The unionclosed sets conjecture posed by Peter Frankl in 1979. There is an article in wikipedia on the URL [1], devoted to this problem, see also [6], [7] and List of unsolved mathematical problems [2]. A family of sets A ⊂ 2 is said to be unionclosed if the union of any two set from the family remains in the family. The conjecture states that for any unionclosed family of finite sets, other than family consisting only the empty set, there exists an element that belong to at least half of the sets from the family. The conjecture has been proven for many special cases. It is known to be true for families of at most 46 sets [3], for n ≤ 11 [4], for families of sets in which the smallest set has one or two elements [5]. We use the natural bijection between 2 and {0, 1} and don't make difference between these two sets. Considering natural embedding {0, 1} → R we note, that arbitrary subset of {0, 1} can be defined by finite (N) number of inequalities


Field reports form submitted by Susan Spieker for fall 1990. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of fall 1990.


This article draws on in-depth research conducted during the first two years of the COVID-19 pandemic with a group of 35 women who work as construction labourers in Sylhet, northern Bangladesh. We particularly focus on these women's narratives of economic crisis, domestic abuse, coercive control and intimate relations during the pandemic. Here, we consider the ways in which the COVID-19 pandemic between 2020 and 2021 particularly affected this group of women participants as they employed survival strategies to support their families through a time of extreme economic and social crisis. A key issue they raised was the negative impact the pandemic has had on their health and wellbeing, particularly exacerbated by an increase in experiences of intimate partner violence (IPV), more commonly termed domestic abuse or domestic violence in the local context. The violence they faced was not necessarily a new experience for many of these women, but it was intensified by pressures brought to bear on interpersonal relations within their household as a result of lack of access to incomes, rising levels of poverty, and the stresses placed on families trying to survive in a time of extreme socio-economic and health insecurity.


The author reflects on his experiences as a faculty member teaching the subject of business and society. He states that there is no single "best" method of teaching business in terms of curriculum or methods. He comments that some common categories for teaching business and society include philosophical, historical, economic, legal, governmental, eclectic, and urban. He states his belief that while there is no consensus on how to teach business and society, there is agreement as to its scope.


The common eye problems of infancy and childhood are summarized here, along with outlines of basic bedside examination and work-up. Detecting visual problems early is crucial to optimizing long-term visual development. If any doubt about your assessment exists or you have concern about the child's eyes, discuss with your senior early and seek a friendly ophthalmology opinion.


The research deals with how blind or d/Deaf, Queer, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transvestite and Transgendered (QLGBT) citizens are recognized or not by their advocacy and service organization. QLGBT persons with sensory difference or impairment are largely excluded from QLGBT lives. Even for those persons who have access to broader worlds substantially off-limits for persons with sensory difference or impairment, being 'who one really is' may not be an option in those environments daily lived. Representation, acceptable stereotypes, dominant constructs, self-acceptance, community bonding and the establishment of truly representative organizations are issues in this research.
Disability, being Queer blind, d/Deaf, and disabled are 'normal' even if not 'average'. Sexual diversity and sensory difference are normal in the realm of human and animal lived experience. The research has investigated how organisations can assist stakeholders to enjoy or at least survive in their multi-faceted identities. www.netsurvey.com.au was a specially created website designed to interview people who are Deaf, an Australian first in the field, now being emulated. A long and extensive publicity campaign brought self-selecting blind and d/Deaf persons to the research. Ambitions of the research included: painting a picture of what was happening to persons who were marginalized in marginal situations, opening up the topics of sensory difference and diverse sexualities to further study and debate, providing a forum that might augment the voices of persons who seek recognition, catalyzing activism and increasing focus on the issues.


Background This study aimed to investigate the expression of long noncoding RNA (lncRNA) loc285194 in cervical squamous cell carcinoma (CSCC) biopsies that were positive and negative for human papillomavirus (HPV) and in human CSCC cell lines SiHa and C33A and to investigate the overexpression of lncRNA loc285194. Material/Methods Cervical biopsy tissue and plasma samples from 66 patients with histologically confirmed CSCC, that were HPV16-positive (N=22), HPV18-positive (N=27), and HPV-negative (N=17), and healthy controls (N=20) and human CSCC cell lines SiHa (HPV16-positive) and C33A (HPV-negative) were studied. Quantitative reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR) was used to measure the expression of lncRNA loc285194 in cervical biopsies and plasma. Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) and Western blot were used to measure levels of transforming growth factor-β1 (TGF-β1). A lncRNA loc285194 expression vector was constructed and transfected into SiHa and C33A cells that underwent a transwell assay for cell migration. Results Expression of lncRNA loc285194 was downregulated in HPV-positive and HPV-negative tissue samples and plasma from patients with CSCC and distinguished between patients and healthy controls. Plasma levels of loc285194 and TGF-β1 were significantly correlated with the presence of CSCC. In SiHa and C33A cells, TGF-β1 expression was downregulated, and cell migration was inhibited following lncRNA loc285194 overexpression. Although lncRNA loc285194 expression was not affected by TGF-β1 treatment, its effects on cell migration were reduced by TGF-β1. Conclusions The expression of lncRNA loc285194 inhibited the migration of CSCC cells in vitro through the inactivation of TGF-β1.


Displaying confidence scores in human-AI interaction has been shown to help build trust between humans and AI systems. However, most existing research uses only the confidence score as a form of communication. As confidence scores are just another model output, users may want to understand why the algorithm is confident to determine whether to accept the confidence score. In this paper, we show that counterfactual explanations of confidence scores help study participants to better understand and better trust a machine learning model's prediction. We present two methods for understanding model confidence using counterfactual explanation: (1) based on counterfactual examples; and (2) based on visualisation of the counterfactual space. Both increase understanding and trust for study participants over a baseline of no explanation, but qualitative results show that they are used quite differently, leading to recommendations of when to use each one and directions of designing better explanations.


In the paper the spherical-head model for the HRTF is developed and is used in conjunction with yaw angle tracking provided using software developed for a WiiRemote controller to simulate sound radiated from a point source as a function of head position. The yaw rotation angle is evaluated using gyros supplied in the Wii motion plus extension device. The real-time data obtained is used to control the parameters of the head related transfer function. This work aims to bring affordable experimental platforms for educating students in physical acoustics and signal processing.


assays, the use of GH stimulation tests, and the availability of pituitaryand recombinant DNA-derived GH as pharmaceutical products. Somewhat extraordinarily, this perspective has remained entrenched, despite the growing realization that: (1) GH, itself, is not the major mediator of skeletal growth; (2) GH assays and stimulation tests are problematic; and (3) pharmacological dosages of GH are necessary, generally, for treatment of growth disorders outside of classical GH defi ciency. Concurrently, the IGF system has emerged as the true mediator of skeletal growth (both in utero and postnatally), a realization that has been supported by: (1) targeted knockouts of various components of the IGF system in rodents; (2) human mutations resulting in specifi c perturbations of IGF production or action, and (3) clinical trials of IGF-I replacement in patients with specifi c defects in IGF synthesis. By the late 1990's, the concept of 'IGF Defi ciency' had emerged, thereby shifting emphasis from a GH-centric perspective to the actions of growth factors at the epiphyseal growth plate. IGF defi ciency, in turn, was divided into 'secondary' forms (i.e., decreased IGF-I resulting from decreased GH) and 'primary' forms (i.e., decreased IGF-I, despite normal, or even elevated GH). This focus, admittedly, may prove with experience to be just as arbitrary a schema, as is any classifi cation system built upon the concept of GH defi ciency. It has, nevertheless, several very real advantages, as discussed in the thought-provoking papers in this monograph. Most importantly, it provides a physiological basis for true replacement therapy. While, undoubtedly, it, too, will be replaced in time Since at least the time of Aristotle, scientists and philosophers have attempted to encompass and structure knowledge of the natural world by establishing systems of classifi cation. There is something we all fi nd reassuring about organized information; at the very minimum, it provides a title and a relative position in a hierarchical chart. One need only think of Linnaeus, to recognize both the utility and limitations of any classifi cation system. Such schemas, should always be viewed with the realization that they are, invariably, both artifi cial and arbitrary, refl ecting the perceptions and prejudices of the observer, rather than any pre-existing gold standard of scientifi c 'truth'. As Stephen Jay Gould stated,


Abstract Bond Graph as a unified and multidisciplinary tool, stay very interesting regarding the interaction between different continuous modes. These industrial systems, having more than one continuous state, need hybrid tehniques for their model based diagnosis. Traditional Bond Graph algorithms for continuous diagnosis use a single model that does not accommodate the transition between modes. The physical system is converter containing three pairs of switches (cells), leading to eight modes. The aim of the paper is to show how the hybrid bond graph (HBG) can be used not only for dynamic modelling of all modes but also the fault Detection and isolation. Based on structural and causal properties of the HBG, the fault indicator named Global Analytical Redundancy Relation (GARR) is generated systematically for all modes. The Fault Signature Matrix is then deduced from candidate GARRs for decision procedure step. The first part of this work considered to obtain a hybrid model, who allows to present different modes in one structure. The changes in the causalities only on level of the switching junctions when the mode changes occur was observed. Our work is motivated by the requirements of the fault accommodation tasks, where diagnosis is performed online for the hybrid system. This model of the residuals and the related fault signature matrix can be implemented in real time applications to provide a decision support system including both the fault detection and isolation capabilities.


The goal of the paper is to analyze the robustness of the system to control the ion beam shepherd motion with respect to a space debris object. The robustness was analyzed considering the action of the ion beam, a wide spectrum of orbital disturbances, relative position and actuation errors, the nonstationarity and parametric uncer- tainty of the plant, and limitations on the control action amplitude. Amplitude and phase stability margins were determined for each of the control channels. The stability analysis of a plant with variable coefficients was reduced to the analysis of the robust stability of a system with uncertain parameters. The uncertain parameters of the math-ematical model were represented using a linear fractional transformation. Using this description, the uncertainty of the model was represented as a structured block-diagonal disturbance block. A robustness measure based on the concept of structured singular values was used. The calculated structured singular values demonstrate the system robustness to all the factors under consideration.


The research in this thesis had three main aspects. The first was to identify whether government strategies, which involved limiting the quantity of paracetamol available over-the-counter and altering its packaging, resulted in a reduced frequency and severity of paracetamol overdose cases that presented to Accident and Emergency departments in the Greater Belfast area. The second aspect involved the geographical mapping of paracetamol overdose patients and the investigation of a link between the rate of paracetamol overdose and the ward multiple deprivation index. The final aspect of the study was the production and validation of a risk model, so that patients at greatest risk of having taken a severe paracetamol overdose could be readily identified. Demographic, medical and postcode data were collected retrospectively for 1387 paracetamol overdose patients who attended the Belfast City Hospital, Lagan Valley Hospital, Mater Infirmorum, Royal Victoria Hospital and the Ulster Hospital. The first stage of the study found a reduction in the median (estimated) quantity of paracetamol ingested by paracetamol overdose patients following the changes to the availability and packaging of paracetamol products. The numbers of hospital admissions, frequency of antidote administration and median paracetamol serum concentrations were also reduced. Although no reduction was noted in the total number of overdose patients having consumed paracetamol in some form, there was a reduction in the frequency of use of single-component paracetamol preparations. The mapping chapter illustrated a positive correlation between the incidence of paracetamol overdose and the ward multiple deprivation index. The risk model produced in Chapter Four indicated that patients who had ingested (estimated) more than 15g paracetamol and who had a history of alcohol abuse were at greatest risk of having taken a severe paracetamol overdose. Those at least risk were patients who had ingested a recreational drug (usually alcohol) along with the paracetamol overdose.


Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore the type and implications of user-generated content posted by users of an open access institutional repository (DSpace) on Facebook. Design/methodology/approach – The identified user-generated content was organised into three categories: personal; professional; and social information. It encompassed all content from the members of the "DSpace" Facebook group, posted during the seven-year period (2007-2014). The posts were read and analysed to identify and categorise user-generated content posted by users to determine how Facebook is used by open access repository users. Findings – The results of analysis demonstrate the importance of social information posted by users over personal and professional information. Major types of user-generated content posted by users in the social information category were request, greetings, status-update, and announcement. Further, there has been a threefold increase in the number of user postings in the last two years (201...


A small crack near the inner surface of clad nuclear reactor pressure vessels (RPV) is an important consideration in the safety assessment of the structural integrity of the vessel. Four-point bend tests on large plate specimens, six clad and two unclad, were performed to determine the effect, if any, of stainless steel cladding upon the propagation of small surface cracks subjected to stress states similar to those produced by pressurized thermal shock conditions. Results of tests at temperature 10 and 60/degree/C below the nil-ductility-transition temperature (NDT) have shown that (1) a tough surface layer composed of cladding and/or heat-affected zone has arrested running flaws in clad plates under conditions where unclad plates have ruptured, and (2) the residual load-bearing capacity of clad plates with large subclad flaws significantly exceeded that of an unclad plate. 6 refs., 7 figs., 2 tabs.


In this paper, we study the distributed blind equalization of networked single-input multi-output (SIMO) systems. An indirect distributed equalization framework is presented, which estimates the transfer functions followed by the associated equalizers. Two distributed indirect equalization algorithms are proposed: one depends on multiple average consensus operations, and the other relies on the combination of innovation and one average consensus operation. The former generates an approximate equalizer for which the associated estimation error is determined by the number of average consensus operations, while the latter can provide an accurate equalizer estimation under some mild conditions. The proposed algorithms estimate the desired equalizer recursively and recover the source signal in real time. Furthermore, the distributed equalization under a time-varying topology is investigated as well. Convergence properties of the proposed algorithms are established and numerical simulations are carried out to show the performances of the proposed algorithms.


In 1937, the new Division of State Advertising launched a comprehensive campaign to attract more visitors -and their money -to the Old North State. Labeling the state a "Variety Vacationland," this program included print advertisements in leading newspapers and magazines, pamphlets, guidebooks, billboards, and even a feature-length film, all designed to sell the state to potential visitors. North Carolina clearly had much to offer tourists. Pristine beaches in the east and majestic mountains in the west provided a rich landscape for tourists to hike, fish, or simply lose their cares in the great outdoors. Other attractions like the golf courses of Pinehurst, the lighthouses of the Atlantic coast, or any of the state's historic sites offered visitors a litany of cultural and recreational diversions.


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Measurements of the rate of evaporation of drops of varying shapes are required in order to determine the influence of such a variable on this important industrial transport process. Few data, if any, are available concerning the evaporation of drops of hydrocarbons.

Measurements were made of the evaporation of drops of n-heptane at air velocities from 2 to 8 feet per second, corresponding to Reynolds numbers as high as 200. The transport rate was established for drops under approximately 30 different conditions, and for each drop the shape, surface area, and volume were determined in detail. The measurements were made at an air temperature of 100[degrees] F. and at a low level of turbulence, with negligible radiant transfer to the drop. The temperature of the evaporating drop was measured with small thermocouples.

The results indicate a marked influence of the shape of the drop on its evaporating rate, and the Sherwood number was found to increase by as much as 30 percent for drops which deviate significantly from spherical forms. The present results, when reduced to the behavior of spheres, are in excellent agreement with the early measurements of Frossling and in fair agreement with those of Ranz and Marshall.

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An investigation was made on the effect of turbulence level on the thermal and material transport from spherical surfaces in a turbulently flowing air stream. A high level of turbulence was produced at the location of the test sphere by inserting a perforated plate in the flowing air stream.

Measurements were made of the rate of heat flow from a polished silver sphere, 0.500 inch in diameter, at air velocities from 4 to 32 feet per second. The measurements were made at a bulk air temperature of 100[degrees] F.

Measurements were made of the rate of evaporation of n-hexane and n-heptane from a porous sphere, 0.500 inch in diameter, at air velocities from 2 to 35 feet per second. The measurements were made at bulk air temperatures of 85[degrees] f., 100[degrees] F. and 115[degrees] F.

The results indicate that the turbulence level in the flowing air stream has a marked influence on the magnitude of the transfer coefficients. It was found that, in an air stream flowing at a bulk velocity of 16 feet per second with a turbulence level of 13 per cent, the Nusselt number increased by 11 per cent over the value obtained in the undisturbed air stream. The Sherwood number was found to increase by 14 per cent under the same flow condition.

The data obtained in this investigation were compared where possible with published information of similar nature.

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At high velocities the temperature variation across a flowing stream is appreciable under steady conditions for fluids having a high Prandtl number. A knowledge of such temperature distributions within steady, uniform streams is needed in certain thermal transport calculations. This information is not readily available in the literature.

By utilizing available information concerning the dissipation of kinetic energy and the thermal transport in laminar turbulently flowing streams, expressions were derived for the temperature distribution in fluids flowing between infinite parallel plates and in circular conduits. The calculations included both adiabatic and isothermal conditions at the wall.

These expressions differ somewhat from the relationships which have been derived for the temberature distribution in fluids flowing along a plate in an infinite stream under isobaric conditions. Recovery factors are directly proportional to the Prandtl number and not to the square root of the Prandtl number as found for the case of isobaric flow. Only the value of the Prandtl number is required in order to establish the temperature distribution under known conditions of laminar flow, whereas supplemental information is required in order to determine the behavior in turbulent flow.


Whilst the positive relationship between neuroticism and burnout is well-established within the extant literature, it is also acknowledged that neurotic individuals may differ in the extent to which they experience such detriments in well-being. In concordance with dual-processing theories of behaviour, it was suggested in this thesis that executive functions may enable one to enact in a 'goal-orientated' manner, and thus overcome one's instinctive neurotic tendencies towards burnout.

Through the four studies of this thesis, a research model was constructed and examined in which the core executive functions of working memory, active inhibition and task switching were proposed to reduce the extent to which neuroticism positively predicted burnout (which in studies 2 and 3 was suggested to occur via negative affect).

Although the overall neuroticism-burnout relationship was not found to be conditional upon any of the three executive functions, there was some evidence that the constituent paths of an indirect neuroticism-burnout model (via negative affect) were moderated by executive functions. Specifically, active inhibition significantly decreased the negative affect-burnout relationship in study 2, and this relationship was found to be conditional on task-switching in study 3, to the extent that lower task-switching reduced the moderating effect of active inhibition on the relationship between negative affect and burnout. In study 3 it was also found that higher levels of working memory capacity were associated with a reduction in the neuroticism-negative affect relationship.

The findings of this research did not support an overall moderating effect of executive functions, whilst only partly supporting the broader suggestion that executive functions may regulate the negative outcomes that occur when vulnerable individuals experience stressors. In light of the results of this thesis, limitations of the research were discussed (including methodological differences across studies and the use of unitary executive function measures) and suggestions made for future research (e.g. longitudinal study designs).


The chapter analyses the spread of general consumption taxes. It makes two points. First, it shows that the initial introduction of a general consumption tax has boosted revenue-raising capacity in countries around the world. Typically, the first general consumption tax was not a VAT but a less technically sophisticated general sales tax. Second, the chapter uses event history analyses to demonstrate that the uptake of the first general consumption tax was facilitated by revenue needs arising from: (1) mass interstate warfare in the first half of the twentieth century; (2) the adoption of major welfare initiatives; and (3) a marked deterioration of public finances. The historical trajectories of three cases—France, Japan, and Chile—corroborate these findings and call for further study.


In this article, we provide a new algorithm for solving constraint satisfaction problems with Maltsev constraints, based on the new notion of Maltsev consistency.


The paper by Furlong & Peake (1983) provides an interesting system to analyse factor VIII/von Willebrand factor (FVIII/vWF) multimeric structure by transferring the FVIII/vWF multimers to a nitrocellulose paper from SDS-agarose gel. This method shows that normal plasma multimers appear as single bands, whereas FVIII concentrates besides having more abundant lower molecular weight multimers they appear with a 'doublet' pattern. Type IIA von Willebrand's disease (vWd) have wider bands for the lower molecular weight multimers than those seen in normal plasma. We have been working on FVIIIIvWF multimeric structure using a variation of the discontinuous buffer system of Laemmli with SDS-2% agarose gels (Zimmerman et al, 1983) that allows better resolution of FVIII/vWF structure. Recently we have been able to transfer the FVIII/vWF multimers from SDS-2% agarose gels to nitrocellulose paper. The method was similar to that described by Furlong & Peake (1983) with some modifications. The transfer


Diet is one of the prominent determinants of gut microbiota composition significantly impacting human health. Recent studies with dietary supplements such as rice bran and quercetin have been shown to provide a beneficial impact on the host by positively influencing the gut microbiota. However, the specific bacterial species impacted when rice bran or quercetin is present in the diet is not well understood. Therefore, in this study, we used a minibioreactor array system as a model to determine the effect of quercetin and rice bran individually, as well as in combination, on gut microbiota without the confounding host factors. We found that rice bran exerts higher shift in gut microbiome composition when compared to quercetin. At the species level, Acidaminococcus intestini was the only significantly enriched taxa when quercetin was supplemented, while 15 species were enriched in rice bran supplementation and 13 were enriched when quercetin and rice bran were supplemented in combination. When comparing the short chain fatty acid production, quercetin supplementation significantly enriched isobutyrate production while propionate dominated the quercetin and rice bran combined group. Higher levels of propionate were highly correlated to the lower abundance of the potentially pathogenic Enterobacteriaceae family. These findings suggest that the combination of rice bran and quercetin serve to enrich beneficial bacteria and reduce potential opportunistic pathogens. However, further in vivo studies are necessary to determine the synergistic effect of rice bran and quercetin on host health and immunity. Importance Rice bran and quercetin are dietary components that shape host health by interacting with the gut microbiome. Both these substrates have been reported to provide nutritional and immunological benefits individually. However, considering the complexity of the human diet, it is useful to determine how the combination of food ingredients such as rice bran and quercetin influences the human gut microbiota. Our study provides insights into how these ingredients influence microbiome composition alone and in combination in vitro. This will allow us to identify which species in the gut microbiome are responsible for biotransformation of these dietary ingredients.. Such information is helpful for the development of synbiotics to improve gut health and immunity.


Schelling's Christian Anthropology rediscovers the pouline link between Proto- logy and Soteriology, extends the patristic concept of Image, reconciles the lutheran insistance on Justification with ontological Realism and anticipâtes recent attempts to reach Christocentrism. But, notwithstanding its merits, this attempt remains ambiguous : the extro- version of Powers does only happen through the Fall, Trinity needs man to be properly articulated.


In this paper, a new trust region method for unconstrained optimization is proposed. In the new method, the trust radius adjusts itself adaptively. In our algorithm, we use the convex combination of the Hessian matrix at a previous iteration and current iteration to define a suitable trust region radius at each iteration. The global, superlinear and quadratic convergence results of the algorithm are established under reasonable assumptions. Finally, some numerical results are given.


e18040Background: Therapeutic options for patients with recurrent platinum resistant ovarian cancer are scarce and represent an unmet need in ovarian cancer. Chemotherapy resistance has been linked...


This study examines fairness perceptions of performance appraisals in the fast changing Indian banking sector. The mediating role of performance appraisal satisfaction on the relationship between justice perceptions and job satisfaction has been investigated using a cross-sectional study with 340 respondents. The findings highlight that satisfaction with the appraisal process is guided by perceptions of fairness and this further impacts the job satisfaction. The findings emphasize the importance of employee perceptions and consequent reactions that shape employee outcomes versus the intent and design of HR systems. For ensuring success of the HR systems organizations need to incorporate regular assessments of employee perceptions and reactions as despite best efforts employee perceptions can vary from management intent. Introduction Considerable research has been done on the effects of justice perceptions in the organizational setting and identified various positive and negative outcomes of fairness (Colquitt et. al, 2013). However more studies are required to examine the fairness in the performance appraisal context to leverage performance in organizations as perceived fairness is a more important goal for employee satisfaction with the appraisal process (DeNisi & Sonesh, 2011). Researches have argued that to fully examine the influence of HRM practices on employee behavior it is important to study employee perceptions instead of intentions of managers and organizations provided in reports and statements. Employee perceptions of aims and impacts of policies and practices may vary considerably from the management's perceptions (Nishii et. al, 2008). The intention with which HR policies and practices are designed may not be reflected in their implementation and employee perceptions are shaped by their personal experiences of the implemented policies and not the intention. Thus, research focus needs to shift from examining HR processes-performance relationships to examining employee perceptions of HR systems that have consequences which further influence organizational performance (Kinnie et al, 2005; Nishii et al, 2008). Very few studies have examined the performance appraisals in the Indian scenario (Amba-Rao et al., 2000; Gupta & Kumar, 2012; Sharma, Budhwar & Varma, 2008; Dhiman & Maheshwari, 2013) and findings from these studies further emphasize the need for more research to understand perceptions of performance appraisals and their outcomes in India. This is more accentuated in the Indian banking sector which in the wake of competitive dynamics of the global market faces multifarious challenges like sustaining and improving profitability, increasing operational effectiveness and increasing customer base. As banks have undergone changes in response to the dynamic external environment their HR practices are challenged to attract and retain talent. As performance appraisal is a key HR practice this study aims to examine employee perceptions of fairness of appraisals in Indian banks. Furthermore, research needs to examine mechanisms through which perceptions of HRM practices influence employee outcomes and specifically to integrate the mediating role of satisfaction in HR practice-behavior relationships. According to Palaiologoa, Papazekos and Panayotopoulou (2011) satisfaction is one of the most important goals to achieve as it influences profitability, productivity and other employee outcomes. Also as justice is an emotion laden experience (Cropanzano et al. 2000), experience of unfairness in the appraisal process would lead to negative emotional states and fairness would lead to positive states like satisfaction with the process. These reactions would effect the outcomes of justice like attitudes and behaviors. This study examines the fairness perceptions of appraisals of employees, the resultant affective reactions of satisfaction and its effects on job satisfaction. While previous research has examined effects of fairness perceptions on positive outcomes like job satisfaction, organizational commitment, pro-social behavior etc, however, not much research has examined the fairness perceptions in the appraisal context. …


Superior mesenteric artery syndrome (SMAS) is an uncommon condition which is difficult to diagnose due to non-specificity of symptoms. The most common causes of SMAS are severe weight loss secondary to severe medical conditions, surgical history, and cancer. A 31-year-old male with a history of ulcerative colitis status-post proctocolectomy with ileal pouch-anal anastomosis 10 years prior, presented with progressively worsening weight loss and abdominal pain. Radiographic imaging was consistent with SMAS, which was subsequently confirmed intraoperatively during an emergency surgery in which a Roux-En-Y gastrojejunostomy was performed. Clinicians should be aware that SMAS is a rare but possible complication of ileal pouch-anal anastomosis. Although rare, there should be a low threshold for this diagnosis when obstructive symptoms present.


Ahbaabul Musthofa has big role in the development of da'wah in Special Region of Yogyakarta. Beside having a very broad of worshipers covering all districts in Yogyakarta, this hadrah group as a performer of Ahbaabul Musthafa assembly also has a good track record with Habib Shaykhs throughout Indonesia. This makes the group reference for most hadrah groups in Yogyakarta. As a media of da'wah, there are messages to be conveyed through the hadrah. Not only in the performance of the hadrah, it also represented in symbols through the entire of this assembly. By ethnographic analysis, we try to explore the problems in terms of culture and communication. Based on research, being a dominant worshipers in these assembly was apparently unable to guarantee the Syekher Mania Community understood the symbols and their meanings. The results showed that besides being a place for friendship and media to increase love for the Prophet Muhammad, hadrah also being a form of self-servitude to Allah through fun worship, respect for the presence of the Prophet Muhammad, symbolizing the atmosphere of joy, peace of mind, faith, simplicity, sincerity, and determination in devotion to Allah.KEYWORDS: Hadrah, symbols, meanings of hadrah symbols, Ahbaabul Musthofa Yogyakarta.


Boreal forest fires can alter the surface energy exchange due to postfire land cover change, which influences the regional climate through changes in scalar budgets within the planetary boundary layer (PBL). In this study, we estimated the changes in potential temperature and moisture budgets within the convective boundary layer (CBL) associated with postfire changes in surface energy exchange in interior Alaska. We integrated 9 years of paired eddy covariance measurements at mature evergreen and postfire young forests, radiosonde observations, and a mixed‐layer slab model. The postfire increase in albedo and decreased Bowen ratio decreased the sensible heat flux and PBL height, resulting in cooling magnitudes in the CBL up to 3–5°C in spring months and smaller cooling magnitudes (0.4°C) in other months. The cooling in the CBL decreased at a rate 0.5°C yr−1 from 8 to 13 years after the fire via vegetation recovery but was still recognizable 13 years after the fire. The postfire change moistened the CBL in summer months due to the decreased PBL height and increased latent heat flux in the postfire young forest. Interactions between fire‐induced surface changes and PBL dynamics should be evaluated further for understanding long‐term climatic change and ecosystem responses to climate change.


Hu Huai-chen was regarded as an "old school scholar" by the new literature writers At the beginning of the new literary movement.However,his points of view on the so-called "new poetry" under the influence of the traditional differentiation and analysis of poetry have a great significance for the formation of modern poetic theory.As far as the essence of poetry is concerned,he insisted on that emotion and syllables are inseparable;as far as the poetic style is concerned,he stressed the distinction between poetry and prose;as far as the poetic style of poems and songs at home and abroad is concerned,he pointed out that there exist differences not only in emotional contents but also in forms;and as far as the classicism and modernism of poetic style,he insisted on that there are no such things of classicism and modernism in emotions and styles.Accordingly,he proposed a set of "fundamental construction plans" for modern poetry.


Obesity is not only a medical illness but also a cosmetic problem. Obesity can be defined by the BMI index, which is not very accurate. The ABSI index, which includes BMI, the person's waist circumference, and their height may be used to more accurately determine obesity. Time is very important in saving people's lives, especially in emergencies. The rescue time for obese people is even longer — often much longer — than for other disabled people. This is because more rescuers are needed, problems arise when they have to go through the door or go up and down stairs. For the evacuation of obese people, evacuation pads located under the mattress are often used. Evacuation pads are used, for example, by hospitals or social service homes. Evacuation pads are designed for use by nurses, other emergency staff, or caretakers. In this exercise, four people were used – two nurses and two firemen. To find out the advantages and disadvantages of the evacuation pad, we performed a tactical exercise. During the tactical exercise, the victim was evacuated by a single nurse, then by two nurses. After that, the victim was rescued by one firefighter and then two firefighters. This research is relevant to aspects of the rescue of immobile obese people with a special evacuation aid. It demonstrates the advantages and disadvantages of an evacuation pad based on actual tactical rescue exercises. UDC Classification: 364-4, DOI: https://doi.org/10.12955/pss.v1.83


In this study, the impact of intraseasonal oscillation (ISO) over mid-high-latitude Eurasia on stratosphere sudden warming (SSW) events during boreal winter is examined based on the NCEP–NCAR reanalysis data. It is found that the dominant ISO periodicity is 10–30 days. By extended empirical orthogonal function, two leading ISO modes with opposite directions of westward and eastward propagation are extracted. Since the eastward-propagating mode was involved by previous studies, this study is focused on the westward-propagating one. As revealed, the westward-propagating ISO propagates from the Canadian Arctic Archipelago to western Europe, which is dominated by waves 1–2. The analysis of lead–lag correlation and phase division indicates that SSW events prefer to occur at the time of lagging the westward-propagating ISO phase 2 by 7–9 days. The diagnosis of the dynamic process of ISO impacting SSW suggests that during the westward journey of the ISO, the corresponding pattern leads to sea ice loss over the Barents–Kara Sea, which emanates upward-propagating planetary waves. At the same time, the ISO circulation expands the easterly anomalies, which weakens westerly flow that favors the planetary waves of wave 1 and wave 2 propagating upward into the stratosphere to affect the onset of SSW. By applying the subseasonal-to-seasonal (S2S) reforecast data from the ECMWF model, the probability density functions of zonal wind anomaly verify the impact of westward-propagating ISO on SSW.

The intraseasonal oscillation (ISO) is a vital prediction source for the forecast of extreme weather and climate in both the troposphere and the stratosphere, but the relationship between the mid-high-latitude one and stratospheric extreme weather events lacks research. The purpose of this study is to understand how the ISO over mid-high-latitude Eurasia affects the stratosphere sudden warming (SSW). Our results find that the westward-propagating ISO can impact the onset of SSW events by leading to sea ice loss over the Barents–Kara Sea and the expansion of easterly anomalies. This provides a new clue for the extended-range forecast of SSW.


Abstract Photoconductivity associated with a simple photoconductor model, containing one localised (donor) level, is taken up carefully through different approaches. Two simplified approaches are analysed, that are based on the assumption that some transitions between this level and the allowed bands can be neglected. The respective roles played by these hypotheses are specified through a hierarchical classification, and the limits of validity of the combined approximations are carefully stated. In a parallel direction, the related complete model is presented, which excludes no transitions and is based on Fermi—Dirac statistics. The resolution procedure of the resulting non-linear system of equations is then described, with the purpose of comparing the respective behaviours of all those models.


Tibetan word segmentation and POS tagging are the primary tasks of Tibetan natural language processing. Most of existing methods of Tibetan word segmentation and POS tagging are based on rules and statistics, which need manual construction of features. In addition, the joint mode has shown stronger capabilities for word segmentation and POS tagging and have received great interests. In this paper, we propose Bi-LSTM+IDCNN+CRF structures, a simple yet effective end-to-end neural network model, for joint Tibetan word segmentation and POS tagging. We conduct step-by-step and joint experiments on the Tibetan datasets. The results demonstrate that the performance of the Bi-LSTM+IDCNN+CRF model is the best regardless of the step-by-step or joint mode. We obtain state-of-the-art performance in the joint tagging mode. The F1 score of the word segmentation task reached 92.31%, and the F1 score of the POS tagging task reached 81.26%.


Planning for elderly patients with multiple problems is an important issue facing home care agencies today. Purposes of this descriptive study were to determine variables for predicting resource use and outcomes and to define a critical path for psychiatric home care patients with major depression. A medical record review and an established system for coding home care patient problems and nursing interventions were employed. This method did not provide sufficiently distinct parameters for critical path formation. A significant association was found between intensity of nursing services and patient outcome. This finding documents the link between nursing services and patient outcomes.


Recombinant erythropoietin is widely used for the treatment of anemia in malignant diseases in adults. There are only limited data of its use in pediatric population. In this study we analysed the effectiveness and tolerability of recombinant human erythropoietin (NeoRecormon) in children with malignant diseases. 80 children with malignant diseases were analysed. 40 patients (15 girls, 25 boys) received EPO in a mean dosage of 144.5±14.1 IU/kg three times a week. The mean age of the EPO-treated patients was 8.8 (2.5–16) years. 26 children had acute lymphoblastic leukemia and 14 patients had solid tumor. Match-paired, retrospective control patients (n=40) with similar diagnosis were used for the data analysis as control group (C). The mean duration of EPO treatment was 5.8 months (3–8 mo). In 6 patients the therapy was ceased due to elevated serum hemoglobin (Hb) (>130 g/L), in 6 patients the dose was increased up to 200 IU/kg three times a week, and 5 patients discontinued the therapy (2 died, 3 unsuccessful treatment). The mean amount of erythrocyte transfusion in the first 3 months of chemotherapy (CT) was 4.1±3.1 U/patient in the EPO group, and 8.0±4.2 in C, and during 6 months of CT 4.5±3.4 with EPO, and 11.6±7.1 in C (p Soluble transferrine receptor (STFR) levels in serum increased in the EPO group after 2 weeks of therapy from 3.2±2.0 up to 4.8±2.9 (p


The utility model relates to the technical field of indoor decorative materials, specifically relates to a flame retardant flexible package. The flame retardant flexible package consists of a flexible package body and an edge framework; the flexible package body comprises a fabric layer, a flame retardant PEF (Polyethylene) material layer and a bottom cloth layer; the flame retardant PEF material layer is arranged between the fabric layer and the bottom cloth layer; the edge framework is provided with an internal slot; and the sewing edge of the flexible package body is embedded into the internal slot of the edge framework. The flame retardant flexible package has the characteristics of better flame resistance, low cost and capability of realizing batch machinery production.


K-means algorithm has been limited by the main questions which are the problems to determine the number of clusters,initial cluster center points of selection and to avoid isolating the problem.To solve these problems the algorithm has been improved in this paper and the paper has applied the improved algorithm and dynamic recurrent fuzzy neural network to the beer fermentation systems.Because of complex neural network structure,the particle swarm optimization algorithm can be used to optimize connected network structure of the connection weights between layers and the network topology.This PSO does not easily trapped local minima and has better generalization ability.At the same time,in practical application the principle of improved PSO algorithm is simple and has less parameter so that it's easier to realize.


INTRODUCTION: Periodontitis is an inflammatory disease of the supporting tissues of teeth caused by specific group of microorganisms resulting in destruction of   periodontal ligament, alveolar bone with pocket formation, recession or both. AIM :  To evaluate the efficacy of  the adjunctive use of Biotene as subgingival irrigation  along with  scaling and root planning in the treatment of chronic and  aggressive periodontitis patients. M ATERIALS AND METHODS : A split mouth study was done in 40 patients having probing pocket depths of ≥4 mm and diagnosed with chronic, aggressive periodontitis.  Patients were divided into placebo group and test group. Assessment of plaque index (PI), gingival index (GI), probing pocket depth (PPD), and clinical attachment levels (CAL) was done at baseline and 3 months. Microbiologic assessment with polymerase chain reaction was done for Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans, Porphyromonas gingivalis, Tannerella forsythia, and Treponema denticola by collection of plaque samples. RESULTS :  Both the groups A and B have shown statistically significant results in terms of   all clinical and microbial parameters   pre operatively and post operatively with more significance observed. CONCLUSION :  The results revealed that there is reduction in  all clinical parameters and microbial parameters in test groups following scaling and root planning and subgingival irrigation of Biotene when compared with SRP alone in placebo group. Key words: Periodontitis, Biotene, Scaling and root planing, Microbial analysis.


We consider the wiretap channel model under the presence of a hybrid, half duplex adversary that is capable of either jamming or eavesdropping at a given time. We analyzed the achievable rates under a variety of scenarios involving different methods for obtaining transmitter CSI. Each method provides a different grade of information, not only to the transmitter on the main channel, but also to the adversary on all channels. Our analysis shows that main CSI is more valuable for the adversary than the jamming CSI in delay-limited scenarios. Similarly, in certain cases under the ergodic scenario, interestingly, no CSI may lead to higher achievable secrecy rates than with CSI.


As you all know, Uganda's exchange rate has faced repeated bouts of pressure since the first half of 2014. On a trade weighted basis, the exchange rate has depreciated by around 23 percent since August 2014. The main reason for this depreciation is that Uganda has suffered several external shocks which have affected exports, tourism and foreign direct investment, while at the same time demand for imports has remained quite strong. We suffered a wider current account deficit in the last financial year and this deficit was not fully covered by surpluses on the financial account of the Balance of Payments.


At present, EVs are emerging at a fast pace. This may cause pressure for commercial buildings to offer electric vehicle (EV) charging services for their customers. In a cost-efficient charging site, it is necessary to find a balance between the costs and the offered quality of charging service (QoCS). This may be a difficult task as the charging requirements of the customers are unpredictable and vary daily. In this paper, an algorithm using a charging price-based prioritization is proposed and discussed. This can be used to take unpredictable charging requirements into account and to improve the QoCS while requiring a minimal effort from the EV users. To ensure an improvement in the QoCS and the practicality of its implementation, the algorithm is tested using hardware-in-the-loop simulations with two commercial EVs and real charging data. The results verify that the QoCS can be improved by 2% on average and by up to 16% for a single EV user. This leads to a more attractive and more cost-efficient charging site.


The celebrated elliptic law describes the distribution of eigenvalues of random matrices with correlations between off-diagonal pairs of elements, having applications to a wide range of physical and biological systems. Here, we investigate the generalization of this law to random matrices exhibiting higher-order cyclic correlations between $k$-tuples of matrix entries. We show that the eigenvalue spectrum in this ensemble is bounded by a hypotrochoid curve with $k$-fold rotational symmetry. We also find that this hypotrochoid law also applies to sparse non-Hermitian matrices associated with directed graphs displaying a corresponding cyclic structure, and thereby holds with remarkable universality. We further extend our analysis to matrices and graphs with competing cycle motifs, which are described more generally by polytrochoid spectral boundaries.


ABSTRACT This article discusses information about the author's career to date at the William M. White Business Library at the University of Colorado at Boulder and provides advice for individuals considering a new career in business librarianship. It reviews educational requirements and professional resources useful to those who are new to the profession.


The invention relates to a tightness self-regulating rotating mechanism of a bearing performance precision detection instrument, which comprises a direct current brushless motor 19-1 and a tensioning air spring. The tightness self-regulating rotating mechanism is characterized in that the direct current brushless motor 19-1 and a driving wheel 19-2 are fixed together, the driving wheel 19-2 is movably arranged on a driving wheel shaft 20, the driving wheel shaft 20 is fixedly arranged on a left clamp plate 18 and a right clamp plate 21, the middle sections of the left clamp plate 18 and the right clamp plate 21 are respectively and fixedly provided with a centering shaft 17, two swinging arms 15 are movably arranged on each centering shaft 17 by a fourth bearing 31, a support shaft 16 is movably arranged in the middle of the swinging arms 15 by a third bearing 30, the middle of the support shaft 16 is movably provided with a support rod 26, the support rod 26 is connected with one endof the tensioning air spring 9, the other end of the tensioning air spring 9 is fixed on a fixed air cylinder seat 6, and the fixed air cylinder seat 6 is movably arranged on a fixed air cylinder shaft through a fixed air cylinder sleeve 8. The tightness self-regulating rotating mechanism realizes high-precision detection on the axial play, the assembly height and the end surface jumping of bearings, realizes the rotating kinetic energy required by the detection and can simulate real operation to achieve the full automation of the detection process.


Ceramic matrix composites (CMCs) are well-established composites applied on commercial, laboratory, and even industrial scales, including pottery for decoration, glass–ceramics-based light-emitting diodes (LEDs), commercial cooking utensils, high-temperature laboratory instruments, industrial catalytic reactors, and engine turbine blades. Despite the extensive applications of CMCs, researchers had to deal with their brittleness, low electrical conductivity, and low thermal properties. The use of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) as reinforcement is an effective and efficient method to tailor the ceramic structure at the nanoscale, which provides considerable practicability in the fabrication of highly functional CMC materials. This article provides a comprehensive review of CNTs-reinforced CMC materials (CNTs-CMCs). We critically examined the notable challenges during the synthesis of CNTs-CMCs. Five CNT dispersion processes were elucidated with a comparative study of the established research for the homogeneity distribution in the CMCs and the enhanced properties. We also discussed the effect of densification techniques on the properties of CNTs-CMCs. Additionally, we synopsized the outstanding microstructural and functional properties of CNTs in the CNTs-CMCs, namely stimulated ceramic crystallization, high thermal conductivity, bandgap reduction, and improved mechanical toughness. We also addressed the fundamental insights for the future technological maturation and advancement of CNTs-CMCs.


A simple, selective, linear, precise, and accurate ultra performance liquid chromatography method was developed, optimised and validated for the quantification of synthetic Allopurinol in pharmaceutical dosage form. Isocratic elution at a flow rate of 0.55 mL/min was employed on C18 1.7 µm(2.1 x 50 mm) or equivalent column at ambient temperature. The mobile phase consists of 0.05m monobasic Ammonium Sulphate (Ammonium Di-hydrogen Phosphate) filter through 0.2µm. The UV detection wavelength was 254 nm, and 0.5μL sample was injected. The Flow rate was found to be 0.55 ml/min The retention time for Allopurinol was ± 0.9 min. The percent RSD for accuracy of the method was found to be 0.9%. The correlation coefficient (R2) for Allopurinol is 1.000. The average percent Recovery is varying from 98.0 -101.0. The method for the Dissolution of Allopurinol 5 mg Tablets complies with the requirements for Specificity, System suitability, Linearity, Accuracy and Method precision across the range of 50 % to 150 % at working concentrations of 0.020 mg/ml. The theoretical plates were found to be 3864 and reproducibility at 1.3 %. The method was validated as per the guidelines. The method can be successfully applied for Allopurinol in the rapid and reliable determination of Allopurinol in pharmaceutical dosage form. The method is therefore acceptable as valid and stability indicating.


The utility model relates to an electronic auscultation sphygmomanometer based on combination of a Korotkoff sound method and an oscillometric method, which relates to a sphygmomanometer and solves the problems that a manual auscultation sphygmomanometer is not convenient to carry and a Korotkoff sound auscultation method is not easy to operate and is easily affected by the environment. The electronic auscultation sphygmomanometer comprises a cuff with a bladder inside, a sound pickup, an atmospheric pressure sensor, a signal processing unit, an inflation/deflation unit, a human-machine interaction unit and a microprocessor, wherein the microprocessor controls the inflation/deflation unit to inflate or deflate the cuff; and after the atmospheric pressure signal acquired by the atmospheric pressure sensor and the Korotkoff sound signal acquired by the sound pickup are processed by the signal processing unit, the microprocessor first works out the range of the blood pressure by the oscillometric method, then searches the Korotkoff sound signal in the range by a thresholding method to obtain the final blood pressure and finally controls the human-machine interaction interface to display the result. The sphygmomanometer can simultaneously ensure stability and precision of the measuring result and can be used in the blood pressure measurement field.


This work deals with the effects of charges carried by the stationary phase in aqueous GPC on the elution behavior of simple electrolytes. Simple salts such as NaCl, CaCl2 and AlCl3 were eluted from a Sephadex gel column using the equilibrium saturation method developed by Sebille et al. It was found that the conventional GPC procedure gives anomalous chromatograms, i.e., appreciably skewed ones, depending on the sample salt concentrations, Cs, while an accurate relation between the elution volume, Ve, and Cs can be obtained by the equilibrium saturation method. The Ve for the sample salt decreased with increasing Cs and, at a given Cs, increased with increasing valency of the salt cation. These results were compared with a theory formulated on the basis of the Donnan equilibrium between the inside and outside of the gel phase carrying fixed charges. It was shown that the anomalous elution behavior of electrolytes can be quantitatively interpreted in terms of the Donnan salt exclusion effect.


Libethenite Cu2(PO4)(OH) was simply synthesized by heterogeneous reaction using a mixture of Cu(NO3)26H2O, (NH4)2HPO4 and water at room temperature for 60 min. The thermogravimetric study indicates that the synthesized compound is stable below 250°C and its final decomposed product is Cu3(PO4)2. The pure monoclinic phases of the synthesized Cu2(PO4)(OH) and its final decomposed product Cu3(PO4)2 are verified by XRD technique. The presence of OH ion and H2O molecule in the structure Cu2(PO4)(OH) and the PO4 3ion into Cu3(PO4)2 structure are confirmed by FTIR technique. The decomposition test of isopropanol shows that the copper orthophosphate Cu3(PO4)2 catalysts have a strong propene selectivity, thus indicating the prevalence of acid sites. The thermal stability, the morphology based on Libethenite Cu2(PO4)(OH) and acidity surface structure Cu3(PO4)2of the studied compounds may affect their activities for potential applications in catalysis.


As a result of theoretico-empirical study values are considered as complex formation interconnected with the system of personal, social, cultural determinants and defi ning behaviour and activity of a person. In a hierarchy of values moral values take the superior level. Submitted results of a study proved the fact that moral crisis experienced by the society infl uenced value priority of young people.


The selection of material suppliers is a significant activity that contributes to the efficiency, project progress, and construction contractors' income. Based on the analysis of multi-objective quality assessment approaches in the evaluation of supplier quality, the paper proposes to use the AHP approach to identify suppliers of materials. Criteria for choosing a contractors' supplier for building materials by expert interviews in Vietnam. The findings indicated that there are 8 main criteria in selecting suppliers of materials for Vietnamese construction contractors including price; delivery time; product quality; service quality, warranty; willingness to follow the source of products; supplier capacity; a percentage of damaged goods and payment policies. Approve detailed examples of steel suppliers selected for construction sites using the AHP process. This study makes a major contribution, both scientifically and practically, to the selection of suppliers of materials in particular, and the quality of construction contractors' production and business activities generally.


With the growth of cosmetic dental procedures, the practise of dentistry has become increasingly centred on fulfilling patient desires. Porcelain veneers are increasing in popularity among today's patients and dental practitioners for conservative restoration of unaesthetic anterior teeth. The ability to place restorations without significant removal of structure is becoming more critical than ever. Besides being painless and conservative, it is a durable material and doesn't stain like composite making it attractive for a much longer period of time thus making contemporary dentistry, increasingly oriented toward elective and cosmetic procedures.


The advantage of macrocyclic entities lies in their vital implications for host−guest chemistry. In this study, we demonstrated a noteworthy assembly of aluminum molecular rings for iodine capture. The one-pot...


Preface Section I: Overview: History and the future 1. Achieving sustainable effectiveness: Business not as usual Susan A. Mohrman, James O'Toole & Edward E. Lawler III 2. Corporate stewardship: Successes and failures (a selected history) James O'Toole 3. Stewardship of the future: Large system change and company stewardship Sandra Waddock Section II: The leader's role 4: The role of the leader in shaping the ethical culture of the corporation Kirk O. Hanson 5. Leading socially responsible, value-creating corporations Daniel A. Brown & Rakesh Khurana Section III: Strategy and organization 6. Sustainability for strategic advantage: The shift to flourishing Chris Laszlo 7. Designing for sustainable effectiveness: The role of embeddedness and agility Christopher G. Worley and Susan A. Mohrman 8. Stewardship and human resource management: From me to we to all of us Philip H. Mirvis 9. Corporate and integrated reporting: A functional perspective Robert G. Eccles & George Serafeim Section IV: The world of stakeholders 10. Attaining corporate social responsibility practice in corporations:recognizing the interdependence of governments and multinational corporations Jette Steen Knudsen 11. BoP 2.0: The next generation of strategy for the base of the pyramid Stuart L. Hart 12. Sustainability in the developing world: An exploration of corporate responsibility and efficacy in promoting social justice Bruce Hutton & Tricia D.Olsen Section V: The view forward 13. The fourth wave: Management science and practice in the age of the anthropocene Andrew J. Hoffman & John R. Ehrenfeld 14. Stewardship versus the market: A skeptical perspective Paul S. Adler


We present a semi-fragile nonsubsampled contourlet transform(NSCT) based watermarking algorithm for image authentification.We embed watermark in the singular values(SVs) of the blocks within low-frequency subbands of NSCT by an adaptive quantization method.Watermark extraction is available only with a key constructed by chaotic signal initial value and quantization parameters.Subbands of individual scale and individual direction all have the same size as those of the original image.This algorithm can improve the tampering localization capability without causing remarkable man-made trace.Experimental results show that this algorithm is robust to JPEG compression but extremely sensitive to malicious operations.


As a fundamental and introductory course in undergraduate education, Computer Basis aims to cultivate the scientific computational thinking mode and the ability of solving problem for students who are not the computer majors. In this study, a new pedagogical method named PBL-VP combining the Problem-Based Learning (PBL) and the visual programming Blockly was applied to Computer Basis. This paper described a classical example about problem solving to explain the teaching process of the PBL-VP in detail. The process of problem solving was divided into several operable steps to gradually guide students to analyze problems, provide solutions and establish scientific logic thinking. Blockly was introduced to obscure the grammar of programming language and implement the algorithm visually. Finally, we evaluated the effectiveness of the PBL-VP teaching method on student learning by a contrast test. The empirical results proved that students in the class with PBL-VP earned higher final grades and the teaching method we proposed played a positive role in computer general education.


This study investigated the influence of cognitive styles and gender on upper basic III Mathematics students' achievement in Keffi, Nasarawa State, Nigeria. The study was a descriptive survey research design. The population consisted of 1,890 upper basic III Mathematics students in 25 coeducational schools in the zone. The sample of the study comprised 245 upper basic III Mathematics students drawn from six intact classes of six coeducational schools in Keffi Education zone. The schools were randomly selected using disproportionate stratified random sampling techniques from the schools that satisfied the condition that their students were taught by qualified teachers over the years. Two instruments were employed for data collection namely; Cognitive Style Checklist (CSC) with a reliability coefficient of 0.79 and Mathematics Achievement Test (MAT) with a reliability coefficient of 0.81. Descriptive statistics of means and standard deviations were used to answer the research questions while Z-test was used to test the hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. The findings of this study revealed that Basic Mathematics students in the Field Independence (FI) group achieved significantly better than the those in the Field Dependence (FD). The findings also revealed that male students in both the Field Independence (FI) and Field Dependence (FD) groups achieved better than the female students significantly. Based on the findings of this study, it was recommendation that seminars and workshops should be organized to adequately equip teachers with the needed skills to create an environment where students with different cognitive styles can experience meaningful learning of Mathematics.


We present a novel framework for controllable image restoration that can effectively restore multiple types and levels of degradation of a corrupted image. The proposed model, named TASNet, is automatically determined by our neural architecture search algorithm, which optimizes the efficiency-accuracy trade-off of the candidate model architectures. Specifically, we allow TASNet to share the early layers across different restoration tasks and adaptively adjust the remaining layers with respect to each task. The shared task-agnostic layers greatly improve the efficiency while the task-specific layers are optimized for restoration quality, and our search algorithm seeks for the best balance between the two. We also propose a new data sampling strategy to further improve the overall restoration performance. As a result, TASNet achieves significantly faster GPU latency and lower FLOPs compared to the existing state-of-the-art models, while also showing visually more pleasing outputs. The source code and pre-trained models are available at https://github.com/ghimhw/TASNet.


In some branches of metrology the quantity, or quantities, to be measured and the requirements for standards of this quantity, or these quantities, are clear-cut, although the accuracies required may not always be obvious. Good examples are time, length and mass. The quantities measured in neutron metrology and the requirements and uses of these quantities are less well known. This paper lays the foundation for subsequent more detailed discussions of the problems and issues faced by national metrology institutes when developing and providing standards.


Numerous computer input devices have been designed and evaluated in the last decade. In most evaluations, simple pointing and tracking tasks were used that do not adequately represent todays' computer tasks. The following research evaluated four input devices with respect to usability and preference issues. The UnMouse©, the Turbo© mouse, and the Felix© mouse were compared with the Apple Macintosh® Mouse on four different types of task: tracking (point-and-click), desktop manipulation (e.g., point, click, and drag), word processing, and graphics generation. Users expressed preferences for the devices in terms of lower-arm fatigue, precision of control, and comfort of movement. Results indicate that the Macintosh Mouse and the Felix device were quicker and preferred over the other devices.


A multichannel interferometer system is now routinely operating on the new quasi-helically symmetric stellarator, HSX, to measure the equilibrium profile and electron density dynamics. The interferometer system has 9 viewing chords with 1.5 cm spacing. The density spatial distribution is reconstructed from the measured line-integrated density. At high density [ ], an m=1 density oscillation with frequency of (1-2) kHz is observed. Perturbative particle transport studies will be carried out using modulated gas puffing. The particle source will be measured by a multichannel Hα system. By using the continuity equation, the total radial particle flux Γr can then be estimated. The diffusion coefficient D and convection velocity V will also be modeled. *Supported by USDOE under grant DE-FG03-01ER-54615, Task II and DE-FG02-93ER54222. 3 12 10 2 _ − × > cm ne Interferometer Capabilities I t rf r t r iliti s • Spatial resolution: 9 chords, 1.5cm spacing and width. • Fast time response: analog: 100-200 μsec, real time digital: <10 μsec maximum bandwidth 250 kHz [with 2 MHz sampling] • Low phase noise: 24 mrad (1.6o) (∆nedl)min = 9 x 1011 cm-2 0.4% level density fluctuations can be measured • Density fluctuations: wavenumber resolution (i) k⊥ < 2.1 cm-1, (ii) k|| < 0.07 cm-1 Solid State Source li t t r • Solid State Source: – bias-tuned Gunn diode at 96 GHz with passive solid-state Tripler providing output at 288 GHz (8 mW) • Support of Optical Transmission System: – 2.5 meter tall, 1 ton reaction mass, mounted on structure independent of HSX device. Reduces structure vibration and minimizes phase noise. • Dichroic Filters: – mounted on port windows to shield interferometer from 28 GHz gyrotron radiation – Cut-off frequency: ~220 GHz – ~ 10% loss – attenuation ranging from 92db at 28 GHz to 68 db at 150 GHz. • Edge Filters: – mounted inside port windows to reduce diffraction of the window Interferometer Schematic I t rf r t r ti


Whether the theoretical innovation is realized or not is related to the knowledge dimensionality, the value dimensionality and the thinking dimensionality involved in theory, and it also depends on the unity of the truth, the good and the new conception of the three dimensionalities of theory . The knowledge dimensionality, determining the possibility of the theoretical innovation, is considered as the prerequisite and the base. The value dimensionality, determining the direction of the theoretical innovation , is used as the motive force. Meanwhile the thinking dimensionality, being a decisive factor for the styles and means of the theoretical innovation, is the guarantee .


The results of investigation on the acoustic velocity and acoustic attenuation by ultrasonic technique in the temperature range from 80 to 300 K in lead-vanadate glasses with different compositions have been presented. The temperature variation of these ultrasonic properties has been explained most successfully. The temperature dependence of attenuation can be interpreted in terms of a thermally activated relaxation process while the variation of velocity with temperature is explained by the combined effect of relaxation, anharmonicity, and frozen-in fluctuations causing microscopic inhomogeneity of elasticity in glasses.


The invention discloses a geographic information data fusion system which comprises a geographic information data interface unit, an information exchange platform unit and an information application front-end processor unit. The geographic information data interface unit is used for classifying and storing input geographic information data according to a geographic information data classification table. The information exchange platform unit is used for reading the geographic information data in the geographic information data interface unit according to a preset refresh cycle, converting the geographic information data into geographic information data in a preset format and outputting the geographic information data. The information application front-end processor unit is used for extracting personal information contained in the geographic information data output by the information exchange platform unit, obtaining activity track information corresponding to the personal information from the geographic information data output from the information exchange platform unit, setting access permissions of the personal information, creating fusion geographic information data containing the access permissions and the personal activity track information, setting personal information identifiers for the fusion geographic information data and storing the fusion geographic information data with the set personal information identifiers. By means of the geographic information data fusion system, data fusion sharing application can be achieved.


The present study aimed to determine the association of sarcopenia, defined by muscle mass, muscle strength and physical performance, with functional disability from a 2‐year cohort study of community‐dwelling elderly Japanese people.


Hypothesis:
 Somatosensory evoked potentials (SEPs), as surrogate of cerebral blood flow, may give substantial additional predictive value to that provided by clinical and imaging factors and optimize the selection of patients benefiting from mechanical thrombectomy (MT)

 Methods:
 Bilateral median nerve SEPs were recorded before and continuously during MT in consecutive patients with AIS and anterior LVO. N20 response ipsilateral to the ischemic hemisphere was measured. The adjusted predictive value of the N20 on functional Independence (modified Rankin Scale score ≤2) after MT was analyzed by binary logistic regression and its predictive value on the full range of disability by ordinal logistic regression. We constructed different regression models with other clinical and imaging predictors at the pre- and in- hospital setting to determine the independent predictive power of N20 for a potential treatment decision-making

 Results:
 A total of 223 patients were recruited. A blinded reading of SEPs recordings identified presence of N20 in 110 (49.3%), absence in 58 (26%) and not assessable in 55 patients due to radiofrequency interferences. Prior to MT, N20 had positive predictive value (PPV) of 93% (95%CI, 0.8 to 0.98) and increased 10 fold the likelihood of good functional outcome at 7 days (adjusted OR, 9.9; 95%CI, 3.1-44.6). Receiver operating curves showed that N20 had a higher capacity to predict good functional outcome (AUC 0.82) than models constructed with pre-hospital (age, sex, serum glucose, median blood pressure, NIHSS; AUC 0.75) or in-hospital (NIHSS, ASPECTS; AUC 0.72) factors. During MT, N20 had PPV of 100% (95% CI, 0.85-1) and was the unique independent factor associated with functional independence (adjusted OR, 2.74; 95%CI, 1.90-4.29). Perfusion CT or MR was available in a subgroup of 116 patients. Baseline N20 showed a higher capacity to predict good functional outcome (n=168, AUC 0.71) compared with ischemic core (n=127, AUC 0.66), ischemic penumbra (Tmax>6) (n=116, AUC 0.54) and collateral status (n=191, AUC 0.61)

 Conclusions:
 SEPs monitoring is a fast and bedside technique that could complement current clinical factors in terms of increasing the eligibility of AIS patients for MT and improving prognosis.


The utility model discloses a portable tea cup, which is composed of a cup for loading soup and a tea making cup, wherein the cup for loading soup is arranged on the upper side of the tea making cup; the cup for loading soup is tightly connected with the tea making cup; the cup for loading soup is provided with a sealing cover; the bottom of the cup for loading soup is provided with a through hole which is communicated with the tea making cup; thereby, a water flow passage is formed. The water flow passage is provided with a filter screen, wherein the water flow passage is also provided with a bidirectional valve. The utility model has the advantages of simple structure, easy use and sanitation.


During the session of the Australasian Association, at
Hobart, last January, while looking over some samples of
slate in the collection of Mr. Thomas Stephens, M.A., I found
traces of a graptolite in a specimen from near the Ring
River, on the North-East Dundas Railway


This chapter contains sections titled: Under-Compensating Integral-Controller: Constant-Resistance Network, Basic Lead-Controller; Constant-Resistance Network, Combined Integral- and Basic Lead-Controller; Constant-Resistance Network, Matching Lead-Controller; Constant-Resistance Network, Bridge-T Equivalent of the Lattice


Objective To investigate the expression of LOXL4 and Matriptase in three human cervical carcinoma cell lines.Methods LOXL4 and Matriptase mRNA levels were tested by quantitave real-time PCR and LOXL4 protein level was investigated by western-blot in cervical carcinoma cell lines Hela, ME180 and HCC94, respectively. Results Differential expression were found both in LOXL4 gene and protein levels of all the three human cervical carcinoma cell linesin vitro. Hela was the highest expression,followed by ME180 and HCC94 was the lowest.The relative abundances of Matriptase in ME180 and HCC94 were 4.09 and 12.40 times as high as that in Hela. Conclusion This study has successfully established detection platformfor LOXL4 and Matriptase gene expression in cervical carcinoma cells. The expressionsof LOXL4 and Matriptase might be associated with invasion and metastasis of cervical cancer cells.


The basic meaning of the character "Rang" in modern Chinese is so different from its original meaning that there exists the relationship of homonymy, but not polysemy, between the two senses. The original meaning of the character 让 in Old Chinese still exists in dialectal speech whereas the basic sense of the character 让 in modern Chinese is a phonetic loan character, being adopted from the character 攘. There is a complicated relationship of form, sound and meaning between the three characters 让,攘,纟襄. This paper traces the development of their relationship.


The invention discloses a kind of method of prepare with scale transition metal oxide porous microsphere, belong to the synthesis technical field of nano material.Technical scheme main points are:At room temperature, polyalcohol is dissolved in organic solvent and forms uniform solution;Transition metal salt is added in uniform solution under conditions of stirring, precursor solution is obtained after being well mixed;Precursor solution is transferred in spray dryer and is dried, powder is by drying tower bottom and cyclone collection;Powder is placed in Muffle furnace 350 650 DEG C of 0.5 5h of calcining are warming up to the heating rate of 18 DEG C/min, then naturally cooled to room temperature and obtain transition metal oxide porous microsphere.The present invention realizes the prepare with scale of transition metal oxide porous microsphere, and spray drying is prepared to nano material can realize the processing procedure of serialization, and obtained transition metal oxide porous microsphere can need not be used directly by crushing or grinding again.


Through the analysis of a survey conducted in Sao Paulo the authors examine the representativity of the Brazilian trade union confederations towards the members of affiliated unions. The focus of analysis is given by the question of the capability of the union centrals of effectively reaching their rank and file and of turning their discourses and practices into elements for the constitution of identities on the union and political levels. The initial answer is positive: there is such a power. Further analysis reveals significant differences between trade union confederations concerning both political and unionist attitudes and practices.


A quantitative knowledge of the consequence of risk inherent in agricultural production and farmer's reactions to them are of considerable importance in evaluating alternative government programmes and policies directed towards stabilization of prices and income in the agricultural sector. Yet there are very few empirical studies in the Indian context; the main reason being the lack of a suitable empirically estimable model which incorporates farming risk and farmer's attitute towards it. This study is an attempt towards constructing such a model which is amenable for quantification. By utilizing expected utility framework, two-crop land allocation model is developed assuming production uncertainty and the equilibrium conditions are characterised. Using farm management three years holding data, measures of risk aversion and risk premium are estimated.


In modern translation,the applications of Computer-aided Translation(CAT) technology,such as Translation Memory(TM),translation server and quality assurance tools,can enhance translators productivity and the cooperation between participants in a translation project.However,the technology needs further development.To assist translators,CAT tools are to become increasingly automated and intelligent to carry out more repetitive tasks in translation,encompassing the construction and query of TM,terminology extraction and translation error discovery.


Four compound inhibitors were selected from Inhibitors A, B, C and D and the 8 were foliar sprayed to the rice plants at their seed filling stage. Amylase activity was determined and the relationship between inhibitor treatments and young embryo development was analyzed. Correlation analysis was made of the relationship between the treatments and pre-harvest sprouting. It was found that saturated humidity resulting from heat spell followed by heavy rain was the inducing factor for pre-harvest sprouting and the activation of the endogenous enzymes in the seed was its key factor. The application of the inhibitor inhibited the activity of amylase and raised the concentration of the inhibitors in the seed, thus effectively suppressed pre-harvest sprouting in rice.


ACE inhibitors are an important part of standard treatment for patients with heart failure. A secondary analysis of the ELITE (Evaluation of Losartan


During World War II, scientific publications by the US Government were suspended, allowing only the official reports (the War Background Studies) to come out. The Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences was among the very few journals that continued to publish uninterruptedly and became, in this period of uncertainty, a repository where local scientists and scholars could entrust their articles; the circulation of which was in this way assured [2].


This paper designs an electromagnetic vibratory mechanism for Flapping-wing Micro Air Vehicle(FMAV),and presents its nonlinear dynamic model.Dynamic responses of the electromagnetic vibratory mechanism with different electromagnetic energizing force signals are investigated,its inherent frequency is obtained,and the conclusion that square wave and sine half-wave electromagnetic forces will generate large flapping amplitude is drawn.Finally,mechanics-magnetic coupling dynamic characteristics of the electromagnetic vibratory mechanism for FMAV are discussed.And the result shows that sine half-wave voltage is an appropriate energizing signal,and the flapping symmetry and stability can be increased if the structure is improved.


For these reasons alone they are worthwhile. If they are used only for recreational reading, they provide respite, interesting content, and relaxation. They allow students to enjoy reading. Magazines can, however, be used for more than recreational reading. Since many of them focus on areas in the sciences, social sciences, art, computing, sports, and other subjects taught in school, they make excellent supplementary materials for learning content that is important to the curriculum. Many provide information that is authoritative, current, and specialized. Carefully chosen, they can be an integral part of reading and learning content.


Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori), previously named Campylobacter pylori, was first isolated in 1982 from patients with chronic gastritis or gastric ulcers in Western Australia. Barry J. Marshall and Robin Warren, two Australian researchers, have been awarded Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for this Nobel discovery.1 It is also linked to the development of duodenal ulcers and stomach cancer. Helicobacter pylori is a gram-negative bacterium that colonizes human stomach and now is an established cause of chronic superficial gastritis, chronic active gastritis, peptic ulcer disease and gastric adenocarcinoma. Before this discovery, it was a belief that stress and lifestyle factors were the two major causes of peptic ulcer disease. Marshall and Warren braked that dogma, and it was soon clear that H. pylori, causes more than 90% of duodenal ulcers and up to 80% of gastric ulcers. 2


The branched conventional ventilation device to cool a stator housing defining a flow passage of the hot gases in a turbomachine includes here the valves (27) for independent adjustment of flow through each of the ramps (26) through which the fresh gas is blown on the housing to adjust the intensity of the cooling along the axis (X) of the machine.


The human canstatin cDNA was amplified by RT-PCR and then directionally cloned into pUΩ expression vector. The recombinant pUΩ-Can vector was connected with the screening marker (bar box), to construct a eukaryotic expression vector called pUΩ-Can-Bar. This expression vector was introduced into the D.salina by glass beads method. The screening culture of transformants of D.salina was performed in solid media containing 5 μg/ml PPT, and the analyses of transformants were carried out through PCR and Southern blot. PCR results revealed that specific 700 bp products were detected in the different transformants of D.salina but not in negative control. Southern blot analysis further demonstrated that human canstatin gene was integrated into the D.salina genome. Moreover, the results of genetic stability analyses of transformants demonstrated that canstatin gene was stably inherited in the D.salina transformants. The successful preparation of the D.salina transformants will provide the experimentation evidence for producing canstatin protein cosmically by using the D.salina bioreactor and give a better prophase work basis for clinic application of canstatin protein early.


In this research some different kinds of tourist demand are analysed and the peculiarities are highlighted. It has become really important for the public and private operators to acquire specific market information in order to find technical and organizational solutions that could meet different requirements. With reference to the "Regione Marche" the attention is focused on analysing the creation of the local tourist system and the use of territorial franchising, as a possible "answer" to an integrated demand for tourism.


Authors presented first results of health estimation in children with airways diseases with DALY (disability-adjusted life years). The criterion is able to characterize true loss of health with differently directed dynamics of morbidity, disability and mortality of these diseases. Key words: children, health, diseases of airways, DALY. ( Voprosy sovremennoi pediatrii —  Current Pediatrics. 2010;9(6): 16-18 )


Abstract My interest in the effect of wartime deployment on families with children led me to offer pro bono group therapy for women whose husbands had been sent to Iraq or Afghanistan. My approach was informed by my training in infant observation and dyadic treatment: I met the women in a building that served as a regular meeting place for them (analogous to a home visit); we had contact in between meetings by email. These and other interventions won the women's trust, and ultimately led each member of the group into individual treatment with other therapists through The Soldier's Project. In this paper, I describe my own dyadic and individual therapy with one young woman and her toddler son, and particularly how Bion's and Britton's models of containment and triangular space became manifest in this therapeutic endeavour.


Sensors in agriculture are in use from weather monitoring to autonomous watering. Using low-cost sensors allows designers to create a prototype for a hardware environment to implement data acquisition and mining process. Thus, the relation between sensors can be understood and a test environment for sensor fusion can be created. In this paper, different input devices are synchronized by using a microcontroller system and each data, obtained from the sensors, are sent wirelessly by an (Internet of Things) IoT device to the cloud, by recording and monitoring from the graphical user interface on the web as a real-time environment to apply data mining algorithms thereafter. This study uses the regression trees to obtain the sensor data relations from 8 different data related to light, temperature, humidity, rain, soil moisture, atmospheric pressure, air quality, and dew point. Each sensor data has a different effect on the agricultural monitoring, however, reducing the number of sensors can reduce the cost of a system, by giving still accurate observations via sensor substitution proposed. Therefore, by using the regression trees, the classification of sensor data is inspected in this study. A test prototype of the hardware together with the software design is created for data monitoring and sensor fusion in different combinations. In the end, after fusion tests for all possible cases, outstanding results for each sensor substitution is presented. Temperature and dew point can be obtained using other sensors by fusing the train data on the regression tree by 92% and 84% accuracy respectively with a 5% numerical error margin in the leaf nodes on the regression tree.


This paper provides a brief overview of the history of USDA-Extension wildlife and fisheries programs at the national level, with emphasis on the years 1978-2000. Portions of the earlier history of Extension wildlife and fisheries programs at the national level can be found in previous proceedings of these National conferences and in other publications (see Miller 1981). This review of programs conducted or influenced by the National Program Leader (NPL) during the period is a brief snapshot in time regarding the presence of an experienced and motivated professional serving in the NPL wildlife and fisheries position.


We examined and referred to some literatures on the meaning, Dai meridian and Meridian points of joining with circulation of Dai meridian through literatures of every generation. And then we came to get a few conclusions as follows. 1. Dai meridian starts below the hypochondriac region. Running obliquely downward, it runs transversely around the waist like a belt. Its function is to bind up all the meridians to circulate in a proper way. 2. The coalescent points of dai meridian are (帶脈), (五樞) and (維道). 3. Location of (帶脈) is on the lateral side of the abdomen, 1.8 cun below (章門), at the crossing point of vertical line through the free end of the 11th rib and a horizontal line through the umbilicus. Location of (五樞) is on the lateral side of the abdomen, anterior to the anterosuperior iliac spine, 3 cun below the level of the umbilicus. Location of (維道) is on the lateral side of the abdomen, anterior and inferior to the anterosuperior iliac spine, 0.5 cun anterior and inferior to (五樞). 4. Indication of (帶脈) is irregular menstruation, leukorrhea with reddish discharge, hernia, pain in the lumbar and hypochondriac region. Indication of (五樞) is prolapse of the uterus, leukorrhea with reddish discharge, irregular menstruation, hernia, pain in the lower abdomen, constipation and lumbosacral pain. Indication of (維道) is edema, pain in the side of the lower abdomen, prolapse of the uterus, hernia and morbid leukorrhea. 5. The Dai meridian binds all meridians, produces pregnancy, grasps lumbar and abdomen region and controls leukorrhea. 6. Diseases of the Dai meridian manifested as distention and fullness in the lumbar region and abdomen, leukorrhea with reddish discharge, pain the navel, lumbar and spinal regions, flaccidity and hypoactivity of the lower limbs, etc.


The effect of hygroscopicity of the insulating unit of polymer composites on their response to relative humidity has been investigated. The composites examined were the poly(o-aminophenol) (PoAP) composites with poly(vinyl pyrrolidone) (PVP), poly(acrylic acid) (PAA), poly(ethylene oxide) (PEO), and poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) in which the hygroscopicity of these insulating polymers decreases in the sequence PAA>PVP>PEO>PMMA. The electrical conductivity of the PoAP/PVP composite was proportional to relative humidity covering more than four orders of magnitude. This result is explained on the basis of salt-base transition of conducting polymer in the composite which on reflection depends on the presence of weakly and strongly bound water. The PoAP composite with hydrophilic PAA holds a large amount of strongly bound water, and as a consequence PoAP is completely transformed to the salt form at humidity higher than 70%, resulting in the approach to a constant conductivity at the high level of conduction. On the other hand, the nonlinear dependence of the conductivity upon the change in humidity was observed for the PoAP/PEO and PoAP/PMMA composites on the first run of measurement, which was attributed to a lesser amount of strongly bound water in the composite.


Aspect mining tries to identify crosscutting concerns in the code of existing systems and thus supports their adaption to an aspect-oriented design. A semi-automatic static aspect mining approach is described, where the program's control flow graphs are investigated for recurring execution patterns based on different constraints, such as the requirement that the patterns have to exist in different calling contexts. Two case studies done with the implemented tool show that many discovered candidates for crosscutting concerns are instances of delegation and should not be refactored into aspects. More generally, it is shown that aspect mining techniques need a way to distinguish between delegation and superimposed behaviour.


Abstract : The technique of wrapping power conductors with high permeability tape shows promise of surpassing, both in cost and effectiveness the present technique of burying the lines for the purpose of reducing r.f. interference. (Author)


AIM: To construct the eukaryotic expression plasmid to study the role of hREV3 gene in genesis of genetic instability by means of antisense technology. METHODS: Two fragments with different length (742bp and 357bp) that constain the specific conserved region of hREV3 cDNA were obtained by digesting plasmid pBS-hREV3 with restriction enzymes BamH I and BamH I plus Hind III respectively .Two kinds of fragments were inserted into two kinds of eukaryotic expression vector : pBS-RSV(used for constant expression and pMAMneo amp -(used for inducible expression).The inserting orientation of recombinants were identified by digesting with restriction enzymes and electrophoresis analysis. RESULTS: Obtained five kinds of recombinant containing the insertions in sense and antisense orientation. CONCLUSION: These results provide an important basis to further study in genetic instability.


Great saphaneus vein's aneurysms are rare clinical entities and especially that can diagnosis as an inguinal hernia in physical examination. Detailed anamnesis, physical examination and detailed doppler ultrasonography are very important in the femoral region masses. We present a case, who was operated for venous insufficiency but we observed multiple great saphaneus vein aneurysms in the operation.