The invention relates to a preparation method of a hydrodesulfurization catalyst for high-nitrogen low-quality gasoline and diesel. The catalyst is characterized in that an A12O3-TiO2-SiO2 ternary oxide is taken as a composite carrier; the catalyst comprises the carrier, an auxiliary and active metals; the active metals comprise oxides of nickel, molybdenum and tungsten; the auxiliary is phosphorus; the carrier comprises aluminum oxide, titanium oxide and silicon oxide; based on the weight of the catalyst, nickel oxide accounts for 1-15 wt%, molybdenum oxide accounts for 2-12 wt%, tungsten oxide accounts for 12-35 wt%, phosphorus pentoxide accounts for 2-5% wt%, the titanium oxide accounts for 2-15 wt%, the silicon oxide accounts for 2-20 wt%, and the balance is aluminum oxide. In the method, a room-temperature complexation method is adopted for preparing W-Mo-Ni-P co-impregnation solution with stable dissolution performance, and then the step-by-step saturated impregnation technologyis adopted for loading the active metal components W-Mo-Ni and the auxiliary P on the carrier..


This paper studied on the high cell density culture of Lactobacillus spp., and discussed the effects of cultural condition (temperature,inoculation capacity and initial pH) and media composition. The optimal culturing conditions were developed ,following:1% maltose, 1% lactose,1.0% beef extract,0.5% buffer salt A,0.25% sodium chloride, 0.1%magnesium sulfate, (pH6.5),4% inoculation capacity. Then high cell density culture was explored with one semi-continuous way and obtained the cells population over 1.1×10~(12)CFU/mL for 16 hours based on the optimal condition.


Authentication via fingerprint embedding at the physical layer utilizes noise in the wireless channel to attain a certain degree of information theoretic security that traditional HMAC methods cannot provide. Fingerprint embedding refers to a key-aided process of superimposing a low-power tag to the primary message waveform for the purpose of authenticating the transmission. The tag is uniquely created from the message and key and successful authentication is achieved when the correct tag is detected by the receiver. This paper generalizes a framework for embedding physical layer fingerprints to create an authenticated side-channel for minimal cost. Side-channel information is conveyed to the receiver through the transmitter's choice of tag from a secret codebook generated by the primary message and a shared secret key. In addition, a new linear coding scheme is introduced which enhances the ability to trade off the performance goals of authentication, side-channel rate, secrecy, and privacy.


Age-related Macular Degeneration (AMD) is one of the common diseases affecting the posterior part of the eye, affecting a large population above 45 years old. Anti-Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor-A (Anti-VEGF-A) agents have been considered as approved as therapeutic agents for the treatment of AMD. Due to the large molecular weight and poor permeability through various eye membranes, VEGF-A inhibitors are given through intravitreal injection. Even though the delivery of small therapeutic molecules by topical application to the posterior part of the eye exhibit challenges in treatment. To overcome these limitations nanocarriers based delivery systems have been utilized to a large extent for delivery of therapeutics. Nanocarriers system offers prodigious benefits for delivery of therapeutics to posterior part of eye in both invasive and non-invasive techniques. The nano size can improve the permeation of therapeutic agent across the biological membranes. They provide protection from enzymes present at site, targeted delivery or binding with the disease site, extended release of therapeutic agent with prolong retention. This leads to improved therapeutic efficacy, patient compliance, and cost effectiveness of therapy with minimum dose associated side effects. This review has summarized various nanocarriers explored for the treatment of AMD and challenges in the translation.


This work develops two harmonic‐suppressing bandpass filters. One has a direct‐coupled‐resonator structure and the other has a cross‐coupled‐resonator structure. The triangular open‐loop stepped‐impedance resonator is used to synthesize filters because it can create two tunable transmission zeros to suppress multi‐spurious responses in the upper stopband. The coupling coefficients of typical coupled pairs of resonators and the external quality factors of two basic feeding configurations are exploited in filter synthesis. A three‐pole Chebyshev filter and a four‐pole selective‐response filter are designed and fabricated herein. The first spurious peaks of these two experimental filters occur at five times and four times the operating frequency, respectively. © 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Microwave Opt Technol Lett 52: 187–191, 2010; Published online in Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com). DOI 10.1002/mop.24866


This research is about the communication and its process, so that specifically focuses on organizational communication and the importance it must repay in organizations, since today is already known, however, it is important that they know to be subsumed in any strategy to keep the organization in order to achieve adequate image, identity and reputation, for that reason it is detailed what is the importance and the role that each of the topics mentioned above. From organizational communication, the study of internal communication, which is exclusively directed towards internal stakeholders or public entity , including a communication audit. Finally we conclude with the development of what is global communication, we identify as part of the commercial and institutional communication, this framework encompasses the entire phenomenon currently represents communication in our society.


This dissertation deals with the design of technical information, such as a user manual for an industrial device, based on the searching and reading behaviour of process operators and maintenance t ...


Online display advertising has become a vital business for large-scale E-commerce markets. As the main goal of advertisers is to reach interested customer prospects, accurate conversion prediction is essential for successful online display advertising. A particular challenge for conversion prediction is that conversions may occur long after the click events. Such delayed feedback makes it a non-trivial task to keep conversion prediction models updated and consistent with the latest customer distribution. Although several studies have been conducted to tackle the delayed feedback issue, the relationship between the early conversion and full term conversion has not been fully exploited to improve conversion prediction. In this paper, we consider conversion prediction as a multi-task learning problem by leveraging multiple conversion labels after different observation intervals. Specifically, we propose a multi-task model with an end-to-end architecture for conversion prediction. Our approach is guided by theoretical and probabilistic analysis of the early and full term conversions. Our mixture-of-experts module can integrate distinct characteristics of input features and optimize the task-specific experts. In addition, the multiple tasks are jointly learned with a regularization term to ensure the embedding consistency between tasks and prevent potential overfitting issues. In comparison with competitive benchmarks, our approach can significantly improve conversion prediction with delayed feedback and improve business performance of online display advertising.


Nowadays data analytics applications are accessing more and more data from distributed data stores, creating large amount of data traffic on the network. Therefore, distributed analytic queries are prone to suffer from bad performance in terms of query execution time when they encounter a network resource contention, which is quite common in a shared network. Typical distributed query optimizers do not have a way to solve this problem because historically they have been treating the network underneath as a black-box: they are unable to monitor it, let alone to control it. However, we are entering a new era of software-defined networking (SDN), which provides visibility into and control of the network's state for the applications including distributed database systems. In this demonstration, we present a system, called Pronto that leverages the SDN capabilities for a distributed query processor to achieve performance improvement and differentiation for analytical queries. The system is the real implementation of our recently developed methods on commercial SDN products. The demonstration shows the shortcomings of a distributed query optimizer, which treats the underlying network as a black box, and the advantages of the SDN-based approach by allowing the users to selectively explore various relevant and interesting settings in a distributed query processing environment.


Background: Abnormalities that characterizes lipoprotein metabolism in non insulin dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM) patients, fasting concentration of triglycerde rich lipoprotein especially very low density lipoprotein (VLDL) are higher, and those of HDL, commonly measured as HDL-c, are lower than among people without diabetes, which leads to increased triglyceride HDL-c ratio and insulin resistance. This type of diabetic dyslipidaemia is major cause of endothelial damage and thus coronary heart disease (CHD). Methods: The study was carried at the Central Clinical Laboratory MIMSR Medical college Latur , NIDDM patient were selected after attending Medicine OPD MIMSR Medical college Latur, the lipid profile of 50 diabetic patients and 50 healthy subjects were determined and compared. Results: In the control group I mean values of total cholesterol were 175.55 ± 29.87 mg %, LDL-c 110.60 ± 28.73 mg % , serum triglycerides were 108.39 ± 39.62 mg %,HDL-c were 44.45 ± 6.7 mg% and In the group II serum triglycerides 145.68 ± 68.94 mg% and were significantly increased as compared to group I. The serum HDL-c group II 41.46 ± 6.6 mg % were significantly decreased as compared to group I (P is <0.05). Conclusions: A characteristic feature of NIDDM is the elevated triglycerides and lowered HDL-c levels, which leads to insulin resistance and CHD.


Temporal phase unwrapping is a method of analyzing fringe patterns in which the fringe phase at each pixel is measured and unwrapped as a function of time t. We propose two methods for improving th ...


Among 25 accessions of Brachiaria brizantha in the Embrapa Beef Cattle collection, one accession (GC 1113/95) presented a severe case of chromosome stickiness in meiosis, impairing normal chromosome segregation. Accession was tetraploid (2n =4x=36) with chromosomes pairing in bivalents and few quadrivalents at diakinesis. Stages of prophase I were normal and chromosome stickiness became evident from metaphase I persisting to microspore stage. Bridges of different thickness were formed in anaphase I and II by chromosomes that did not separate. Some of them even persisted until telophase stages. The precise causes of chromosome stickiness could not be ascertained, but genetic factors might be controlling the phenomenon, since only this accession cultivated on Brazilian savannas under the same environmental conditions of the 24 other accessions presented the abnormality.


In light of bidding and tendering system status in highway construction market,it explores how to increase the chance of winning the bid,respectively describes the bidding formulation basis,quotation formulation methods and bidding strategies,with a view to guide engineering construction enterprise to carry on scientific quotation and to improve their competitiveness.


A handprinted character recognition system is used for inputting unconstrained handprinted characters in a common data table to a computer. In this paper each section of system is described, and the new methods of table segmentation and character recognition are put forward.<<ETX>>


Discovering how xylem function emerges from xylem structure requires approaches that are distinct from those invented for wood identification. I exemplify this need for different approaches by discussing the classification of imperforate tracheary elements, the cells that go by names such as "fibers," tracheids, fiber-tracheids, and libriform fibers. Currently, there are two classification systems, one for wood identification and one championed by Sherwin Carlquist for research on xylem function. I emphasize that neither is globally "correct" for all applications, but instead each is appropriate for the aims of its field. Wood identification uses an easily-applied classification of imperforate tracheary elements, designed to remain stable over the long term. This stability allows anatomists to build large databases of wood data that are maximally useful for wood identification. In contrast, functional xylem biologists need flexible definitions that serve as hypotheses of imperforate tracheary element function to be tested, modified, and tested again, in an open-ended process of refining knowledge of xylem structure-function relations. I highlight some of the many open questions that the functional classification points to, such as the morphological correlates of the conductive/nonconductive imperforate tracheary element distinction, how imperforate tracheary element features are associated with vessel grouping, whether the libriform fiber-fiber tracheid distinction is arbitrary or not, and other topics. Recognizing that the purpose of a functional classification is to drive research shifts focus away from debates about whether a given cell type classification is "correct" and onto the empirical priorities that need study. While there is a solid tradition within comparative wood anatomy of training in wood identification, there is a need to train functional comparative wood anatomists, who can guide and interact with xylem physiologists to build more robust explanations of xylem structure and function.


Page 1 of 3 MUTLIBLOTTM: WESTERN BLOTTING DEVICE FOR SIMULTANEOUS DETECTION OF SEVERAL PROTEINS SPECIES FROM A SINGLE ELECTROPHORETIC GEL Stanley Chien Ph.D., Professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Purdue School of Engineering and Technology, IUPUI Hiroki Yokota Ph.D., Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Adjunct Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Purdue School of Engineering and Technology, IUPUI; Adjunct Professor of Anatomy and Cell Biology, IU School of Medicine, IUPUI


In this article, the author outlines some of the ways Prince Edward Islanders were able to participate in
the 2016 plebiscite including electronic voting. The structure of the preferential ballot and how the ballots
were tabulated are also discussed. Finally, the results of each round of voting are listed.


The present study of the morphology of a few specimens of W. bancrofti from India reveals no significant differences from previous published descriptions, with the exception of those of Maplestone (1929) and Maplestone & Rao (1939), which were also concerned with Indian specimens. In the writers' opinion, the male tail does not possess caudal alae supported by pedunculated papillae; moreover the grouping of the papillae in the Indian specimens follows the pattern originally outlined by Leiper (1913), and not the conjectured pattern of Maplestone (1929, 1939). The present description confirms that (1) there are 8 circumoral papillae forming 2 circles, an inner and an outer of 4 each, and that there are 2 lateral amphids; (2) there is an unpaired papilla immediately anterior to the cloacal aperture in the male; (3) There are cuticular striations in the male on the ventral surface only, anterior to the cloacal apertur; (4) there is a subterminal triangular piece, heavily cuticularised, at the distal end of the right spicule; (5) the female tail bears numerous minute cuticular bosses and on the left side, posterior to the anus, there is a single phasmid.


Organic LED(OLED)screen often exists defects which have the characteristics of small size,low contrast,indifferent gray value.These defects will cause detection problem.Traditional thresholding method cannot detect the defects effectively.This paper proposes a multi-image-subtraction method to detect pixel defects of OLED screen.Based on the initial process of median filtering and image enhancement,the image is processed with pixel template extracting and subtraction operation,until a better contrast image is achieved.A K-means clustering method is selected to segment the image and detect the defects from the processed image.Through the tools of Labview and IMAQ Vision software package,this method proposed in the paper is implemented and verified by an OLED image.The test result shows that this method can detect defects effectively and the smallest defects can be 8 μm×8 μm.


In 1940, on the initiative of the authorities of the General Government, the scientific libraries in the Warsaw. Krakow, Lublin and Lviv into a network of state libraries. This network was managed by the Central Library Board in Krakow under the direction of Gustav Abba and the supervision of the authorities in Berlin. To General Government, Berlin delegated a dozen German librarians who took up successive managerial positions in these libraries. The German library managers, although loyal functionaries of the Third Reich, undoubtedly protected the library collections totaling some 6 million volumes from dispersal, as well as preserving some 300 jobs for Polish librarians.


To determine the importance of fish predation and habitat heterogeneity in structuring the chironomid community of an arctic lake, I used a combination of field and laboratory experiments in conjunction with field sampling data. Chironomid density was consistently °1.5 times as high in macrophyte—covered as in bare sediments in the soft—sediment littoral zone of arctic Toolik Lake. In laboratory experiments, most chironomid taxa showed no preference for one habitat over the other, but schulpins, the major predators on larval chironomids, were more efficient foragers in bare sediments than in macrophytes. Field exclosure experiments in macrophyte and bare—sediments habitats indicated that macrophytes afforded chironomids a refuge from their sculpin predators. At the end of a 21—d experiment, chironomid density in unenclosed areas significantly lower than in fish exclosures in bare sediments, but this was not so in macrophytes. This difference was due to an effect of sculpin on chironomids that are small rather than on large chironomids or on any single chironomid taxon or broad trophic group (predaceous vs. nonpredaceous). Small chironomids were probably more available as prey because of their tube—dwelling and sediment—penetrating behaviors.


Ternary compound in the Ca0-Ab0 3 -Hf0 2 system, 13Ca0·6Ab0 3 ·2Hf0 2 (stated by C 13 A 6 Hf 2 hereafter), was fabricated by melt process using an arc-imaging furnace. This compound has not been reported ever, based on our knowledge. The new phase has similar XRD patterns to the 13Ca0·6Ab0 3 ·2Zr0 2 (C 13 A 6 Z 2) phase in the ternary phase diagram Ca0-Ab0 3 -Zr0 2 • Though Zirconium and Hafnium generally shows similar properties, the reactivity of these two compounds in the solid phase was totally different. The Zirconium compound (C 13 A 6 Z 2) was fabricated by both solid state reaction (1200°C, 6h) and the melt process, starting from powder mixture of CaC0 3, Ab0 3, and Zr0 2. On the other hand, the Hafnium compound (C 13 A 6 Hf 2) was fabricated only by the melt process from powder mixture of CaC0 3, A}z0 3, and Hf0 2• The zirconium pure phase was not fabricated by the solid state reaction; it gave three isolated phases, 12Ca0·7Al 2 0 3 (C 12 A 7), CaHf0 3, and C 13 A 6 Hf 2• This difference might be caused by a low diffusion rate ofHfions in the C 12 A 7 structure.


The invention provides a system for capturing ActiveX control abnormities during configuration running. The system comprises a configuration system, a configuration system abnormity management module and a configuration abnormity processing module. According to the system for capturing the ActiveX control abnormities during configuration running, the abnormities of ActiveX controls which are embedded in configuration can be captured, processing is conducted on the abnormities, and it is guaranteed that other items in a configuration page run normally. It is guaranteed that when any one of the ActiveX controls which are embedded in a system goes wrong, unexpected errors can not be caused to the system. The data loss, the interruption of the control process and losses caused by the data loss and the interruption of the control process are completely avoided. The system and method for capturing the ActiveX control abnormities during configuration running can be applied to any products or projects which need to be embedded with the ActiveX controls.


Do political regime changes as well as the quality of political institutions help predict the turning points in a country's growth history? I show that controlling for a variety of economic factors, both democratic and autocratic regime changes help predict growth "takeoffs†. However, I find evidence that countries with low levels of income per capita benefit less from democratizations. This threshold level of income is estimated using Hansen's threshold regression methodology. The threshold regression approach also reveals non-linearities in the effect of trade openness and level of political development on growth. In particular, I find that countries in the mid-range of trade openness benefit the most from an increase in trade volumes. In addition, the paper presents a methodology for identifying growth takeoffs which defines takeoffs relative to country's own economic history while taking into account the historical growth conditions in the rest of the world.


6. Which two swimming strokes are most likely to hyperextend the neck? a. freestyle & backstroke b. breaststroke & butterfly c. freestyle & butterfly d. breaststroke & backstroke 7. Eye-head-neck coordination training is recommended for those who suffer: a. shoulder injuries b. thoracic spine injuries c. neck injuries d. none of the above 8. Spinal stability exercises require an emphasis on: a. strength b. endurance c. power d. flexibility 9. Which two muscles can be stressed throughout a region of the tendons referred to the avascular zone? a. infraspinatus & teres minor b. subscapularis & pectoralis major c. supraspinatus & biceps tendon d. all of the above 10. In the propulsive phase, swimmers with painful shoulders have been found to recruit which muscle more so than non-injured swimmers? a. middle trapezius 1. In regards to the pull phase in freestyle, which two muscle groups are most dominant? a. abductors & external rotators b. adductors & internal rotators c. adductors & external rotators d. abductors & internal rotators 2. Of the four swimming strokes, which one is biomechanically unique in both upper and lower extremity motion? a. freestyle b. backstroke c. breaststroke d. butterfly 3. Which type of drag (water resistance) is minimized by the use of swim suits? a. wave drag b. form drag c. frictional drag d. none of the above 4. According to the article, perhaps the greatest difference between elite and novice swimmers is: a. upper body muscle mass b. body fat c. lack of body roll d. arm span 5. In the normal shoulder, which muscles perform the greatest work and are most likely to fatigue? a. pectoralis minor & rhomboids b. latissimus dorsi & upper trapezius c. serratus anterior & teres minor d. infraspinatus & levator scapula This quiz has been accredited by COCA at: one(1), category " 1 " point. This multiple choice quiz is based on an article in this issue. Please read each of the above questions carefully and place an " X " in the box of the corresponding correct answer. Please note that there is only one correct answer to each question. Then provide your NAME where indicated below, remove this page and return to: COCA, PO Box 1010, RINGWOOD VIC 3134.


This report assesses the status of the coastal Pacific whiting (Merluccius productus) resource in 1993. It reviews recent developments in the Pacific whiting fishery, tabulates and analyzes the 1992 catch statistics, reports on the 1992 triennial acoustic/midwater trawl and bottom trawl surveys of Pacific whiting, describes a stock synthesis model application using catch and survey data from 1965 to 1992, and presents yield options for 1994-96. The U.S. and Canadian harvest of Pacific whiting in 1992 was 295,189 metric tons (t). In 1993, the yield is expected to be 203,000 t. Assessment surveys conducted during summer of 1992 by the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) and the Canada Department of Fisheries and Oceans resulted in estimates of population abundance considerably in excess of forecasts based on earlier surveys and models. Population biomass was estimated by the coastwide NMFS acoustic survey as 2.557 million t, more than double the acoustic estimate of 1.264 million t in 1989. The 1992 acoustic survey was conducted with a new echo-integration system and had a wider areal coverage than previous assessments. However, the population biomass estimates made with the new system still depend on the acoustic target strength of Pacific whiting, which continues to have a large amount of uncertainty associated with it. A geographic version of the stock synthesis model that divided the population into U.S. and Canadian components was used to assess the Pacific whiting population. Population biomass peaked in 1987 and has been declining steadily since that time. The biomass of age 3 and older fish in 1992 was estimated to be 3,055 million t. The recruitment abundance of the 1989 and 1990 year classes were estimated at 0.233 and 1.999 billion fish respectively, indicating that the 1989 year class is a weak year class, while the 1990 year class is close to the average 1977-92 recruitment of 2.170 billion age-2 fish. Indications from the 1992 assessment Preceding Page Blank iv surveys and preliminary data from the 1993 fishery are that the 1991 year class is also average in size. The effect of uncertainty in the acoustic target strength estimate was examined by comparing stock synthesis runs using a target strength of -35 dB/kg (the standard value) and a more conservative target strength of -33.5 dB/kg. The estimated 1992 biomass for a target strength of -33.5 dB/kg is 2.317 million t, 25 % lower than the estimated biomass for a -35 dB/kg model. Recruitment estimates and fishery selectivity coefficients from the stock synthesis model were used with an age-structured simulation model to estimate sustainable yield. A deterministic version of the model was used to forecast yields for 1994-96. Several harvesting strategies are presented: a constant F strategy, a variable F strategy (where fishing mortality for a particular year is proportional to the level of female spawning biomass), and a hybrid strategy that combines features of the other two policies. Three harvest rates are presented for each harvest strategy. These harvest rates are set based on the probability that female spawning biomass will fall below a cautionary level of 623,000 t in long-term simulations of the Pacific whiting population. When a hybrid fishing strategy is applied to the projected numbers at age in 1994, the potential total yield is calculated to be 325,000 t at a low harvest rate, 450,000 t at a moderate harvest rate, and 555,000 t at a high harvest rate. The dependence of our recommendations on one acoustic biomass estimate is an important consideration in setting short-term yields from the fishery. It seems reasonable to require at least two corroborating surveys before substantially increasing the potential yields for a fishery. For this reason, we recommend a low harvest rate for 1994-96. If recruitment remains near the 1960-92 median recruitment of 0.941 billion fish, the outlook for the immediate future is for a fairly rapid decline in annual yield in 1995 and 1996. The recruitment of a strong year class to the fishery would substantially increase the projected yields.


The present invention relates to a light detecting device which detects light of different wavelength ranges with a device by forming different light absorption layers on a substrate, and a light detecting package having the same. One embodiment of the present invention provides a light detecting device which includes a substrate; a first light absorption layer which is formed on the substrate; a second light absorption layer which is formed in a region of the first light absorption layer; and a first electrode layer which is formed on the first and the second light absorption layer, respectively.


Delays in completing one of production cycle will affect the entire flow of the next production process. DI is a manufacturing company that manufacture aircraft. In 2017 there was a delay in manufacturing processes of A380 aircraft wings, especially in machining parts, which resulted in delays shipping to assembly parts. This delays affected time delivery to customers. So that, scheduling plan was needed in this company. This paper proposes comparation of three scheduling methods, which are Campbell Dudek Smith, Palmer and Dannenbring with the aim of minimizing makespan. Result of this study describes that the best method for minimizing makespan is Campbell Dudek Smith method, with a scheduling sequence starting from job 13-6-5-3-10-4-9-1-7-8-18-11-14-19-17-2- 12-12-15-16, and the makespan value of 46.03 hours taken in constructing both.


The use of the falling weight deflectometer (FWD) and its help in making pavement management decisions are discussed. Although in use for some time, there are gaps in its technology and in the interpretation of its results. The Strategic Highway Research Program's Long Term Pavement Performance (LTPP) program has found ways to reduce or overcome these problems. Techniques have been developed that allow machine-dependent readings, adjustments for seasonal differences, and reliable back-calculation. Products have also been developed that improve the consistency and reliability of the FWD instruments. The calibration of an FWD is discussed, and regional centers to perform calibrations are noted. Software (FWDSCAN) has been developed to perform analysis in the field. Software (FWDCHECK) has been developed to interpret the data collected in the field.


This article presents the results of an empirical study designed to assess the degree of convergence and divergence between public opinion and the fictional Fair Minded Observer ('FMO') used to determine whether a judge ought to be disqualified on the grounds of possible bias. As part of the test for apparent bias, judges have to imagine whether an FMO would see a risk of bias on the part of the judge. Although the courts have never definitively stated whether the FMO is meant to represent an ideal or average member of the public, to the extent that the FMO is partly meant to reflect public perception, the obvious weakness in the test is that no one has tested public attitudes to the risk of judicial bias specifically. In our study, we conducted nationally representative public surveys in both the UK and Australia, asking respondents what they think about different situations of possible bias (N=2064). Our results, in the form of descriptive statistics, indicate that a gap exists between the FMO created by the courts and public opinion in both the UK and Australia. This gap extends across a number of areas thought to give rise to possible bias, including financial interests and relationships and the risk of prejudgement, as well as fact patterns based on leading cases. There are methodological limitations in nationally representative opinion surveys, which make it difficult to measure informed and reasonable public opinion. While further research would be desirable, if the law of bias continues to be partly framed around the need to maintain public confidence in the legal system, law and policy makers will need to take some account of the results of studies such as this one.


8036 Background: Increased expression of IGFR-1 has been hypothesized to impart resistance to epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) tyrosine kinase inhibitors. Our objective was to associate clinical outcomes of advanced NSCLC gefitinib treated patients (pts) with IGFR-1 expression. Methods: Consecutive Expanded Access Trial pts with > 1 week gefitinib were included for analysis. Tissue was evaluated for IGFR-1 immunohistochemistry (IHC). IGFR-1 positivity was defined as any staining present. Results: The characteristics of the 83 pts with tumor available for IGFR-1 staining were: 38 male (45.8%), median age 66, 13 never- smokers (15.7%), 51 with adenocarcinoma histology (61.4%), 78 pts with ECOG performance status 0–1 (94.0%). For the entire group of 83 pts, the objective response rate (complete response (CR) + partial response (PR)) was 14.5 %, disease control rate (CR + PR+ stable disease) was 57.8%. The median progression free interval (PFI, censored at 1 yr) was 3.0 months (mo); the median overall ...


A wide variety of natural fibres such as coconut fibre (coir), bagasse, banana fibre, sisal, etc. can be used to reinforce polymers. Natural fibre reinforced, biodegradable composites are eco-friendly. However, the interfacial adhesion between natural fibre and most of the biodegradable polymers is not adequate. The objective of this study was to modify readily available coir by coating with natural rubber (NR) as well as synthetic rubber latices with the aim of improving adhesion between coir and rubber in order to develop a coir filled NR based composite suitable in manufacture of tyre treads. Coir was coated with different compounded latices namely, neoprene, nitrile and NR and with uncompounded NR latex. Thereafter, composites were produced by mixing 15 phr of the latex coated coir fibres with virgin NR according to a tyre tread formulation and properties of the composites were evaluated and compared. Results revealed that processing safety of the compounded NR latex coated coir filled rubber composite is higher than that of the other three composites, whereas uncompounded NR latex coated coir filled rubber composite showed a similar processing safety to that of the two synthetic latex coated coir filled rubber composites. However, the two NR latex coated coir filled rubber composites were faster curing than the synthetic latex coated coir filled rubber composites. Minimum torque results indicated that compounded NR latex coated coir filled rubber composite has a higher processability when compared to the other composites. However, the latter composites indicated a higher state of cure and cross-link density in comparison to the former composite. Tensile strength, elongation at break, resilience and abrasion volume loss of the compounded NR latex coated coir filled rubber vulcanisate are superior to those of the other three vulcanisates. In overall cure characteristics and mechanical properties, especially abrasion resistance of the composite based on compounded NR latex coated coir indicates that it could be used in manufacture of tyre treads.


I consider the situation in the history of probability and statistics which is almost the same, as I presume, in the history of mathematics and perhaps in the history of science in general. The main circumstances are: the estimation of the work of scientists is based on wrong premise; the imposed standardization of scientific work is useless and very harmful; and neither the scientific community nor governments properly understand the great importance of information. All this seriously and negatively influence scientific work, and a disgrace on science is readily seen. Below, in § 2, I consider these circumstances and apply appropriate examples of mistakes made by some authors.


According to the development of new Information Technologies, firms consistently invest a significant amount of money in IT activities, such as establishing internal and external information systems. However, several anti-Information activities such as hacking, leakage of information and system destructionare also rapidly increasing, thus many firms are exposed to direct and indirect threats. Therefore, firms try to establish information security systems and manage these systems more effectively via an enterprise perspective. However, stakeholders or some managers have negative opinions about information security systems. Therefore, in this research, we study the relationship between multibusiness firms' performance and information security systems. Information security indicates physical and logical correspondence of information system department against threats and disaster. Studies on information security systems suggested frameworks such as IT Governance Cube and COBIT Framework to identify information security systems. Thus, this study define that information security systems is a controlled system on enterprise IT process and resource on IT Governance perspective rather than independent domain of IT. Thus, Information Security Systems should be understood as a subordinate concept of IT and business processes. In addition, this study incorporates information capability to information security system literature to show the positive relationship between Information Security Systems and Corporate Performance. The concept of information capability suggested that an interaction of human, information, technical and an effect on corporate performance using three types of capability (IT Practice, Information Management Practice, Information Behaviors and Values). Information capability is about firms' capability to manage IT infrastructure and information as well as individual employees who use IT infrastructure and information. Thus, this study uses information capability as a mediating variable for the relationship between information security systems and firms' performance.


The verb 1TÀ.T}pÓW has two senses : a literal and a metaphorical sense. It can mean to fill ', or ' to fulfil '.1 Its derivative ~rarjpcup,a may mean ' fulness ' in the literal sense, or ' fulfilment' in the metaphorical sense. Thus we are faced with the choice of deciding whether 7TA77pcolLa is to be taken in an active or passive sense, as ' that which fills ', or ' that which is filled 2 The passive is recommended by J. B. Lightfoot3 on the grounds of his grammatical ' rule ' that substantival nouns in -~,a have a passive signification.4 Such a ' rule ' is at best only the result of a general observation of what is actually the case in the instances observed. When applied blindly it does great violence to the


Establishing if multi-Higgs potentials are bounded from below (BFB) can be rather challenging, and it may impede efficient investigation of all phenomenological consequences of such models. In this paper, we find the necessary and sufficient BFB conditions for the Three-Higgs-Doublet model (3HDM) with the global symmetry group $U(1)\times U(1)$. We observed an important role played by charge-breaking directions in the Higgs space, even for situations when a good-looking neutral minimum exists. Applying this method to the $\mathbb{Z}_2 \times \mathbb{Z}_2$ symmetric 3HDM turned out to be more challenging than was believed in the literature. In particular, we found that the approach taken in a paper from 2009 does not lead to the necessary and sufficient BFB conditions for this case.


Computation of viscous flow over a circular disk of aspect ratio 10 (thickness/diameter) in the Reynolds number (Re) range of 10 to 300 was performed. The following flow regimes were observed: (I) steady axisymmetric flow when Re < 135, with the presence of a toroidal vortex behind the disk; (II) regular bifurcation with loss of azimuthal symmetry but with planar symmetry and a double-threaded wake, for 135 ≤ Re < 155; (III) three-dimensional flow with periodic shedding of double-sided hairpin-shaped vortex structures and periodic motion of the separation region for 155 ≤ Re < 172; (IV) regular shedding of double-sided hairpin-shaped vortex structures with planar and spatio-temporal symmetry for 172 ≤ Re < 280; (V) periodic three-dimensional flow with irregular rotation of the separation region when Re = 280–300. This transition process for the disk differs from that for the sphere as we observe a loss of the symmetry plane in Regime III due to a twisting motion of the axial vorticity strands in the wake of the disk. The periodic flow was characterized by double-sided hairpin structures, unlike the one-sided vortex loops observed for the sphere. This resulted in the drag coefficient oscillating at twice the frequency of the axial velocity. In Regime IV, the vortex loops were shed from diametrically opposite locations and with equal strength, resulting in the lift coefficient oscillating symmetrically about a zero mean. These results imply the presence of spatio-temporal symmetry.


coronavirus and its clinical presentation as a disease, the Covid-19. Since the first cases, recorded in December last year in the fish market in Wuhan, China, Sars-Cov-2 has infected thousands of people around the world, and with this, an avalanche of information and emotions has changed the world economy and the routine of many people. Important considerations should be given to our readers regarding cardiac surgery, surgical teams, our patients, and their possible contacts. The identification of Covid-19 cases as a notifiable disease is guided by criteria that are constantly updated by the Brazilian Ministry of Health. At the time of this editorial, those cases in which the patient presents with fever and respiratory symptoms of the common cold, cough, difficulty breathing, and nasal wing beat, among others, and which are associated with a recent history of travel to a region with local transmission, or of close contact with a suspected case, or of contact with a laboratory-confirmed case, in the 14 days prior to the appearance of signs or symptoms, are considered suspect cases. It is estimated that the average incubation period of Covid-19 is 5.2 days, which can reach 14 days. The average period of transmission of this disease is 5 days after the onset of symptoms, however, it is believed that transmission EDITORIAL


An SIR epidemic model with nonlinear incidence rate is investigated.By using the qualitative theory of ordinary differential equations,sufficient conditions are obtained for the global asymptotic stability of each of feasible equilibrium to the proposed model.Also, some numerical simulations are provided to confirm our analytic results.


A B S T R A C T The present study focuses on the impact of Stress on Organizational Commitment among the officers and jawans of Indian Army. It consists of a sample of 200 associates of Indian Army. Out of which 100 officers and 100 jawans are selected. For this purpose the Organizational Commitment Instrument and Stress Questionnaire were administered individually to all officers and jawans. Regression technique was applied to see the impact of variable of stress on Organizational Commitment of officers and jawans. The results revealed that the dimensions of stress selected for study have no impact on organisational commitment level in case of jawans of Indian Army and in case of officers of Indian Army dimensions of stress under study have negative impact on organisational commitment level.


This essay investigates one of the Naqshbandi-Haqqani Sufi order's centres in London. Sociological theories on New Social Movements are introduced as a means of understanding the activities of the participants at the Sufi centre. Several topics and activities from the centre are presented, among them meditation rituals, physical training and aspects of the relationship between the order's sheikh and his followers. Most of the material is derived from interviews and observations. An attempt to rethink the role and in particular the study of Sufism in Western Europe concludes the essay.


Xundan 20 was released by Hebi Academy of Agricultural Sciences in 2003. The stability, adaptation and yield components of Xundan 20 were analyzed using data from Huanghuaihai national tests in 2001 and 2002 and from high yield trials from 2005 to 2010. The results showed that variety Xundan 20 yielded most and increased significantly than Nongda 108 (Control, CK) in Huanghuaihai national tests in 2001 and 2002. The yield potential of variety Xundan 20 was so high that it created a series of new record in China. The yield of variety Xundan 20 of 15971.7 kg/ha created the highest record of summer maize in China in 2007, with the yield components of 77835 plant/ha, 205.2 g/ear, 596.16 grains/ear and 350 g per 1000-grain. The variation coefficient of variety Xundan 20 was small and its yield was stable. It is based on excellent comprehensive resistance of variety Xundan 20 to main disasters in Huanghuaihai region such as diseases, pests and lodging.

 Key words: Maize, Xundan 20, stability, wide adaptability, yield components, super high-yield.


Cotton fiber differentiation and development involves numerous biochemical, physiological and morphological changes. Many of these changes are discussed in detail elsewhere in this book (Chapters 20, 22, 23, 26 and others) and need not be repeated here. The phenotypic expression is determined by genotype, but the detailed development of fiber is determined by a combination of internal stimuli, hormonal inputs and external influences. Hormonal work with fibers has been concerned primarily with the two major phases of development, elongation and secondary wall deposition. Some of the roles of hormones in the mechanisms of cell differentiation and growth have been documented and major progress has been made in characterizing their biosynthesis and metabolism; however, the exact mechanisms of action and interactions still are not very clear (Jones, 1973; Cleland, !977; Osborne, 1978; Chailakhyan, 1979; and others). Numerous researchers have contributed to our knowledge of the hormona~influences on cotton fiber development (Beasley, 1973; Beasley and Ting, 1973, 1974; Baert eta!., 1975; Singh and Singh, 1975; Dhindsa eta/., 1976; Kosmidou, 1976; Jasdanwala eta!., 1977; Dhindsa 1978a,b; DeLanghe et a! .. 1978). Also, much is owed to the laboratories which first successfully cultured in vitro cotton ovules with associated fibers (Beasley, 1971; DeLanghe and Eid, 1971 ).


Serotonin (5-hydroxytryptamine, 5-HT) was discovered 70 years ago and the study of serotonin and its receptors persist to acquiesce novel biological insights of medical importance in virtually all major organ systems, including the cardiovascular, pulmonary, gastrointestinal (GI), and genitourinary systems as well as the central nervous system (CNS) (Erspamer 1940, Xiao et al. 1998). Serotonin and serotonin receptors are important in the regulation of virtually all brain functions, and dysregulation of the serotonergic system has been implicated in the pathogenesis of many psychiatric and neurological disorders. A greater understanding of serotonin function has emerged during the last two decades with the cloning of at least 15 serotonin receptors, which are grouped into seven families based on signaling mechanisms. Other important advances have included the subsequent development of receptor-specific knockout mice, and the development of receptor subtype-selective drugs. These advances have also shown us that serotonin has critically important functions in many human organ systems outside the CNS, including the regulation of energy balance and food intake, GI and endocrine function, and cardiovascular and pulmonary physiology. These findings may help explain the diverse side effects of serotonergic drugs—from diabetes and metabolic syndrome to valvular heart disease. Interestingly the gastrointestinal tract (GIT) of our body resides 95% of the serotonin (5-HT) of the total body in the enterochromaffin cells (EC). This warrants for a great deal of research interest towards its significance in gastrointestinal pharmacology. The Indian version of Serotonin odyssey was initiated in early sixties of the last decade to explore the natural product like banana (Fig.1) and other plants products to protect the various


It is generally believed that Lancefield group A hemolytic streptococci are involved in all or part of the pathogenesis of rheumatic fever. 1 Although penicillin is an unsatisfactory therapeutic agent for this disease, 2 this antibiotic should be excellent for prophylaxis of recurrences because of its ability to control the hemolytic streptococcus in vivo. This use of penicillin has been "mentioned hopefully" in the literature since 1946. 3 The relative infrequency of complications and sequelae are obvious advantages of penicillin in addition to its low toxicity in large dosages. 3a Since penicillin, like the sulfonamide drugs, apparently fails to influence the onset and course of an attack of rheumatic fever if given after the preceding hemolytic streptococcic infection, 3a it becomes mandatory to eliminate hemolytic streptococci entirely during the period preceding a possible recurrence. Massell, Dow and Jones 4 reported a lowered incidence of recurrences of rheumatic fever when they


Based on grazing incidence, a simple uncoated hollow glass taper as an alternative technique for efficient infrared laser-to-fiber coupling is presented. Because of the mutual action of the direct parallel laser excitation, the mode-coupling process, and mode filtering, the hollow taper serves as a mode converter that transforms the highly multimode intensity distribution of the input laser emission into a high-quality smooth profile at the taper output. When an uncoated Pyrex-glass hollow taper is used for direct launching, without any intermediate focusing elements, of a powerful infrared Er:YAG laser emission (λ=2.94 μm), we obtain high laser-to-taper (81%), taper-to-fiber (96%), and total laser-to-fiber (78%) coupling efficiencies.


The purpose of this study was to determine the behavior and consumer satisfaction of consumers of basic food products at the Juan minimarket in Benai District. The method used in this study is the Likert scale and analysis method (IPA) and (CSI) or Consumer Satisfaction Index. The results obtained from consumer behavior towards rice are in the satisfied category, with a total of 16 people from 30 respondents with a percentage of 53.33%, sugar and cooking oil in the category of Very Satisfied with 23 souls from 30 respondents with a percentage of 76.67% %, eggs are in the satisfied category with 25 souls from 30 respondents with a percentage of 83.43%, milk is in the very satisfied category with a total of 17 souls from 30 respondents with a percentage of 56.67%. And the results of the calculation of rice as a whole the value of the index of consumer satisfaction is 69.50%. Where this value is in the consumer satisfaction index range of 50% -75%. Sugar consumer satisfaction index value of 59.57% CSI results are in satisfied criteria, cooking oil consumer satisfaction index value is 72.00% and CSI results are on very satisfied criteria, egg consumer satisfaction index value is 76.00% based on CSI results are in the criteria of satisfaction and milk the consumer satisfaction index value is 70.00%.


The invention provides a coating for centrifugal casting of a metal mold and a preparation method thereof. The coating is characterized by comprising the following components: kieselguhr, sodium bentonite, sodium tripolyphosphate and water and has the characteristics of good suspension value, good thixotropy, low gas evolution amount, higher strength and heat-insulating property. A cast tube produced by using the coating has high surface quality and has no obvious defects, such as pin holes, air holes, erosion, included slag, abreuvage, chemical scabs, white fractures and the like.


The requirement for carbon dioxide in the metabolism of heterotrophic microorganisms has been investigated by many workers. Early work (Valley and Rettger, 1927; Valley, 1928; Gladstone et al., 1935; Wood and Werkman, 1938; Phelps et al., 1939) showed the importance of CO2 for growth of heterotrophic bacteria. Mechanisms for bacterial utilization of CO2 were investigated with the advent of radioactive tracer techniques. Barker et al. (1945) showed that CO2 was used in the formation of fatty acids by Butyribacterium rettgeri. More recently, Abelson et al. (1952a, b) and Bolton et al. (1952) demonstrated the incorporation of CO2 into the protein and nucleic acid components of Escherichia coli. The investigations reported herein concern the utilization of CO2 by some rumen microorganisms in the formation of fatty acids and proteins.


Uncontrolled growth and spread of abnormal cells lead to cancer and finally results in death. Ethno-pharmacological process on the synthesis of nanoparticles is an amazing technology beneath construction symbiosis between nanoscience and medical sciences. In this regard, the idea of functionalizing gold nanoparticles for antidiabetic nanomaterial, by synthesizing pharmacologically key plant materials often been considered. Advances beneath nanotechnology have identified possible candidates for biological and biomedical programs on pharmaceutics, for novel diagnostics and medical agents. The nanoparticle drug delivery system has the advantages of accumulating large amounts of therapeutic drugs in the tumor tissues through the passive and active targeting approach (Mateos et al., 2013). Colon adenocarcinoma is the most common type of gastrointestinal cancer, and the National Institute of cancer has reported about 140,000 cases each year in the United States. This type of cancer begins in the inner layers of glandular structures of the colon cells and spreads into the wall of the colon and potentially into the lymphatic system and other organs (Ebrahimnejad et al., 2010). Gymnema sylvestre (GS), a plant used in the Indian Ayurvedic medicine for treating diabetes mellitus, has been known from antiquity also to have an anti saccharin taste effect. Many researchers have reported that International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences ISSN: 2319-7706 Volume 6 Number 3 (2017) pp. 530-540 Journal homepage: http://www.ijcmas.com

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More and more, individuals need advanced digital skills to fully participate in society. In a Europe increasingly aging is now recognized the importance and potential of the service industry for aging well based on information and communication technologies (ICT), as exemplified by the electronic market of social services and healthcare, the GuiMarket, that the authors proposed to a municipality in the North of Portugal. Based on the results of a survey undertaken on a sample of 315 individuals, this article discusses the importance recognized to such service and the frequency of intended use, concluding that there is an intimate relationship between the access to ICT and the use that respondents anticipate making of the GuiMarket.


as the number of digital world user are increasing day by day it is easy to transfer digital data. This independency give rise to new problem where proprietorship of the user get lost. So researcher get new field and develop various approaches for the image watermarking of digital data like image, video, audio, etc. This paper give a brief survey on various features, attacks and evaluation parameter use in image watermarking field. Paper explain different features with proper image example.


In this paper, the tactical significance map (TSM) is introduced at first, and then a novel prioritizing method based on improved TSM (ITSM) is proposed. a prioritizing model based on multi-attribute linear weighting is established; and then, through improving the tactical significance map (TSM), a novel targets prioritizing algorithm is proposed, which is extended to multi-asset attack scenario. The simulations executed in single-asset attack and multi-asset attack indicate that the proposed algorithm definitely reflects the relationship between the attributes and the priority. As a result, the proposed algorithm canadapt to the real battlefield more easily than the multi-attribute linear weighting and tactical significance map. The application scope is extended from two-dimension to three-dimension, and the assets needed to protect are extended from single asset to multi-asset. Simulation results indicate that the proposed method can adapt to the real battlefield situation.


The Eurocode 3 sections EN 1993‐1‐10 and EN 1993‐1‐12 contain tables for the maximum permissible values of element thickness as a function of steel grade, quality and reference temperature. The tables cover steel strengths from S235 to S700 and section thicknesses above 10 mm. The tables have been constructed based on a fracture mechanical brittle fracture analysis using a Charpy‐V impact energy criterion as reference.


The reaction of bis[3,3-bis(diethylamino)thioacryloyl] disulfide (1) with dimethyl acetylenedicarboxylate gave dimethyl 4-diethylamino-2-thioxo-2H-thiopyran-5,6-dicarboxylate in 69% yield. Similarly, a series of alkynic dienophiles reacted with 1 to give the corresponding 2H-thiopyran-2-thione derivatives in modest-to-reasonable yields. A full experimental description of this 2H-thiopyran-2-thione formation is given and a mechanism involving [4+2]cycloaddition followed by homolytic cleavage of the S–S bond is presented.


Harmonically rich sounds have been shown to be processed more efficiently by the human brain compared to single sinusoidal tones. To control for stimulus complexity as a potentially confounding factor, tones and equally complex spectrally rotated sounds, have been used in the present study to investigate the role of the overtone series in sensory auditory processing in non-musicians. Timbre differences in instrumental tones with equal pitch elicited a MMN which was earlier compared to that elicited by the spectrally rotated sounds, indicating that harmonically rich tones are processed faster compared to eywords: vent related brain potentials (ERP) ismatch negativity (MMN) uditory processing timulus complexity usical sounds non-musical sounds without an overtone series, even when pitch is not the relevant information. © 2014 Published by Elsevier Ireland Ltd.


We examine the exposure of racial minorities to ground level ozone in the United States in 1990. Our analyses suggest that minorities are exposed to higher ambient concentrations, but not necessarily to more dangerous levels as measured by the number of days during which the ambient concentration exceeded the National Ambient Air Quality Standard.


An examination of the biographical details of Christina Rossetti's life opens up the possibility of a political allegorical reading of Rossetti's poem Goblin Market. Rossetti's family connections to Italian nationalism suggest that her writing expresses pro-Risorgimento sentiments in support of nineteenth-century Italian unification. Goblin Market's politicized narrative presents Rossetti's two female protagonists, Laura and Lizzie, as figures who embody both the oppressed landscape of Italy and the collective of local inhabitants who are threatened by colonialism and imperialism. My reading builds on Robin J. Sowards's economic interpretations of Goblin Market in "Goblin Market's Localism", in which he analyzes dichotomies of the foreign and the local, the colonizer and the colonized. Laura's consumption of foreign goblin fruit indicates her submission to foreign imperialist forces, and the allegory can expand further to construe Lizzie as a symbol of Britain, a cosmopolitan centre that wielded a stronger sense of national identity and economic power than other European nations in this period. Reading Lizzie's position in Goblin Market in terms both of Italian revolutionary forces and Britain's continental solidarity underscores Sowards's assertion that Rossetti's preferred alternative to a global capitalist market is a self-sufficient local community. This desire for an autonomous local community in Goblin Market parallels Italian nationalists' desire for independence and for equal status as an individual nation amongst European relations. The exploration of Goblin Market as a political allegory seeks to draw conclusions about the influence of Rossetti's family background in her writing, and it allows the poem to be read beyond the traditional literary confines of sexual, religious, or economic readings that have appeared in previous scholarship.


Novel azomethines 3 synthesized from 4-(aminomethyl)pyridine (1) and various ketones 2 exhibit a higher acidity of the Cα-protons compared with other 4-alkylpyridines like 4-benzylpyridine or 4-(tosylmethyl)pyridine. Therefore, they can easily be metalated to give a variety of specific anions 3(−), which deserve interest for further synthetic applications. Important properties of compounds 3 and their lithiated derivatives 4 (lithium 4H-pyridin-1-ides, synthesized by deprotonation of the α-CH2 group in 3) can be controlled by the carbonyl reactant 2. These carbanions 3(−) are remarkable intermediates regarding their NMR properties. Comparing the NMR spectra of the lithium 4H-pyridin-1-ides 4 with their parent azomethines 3 reveal very distinct changes in the chemical shifts from which important structural and electronic properties of the carbanions can be deduced. The observation of E/Z isomers in the case of 3c and their mutual conversion at higher temperature inspire DFT calculations on the B3LYP/6-311++G(d,p) level of theory to get insight into the energetic demand of such isomerization processes. Moreover, calculations on the same level of theory were carried out on the model azomethine anion 5 and different monomeric lithium coordination isomers 6a−d. Experimentally, two selected examples will exemplify the reactivity of 4H-pyridin-1-ide anions towards heterocumulenes. The 2-(pyridin-4-yl)acetate 7 obtained from the reaction of 4e with carbon dioxide appears to be a CO2 storage molecule as it easily releases CO2 under protolysis conditions comparable with the vitamin B6 reaction mode. Interesting five-membered heterocycles were isolated after reaction of 4 with isocyanates followed by hydrolysis and oxidation. (© Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, 69451 Weinheim, Germany, 2004)


Forest certification has emerged as a means of promoting the elusive goal of sustainable forest management. This paper reviews the economic issues and potential welfare implications of forest certification in light of this management goal, but finds that the effect of certification on forest product markets is uncertain. We examine why certification schemes may fail to regulate optimally market failures, and may actually decrease welfare compared to a non-certified state. Forest certification, it turns out, may not be the best policy tool for promoting sustainable forest management.


In this work,the effects of Si and Mn on the microstructure and mechanical properties of the bainite ductile iron by step austempering in the room-temperature machine oil have been studied.The experiment results show that induced phase transformation in the bainite ductile iron can be brought out by Si in 3.3%-3.8%,and the structure with good mechanical properties has been obtained;Mn can increase the hardness and reduce the impact toughness of the bainite ductile iron.Reasonable Si and Mn content can improve mechanical properties of the bainite ductile cast iron.


Citation: Jolly JK, Xue K, Edwards TL, Groppe M, MacLaren RE. Characterizing the natural history of visual function in choroideremia using microperimetry and multimodal retinal imaging. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2017;58:5575–5583. DOI:10.1167/ iovs.17-22486 PURPOSE. Centripetal retinal degeneration in choroideremia (CHM) leads to early visual field restriction and late central vision loss. The latter marks an acute decline in quality of life but visual prognostication remains challenging. We investigated visual function in CHM by correlating best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA), microperimetry and multimodal imaging.


The article analyzes the connections between the questions of ecology and the formal presentations of landscape and topography in the dystopian prose of Paolo Bacigalupi. He models his literary world – the Earth in no so distant future – along the following framework. Today's toponomastics refers to the places which have been transformed by eco-climatic disasters and devastated by modern economy on many platforms: geographical, political and biological. The shift of the widely recognizable world maps (geographical, physical, economic) underlies Bacigalupi's literary constructs. On the one hand, it corresponds with the authorial analyses of socio-political-economic and civilization-ethical transformations around which his stories revolve. On the other, this change evokes in the reader the sense of alienation and, consequently, threat.


The utility model relates to a stainless steel sealing plug for an aluminium alloy radiator. The device is provided with a steel wire turnbuckle in the aluminium screw plug of the box connecting tube of the aluminium alloy radiator; the steel wire turnbuckle is provided with conical internal threads and conical external threads; the steel wire turnbuckle is made of the stainless steel materials. The hardness of the device is close to the material of iron water inlet and outlet tubes. The water heating, the hot expanding and the cold shrinking are simultaneous. The utility model enhances the abrasion resistance, the sealing performance and the tensile strength of the radiator, increases the bearing pressure, and noticeably reduces the maintenance cost.


This editorial refers to 'Cardiac salvage by tweaking with beta-3-adrenergic receptors' by J.-L. Balligand, pp. 128–133.

This editorial refers to 'Succinate metabolism: a new therapeutic target for myocardial reperfusion injury' V.R. Pell et al ., pp. 134–141.

This editorial refers to 'Pathways for salvage and protection of the heart under stress: novel routes for cardiac rejuvenation' by A. Cannata et al ., pp. 142–153.

This editorial refers to 'Old dogs, new tricks: novel cardiac targets and stress regulation by protein kinase G' by P.P. Rainer and D.A. Kass, pp. 154–162.

Aging of the population is a concern in the near future for a significant fraction of countries worldwide. While in several members of the European Union having people over 60 largely outnumbering newborns is a reality, this is now predicted to occur also in Asia, and in the near future, elderly people will represent more than a fourth of the global population. Such predictions prompt to address the linked healthcare challenge in time and efforts in defining new treatments for the diseases of the elderly are currently under intense investigation. It is along this line that the Myocardial Function and Cellular Biology Working Groups of the European Society of Cardiology gathered in the biannual Varenna meeting in the spring of 2015. This conference entitled 'Salvage Pathways in Heart Rejuvenation' intended to provide the latest findings in cardiovascular …


Addiction vulnerability involves complex gene X environment interactions leading to a pathological response to drugs. Identification of the genes involved in these interactions is an important step in understanding the underlying neurobiology and rarely have such analyses examined sex‐specific influences. To dissect this interaction, we examined the impact of prenatal stress (PNS) on cocaine responsiveness in male and female mice of the BXD recombinant inbred panel.


Data pertaining to X-ray residual stress standards of certain ferrous and nonferrous alloys have been presented. These standards which have been obtained using conventional X-ray diffraction techniques will be employed in conducting field-type residual stress measurements in the shuttle program by using automatic servo-controlled systems.


The Branched and Isoprenoid Tetraether (BIT) index is based on the relative abundance of nonisoprenoidal glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraethers (GDGTs) derived from organisms living in terrestrial environments versus a structurally related isoprenoid GDGT "crenarchaeol" produced by marine Crenarchaeota. The BIT index varies between 0 and 1, representing marine and terrestrial organic matter (OM) end‐members, respectively (Hopmans et al.,Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 224, 107–116, 2004). In this study, the applicability of the BIT index to trace terrestrial OM is tested in combination with other organic parameters (TOC, C/N ratio, δ13Corg, total lipid, and n‐alkane) in the Gulf of Lions, a river‐dominated continental margin of the western Mediterranean. We analyzed a variety of soils and riverbed sediments from the continent as well as surface sediments from the shelf and canyons. The BIT index in soils and riverbed sediments shows high values (>0.9), while it varies between 0.02 and 0.83 in marine sediments, decreasing seaward from the inner shelf to the slope. For marine surface sediments, high BIT values are associated with lower δ13Corg values as well as higher TOC contents and higher n‐alkane concentrations. Our results confirm that the BIT index can be applied in coastal marine environments in order to characterize terrestrial OM as proposed by Hopmans et al. (2004). Therefore the BIT index is a useful addition to the proxies presently available for studying the origin and distribution of OM in continental margins and especially valuable in multiproxy studies.


To provide a training device which can load the appropriate training to the individual athlete or exerciser physical features of a challenge. In the present invention, the desired rate load characteristic input device (7) when accepting an input load characteristic from the exerciser E, the speed-load characteristics are stored in the load characteristic storage 8. According to the speed calculated in the speed input means from the load characteristic (6), the storage device 8, the speed-command value, the load is determined by the load characteristic, and is transmitted to the control means (1). Control means (1), the rotary motion of the servo motor 2 a torque command value according to a load command value. By a driving mechanism (3) changes rotational motion into linear motion to move the movable part (4). Thereby performing the training of the reciprocating motion.


Cathodic reduction of organic heterocyclic compounds is investigated. The compounds are selected from a series of thiopyrane and thiofulvalene derivatives with semiconductor conduction (10 -4 to 10 -1 S/cm at 298 K). Conversions of organic semiconductors during cathodic polarization, accompanied by a change in electrophysical properties, are studied using the impedance, IR and UV spectroscopies and the X-ray and element analyses. The phenomenon of fast ionic transport in solid products of cathodic reactions is discovered. The ionic component of the conductivity is 10 -5 -10 -2 S/cm at 298 K.


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Jakovljevic et al1 find that persons with low socioeconomic status have considerable excess rates of morbidity and mortality from ischemic stroke in Finland.

Neurobiological features are suggested by the correlation of the rate of speech hesitation pauses of 1 second or more, 4.79±2.48 per min, 1.50±0.33 seconds (mean±SD) with immobility in …


The invention relates to a multi-sensor combined navigation system for aviation, and the system comprises an MSINS unit, a GPS unit, a magnetic compass unit, a liquid crystal display unit, a data transmission interface unit, a combined navigation computer, a data storage unit and a power supply device. The MSINS unit is used for acquiring signals of an accelerometer and a gyroscope, carrying out filtration and amplification and sending the signals to a DSP for carrying out algorithm processing; a GPS module is used for outputting longitude, latitude, altitude and velocity values of X, Y and Z axes based on a geocentric coordinate system measured by the GPS; the magnetic compass unit is used for outputting three-dimensional attitude information measured by a three-axis magnetic compass; the combined navigation computer is used for receiving signals outputted by an inertial measurement unit, the GPS module and the magnetic compass, applying the federated Kalman filtering algorithm to carry out fusion treatment on data and obtaining combined navigation data; and the data storage unit is used for saving original data and result data. The system has the advantages of small volume, low cost, high reliability and high precision.


For the consensus problem of multi-agent systems with linear dynamics, distributed event-triggered control strategies are put forward, which can decrease the frequency of information transmissions between agents and the number of control inputs of each agent. In the case that the agent states can be obtained or outputs can be obtained, distributed consensus protocols are designed based on event-triggered state information and event-triggered observer information, respectively. The consensus problem is converted into the stability problem by model transformation. Sufficient conditions for multi-agent systems to achieve consensus are obtained. Meanwhile, it is theoretically proved that the event-triggering conditions will exclude Zeno behavior. Simulation examples verify the effectiveness of obtained results.


We study the multiplicity of solutions for fractional differential equations subject to boundary value conditions and impulses. After introducing the notions of classical and weak solutions, we prove the existence of at least three solutions to the impulsive problem considered.


Introduction The marsupial species Tasmanian devil harbours two contagious cancers, Devil Facial Tumour 1 and 2 (DFT1 and DFT2); both are passed between individuals as an allogeneic graft, initiating tumours around the neck and face. DFT1 emerged 20 years ago, causes 100% mortality and has decimated the devil population. In contrast, DFT2 emerged only recently and is still being characterised. As allografts, both tumours should be recognised by T cells interacting with non-self Major Histocompatibility Complex (MHC) molecules and associated peptides. We aim to isolate tumour-specific MHC-bound peptides in order to determine MHC/peptide complexes breaking or inducing tolerance and design a vaccine. Material and methods We have characterised the immunopeptidomes of DFT1-IFNγ, DFT2 and devil fibroblast cell lines. The DFT1 cell line was stimulated with devil interferon-gamma to up-regulate MHC class I expression. MHC class I molecule-peptide complexes were isolated by immunoaffinity purification using an antibody against Tasmanian devil β2-microblobulin. Eluted peptide/MHC complexes were fractionated by reversed phase HPLC and analysed by Liquid Chromatography tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS). All experiments were performed in triplicate. Peptides were identified by searching spectra against custom Tasmanian devil databases using the PEAKS software and data visualised in R studio and GraphPad Prism. Results and discussions Between 6373 and 2243 peptides were identified for each cell line, but only peptides found in all replicates for each cell line analysed further. 1806 peptides were identified in all three replicates of the fibroblast cell line, while 455 and 379 peptides were common to all three replicates for the DFT1-IFNγ and DFT2 cell lines respectively. Analysis of peptide length shows a preference for 8mers and 9mers in devil fibroblasts and DFT2 cells and a preference for 9mers in DFT1-IFNγ. We next searched for binding motifs for the 8mers and 9mers across all cell lines and found potential anchor residues at position 3 and position 8/9, where there was a preference for hydrophobic amino acids (in particular Leucine). We then identified 61 and 55 peptides unique to DFT1-IFNγ and DFT2 respectively. Conclusion This is the first study to characterise the repertoire of peptides bound to MHC molecules in contagious cancers and represents a pivotal step for understanding the immunological features of transmissible cancers.


The English writer who reworked Mantuan's satire most effectively was Edmund Spenser, whose "July" and "September" eclogues in The Shepheardes Calender create "a trompe I'oeil in which [the critical] charges can apply like Mantuan's to the Curia at Rome but can be leveled with equal probability at the English Church" (118). To arrive at this new phase of literary imitation, Piepho narrates subtle transformations in the Elizabethan appropriation of Mantuan's texts. Just as Luther had applauded their satire, so John Bale — himself a Carmelite monk before the Reformation — esteemed it as "a witness against the workings of the AntiChrist at Rome" (96). Following his lead, Barnabe Googe echoed Mantuan in his eight eclogues to criticize Marian abuses under the Catholic Lord Chancellor Stephen Gardiner. Similarly Giles Fletcher the Elder echoed Mantuan in pastoral satires excoriating Edward Bonner, the Marian bishop of London. But Spenser proved more inventive than either as he oriented his satire against abuses in the English church, indicting such putative protectors of it as his own patron Leicester, Lord Burghley, and its head, the Queen of England. Mantuan's fortunes expired when such later poets as Pope disparaged his rustic allegory. Piepho associates their final flowering in 1670 with an anonymous "Mantuan English'd," notable as a misogynist diatribe that provoked an anonymous broadside response, "An Answer to Mantuan." Piepho provides both texts in a useful appendix to his work, along with the text of a Latin eclogue by Fletcher on the death of Bishop Bonner. In all, Piepho has written a careful, instructive book that well repays the reading. WILLIAM J. KENNEDY Cornell University


The invention, which belongs to the signal processing technology field, discloses an optimization method based on traditional phase difference measurement and a circuit. According to the method, two sinusoidal signals with different frequencies or a same frequencies pass through a signal collection circuit, an amplification circuit, and a comparison circuit as well as two paths of rectangular wave signals pass through an OR gate circuit so as to obtain a needed pulse signal; AD sampling is carried out so as to obtain a pulse width and a time difference of signal zero crossing, so that a phase difference is calculated. According to the invention, because a special circuit design is employed, phase drift generated by hardwares of a traditional zero cross detection circuit itself can be substantially changed, so that correlated subsequent processing of the phase difference on software becomes easier; therefore, the strong practicality is realized.


A newly proposed process of the deformation-semi-solid casting (D-SSC) process was applied to the highly concentrated Fe containing Al-7%Si-3%Cu-1%Fe alloys (in mass%) to eliminate the harmful influence of impurity Fe. The proposed D-SSC process consists of hot-deformation, heating to the semi-solid temperature and subsequent casting. The markedly improved microstructures and mechanical properties of the fabricated alloys by the D-SSC process were investigated. In the microstructure observation, the size and shape of the characteristic morphologies of the primary α-Al phase and the Fe containing intermetallic compound of the β-Al 5 FeSi phase were evaluated. the extremely refined β phase and the finely spheroidized α-Al phase are simultaneously achieved by the D-SSC process. The D-SSC process is found to be useful to modify the high amount of Fe into a harmless impurity.


DFT-S-OFDM pre-transforms signals at the transmitter, resulting in a single-carrier form and lower PAPR than traditional multi-carrier systems. However, as modulation order increases, its advantage over OFDM diminishes and power amplifier inefficiency persists. This study optimizes DFT-S-OFDM signal power amplifier efficiency using an intelligent continuous unconstrained PTS algorithm. Standard distance deviation analysis is used to analyze signal distribution characteristics and select the signal with the highest dispersion for PAPR suppression with low complexity. A DE-CUPTS-DFT-S-OFDM multi-carrier system is proposed, with SDD analysis expanding the phase selection area and intelligent multi-objective optimization significantly improving the PAPR suppression effect and transmitter efficiency.


This article presents the Fastracs advanced traffic management system (ATMS). The Fastracs architecture features the benefits of both a central-based traffic system and a distributed traffic control system. The different components of Fastracs are described, and the benefits and integration capabilities are discussed.


One hundred and seventy six maize samples showing dwarf mosaic symptoms from 15 sites in 12 provinces in China were collected and detected with Sugarcane mosaic virus (SCMV) monoclonal antibody 2B5 by indirect ELISA. All the samples gave a positive signal. The samples were then analyzed by immunocapture reverse transcription PCR (IC RT PCR) with primers specific for SCMV, Maize dwarf mosaic virus (MDMV), Sorghum mosaic virus (SrMV), and Johnsongrass mosaic virus (JGMV), respectively. Only primers specific for SCMV gave PCR products in all of the tested samples. The results showed that SCMV was probably the only potyvirus infecting maize in China. In addition, the nucleotide sequence covering the core region of coat protein (CP) of SCMV isolates from Gansu, Sichuan, and Yunnan were determined, and the pathogenicity of SCMV isolates Zhejiang(ZJ) and Gansu(GS) was tested on 13 maize cultivars.


This paper analyzes the living quality of urban residents in Hainan by the principal component analysis and the factor analysis of the multivariate statistics.The first principal component synthetically evaluates the living quality of urban residents.Each normal factor reflects the characters of each prefecture on the basis of analysis.


Ground vibration induced by the collapse of large-scale cooling towers in nuclear power plants (NPPs) has recently been realized as a potential secondary disaster to adjacent nuclear-related facilities with demands for vibration mitigation. The previous concept to design cooling towers and nuclear-related facilities operating in a containment as isolated components in NPPs is inappropriate in a limited site which is the cases for inland NPPs in China. This paper presents a numerical study on the mitigation of ground vibration in a "cooling tower-soil-containment" system via a novel application of two materials acting as cushions underneath cooling towers, that is, foamed concrete and a "tube assembly." Comprehensive "cooling tower-cushion-soil" models were built with reasonable cushion material models. Computational cases were performed to demonstrate the effect of vibration mitigation using seven earthquake waves. Results found that collapse-induced ground vibrations at a point with a distance of 300 m were reduced in average by 91%, 79%, and 92% in radial, tangential, and vertical directions when foamed concrete was used, and the vibrations at the same point were reduced by 53%, 32%, and 59% when the "tube assembly" was applied, respectively. Therefore, remarkable vibration mitigation was achieved in both cases to enhance the resilience of the "cooling tower-soil-containment" system against the secondary disaster.


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The invention discloses an extreme pressure antiwear agent containing an ester-based thiadiazole derivative shown as a following formula and a preparation method thereof. The is prepared from 2,5-dimercapto-1,3,4-thiadiazoles and an alpha, beta-unsaturated carbonyl compound by an addition reaction. The obtained extreme pressure antiwear agent containing the ester-based thiadiazole derivative can be used singly as additives of lubricating oil to make lubricating agents have excellent antiwear capability and extreme pressure resistance capability, can increase a PB value by about 73% in mineral oil, can decrease a wear scar diameter by 25-40%, and can increase the PB value by about 82% in colza oil. The obtained extreme pressure antiwear agent containing the ester-based thiadiazole derivative can be also compounded with other lubricant oil additives. In the formula, R is FORMULA, wherein R is selected from the straight chains, branched chains or naphthenic bases of C1-C30, and R and R are independently selected from the straight chains, branched chains or naphthenic bases of C1-C30 respectively.


Objective: To investigate if the NADPH d positive neurons in dorsal raphe nucleus (DR) were involved in modulation of sigmoid pain. Methods: The Fos immunocytochemistry, NADPH d histochemistry and Fos LI /NADPH d double labeling methods were used to study the changes in NADPH d positive neurons and Fos LI in dorsal raphe nucleus (DR) of rats after formalin stimulation. Results: After the injection of formalin into the sigmoid wall, the expression of NADPH d positive neurons and the staining degree in the DR were increased remarkably; the expression of Fos like immunoreactivity (Fos LI) in DR was increased significantly; and about 11% Fos LI /NADPH d double labeled neurons were detected in NADPH d positive neurons in the DR. Conclusion: NADPH d positive neurons may be involved in the processing of pain induced by injecting formalin into the sigmoid wall in rats.


Designing Collaborative Systems: A Practical Guide to Ethnography introduces a new "ethnographic" approach that will enable designers to create collaborative and interactive systems, which are employed successfully in realworld settings. This new approach, adapted from the field of social research, considers both the social circumstances and the level and type of human interaction involved, thereby ensuring that future ethnographic systems are as user-friendly and as effective as possible.


The shortcomings of sparse representation of remote sensing images and the on-board post -transform-based image compression algorithm are analyzed. In this paper, an improved posttransform based compression algorithm is proposed. The algorithm is improved in terms of computational complexity, optimal post-transform basis selection and post-transform entropy coding algorithm. Experimental results show that the improved compression algorithm has higher compression performance, compared with the traditional compression algorithm, the SNR is improved 0.3-1.1dB. Which effectively solves the problem of sparse representation of wavelet transform and low efficiency of post-transform. And suitable for on-board CCD camera applications.


The paper presents an asymmetric solution for the stresses and displacements in an elastic thick plate containing an oblate spheroidal inclusion under shear eigenstrain with a uniform gragient. For related eigenstrain problems, Jasiuk et al. solved the axisymmetric problem of the half-space with a spheroidal inhomogeneity under uniform normal eigenstrain and Tsuchida et al. treated the asymmetric problem under uniform shear eigenstrain. The stress distributions around inclusion are shown graphically.


My goal with the present article is to highlight the main thoughts, conceptual and methodological contributions that have marked the historiographical works of Istvan Jancso.


Chemical processes are always of great dynamic fluctuations and uncertainty.An on-line feedback optimization with model uncertainty was presented to resolve the problem.The process dynamic model was discretized as difference equations according to a specific period,and dynamic optimization was carried out based on the difference equations.The profit at the end of optimization horizon was used as optimization objective,manipulation variables were used as optimization variables,a non-linear program was used as optimization algorithm.On-line feedback was implemented according to measured variables after the optimization results were adopted.In the difference equations correction terms were introduced,which could be calculated when the actual values of process variables were imported into the difference equations.Simulations showed that compared with steady optimization,feedback optimization not only could also make the process run at the optimum operating point but also could have high real-time quality.


A gestational choriocarcinoma of the uterus with concurrent metastasis and an atraumatic rupture of the spleen is rare disease and has been rarely reported in African women. We report here the case of a thirty-eight-year-old women who was referred to our hospital with a previous medical history of hydatidiform mole. Ultrasonography (US) revealed a non-pregnant uterus of normal size and a left adnexal pseudo-occupation of oval shape hypoechoic with a heterogeneous structure. Laparotomy revealed an hemoperitoneum, splenic rupture and the presence of a fleshy mass in the left iliac fossa. Histopathology of uterus revealed choriocarcinoma and those of the spleen and the fleshy mass revealed metastatic choriocarcinoma. Her Human Chorionic Gonadotropin (HCG) level was elevated. Our patient presented gestational choriocarcinoma of the uterus with concurrent metastasis and an atraumatic rupture of the spleen. This is a rare complication described in woman living in sub-Saharan Africa. Genetic and molecular investigations play an important role in diagnosis but were not available in poor resources settings in developing countries such as the Democratic Republic of Congo.


The paper presents results of simulations of the flow around rudimentary landing gear
using an improved version of the Partially-Averaged Navier Stokes model (PANS z- f).
The results are validated against time-averaged flow data such as pressure field and oil-film
visualizations as well as quantities such as sound pressure level and surface pressure spectra
that are relevant for aero acoustic noise generation. The results of PANS z- f are found
to be in good agreement with the experimental data and observations. The PANS z- f
presented here shows a clear advantage in the prediction of the flow compared with the
reference LES simulation on an identical grid.


Son preference is rooted in the kinship norms of several East European and Asian countries. In these contexts, couples have historically implemented different strategies to satisfy their compelling need for a son. Technological advancements brought discrimination to a prenatal stage: revealing the sex of the fetus, ultrasound examinations allowed to avoid the birth of unwanted daughters through pregnancy termination. Sex selective abortions have become common practice in several countries, leading to a veritable distortion of sex ratios at birth. Countries affected by a masculinization of births vary in their cultural, historical and socio-economic background. Paradoxically, sex selective abortions may persists in countries where reproductive rights, living standards and women empowerment have substantially improved over the last decades. The present research explores the hypothesis that son preference, and the ensuing fertility behaviors, are influenced by social security patterns. This contention is grounded on the role of care and financial assistance providers that sons fulfill to their parents in male-biased family arrangement, making them perceived, arguably, as "insurances" to their family.


Thermal stability and thermal decomposition of malonic acid, sodium malonate and its compounds with Mn(II), Fe(II), Co(II), Ni(II), Cu(II) and Zn(II) were investigated employing simultaneous thermogravimetry and differential thermal analysis (TG-DTA), differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) in N 2 and CO 2 atmospheres and TG-FTIR in N 2 atmosphere. The thermal decomposition of malonic acid occurs with decarboxylation followed by the formation of acetic acid in both atmospheres. For sodium malonate the thermal decomposition occurs with formation of sodium carbonate, and for the transition metal malonates the final residue was: MnO (N 2 , CO 2 ),FeO (N 2 ), Fe 3 O 4 (CO 2 ), Co + CoO (N 2 ), CoO (CO 2 ), Ni (N 2 , CO 2 ), Cu (N 2 , CO 2 ) and ZnO (N 2 , CO 2 ).


Background: Mothers who are exposed to COVID-19 have an impact on decreasing HB levels causing anemia thereby increasing the risk of morbidity and mortality in mothers during childbirth. Purpose: To determine the relationship between exposure to COVID-19 during pregnancy and hemoglobin levels in the Bantul II Health Center area. Methods: This study is a quantitative study with a retrospective cohort study design. The sample in this study was 26 pregnant women in each group (exposed and not exposed to COVID-19), selected based on inclusion criteria with simple random sampling. This research was conducted in the Bantul II Health Center area from October 2021 – February 2022. Data was collected by measuring Hb levels and filling out questionnaires. Data were analyzed by independent t-test and correlation. Results: There was no difference in the average Hb level in pregnant women who were exposed and not exposed to COVID-19 (Mean difference = 0.785; 95% CI = -0.164-1.734; p=0.103). Meanwhile, for the external variables, namely age (p=0.839), parity (p=0.565), nutritional status (p=0.233), and consuming Fe tablets (p=0.286) in the case group, age variable (p=0.492), parity (p=0.34), nutritional status (p=0.511) in the control group was not associated with a decrease in Hb levels. The variable consuming Fe tablets (p=0.049) in the control group was associated with a decrease in Hb levels. Conclusion: Pregnant women experience a decrease in Hb levels not due to exposure to COVID-19. Age, parity, nutritional status, and consumption of Fe tablets had no relationship with the decrease in Hb levels.


This article uses the theory of Hopf bifurcation to study the stability[1-2] of nonlinear manipulator system with time delay built by Spong. The period vibration, almost periodic vibration and chaos motion are stabilized by the controllers designed in the article, which is achieved by changed the polynomial u in the dynamic of manipulator. It is proved that the controllers in this article are useful by calculating the eigenvalues of the linear form of the dynamic of manipulator, which are expressed in the complex plane, according to the stability theory[2].


The present study includes a complete analysis of how sulfur crosslink formation is influenced by the presence of zinc monomethacrylate (ZMMA). Swelling experiments and chemical probe desulfuration studies confirm the changes in the distribution of crosslinks in ZMMA- versus ZnO-activated cure. The performance of ZMMA as an activating species is also studied as a function of the loading and relative ratio of sulfur and accelerator. Finally, the increased efficiency of ZMMA activation is applied to various model formulations in order to demonstrate the potential for reductions in zinc content in a variety of applications. The implications of reduced zinc loading on aerobic and anaerobic aged properties are also explored.


Although extra‐glomerular involvement of microscopic polyangiitis is not regarded as a characteristic finding of the disease, tubulointerstitial nephritis should be considered as a new subclass of renal involvement.


This project seeks to review the issue of costing healthcare in the UK NHS under the mechanisms of control imposed by the new Labour Government, given that there is an argument that the issue of cost remains an important issue, despite the abolition of the internal or quasi-market. This is a new experience for the UK NHS and its implication are very broad. The issues of costing healthcare service have been discussed in the literature, in the light of the DRGs. In this context, there is a move to the establishment of prospective budgets through DRGs in most European countries and the USA. However, the UK has not followed this international trend. This work aims to examine empirically how information on costing healthcare is used in a NHS Trust through its costing processes. In seeking for this it adopts the theoretical ideas of steering in the context of a 'middle range thinking' methodology. 1. Introduction There would be very few that would argue that costs do not play an essential role in healthcare services, due to the fact that efficiency is always associated with it. Since, there is the notion that being inefficient means wasting resources, the efficient use of resources in healthcare becomes essentially important. Otherwise, less resource would be available to provide care for those in need. Implicitly, there is also the belief that one can avoid this, implementing mechanism of controlling costs. On the other hand, it is well known that in a complex sector


This article deals with the actual problem of prevention of deviant behavior and delinquency among adolescents. To solve it, it is proposed to use socio-psychological technologies in working with deviant adolescents. The definition of deviant behavior and offense is given, their main forms and types are highlighted. Modern directions and types of prevention of deviant behavior are noted: personal, family, social prevention. Theoretical approaches to the prevention of socially dangerous, deviant behavior are highlighted. Various technologies for the prevention of deviant behavior are listed and characterized. According to the author, socio-psychological technologies are effective, and the prevention of deviant behavior of adolescents based on them implies the presence of several areas of socio-psychological activity and the necessary actions of a psychologist specialist. New and specific are the socio-psychological forms and technologies of preventive work related to the international experience and practice of "restorative justice". These are technologies of "mediation, circles of care, family and school conferences".


The article contains the algorithm for searching a certain kind of bridges in the protection graph of Take-Grant model. The proposed algorithm is based on a classical breadth-first search algorithm.