when diagnosing periodontal
conditions.


Many children of parents with mental illness (COPMI) experience stigma, resulting in detrimental effects and the need for support. Peer support programmes are widespread interventions, commonly providing relational, psychological and educational support. Some evidence suggests that these programmes result in positive changes to COPMI experiences of self, peers and their families. This article adds to the evidence base, presenting findings from a primarily qualitative, mixed-methods programme evaluation of a COPMI service in Aotearoa/New Zealand. Formative evaluation data were gathered from a COPMI service which supports families adversely affected by chronic and severe parental mental illness, via interviews (N = 10) and four age-differentiated focus groups (N = 24) of child/youth service-users aged eight to eighteen years, and mixed-method surveys of adult service-users (N = 32). This article reports data from child/youth service-users who participated. Findings indicate that many participants experienced stigma outside the service, and self-stigma was reduced for many due to supportive peer relationships formed during service delivery. Further understanding of the relationship between peer support and self-stigma in these programmes is needed, and how positive changes to self-perceptions might translate to other spheres. The application of socio-ecological resilience theory to findings implies that COPMI service delivery should address differential needs in relation to marginalisation and promote sustained peer relationships for those who are marginalised.


Results of mobile-data-link field trials conducted in Canada are reported. These trials were initiated to evaluate feasibility of digital transmissions for the advanced train control system (ATCS). The trials were conducted using commercially available equipment in the 150, 400, and 800 MHz band. Two extremes, flat and hilly terrain conditions, were chosen to provide good and difficult propagation conditions. From the recorded data error files were created and these files were analyzed for probability of error. The signal envelope recorded is analyzed for variations of input signal, i.e. signal strength in terms of dB above 1 mu V. This signal is related to the measured error rates. The probability of error is then plotted against signal strength for several radios and vehicular speeds.<<ETX>>


Because of the widespread occurrence of this woodborer in the Western Cape Province, it is felt that an accurate descriptionption of the insect is necessary, to aid entomologists and foresters in identifying it, especially as publications dealing with the taxonomic descriptionption of Oxypleurus nodieri Muls. are practically unobtainable in this country.


The paper is dedicated to the fundamental research problem of biochemical ecology, i.e. to the identification of interaction mechanisms of anthropogenic pollution and organisms. The data on Baikal lake hydrobionts filtration capacities are essential in order to determine their ecological value when using them in aquaculture. The paper presents the data on studies of Baikal lake endemic species Lubomirskia baicalensis in model experiments with polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons which inhibit biodegradation, are carcinogenic, slow-soluble and tend to accumulate on the bottom of lake Baikal. The article discusses the results of the model experiments on the influence of priority toxicants (naphthalene, anthracene, pyrene) on the endemic species Lubomirskia baicalensis, carried out in 2015–2016. A comparative analysis with the data of the 2006 experiment is given. The change of the content of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in healthy and sick sponges is shown. The authors draw a conclusion that the highest rate of decrease in content is observed during the first hours of 6–12 hour exposure and within 24–36 hours of exposure, approximately 5–10 % of the stock concentration of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons remains in the water.


Examines the extent to which a variety of widely utilized consumer behavior concepts are systematically related. States that within marketing, consumer behaviour research appears to lack structure and direction.Attempts to determine the nature of the interrelationships which exist between different widely examined classical consumer concepts and provides some discussion regarding the findings including areas for further comparison.


In [Bull. Acad. Polon. Sci. S\'{e}r. Sci. Math. 29 (1981), no.~7-8, 367--370], Philos proved the following result: Let $f:[t_{0},\infty)_{\mathbb{R}}\to\mathbb{R}$ be an $n$-times differentiable function such that $f^{(n)}(t)\leq0$ ($\not\equiv0$) and $f(t)>0$ for all $t\geq{}t_{0}$. If $f$ is unbounded, then $f(t)\geq\frac{\lambda{}t^{n-1}}{(n-1)!}f^{(n-1)}(t)$ for all sufficiently large $t$, where $\lambda\in(0,1)_{\mathbb{R}}$. In this work, we first present time scales unification of this result. Then, by using it, we provide sufficient conditions for oscillation and asymptotic behaviour of solutions to higher-order neutral dynamic equations.


This Asia Focus report explores the use of m-payments in Asia and evaluates the challenges it faces regarding wider adoption. Specifically, this report clarifies what an m-payment is, identifies which factors are facilitating and hindering the use of m-payments by consumers in certain economies of Asia, and summarizes key issues this new payment technology presents to government regulators.


The evolution of soil arching, involving internal and external failure surfaces, is of significance to the load transfer mechanism of pile-supported embankments (PSEs), and external failure surfaces are generally observed in cases of greater embankment height. In this study, the evolution of external failure surfaces was investigated by both numerical and theoretical methods. To begin with, numerical simulations of trapdoor tests were carried out by a two-dimensional discrete element method. The influences of two key parameters (i.e., embankment height and net spacing between piles) on the development of external failure surfaces were emphasized. The measured coefficient of lateral earth pressure around the external failure surface was close to the predicted coefficient of active earth pressure. Then, a theoretical solution considering inclined external failure surfaces, more realistic compared to those adopted in Terzaghi's method, was proposed. Compared with Terzaghi's method, the proposed solution exhibited better consistency with laboratory observations, especially when external failure surfaces were significantly observed.


I still thought [Biko] was shamming. I had had experience before with this tendency.—Colonel Goosen, 1977 inquest There was also a BBC reconstruction of the inquest with a well-known actor who played Sydney Kentridge—which I said that he wasn't as good as Sydney Kentridge, they should have had Sydney play himself.—George Bizos, 13 May 2008


[Objective] To understand the epidemiological characteristics of measles in Hedong District of Tianjin City,and provide scientific evidence for its control and elimination.[Methods]Epidemiological descriptive analysis method was conducted on the data of measles reported in Hedong District between 2005 and 2011.[Results] A total of 565 cases of measles were reported in Hedong District from 2005-2011 with the average incidence rate of 11.67/100 000.Infants aged 0-4 years and adults aged 25-30 years accounted for the major which were 29.2% and 19.12% respectively.Morbidity time concentrated from March to May,accounting for 61.24% of total cases.The peak incidence appeared in May,accounting for 21.95% % of the total cases.33.45% had no immunization history,18.94% had immunization history,while 47.61% had unknown immunization history.[Conclusion]Timely immunization of all the children from eight months to 14 years old can effectively improve the protection rate of the targeted children.The important way to control and eliminate measles is to enhance and improve regular measles immunization,to pay attention to prevention and control of measles in adults,especially on women of child-bearing age,and to strengthen surveillance and monitoring of nosocomial infection.


Noroviruses and hepatitis A virus are recognized as the major viral etiologies of foodborne disease. They are responsible for numerous outbreaks associated with fresh produce, accounting for 40% and 4% of all produce outbreaks, respectively. In this study, physical removal of murine norovirus (MNV), a human norovirus surrogate, and hepatitis A virus (HAV) from contaminated produce items by scrubbing (honeydew melons, cantaloupes, carrots, and celery) under running water with a nylon brush or scouring pad, and peeling (carrots and celery) with a peeler was investigated. The degree and extent of virus cross-contamination occurring during preparation and the impact of produce residues on virus transfer to utensils were also investigated. Produce was initially inoculated with ~5.5 log10 PFU for both MNV and HAV, and were stored overnight at 4°C before processing. Virus could be significantly removed due to scrubbing or peeling with reductions ranging from 0.93 to 2.85 log10 PFU, but complete decontamination of produce did not occur with these utensils. The ease of virus transfer (> 2 log10 PFU) from contaminated produce to utensils after scrubbing or peeling was demonstrated. These utensils were then determined to be important vehicles of cross-contamination in the kitchen environment. Viruses could be detected on 7 uncontaminated produce items prepared successively following preparation of a single contaminated produce item using the same utensil. 1 Q. Wang and J. Cannon. To be submitted to Journal of Food Protection


Sanofi Pasteur shows efficacy of its dengue vaccine in phase 3 New glioblastoma vaccine: Safe and immunogenic in phase 1 FDA approves sublingual hay fever immunotherapeutic Combining the cancer vaccine DPX-Survivac with immune modulators Two Meningococcal B vaccines receive FDA "Breakthrough Therapy" designation MERS vaccine is technically feasible, but is it commerically feasible? Stemline's synthetic multi-peptide cancer vaccine enters Phase 2 Evolution of whooping cough bacterium may reduce vaccine effectiveness


Abstract Christian higher education is charged with the distinct mission of integrating faith and learning, and course-based service-learning has been identified as a supportive platform for this undertaking. Christian service-learning represents "a teaching and learning strategy that integrates academic instruction, community service, and guided reflection from a Christ-centered, faith-based perspective in order to enhance student learning, to foster civic responsibility, and to develop servant leaders" (Mullen, 2010, p. 164). A large volume of literature pertaining to the theoretical and practical aspects of service-learning courses exists; however, the current literature and corresponding perceptions of best practice may not fully support the distinct nature of service-learning in Christian higher education. Therefore, the purpose of this article is to examine a predominant service-learning typology that dichotomizes traditional and critical service-learning (Mitchell, 2008) through the contextualization of faith-based higher education. Then, in an attempt to further elaborate upon Mullen's (2010) definition, Morton's (1995) typology is recommended to frame Christian service-learning as it acknowledges the validity of multiple paradigms of service-learning (charity, project, and social change) and emphasizes the manner of their implementation (thick versus thin). Micro- and macro-level strategies, based on Morton's (1995) typology and subsequent recommendations, are provided to support faculty members and administrators attempting to implement and sustain service-learning at faith-based institutions. Specifically, Christian institutions should prioritize faith-based organizations as core partners, and faculty members should intentionally utilize reflection to integrate faith and learning.


The utility model provides a pallet fork automatic welding working platform which comprises a base seat. An N-shaped revolving platform is arranged on the upper end face of the base seat and a contractive plate is arranged at the right front of the revolving platform. A positioning block and a pressing device are arranged on two sides of the revolving platform. The pallet fork automatic welding working platform achieves automatic positioning, clamping and deflexion of pallet fork welding, positions precisely and stably and improves the welding quality of the pallet fork. And revolution deflexion is achieved so that gaps at two sides of a hook can be welded in one procedure. Thus, the automatic pallet fork welding production and material flow are achieved, the welding quality is improved, the production line is simplified, the labor intensity of the working staff is reduced and the production efficiency is improved.


Most IoT devices are designed and built for cheap and basic functions, therefore, the security aspects of these devices are not taken seriously. Yet, IoT devices tend to play an important role in this era, where the amount of IoT devices is predicted to exceed the number of traditional computing devices such as desktops and laptops. This causes more and more cybersecurity attacks to target IoT devices and malware attack is known to be the most common attack in IoT networks. However, most research only focuses on malware detection in traditional computing devices. The purpose of this research is to compare the performance of Random Forest and Naïve Bayes algorithm in terms of accuracy, precision, recall and F1-score in classifying the malware attack and benign traffic in IoT network traffic. Research is conducted with the Aposemat IoT-23 dataset, a labelled dataset that contains IoT malware infection traffic and IoT benign traffic. To determine the data in IoT network traffic packets that are useful for threat detection, a study is conducted and the threat data is cleaned up and prepared using RStudio and RapidMiner Studio. Random Forest and Naïve Bayes algorithm is used to train and classify the cleaned dataset. Random Forest can prevent the model from overfitting while Naïve Bayes requires less training time. Lastly, the accuracy, precision, recall and F1-score of the machine learning algorithms are compared and discussed. The research result displays the Random Forest as the best machine learning algorithm in classifying the malware attack traffic.