IgA vasculitis, also known as the Henoch–Schönlein purpura, is the most common systemic vasculitis in children. Inflammation most often involves small blood vessels of the skin, joints, kidneys and the gastrointestinal tract, but other organs may also be involved. Acute pancreatitis is a rare clinical manifestation of IgA vasculitis. We present a case of a 12-year-old girl with cutaneous and abdominal symptoms, who was diagnosed with acute pancreatitis during IgA vasculitis. In patients with IgA vasculitis who report abdominal pain acute pancreatitis should be taken into account and pancreatic enzymes measurement should be considered.


The Li-rich Li 1.23 Ni0.09 Co0.12 Mn0.56 O2 material was synthesized via aqueous solution-evaporation route. The structure and morphology of the material were characterized by means of XRD and SEM. The results indicated that the single particle of the product was polygonal with the size of 330 nm and the structure was layered solid solution with a certain amount of Li2 MnO3. Electrochemical tests showed that the first discharge capacity of the Li-rich layered material was 250.8 mAh·g-1at 0.1C,the capacity retention was 86.5% after 40 cycles. Through in-situ XRD study a new phase Li0.9 MnO2 which would cause electrochemical properties deteriorated due to its structure transformation from layered to spinel came out with a small amout during the first discharge cycle. Moreover, the value of c-parameter increased first and decreased before 4.54 V, and remained stable till the end of the first charge, and then reduced from the first discharge to the second charge continually. However, the value of a-parameter underwent a falling-steady-rising course. The change in the values of the lattice parameters corresponded to the variation of electrochemical behaviors.


Background: Tuberculosis is a worldwide infectious disease and BCG is the only available vaccine against this infection. This vaccine is injected intradermally (0.05 cc) in the first day of life.
The complications of BCG vaccine are: local ulceration, regional lymphadenopathy, lymphadenitis, abscess formation and fistulization, osteitis or osteomyelitis, systemic reactions, hypersensitivity and granulomatosis reactions.
There has been hardly any study on complications of BCG in Iran; therefore we decided to evaluate the rate of the most important complications of this vaccine (lymphadenopathy, lymphadenitis, abscess formation, and fistulization) in Semnan.
Methods: All 557 babies born at Amir-al-Momenin and Shafa Hospitals during a 6-month period between March and September 2003 were assessed. In our study, BCG vaccination was performed for all these neonates at the hospitals. Then, the babies were examined monthly by a physician and the questionnaires were filled in.
Findings: The rate of lymphadenopathy, lymphadenitis and fistulization of the abscess after BCG vaccination were 2.2%, 0.54%, and 0.18% respectively. There was no significant difference between the incidences of the complications in the two hospitals. Moreover, no significant difference was observed between the sex of the babies and the occurrence of the complications.
Conclusion: The survey illustrated a higher rate of lymphadenopathy and lymphadenitis after BCG vaccination compared with the other countries' studies.


Jeanine Kippers (1973) obtained her master´s degree in econometrics from the Erasmus
University Rotterdam in 1997. In the same year she was employed by De Nederlandsche
Bank. She participated in the preparations of the cash changeover from guilder to euro in
2002, and contributed to the development of a European cash distribution system and the
restructuring of the national distribution system. During her employment at the central
bank she started her research on currency use, which resulted in several papers that have
been published or are currently under review. In January 2004 she joined the Pensionand
Insurance Supervisory authority, as a policy advisor in the (international) field of
insurance supervision.


It describes a process for regenerating the silica supported depleted alkali metal catalyst. The amount of alkali metal on the spent catalyst is at least 0.5 mol%, the silica support is xerogel. The method includes a silica supported depleted alkali metal catalyst, is contacted with a solution of an alkali metal salt in a solvent system comprising a polar organic solvent as a main component. The metal can act as a catalyst selected from Shirikazerogeru carrier and an alkali metal containing in the range of 0.5~5Mol% on the catalyst, the surface area of the silica carrier is <180 m 2 / The present invention is applicable to alkanoic acids or esters of formula R


Electrokinetics of deformable interfaces holds the key in developing bio-mimetic micro-devices for probing microvascular physiology as well as performing in-vitro bio-analytical procedures. While such systems have been analyzed in the literature with the aid of a set of simplifying assumptions to some extent, implications of axial modulations in the surface potential and interfacial slip, otherwise ominous artifacts of the coupling between intrinsic electro-chemistry and substrate wettability in practical realms of surface engineering, remains grossly unaddressed in the same context. Here, we bring out the interplay of the wall compliance, periodically modulated surface potential, and patterned interfacial slip that is itself coupled with the interfacial electrochemistry, towards altering the internal hydrodynamics of a deformable microfluidic channel. Manifested in terms of a perturbed pressure field, this essentially leads to an alteration in the load bearing capacity of the concerned electro-mechanical system. By exploiting this unique coupling of the interfacial electro-mechanics, hydrodynamics, and substrate elasticity, we further demonstrate the plausibility of a significant augmentation in the load bearing capacity of the resulting system, over favourable parametric regimes. This opens up emerging possibilities of developing novel electro-kinetically modulated lubricated systems with giant augmentations in their load bearing performance.


A centrifuge with the largest diameter that can be accommodated on Space Station Freedom is required to conduct life science research in the microgravity environment of space. (This was one of the findings of a group of life scientists convened at the University of California, Davis, by Ames Research Center.) The centrifuge will be used as a research tool to understand how gravity affects biological processes; to provide an on-orbit one-g control; and to assess the efficacy of using artificial gravity to counteract the deleterious biological effect of space flight. The rationale for the recommendation and examples of using ground-based centrifugation for animal and plant acceleration studies are presented. Included are four appendixes and an extensive bibliography of hypergravity studies.


Several treatments for inner cooling water through author's research in several power plants are discussed. Using hydrogen type mix bed and sodium type mix bed micro alike cooling treatment system is feasible for "warter-hydrogen-hydrogen"generator cooling type and "inner cooling water"generator cooling type,but the cooling water system leak-tightness is different,resin reclaiming frequence will increase.


New laws that would give absolute rights to parents to decide what should happen to a child's body after death are needed in the United Kingdom, a Scottish independent inquiry into organ removal has recommended.

The inquiry, which covered the removal of organs from adults as well as children, was commissioned in the wake of the Alder Hey affair, in which organs were removed from thousands of children without their parents' consent.

The recommendations of the Scottish inquiry go further than what has already been proposed in England and involve the …


The Information Management and Technology (IM&T) Strategy for the UK National Health Service (NHS) is one of systems integration with an emphasis on improved communications and data accessibility using a common operational system. This strategy is examined within the framework of strategic analysis. The suitability of the IM&T strategy, as applied to quality assurance in primary care, is discussed in terms of strategic logic, research evidence and cultural fit. Emerging technologies such as expert systems and the Internet, require further research evidence before considering their suitability for inclusion in an NHS wide strategy.


Due to the specific nature and various limitations in the architecture and resources of mobile wireless networks, AD HOC networks are highly challenging and risky in terms of quality spheres and maintaining such systems. Opportunistic routing provides the opportunity to improve these issues and enhance the network performance appropriately. Meanwhile, due to unspecified exchange routes in this strategy, it is more difficult to support the quality of routing. In this type of routing, decision-making and candidate prioritization are done based on a criterion named "opportunism" in such a way that this method of prioritization and selection leads to increased instability in intermediate routes. Accordingly, in order to improve this issue, this research introduces a new routing protocol, named "QoS-Aware and Stable Opportunistic Routing Protocol (QSORP)". The QSORP is a three-stage protocol that is based on the performance of its stages, tries to provide quality together with stability in opportunistic routing depending on the necessities and requirements of this type of routing. The QSORP protocol supports the capability of reducing the complexity of candidate management in addition to effectively supporting the quality and stability of links. In order to evaluate the QSORP's performance and efficiency, this protocol is simulated using the OPNET simulator and then the protocol is compared with two other protocols; ORAC and QEOR. The simulation results indicated the superiority of the proposed protocol based on the following criteria: unstable intermediate routes, rate of received data, and network throughput.


Gate-all-around (GAA) structure has already been proven as one of best options to restrain short channel effects (SCEs) [1-2]. In addition when it is combined with III-V channel material and high-k gate dielectric, GAA device holds the potential to be used in future ultra-high performance devices with allaround on and off state performance. On that note, III-V high-k GAA with rectangular cross section has been demonstrated experimentally by Gu et al. [3], which shows excellent transport performances as expected. Recently we have reported the electrostatics of that rectangular GAA device through rigorous self-consistent Schrodinger-Poisson simulation [4]. In this paper, we extend our work by solving the electrostatics of a cylindrical channel III-V GAA FET along with transport study in ballistic regime.


ABSTRACT Context. Brown-headed cowbirds (Molothrus ater), through brood parasitism, can exert extrinsic population growth pressures on North American songbirds. Cowbird removal programs may reduce parasitism rates on host species but can be expensive and difficult to implement throughout a host species' breeding range. Aims. We estimated cowbird abundance and nest parasitism rates within Kirtland's warbler (Setophaga kirtlandii) primary breeding range in Michigan, USA, and determined the maximum sustainable parasitism rate for Kirtland's warblers under several spatially structured cowbird removal designs. Methods. We conducted point counts to estimate cowbird abundance and monitored nests to quantify nest parasitism rates during 2019–2021. We used the modelling software STELLA to determine the maximum sustainable parasitism rate for Kirtland's warblers under different spatially structured cowbird removal scenarios (complete, core-only, and no removal). Key results. Cowbird abundance and parasitism rates remained low following cowbird trap closures in 2018. In the simulation study, complete removal was the most robust scenario with no replications having <1000 Kirtland's warbler males. The core-only removal scenario had a substantially higher sustainable parasitism rate in the peripheral breeding area than the no removal scenario. Assumed hatch-year dispersal distance had the greatest impact on the maximum sustainable parasitism rate in the core-only scenario. Conclusions. Low cowbird abundance and nest parasitism following suspension of cowbird removal efforts showed resuming the removal program may not be required in the short-term. If cowbird abundance increases, however, adaptive cowbird removal programs can be used to sustain Kirtland's warbler populations long-term. Implications. Our results indicate that incorporating spatial structure of host species' habitat into designing cowbird removal programs may minimise costs of cowbird management while sustaining populations of Kirtland's warbler and possibly other host species that are affected by brood parasitism.


The dielectric behavior of two real substances is related to their molecular structure by the application of a theory of the general type proposed by Hoffman. The two real substances are the urea addition compounds of 12‐bromotricosane and 16‐hentriacontanone, where the polar long‐chain molecules exhibit dielectric loss through rotation about their long molecular axes between orientational sites. This dielectric loss has been measured by Meakins, who proposed a qualitative theory similar to the one used here.Smith has determined the crystal structure of the urea addition lattice. The orientational sites of the polar molecules are determined by the potential energy of the crystalline field, which is estimated from the geometrical configuration of the lattice by a Lennard‐Jones (6–12) potential.The dielectric loss is calculated in terms of the energy minima and maxima of the potential energy. The energy minima and the differences between the energy maxima are evaluated by a fit of the experimental dielectri...


The paper reports an advanced ballistic electron spectroscopy technique that was used to directly measure semiconductor band structure properties at a subsurface interface. Two interface systems having contrasting band structures were investigated by this method: Au-Si and Au-GaAs. It is concluded that the proposed method, based on scanning tunneling microscopy, enables the spatially resolved carrier-transport spectroscopy of interfaces.


Angle-resolved photoemission was used to study the surface electronic band structure of high quality single crystals of ferromagnetic CoS2 (below 120 K). Strongly dispersing Co t2g bands are identified along the ⟨100⟩ direction, the – line of the surface Brillouin zone, in agreement with model calculations. The calculated surface band structure includes corrections for the previously determined surface structure of CoS2(001) and is in general agreement with the experimental photoemission spectra in the region of the Fermi level. There is evidence of the existence of several minority spin surface states, falling into a gap of the projected minority spin bulk CoS2(001) band structure.


As world leaders prepare to discuss Africa at the G8 summit, a British doctor working in Africa gives his perspective on the continent's health needs and points out some omissions in the recent report


Various studies show that the development and performance of the collection of Amil Zakat Institutions at the national level in an area is faster than local LAZ, even local LAZ or many regions have decreased collection. This is due to several factors, especially branding and human resources factors. LAZ in National level has a much broader branding and it is known to the public through several media and human resorces factors. National amil zakat on average has better human resources than local LAZ. However, in Jombang district of East Java there is an interesting phenomenon, namely the performance of local LAZ collection in Jombang is not inferior to the gathering of national LAZ representatives (LAZNAS). This research uses a qualitative approach. This qualitative method is used to analyze the collection and development factors of the Zakat Management Organization in three institutions, two representatives of national LAZ namely NU Care LAZISNU and LAZ Yatim Mandiri, and one LAZ in district level, namely LAZ Ummul Quro (LAZUQ). The results of this study are: 1) The collection of the Amil Zakat Institution in Jombang in 2018 based on the report is as follows. The NU Care LAZISNU Association was the largest, followed by LAZ Ummul Quro and followed by LAZ Yatim Mandiri; 2). The collection of Amil Zakat Institutions in Jombang district is strongly influenced by the level of community trust, the extent of the network, partners and amil's motivation. NU Care LAZISNU Jombang is the most trusted by the community because it is based on NU organizations, it has the widest structure and network. LAZ Ummul Quro, although it is only Local LAZ, it has a district scale, but because it has been established for a long time and it has managed to maintain its existence, so in terms of network and partnership it is also relatively broader than Yatim Mandiri. While LAZ Yatim Mandiri is from one side more popular than LAZ Ummul Quro, but from the side of the collection is below it. LAZ Yatim Mandiri's popularity is supported by national media, while in local issues, Yatim Mandiri is still inferior to LAZISNU and LAZ Ummul Quro due to network and partner factors.


The plea of competency to stand trial has become one of the more controversial issues in the administration of criminal justice. The definition of friability is nebulous, and its practical application leaves much to be desired. At the same time the plea makes possible a needed flexibility in the administration of the law. In recent years, as a result of publicity, various restrictions have been placed on the implementation of the plea. The developing law and sundry problems arising under the plea are discussed in the following article.


Most 1D-2D urban drainage models simplify the water exchange process between the ground surface and the underground sewer network. They assume that surface runoff enters directly into the sewer network without modelling the initial overland flow. Moreover, surface flooding is only seen as the result of sewer network overflows, neglecting that it can also occur due to limitations of street inlets draining capacity. In fact, it is a common practice to ignore street inlets and to assume that water exchange occurs exclusively through manholes, which in reality, can have water transfers (sewer overflow) only after the displacement of their covers. These simplifications, do not allow to determine which water exchange processes have a greater impact in the occurrence of surface flooding.

This study developed a more realistic model representation of the urban drainage system (including street inlets and initial overland flow) and carried out a thorough sensitivity analysis of the parameters controlling water exchange processes. A combination of Latin-Hypercube (LH) and One-factor-At-a-Time (OAT) sampling techniques were used to measure global and local sensitivities. Brederode neighborhood in Antwerp (Belgium), a flat area that frequently suffers from pluvial flooding, was used as a study case. Results show that the inclusion of street inlets reduces the calculated total surface flood volume in simulations with design storms ranging from low to high return periods (T5-T100). It was also found that parameters controlling surface drainage are the most sensitive, with the street inlets clogging coefficient obtaining the highest sensitivity index value. Parameters controlling reverse flow showed almost null sensitivity.

Given that the draining processes are most sensitive (particularly street inlets clogging) to the occurrence of surface flooding, urban drainage models should explicitly include manholes and street inlets in their configuration. Moreover, it is recommended to apply rainfall directly on 2D mesh elements representing streets and open areas (for runoff produced on rooftops, use sub-catchment units). In this way, models can account for initial overland flow and properly assess the street inlets' drainage capacity.


I would like to question the critical comments by Messerli et al. [1] entitled 'Expertise: no longer a sine qua non for guideline authors?', in which they question the credibility of the authors of the recently published 'Clinical Practice Guideline from the American College of Physicians and the American Academy of Family Physicians' pertaining to 'Pharmacologic Treatment of Hypertension in Adults Aged 60 Years or Older' (ACP/AAFP) [2]. The issue raised is simply this: Do the authors qualify as experts? To demonstrate that they did not fulfill the commonly held criteria by which experts may be defined, Messerli et al. selected as their gold standard the experts who authored the 'Evidence-based guideline for the management of high blood pressure in adults: report from the panel members appointed to the Eighth Joint National Committee (JNC 8)' [3]. On the face of it, the data presented in the table make a damning case against the authors of the ACP/AAFP guideline (Table 1). Indeed, the authors extol the virtues of the JNC 8 experts in glowing terms: 'When one scrutinizes the authors of what is called the Joint National Committee (JNC) 8 [3], there is little doubt that most of them were indeed true experts, displaying skills or knowledge acquired through education, training, or experience to guide other physicians in detection, evaluation, and treatment of patients with hypertension. Many of these authors have extensively published on hypertensive cardiovascular disease, are members of professional societies and editorial boards of peer reviewed journals on hypertension' [1]. Whew, all but the most skeptical would be swept away by the gale of this rhetoric! However, what Messerli et al. failed to acknowledge was the sheer inability of the JNC 8 'experts' to produce a credible guideline as I have outlined in detail previously [4]. Indeed, this failure to see the elephant in the room is baffling in view of the fact that in withdrawing from authorship of the editorial, I warned against using the JNC 8 guideline as the comparator: 'I think it best if you remove my name, simply because, I have written a critical essay on JNC 8 showing that even if you have a panel of so-called 'experts', they can make just as much a mess of things as 'nonexperts'. In fact, I have questioned the credibility of the JNC 8 Committee of experts, which will be picked up by someone if I am a listed author, and a counter attack would weaken your justifiable case. Had you selected any other guideline for comparison I would have been glad to join your protest' [Personal communication from E. O'Brien (present author) to Messerli et al., 10 February 2017]. Just by way of reminding ourselves of the incompetence of the JNC 8 'experts', who oversaw what I have called the JNC 8 debacle, I will list the salient ones: First, a disclaimer at the end of the JNC 8 report, points out that although the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) appointed a panel in 2008 to write JNC 8, it informed the panel in 2013 that it would partner in the future with other organizations to develop hypertension guidelines, effectively dismissing them as experts; second, the guideline did not complete the process laid down by the NHLBI and it was disingenuous of the authors of the report (and indeed of JAMA) to permit the inclusion of the term JNC 8 in the title to the report, thereby implying that it was the long-awaited successor to JNC 7; finally, and most damningly, five of the 17 authors of the JNC 8 article published a disclaimer to one of the recommendations in the report, namely, their disagreement with the all-important stipulation to raise the target SBP from 140 to 150 mmHg in persons aged 60 years


Software tools play an important role in the software development process. Some tools are used by users taking on one specific role, in very specific activities and to process documents of a specific type (e.g., a compiler). Other tools are used by users in multiple roles, during many activities and for processing documents of multiple types (e.g., a configuration management system). Inserting a tool of the latter type into a process may have a significant impact on the development process. In order to control the insertion of such tools it is desirable to use a tool insertion method. Today, no such method exists. We propose such a method called "Tool Insertion Method (TIM)". The key elements of TIM are a method for customizing the tool to fit the organization's development process and a comprehensive measurements program that is used to quantify the goal of inserting a tool, tracking the progress of tool insertion and analyzing cost and benefit of the tool insertion. We also briefly describe how TIM was used to improve the process in an industrial software project. The projects's requirements planning process was re-engineered, and a commercially available tool was customized to support the improved process. This process spans multiple activities, operates on artifacts of several types and is carried out by multiple developers taking on different roles. The paper offers a formal model of TIM along with sample data gathered and experience gained during its application.


This paper presents a novel method for information interpretability in an MC-SEFRON classifier. To develop a method to extract knowledge stored in a trained classifier, first, the binary-class SEFRON classifier developed earlier is extended to handle multi-class problems. MC-SEFRON uses the population encoding scheme to encode the real-valued input data into spike patterns. MC-SEFRON is trained using the same supervised learning rule used in the SEFRON. After training, the proposed method extracts the knowledge for a given class stored in the classifier by mapping the weighted postsynaptic potential in the time domain to the feature domain as Feature Strength Functions (FSFs). A set of FSFs corresponding to each output class represents the extracted knowledge from the classifier. This knowledge encoding method is derived to maintain consistency between the classification in the time domain and the feature domain. The correctness of the FSF is quantitatively measured by using FSF directly for classification tasks. For a given input, each FSF is sampled at the input value to obtain the corresponding feature strength value (FSV). Then the aggregated FSVs obtained for each class are used to determine the output class labels during classification. FSVs are also used to interpret the predictions during the classification task. Using ten UCI datasets and the MNIST dataset, the knowledge extraction method, interpretation and the reliability of the FSF are demonstrated. Based on the studies, it can be seen that on an average, the difference in the classification accuracies using the FSF directly and those obtained by MC-SEFRON is only around 0.9% & 0.1\% for the UCI datasets and the MNIST dataset respectively. This clearly shows that the knowledge represented by the FSFs has acceptable reliability and the interpretability of classification using the classifier's knowledge has been justified.


This research based on changes in the status of the Kampung into Kampung Adat in Siak Regency stated in Regional Regulationnumber 2th, 2016 about change of name Kampung into Kampung Adat. One of the Kampung who changed his status is Kampung Kuala Gasib in Koto Gasib. Kampung Kuala Gasib located on the outskirts of the cross street of Sumatra which makes many migrants from other regions who began to settle in that kampung. That thing makes the tradition and the culture of native range is abandonedandunknown by the younger generation.The purposes of Research is: first, to know the Government's efforts of Kampung Adat Kuala Gasib Sub Koto Gasib Siak Regency in preserving the customs in 2015-2016. Second, to find out the factors who impede the efforts preservation of customs. The type of research is descriptive with qualitative research methods. The location of the research carried out at Kampung Adat Kuala Gasib Sub Koto Gasib Siak Regency. The Technique of data collection byconducting interviews, observation and documentation. And data analysis is using by qualitative data analysis techniques.The results of this research are the Government of Kampung Adat Kuala Gasib not yet afford maximum preservation. As for the main impede of factor is yet to discharge theregister numbering or code of Kampung Adat from the Central Government and not yet existence of the local regulations more aboutKampung Adat.


A program for computerized handling of information on quality of wastewater discharges at three Oak Ridge National Laboratory monitoring stations has been designed and implemented. This computer system analyses field and laboratory data and calculates water quality statistics appropriate for meeting National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) reporting requirements. The interactive nature of the program guarantees automatic identification of compliance violations for immediate notification of the responsible agencies. Reduction of manual processing has resulted in cost savings and greater reporting accuracy.


Quantizers with coarser quantization densities are helpful in reducing network congestion. In this paper, we investigate the problem of designing a robust H∞ output feedback controller for discrete-time networked systems with an adaptive quantization density or limited information. A Markov process is used to model the randomness of the network load condition and a Bernoulli process is used to model packet dropouts. A stability criterion is developed by using Lyapunov-Krasovskii functional and sufficient conditions for the existence of a dynamic quantized output feedback controller are given in terms of Bilinear Matrix Inequalities(BMIs). An iterative algorithm is suggested to obtain quasi-convex Linear Matrix Inequalities (LMIs) from BMIs.


Vicinal glycol esters, such as ethylene glycol acetate esters, are prepared from synthesis gas via the use of homogeneous ruthenium catalysis.


High-resolution solar spectra of the Mg XI 1s/sup 2/dagger/sup 1/S/sub 0/--1s2p/sup 1/P/sub 1/ resonance line at 9.169 A and the associated nearby satellite lines are presented from two rocket-borne crystal spectrometer measurements. Comparisons with two independent sets of theoretical calculations for the 1s/sup 2/nl-1s2pnl dielectronic satellite lines with 3< or =n< or =7 indicate electron temperatures of 4--4.5 x 10/sup 6/ K or that about 28 km s/sup -1/ of turbulence is present. The accuracy of solar diagnostics based on these high n-value satellites of the He-like ion resonance lines is presently limited more by uncertainties in atomic structures and cross sections used in the analysis than by the quality of data or size of solar region that can be observed.


Source unit (S) is formed in the gate insulating film (23) and the oxide semiconductor film source provided on an upper layer of (24a) Metal (25s), a drain unit (DR) is an oxide semiconductor film (24a) of, part of the oxide semiconductor film including a surface opposite (24a) is composed of a low-resistance region to the low-resistance (24AD) and a gate insulating film (23) side.


s of Papers at the St. Louis Meeting, r936. Yearbook XXIV of the National Society of College Teachers of Education. Edited by Fowler D. Brooks. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1936. Pp. 64. $0.50. Adult Education for Social Change: A Handbook for Leaders and Members of Discussion Groups, Forums, and Adult Classes. Edited by Thomas K. Brown, Jr. Philadelphia: Social Order Committee (Social Service Building, 3II South Juniper Street), 1936. Pp. 36. $0.I5. Art Education Today, 1936: An Anmual Devoted to the Problems of Art Education. Sponsored by Members oi the Fine Arts Staff of Teachers College, Columbia University. New York: Teachers College, Columbia University, 1936. Pp. ii8. ASHBY, LYLE WALTER. The Efforts of the States To Support Education: As Related to the Adequacy of Financial Support Provided and the Ability of the States To Support Education. Washington: National Education Association, 1936. Pp. 64. CONARD, EDITH UNDERWOOD. Trends in Manuscript Writing. New York: Teachers College, Columbia University, 1936. Pp. x+30. CRAMER, JOHN FRANCIS. Australian Schools through American Eyes. Australian Council Educational Research Series, No. 42. Melbourne, Australia: Melbourne University Press, 1936. Pp. 6o. The Efforts of the States To Support Education: As Related to Adequacy and Ability. Research Bulletin of the National Education Association, Vol. XIV, No. 3. Washington: Research Division of the National Education Association, 1936. Pp. 105-63. $0.50. FANSLER, THOMAS. Organization and Administration of a Community Program in Adult Education. New York State Emergency Adult Education Program, Series I, Bulletin No. i. Albany, New York: State Education Department, 1936. Pp. 26. A Handbook of Teacher Tenure: A Report of the Committee on Tenure of the National Education Association of the United States. Washington: Research Division of the National Education Association, 1936. Pp. 30. $0.25. HILDRETH, GERTRUDE. Personality and Interest Inventory, Elementary Form. New York: Teachers College, Columbia University, 1936. LEAHY, ALICE M. The Measurement of Urban Home Environment: Validation and Standardization of Minnesota Home Status Index. University of Minnesota Institute of Child Welfare Monograph Series, No. XI. Minneapolis, Minnesota: University of Minnesota Press, 1936. Pp. 70. $1.50. 80 THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL JOURNAL MORGAN, E. L., and SNEED, MELVIN W. The Libraries of Missouri-A Survey of Facilities. Research Bulletin No. 236. Columbia, Missouri: Agricultural Experiment Station, College of Agriculture, University of Missouri, 1936. Pp. 94. Music and the Young Child. Compiled by Helen Christianson. Washington: Association for Childhood Education (1201 Sixteenth Street, Northwest), 1936. Pp. 32. $0.35. Parents and the Latch-Key: A Symposium on Freedom and Guidance for the Adolescent by Parents of Children in the Horace Mann Schools and Lincoln School. Edited by Elizabeth J. Reisner, Harriet de Onis, and Thalia M. Stolper. New York: Teachers College, Columbia University, 1936. Pp. viii +56. Recent issues of the Office of Education: Vocational Education Bulletin No. 161, Rehabilitation Series No. 21 (1935, revised)-Organization and Administration of a State Program of Vocational Rehabilitation: A Discussion of the Principles and Methods Involved in the Organization and Administration of a State Program of Vocational Rehabilitation. Pp. viii+56. Vocational Education Bulletin No. 182, Home Economics Series No. 19 (I935)-Consumer-Buying in the Educational Program for Homemaking: Suggestions for Teachers of Homemaking in Secondary School and Adult Classes. Pp. xiv+20o6. Vocational Education Bulletin No. 184, Vocational Rehabilitation Series No. 24 (1936)-Procedure for Survey of a State Program of Vocational Rehabilitation: A Manual of Procedure for Assembling and Interpreting Data on the Factors Involved in the Conduct of a State Rehabilitation Program. Pp. viii+82. Safety Education in the Public Schools: A Manual of Organization and Administration. Pennsylvania Curriculum Studies, Bulletin 94. Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: State Department of Public Instruction, 1935. Pp. 46. WESLEY, EDGAR BRUCE. Proposed: The University of the United States. Minneapolis, Minnesota: University of Minnesota Press, 1936. Pp. x+84. $0.75. WILHELM, THEODOR, and GRXFE, GERHARD. German Education Today. New York: Institute of International Education (2 West Forty-fifth Street), 1936. PP. 34. $0.35. WILLIAMSON, E. G. The University Testing Bureau: A Manual of Staff Procedures. Minneapolis, Minnesota: University of Minnesota, 1936. Pp. 50 (mimeographed). $1.oo. The Young Child in the Museum: Statements from Thirty-five Museums concerning Museum Activities for Children under Seven. Newark, New Jersey: Newark Museum, 1936. Pp. 28. MISCELLANEOUS PUBLICATIONS STUDEBAKER, JOHN W. Plain Talk. Washington: National Home Library Foundation, 1936. Pp. x+i66. $0.25.


Measurements are reported of the energy dependence of the /ital p//sub /ital xz// and /ital P//sub /ital y// components of the polarization vector of the recoil protons in the reaction ..gamma../ital p//r arrow//ital p/..pi../sup 0/ for a ..pi../sup 0/-meson production angle theta/sup *//sub ..pi../sup 0// =80/degree/ in the c.m.s. in the ..gamma..-ray energy range /ital E//sub ..gamma../=730--1066 MeV. The experimental data are compared with the results of various phenomenological analyses.


This study has been undertaken to evaluate hydrophobic cyclodextrin(CD) derivatives as a sustained release carrier of azidothymidine(AZT), AZT, which has potent activity against AIDS and AIDS-related complex as thymidine analogue, has been reported that it has significant toxicity and short half life. Therefore, it is necessary to design sustained release oral dosage form to avoid undesirable side effects attributable to an excessive plasma concentration and to reduce the frequency of administration of AZT. Inclusion complexes of AZT with and were prepared by solvent evaporation method. Interactions of AZT with CD were investigated by Differential Scanning Calorimetry(DSC) and Infrared Spectrophotometry(IR). The decreasing order of water solubilities of AZT and AZT-CD inclusion complexes were as follows; $AZT\;(27.873{\pm}0.015,mg/ml)\;>\;AZT-AC{\beta}CD\;(3.377{\pm}0.003)\;>\;AZT-TA{\beta}CD\;(2.528{\pm}0.001)$. Partition coefficients of inclusion complexes were increased by 1.27-fold, 1.54-fold in pH 1.2 and 1.32-fold, 1.47-fold in pH 6.8 in comparison with that of AZT. The mean dissolution time (MDT, min) which represents the rapidity of dissolution rate of AZT, were 5.12, 14.02 and 19.38 min in pH 1.2 and 2.52, 15.19 and 18.19 min in pH 6.8. AZT was very rapidly and completely dissolved in pH 1.2 and pH 6.8 within 5 minutes. But AZT-CD inclusion complexes showed the sustained release pattern in comparison with AZT alone. The simultaneous in situ nasal and jejunal recirculation study to compare the intrinsic absorptivity and the property of absorption sites revealed that the absorption of was more than that of . The above results suggest that which is a hydrophobic cyclodextrin may serve as sustained release carrier with absorption enhancing effect.


This paper presents a technology for the removal of bubbles using the two mechanisms of electric and acoustic actuation. In this study, dielectrowetting was used to separate bubbles from the surface of a substrate, while acoustic actuation was used to transfer and eliminate separated bubbles by acoustically exciting them. In addition, the electrical signals of various voltages and frequencies were applied to patterned electrodes fabricated through the standard microfabrication processes in order to investigate the dynamic behaviors of the dielectrowetting driven bubbles, such as the contact angles of the bubbles and their separated distances from the surface. Furthermore, a high-speed camera was used to measure the velocities of single bubbles separated from the surface through acoustic excitation at various frequencies in order to identify the velocity and efficiency at which bubbles were transported and removed by acoustic excitation. To test the feasibility of removing multiple bubbles of various volumes, an experiment was carried out in which the proposed dielectrowetting and acoustic actuation were used to separate bubbles of different volumes from the surface simultaneously and then remove them. The experiment revealed that multiple bubbles of various volumes could be removed all at once in a second. The proposed method of removing bubbles can be used in a variety of industrial applications that require the transfer of large quantities of heat.


The stacking of long-offset seismic data requires a nonhyperbolic traveltime function which depends on two-way traveltime, normal moveout velocity and effective anellipticity. Based on a standard fractional approximation, a new parameterization in slowness squared parameters provides optimal sampling of the normal moveout velocity and anellipticity. The automatic velocity analysis is performed with a normalized bootstrapped differential semblance coherency estimator which works on stochastically scrambled traces within a time window to detect small time shifts thus increasing resolution in velocity spectra. Reflections are identified at the peaks of the maximum bootstrapped differential semblance curve. Centering the reflection pulse within its corresponding time gate results in improved estimate of the two-way time and reduced bias in the estimates of the normal moveout velocity and anellipticity. Generalized Dix equations give estimates of apparent interval thickness, velocity and anellipticity. The interval parameters will fit a homogeneous anisotropic VTI medium or an isotropic layer with a linear velocity gradient. The algorithm outputs an automatic stack and laterally varying moveout velocity and anellipticity maps which can be used for subsequent time processing. The algorithm is implemented in a two-step strategy. A coarse hyperbolic velocity analysis identifies events in the gather and estimates a velocity law for truncation, is followed by a dense nonhyperbolic search to infer the physical parameters required for time processing of PP data. Automatic nonhyperbolic velocity analysis was tested on a synthetic gather and a real data set from North Sea. Nonhyperbolic parameter search shows enhanced estimate of the processing parameters, velocity and anellipticity, and improved quality of the stacked section compared to that from hyperbolic search. The interval moveout 2 velocity maps show a great correlation when compared to the results of more advanced processing.


e12525Background: AIs reduce breast cancer-related mortality however they may increase cardiovascular (CV) risk. We previously presented data demonstrating women on AIs have endothelial dysfunction, a measure of increased CV risk. Here, we present data of AIs on endothelial function over time. Methods: 19 healthy women (controls) and 18 women with locally advanced breast cancer and taking an AI (cases) underwent vascular testing at baseline and > 6 months (median follow up 7 months controls, 24 months cases). Subjects with tobacco use, hypertension or hyperlipidemia were excluded. Consented subjects underwent biomarker analysis and radial artery pulse wave analysis using the HDI/Pulse Wave CR-2000 CV Profiling System and pulse contour analysis using the Endo-PAT2000 system. Reductions in EndoPAT ratio, small artery elasticity (SAE) and large artery elasticity (LAE) are associated with worsening endothelial dysfunction. Functional test markers were compared between cases and controls using Wilcoxon Rank-Su...


A new method for fusion of inertial navigation system(INS) error coefficients is proposed with the aim to efficiently utilize various kinds of the INS testing data.In each test,the error model coefficients are selected according to their weights on navigation errors.Subsequently,the coefficients are separated into two parts,called detached coefficients and common coefficients.Detached coefficients are used as the fusion re-sults directly.The common coefficients are fused with different weights.The weights are found out by ran-dom searching arithmetic with the trace of evaluated variance matrix as cost function.The error coefficients separated from the vehicle-loaded,airborne and rocket sled testing data are used for fusion experiment.The experiment results show that the proposed method could get good performance.


In this work, a high-performance stripe-shaped light-emitting diode (LED) with a size of $7500\times 300\,\,\mu \text{m}^{{2}}$ is reported. With the optimized electrode design, the current can be evenly injected into the elongated chip, achieving a uniform light distribution without the use of external optics. Compared with the conventional cubic LED, the light output performance of the stripe-shaped LED (S-LED) at high current levels is significantly improved, which is mainly due to the enhanced heat dissipation. White light emission is also demonstrated by covering the chip with the yellow phosphor film. With the advantages of reduced luminous exitance, uniform illumination, and improved light output, the S-LEDs are not only suitable for various lighting applications but can also be used as backlight units for display panels.


The topology of a polymer has a significant influence on its properties and functions, both in bulk and in solution. Therefore, the discovery of efficient methods to control polymer topology is very important. [1] The introduction of non-covalent interactions into traditional covalent polymers represents a novel approach for the control of polymer topologies, and has allowed the incorporation of reversible and switchable functionality into different macromolecular architectures. [2] However, this strategy usually requires the integration of specific molecular recognition motifs into polymer chains; such an approach suffers from problems such as the availability of suitable monomers and the poor efficiency of polymerization techniques that are tolerant to functional groups on the polymer. Conversely, supramolecular polymers that are assembled from low molecular weight monomers by non-covalent interactions, such as hydrogen bonding, [3] metal coordination, [4] and host–guest interactions, [5] have demonstrated traditional polymeric properties and are an important resource in the development of stimuliresponsive dynamic materials. [6] Until now, efforts to control the topology of supramolecular polymers have mainly been concerned with the conversion between the large-sized species and their corresponding monomers/oligomers; comparatively little effort has been devoted to the transformation between supramolecular polymers of different topologies. The desired recognition motifs can be conveniently introduced into the low-molecular-weight-monomers, thus avoiding the problems commonly associated with covalently linked polymer backbones, and thus leading to a more effective method for switching between different architectures. Herein, we present reversible switching between linear and cross-linked supramolecular polymers. That biological systems utilize multiple-interaction selfassembly to afford hierarchical and multifunctional systems [7]


Working within the decision-theoretic framework for causal inference, we study the properties of \sucient covariates", which support causal inference from observational data, and possibilities for their reduction. In particular we illustrate the r^ ole of a propensity variable by means of a simple model, and explain why such a reduction typically does not increase (and may reduce) estimation efciency.


This bachelor work is devoted to issues of sustainable development in the Pardubice region, focusing on social development. The work is divided into three parts. The first part contains a theoretical definition of sustainable development in the Czech Republic. The second part is focused on the sustainable development strategy as the objectives and principles, which aim to ensure the highest achievable quality of life for the present generation and to create conditions for quality of life of future generations. Last, the practical part is devoted to the specific situation in the Pardubice region, sustainable development and social indicators in the region.


Background To evaluate the recurrence patterns and survival outcomes of surgically treated relapsed ovarian clear cell carcinoma (OCCC) patients. Methods We performed a comprehensive retrospective analysis of all the patients who underwent secondary debulking from 2004/10 to 2019/04. Results In total, 45 eligible patients were included. 75.6% of the patients had early-stage disease and platinum-sensitive recurrence accounted for 70.5%. The median progression-free survival after primary surgery (PFS 1) was 20 months (range, 2–137). Of all, 64.4% patients had solitary recurrence and 86.7% patients had no residual disease after secondary surgery. Regarding tumor distribution, the most common site was pelvis (47.5%), followed by lymph node metastases (18.0%) and abdominal wall lesions (8.2%). For the entire population, the median disease-free survival after recurrence (PFS 2) and post-relapse survival (PRS) was 15 months (range, 0–96), and 24 months (range, 3–159), respectively. Eight patients (17.8%) had a prolonged PFS2 more than 30 months. Patients with localized relapse had better survival including PFS 2 (P=0.023), PRS (P=0.004), and overall survival (OS) (P=0.029). Patients who achieved complete resection tended to have longer PFS 2 (P=0.017). After multivariate analysis, complete resection at recurrence remained as an independent positive predictor for PFS 2 (P=0.022). The median OS was 50 months and was significantly associated with platinum response (P=0.003) and number of relapsed lesions (P=0.002). Conclusion A high rate of pelvic recurrence was noted in this population. Patients with focal recurrence had a favorable prognosis. Complete resection at secondary debulking proved to be an independent predictor for disease-free survival.


A powder for molding, which is composed by a mixture of first particles made of a first metal and a second group of particles consisting of particles made of a second metal based particles. First lubricant lubricant concentration is greater than a second concentration, wherein said first concentration of a first lubricant inside the lubricant attached to the surface of the first metal-based particles with respect to the total amount of the first constituent particles a second mass ratio of internal lubricant, said second lubricant concentration is attached to a surface of the second metal-based particles with respect to the total mass ratio of the second component particles.


With a wide range application of 3D geosciences modeling in mineral deposit exploration, dynamic updates of 3D orebody surface models are required to integrate new exploration data like borehole logs. In this paper, we set up a methodology for integrating new exploration data into existing models. General steps of constructing orebody surface models which are expressed as TIN (Triangular Irregular Networks), are described in order to generate closed orebody TIN. Then, we describe our updating process from three aspects, breaking new borehole data into economic mineral segments, updating orebody surface models by mineral segments and postprocessing updated models. Special attention has been given to the second aspect, in which two problems are mainly considered. One problem is called correspondence problem — which orebody TIN should be modified according to a given mineral segment. While the other is called updating problem — how orebodies are updated. To solve the first problem, we define Correspondence Relation (CR) as the relation between a closed orebody TIN and a mineral segment. To solve the second problem, a simple method is adopted by fulfilling some projection principles of mineral segment endpoints. The above methodology is implemented in a mineral assessment system, and a case study is conducted by using the real borehole sample data from an iron ore district located in Liaoning, China. The application shows the capability of our methodology for dynamic updates of 3D orebody surface models. We conclude that our methodology integrates new exploration data available into 3D modeling process and it is a support to updates of existing orebody surface models.


To find and manage key nodes in traffic network and prevent large scale network failure,the calculating method of node important degree based on the cascading failure behaviors was built.First,a cascading failure model for traffic network based on bi-level network was posed.In this model,(1) the upper travel network and lower road network are influenced each other;(2) initial capacities of nodes and links were given,these initial capacities do not affected by but affect initial flow;(3) travel time is used to describe status of links;(4) capacity of links may change because of downstream congestion.Second,the evaluation method of node important degree of traffic network considering cascading failure was proposed based on node deletion.The congestion status of cascading failure network was used to describe the node important degree,and algorithm procedures were designed to estimate the important degree of all nodes.The experiment analysis shows that network structure and traveler behaviors have significant influence on node important degree.


State standards and student testing often make the headlines of the local, state, and national news. The teachers of the core academic subjects of math, English, social studies, and science are consistently under pressure to have high standards of student performance. Test scores and the percentage of student passing state assessment tests are constantly publicized and critiqued. Schools and school divisions are often in a competition to have the highest test scores in the academic subjects. Competition along with high standards for student performance is nothing new to agricultural education. We compete against our peers through the many programs offered through the National FFA Organization. Agricultural Education programs must also compete at the local level to gain students and meet the needs of the community. How can you assess your teaching? Just as schools often gauge academic teachers through student test scores, student participation in FFA activities allows the agricultural education teacher to compare themselves to their peers in district, state, and even national competitions. Member participation in CDEs, proficiency awards, agriscience activities, leadership events, as well as state and national conventions feed your students with knowledge and return those skills to the community. So, how can we assess teaching in agricultural education? FFA program competitions, community feedback, and student success upon completion of your program will provide the feedback needed to determine your success. The FFA often provides students with their only opportunity to excel and be a part of "school life". Is it difficult to carry out a really good program that includes a strong FFA? Agricultural education teachers know about the times of teaching a full class load and then watching other teachers go home while a 'second' day begins with a flurry of FFA activities. Evenings and weekends often include meetings, career development practices, fund raisers, student visits, completing award applications and all of the other duties of an FFA advisor. Most successful agricultural education teachers will tell you that the personal satisfaction and experiences are worth every minute of the work. However, teachers and students are not the only winners. Former FFA members make up a tremendous part of this community. For example, let's look at a small community in southside Virginia. The first-year agriculture teacher at Park View High School was a 2000 graduate of the program. He was a five year FFA member and served as a Park View FFA officer. He was a winner of three different state proficiency awards, and was a member of a national winning homesite evaluation team. Leaving school and merging left onto Route US 1, you travel one mile and noticed the building on the right that formerly housed Mack's Unlimited. This former Virginia FFA officer, state public speaking contest runner-up, and winner of two state proficiency awards recently sold this very successful hunting, fishing and boating sales business to spend more time as a member of a professional speedboat racing team. He is the committee chairman for the Joey Brock Memorial Scholarship set up to honor a former friend and FFA member that was killed in a hunting accident. This fund has provided thousands of dollars to FFA members in the local community to further their education. This building is not empty. Bill's Auto Sales has just moved in. Bill is a former FFA member. He was a national finalist in the Agricultural Sales and Service Proficiency Award program and was a member of a state winning land evaluation team. …


Abstract : The GT-VFPU test board was developed to characterize the operating speed of the GT-VFPU chip. This document presents the design of the test board, the testing strategy, and the test results.


Summary form only given. The Gerchberg-Papoulis (G-P) iterative algorithm is a powerful method of extrapolating a band-limited time-domain function outside the time interval t in which it is known (Gerchberg, Optica Acta, 21, 9, pp. 709-720, 1974, Papoulis, IEEE Trans. Circuits and Systems, 22, 9, pp. 735-742, Sep. 1975). The method starts with the Fourier transform of the signal with zero padding outside the time interval t. The spectral data outside the known frequency band of the signal is deleted before performing inverse transform to obtain a new time domain signal. In this time-domain signal, the waveform in the time interval t is replaced by the original known time signal. Iterating the last three steps allows one to determine the entire time domain signal subject to numerical precision. Recently, this method has been employed successfully in constructing the front half space farfield antenna pattern using truncated planar near field data for a Gaussian tapered aperture distribution, uniform aperture distribution and a rectangular horn with no more than 50 iterations (Martini et al., IEEE Trans. Antennas Propagat., 56, 11, pp. 3485-3493, 2008). Martini et al. state that the G-P algorithm is suited to smoothly varying aperture distributions.The objective of this work is the application of the G-P technique for a wide range of aperture distributions to produce sum or difference patterns, and to understand the accuracy achievable as a function of the number of iterations, and the size of the truncated starting pattern. Initially we focus on one-dimensional aperture distributions since it may be easier to generalize the results. The contribution of the entire evanescent spectrum is incorporated using asymptotic evaluations. The effect of noise is investigated. The results will be applicable to the determination of the complete far-field pattern from the initial truncated near field data. Another application of this work is the determination of the far field at boresight from a small number of near field samples in a surface perpendicular to the axis. In this case it will be interesting to know how few near field samples are needed to reconstruct the far-field in the boresight direction. The results of our investigation will be presented at the symposium.


Laozi was the founder of Taoist school,who had extensive and profound knowledge about education and persuasion.He insisted on the educational principle of code of ethics and the educational style of"following the natural law of development",suggested the educational requirements of"proceeding in an orderly way in education",He also thought that both administering country and education should follow the natural law of the development,a way of what one preaches.In his view of point,learning is gaining the code of ethics.Only knowing the code of ethics could do everything right. Laozi's thought has positive significance to building environment-friendly society.


In this paper, a temporal object-oriented approach has been explored for data modeling and management in sequential image databases. "The wood panel deformation measurement and analysis database" is taken as a case study for understanding this sort of complex database application. A generalized temporal object-oriented data model has been presented in which the object-oriented modeling capability supports the integration of data, text and images, timestamps support the sequential images, and methods are used for data processing. A query algebra has been defined for the model. This algebra allows query and data manipulation. The database support for automatic sequential image deformation analysis has also been investigated.


The article outlines the origin and the basic features of the theoretical concept of economic history of J. M. Kulischer (1878 1933), whose life and work was closely connected with Saint Petersburg University. His approach to the theory of economic history was formed under the influence of ideas of German Historical School, Marxism, Neo Kantian critique. Among the clashes of these influential streams of thought J. M. Kulischer developed his own concept.


Stroke survivors demonstrated sequence specific learning, irrespective of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) condition. Improvement in the Jebsen Taylor test was seen after unilateral motor cortex tDCS but not after bihemispheric motor cortex tDCS. Changes in performance with tDCS were independent of changes in transcallosal inhibition. Objective: To assess the impact of electrode arrangement on the efficacy of tDCS in stroke survivors and determine whether changes in transcallosal inhibition (TCI) underlie improvements. Methods: 24 stroke survivors (3–124 months post-stroke) with upper limb impairment participated. They received blinded tDCS during a motor sequence learning task, requiring the paretic arm to direct a cursor to illuminating targets on a monitor. Four tDCS conditions were studied (crossover); anodal to ipsilesional M1, cathodal to contralesional M1, bihemispheric, sham. The Jebsen Taylor hand function test (JTT) was assessed pre- and post-stimulation and TCI assessed as the ipsilateral silent period (iSP) dura- tion using transcranial magnetic stimulation. Results: The time to react to target illumination reduced with learning of the movement sequence, irre- spective of tDCS condition ( p > 0.1). JTT performance improved after unilateral tDCS (anodal or cathodal) compared with sham ( p < 0.05), but not after bihemispheric ( p > 0.1). There was no effect of tDCS on change in iSP duration ( p > 0.1). Conclusions: Unilateral tDCS is effective for improving JTT performance, but not motor sequence learning. Significance: This has implications for the design of future clinical trials.


Purpose: To investigate weight gain during pregnancy and its association with birth weight and weight retention postpartum (PP) among women of different ethnic backgrounds. Methods: Cross-sectional study of 5,863 women participating in the Hawai`i Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) in 1997 and 1998. Postpartum weight and height were measured by WIC staff, weight gain during pregnancy and infant birth weight were self-reported. Ethnicity was also selfreported. The Institute of Medicine guidelines for pregnancy weight gain in relation to levels of prepregnancy body mass index (BMI) were followed. The analysis included bivariate tests of association between prepregnancy BMI, pregnancy weight gain, PP weight retention, infant birth weight and ethnicity. Multivariable analysis was conducted to estimate the independent association of the study variables with PP weight retention, birth weight, and ethnicity. SAS was used to analyze the data. Results: The largest ethnic groups were Hawaiian (29.9%), Caucasian (27.2%), and Filipino (19.8%). Asians, Blacks, Samoans, and Other represented smaller percentages. Thirty percent of women were overweight or obese before pregnancy. There were significant ethnic differences in prepregnancy BMI. Samoans had the highest mean prepregnancy BMI (29.7). Filipinos had the lowest mean prepregnancy BMI (22.5). There were significant differences in pregnancy weight gain. Samoans had the highest mean weight gain (37.3 lbs). Asians had the lowest mean weight gain (29.1bs). Almost one half of women (48.1%) gained more than the IOM recommended pregnancy weight. The average weight retention was 9.4 lbs at five to six months postpartum, and 7.4 lbs after eight months postpartum. There were significant ethnic differences in weight retention with Samoans having the largest average weight retention (17.5 lbs) and Asians the lowest (9.6 lbs). Infant birth weight differed significantly by ethnicity. Birth weight was significantly associated with prepregnancy BMI and pregnancy weight gain. Conclusions: In spite of large racial/ethnic differences, on the average there was almost a two-thirds pound adjusted PP weight retention for each pound of weight gained during pregnancy. Our study suggests a need for integrated women's health services to include nutritional support during the pre and post conceptual period. Findings of this study will provide guidance in the development of culturally sensitive interventions and counseling.


The high penetration of grid-connected photovoltaic (PV) inverter into power grid results in difficulties to guaranty the generator-load power balancing. That is due to the intermittence of solar energy and non-dispatchability nature of PV generators. Therefore, to enhance generator-load power balancing, this paper proposes a control method allowing the single-stage PV inverters to autonomously dispatch the generated power for the frequency change compensation. To achieve that, a single inverter in the system estimates the available power by generating the reference DC-link voltage corresponding to the maximum power; whereas other inverters in the system dispatch the available power by drooping DC-link voltage with respect to the change in system frequency. The simulations are performed by means of PLECS simulation software. The results confirm the effectiveness of the proposed power dispatching control method, where the power dispatching by single-stage PV inverter is achieved under several operating conditions of grid frequency change.


For the high-rise building built on slope,the foundation design meet not only the requirement of limit bearing capacity of foundation and limit state of normal usage,but also the stability of slope.A high-rise building in Hongkong is taken as the engineering background,the dredge wall is applied in the foundation design to resist the wind-induced lateral stresses and torsion moments,so that the displacement and deformation of the rock mass of slope can be limited to make sure the stability of the slope in the foundation design of the high-rise building built on slope.The conclusions obtained can give guidance for the similar projects.


New devices for energy extraction from air flow are developed. The device consists of a central rotor and several plane blades, which are fastened to the rotor with the ability to change the orientation of their working surfaces relative to the direction of the incoming wind flow. Each blade is fastened to the rotor with a cylindrical axial hinge, which longitudinal axis is parallel to the rotor longitudinal axis. Axles of blades have kinematic connection with the central rotor; therefore the blades rotate as the central rotor rotates about its axis. It is considered that axis of the rotor is perpendicular to air flow and simultaneously has arbitrary angle against the horizon. Theoretical and experimental analysis of the blade interaction with the air flow is performed. Aerodynamic coefficients for the blade drag and lifting forces are determined experimentally in the wind tunnel ARMFIELD. Optimization of the system parameters is made using programs Excel and MathCad. It is shown that optimal angular rotation frequency ratio between the rotor and any blade is equal to 2. A physical model of a wind turbine with four blades is made. The experiments with the physical model confirm a serviceability of the device and its main advantages in energy extraction from air flow. The proposed method for energy extraction from air flow is patented in Latvia in 2015.


The multiresolution time-domain (MRTD) scheme with perfectly matched layer (PML) absorbing boundaries is applied to the analysis of a membrane patch antenna. The results are compared to those obtained by use of the conventional FDTD technique and substantial reductions in memory requirements are observed.


The utilization of canine mesenchymal stem cells (cMSCs) with multipotent capabilities has been regarded for possible therapy of incorrigible bone disease. Although various sources of cMSCs show similar characteristics, they are different in osteogenic potential due to their original cellular sources. This study was designed to globally explore and analyze the in vitro differentiation potential and behavior of canine bone-marrow derived mesenchymal stem cells (cBM-MSCs) and canine dental pulp stem cells (cDPSCs) toward osteogenic lineage. An in vitro osteogenic differentiation potential of the cells was preliminarily compared in terms of alkaline phosphatase activity assay and Von Kossa staining. Global study of an in vitro osteogenic differentiation potential of the isolated cells was performed using proteomic-based analysis through mass spectrometry with dimethyl labelling method at day 7 and 14 post-induction, comparing with undifferentiated cells. The result presented that cBMSCs and cDPSCs contained osteogenic differentiation potential but had differences in their alkaline phosphatase activity level and mineralization. Proteomics profiling revealed that cBM-MSCs and cDPSCs showed the differences in their protein expression of signaling pathways, extracellular matrix organization, cell cycle, metabolism, transport of small molecules, and vesicle-mediated transport which have been shown to involve in bone regeneration mechanisms. Basing on database analysis and functional assay confirmation, there were four potential osteogenic-regulating pathways; �Wnt signaling, Notch signaling, bone-morphogenetic protein (BM-related signaling and transforming growth factor (TGF-related signaling, which played the crucial regulating of cBM-MSCs and cDPSCs toward osteogenic lineage. The obtained results could be used as a comprehensive data and principal knowledge of the osteogenic differentiation potential of cBM-MSCs and cDPSCs in vitro and the trend of MSC-based tissue engineering for osteogenic regenerative therapy, concentrating on cMSCs application.�

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The deformation on the carpet texture is generally caused by foot traffic, furniture loading and soiling. The resistance of the carpet to texture distortion depends on the pile yarn characteristic and morphology. In this study, the resilience and appearance retention of carpet samples produced with drawn textured polyester pile yarns which are widely used in the carpet industry, were investigated. In this context, 6 pile yarns were produced with 3 different filament finenesses (3.13, 2.08 and 1.56 dpf) and 2 different disc types (polyurethane and ceramic). The carpet specimens were applied to compression/recovery, dynamic loading, hexapod appearance retention and soiling tests. According to the results, the carpet sample with 2.08 dpf filament fineness and produced by polyurethane disc type showed less thickness loss and better compression recovery results. Hexapod test results showed that the carpet samples with the finest filament had the lowest appearance retention levels. For soiling performance, it was observed that carpet samples with coarser filaments had slightly less staining and disc type had a no significance effect.


The C-F and C-Cl stretching spectra of CF/sub 3/Cl are reported for the fundamental through fourth overtone regions. The following spectroscopic constants are derived (in cm/sup -1/): omega/sub 1//sup 0/ = 1111.5; omega/sub 4//sup 0/ = 1214.0; X/sub 11/ = -3.5; X/sub 14/ = -4.5; X/sub 44/ = -3.9; g/sub 44/ = 3.7. A simple local-mode model applied to this normal-mode molecule yields the following parameters (in cm/sup -1/): omega = 1191.2, omega x = -6.5, and omega ..gamma.. = 35.8. A bond dipole model is implemented to explain the experimental pattern of intensities. In the extreme normal-mode limit, a universal intensity pattern is predicted for molecules of each symmetry. It is found that C-F vibrations in the overtone region are excited according to their degree of local character.


The application of rational expectations hypothesis (REH) in macroeconomic research has marked a revolution in economic thinking, and the magnitude of its impact on the world of economics is undeniably significant. However, the extent to which REH applies in real-world settings is ambiguous even though the concept of REH is well established in economics literature because empirical evidence from previous studies is clearly mixed. This study used survey data on gross revenue and capital expenditures to examine the validity of REH in Malaysian manufacturing business expectations. Empirical results indicated that the manufacturers' expectations are being irrationally constructed in terms of gross revenue predictions but comply with REH properties in Muth's sense in the case of capital expenditures forecasts. Therefore, manufacturing firms in Malaysia are encouraged to incorporate more relevant information into their gross revenue predictions to provide more accurate and realistic forecasting.


Objective Explore the superiority that valproic acid(VPA) treat child epilepsy by individuate treatment through the historic compared research method.Methods Treat the children who are diagnosed epilepsy in our nerve department of hospital and only use VPA from June 2005 to June 2007 by individuate dosage,and compare with that only use VPA to treat from 2002 to 2003 years.Results The chroma that VPA individual treatment reaches steady-state is low,but the rate of seizure free of VPA individual treatment is higher than experience method;The chroma to reach the steady-state is different by same dosage.Conclusion The metabolism of VPA is different in body,thus the treatment should follow individuate principle,and detect the drug chroma.


This article discusses various issues related to the history of youth movements. The article makes specific reference to the representation of the event in various publications, and to researches conducted on the subject by several social scientists. The term "youth movement" gained rapid acceptance after 1910 from Germany. The Dutch historiography of the youth movement events got importance after the year of 1920. Social scientists explored the nature of Dutch Christian youth works divided under two segments including Catholics and Baptists.


The unusually severe monsoon rains which arrived in Pakistan on 22 July have added a humanitarian crisis to the security, political and economic challenges with which the country was already grappling. As the flood waters have receded, they have left behind devastation of lives, property and infrastructure. And they have also exposed with yet greater clarity Pakistan's political and institutional shortcomings. The effects and implications will extend beyond the 12% of the Pakistani population who have been directly affected by the floods and will impinge upon the policy objectives of the US-led coalition engaged in Afghanistan.


The CCEM international antenna gain comparison CCEM.RF- K23.F was initiated by the Working Group on Radio Frequency quantities (GT_RF) on the Consultative Committee for Electricity and Magnetism. This key comparison report presents results of measurements of on-axis gain of two Ku-band pyramidal horns at 12.4, 15, and 18 GHz. Participants making corrections for mismatch were asked to provide a table of the real and imaginary parts of the reflection coefficients of the antennas. Optionally, participants could measure the swept frequency gain from 12.4 to 18 GHz. Twelve national laboratories participated. The National Institute of Standards and Technology from the United States was the pilot lab. The purpose of the comparison was to evaluate the consistency between the participating laboratories in the measurement of the boresight gain of horn antennas in the WR-62 band. Main text To reach the main text of this paper, click on Final Report. Note that this text is that which appears in Appendix B of the BIPM key comparison database kcdb.bipm.org/. The final report has been peer-reviewed and approved for publication by the CCEM, according to the provisions of the CIPM Mutual Recognition Arrangement (CIPM MRA).


The Big Band Era evolved in large part due to changes in the style of social dancing from simple, smooth, and for the most part inoffensive to lively and syncopated. I More than one hundred new dances appeared from 1912-14, including the foxtrot, camel walk, monkey glide, and turkey trot. The popularity of these new dances led to the formation of full-time big bands, and to the era of the great public ballrooms beginning in about 1920. One of these ballrooms was Madura's Danceland, located just outside Chicago. Chicago was home to some of the first big bands as early as 1912. The city has been described as important as New York as a bandbuilding area during the 1920s and 1930s. Many Chicago-based bands performed at Danceland, located just fifteen miles south of the Chicago Loop along the Lake Michigan shoreline in Hammond, Indiana. It was open for business from 1925-67, and during those years it swung with live big band music four nights a week, twelve months a year throughout the Big Band Era-despite Prohibition, the Great Depression, and World War II.


Objective: To investigate the cinical effect of continuous renal replacement therapy( CRRT) on patients with chronic kidney disease( CKD) received long term immunosuppressant treatment and complicated with severe bacterial pneumonia( SBP). Methods: Clinical data of 82 patients with CKD who receiving long-term immunosuppressants and complicated with SBP were analyzed respectively. According to the therapeutic regimen,patients were divided into the control group( 40cases) and the experimental group( 42 cases). Patients in control group was treated by antibiotics. On the basis of antimicrobial treatment,patients in experimental group also received CRRT. Blood gas index( Sa O2,Pa O2,p H),WBC,and levels of TNF-α,IL-6,IL-8,IFN-γ,CRP were compared between the two groups. Results: There were no significant differences in blood gas index,levels of inflammatory cell factors between the two groups before treatment( P 0. 05). Sa O2,Pa O2,WBC,TNF-α,IL-6,IL-8,IFN-γand CRP were improved in both groups after treatment( P 0. 05). Sa O2,Pa O2,WBC,TNF-α,IL-6,IL-8,IFN-γ,and CRP of the experimental group were superior than those of the control group after treatment( P 0. 05). The successful treatment rate in the experimental group was significantly higher than that in the control group( 76. 19% vs 45. 00%,P 0. 05). Conclusions: CRRT could improve the effect of removal of inflammatory mediators and successful treatment rate in patients with CKD complicated with SBP who taking long-term immunosuppressants.


One kind of proton exchange membrane fuel cell stack standby generator (1), comprising: a fuel cell stack (2), a plurality of stacked electrically connected in series by a proton-exchange membrane fuel cell (3) is formed for supplying electric energy to the power a load; cell voltage monitor (4), for measuring the voltage supplied by each fuel cell (3); and a power management control unit (5) connected between the fuel cell stack (2) and an electrical load; blower ( 6) for supplying the amount of air required for the fuel cell chemical reaction occurs (3); hydrogen recirculation device (7) for the fuel cell stack (2) of the hydrogen recirculation between the outlet and the inlet ; hydrogen purification device (8) for the primary purification at lower flow rates of hydrogen and performed at higher flow rates of the secondary hydrogen purge performed; and a controller (11) programmed to manage the difference generator (1 ) run during startup, shutdown and normal operation.


The aim of this study was to find out science process skills after the implementation of a contextual inquiry-based student's worksheet occurred. This study was conducted by quasi-experimental method for the students of Biology Education, Universitas Negeri Medan. Samples were taken by simple random sampling technique. The experimental group was taught by a contextual inquiry-based student's worksheet, while the control group was taught by a conventional (traditional) student's worksheet. The data collection was employed by pretest-posttest, using an essay test of science process skill for the topic of water microbiology. The results of data analysis were using a student t-test for the post-test score of both groups, in which the results gave a value (tvalue= 3.175; p = 0.002) was 0.002 < 0.05. It showed that there was a significant difference between experimental group and control group as well.


Direct energy deposition has been established as one of the methods for additive manufacturing metallic parts. The combination of direct energy deposition capabilities with traditional machining centre capabilities has enabled over the past few years the creation of hybrid manufacturing cells that are able to additively manufacture and finish machine components under one platform. This article investigates the production of geometries using a hybrid, additive and subtractive approach. The parameters for depositing stainless steel 316L are initially investigated followed by an assessment of machinability of the additively manufactured material. Finally, the quality of the deposited and machined material was thoroughly examined with a series of destructive and non-destructive methods.


A cryptic virus was purified from apparently healthy pepper (Capsicum annuum) cv. Jalapeno M and designated pepper cryptic virus-1 (PCV-1). The virus consisted of spherical particles (30 nm), a coat protein with a molecular weight of about 39 × 10 3 and two dsRNA components of 0.97 × 10 6 and 0.85 × 10 6 . PCV-1 was transmitted to the progeny 100% maternally and 30% through pollen. An RNA probe was generated from PCV-1 dsRNA and used in molecular hybridization studies. Sequence similarity was detected with the dsRNA of a putative cryptic virus from Hungarian Wax pepper


TPS3112 Background: To date convincing clinical success with oncolytic viruses tends to be associated with intra-tumoral (IT) administration and evidence for successful systemic delivery of viruses...


The purpose of this research is to get the parameter of plant coefficient and water fraction availability that needed in order to calculate the accurate watering time interval, to get the optimum shade intensity, also the combination of watering time interval and the optimum shade intensity for the growth of coffee seedling. The experiment conducted at IPB Experimental Station, Dramaga, Bogor  from May 2013 until April 2014, using split plot design with two factors. Main plot is shade intensity with some levels: 0, 25, 50, 75, 100%, and the sub plot is watering time interval, once in 2, 4, 6 and 8 days. The interaction between shade intensity treatments, and watering intervals result significantly towards leaf thickness, stomata density, chlorophyll content, wet weight of root, evapotranspiration, plant coefficient and available water fraction. The treatment combination that suggested is 75% shade treatment with watering time interval once in 4 days with the value of available water fraction that can be absorbed 15.56% and plant coefficient is 0.87. The optimum shade for the growth of coffee seed is 77%.


Apparatus of the present invention for fixing a seat belt winder is fixed to a portion of an automobile. Plate winder housing is provided with at least one fixing hole receiving a screw connecting portion for accommodating maintaining the automobile parts. The housing of the seat belt winder is arranged in such a way as to be rotatable relative to the fixing hole of the automobile parts, thereby the winder in the direction of the force of the moving belt at an angle to the axis of the shaft it can be automatically directing. The fixing device, winder housing (10) is maintained in mounted state on the holder part rotatably (13,19,25), the holder part (13,19,25) is firmly in automotive parts (40) It can be connected. The housing (10) is supported by a holder part (13,19,25) at a distance from the fixing holes (41) of a motor vehicle part (40), the seat belt winder of the housing (10) it is fixed to the holder part (13,19,25) in such a way as to be rotatable relative to the holder parts (13,19,25) in the opposite direction to the action of the preset resistance.


The music is all in one scale type and is mainly structured within the range of a fifth. Melodic movement is stepwise and convoluted, typically organized around a descending sequence of three or four hand positions on the neck of the instrument, with a number of finger operations performed at each position. Rubdb music, in contrast, ischaracterised bythe use of many different scale types and relies on scalar melodic movement framed within the range of an octave. This fits well onto the rubab but is very difficult onthe dutdr because of confusion between the scale types (which are more easily handled when expressed in two dimensions) and because of the very frequent hand movements. Our data indicate that in the course of change the dutdr has become, in absolute terms, a more difficult instrument to play. Our results have importance far beyond that finding, however, for they constitute clear evidence for the existence of structural relationships between a musical instrument and the music traditionally played upon it, correlations that can be explained in terms of sensori-motor factors. They indicate the need for a wider examination fthe ways in which music structures are "rooted" in the human body, subject to the same psychophysiological laws that govern the organization fbody movement.


With the advances in storage technology and the advent of the World Wide Web, there has been an explosion in the amount and complexity of digital information being generated, analyzed, stored, accessed and transmitted. Most of this data is multimedia in nature, including digital images, video, audio and simple text data. To make use of this vast amount of multimedia data, we need to develop techniques to e ciently retrieve information over large multimedia repositories based on their content. Due to the di culty in capturing the content of multimedia objects using textual annotations and the non-scalability of the approach to large data sets (due to a high degree of manual e ort required in de ning the annotations), the approach based on supporting content-based retrieval over visual features has become a promising research direction. This is evidenced by several prototypes[15, 8, 6, 4] and commercial systems[3, 2] that have been built recently.


The invention belongs to the field of food processing, particularly relates to a preparation method of osmanthus preserves. The preparation method of osmanthus preserves comprises the following processing steps: raw material selecting, raw material treating, putting into a pot for pickling, boiling and drying, and packaging. The prepared osmanthus preserves provided by the invention has the effects of maintaining beauty, tonifying spleen and deficiency, and preventing phlegm and stopping cough; the preparation method is simple, the technology is easy to master, mass production can be achieved to meet market demand.


The violate organic compounds (VOCs) emission from co-processing cement kiln has not been comprehensively investigated and evaluated. In this study, we sampled and determined the VOCs emitted from a typical co-processing cement kiln in Beijing, China. VOCs characteristics, ozone formation potential (OFP), and main odor components for the emitted gas were analyzed. Additionally, a Fuzzy Analytic Hierarchy Process (F-AHP) was innovatively applied to estimate the priority VOCs. The study shows that aromatic (36.6%) and oxygen contained VOCs (O-VOCs) (30.3%) were the most abundant VOCs, with a high average concentration of benzene (1622.0 μg/m3) and acrolein (1105.5 μg/m3). Acrolein, propene, benzene, 1-butane, and 1,3-butadiene were the dominate OFP compounds, with the corresponding average OFP concentration of 8325.6, 3768.2, 1167.9, 1065.9, and 1027.2 μg/m3, respectively. Acrolein was also found to be the dominate main odor component. Eleven VOCs, including one O-VOC, one halohydrocarbon, and nine alkenes, were screened out by F-AHP. Alkene was the priority VOCs category and acrolein was the most important VOC in the stack gas. The results of this study are helpful to systematically understand the VOCs' characteristics, OFP, main odor components, and priority compounds of VOCs in the stack gas of co-processing cement kiln, and provide a new method for the screening of priority VOCs compounds.


Objective To investigate the expression of estrogen receptor and aromatase in epulis and the correlation between estrogen receptor and aromatase in epulis. Methods Thirty cases of epulis were included in this study. The expression of estrogen receptor and aromatase in these samples of epulis and normal gingival tissues was examined by immunohistochemical staining SP method. The correlation between estrogen receptor and aromatase expression was statistically analyzed. Results The positive rates of estrogen receptor and aromatase expression in epulis were 53.33% and 40.00%, respectively. The difference in estrogen receptor and aromatase expression between epulis and control group was significant( P 0.05). No significant correlation was found between estrogen receptor and aromatase in epulis. Conclusion The development of epulis may be related to estrogen metablism. The aromatase expression was increased in epulis. Aromatase was not correlated with estrogen receptor in epulis.


We investigated the effect of quercetin on growth and plasma cholesterol level and the effects of quercetin pretreatment (Diet 1, 0%; Diet 2, 0.25%; and Diet 3, 0.5% quercetin) for 30 and 60 days on oxidative stress induced by hypo-osmotic conditions (17.5, 8.75, and 4 psu) in olive flounder. The weights of flounder were higher with Diet 3 than with Diet 1 and 2, which indicated that a high concentration (Diet 3) of quercetin was very effective in growth. Total cholesterol levels were lower with Diets 2 and 3 than with Diet 1, leading us to hypothesize that quercetin removed low-density lipoproteins from circulation and thereby reduced total cholesterol. To understand the antioxidant role of quercetin, we measured the mRNA expression and activities of superoxide dismutase (SOD) and catalase (CAT) and the H2O2 concentration in quercetin-treated flounder exposed to osmotic stress. The H2O2 concentration and the SOD and CAT expression and activity levels were lower in flounder fed with Diets 2 and 3 than with Diet 1, suggesting that quercetin directly scavenges reactive oxygen species to reduce oxidative stress. Furthermore, the plasma lysozyme activity and osmolality were higher with Diets 2 and 3 than with Diet 1, indicating that quercetin increases immune function and helps to maintain physiological homeostasis. Plasma cortisol was lower with Diets 2 and 3 than with Diet 1, suggesting the quercetin protects against stress. These results indicate that quercetin has hypocholesterolemic and antioxidant effects, increases immune function, and acts to maintain physiological homeostasis. (Key Words : Quercetin, Antioxidant, ROS, Salinity, SOD, CAT)


A twenty-two-year-old lady, with a 2-year history of recurrent tachyarrhythmia, presented with an episode of arrhythmia preceded by sore throat followed by chills, cough and exertional breathlessness, while abroad. She was commenced on penicillin V for 10 days with no improvement and because of worsening cough with purulent sputum she was prescribed broad-spectrum antibiotics and her chills disappeared. Two months later she had a relapse when she felt extremely tired, when a casualty ECG showed right bundle branch block and anterior T-wave inversion. An echocardiogram showed normal size cardiac chambers but the left ventricular basal posterior wall was hypokinetic with a bright echodense 2x3 cm subendocardial segment suggestive of localized fibrosis (Figure 1). The same finding was confirmed with Gadolinium enhanced CMR scan (Figure 2) which suggested a prior myocardial injury. The ejection fraction was normal at the time of CMR.


The National Sample Survey Organization (NSSO) was established in 1950 as a survey organization to assist in socioeconomic planning and policymaking through collection of data on various aspects of the economy by conducting nationwide sample surveys. The NSSO carried out the first all-India survey on social consumption on its 35th round (July 1980-June 1981). The items covered were the public distribution system health services (including mass immunization and family welfare programs) and educational services. The second survey on social consumption was carried out in the 42nd round (July 1986-June 1987) with some modifications in the coverage of subjects. Topics like problems of aged persons were included in this round. The third survey on social consumption was carried out in the 52nd round (July 1995-June 1996). Four main topics covered in this round were the `Utilization of maternity and child health care services `Morbidity and utilization of medical services `Problems of aged persons and `Participation in education. The present paper attempts to examine various aspects of the above surveys including sampling design method of data collection and the detail information collected through these surveys. (authors)


HISTORY AND CLINICAL FINDINGS
Over a period of about 6 weeks a 49-year-old woman developed increasing exercise-dependent dyspnoea. Her general practitioner had diagnosed marked megaloblastic anaemia and she was hospitalised for its further elucidation. She reported to have eaten or drunk nothing but sweets, potato chips, salty pretzels, lemonade, coffee and tea over the last 2 years. Alcohol intake had been reliably denied by her and outsiders. On admission she weighed 106 kg, her height was 167 cm, and she looked anaemic, had dyspnoea and a sinus tachycardia. There was no evidence of external or internal bleeding and the physical examination was otherwise unremarkable.

INVESTIGATIONS
Laboratory tests showed a haemoglobin concentration of 4.7 g/dl, as well as marked folic and vitamin B12 deficiency. The food items taken by her contain practically no cobalamine and no folic acid. Gastroscopy revealed grade 1 reflux oesophagitis. Malabsorption being excluded (normal Schilling test, no demonstrable autoantibodies against parietal cells, no evidence of exocrine pancreatic insufficiency), the lack of both vitamins and the megaloblastic anaemia caused by it could be explained only by a deficient food intake over several years.

TREATMENT AND COURSE
After administration of cobalamine (1 mg intramuscularly twice weekly for 6 weeks, then 300 micrograms daily by mouth for 4 weeks) and folic acid (5 mg twice daily for 10 weeks), as well as a well-balanced diet as prescribed by a dietician, reticulocyte and erythrocyte concentrations had quickly risen to normal at a follow-up examination 2 months later.

CONCLUSION
The case of an anaemia entirely caused by a deficient diet dearly illustrates the need of a well-balanced food intake even in adults.


The purpose of this study is to create a lesson plan as a supplement for Réception Orale I course that is integrated with 21st century skills and based on Youtube Channel. This design is created as an effort to employ the information technology in the course, which by far is deemed to be unable to merge the blended learning on its maximum effort. The importance of this Blended Learning-based research is conducted to improve students' listening skills in French Language Study Program (FLSP) through audio-visual learning media that is in line with technological developments, namely the Youtube Channel. Youtube Channel which will be used as a learning medium in listening comprehension course in FLSP is a special channel that is identified based on the suitability of the material in the Course Design (RPS) of the listening comprehension. The design of the Youtube Channel will set off by uploading videos that are relevant to the learning needs of listening skills so that learning objectives can be achieved. The result of this study is the supplement design for French listening comprehension course which is based on Youtube Channel. The finding of this paper may shed the light in paving our way to prepare ourselves to face Industrial Revolution 4.0, which characteristics among others is the use of information technology in the learning process.


There is growing international acceptance of the notion that participation in the creative arts can be beneficial for well-being and health. For over 30 years practical arts for health projects have been developed to support health care and promote health and well-being in communities. An increasing body of evaluation and research evidence lends weight to the value of such initiatives. However, the field of arts and health is complex and multi-faceted and there are challenges in moving beyond 'practice-based' research, towards building a progressive body of knowledge that can provide a basis for future 'evidence-based' practice in health care and public health. This paper reviews some of the population-level evidence from epidemiological studies on cultural participation and health, before considering research on active initiatives that draw on the creative arts in health care settings and communities to support health and well-being. The notion of a hierarchy of evidence is discussed in relation to arts for health initiatives and a plea is made for recognising the value of concrete case studies, qualitative research and the testimonies of participants and professionals alike in assessing both the value of creative arts activities and for understanding their impacts. Nevertheless, the need for robust controlled studies with precise measurable health outcomes is clear if we are to move towards the scaling up of arts interventions to achieve public health-level impacts from creative arts participation. A brief account of the current programme of research on singing and health that is underway at the Sidney De Haan Research Centre for Arts and Health is presented as a possible model for future research on arts and health.