Research on the Katab-Kebahan community or ethnic has been carried out by several researchers. In general, the research that has been done is narrative-descriptive in nature. Thus, the research has not studied the aspects of religious tolerance and moderation in the reality of the Katab-Kebahan community or ethnic between its Muslims and Dayaks. The purpose of this study is to describe religious harmonization in the Katab-Kebahan Muslim and Dayak ethnicities in the rural communities of Melawi, as well as uncover the factors that stimulate the formation of harmonization between them. The locus of this research is in the Tebing Karangan village, Melawi district, West Kalimantan. Meanwhile, the type of research is field research using a narrative-analytical model which also includes the archaeo-genealogical theory by Michel Foucault. The conclusion of this article explains that, basically, religious harmonization is formed from tolerance. But tolerance is formed through the process and various factors that support it. Such as the similarity in the vision and mission of life, the intensity of social-community relations, and the sense of kinship and togetherness that has been cultivated for a long time. This stimulates the emergence of a sense of mutual ownership and protection of one another.


Graphene as transparent conductive films is one of the expected applications applied for electrodes of solar cells or touch panels, because of its very thin layer structure for single graphene sheet (0.34nm). In this research, graphene was transferred from grown substrates to SiO2 substrates directly using self-assembly monolayer (SAM) as intermediate layer on target substrates. This direct SAM consisting of monoglycidyl ether-terminated PDMS is partially graphene-friendly structure that is expected to be settled graphene. In this research, we report this approach applied for SiO2 as target substrate.


It is ironical that, though suction drains are often used following surgery, little importance is attached to the siting of these drains. This aspect of surgery warrants a closer look, as it has important implications. Drain site placement can have a significant bearing on the planning of post-operative radiation as also in the treatment of local recurrences. More often than not a poorly sited drain yields a poor cosmetic result.


This article analyzes the paratextual commentary in six English versions of Dario Fo's Accidental Death of an Anarchist. In the paratexts, translators, adaptors and literary critics engage with two problems: Fo's permission to freely adapt his texts, on the one hand, and the demand for fidelity in a philological sense, on the other.


Congenital hyperinsulinism (CHI) requires rapid diagnosis and treatment to avoid irreversible neurological sequelae due to hypoglycaemia. Aetiological diagnosis is instrumental in directing the appropriate therapy. Current diagnostic algorithms provide a complete set of diagnostic tools including (i) biochemical assays, (ii) genetic facility and (iii) state‐of‐the‐art imaging. They consider the response to a therapeutic diazoxide trial an early, crucial step before proceeding (or not) to specific genetic testing and eventually imaging, aimed at distinguishing diffuse vs focal CHI. However, interpretation of the diazoxide test is not trivial and can vary between research groups, which may lead to inappropriate decisions. Objective of this report is proposing a new algorithm in which early genetic screening, rather than diazoxide trial, dictates subsequent clinical decisions.


A process for polymerizing olefins in a double loop reactor, this process, which comprises the following steps: (a) introducing in the first reactor a quantity of a first catalyst system; (B) injecting a first monomer and optional comonomer in the first reactor; (C) maintaining under first polymerisation conditions to produce a first high molecular weight component; (D) transferring the first polyolefin component to a second reactor; (E) the introduction into the second reactor a second catalyst component preferably the same as that introduced in the first reactor; (F) introducing additional monomer and an optional comonomer of, in the second reactor, preferably the same as that introduced in the first reactor; (G) maintaining under the conditions of the second polymerization, to produce bicomponent polyolefin low molecular weight, resulting respectively from the polymerisation of the first polyolefin component transferred from the first reactor and from the second monomer component introduced into the second reactor; and (h) retrieving a final polymer product comprising the two polymer components in a single stream.


Abstract A series of thermotropic poly(1,4-phenylene-2,5-di-n-alkoxy terephthalate)s with the length of the n-alkoxy side chains being varied between n = 2 and n = 18 carbon atoms has been examined by optical microscopy, x-ray diffraction and DSC. All members of this series have a rigid backbone with attached flexible side chains and form mesomorphic melts. In polymers with side chains shorter than 7 C-atoms the mesophases are found to be nematic; longer side chains lead to the observation of a novel, layered mesophase (modification A). The layer spacing in this mesophase as revealed by x-ray analysis is shown to increase linearly with increasing length of the side chains. The observed increment of 1.25A per CH2 unit shows the side chains to protrude normal to the main chain axis. A comparison of the molecular size of the polyester molecule with the layer spacing suggests that the side chains interdigitate in the mesophase. A similar layered structure with a smaller increment (0.82A/CH2 unit) is found in ...


: Considering that the micropolitics of relational acts in social assistance services is shaped by the subjective dimension of work processes engendered in the scenarios of care production by SUAS workers under the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, this article intends, based on the reports referring to the productive restructuring processes of the social assistance model, to constitute a cartography of the Technical Composition of Work (Merhy, 2002; Merhy, Franco, 2009, 2013) at SUAS in the city of Niterói with an emphasis on national policy of Social Assistance (Brasil, 2014; 2011; 2004; 1993). Having as collaborators CREAS workers, within the scope of Social Assistance under the management of the Secretariat of Social Assistance and Human Rights in the municipality of Niterói, a new section of the work universe of this article was created. We perceive how their work processes, both structural and pathological, imply in the production of care linked to the provision of social assistance services. This article aims to reflect, above all, on the correlation between working conditions, in the neoliberal context, reorganization of work processes and production of care in social assistance services during the COVID-19 pandemic.


Historically, research has focused on the lives of sex workers through a lens of deviancy and pathology. More recently, a false dichotomy has emerged of framing sex workers as either empowered or victimized. Moving beyond these outsider narratives, the peer-led sex workers' rights movement centers the needs and realities of those working in the sex industry. This lived-experience narrative reflects the complexities and nuances of sex workers as they navigate their professional and personal lives working in a stigmatized and often criminalized industry. This special issue seeks to bring together current and former sex workers currently writing on and conducting research into the lived experiences of sex workers as it relates to intimate relationships, sex, sexual functioning, and sexual health in a therapeutic context. Eric Sprankle and Katie Bloomquist invite empirical or review papers (maximum 6000 words) and commentaries, clinical case reports, and opinion pieces (maximum 1200 words) on the subject of sex workers and relationships/sex. Commentaries and opinion pieces will only be reviewed by the editors, while papers will also be sent for external peer review. Abstract submissions should be submitted directly to the editors by March 31, 2018. Invited manuscripts would be expected in full by the end of September 2018. Examples of appropriate topics include, but not limited to:


Paul Baran's seminal 1964 article "On Distributed Communications Networks" that first proposed packet switching also advanced an underappreciated vision of network architecture: a lattice-like, distributed network, in which each node of the Internet would be homogeneous and equal in status to all other nodes. Scholars who have subsequently embraced the concept of a lattice-like network approach have largely overlooked the extent to which it is both inconsistent with network theory (associated with the work of Duncan Watts and Albert-Laszlo Barabasi), which emphasizes the importance of short cuts and hubs in enabling networks to scale, and the actual way, the Internet initially deployed, which relied on a three-tiered, hierarchical architecture that was actually what Baran called a decentralized network. However, empirical studies reveal that the Internet's architecture is changing: it is in the process of becoming flatter and less hierarchical, as large content providers build extensive wide area networks and undersea cables to connect directly to last-mile networks. This change is making the network more centralized rather than becoming more distributed. As a result, this article suggests that the standard reference model that places backbones at the center of the architecture should be replaced with a radically different vision: a stack of centralized star networks, each centered on one of the leading content providers.


Objective To study the clinical value of microRNA in the diagnosis of ovarian cancer.Methods 149 ovarian tumor patients and 30 healthy people were collected.The expression of serum miR-200 a,miR-200 b,miR-200 c and miR-100 were detected by qRT-PCR,and the results were analyzed statistically.Results The expression of serum miR-200 a,miR-200 b and miR-200 c in ovarian cancer patients were all higher than that of in control group,the expression of the serum miR-100 in ovarian benign tumor patients was lower than that of in control group,and the differences all had statistical significance(Pall 0.001).There were no statistical significance in the differences of miR-200 a,miR-200 b,miR-200 c and miR-100 levels between ovarian benign tumor patients and control group(Pall 0.05).The expression levels of serum miR-200 a,miR-200 b and miR-200 c in clear cell carcinoma patients were all higher than that of in both serous and mucinous patients,and the differences all had statistical significance(Pall 0.05).The expression level of miR-200 b in serous carcinomas patients was higher than that of in mucinous patients,and the expression level of miR-200 c in clear cell carcinoma patients was higher than that of in endometrioid carcinomas,and the differences all had statistical significance(Pall 0.05).Conclusion The expression of serum miR-200 family can be used for early diagnosis and evaluation of the curative effect and recurrent clinical value in ovarian cancer.


The comparisons of means from biological data require the selection of the right fited model to obtain results compatible with phenomena under study. This work presents an application of comparison of means through statistical models. The authors concluded that in this case the best model was the lognormal, considering the values of AIC, SE, log-likelihood and biological relevance of model coefficients.The comparisons of means from biological data require the selection of the right fited model to obtain results compatible with phenomena under study. This work presents an application of comparison of means through statistical models. The authors concluded that in this case the best model was the lognormal, considering the values of AIC, SE, log-likelihood and biological relevance of model coefficients.


While herbivory has traditionally been studied as damage to leaves, Xorivory - herbivory to Xowers prior to seed set - can also have large eVects on plant Wtness. Florivory can decrease Wtness directly, either through the destruction of gametes or through alterations to plant phys- iology during fruit set, and can also change the appearance of a Xower, deterring pollinators and reducing seed set. In order to distinguish between these hypotheses, it is neces- sary to both damage Xowers and add pollen in excess to study the eVects of damage on pollen limitation. Very few studies have used this technique over the lifetime of a plant. Here I describe a series of experiments showing the eVects of natural and artiWcial damage on reproductive success in the annual plant Nemophila menziesii (Hydro- phyllaceae, sensu lato). I show that natural and artiWcial petal damage decreased radial symmetry relative to con- trols and that both types of damage deterred pollinator activity. Both naturally damaged Xowers and artiWcially damaged Xowers in the Weld set fewer fruit or seed relative to undamaged control Xowers. Finally, in an experiment crossing artiWcial petal damage with pollen addition, petal damage alone over the lifetime of this plant decreased female Wtness, but only after a threshold of damage was reached. The Wtness eVect appeared to be direct because there was no detectable eVect of pollen addition on the relationship between Xorivory and Wtness. This result implies that both damaged and undamaged plants show similar amounts of pollen limitation and suggests that pol- linator-mediated eVects contributed little to the negative eVects of Xorivory on female Wtness. Florivores may thus be an under-appreciated agent of selection in certain plants, although more experimental manipulation of Xori- vory is needed to determine if it is important over a range of taxa.


Pig heart muscle preparations were treated with acetone containing 4% water to remove ubiquinone and a portion of lipids. The Q-depleted particles lose their ability to reduce cytochrome c and the activity can be restored by adding Q to the assay mixture. The particles were further treated with alkali to remove succinate dehydrogenase (SDH), and then reconstituted with freshly prepared SDH. The reconstituted activities including SDH and succinate cytochrome c reduotase of Q-depleted and normal particles were compared and found to be almost at the same level, It indicates that Q plays no part in the reconstitution of SDH with mitochondrial membrane, neither does the lipid environment.


In the present manuscript, an attempt has been made to remove chromium metal ions from synthetic effluent using adsorption process. The synthesized titanium dioxide nanoparticles were used as adsorbents. Adsorption studies were performed in batch process. Various characterization of synthesized nanoparticles such as XRD analysis, optical properties of nanoparticles using UV-visible absorption spectroscopy, concentration of chemical bonds, and atomic arrangement using (FTIR) have been performed and analyzed. The dependency of adsorption percentage of metal ions and equilibrium amount of metal adsorbed with respect to pH, adsorbent dosage, initial concentration, and temperature are studied. Mechanisms of metal ion adsorption process explained by various adsorption isotherms and adsorption kinetic models. The criteria for statistical significance of correlation coefficient (

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Forest fires have caused significant economic losses and environmental damage. The phenomenon of Nino variability in the Pacific region has affected the occurrence of forest fires in Indonesia. The hotspot data gridding in this study aims to change the host data format to make it more universal with other geodata, most of which are already in the grid matrix format in the NetCDF data format to facilitate the need for spatial and temporal analysis and interpretation. The method in this analysis is to add up the daily hotspots with a hotspot confidence level above 80% in a grid area with a spatial resolution of 25 km2 per month, then create a time series from 2001 to 2019 with the research domain of all parts of Indonesia. Based on gridding data, the spatial distribution of the number of dominant hotspots over 100 hotspots occurs during the JJA and SON seasons in Jambi, South Sumatra, West Kalimantan, Central Kalimantan, South Kalimantan, and East Kalimantan. Based on the spatial correlation of hotspots with Nino 1.2, Nino 3, Nino 3.4, and Nino 4, there is a positive correlation with coefficient values ranging from 0.1 to 0.4 for almost all parts of Indonesia except northern Sumatra which is negatively correlated around -0.1.


Online English dictionaries,supported by modern technologies,have provided a new way and new viewpoint for lexicographical studies.The thesis,taking English language teaching as a starting point and the two domestic online English dictionaries http://dict.yodao.com and http://study.hongen.com/dict/ as samples,analyses the advantages that they display in ELT and puts forward several suggestions for ELT.


A guide to a highly selected list of books written by "experts" for the layman. The selection reflects the authors' own bias for experts whose approach relied primarily on sound scientific bases such as large scale and representative surveys, systematic or controlled observations.


The construction and development of overhead lines is an important support for power grid companies to ensure the safe and stable supply of electricity. For a long time, the estimated budget, completion settlement and financial final accounts of overhead transmission lines are all priced according to the entire line. The project construction management and asset collection have not formed a refined management system. The lack of individual pricing based on the actual investment of different towers cannot be reflected. With regard to the actual cost level of each base, the accuracy of cost needs to be further improved. Therefore, we must innovate the pricing model, strengthen the lean management of the construction cost determination of overhead line projects, rely on the development and application of three-dimensional design, strengthen the construction of the "tower-oriented" construction cost determination system, reasonably control the project investment, and improve the investment efficiency level of the power grid construction.


Abstract Traditional medical education is no longer adequate for preparing medical graduates for immediate practice and to make them ready to practice their profession efficiently with quality and citizenship to the health care system. Medical education is changing based on changes in societies, culture, technology, and quality of care. More elderly patients require special attention, technologies require different skills, and patient-centered, evidence-based medicine needs special training. In Libya, an example of a developing country, medical education faces these challenges and many more. It requires ample resources and an adequate number of qualified health care professionals who are highly specialized. Such faculty are up to date to deliver service, teach, and perform quality research. Attention is necessary to improve their medical education system and keep up with the advances and care needed for their citizens. It is possible with more investment in faculty development, collaboration with reputable institutions in developed countries, and use of professional accreditation from international organizations.


In the era of knowledge economy,a reform in enterprises' employees and the development is fiercer and fiercer. Talents has replaced money and equipment and become the first motivation for enterprises' development and the core competitiveness. Based on the actuality of a company,the paper puts forward the measures,in the regards of employees' training and development.


On the basis of investigation data collected from 20 plots of the fixed dunes and the semi-fixed dunes in Wulanbuhe desert characteristics of species diversity and spatial distribution pattern of Hedysarum scoparium population were investigated.Important values of plant species in each layer were measured,and richness,evenness and diversity indices of species in each layer were calculated by means of many methods.The contiguous grid quadrats were applied to sampling for field data.The methods such as S2ratio t-test and five aggregate indices(CI,M,PAI,CA,K) were used to analyze the spatial distribution pattern of H.scoparium population in different habitats.The results showed that the distribution pattern was of the clump in different habitats,but the intensity was different.In addition,the analysis of distribution pattern was done according to development stages.From saplings to adults,the degrees of clump decreased from high to low.


The present scenario shows an exponential increase in competition between seaports. Individual ports have to effectively operate cargo handling capacities to meet the requirements of the exporters who set an international benchmark. Ports should ensure maximum utilisation of infrastructural facilities to foster price competitiveness. This paper was aimed at increasing the productivity of the port by optimised berth utilisation. Problems in the existing system were identified through various operational studies. To investigate this hypothesis, regression analysis was done on the data which helped us identify the most significant factor that affected the efficiency of the port. Crew and transport scheduling model was developed to provide an optimum scheduling sequence, which reduced the turn round time of the vessel. Finally, to depict the gross impact, cost comparisons were done. The system was re-instigated with the proposed changes resulting in a significant decrease of the turn round time, hence satisfying the demand.


The purpose of this study was to standardize the normal values as reference for Cobb angle of lumbar vertebral in normal Sudanese subjects using Computerized Tomography (CT).This study was done at Al-Zytouna specialized hospital and Royal Care hospital. This is a descriptive study, the samples of 200 patients in different ages and different genders and used Cobb method in measurement. The lateral scouts for lumbar spine were obtained. Traumatic cases, any disease of the vertebral column, spinal canal, para vertebral muscles diseases cases were excluded. Toshiba CT scanner was used. The exposure factors were KVp120, MA10-50. End plates angle from L1 to L5 was measured using Cobb method for both genders and the data were correlated to their ages, weight, height and body mass index (BMI). . The mean Cobb angles of lumbar vertebrae in males were found to be (4.77), (4.80), (4.64), (4.99), (7.16), and in females (5.420), (5.34), (5.28) (5.66), (8.05) for L1, L2, L3, L4 and L5 respectively. There were significant differences in the Cobb angle of lumbar spine between both genders at p value 0.05. The mean BMI in males was (24.53 kg/m2), and in females was (25.79 kg/m2), where was a linear relationship between Cobb angle of the lumbar vertebral and BMI There is significant differences in Cobb angle of lumbar spine between the two genders at p value 0.05. The study concluded that the mean Cobb angle of lumbar vertebral differs significantly from males and females Sudanese.


General dental practitioners provide the majority of endodontic treatment in India. The aim of this study was to gather information on the methods, materials and attitudes employed in root canal treatment by dentists in Uttar Pradesh. A questionnaire was emailed to 150 registered general dental practitioners in Uttar Pradesh. The questionnaire included information on methods, materials and techniques used in endodontic treatment. Reply rate was 87.3% (n = 131). The results demonstrated that only two dentists used rubber dam occasionally. The majority used cotton rolls for isolation solely or in combination with a high volume saliva ejector. The most widely used irrigant was saline (n=62). Sixty one percent of the respondents (n = 81) used the cold lateral condensation technique for canal obturation. The majority (n=105) used zinc oxide eugenol as a sealer (80%). K- Files alone and combined with reamers and H-Files were the more frequently used hand instruments by respondents. Push –pull or filing was the technique of choice of 52.7% of respondents for preparation of the root canal. This study indicates that the subpopulation of Indian dentists do not comply with international quality standards and do not use recently introduced techniques.


This paper presents a method for detection of salient objects from images. The proposed algorithms for image segmentation and objects detection use a hexagonal representation of the im ...


Files here include Eisenman's 1967 dissertation on Charles F. Brush and his research files. The research files contain background and contextual information, copies of scientific articles, and price lists for scientific equipment.


This paper describes the regulation of Islamic economics and the urgency of its development, the post-reform Islamic economic, regulatory system, and analyzes the orientation of Indonesian Islamic economic regulation from a political economy perspective. This article's method is a descriptive analysis by analyzing political phenomena that occur in the formulation of Islamic economic regulations in post-reform Indonesia. This qualitative research uses literature studies. The development of Islamic financial regulation in Indonesia is relatively late when referring to Islamic finance development in other countries. This is related to the national political conditions, which are generally less responsive to institutions labeled Islamic. The dramatic changes in Indonesian politics since the fall of the Soeharto regime have made room for real democracy. Islamic banking regulation responds to the Islamic banking industry's development, which requires assurance of legal certainty and legal justice in a clear regulation. The increase in the role of the government in dealing with Islamic economic problems has a big role. According to Islam, economic policies must be supported by social responsibility, limited economic freedom by sharia, multi-ownership recognition, namely private ownership, state ownership, and a high work ethic. The interpretation and development of Islamic economic regulations can be richer and more important if it is based on concrete experiences of development in implementing Islamic economic regulations in Indonesia. In seeking economic laws in line with the rububiyah principle, practical experiences are material for validating Islamic economic laws.


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Examination of the assumptions underlying consistency perspectives in social and personality psychology reveals that they are based on an independent, individualistic view of the self. If the self is constructed as relational or interdependent with others, consistency may be less important in social behavior and well-being. Using a variety of measures of well-being, the studies showed that there is a weaker relation between consistency and well-being for individuals with a highly relational self-construal than for those with a low relational self-construal. Study 3 examined the association between the self-construal, consistency, authenticity, and well-being. These findings reveal the importance of a cultural analysis of theories of the self, personality, and well-being for further theory development.


Spinal cord ischemia is an uncommon complication of an abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA). We report the case of a 59-year-old man admitted for an acute ischemic Cauda equina syndrome secondary to a spinal cord embolization from an unknown partially thrombosed aortic aneurysm. The patient being at risk of further embolization, we achieved an emergency EVAR. The vascular post-operative course was uneventful. Neurologically, a post operative lumbar medullar MRI confirmed an ischemic Cauda equina syndrome and six months after the surgery, the patient still had a motor and sensory deficit in both lower limbs.


An electron source is described that uses capacitively ballasted surface breakdowns to supply microsecond duration electron pulses. It is simple to construct and requires low energy input (less than 10 j/m2/pulse). The source has produced current densities up to 10 A/cm2.


Experiments were carried out on a 0.06%C plain C steel to determine the shear stress–shear strain behaviour. The results obtained at 1200°C and a shear strain rate of 0.866 s−1 are described. The experimental data are converted into equivalent stress–equivalent strain form using the von Mises and Hencky formalisms. It is shown that when the equivalent stress is of interest, as in the calculation of rolling load, only the von Mises formulation can be used without the introduction of large errors. This is required so that the incremental work done/unit volume of material can remain constant in both the shear and equivalent uniaxial tension formulations. The problem with the Hencky formalism with regard to simple shear is that the orientations of the Hencky principal strains and principal strain increments do not coincide and also vary continuously. As a consequence, the absolute values of the strain increments cannot simply be summed and the description of the equivalent strain applicable to large strain torsion proposed by Onaka [Philos. Mag. Lett. 90 (2010) p.633] cannot be used to predict mechanical properties along other strain or loading paths. The problems associated with the definitions of the Hencky equivalent stress and Hencky work increment are also discussed.


In order to improve the efficiency of dielectric barrier discharge(DBD),the evolution of discharge in Ne/Xe mixture is investigated by fluid model.The characteristics of vacuum ultraviolet(VUV) ray with various pressure and Xe fractions are obtained.The results show that as the pressure and Xe fractions increasing,147 nm VUV radiation efficiency decreases,but 173 nm VUV efficiency increases.And the total VUV efficiency increases.The results also show that the total VUV radiation and luminance of DBD will decrease at higher pressure.


Regarding the biblical toponym "Midian," Eusebius' Onomasticon notes the following "... there is another city of the same name near the Arnon and Areapolis which is pointed out as deserted." The Rabinical Midrash Tanhuma while dealing with the question of Moses not participating in the war against Midian notes the same "...this is not Midian where Moses lived, it is beside Moab and is deserted till now." It is obvious that they share the same source about a place or an area named Midian to be found in Moab near the Biblical Arnon river that is not inhabited in the late Roman period. This paper will suggest that these sources may refer to the phenomenon of archeological sites in Moab bearing the unique name Mudayna, appearing only in Moab. All are fortified sites, most of them have an Iron Age phase and all of them are not inhabited in the late Roman period.


The power transmission system of electric wheel vehicle with "Power generator - diode rectifier - inverter - traction motor" can achieve part of the braking energy recycling and reduce fuel consumption through the reverse flow of energy in the downhill braking conditions. For AC - DC - AC transmission system of electric wheel vehicles. In order to achieve the engine anti-drag starting smoothly through the introduction of the theory of Engine Anti - drag Braking and the observation of the rotor frequency by external speed sensor, in addition to that zero-crossing detection phase method to achieve the stator rotating magnetic field and rotor speed synchronization purposes. Through use the rectifier inverter module to achieve energy bi-directional transmission and to achieve engine anti-drag when the vehicle goes downhill slowly. In the article, design of engine brake anti-drag control system and the establishment of anti-drag brake power calculation mathematical model, also build the anti-drag test platform of the engine to verify the control system. The experimental results show that the proposed control scheme for the start of the inverter is simple and reliable, which provides the theoretical basis and experimental data for the actual vehicle design.


Large volumes of dredged materials have to be removed each year from the waterways in the Netherlands, mainly for reasons of shipping and water discharge. Most of these dredged materials can be relocated in the sea or on land, but the more contaminated dredged materials (CDM) need to be disposed or treated. Until now treatment of CDM has only been done on a small scale, mainly because of the higher costs of treatment compared to disposal. The Dutch policy is aiming at enlarging the share of treatment of CDM into building materials in order to decrease the amount of waste that has to be disposed. The growing public resistance against new disposal sites has urged the Dutch government to take several initiatives. Firstly, a national inventory and assessment of the possibilities of large-scale treatment has been set up. Secondly several measures have been taken to stimulate the treatment of CDM. The inventory has led to the conclusion that treatment is still more expensive than disposal for most of the dredged materials. Furthermore treatment should not be done at the expense of dredging, which means that more budgets are needed. From an efficiency point of view, this extra budget can best be invested for simple treatment techniques in combination with disposal. The introduction of advanced treatment techniques such as thermal immobilisation is uncertain because of doubts about the economic feasibility. Based on this inventory, the Dutch government has set aside a budget of more than € 70 million for treatment of contaminated sediments during a test period of four years. This budget is meant for two purposes: a large-scale pilot project and a subsidy for treatment of contaminated sediments. Another financial instrument, meant to stimulate treatment and reduce disposal, is a tax on the disposal of CDM, that can easily be treated. The marketability of products from treatment is still a major problem. The policy of the Dutch government is aiming at a step-by-step conversion to increased treatment by an integral approach of measures and will be adjusted on the basis of the resulting experiences.


We highlight how Bitcoin addresses are reused in transactions (implicitly or explicitly), despite recommendations and best practice strongly advise to avoid this. We analyse the blockchain with the purpose to find and count highly reused Bitcoin addresses, starting from the birth of the protocol in 2009. In this study we also include hidden addresses: these addresses are not the explicit endpoints of a transaction, but they are somehow contained in it (e.g., in the script of a Pay to Script Hash transaction). Finally, we try to de-anonymise the top-100 reused addresses, grouping and linking them to their wallet owner. This work shows that such a misuse in reusing the address often corresponds to malicious activities in the bitcoin ecosystem. These results push towards a mandatory single usage, which mitigates dangerous consequences.


Apigetrin, also known as Apigenin-7-O-Glucoside is a natural flavonoid glucoside. There are very few reports regarding its anticancer activity. From the present in silico study it was observed that Apigetrin can act as a multi-targeted agent that targets 6 different anticancer drug targets like MDM2, PI3 Kinase, Focal Adhesion Kinase, Topoisomerase-ii, DHFR and P-glycoprotein that we have studied. Apigetrin showed more negative binding free energies as an indication of favorable interaction against these targets. With the help of online property explorer, the mutagenic activity and reproductive effects of Apigetrin was identified. In order to remove the predicted toxic effects without affecting its binding affinity and molecular properties, slight modifications were carried out and a new structure was designed without toxic properties. The molecular properties and binding affinities of the proposed structure towards the above mentioned targets was found to be enhanced when compared with Apigetrin and the standard inhibitors.


Dear Editors: Since a state of emergency has been declared due to severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic, Peru has adopted measures to contain the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID19). One of them was implementing the remote working model, which allowed public and private entities to perform work remotely. Therefore, a large portion of the working population has moved to work from home, increasing the use of technological devices and sedentary behavior. As a consequence, mental health and physical activity (PA) levels have been affected. Although social restriction measures have currently become more flexible, workers' lifestyles have negatively changed, which is a major health risk,


Dementia is one of the major public health issues faced by the world. Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common form of dementia targeting old age groups around the world. It is a neurodegenerative condition with memory loss as its early symptom. Unfortunately, there is no cure for this disease currently. So various research in the medical and technical fields are being conducted to help people with Alzheimer's. Many studies focus on early diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease using clinical decision support system (CDSS) so that the progression of the disease can be slowed down to a great extent. In this context, we have undertaken a research to design and implement an ontology based Clinical decision support system for Alzheimer's disease in Sultanate of Oman. A semantic knowledgebase (ontology) will be the core component of our Clinical decision support system. The objective of this research paper is two-fold (a) review the medical aspects of Alzheimer's disease, and (b) review the available clinical decision support system based on ontology, robotics, and mobile applications in Alzheimer domain. Research articles published during 2011- 2020 in PubMed, Google scholar, Elsevier, SpringerLink and IEEE journals were reviewed. We found that there is various clinical decision support system which can aid physicians in suggesting diagnosis, and treatment of Alzheimer's disease.


More than 370 physician groups have come out in support of legislation they say would simplify and streamline some prior authorizations


A 37-year-old man was referred to the oral and maxillofacial surgery service for assistance in diagnosis and treatment. At the time of presentation, he complained of persistent pain and swelling of the right mandible that he had been experiencing for approximately 2 years. His medical history was significant for familial alcoholism and a 15 pack-year history of cigarette smoking. He stated that he had abstained from alcohol use for 10 years, although there was a questionable history of illicit drug use. He had no other medical or surgical history of significance and no known drug allergies. His dental history included the removal of 4 impacted third molars in 1991, with no reported complications. In 1995, he was seen by the same surgeon for evaluation of pain and intraoral swelling in the right buccal vestibule. Records indicated that there was a small, firm, mobile mass in the right buccal vestibule near the first and second premolars. The differential diagnosis at that time was described as "lipoma vs adenoma vs lymph node." An excisional biopsy was performed, with the subsequent pathology report being consistent with a neuroma. The surgical site healed well; however, the patient returned within 2 months, reporting further pain. Despite good oral hygiene, localized alveolar bone loss was noted around the lower right first and second molars. A panoramic radiograph did not show any other evident abnormality, and he was referred to his general dentist for periodontal evaluation and treatment. Eleven months later, consultation was obtained from an oral medicine specialist for evaluation of persistent pain. He was then treated for several months for his chronic pain, without significant benefit. During this time, he gradually developed diffuse swelling of the right mandible. On examination there was no pain on percussion or palpation of any of his teeth and no lymphadenopathy was noted. A panoramic radiograph showed sclerotic bone involving the right mandibular body and ramus (Fig 1). Serum calcium, alkaline phosphatase, and total protein levels were within normal limits. Axial and coronal computed tomography scans (Figs 2, 3) showed an expansile, predominantly sclerotic lesion involving the posterior body and ramus of the mandible. A gallium 67 scan (Fig 4) showed increased activity in the region of the right mandible. After review of the pertinent clinical and radiographic findings, biopsy specimens were obtained from the retromolar region. Grossly, there was no suppuration, and the bone appeared very dense.


Medical providers who learn physical examination techniques early in medical training can spend years honing the craft of observation, palpation and auscultation. When performed knowledgeably and well, the physical examination offers clues for diagnosis. It also offers connections with patients. Both doctors and patients benefit from this handson ritual of examination.1 The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID19) pandemic, however, has threatened this connection.


Oxynitride phosphate glasses have been obtained by thermal treatment under ammonia atmosphere of metaphosphate glasses with composition xLi 2 O.(25-x)Na 2 O. 25PbO.50P 2 O 5 (x=0, 12.5, 25). The kinetics of nitrogen incorporation in the temperature range of 600-700 °C, and the influence of the temperature over the nitridation for different processing times have been studied. The viscosity of the base phosphate glasses has been determined in the 250-800°C temperature range, and has been related with the processing parameters, temperature and time. A comparative study of the nitridation kinetics, as well as the maximum nitrogen contents reached in several base glass compositions, has revealed the relationships between all parameters that affect the nitridation process.


User rating information on multiple predefined aspects gathered by hotel recommendation systems generally shows a deviation between the overall rating and detailed criteria ratings. In this study, to address this deviation, we proposed a novel hotel recommendation method that clusters users with different preferences into different groups using the K-means algorithm. Moreover, we allocated weights to different criteria and obtained a comprehensive score. A case study on actual data from Tripadvisor.com showed that compared with three other models, our proposed model demonstrated a more impressive performance. This research can offer advantages to hotel service providers and customers in terms of decision making.


A far infrared monochromator of Czerny-Turner type has been devised which has an output optical system comprising two small spherical mirrors to obtain non-astigmatic image. The far infrared monochromator covers both 50-120 um and 100-240 um wavelengths ranges and can be used to measure spectral response of stressed Ge:Ga photoconductors having response up to 200 um, which we have fabricated to apply them to far infrared astronomical observations by balloons and by sattelites. Experimental performance of the stressed Ge:Ga photoconductors under low photon fluxes conditions also will be given.


A method is proposed to analyze the forced vibration of jack-up rig using a model made by replacing its legs and platform with equivalent beams and a rigid body, respectively, and connecting them by equivalent springs. The exciting forces by waves and currents are calculated by replacing legs with hydrodynamically equivalent cylinders. The transfer matrix method is applied to analyze the dynamic response of the above mentioned model.The accuracy of this method is studied by comparing the results calculated by this method with tank test results by 1/45 scale model, then it has become clear that the method in this paper gives a practically sufficient results.


MCM-41 molecular sieves with the features of very high BET specific surface area and uniform mesoporous structure may be applied in the fields of catalysis, sorption, separation and sensor techniques. This article presents the recent achievements in the study of MCM-41 sieve. The synthetic methods, effects of synthetic conditions, the improvement of sieve properties with assisting agents and synthetic mechanism are comprehensively investigated. The disfigurements of MCM-41 sieve are analyzed. The corresponding methods for resolving such problems as ill hydrothermal stability and weak acidity are put forward. Several methods for increasing pore diameter, improving synthetic conditions, adding swelling solvents and changing templating agents are proposed. The development and preview in applying MCM-41 sieve to catalytic fields of petroleum and chemical industry are introduced. The research directions of molecular sieves in future are analyzed.


Diastereomerically pure allylboronates bearing the readily available tartrate derivative were obtained via sigmatropic rearrangement. Allyl additions were performed, and the influence of γ-disubstituted allylboronates was studied. Highly γ-substituted boronic esters were found to lead to the corresponding enantiomerically enriched homoallyl alcohols with exclusively E configuration; their synthesis and the mechanism of the reaction is proposed here.


A cross sectional experimental study was conducted to ascertain the prevalence of potential zoonotic bacterial pathogen in household pet animals (dog, cat and rabbit). The study was done in selected areas of Dinajpur district during the period of July 2016 to June 2017. A total of 79 pet animals comprising of 50 (63.29%) dogs; 10 (12.66%) cats and 19 (24.05%) rabbits were observed and samples were collected considering different socio demographic variable. The organisms were isolated by using standard microbiological techniques. A total of 404 samples were examined and 7 isolates of potential zoonotic bacterial pathogens were isolated in pet animals. The overall prevalence of zoonotic pathogens in dogs out of 250 samples, was 15.2% E. coli; 10.8% Klebsiella spp; 12% Salmonella spp; 8% Proteus spp; 8.8% Pseudomonas spp; 12% Staphylococcus spp; 10.4% Streptococcus spp respectively. The overall prevalence of zoonotic pathogens in cats out of 40 samples was 17.5% E.coli; 10% Klebsiella spp; 12.5% Salmonella spp; 10% Proteus spp; 10% Pseudomonas spp; 15% Staphylococcus spp; 15% Streptococcus spp respectively. The overall prevalence of zoonotic pathogens in rabbits was 12.28% E.coli; 7.89% Klebsiella spp; 9.65% Salmonella spp; 4.38% Proteus spp; 1.75% Pseudomonas spp; 6.14% Staphylococcus spp; 6.14% Streptococcus spp respectively. The prevalence of bacterial zoonotic pathogen between pet animals and housing system, hygienic condition, vaccination were statistically significant (P≤ 0.01). On the other hand the prevalence of bacterial zoonotic pathogen between pet animals and age, sex, breed, body weight, diet, educational status of pet owners were not statistically significant (P> 0.05). On antibiogram study 18 antibiotics were used for antimicrobial sensitivity test. Gram negative isolates were more sensitive against Chloramphenicol, Cephalexin, Gentamycin and Kanamycin. On the other hand gram positive isolates were more sensitive against Azithromycin, Levofloxacin, Colistin and Gentamycin. The isolates were highly resistant against Amoxycillin, Bacitracin, Penicillin and Vancomycin


Applying the multimedia in university teaching is a new education model in these years. There are a lot of advantages in applying multimedia in education. It not only can harmonize the contradiction between the lacking of teachers and the increasing of the students in the university,but also it can to diversify the teaching methods.At the same time it can attract the intrests of the students.However it also brings some disadvantages. For example, it can reduce the initiation of the students and make the language become too simple so that it can bring bad effects to the teaching results.The essay make a complete analysis to the problems arising from the application and brings up related solutions.


Abstract THE IT OUTSOURCING-offshoring trend continues unabated in the United States despite two recent well-publicized decisions that may appear to be counter to the trend: 1. JP Morgan has decided to begin performing many IT functions that it had previously outsourced, and has not renewed its $5 billion contract with IBM. 2. General Electic (GE) plans to sell its $400 million annual revenue India-based call-center business.


Power control theory is credited to John Hagan and considered among the first criminological theories that sought to gauge power relations within a family system through patriarchy. In assessing the impact of patriarchy, a major focus rested in the patriarchal hierarchy within the employment setting and its relationship to gender inequalities. Hagan concurred with this notion in his earliest conceptualizations. However, Hagan et al. (1987) expanded upon the theory and noted that positions of power within the work environment translate to power relations within the home. Hagan suggested that males are predominately employed outside the home; therefore, the mother is typically delegated responsibility for control of the children. In highly patriarchal families, the father focuses upon his outward duties and the mother upon the instrumental control of the children. Daughters are subjected to more supervision than sons. Power control theory advocated that boys are supervised less than girls and are encouraged to take more risks. This scenario lessens the perceived consequences of risk taking by males and in part accounts for the large gender gap in delinquency.

Keywords:

delinquency;
family structure;
patriarchy;
power control theory


The purpose of this study include: (1). Explore the values of local knowledge possessed by the Indonesian people as that norms that can contribute to disaster management in Indonesia, (2). Identifying the potential and relevance of local wisdom in the form of regions in Indonesia for the institutional management of disaster management in Indonesia, (3). Developing local knowledge integration model for disaster management institutions that have been in the design. This study is a research R & D conducted in the focus ofa study site in a certain time period and then build a new design. The informants include regional government leaders, the local parliament, leaders and communities / indigenous considered mastered this research theme. The results revealed that the shape of local knowledge in Indonesia is quite dominant tangible application of technology or system, and then followed by the local wisdom that tangible ritual prayer, and the rest of the form of education and post-disaster recovery and reconstruction. The factors reinforce the existence and continuity of the forms of local wisdom in society. Largely driven by the empirical experience they have been through the implementation of local wisdom, the experience in the form of a form of practice and prohibitions which both form the implementation of the local wisdom that is known to give better effect to the community is located.


In this paper, Least3Square Support Vector Machine (LS3SVM) regression is used to for a rapid and accurate quantification of total carbon (total3C) and total nitrogen (total3N) in soil samples collected in forest and sugarcane areas in Sao Paulo State, Brazil. NIRS spectra were recorded on a NIRS 5000 scanning monochromator. The concentration ranges of 0.40133.101 %, for total3C, and 0.03030.252 %, for total3N were obtained for the references. The performance and robustness of LS3SVM regression are compared to Partial Least Square Regression (PLSR). For total3C, correlation coefficients (R 2 cal) of 0.99 and 0.92, RMSECV of 0.132 and 0.176 %, and RMSEP of 0.110 and 0.141 % were obtained for LS3SVM and PLSR, respectively. For total3N, correlation coefficients (R 2 cal) of 0.98 and 0.92, RMSECV of 0.015 and 0.013 %, and RMSEP of 0.008 and 0.009 % were obtained for LS3SVM and PLSR, respectively. At the same time, results indicate that LS3SVM3NIRS can be used with advantage as an analytical method for rapid, accurate, reliable and cost3effective routine analysis of total carbon and nitrogen in tropical soil.


The presence of voids or cavities inside a material plays an important role in several applications. Recently, their investigation has gained attention to understand the effect of such inhomogeneities on 3D‐printed structures. Such structures could be already weakened due to the procedure of additive manufacturing. Voids can be visualized by computed tomography but practically a micrograph obtained by a planar cut through the material is simpler and cheaper. This requires, however, the reconstruction of the three‐dimensional distribution from statistical micrograph analyses. Here the reliability of such reconstruction is studied. To this end, spherical voids are considered whose size distribution can be characterized by one scalar number, e.g. the void radius. The corresponding distributions are typically positive right‐tailed, indicating more small than large voids. Following the work of S. D. Wicksell, the distributions of the observed planar cut are linked to the distribution of the spherical void size in space. The calculation of the stereological transformations is outlined in detail and several examples are provided to point on misleading conclusions. The presented analysis is applied to three typical soft‐polymer materials.


ABSTRACT Energy is the key driver of the economy but energy crisis is a problem for the present-day source of energy. The concentrated solar power systems make use of different reflector configurations to convert the solar energy into high-temperature heat energy. Parabolic dish system is considered as the best suitable system for achieving high temperature and so it is opted for the study. Here, a solar dish is designed with an open diameter of 1.8 m (which is 2.5 m2 in area), and reflective film is being used to reflect the solar irradiance and concentrated it in the focal point. A receiver of 1 mm thickness and 10 cm diameter is used at the receiver end to measure the temperature of the focal point. The setup has made to attain a maximum temperature of 940°C and average temperature of 850°C in the focal point at clear sky in a sunny day.


Taking many factors into consideration, indication for surgery of esophageal cancer is rather difficult to establish. It is of importance to assess invasion to the adventitia.Diagnosis of stage A3, utilizing X-ray, CT and endoscopic ultrasonography, is discussed. It is possible to get an eighty percent correct diagnosis by the X-ray findings such as the depth of ulceration and the characteristics of the surrounding rim of the tumor besides an esophagotracheal fistula and a clear penetration.Furthermore, it is possible to observe the relationship of the esophagus to the trachea and the aorta by using an endoscopic ultrasonography and a CT scan.However, since even these examinations have demerits, a doctor's intuition and sensitivity plays an important part.The treatment of the cases, in which a resection is inadvisable or impossible, is also discussed.


Intraosseous schwannoma is a rare benign neoplasm arising from Schwann cells of the nerve sheath and involving the substance of bone. Intraosseous schwannomas account for less than 0.2 % of primary bone tumors. The most common site of occurrence is the mandible, a characteristic traditionally attributed to the long intraosseous path of the inferior alveolar nerve. Here we report a case of intraosseous schwannoma in the radius of a 19 year-old female which was misdiagnosed as a sarcoma. even it is a very rare lesion of bone one should be aware of the fact that when a small biopsy is taken, it can be misdiagnosed as sarcoma or fibrous dysplasia.


Populism has been a subject of recent debate in Latin America; it's been discussed by different social groups and in between the recent political analysis in the region. However,populism is not a new phenomen on for Latin Americans. The historical references point that today's populismit's just a redefinition of what was already settled before in our countries. Globalization and it's implication shave confirmed that the most delicate problems have become more serious, and they have left an open space for populism, nowk nown as neo-populism, to regainit's strength. The following paper pretends to describe it's theoretical assumptions, but above all, it hopes to show it's application in Latin American countries like Venezuela and Bolivia, and it's contrast to liberal democracy, in a way that it's possible to understand it's influence in the Latin American political evolution.


ABSTRACT Congenital malformations are functional or structural anomalies found in fetal development,
resulting from genetic or environmental factors. Some malformations could be avoided
through educational and informative measures throughout prenatal care. The nursing
professional should be able to recognize probable causes of congenital defects and take
precautions to ensure their prevention. The purpose of the study was to identify interventions
for the prevent congenital malformations. This was an exploratory descriptive study
conducted by a case study. Data was collected through passive observation of the prenatal
appointments caried out by the nurse, during the morning and afternoon shifts, throughout
the months of September and October 2018. The nurse was present in the care of 62
pregnant women. The research was approved by the Research Ethics Committee of the
University Hospital of the Federal University of Maranhao under opinion 2,207,718, and
followed the determinations of resolution CNS 466/2012 and its complementary. No pregnant
women were informed about genetic diseases, only two pregnant women in the first trimester
and one in the second received information on alcohol, tobacco or other drugs. Pregnant
women with high glucose levels, hypertension and toxoplasmosis were referred to a well
known maternity hospital. There were no information on neonatal triage for pregnant women
in the third trimester. The guidelines focused mainly on healthy eating and vaccination
schedule. The nurse plays a big role in preventing mal


The fractionation factor for the chloride ion (phi/sub Cl/sup -//) was determined by studying the dependence of the chemical shifts of the water protons on the concentration of the solubilized chlorides (KCl, NaCl) and the deuterium content of the solvent. The results indicated that phi/sub Cl/sup -// = 0.95 +/- 0.07, in agreement with other spectroscopic studies which demonstrated that the bonding in the solvation shell of the Cl/sup -/ ion is only slightly weaker than that in bulk water.


For more than four decades, the lowest excitation in the whole landscape of atomic nuclei, the low‐lying, isomeric state of 229Th, the so‐called thorium isomer, has challenged physicists of various disciplines. Being a solitaire with its uniquely low excitation energy of <10 eV, its predicted lifetime of a few hours results in an extremely sharp relative linewidth ΔE/E as low as 10–20. While until recently the indication of its existence was based only on indirect evidence, its unique properties inspired a multitude of potential applications, like the use of the thorium isomer as a nuclear frequency standard, potentially able to outperform even the best atomic clocks and a sensitivity‐enhanced access to potential temporal variations of fundamental constants. The various proposals to exploit the unique properties of 229mTh are presented herein, in particular focusing on its ability to serve as a test bench for time variations of fundamental constants like the fine structure constant.


The synthesis of a new reagent 6\|Methoxy\|Benzothiazolyldiazoamino-2,6-Dibromo-4-Carboxyphenyl (MBTDABPCP) and its color formation reaction with Cd(Ⅱ) are reported.In weak alkaline medium Na\-2B\-4O\-7-HCl(pH=8 5) and in the presence of SDS,Cd(Ⅱ) reacts with reagent to form a orange\|yellow complex.The interference of various ions has been studied and the method used for the determination of micro amounts of Cd(Ⅱ) in wastewater.


The accurate quantification of microRNAs (miRNAs) is of great significance for the various biomedical applications. Herein, a facile bead-enriched catalyzed hairpin assembly (CHA) assay for the flow cytometric miRNA analysis...


. Let E be a star-shaped Banach space of analytic functions on the open unit disk D . It is assumed that the unilateral shift S : z → zf and the backward shift T : f → f − f (0) z are bounded on E and that their spectrum is the closed unit disk.Let M be a closed z -invariant subspace of E such that dim( M/zM ) = 1, and let g ∈ M . The main result of the paper states that if g has an analytic extension to D ∪ D ( ζ,r ) for some r > 0, with g ( ζ ) (cid:4) = 0, and if S and T satisfy the "nonquasianalytic condition" then ζ does not belong to the spectrum of the compression S M : f + M → zf + M of the unilateral shift to the quotient space E/M . This shows in particular that Spec( S M ) = { 1 } for some z -invariant subspaces M of weighted Hardy spaces that were constructed by N. K. Nikol (cid:2) ski˘ı in the 1970s by using the Keldysh method.


429 The diagnostic direction of the school psychologist is one of the most difficult, it requires a special psychological training psychologist practice. In diagnostics a school psychologist should have an ability to identify a psychological problem, ask a question correctly, get the right information from the teachers, parents, students, and analyze this information and formulate a conclusion, having not just a practical orientation, but also focus on the analysis of a specific individual case. The diagnostic procedures, correctional activities of the school psychologist are complex, responsible and very poorly designed. First, such a procedure has been offered by L. Vygotsky as a scheme pedological research applied to behavioral problems and abnormal child. The diagnostic procedures, correctional activities of the school psychologist include diagnostic minimum. The author highlights the general principles of diagnostic testing. The directions psychoprophylactic work in an institution and in a secondary school in terms of inclusive education are given.


Recent findings suggest that Selective Mutism (SM) is best conceptualized as a childhood anxiety disorder and that oppositional behavior may or may not be a significant part of the clinical picture. Twenty-nine mothers of children with SM and 28 mothers of children who did not meet diagnostic criteria for any Axis I disorder (a community comparison group) completed parental self-report questionnaires and clinician-rated interviews assessing anxiety and oppositional behavior, parental psychopathology, and family factors with hypothesized relationships with childhood anxiety. Findings suggested that children with SM experienced more anxiety than those in the community comparison group, with significantly higher levels of social anxiety, rumination, and physical symptoms reported. Mothers of children with SM reported greater monitoring of their children's activities, but they did not significantly differ from community comparison group mothers on reports of other parenting behaviors. Such findings may have important implications for guiding family involvement in psychosocial interventions.


Aim: Consumer-directed long-term care services have grown dramatically over the past decade, both in the US and internationally. Flexibility in hiring, including the ability to hire family and friends, is a key determinant of interest in consumer direction. This study examined the differential experiences and outcomes for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (ID/DD) and their families receiving consumer-directed services based on the type of personal support worker (PSW) hired (family, friends, agency staff, non-agency staff). Method: The data includes responses from written surveys sent to families in the Illinois Adult Home Based Support Services Program (a Medicaid waiver program) along with interviews conducted with adults with ID/DD in the program. The measures filled out by 446 families using the Family Satisfaction with Consumer Directed Supports survey (and consumer interview) were used for analysis of satisfaction with the PSW, self-efficacy in hiring and managing the PSW, and the self-determination and community participation of the adults with ID/DD. BRIDGING KNOWLEDGE, RESEARCH AND POLICY: The Growing Older With a Disability (GOWD) Conference, Toronto, Canada, June 5-8, 2011 International Journal of Integrated Care – Volume 12, 16 November – URN:NBN:NL:UI:10-1-113862 – http://www.ijic.org/ Results: PSWs were most likely to be family members followed by agency staff, friends, and nonagency staff. There were no significant differences between groups on demographics of the person with ID/DD or of the primary caregiver, with the exception of caregiver gender and household income. Families who had lower income were less likely to hire agency staff. Ancova analyses controlling for these two factors indicated significant differences between different types of PSWs regarding the family caregiver's satisfaction with their PSW and their self-efficacy in hiring and managing their PSWs. Participants who hired a family member reported higher levels of satisfaction, followed by friends and staff. However, family caregivers felt the highest amount of self-efficacy when they hired non-agency staff followed by friends, family, and agency staff. There were no significant differences in the self-determination and community participation of the adult with disabilities. Conclusions: These findings suggest that families within a consumer directed program are most satisfied when they hire family and friends as PSWs. However, when they hire non-agency staff they feel better able to manage the PSWs. Also, the extent to which families hire other family members as PSWs is influenced in part by economic considerations. Furthermore, there is little evidence that hiring family members restricts the self-determination and community participation of adults with ID/DD.


The modelling, measurement, and control problems associated with continuous, well-mixed crystallizers are discussed in this paper. The crystallizer model consists of an integro-partial differential equation, the population balance, coupled with a set of ode's describing the overall reactor balances, such as solute concentration and temperature. Efficient methods for reducing this distributed model to a lumped model are formulated. A methodology for determining the stability of the population balance is developed and compared with the standard stability analyses of the approximate lumped models. Finally, the effect of simple feedback control on the crystallizer's stability is discussed.


An automatic beverage dispensing system for use with a plurality of remote point of sale units with order entry keyboards, each having selector buttons for different flavors and cup sizes, the dispenser including an automatic cup dropper, an automatic ice dispenser, a transverse conveyor system for conveying an ice filled cup to any of a plurality of parallel lanes each having a forward conveyor system, a beverage dispenser valve associated with each of the lanes, and each forward conveyor system conveying a cup received from the transverse conveyor to a beverage fill station and then to a cup pick-up station. The dispenser can also be operated manually using buttons on the dispenser itself.


In January 1999 Ford Motor Company acquired Volvo Cars. This thesis analyses some of the integration processes that followed the acquisition. It focuses, particularly, on the integration of the res ...


Accurate forecasting of tourism demand is important to the development of tourism. However, the difficulties in recognizing complex spatial and temporal features make it challenging to accurately forecast tourism demand. In addition, existing methods are not practical and flexible enough since they usually established multiple models for different scenic spots. In this paper, we propose a novel method for tourism demand forecasting based on the fully connected long short-term neural network, which enables simultaneous identification of spatial and temporal features for better forecasting accuracy. To enhance the practicality and flexibility of our method, we propose to establish one general model for multiple scenic spots. Experimental results demonstrate that the proposed method outperforms other models in the daily tourism demand forecasting for the Wanshan Archipelago, an emerging tourism spot in Zhuhai, China.


The article discusses the nature of international migration which has been gaining speed especially since the 1980s. It argues that the phenomena of international migration, especially international irregular migration and its relationship with the informal sector can not be analyzed properly without taking into account the economic policies which were followed to overcome the last crisis of the capitalist world system . Here, phenomena is understood in the context of global capitalist strategies of liberalisation and deregulation which managed by the transnational companies through vertical chains of subcontracting, which brought pre-industrial forms of labour controlling systems into the centre economies. Therefore the international migration is treated as part and parcel of the process of deregulation for the enhancement of flexibility in terms of a networked economy and society and polarized labour market.


In the article those problems are arisen which involve more problematic issues of the investigated institutions. The author has carried out comparative legal analysis of the norms of Criminal-Procedural Code (CPC) in RF and RA


At the division of general therapy N 1 of the Kirov Military Medical Academy a version of automated training system was elaborated for the IBM AT/386 users of MS DOS operational system. The knowledge text control was carried out during the lessons at the display classroom equipped with Wyse-85 terminals ("Wyse Technology Company"), DEC VT 220 regimen, and connected up to PC IBM AT/386 which works in multiterminal function. Application of text control has shown that the volume of knowledge had increased up to 82-90%, but it was right only for the groups where the methodics of classes with application of the results of text controls was strictly adhered. The progress in other groups was less than 68%.


Twenty‐three patients with various intractable seizure patterns were divided into four groups based on their most frequent seizure type and their clinical and EEG response to chronic electrical stimulation of the centromedian thalamic nuclei (ESCM): group A, generalized tonic‐clonic (GTC, n = 9); group B, partial motor (Rasmussen type) (n = 3); group C, complex partial seizures (CPS, n = 5); and group D, generalized tonic seizures (Lennox‐Gastaut type) (n = 6). CM were radiologically and electrophysiologically localized by means of stereotaxic landmarks and by thalamically induced scalp recruitinglike responses and desynchronization. ESCM consisted of daily 2‐h stimulation sessions for 3 months. Each stimulus consisted of a 1‐min train of square pulses with a 4‐min interstimulus interval, alternating right and left CM. Each pulse was 1.0 ms in duration at 60/s frequency and 8–15 V (400–1,250 μ‐A) amplitude. Voltage (V), current flow (μA) and impedance (kΩ) at the electrode tips were kept constant. A significant decrease in the number of seizures per month and paroxysmal EEG waves per 10‐s epochs occurred in group A patients between the baseline period (BL) and the ESCM period. These changes persisted for >3 months after discontinuation of ESCM (poststimulation period, Post). Post was accompanied by a significant decrease in the number of paroxysmal EEG discharges. A substantial decrease in seizures and paroxysmal discharges was also observed in patients of group B. In contrast, patients of groups C and D showed no significant changes from BL to ESCM and Post periods, except for a significant decrease in the number of seizures in group D patients from BL to Post periods.


ABSTRACT This study proposes and tests a communication mediation model that examines the potential influence of instant messenger (IM) apps on cognitive biases and political participation among users. Data from a national online panel of U.S. adults provide insights into how egocentric assumptions in public opinion perceptions that stem from mobile echo chambers can contribute to a user's participatory behaviors, which further highlights the role of IM in politics as a private, closed mode of political communication.


ABSTRACT Recent decades have brought global expansion of private supplementary tutoring, and China is among countries in which patterns have been especially dramatic. National survey data indicate that 29.8% of primary and lower secondary students had received private supplementary tutoring in 2014, with proportions rising at higher levels of the school system. However, such statistics present only a snapshot of demand and might suggest that decisions to invest in tutoring are one-off in nature. This paper draws on interviews to show changing patterns of demand by individual parents at different times. Factors influencing parental choices include not only cost and availability of time but also children's academic performance, children's different stages of schooling and education system reforms. Over time parents may expand or reduce their demand, change balances between academic and non-academic tutoring, and switch between different types and providers of tutoring. This paper thus shows that analyses of demand need to be more nuanced than tends to be the case in analyses of large-scale survey data. The paper is grounded in the Chinese context, but has conceptual implications of wider relevance.


Objective To assess the therapeutic effect of laser oxygenate fluid and scopolamine(LOFS) in treating hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy(HIE).Methods 106 HIE babies were divided into a control group(n=52) and a treatment group(n=54).They all were basically managed by giving conventional symptomatic treatments,but to the treatment group,a course of LOFS was added.For preparing this therapy,5%GS 5-10 ml·kg-1 was put into the multifunctional laser radiation hemotherapeutic instrument to get irradiated with He-Ne laser for 15 min and oxygenated.The above treated fluid,mixed with scopolamine 0.01-0.05 mg·kg-1,was given by intravenous drip qd for 10 d.The results were evaluated after another 10 days.Results In the treatment group,obvious effectiveness was found in 41 cases,effectiveness in 10 cases.The overall rate of effectiveness amounted to 94.45%.In the control group,the results were obviously effective in 10 cases and effective in 21 cases.The overall effective rate was only 59.61%(P0.01).Conclusion LOFS is an excellent treatment for HIE.The consciousness comes back rapidly,the convulsion can be controlled easily.It is safe and has no toxic side effects.


Abstract This study focused on how the ISO 9001:2008 standard has influenced organisational Lean Six Sigma (LSS) implementation success. Data were collected through a survey, followed by interviews with the quality managers/representatives of 85 small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the textile industry. Additionally, case studies on four of the textile SMEs were carried out to validate the results. Our analysis revealed that the main benefits of LSS, among others, are problem solving improvement, reduction of the quality problem, waste reduction, and increase of productivity. However, certified companies are aware of continuous improvements to tools, which ensures the continuity of improvements made by the LSS project and facilitates the integration of Lean Six Sigma tools, which can help to make better use of the Lean Six Sigma project. The type of article produced was also found to have a considerable effect on the success of the Lean Six Sigma project.


Today, many modern processors support more than one page size. The larger pages, called superpages, have been identified as one means of reducing the time spent servicing translation lookaside buffer (TLB) misses in the early 1990s by increasing TLB reach. Widespread usage of superpages has been limited by the requirement that superpages consist of physically contiguous and naturally-aligned small pages. This makes external fragmentation a serious problem for an operating system, one that is almost non-existent when processes use only one page size. Hardware solutions to mitigate this limitation such as sub-blocking, shadow page-tables and a variety of hybrid solutions have not seen wide-spread adoption. This has curtailed automatic superpage support as it is known that superpage availability will decrease during the system's lifetime as external fragmentation grows.
 This paper presents a placement policy for an operating system's physical page allocator to mitigate external fragmentation problems by grouping pages based on the system's ability to relocate the data. Secondly, the necessary changes to the page reclamation algorithm for it to be contiguity-aware are described while minimising impact to the reclamation algorithms' normal decisions. The performance impact on different machine types is illustrated and it is shown that the superpage allocation success rate is improved. These mechanisms are complementary to any of the hardware solutions proposed in the past.


This study explores students' mathematical computational thinking ability in solving the Pythagorean Theorem problem. This research method used a qualitative approach with a phenomenological design. The subjects involved in this study were 12 junior high school students. Six students in grade 7 had not studied the Pythagorean Theorem, and six students in grade 8 were studying the Pythagorean Theorem. This study's results indicate several problems with students' mathematical computational thinking skills in mathematics learning. The first problem is seen from the aspect of abstraction. Students are given problems with the help of digital-based teaching aids. Then the researcher provides procedures containing questions so students can digest the information and follow their intuition to find a solution strategy. Still, students have not decided what information should be stored or ignored. The second problem is seen from the aspect of decomposition. Students have not been able to decompose complex problems into simpler and more manageable ones. Student responses are also still not according to the researchers' predictions. However, with the scaffolding technique, researchers can direct students' intuition or thought processes to focus more on the problem being asked. The third problem is seen from the aspect of generalization. Students have not been able to generalize the problem and have not been able to conclude from the steps that have been taken. These three problems indicate that students cannot recognize and identify patterns well, thereby reducing the efficiency of the mathematical problem-solving process.


Despite substantial progress in slowing the epidemic among substance-abusing populations, new cases of HIV increasingly can be attributed directly to injecting drug use through contaminated needles or indirectly through sexual transmission. While many studies examine factors related to drug use practices and AIDS among young and middle-aged substance abusers, few studies have considered how HIV is contracted or experienced among older addicts. This article reviews what is known about HIV and older substance abusers with special emphasis on the age-related factors that shape the experience of AIDS for this population. Next, drawing on findings from the Partners in Community Health Project, the analysis explores factors that underlie older injectors' and other substance abusers' risk for HIV. Next, issues related to treatment of older HIV-positive injecting drug users are explored. Finally, priorities for future research are identified.


An intrusion detection system, often known as an IDS, is extremely important for preventing attacks on a network, violating network policies, and gaining unauthorized access to a network. The effectiveness of IDS is highly dependent on data preprocessing techniques and classification models used to enhance accuracy and reduce model training and testing time. For the purpose of anomaly identification, researchers have developed several machine learning and deep learning-based algorithms; nonetheless, accurate anomaly detection with low test and train times remains a challenge. Using a hybrid feature selection approach and a deep neural network- (DNN-) based classifier, the authors of this research suggest an enhanced intrusion detection system (IDS). In order to construct a subset of reduced and optimal features that may be used for classification, a hybrid feature selection model that consists of three methods, namely, chi square, ANOVA, and principal component analysis (PCA), is applied. These methods are referred to as "the big three." On the NSL-KDD dataset, the suggested model receives training and is then evaluated. The proposed method was successful in achieving the following results: a reduction of input data by 40%, an average accuracy of 99.73%, a precision score of 99.75%, an F1 score of 99.72%, and an average training and testing time of 138% and 2.7 seconds, respectively. The findings of the experiments demonstrate that the proposed model is superior to the performance of the other comparison approaches.


Generalized pushover analysis procedure that was previously formulated on 2D planar frames is extended to 3D systems with torsional coupling in the presented study. The instantaneous force distribution acting on the system when the interstory drift at a story reaches its maximum value during seismic response is defined as the generalized force distribution. This force distribution is then expressed in terms of combinations of modal forces. Modal contributions to the generalized force vectors are calculated by a modal scaling rule which is based on the complete quadratic combination. Generalized forces are applied to the mass centers of each story incrementally for producing nonlinear static response. Maximum response quantities are then obtained when the individual frames attain their own target interstory drift values in each story. Finally, internal forces and deformations of the structural members are compiled through an envelope algorithm; registered as the inelastic seismic response of the asymmetric-plan structure. The developed procedure is tested on a plan-asymmetric, torsionally coupled eight-story structure under a set of ground motion records which are employed without any modification. Performance of the procedure is assessed by comparing the results with those obtained from nonlinear time history analysis. Seismic response parameters such as interstory drifts and plastic rotations are presented for selected ground motions as well as mean results calculated for the ground motion set. The method is deemed successful in predicting the torsionally coupled inelastic response of 3D systems in terms of deformation and force demands.


VMD– presentations with text explanation buttons are included, that are particularly suitable for science fairs and for teaching. Due to the utilization of buttons to control VMD – Presentations, the usability in such an environment is faciliated. The concept can also be applied in an e–learning environment. It is similar to the internet –plug–in Chime, which is often used in a analogue manner. However the graphical presentations of VMD is superior to that of Chime and the composition of the presentations is much more efficient. Furthermore , VMD is platform –independent and not bound to particular operating systems or even browsers, as it is the case with Chime. For questions concerning VMD, you may consult the operating manuals [Caddigan et al. which can be downloaded from the VMD-homepage. As far as the programming of the scripts and their installation is concerned, there are brief manuals available from my ho-mepage [Schellenberg(2006)]. The protein presentations described here are part of the whole package vmdscripteng.tar.gz resp. vmdscripteng.zip, which contain many more scripts apart from the ones introduced here. For installation of the scripts, please read the installation text. Under Linux, there is also the script vmdlehre.sh available, that starts a button control window, from which you can load the belowmentioned presentations. Otherwise, you can start a presentation by loading the respective Script from the VMD directly. First, an introduction into abstract protein presentations is given on the example of a simple structured protein prior to showing some particularly important protein classes. These are by name antibodies, which play an important role in the immune system, a vision pigment, the photosynthetic oxygen evolving system PSII and the ribosome, that translates the genetic code into the corresponding protein sequence. The structure of this protein had been calculated in advance, prior to producing it genetically. So far for the name designer protein. The theoretical predictions turned out to be surprisingly accuratate. Taking this simple and straightforward structured protein, it is 1


This letter considers the downlink of a cellular network with an asymmetric antenna configuration, where virtual multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) is formed with receive cooperation over out-of-band or in-band overlay device-to-device (D2D) links. The objective of this work is to determine the best pairing and resource sharing configuration of the cooperative devices such that the overall network utility is optimized and the devices achieve their best available rate larger than that without D2D cooperation. A distributed algorithm is developed via an algorithmic-game-theoretic message-passing framework to obtain a solution at a low computational cost and without reporting the D2D link qualities to the base station. We show that the algorithm converges to an optimal point through analysis and its performance is validated by simulation. In addition, the virtual MIMO network enabled by the D2D receive cooperation is shown to provide a significant gain over the network without the D2D receive cooperation.


Freehand three-dimensional ultrasound imaging is a highly attractive research area because it is capable of volumetric visualization and analysis of tissues and organs. The reconstruction algorithm plays a key role to the construction of three-dimensional ultrasound volume data with higher image quality and faster reconstruction speed. However, a systematic approach to such problem is still missing. A new fast marching method (FMM) for three-dimensional ultrasound volume reconstruction using the tracked and hand-held probe is proposed in this paper. Our reconstruction approach consists of two stages: bin-filling stage and hole-filling stage. Each pixel in the B-scan images is traversed and its intensity value is assigned ast marching method to its nearest voxel in the bin-filling stage. For the efficient and accurate reconstruction, we present a new hole-filling algorithm based on the fast marching method. Our algorithm advances the interpolation boundary along its normal direction and fills the area closest to known voxel points in first, which ensure that the structural details of image can be preserved. Experimental results on both ultrasonic abdominal phantom and in vivo urinary bladder of human subject and comparisons with some popular algorithms are used to demonstrate its improvement in both reconstruction accuracy and efficiency.


The article examines the peculiarities of the artistic representation of the image of the teacher in the Soviet mass art on the basis of comparative and semiotic analysis of Soviet posters of the 1940s – 1980s. The peculiarities of the image of educators in the dynamics from the late Stalin era to the "perestroika" are revealed. The artistic images presented on the posters are considered in two discourses: ideological and everyday. It is shown that the artistic representations of the teacher's image reflected the evolution of Soviet society, its structure, the place of educators in the Soviet system, the age and gender specifics of their work. The change of value orientations from socialist to mass consumption society is clarified, the dissonance between mass-ideological and individual-household, which formed the activity of educators as subjects of culture of the Soviet era, is shown. Analysis of visual sources and their comparison helped to track changes in the values of Soviet society and to create a projection of society's changed values. The interpretation of the teacher's place in society, as well as the adaptation of the artistic language of mass art to the tasks of socialist realism are determined. The influence of agitation and propaganda of the Soviet everyday life on the reflection of the image of the teacher in the semiotic text of the poster is found out. By 1970s - 1980s, the Society had received a large number of sources from which they could draw information. The teacher finally loses the position of the sacred bearer of knowledge, his work is perceived as a creative process, but social protection from the state has not returned. In the poster, this can be seen in the inclusion of signs and symbols that should codify the function of teaching, a new color and spatial solution, or in general, a return to the principles of the genre. The work was carried out within the framework of the research theme of the Department of Culturology of the Poltava National Pedagogical University named after V.G.Korolenko "Polylogue of the global and regional in the formation of the socio-cultural identity of the individual" (state registration number 0120U103840)


Drone images contain a large number of small, dense targets. And they are vital for agriculture, security, monitoring, and more. However, detecting small objects remains an unsolved challenge, as they occupy a small proportion of the image and have less distinct features. Conventional object detection algorithms fail to produce satisfactory results for small objects. To address this issue, an improved algorithm for small object detection is proposed by modifying the YOLOv7 network structure. Firstly, redundant detection head for large objects is removed, and the feature extraction for small object detection advances. Secondly, the number of anchor boxes is increased to improve the recall rate for small objects. And, considering the limitations of the CIoU loss function in optimization, the EIoU loss function is employed as the bounding box loss function, to achieve more stable and effective regression. Lastly, an attention-based feature fusion module is introduced to replace the Concat module in FPN. This module considers both global and local information, effectively addressing the challenges in multiscale and small object fusion. Experimental results on the VisDrone2019 dataset demonstrate that the proposed algorithm achieves an mAP50 of 54.03% and an mAP50:90 of 32.06%, outperforming the latest similar research papers and significantly enhancing the model's capability for small object detection in dense scenes.


This paper presents a speech enhancement approach based on analysis-synthesis framework. An improved multi-band summary correlogram (MBSC) algorithm is proposed for pitch estimation and voiced/unvoiced (V/UV) detection. The proposed pitch detection algorithm achieves a lower pitch detection error compared with the reference algorithm. The denoising autoencoder (DAE) is applied to enhance the line spectrum frequencies (LSFs). The reconstruction loss could be decreased compare with the swallow model. The proposed approach is evaluated using the perceptual evaluation of speech quality (PESQ) and the experimental results show that the proposed approach improves the performance of speech enhancement compared with the conventional speech enhancement approach. In addition, it could be applied to parametric speech coding even at low bit rate and low SNR environments.


Onion peroxidase (POD) has been known to act on some o-diphenol acids, such as caffeic and hydrocaffeic acid, but data on monophenols are rather scarce. This study is aimed to investigate the use of a crude peroxidase preparation from onion solid wastes for oxidising p-coumaric acid, a widespread phenolic acid, various derivatives of which may occur in foods. The highest enzyme activity was observed at a pH value of 5, but considerable activity was also retained for pH up to 6. Favourable temperatures for increased activity varied between 30 and 50 °C, 40 °C being the optimal. Liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry analysis of a POD-treated p-coumaric acid solution showed the formation of two major products, which were identified as a p-coumaric acid dimer and a decarboxylated dehydrotetramer. The putative oxidation pathway proposed shares common features with those reported for other hydroxycinnamates.


The use of a simple chemical equilibrium and of the law of mass action leads to correct prediction when applied to the study of the role of the counterions in the process of acid melting of the DNA molecule. This approach allows an estimate to be given of the enthalpy variation per base pair associated with this process. Experiments have been carried out to test (a) the linearity of the dependence of pHm vs. 1/T; (b) the stabilizing effect of Na+ concentration. The enthalphy variation per base pair, deduced from the slope of the pHm vs. 1/T plot, and from the number of H+ bound per base pair, is in agreement with direct measurement.6,8


Object-based audio is an approach for spatial sound reproduction which overcomes fundamental problems of traditional channel based applications. A spatial audio production consists out of audio objects. The audio objects are defined by an input signal and its associated metadata. The input signal represents the sound which should be perceived e.g a violin or a female voice, while the metadata describes the unique characteristics of that input signal such as its spatial position, movement or gain. Based on the audio-object information the loudspeaker signals will be generated by means of realtime audio rendering. For this the audio renderer need to know the loudspeaker setup. Especially in live applications, this new approach has major advantages for creative professionals. This paper describes the application and experiences of object-based audio installations in famous venues throughout Europe.


This book recounts the emergence of central banking ideas in America-from the formation of the First Bank of the United States to the enactment of the Federal Reserve System. Focusing on the intellectual and practical origins of monetary policy, Timberlake utilizes government docu>,j' ments to enrich our knowledge of central banking. Economists, historians, lawyers, policymakers, and politicians will welcome his new insights. $18.50 L


Objective : To fi nd out the role of informatic video in obtaining consent for post placental insertion of Intrauterine Device (IUD). Methods : This was a prospective randomized controlled trial. The informatic video was given to the study group compared by the level of acceptance of the respondents in the control group that was given conventional methods. This research was carried out in Pertiwi, Fatimah, and Khadijah I Mother and Child Hospital Makassar. The data were analyzed by chi-square test with signifi cant level p<0.05. Results : There was a signifi cant correlation between informatic video groups to the consent (p=0.026) and the insertion (p=0.034) of post placental IUCD. The informatic video had the effects to increased the number of acceptors post placental IUCD with the value of signifi cance as 0.018, therefore if the informatic video was increased, then the consent of insertion IUCD was also increased. Conclusions : Informatic video had the effects of increased the number of acceptors postplacental IUCD.