This thesis examines the relationship between romance and 'the outside' in the works and lives of three modern lesbian writers: Gertrude Stein, Radclyffe Hall, and Djuna Barnes. I consider romance – in terms of both literary genre and the articulation of amatory attachments and desire – as a heterosexual space or plot upon which lesbian novelists have wilfully set up camp. The locating of lesbian romance in my title refers to romance as space, to the theoretical and political positioning of lesbian writing, and to the detection of lesbian themes in outwardly heterosexual novels. 'The Outside Thing' is taken from Stein's meditation on romance ('An American and France', 1936), which, I argue, marries 'outside' (or expatriate) geography to 'outside' sexuality. 'The Outside Thing' might also define my methodology, as I consider alternative readings of canonical texts and address the significance of works on the peripheries.

The thesis is presented in three parts:

I. GERTRUDE STEIN

Chapter 1 defines romance in Stein's terms, reading Q.E.D. as a prototype lesbian romance.

Chapter 2 penetrates Stein and Toklas' domestic and romantic arrangement, examining Toklas (and lesbian love) as an 'outside thing' in relation to Stein's work.

II. RADCLYFFE HALL

Chapter 3 challenges the popular view of The Well of Loneliness as an 'ordinary [romance] novel', going on to posit the ostensibly heterosexual Adam's Breed as lesbian writing.

Chapter 4 explores real-life romance in the affair between Hall and Evguenia Souline.

III. DJUNA BARNES

Chapter 5 positions Barnes in a new romantic and theoretical space, proposing a reading of her fiction and journalism as performative bisexual writing.

Chapter 6 presents Nightwood as a bisexual romance.

My project intervenes in ongoing discussions about the relationship between aesthetic obscurity and political radicalism, the middlebrow and the modernist, and the 'in' and the 'out'.


The aim of the study is to show the comparative evaluation of the results of breeding of carp juvenile in the early period of stocking of ponds. Experimental breeding of carp juvenile was carried out in ponds with a minimal degree of intensification. The linear and weight growth rate, coefficient of fatness of carp juvenile were the main investigated basic parameters. The monitoring of thermal and hydro-chemical indicators, the development of the food reserve of the ponds were conducted. Two ways of growing fishes with the same density of seeding in ponds of the same area, but in different terms of stocking were tested. The maximum incremental rate of young fishes was marked in the period of their intensive nutrition. Abundant nutrition of animal feed at the first stages of life of carp larvae played a crucial role to their future growth. The high growth rate of carp juvenile of the early stocking was observed practically during the whole vegetation period. Vegetable food presented in bolus of young carp in the pond which were filled in traditional terms together with amphipods and chironomids. This fact is conditioned by the fact that the nutritive base of the ponds was less diverse because of the later stocking, when the temperature optimum of development of food organisms had already passed. Total average weight addition in 15.0 g was achieved by carp fingerlings at different times. Thus, the growing period in the first embodiment was 84 days, and in the second was 110 days. The results of the study showed the advantage of stocking of the ponds in the early dates. The best provision of larvae with food organisms in the initial stage of growing subsequently was reflected at a higher growth rate of fingerlings.


The Global Positioning System (GPS) has rapidly become one of the most important geodetic tools for studying tectonic deformation. With potential 3-dimensional relative positioning accuracies better than 1 cm, GPS can monitor secular deformation as well as rapid strain fluctuations due to seismic and volcanic activity. A 1970/1971 trilateration survey and 1987/1988 GPS observations suggest uniaxial convergence of 6.4 mm/yr oriented N25.1 °E in the eastern third of the Santa Barbara channel, and a combination of convergence and left-lateral shear to the west. GPS surveys have been conducted in the Imperial Valley during 1986, 1988, 1989, and 1990. About 5 ± 1 cm/yr plate-boundary displacement is observed across the valley, somewhat larger than rates obtained through conventional geodesy. These GPS observations have been influenced by the 1987 Superstition Hills earthquake sequence, the first occurrence of a large earthquake within a preexisting GPS network. The measurements suggest 130 cm right-lateral slip along the northwest trending Superstition Hills fault, and 30 cm left-lateral slip along the conjugate northeast trending Elmore Ranch fault. Imperial Valley leveling surveys conducted in 1931, 1941, 1974, 1978, and 1980, are integrated with seismic, geomorphic, and sub-surfacial structural data, to suggest the northern segment of the Imperial fault formed within the last 80,000 years, and support the hypothesis that the Gulf of California rift system is propagating northwestward into the North American continent.


In most electronic auctions conducted over the Internet price is still the only decision criteria for the best bid. This is true for all sorts of auctions in the electronic business areas consumer-to-consumer (C2C), business-to-consumer (B2C), and business-to-business (B2B). Especially for many situations in the B2B area there are other important attributes apart from price to be considered for decision making. Therefore the area of multi-attribute auctions gains more and more interest in the scientific community as well as from software vendors of electronic business products. But the approaches offered so far suffer from some limitations. Theoretical approaches are not applicable to (B2B) real world scenarios, commercial software does not cover all situations. To overcome these limitations we developed a practical approach to multi-attribute auctions, that is presented in this paper.


We present flexible nickel‐iron batteries with printable multiwalled carbon nanotube (MWCNTs) based electrodes. All the metal composites are prepared via a single‐step precipitation reaction to synthesize metal hydroxides on the MWCNTs. High loading of the conductive materials enhances reactivity. Compared with Ni(OH)2‐CNT, β‐NiOOH increases output energy due to higher discharge voltage in flexible cells. Cyclic voltammogram shows that the iron electrode underwent a two‐step redox reaction among Fe, Fe(II), and Fe(III). The flexible Ni‐Fe battery has higher charge‐discharge efficiency when using 6 M KOH electrolyte saturated with LiOH, and with 5% Co(NO3)2 added to anode. The anode exhibits a specific capacity of more than 300 mAh g−1. All the components and the flexible cells themselves show good performance under bending conditions and the fabrication methods are also suitable for scale‐up via printing techniques.


The aim of this paper is to propose modified centrality measures as a tool to identify critical nodes before a vulnerability analysis is performed in an electrical power grid. Pair dependency centrality is weighted using the grid active power flow, and this becomes the basis to define closeness and betweenness of its nodes, and hence to identify the most critical ones. To support the idea of using modified centralities, four power grids are tested to be either exponential or scale-free. To evaluate the proposal, information obtained via modified centrality measures is used to calculate global efficiency of the power grids.


Contributors Abbreviations and Conventions Illustrations Foreword 1. The Scots Buke of Phisnomy and Sir Gilbert Hay, Sally Mapstone 2. The Latin Original of Robert Henryson's Annunciation Lyric, A.A. MacDonald 3. William Elphinstone's Library Revisited, Leslie J. Macfarlane 4. James Liddell on Concepts and Signs, Alexander Broadie 5. New Light on Gavin Douglas, Priscilla Bawcutt 6. The Asloan Manuscript, I.C. Cunningham 7. The Cathedral Clergy of Dunkeld in the Early Sixteenth Century, Ian B. Cowan with Michael Yellowlees 8. The Invention of Tradition, Highland-Style, William Gillies 9. Glasgow University's Copy of Robert Richardson's Exegesis in canonem divi Augustini, Stephen Rawles 10. Canons Regular and the Reformation, Mark Dilworth 11. The Interaction between Literature and History in Queen Mary's Edinburgh, Theo van Heijnsbergen 12. The Dialogue of the Twa Wyfeis", Mark Loughlin 13. The Regent Morton's Visitation: the Reformation of Aberdeen, 1574, Allan White 14. Some helpes for young Schollers: a New Source of Early Scottish Psalmody, Kenneth Elliott 15. Melvillian" Reform in the Scottish Universities, James Kirk 16. Preaching to the Converted? Perspectives on the Scottish Reformation, Michael Lynch 17. M. Alex: Boyde." The Authorship of "Fra banc to banc', Robert Donaldson 18. Durkan & Ross" and Beyond, Brian Hillyard 19. Glanville Resarcinate: Sir John Skene and the Regiam Majestatem, Hector MacQueen 20. Some Rare Scottish Books in the Old Royal Library, T.A. Birrell 21. Writings of John Durkan, 1931-1994, T.A. Birrell


Introduction: We have demonstrated the importance of the stromal cell-derived factor (SDF):CXCR4 axis in myocardial repair. Prolonged expression of SDF-1 to a time when cardiac myocytes and cardiac...


In order to investigate the effect of soluble nutrients on various yields and yield attributes of Blackgram crop, field experiment was carried out during kharif season (2019) at Research Block of S.G.R.R. University, Dehradun, Uttarakhand. The layout of experimental field was laid incompletely randomized block design with 10 treatments and 3 replications. The results indicated that among all the treatments, T7 [N: P: K (19:19:19) SOLUBLE AT 1.25%] overall was found best for farmer point of view with respect to plant height (56 cm), number of pods per plant (62.67), grain yield (15.05 q per ha), and straw yield (73.096 q per ha) at harvest. Results also indicated that harvesting index (17.07%) also well for farmer point of view. Based on present investigation, it can be concluded that soluble fertilizers [N: P: K (19:19:19)] at 1.25% improved yield and yield attributes of Blackgram crop under present Agro-climatic conditions.


A basic limitation of all data-driven approximation methods is their inability to extrapolate accurately once the input is outside of the training data range. This paper examines the effectiveness and utility of combining a linear regression model with general regression neural network or modified probabilistic neural network for better linear extrapolation and function approximation. For a given set of training data, this combination provides a way of fine tuning the model by the adjustment of a single smoothing parameter as well as providing linear extrapolation.


Cobalt tetraarylporphyrins 1-Co and 2-Co with thioacetate-functionalized carbon chains on the aryl groups were synthesized. The cobalt porphyrin 2-Co was immobilized on a gold surface after deprote ...


For the purpose of mixing the two or more music tracks being played from two or more audio playback device, a set of headphones that are designed to be used by DJ. Headphones, as the first music track is being reproduced through the sound system can DJ hear, DJ is configured so that it can easily mute one headphone speaker. At the same time, headphones, so that it can DJ hear complete audio from the second music track, and a full stereo signal to send toward the other headphone speaker. For example, when a DJ presses the audio control button, a set of headphones, automatically mutes one of the speakers on the headphones, all stereo channels automatically directed to the opposite speaker on a set of headphones it is possible to send Te.


Teacher is the central element in educational system holding various important responsibilities. The overall performance of educational institution depends upon their teachers and ultimately their level of job satisfaction and work motivation. Thus understanding their behaviors and additudes needs more attention in organizations. The main objective of this paper is to study the level of job satisfaction and work motivation among the teachers of Higher Education Institutions of Madhya Pradesh. The hypothesis of the study is the istitutions has high degree of job satisfaction and work motivation and variation would not exist among the different group of teachers. Questionnaire having 18 factors to assess job satisfaction and work motivation and the score has been obtained on a 5 point scale. In order to make the interpretation easier the mean score was converted in percentage score. The result indicates that 9 items is good, 7 items is average and 2 items is poor score. Conclusively the score of job satisfaction and work motivation among teachers of higher education institutions is average/unsatisfactory (58.17%). Results show that the most important regions for low level of job satisfaction are because of poor or average responses of the teachers against certain factors. The factors which need special attention include chances to learn, working condition, performance appraisal, chances to use ability, promotion, fairness, fringe benefits, personnei relations, administrative decision etc. With regard to the satisfaction analysis and variation in the perception the finding reveals that there is an inverse correlation in certain factors among different cadres of teachers. Therefore, the hypothesis stands rejected.


The Privacy preserving routing is crucial in Mobile ad-hoc network for this require stronger privacy protection. An unobservable secure routing protocol provides complete unlinkability and content unobservability on Mobile Ad-hoc Network. An Unobservable Secure Routing Protocol also helpful to prevent wormhole attack on privacy protection that is based on group signature & public key encryption with multipath RREQ and their timestamp. This technique detect suspicious node with the network, trying to become isolate all suspicious node or any suspicious route, will not consider for transmission & traffic is transmitted via another shortest path.


We argue that 'topics' of topic models can be used as a useful proxy for frames if (1) frames are operationalized as connections between concepts; (2) theme-specific data are used; and (3) topics are validated in terms of frame analysis. Demonstrating this, we analyse 12 climate change frames used by NGOs, governments and experts in Indian and US media, gathered by topic modeling. We contribute methodologically to topic modeling in the social sciences and frame analysis of public debates, and empirically to research on climate change media debates.


Objectives: Anterior inferior tibiofibular ligament (AITFL), posterior inferior tibiofibular ligament (PITFL), and interosseous membrane (IOM) disruption is a predictive measure of residual symptoms after an ankle injury. Unstable syndesmotic injuries are typically treated surgically with cortical screw or suture button fixation. Previous studies have shown contradicting findings regarding the effects of partial syndesmotic injuries and different surgical fixation methods on tibiofibular kinematics. Thus, the objective of this study was to quantify tibiofibular joint motion with sequential disruption of the syndesmosis and with syndesmotic screw and suture button fixation compared to the intact ankle. Methods: Nine fresh-frozen human cadaveric specimens (mean age 60 yrs.; range 38-73 yrs.) were tested using a six degree-of-freedom robotic testing system. The subtalar joint was fused and the tibia and calcaneus were rigidly fixed to a robotic manipulator, while complete fibular length was maintained and fibular motion was unconstrained. A 5 Nm external rotation moment and 5 Nm inversion moment were independently applied to the ankle at 0°, 15°, and 30° plantarflexion and 10° dorsiflexion. Fibular motion with respect to the tibia was tracked by a 3D optical tracking system. Outcome variables included fibular medial-lateral (ML) translation, anterior-posterior (AP) translation, and external rotation (ER) in the following states: 1) intact ankle, 2) AITFL transected, 3) AITFL, PITFL, and IOM transected (complete injury), 4) 3.5 mm cannulated tricortical screw fixation, 5) suture button fixation. An ANOVA with a post-hoc Tukey analysis was performed for statistical analysis (*p < 0.05). Results: All significant differences in fibular motion between ankle states occurred during the inversion moment. An isolated AITFL injury caused significant increases in fibular posterior translation at 15° and 30° plantarflexion compared to the intact ankle. A complete syndesmotic injury caused significant increases in fibular posterior translation in all 4 ankle positions and in fibular ER at 0° flexion and 15° plantarflexion compared to the intact ankle. No significant differences were detected in fibular motion between an isolated AITFL injury and complete injury at any ankle positions. No significant differences existed between the tricortical screw fixation and the intact ankle. Significantly higher fibular posterior translation was observed with the suture button compared to the intact ankle at 0° flexion, 30° and 15° plantarflexion. (Figure 1) Conclusion: An isolated AITFL injury resulted in a significant increase in fibular posterior translation relative to the tibia, comparable to that a complete injury, especially in positions of plantarflexion. Current diagnostic protocols after injury focus on the evaluation of fibular ML translation. However, these findings show that it is important to also evaluate syndesmotic stability in the sagittal plane and at different ankle positions. Restoration of native tibiofibular kinematics is essential to prevent post-traumatic arthritis. Tricortical screw fixation was able to restore tibiofibular kinematics in all planes. However, suture button fixation was not able to restore tibiofibular AP translation, which suggests that physicians should critically evaluate fibular AP translation and individualize treatment of unstable ankle injuries when reconstructing the syndesmosis with suture button fixation. Figure 1. Posterior translation of the fibula relative to the tibia (mean ± standard deviation) during a 5Nm inversion moment at 0° flexion, 15° and 30° plantarflexion, and 10° dorsiflexion in different ankle states: intact ankle, isolated AITFL injury, complete injury, tricortical screw flixation using a 3.5mm screw, suture button fixation. *p < 0.05


SummaryGrowth and fruiting responses of four January-sown cucumber cultivars to two propagation temperatures (day 21°C, night 19°C and day 24°C, night 17°C), three levels of CO2 enrichment (400, 1000 and 1600 vpm) and three stages of post-planting night temperature reduction (0, 3 and 6 weeks after first harvest) were examined in a glasshouse experiment. Early (4-week) fruit yield and monetary returns were significantly increased when the higher day temperature treatment was combined with the 1600 vpm CO2. The early advantage was soon lost and after 20 weeks harvesting there were no differences between the propagation temperature treatments. After two weeks of CO2 treatment total dry weight of aerial parts, leaf area and stem length were increased by 88, 73 and 69% respectively when the CO2 level was raised from 400 to 1000 vpm. A further rise from 1000 to 1600 vpm produced no further increases indicating that 1000 vpm is probably near the optimum concentration for growth at the temperatures applied. In t...


"Autism is not limited to a single region or a country; it is a worldwide challenge that requires global action''- said Ban Ki-moon, the eighth Secretary-General of the United Nations. This book is all about the services for children with Autism in Bangladesh context.Autism is known as a neurodevelopmental disorder which emerges during the very first three years of the life causing stereotyping behavior and affects the child's ability to interact and communicate with others. The book is a snapshot that contains a very brief amount of information about how a child with autism is treated here .The book actually shows the real scenario of service delivery of its capital city Dhaka and the struggle which come with it.


For the calculation of flexible rafts, the rising structure is often not taken into account on the design with the exception of the load transfer location. Mostly, a uniform stress distribution is ...


BACKGROUND:
The aim of this study was to determine the effectiveness of three desensitizing agents 2% sodium fluoride, 1.23% acidulated phosphate fluoride and 10% propolis along with iontophoresis in reducing root dentin sensitivity immediately after application and postoperative 14 and 28 days after ultrasonic scaling.
MATERIALS & METHODS:
72 patients enrolled in this study. All participants received ultrasonic scaling followed by application of any one of the desensitizing agents along with iontophoresis. Root dentin sensitivity was evaluated using three different clinical parameters: tactile test (VAS) with pressure sensitive probe, air test (Schiff scale) with three way syringe and cold water test (VAS).
RESULTS:
All the three groups showed significant reduction of sensitivity (<0.01) immediately after application during baseline and 14th day. Postoperative 14th and 28th day showed significant reduction (<0.01) compared to the baseline. Intergroup comparison showed significant reduction (<0.05) in sodium fluoride when compared with acidulated phosphate fluoride and propolis for tactile test during postoperative 14th day before application. Similarly acidulated phosphate fluoride showed significant reduction (<0.05) than propolis for cold water test on the baseline after application.
CONCLUSION:
Root dentin sensitivity which occurs following ultrasonic scaling can be effectively managed with 2% sodium fluoride, 1.23% acidulated phosphate fluoride and 10% propolis along with iontophoresis.


Experimental results for imaging a model for targeted anti-cancer drug delivery to a tumor in a mouse using fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) and optical diffusion tomography (ODT) are presented.


In a previous edition of Experimental Physiology, an interesting study is presented exploring, for the first time at high resolution, the electrophysiological events along the posterior surface of the stomach (Du et al. 2016). Although all scientific publications in principle provide novel findings, the exploration of a relatively large and unknown area in the mammalian body is a relatively rare occurrence, possibly meriting closer attention. At first glance, the results presented by Du et al. (2016) were to be expected. In short, the major electrical event in the stomach, the slow wave, propagates as large waves from the orad area located close to the larger curvature, in large sweeping arcs along the corpus and the antrum, towards the pylorus, essentially demonstrating the same pattern as has been shown to occur along the ventral surface of the stomach. In that sense, this exploration resembles that performed many years ago by the Russian space probe Luna 3 that orbited, for the first time, the 'dark' unknown side of the moon (Yankovsky, 1960). Also in that exploration, essentially a similar type of topography was seen as present on the visible side of our satellite, although there were some local variations. A closer look at the results of Du et al. (2016) also points out some remarkable differences between the anterior and the posterior side of the stomach, which may indicate that a more complex behaviour is possible in the stomach than hitherto believed. First, as expected, abnormal propagation patterns may also occur in the posterior serosa, such as re-entry ('rotors'), ectopic foci, retrograde propagation, etc. Second, such abnormal propagation patterns along one side of the stomach may and do occur while relatively normal propagation occurs along the other side of the stomach. From a clinical point of view this could be crucial, as recordings from one side may not suffice in categorizing a stomach's behaviour. Finally, the authors quite rightly point out the fact that propagation across the greater curvature may induce complicated interactions from one side of the stomach to the other, which would enhance or prolong gastric dysrhythmias. But an even closer inspection of the results shows more interesting details. For example, in the propagation maps displayed in Fig. 1 of Du et al. (2016), in which simultaneous propagation patterns along both the anterior and the posterior side of the stomach are presented, as recorded in a normal dog, significant differences in propagation velocity can be seen, with slower propagation along the posterior surface than along the anterior surface (Fig. 1B of Du et al. 2016). This cannot be caused by slight misalignment of the two electrode arrays, because the interelectrode dimensions in both arrays were the same. Could this difference be caused by an ectopic location of the slow-wave pacemaker? Or is it explained by the fact that the posterior serosa, during the experiment, was pressing against the dorsal abdominal wall, in contrast to the anterior surface, which was facing the opened abdominal cavity? Similar significant variations in slow-wave propagation between the anterior and the posterior surfaces can be seen in all five animals (Fig. 2 of Du et al. 2016), but the reasons for these are not explored. Finally, another big unknown needs to be mentioned here which, owing to technical limitations, could not be addressed in this study; that is, the possibility of slow-wave propagation from one side of the stomach to the other, not along the major curvature but along the lesser curvature of the stomach. Such a hypothesis was formulated many years ago by Kelley & La Force (1972) and suggested again more recently (Lammers, 2015), forming a potential area of propagation that might also induce a new type of gastric arrhythmia, circumferential re-entry, as recently demonstrated for the first time in the porcine small intestine (Angeli et al. 2013). In summary, this first peek at the 'dark' side of the stomach is not a trivial expansion of a technology, high-resolution electrical mapping, a technique which has had a major impact on the study and treatment of cardiac pathology as recently well summarized by one of the pioneers in cardiac electrophysiology (Wit, 2015). This first look at the other side of the stomach, at this early stage, can offer but a tantalizing look at the spatial complexity of gastric electrophysiology and motility.


CONTAINER ARRIVALS FORECASTING: PRACTICE AND EXPERIENCE AT MARINE TERMINALS by Alexios C. Sideris The advent of the container traffic in maritime transportation has led during its 40-year long history to novel perceptions and operation planning requirements for the port container terminal. A major requirement in this respect refers to the efficiency of the operations in the container transfer between the different modes. The current study presents a methodology on the development of a forecasting tool to access the service demand patterns at a marine terminal on per day basis. A set of forecasting models was introduced and their implementation difficulties were explored. The main effort in this approach was to replicate the distribution of container arrivals/pick-ups before and after the scheduled voyage date of a vessel. A data-driven decision support system was developed to retrieve and to analyze the historic information captured at a major terminal of the U.S. East Coast for a period of 18-months. The evaluation of the current solution revealed a satisfactory fit of the forecasting model projections to the actually observed patterns. Due to the lack of a solid theoretical background, the approach is unfavorable to the use of applied statistical tests. In general the product should be seen as a management information system designed to assist the terminal activity planning and equipment management in conjunction with the coherent experience of the operating team. CONTAINER ARRIVALS FORECASTING: PRACTICE AND EXPERIENCE AT MARINE TERMINALS by Alexios C. Sideris A Thesis Submitted to the Faculty of New Jersey Institute of Technology in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Science in Transportation Transportation Committee Interdisciplinary Program in Transportation January 1999


B, ELIZABETH ELIASON A tiny 22 kal'at gold walch fob 1"'6 Dr. Fred D. Francis, Mslst· ant protessor in the college ot den· tlBtry, his inspiration tor the de· sign ot the 1930 Homecoming badge which will go on sale Wednesday, Nov. 12, at 7 a. m. The b&dge Is II. round pin one and three quarters Inches In diameter, with blaCk tlgul'es on an old gold background. A cow bell with an "1" on It, backed by a. football. Is lurrounded by the words "lowa Homecoming, Nov. 15, 1330." 'rhe price Is 10 cents. Dr. Francis entered the winning design In the annual contcdt In cttarge ot Ruth L. Wilkinson, In· structor at graphic and plastic arts, Ia.IIt spring. He Is the tlrst faculty member to win this contest. H e weare On his watch chain the small tob, about one inch In height, Which be hlmaelt designed and cast a lit· tie over a year ago. and which gave him his Idea for the badge dCHlgn. The tOb Is a cow bell ,vlth a raised "I" on each side. Dr. Francl" g,·ad· lIated from Iowa's college of den· tistry in 1924 and i8 now ns~lI,ll.lnt proto8.!lOr of Ilathology and thera· peutlcs. Three Sororities to Sell "A bUdge for every student and for every member of every fanuly In Iowa City," wll\ be the slogan 0( the three sororities selling pins. The names at the sOrol'llIes will be announced Nov. 9. "We wish to emphasize that the wearing at thIs badge gives pve)')'· one in IOWa City a.n opportunity to contribute to tho entertainment of tbe unlvereity's and city's gue~l~, and to have a part I n tho biggest celebration that Is held he"e dUI'lng the year," said Prof. Rudoll>h E . Kuever, chairman or the Homecom· Ing badge sales committee. PayS All EXllenSes All expenses incident to Ilume· coming will be paid tl'om the fund which results f!'Om the bads!' 8Il1e. ThOBe expenditures Includ the CU I'n monument, the \\'ashlngton .. ll·~"l arcb. general decorations Oll the campus, speCial floodlight", hulf Ol the decol'aL\ons put up by un)' or the schools on the campus, IlUrk· lng, specla.! poliCing, stunts. the parade, receptions, and a smoker Friday evening. A speoial project lhls yeur Is the preparation ot a portrait of \\'. O. ~'1nk.blne which will be V'l\"eiled Saturday morning In Iowa UnIOn, and Is being painted by Chal'les Atherton Cummlng_, fOrmer heau o( the art department here, Save 10 Per Cent The portrait Is bolng made I>O ~' alble through the tbrlftlness oC the flnanclaJ committee which IH\ .. ~ t~ell laving the surplus (rom the lIaagc lilIes ovor since It~ Incel>t\on seven fears ago. Thus evory »er8011 who I>aa bought a. badge since that time and everyone who buys one this year will have' contributed a small lum to this specIal project. "[ think It 18 a. very wonderfu I thing tbat every student and every alumnus who hlUl bought a badge during all these years bas helped 10 pay tor the portrait," sald Prof. F, C. Ensign. I 8aIe Only Four Da,ys Sale Of the badges will be car· rled on tor only four daYB this Year, Instead at nve a8 previous· Iy, because Armistice da.y Is on Tuesday, and both the business dl~· trIct and the university wl\l be clO8ed tor the day. The sale will begin Wednesday mOrning and con· tlnue until Saturday afternoon, 1II0v. 1~, when tile (Irst whistle starts tho Iowa·Penn State game. Hy mUl1nH Of an Intenelve camllalgn tho com· mlttee hopey to raille la.t year's record O! 22,608 to 26,000 ~alcs. The executive committee III charge Of Homecoming Is Protessol' En· Ilrn, Prot. Rollin M. Perkins of the COllege Of law, and Profe8sor Kuev· cr.


Background: A major contributor to disability after hemorrhagic stroke is secondary brain damage induced by the inflammatory response. Following stroke, global increases in numerous cytokines—many associated with worse outcomes—occur within the brain, cerebrospinal fluid, and peripheral blood. Extracellular vesicles (EVs) may traffic inflammatory cytokines from damaged tissue within the brain, as well as peripheral sources, across the blood–brain barrier, and they may be a critical component of post-stroke neuroinflammatory signaling. Methods: We performed a comprehensive analysis of cytokine concentrations bound to plasma EV surfaces and/or sequestered within the vesicles themselves. These concentrations were correlated to patient acute neurological condition by the Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) and to chronic, long-term outcome via the Glasgow Outcome Scale-Extended (GOS-E). Results: Pro-inflammatory cytokines detected from plasma EVs were correlated to worse outcomes in hemorrhagic stroke patients. Anti-inflammatory cytokines detected within EVs were still correlated to poor outcomes despite their putative neuroprotective properties. Inflammatory cytokines macrophage-derived chemokine (MDC/CCL2), colony stimulating factor 1 (CSF1), interleukin 7 (IL7), and monokine induced by gamma interferon (MIG/CXCL9) were significantly correlated to both negative GCS and GOS-E when bound to plasma EV membranes. Conclusions: These findings correlate plasma-derived EV cytokine content with detrimental outcomes after stroke, highlighting the potential for EVs to provide cytokines with a means of long-range delivery of inflammatory signals that perpetuate neuroinflammation after stroke, thus hindering recovery.


The incoherent scatter radar at Arecibo has been used to measure the 80- to 100-km wind system on two November and two April days. The wind system is shown to correspond most closely to the S1,1 mode diurnal tide. Dissipation effects were always important, and in the April data the tide was seen to 'break' at an altitude of 92 km and an amplitude of 60 m/s. The observed vertical wavelength was λz = 19.5 km; a Richardson number of 0.2, a 40°K temperature oscillation, and an upward energy flux of 4.2 × 10−4 W/m² were inferred.


Th e article mainly deals with mechanisms of direct democracy used under the state law of California. In the opening part, however, it explains the diff erences between the two main direct democracy devises: the initiative and referendum. It then provides overview of the basic rules of federal and state law on direct democracy pointing to the diff erences and lack of regulation on the direct democracy in the federal constitution. Th e article further follows with the introduction of the initiative and referendum legal grounds in California. To introduce the practical use of the direct democracy devices, the article uses the coverage of the Californian battle over the same-sex marriage under the propositions submitted to popular vote in this state together with the judicial decisions resulting from the battle. Th e article ends with the fi nal say given by the United States Supreme Court in the problematic question of the legality of same-gender marriages and fi nal conclusions on the state of direct democracy in California.


The author discusses the Concept of Multidimensional Skills (for education) presented in the Report of the World Bank Learning to realize education`s promise (2018), with particular emphasis on its first part - socio-emotional skills. Socio-emotional skills are the basic competences for learning, for getting to know oneself, for developing awareness of oneself and the social world, and for building social relationships. The author analyzes the learning process in various contexts.


A 64-year-old housewife presented with involuntary movements of the lips and tongue for one month. Recently her mood became more labile, tended to be worry and had frequent nightmares. She was in her usual health until one year ago when she had diabetes diagnosed and noticed mild jaw tremor after a traumatic experience involving a minor motorcycle accident. There were no family history of movement disorders and no history of taking psychiatric drugs, liver disease, severe head trauma, and neurological disorders such as stroke. General examination was unremarkable. Neurological examination revealed an intact mental status , but a decreased facial expression. There were continued irregularly rhythmic movements of the month and protruding of the tongue. There was mild jaw tremor. Speech was dysarthric. Bradykinesia and rigidity were absent. Gait was normal. Deep tendon reflexes were moderately increased. Plantar response was flexor. Sensations were intact. Figure. MRI T2-weighted images revealed a hypertense pontine lesion occupying mainly the basis pontis.


The aim of this study was to determine the additional radiation dose sustained by parts of the patients gastric mucosa when given I-131 therapy in capsular rather than liquid form, and thus to establish the safety of this procedure. 16 patients with benign thyroid disease were studied by measuring serum radioactivity at 0, 5, 10, 20, 40, and 80 min. after administration of the capsule (120-200 MBq I131). These serum uptake values were compared to the uptake after administration of a liquid diagnostic dose of I-131 (2 MBq). From the resulting uptake curves the delay due to capsular dissolution was determined. The average dissolution time was found to be 12 min. with a large standard deviation of 7 min. Also, a theoretical curve was computed to indicate the dose rate as a function of the distance from the surface of the capsule. Based on this information the maximum dose to the gastric mucosa is of the order of 250 cGy for a therapeutic activity of 185 MBq, which is the maximum dose which may be given as single application to outpatients in Switzerland. By having the patient swallow some liquid during the first ten minutes, the capsule can be mademore » to move around, and hence, the local radiation dose can be reduced substantially. The authors conclude, that I-131 in capsular form is a safe galenic form for therapeutic use in patients with thyroid disease. When large doses are given, administration of the dose in several capsules may be advisable.« less


The title compound, {[La2(C7H4NO4)2(C7H3NO4)2(H2O)4]·2H2O}n, was prepared by a hydrothermal reaction at 433 K. The asymmetric unit contains two LaIII ions. Each LaIII ion is nine-coordinated in a slightly distorted tricapped trigonal–prismatic coordination geometry, formed by two N atoms from 5-carboxypyridine-2-carboxylate (Hpydc) and pyridine-2,5-dicarboxylate (pydc) ligands, five O atoms from carboxylate groups of one Hpydc and four pydc ligands, and two water molecules. Adjacent LaIII ions are linked together through single bridging carboxylate O atoms and carboxylate groups in a syn–anti mode, forming a two-dimensional layered polymeric structure. Extensive O—H⋯O hydrogen bonding connects adjacent layers into an infinite three-dimensional supramolecular network structure. The crystal studied was an inversion twin.


This study aims: (1) To test organizational commitment has a positive and significant effect on turnover intention at PT Decorindo Inti Alam Wood South Kalimantan; (2) To test job satisfaction has a positive and significant effect on turnover intention at PT Decorindo Inti Alam Wood South Kalimantan; (3) To test organizational commitment and job satisfaction simultaneously affect turnover intention at PT Decorindo Inti Alam Wood, South Kalimantan. This research was conducted at PT Decorindo Inti Alam Wood, South Kalimantan. There were 78 respondents who were selected as samples using the Slovin formula and random sampling techniques. The research method uses survey methods and types of quantitative research. While the nature of this research includes explanatory research. The data collection method uses a questionnaire, while the data analysis technique uses multiple linear regression analysis, hypothesis testing and coefficient of determination using the IBM Version 24 SPSS program. The results of the study are: (1) Organizational commitment has a positive and significant effect on turnover intention at PT Decorindo Inti Alam Wood in South Kalimantan, as evidenced by the significance of 0,000 <0.05 so the first hypothesis (H1) is accepted; (2) Job satisfaction has a positive and significant effect on turnover intention at PT Decorindo Inti Alam Wood in South Kalimantan, as evidenced by the significance of 0,000 <0.05 so the second hypothesis (H2) is accepted; (3) Organizational commitment and job satisfaction have a simultaneous effect on turnover intention at PT Decorindo Inti Alam Wood in South Kalimantan, as evidenced by the significance of 0,000 <0.05 so the third hypothesis (H3) is accepted. Keywords: organizational commitment; job satisfaction; turnover intention.


The PZL-11: Construction and Re-constructions of How an Aeronautical Symbol is Remembered
The PZL-11 fighter plane, almost immediately after its creation in the early 30s of the 20th century, became recognized in Poland to be one of the greatest achievements of native technological know-how; evidence that in a very short period of time it had attained a world-class level. In September 1939, a little dated, it fought the Luftwaffe. After WW2 it was exploited by the historical politics of the ruling communist party: presented as evidence of the failure of the preceding capitalist system. Over time, however, it has become a symbol of persistent struggle against foreign aggression and of heroic resistance, becoming a significant element of Polish cultural heritage.


A micro static var compensator (µSVC) is introduced in this work to prevent the over-voltage problems in radial distribution networks with high number of rooftop photovoltaic (PV) connections. The µSVC is aimed to use in the PV system that has the fixed-power factor inverter, which cannot provide the active voltage controllability. The µSVC is a small shunt compensator installed parallel with the PV system and providing the automatic reactive power support to deal with the dynamic voltage variations at the point of common coupling. Two reactive power control methods, Q(P) and Q(V), can be employed into each µSVC depending on the location of PV systems. Moreover, the coordinated reactive power control among µSVCs, without communication system requirement, is presented for enhancing the Volt-Var controllability to the group of PV systems located in the same feeder. The dynamic voltage control performances are examined on simulation in DIgSILENT PowerFactory software. The results showed that the proposed control method can mitigate the rise of voltage level sufficiently.


Due to pneumothorax lesions in chest X-ray images show wide and complicated variation in size, shape, and location within lung regions that overlap with many other anatomic structures such as ribs and vessels, it is a challenge to develop a reliable computer-aided diagnosis systems (CADs) for automatic pneumothorax screening. To address this challenge, we propose a new two-stage deep learning strategy: local feature learning (LFL) followed by global multiple instance learning (GMIL). The GMIL stage intends to train a model that regards the given image as a set of patches and determines whether or not the image contains pneumothorax based on the patches. More specifically, the GMIL model first extracts the hierarchical feature map of a given image by using convolution layer, and takes the feature map of the last layer as a set of depth instances. Each instance is then provided to additional layers to produce its contribution to the final image level prediction. However, the GMIL model trained directly using the original image may still fail to learn highly discriminative features when large areas of non-lesion regions are contained in the image space and thus adversely affect performance. To resolve this problem, prior to the GMIL stage, another model with identical convolutional layers is first trained in the LFL stage using normal patches and pneumothorax-infected patches so that it can better learn the key distinguishing features by reducing most of the non-lesion regions in the X-ray image. The pre-trained convolutional weights are then utilized via transfer learning to enhance training of the GMIL model. Experiments carried on the benchmark ChestX-ray14 data set demonstrate that the proposed learning strategy can achieve the most advanced performance on accuracy, area under receiver operating characteristic curve (AUC), recall, specificity, and F1 scores of 94.4±0. 7%, 97.3±0.5%, 94.6±1.5%, 94.2±0.4% and 94.4±0.7%, separately. We demonstrate the importance and effectiveness of reducing most of the non-lesion regions in the images for learning more discriminative features. The results show that our proposed CAD system is an effective auxiliary tool for screening pneumothorax.


Video Partitioning serves as the preliminary step to structure the content of videos and is the basis of Content-based Video Retrieval. This paper presents a shot detection scheme combining color and motion features of videos. It first extracts the color and motion information from the compressed domain videos, then detects cut transitions and gradual transitions separately incorporating color features with motion ones. The experiment demonstrats real time performance with high accuracy.


Among non-destructive characterization techniques able to probe the properties of bulk polycrystals, High Energy Diffraction Microscopy (HEDM) has become the method of choice for researchers seeking spatial resolution of grain orientations and strain states. From HEDM data collected in the near field, the forward modeling method (FMM) of reconstruction is capable of producing micro-scale resolution of the orientation field, despite complex grain morphologies and significant plastic strains. In this thesis, the accuracy of the FMM reconstruction is examined through direct comparison with an Electron Backscatter Diffraction (EBSD) measurement of a pure gold specimen. The sensitivity of the FMM reconstruction to its inputs is probed through a series of simulations. Given raw diffraction data collected under optimum experimental conditions, spatial resolution is found to be accurate to within intrinsic limits set by the experimental equipment. Resolution of reconstructed crystallographic orientations is found to be < 0.05◦. Input parameters most likely to cause reconstruction errors are identified, and a novel method is proposed to determine proper values for experimental inputs. Two case studies are also presented.


Nonsmooth analysis has provided important new mathematical tools for the study of problems in optimization and other areas of analysis [1, 2, 6-12, 28]. The basic building blocks of this subject are local approximations to sets called tangent cones. Definition 1.1. Let E be a real, locally convex, Hausdorff topological vector space (abbreviated l.c.s.). A tangent cone (on E) is a mapping A:2 E × E → 2 E such that A(C, x) is a (possibly empty) cone for all nonempty C in 2 E and x in E. In the sequel, we will say that a tangent cone has a certain property (e.g. "A is closed" or "A is convex") if A(C, x) has that property for all non-empty sets C and all x in C. (If A(C, x) is empty, it will be counted as having the property trivially.)


Introduction Catalogue of tablets Index of personal names Index of place names Index of deities Index of professions Copies of the tablets Photographs showing selected dockets


The procedure and special conditions for the thermal performance test at the UCH combined cycle power plant of pakistan are presented together with some international advanced experience.


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Good customer relationships are more critical than ever to business strategy and success. As such, the maxim "the customer is always right" is valued by managers who understand the benefi ts of acquiring and retaining quality customers. But how do these managers get it right when it comes to making important, tactical decisions about their customers? That was the general question that Johannes Bauer (University of St. Gallen), Philipp Schmitt (Goethe University Frankfurt), and their New York University colleagues Vicki Morwitz and Russell Winer, set out to answer in their investigation of the decision-making behaviors of sales managers. The team acknowledged that companies are fi ne-tuning their efforts to collect and process massive amounts of customer data aimed at increasing the lifetime value of individual customers to their fi rms and maximizing the overall asset value of their customers, yet they asserted that there is still much to learn about how managers actually make decisions about customers, particularly the steps involved and the factors that shape their decision making. Their study was guided by the concept of bounded rationality—the idea that individuals make decisions based on a limited amount of information about the task at hand, using their own limited mental capabilities, and according to the environmental constraints in which the task is undertaken (Simon, 1955). Bauer and his colleagues surmised that managers typically rely on their experience, tend to be over confi dent, and employ rule-of-thumb approaches that may result in a faster, acceptable decision. However, this may come at the expense of decision accuracy while foregoing optimal returns on the resources invested in the task. Bauer and his colleagues compared two approaches to decision making that illuminate bounded rationality: (a) adaptive decision making, which suggests that managers would respond differently and fl exibly to a task depending on the variables in the environment in which the decision is being made (Payne et al., 1993); and (b) fast and frugal decision making, where the managers would prefer a tested, simplifi ed mental calculus based on a limited set of information about the issues at hand (Gigerenzer & Goldstein, 1996).


Not too many people use Historicism as a theory in their research. The use of the Historicism approach aims to identify historical events. The source of the data used in this research is a short story entitled Yasima Ingin Jadi Juru Masak Nippon by a writer named Edy Firmansyah. The research method used in this research is a qualitative method. The results and discussion found that the short story of Yasima Ingin Jadi Juru Masak Nippon by a writer named Edy Firmansyah has historical values, most of the parts focus on the wars that occurred in the past when the Madurese people fought against the Dutch and Japanese colonizers. Thus, the researcher hopes that this research can be used as research material by future researchers.


We investigated using Internet-based procedures to convert information from a large handwritten archive of ethnographic survey data into a computer addressable database. Rather than manually transcribe the archive's estimated 23,000 pages of handwritten data, we sought to develop novel approaches that used crowdsourced designs for transcribing the handwritten data, and then to use an innovative variation of Cultural Consensus Analysis (CCT) to objectively aggregate crowdsourced responses based on a formal process model of shared knowledge. Study 1 used a simulated internet-based task conducted on human subject pool participants in a campus laboratory. Study 2 used the same designs with the exception that they were implemented on an internet-based research platform (i.e., Amazon Mechanical Turk) and participants anonymously volunteered and completed the tasks outside the university laboratory setting. Results from these investigations shed light on a several of research uncertainties concerning the viability of CCT analyses of crowdsourced transcription data. For example, they clarify (1) whether crowdsourced tasks are practical as a method for automating the transcription of the archive's handwritten material, (2) whether responses from perceptuallybased tasks inherent to transcribing handwritten documents can be analyzed with CCT, and (3) if CCT analyses are extendable and appropriate as a model of the transcription challenge, was it then found that the output of CCT analyses produced accurate answer-key estimates that could serve as correct transcriptions of the archive's data. Our results address these issues and convey how CCT modeling and analyses can be modified and made appropriate for aggregating these data. Implications of these analyses and uses of CCT in large-scale crowdsourced data collection platforms are discussed. ∗Email: email@example.com


Life, Lord Teignmouth discussions chronology of the Hindus - tales and fables, Nizami papers on Indian botany - Persian grammar poeseos asiaticae commentaria charges 1783-92 ordinances of menu - Mahommedan law of inheritance and of bailments speeches of Isacus - Sacontala poems - Moallakat, lettre a M. Anquetil du Perron histoire de Nader Shah - traite sur la poesie orientale, dissertation sur la litterature orientale, introduction to the life of Nader Shah hitopadesa of Vishnusarman - hymns to Pracriti etc, extracts from the Vedas.


A combined system of vertical anaerobic baffled reactor(VABR)system coupled with sequencing batch reactor(SBR)was established for treatment of nucleotide production wastewater.Results showed that when VABR operated at(37±2)℃,hydraulic retention time(HRT)of 24 hand COD volume loading of 13.4 kg/(m3·d),VABR achieved perfect treatment performance with COD removal rate reached more than 85%.The anaerobic microbes in VABR presented strong adaptive capability to nucleotide production wastewater.The aerobic activated sludge in SBR was adaptable to low concentration wastewater during the initial operating process,the COD removal rate was more than 80% with effluent COD maintained lower than 200mg/L.Considering the high colority and high Cl-concentration of anaerobic effluent,the advanced treatment processes was suggested to follow the VABRSBR process so as to achieve the standard discharge.


This is a stand alone activity that has the students design a wrist watch for a ficticious young adult that is both blind and def.  This project is designed to assist students in understanding that there are a prescribed series of steps in the engineering design process and to help them gain a working knowledge of the designprocess as it applies to biomedical engineering.


Objective: To investigate the influence of tranilast on cell cycle modulatory factors and proliferation response of vascular smooth muscle cells after balloon angioplasty.Methods: Thirty SD rats were randomly divided into three groups as sham operation group,operation group(28 d) and tranilast group(28 d).Baloon-induced endothelium denudation at thoracic aortae were performed in both the operation group and tranilast group.Drugs were administered by gavage.Aortic tissue were harvested at day 28 after injury.Results: ① Neointima formation was apparent in the arteries from the operation group and was reduced much more in the tranilast group(P0.01),while no neointima formation was seen in the sham operation group.② Immunohistochemistry staining revealed that P27 protein expressions were weak in the the neointima of the operation group and and were significantly increased by tranilast.In the operation group,the neointima PCNA was strongly expressed,while the expression became week in the tranilast group(P0.01).③ Flow cytometry show that in the operation group,the percentage of S phase of smooth muscle cells was high but declined in the tranilast group.Conclusion: Tranilast surpressed neointima forming after artery injury through up-regulation of P27,suggesting that tranilast are useful in treating vascular proliferate diseases such as atherosclerosis and post-PTCA restenosis.


The construction of moral decision within a socially ambiguous situation is not exclusive to Andersen's emperor, but rather is shared by many early childhood educators as powerful decision makers within the day care center. Based on Andersen's perceptive analysis, this paper suggests a cognitive model (Argyris and Schon 1974, Schon 1983) which explains the gap between these decision makers' hypothetical and actual moral knowledge (Damon 1980).


To investigate the value of changes in P wave morphology and duration detected by surface electrocardiogram (ECG) during proximal coronary sinus (PCS) and low lateral right atrial (LLRA) stimulation as a marker for complete bidirectional isthmus conduction block in the procedure of typical atrial flutter ablation.


The aim of the present study was to detect the sperm characteristics variations among different buffalo bulls in each stage of cryopreservation and study the correlation between those parameters and the conception rate. This study was carried out on four healthy buffalo bulls. Semen was collected weekly and tris-based extender was used for dilution of semen. Semen was subjected to freezing and evaluated for visual motility, plasma membrane integrity, live sperm and morphology, acrosomal integrity, assessment of capacitation and DNA fragmentation. Results revealed loss of a percentage of semen quality due to freezing-thawing process. Also, the present study revealed a significant variation in semen of bulls after freezing thawing process. In addition, non significant correlations between semen parameters and conception rate were recorded.


Angular distributions of Fe K X-rays from pure iron and Fe-Al alloy up to 45° were obtained by the method of the angular distribution measurement. The f(χ)-curves obtained for pure Fe and Fe-Al alloy targets show distinct difference between them. And it is found that there is remarkable discrepancy between experimental f(χ)-curves and calculated ones by Philibert equation for the alloy specimen of larger Al-content.


This paper studies the sedimentary facies types of sandstone reservoir in the Miocene Zhujiang Formation in Huizhou depression in Zhujiangkou basin.Based on the analyses of the core description,the petrology characteristic and section structure and taking Well HZ25-3-2 as a representative,the authors divide the sedimentary systems into two types,that is,the marine facies fluvial-dominated delta and continental shelf,discuss the essential features of the tow sedimentary systems,and then further recognize two delta sedimentary evolution sequence,that is,the continuous progradational and retrograding types.On this basis,the marine facies fluvial-dominated delta sedimentary pattern of the Zhujiang Formation is constructed and the submerged distributary river course microfacies,debouch bar microfacies and frontal sheet sand microfacies are considered as the most favorable facies belts for sandstone reservoir distribution and development.


In the title compound, C21H19BrO2, the dihedral angles between the central benzene ring and the two peripheral rings are 50.28 (5) and 69.75 (2)°. The O—CH2 bonds lie in the plane of the central ring and adopt a syn–anti conformation.


A circular ring is often used in the engineering. There are many applications in the tunnels, subways, and down hole. The purpose of this paper is to obtain the theoretical and numerical solution of the deflection of the circular ring under action of a concentrated force. Adopting the method of numerical analysis and Castigliano's theory, the max deflection and the 4th equivalent stress of ring are developed. The results of the research indicate that the deflection of ring is the linear function of the concentrated force which is in accord with the elasticity body assumptions, that is Hook's law. The theoretical solution of the deflection of ring is almost the same as the numerical one of the ring. So it is feasible that the numerical model of the ring is used to analyze the deflection of the eccentric ring.


Persistent hyperglycaemia is the hallmark of diabetes and is accountable for the devastating complications, which cause high morbidity and mortality. Conventional anti-diabetic agents are only palliative and characterised with limited efficacy, adverse effects, high costs, inaccessibility, prompting the need for better alternatives. Therefore, we investigated the in vivo hypoglycaemic activities, elemental composition, and qualitative phytochemistry of the aqueous leaf extracts of P. zanzibarica and O. europaea subspecies africana as potential sources of affordable, safer, accessible, and potent anti-diabetic therapies. In vivo hypoglycaemic activities of the studied plant extracts were evaluated at three dose levels of 50, 100, and 150 mg/Kg body weight (bw) in Alloxan-induced hyperglycaemic Swiss albino mice. The elemental composition of the plant extracts was analysed using the energy dispersive x-ray fluorescence spectroscopy (EDXRF System) and the atomic absorption spectrometry (AAS). Qualitative phytochemical screening was done following standard procedures. In this study, the aqueous leaf extract of P. zanzibarica, significantly (p<0.05) reduced alloxan-induced hyperglycaemia in mice from 163.26±2.24 mg/dL (at 0h) to 52.12±1.16 mg/dL (at the 4th h) at a dose of 50 mg/Kg body weight, 166.98±1.56 mg/dL (at 0h) to 48.90±1.40 mg/dL (at 4th h) at a dose of 100 mg/Kg body weight, and 168.64±2.96 mg/dL (at 0h) to 42.46±1.80 mg/dL (at 4th h) at a dose of 150 mg/Kg body weight, respectively. Similarly, the aqueous leaf extract of O. europaea subspecies africana significantly (p<0.05) reduced hyperglycaemia from 165.74±3.66 mg/dL (at 0h) to 65.26±1.46 mg/dL (at the 4th h) at a dose of 50 mg/Kg body weight, 158.14±3.49 mg/dL (at 0h) to 53.68±1.48 mg/dL (at the 4th h) at a dose of 100 mg/Kg body weight, and from 161.66±2.19 mg/dL (at 0h) to 44.48±1.35 mg/dL (at the 4th h) at a dose of 150 mg/Kg body weight, respectively Furthermore, the extracts contained chromium (Cr), zinc (Zn), magnesium (Mg), among other elements, and phytochemicals like phenols, flavonoids, and alkaloids, among others. Generally, the studied plant extracts exhibited significant hypoglycaemic efficacy in alloxan-induced hyperglycaemic mice, indicating their antidiabetic potential, and possess pharmacologically active phytochemicals and valuable minerals.


This paper reviews certain legal aspects of automatic and autonomous financial transactions. International approaches to regulation of key areas of digitalization in the financial sector, such as virtual banking, algorithmic trading of financial instruments and the introduction of artificial intelligence systems, are considered.


1. The power converter control system comprising: a primary bridge controller configured to actuate the first plurality of gate drivers that switch the first plurality of power cells in the primary bridge power converter; a controller secondary bridge controller separate from the primary bridge and configured to actuate the second plurality of gate drivers that switch the second plurality of power cells in the secondary bridge circuit preobrazovatelya.2. A system according to claim 1, wherein the secondary bridge controller is configured to actuate the second plurality of gate drivers on the basis of direct measurement of the AC voltage in the primary mostu.3. The system of claim 1, wherein the secondary bridge controller is configured to actuate the second plurality of gate drivers in response to the signal transmitted by the primary controller mosta.4. A system according to claim 3, wherein the transmitted signal is a sawtooth oscillation formy.5. A system according to claim 1, wherein the secondary bridge controller is configured to actuate the second plurality of gate drivers based on a local estimate of the AC voltage in the primary mostu.6. A system according to claim 5, wherein the local estimate is evaluated form kolebaniy.7. The system of claim 5, wherein the local estimation is based on a predetermined ratio of the local DC voltage with an AC voltage in the primary bridge based on local switching signalov.8. The system of claim 5, wherein the local estimate is locally generated with


NOT EvERY parent is aware how symbolic are the values of the young child . The child wants this teddy-bear but not that doll, prefers the merry-goround to the boat ride and demands a lemon-stick instead of licorice-and it should be clear how little any of these objects or experiences possess of what the adult would call "intrinsic value ." The intensity of the child's wish is as though the choice were between gold and lead-or even between life and death, yet an analysis of the choice shows that nothing so "objective" is involved . But this does not mean that the choice is simply spiteful or capricious . The highly "rational" parent may view the choice as such, however, and will be further appalled to find that the reasons which the child gives, upon demand, seem absurd. But the child shows that he really means it when he says he wants X instead of Y and the sensitive adult may get enough alarmed either to gratify or appease the child, hoping, by this concession to "irrationality," that he can still eventually make the child a "sensible" human being like himself . It seems in such cases that the child has meaningful reactions yet is unable to communicate his meaning even to the grown-ups who love him most . The psychologist, on the other hand, will make more of an attempt to infer the meaning of the child's values . He will point out that getting pop-corn and avoiding root-beer have nothing whatever to do with the socially established values of pop-corn and root-beer, but that, for some cause of previous association or identification, pop-corn may signify security, love, or attention while rootbeer may mean rejection, reluctance, or indifference. Of course these abstract psychological words are for the parent's benefit and would not designate anything to the child . Pop-corn, for the child, may only remind him of the day he went to Playland with Daddy-who ignores him so much of the time. Even the psychologist, without an intimate knowledge of the child's history, would be at a loss to determine the specific importance which the child gives to pop-corn . But it would still seem that pop-corn, originally provided by Daddy at Playland, has become a symbolic instrument for recapturing the experiences of excite-


The French reading is an important part of the teaching of French,and reading skills are a skill that students must master.The article starts from the situation of the teaching of French reading,analyzes the problems of the teaching of French reading and hopes to find the methods to improve students' reading ability.


The dominant view among critics of today's financial economy is that, at one point in its long history, capitalism took the wrong turn, falling victim to greed and corruption. This view is fundamentally flawed. The elementary but disavowed reason for the current dominance of the financial sector is that the social narrative based on labour exploitation has grown impotent. The law of value is artificially kept alive in spite of its vanishing. But how long can such delusion last?


The concept of "Yin fire" was first brought forth in Pi Wei Lun by Li Dongyuan,further elaborated in Yi Fang Fa Hui.This paper discusses the concept in the Ming dynasty and argues that "Yin fire" relates to Yuan qi.


Objective: To screen for the potential protein biomarkers in serum for the diagnosis of lung adenocarcinoma using proteomic fingerprint technology. Methods: Proteomic fingerprint technology combining magnetic beads (SED) with Matrixassisted laser desorption/ionization time-offlight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS) was used to profile and compare the serum proteins from 138 patients with lung adenocarcinoma and 120 healthy blood donors. Results: A total of 38 discriminating m/z peaks were identified that were related to lung adenocarcinoma (P<0.01). Four differently expressed potential biomarkers were identified with the relative molecular weights of 11644.1Da, 6298.7Da, 5840.4Da, and 3975.2Da, respectively. Among them 2 proteins with m/z 6298.7Da, 3975.2Da decreased, and 2 proteins with m/z 5840.4Da, 11644.1Da increased in lung adenocarcinoma. This diagnostic model can distinguish lung adenocarcinoma from healthy controls with a sensitivity of 92.85% and a specificity of 91.25%. Conclusions: Biomarkers for lung adenocarcinoma could be discovered in serum by MALDI-TOF-MS combining the use of SED.


An ultrasensitive refractive index sensor based on cascaded tilted fiber Bragg grating (CTFBG) is proposed and simulated. On the basis of TFBG theory, CTFBG is theoretically deduced by the transmission matrix method. The spectral characteristics of CTFBG under different surrounding refractive indexes are simulated and analyzed. The results show that the small changes of surrounding refractive index has little effect on the core mode, but has great influence on the cladding mode. The high-order cladding mode near 1557.67nm is extremely sensitive to the surrounding refractive index, and when the surrounding refractive index increases from 1.44322 to 1.44330, the sensitivity of CTFBG refractive index sensor is 9.39×105 dB/RIU, which is nearly double that of TFBG.


This study aims to develop social science supplement book products based on local wisdom in Singkawang City for grade IV elementary schools to assist learning activities in the Independent Curriculum. This research and development (RnD) adopted the Borg & Gall model. Data were obtained from 22 fourth-grade students of State Elementary School 15 Singkawang, 1 class teacher, and 3 validators consisting of 1 material, design, and language expert. The data collection method used interviews and questionnaires. The results showed that the development of social science supplement books based on local wisdom in Singkawang City had gone through 7 out of 10 steps. The validity of the developed product obtained very good criteria with an average percentage value of 95% on the material aspect, 95% on the design aspect, and 97.2% on the language aspect. The results of the teacher's response showed very good criteria with an average percentage value of 91.67%. The results of student responses in the first trial showed an average percentage value of 96% with very feasible criteria, and the second trial had an average percentage value of 90.9% with very feasible criteria.


Describes the different varieties of clover, hay grasses, and regular grasses that are found in and best suited to meadow lands in the northeastern and midwestern United States; also explains methods of seeding and fertilizing.


Today, as a result of economic growth; The increase in technological developments, industrialization and population ratio brought environmental problems with it. With the increase in environmental problems, environmental awareness and the importance of the environment have improved. With the increase in environmental awareness, important developments have occurred in environmental costs and environmental accounting. At this point, businesses have had to integrate environmental accounting into their accounting systems, either voluntarily or compulsorily. Environmental accounting can be defined as the whole of the activities of determining, collecting, analyzing and reporting environmental cost information to relevant persons. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the impact of environmental accounting approaches of businesses on the overall performance of businesses. In addition, it is intended to determine the activities of the businesses being within the scope of the research on environmental issues. For this purpose, a study was carried out on businesses at Beylikduzu Organized Industrial Zone. Multiple linear regression analysis was conducted for evaluating the relationship between the environmental accounting approaches of businesses, and the overall performance of businesses. In the analysis, the sub-dimensions of environmental accounting were addressed as independent variables, and business performance was addressed as dependent variable. The data, obtained by random sampling method, was analyzed in the SPSS 20 software package. As the result of the study, it was determined that there is a mutually significant relationship between environmental accounting, and performance. However, the environmental accounting approaches of the companies covered by the study were found to be at low level.


Wireless networks, in the fifth-generation and beyond, must support diverse network applications which will support the numerous and demanding connections of today's and tomorrow's devices. Requirements such as high data rates, low latencies, and reliability are crucial considerations and artificial intelligence is incorporated to achieve these requirements for a large number of connected devices. Specifically, intelligent methods and frameworks for advanced analysis are employed by the 5G Core Network Data Analytics Function (NWDAF) to detect patterns and ascribe detailed action information to accommodate end users and improve network performance. To this end, the work presented in this paper incorporates a functional NWDAF into a 5G network developed using open source software. Furthermore, an analysis of the network data collected by the NWDAF and the valuable insights which can be drawn from it have been presented with detailed Network Function interactions. An example application of such insights used for intelligent network management is outlined. Finally, the expected limitations of 5G networks are discussed as motivation for the development of 6G networks.


Penile cutaneous horn is a horn like hyper-keratotic lesion over penis which is an unusual site and a rare case. We report a case of cutaneous horn of penis in age of 20 years which is also a rare presentation in this age group.


Palladium nanoparticles (PdNPs) were synthesised and fully characterised, both in solution and the solid state, using naturally-occurring cinchona-based alkaloids in neat glycerol. These nano-systems were stable under reaction conditions, finding applications in hydrogenation and hydrodehalogenation processes, as a result of their surface-like behaviour. Their reactivity was improved in relation to that involving PdNPs stabilised by phosphines and also by Pd/C as a heterogenous catalyst, mainly in terms of recyclability. In particular, the colloidal palladium catalyst stabilised by quinidine was highly efficient to promote the hydrodechlorination of aromatic compounds under low dihydrogen pressure. These original catalysts found applications in the synthesis of secondary and tertiary amines including N-substituted anilines, by means of one-pot tandem Pd-catalysed methodologies under smooth conditions. In all of these processes, glycerol performed a crucial function as a liquid support for the immobilisation of nanoparticle-based catalysts, allowing both the stabilisation of the nano-catalysts and easy recycling of the catalytic phase.


A battery unit comprising an electric energy reservoir having positive and negative voltage supply terminals, three or more electric contact pads on an outer surface of the battery unit, and a dynamically configurable connection unit for electrically connecting each of said positive and negative voltage supply terminals to any one or more of said electric contact pads, wherein electric energy can be drawn from the electric energy reservoir via selectively different combinations of electric contact pads.


The effects of varying air/fuel ratios on the performance of two Parker Hannifin atomizers were studied. Slurry flow rates were varied from 200 to 400 to 600 lb/hr and the air/fuel ratio varied from 0.3 to 1.2. Malvern measurements were made at a location five inches downstream from the atomizer tip. These studies showed that obscuration increased with increasing air/fuel ratio. Above an air/fuel ratio of 0.6, there was little change in obscuration, D/sub 32/ or weight distribution, indicating that additional atomizing air has little effect. Significant differences in weight distributions and in mean and median diameters were obtained depending on whether Rosin Rammler or Model Independent data fitting routines were used. It was only appropriate to use the Rosin Rammler program to fit the data at high air/fuel ratios. At low air/fuel ratios, the bulk of the spray distribution occurred in the upper size bands. The Model Independent program was required to fit the data. We recommend that the user scan the range of conditions to be studied using the Model Independent program. For cases where the sample weight is concentrated in the center of the Malvern's size bands, Rosin Rammler may be appropriate. It is not appropriate tomore » use the Rosin Rammler program in the initial scan of the conditions since it forces the data to fit a monomodal distribution. 21 refs., 28 figs., 5 tabs.« less


A holothurian internal organ processing method is provided. The method includes steps of workshop disinfection, workshop temperature control, seawater filtration, physical smashing, autolytic-enzyme autolysis activated by ultraviolet irradiation, centrifugation, supernatant condensation, concentrate alcohol precipitation to remove salts, precipitate biological enzymolysis, vacuum freeze drying of an enzymatic hydrolysate, and the like to prepare low-molecule high-activity holothurian peptide powder. The method is suitable for large-scale industrial production. The prepared finished product is free of harmful solvent residue, high in water dissolution speed, high in protein content and good in stomach and intestine absorption, and can be widely used in the fields of food production and healthcare product production.


A novel concept of mechanical amplification using buckled beam suspensions and packaging has been demonstrated in capacitive strain sensor design for improved sensitivity. However, the mechanical gain structure introduces a nonlinear characteristic, which degrades the device's linearity. A 6% nonlinearity was observed at 1000 micro-strain. Therefore, further research efforts are required for improvements. This paper presents an in-depth study of the buckled beams characteristics on nonlinearity analytically and by FEA. The accuracy of the modeling is verified by the measurements. The analysis results show the tradeoff between mechanical gain and linearity, and can be improved by device geometrical optimization. Furthermore, the accuracy of the modeling results in predictable device characteristics, allowing the development of a 2nd order nonlinear electronic compensation method to achieve an overall system performance. Simulation results show that, by applying this technique, the overall system nonlinearity can be greatly reduced from 6% FS to 0.2% FS


Total numbers of 1017 healthy primigravida were screened for Hb-varinats (HPLC) and body iron status (serum ferritin assay). 10.13% of screened women (103 out of 1017) presented with globin gene mutations. High iron status was found in 3.5% all cases. All these cases were related to globin gene disorders. High proportion of iron overload denies the justification of universal iron supplementation during pregnancy. Iron status should be assessed before therapy particularly for cases with Hb-variants. Further detailed studies should be undertaken for verification of findings of this pioneering work.


This paper explores the practices used to facilitate knowledge transfer in collaborative research project between academics and industry. What are the barriers to knowledge transfer in University-Industry (U-I) research collaboration and what are practices to overcome these barriers, as represented in literature? The most important barriers to knowledge transfer we find are: ambiguity, lack of absorptive capacity, and cultural differences. Trust and tie strength between individuals from both organizations are the most influential facilitators of knowledge transfer between university and industry Literature on the practice of knowledge transfer between university and industry is scarce. By reviewing research on the management and practices of U-I research collaboration in general we could deduce practices that can help to overcome the barriers. The most important findings are: Active negotiation of the meaning of research results seems to be needed to overcome ambiguity. The practices mentioned to overcome absorptive capacity mainly look at the role of the researcher, and do not discuss the responsibility of the company. Cultural differences only obstruct knowledge transfer in specific cases. Collaborative research is hardly ever based on legal contracts. And frequent personal contact is more important for the collaboration than extensive progress reports. The paper concludes with some leads and open questions for future research on the management of knowledge transfer.


In order to content the urge requirement of safety inspecting in broadcasting and overcome the defects of not promptly and validly handling unexpected states, an intelligent broadcasting monitor with high value and technical level is designed, which combines embedded system,audio digital processing and signal processing technology together. The monitor can not only satisfy the requirement of safety inspecting in broadcasting,but also ensure the continuity of broadcasting and improve broadcasting quality.


Purpose:The aim of this study was to evaluate the changes of NK and T lymphocyte with gastric cancer and before and after operation.Methods:T lympho cyte subsets and NK cell activity of 36 cases of gastric cancer and 30 cases of normal subjects were measured by monoclonal anti human T lymphocyte antibody and MTT assay before and after operation.Results:It was found that before operation the CD3(+),CD4(+) cell and ratio of CD4(+)/CD8(+) were significantly decreased and CD8(+) cell was increased and NK activity decreased with gastric cancer as compared to control group ( P 0 01). But cell immune function gradually recovered 20 days later. all were significant before and after operation except for CD4(+) ( P 0 05). Conclusions:Cell immune function in patients with cancer were related to tumor progress and T lymphocyte subsets and NK cell activity could be used as important monitoring indicators.


Consider an undirected and connected graph G = ( V G , E G ) , where V G and E G represent the set of vertices and the set of edges respectively. The concept of edge version of metric dimension and doubly resolving sets is based on the distances of edges in a graph. In this paper, we find the edge version of metric dimension and doubly resolving sets for the necklace graph.


This paper analyses energy efficiency in the Mexican cement industry by studying disaggregated data at the plant and production unit level. A short-run production function is examined to look at the substitution possibilities between labour and energy with given equipment, but these are found to be limited (as expected). Instead, reduction of energy use per unit of output is mainly due to capital embodied technical progress: the most important improvements in plant efficiency are related to investments in new pieces of specific equipment. Average energy intensity of the branch as a whole is, therefore, mainly explained by capacity expansion. Finally, the importance of factor prices and the relevance of our results to other industries are discussed.


This Operability Test Procedure (OTP) provides instructions for testing operability of the Inert Atmosphere Confinement (IAC). The Inert Atmosphere Confinement was designed and built for opening cans of metal items that might have hydrided surfaces. Unreviewed Safety Question (USQ) PFP-97-005 addresses the discovery of suspected plutonium hydride forming on plutonium metal currently stored in the Plutonium Finishing Plant vaults. Plutonium hydride reacts quickly with air, liberating energy. The Inert Atmosphere Confinement was designed to prevent this sudden liberation of energy by opening the material in an inert argon atmosphere instead of the normal glovebox atmosphere. The IAC is located in glovebox HC-21A, room 230B of the 234-5Z Building at the Plutonium Finishing Plant (PFP) in the 200-West Area of the Hanford Site.


Hydrophilic interaction chromatography (HILIC) is a useful technique for the retention of polar analytes that offers a difference in selectivity compared to traditional reversed-phase chromatography. This paper examines the use of a silica column for HILIC, including mechanistic studies of analyte retention on silica in aqueous-organic mobile phases. The authors compare a silica column and C18 column to demonstrate the increased sensitivity of using HILIC with electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (ESI-MS). They also report a quantitative LC-MS method for the analysis of acetylcholine, choline, and choline-trimethyl-d 9 , and describe a simplified solid-phase extraction (SPE) procedure that allows the direct injection of extracted organic fractions from SPE devices onto a silica column.


SINCE the advent of analytic factor transformation techniques, several orthogonal methods have been proposed. With the exception of SchSnemann's (1966) varisim procedure (which yields E O ~ U tions very similar to those obtained with varimax), the more prominent orthogonal methods-quartimax, varimax, and Saunders's (1962) equamax-involve maximization of criterion functions which may be easily seen as special cases of a more general "orthomax" criterion (see Saunders, 1962; Harris and Kaiser, 1964; Hakstian, 1969) of the form:


In a real-time database system RTDBS, transactions have to be completed before their deadlines and all the accessed temporal data objects have to be valid. Besides meeting these timing constraints, a RTDBS needs to observe data consistency constraints as well 44. Diierent transactions scheduling algorithms and concurrency control protocols have been proposed to satisfy these constraints 44. The problems become more complicated in a distributed real-time database system DRTDSB where a database is partitioned into a number of smaller local databases residing at diierent sites. The communication network, which i s an essential component i n a D R TDBS, is another important performance issue. The rapid growth of mobile computing technology 1, 2 provides a new, alternative platform for distributed real-time database applications. With increasing uses of portable and mobile computers, mobile real-time database applications become more and more popular. We call the new systems as mobile distributed real-time database systems MDRTDBS. Processing time-constrained transactions in MDRTDBS is a very new area and a lot of design issues still remain unresolved. The predictability o f a M D R TDBS is aaected by a n umber of factors such a s concurrency control, priority s c heduling, commitment and mobile wireless communication. In a mobile environment, the behavior of the underlying wireless network is highly unpredictable. Certain behavior of the mobile computing system creates an additional burden on the system performance and increases the unpredictability of the system. In particular, the narrow wireless bandwidth and the limitation of processing power in the mobile clients may be bottlenecks to the performance 3. Mobile clients MCs face wide variance in network quality including unpredictable call setup probability. There are several factors which m a y aaect a call to setup such as the availability of the receiver in the cell site and the utilization of the channel in the Main Terminal Switching OOce MTSO. Even when a call can be set up, the setup time is also uctuating. Furthermore, MCs always prefer a light, compact, and power-saving units. Methods have t o be designed to save p o wer in the MCs. Also, the mobility of the MCs aaects the distribution of workload on diierent cells and thus the system predictability. Another source of problem is the cost in resolving data connicts. In DRTDBS, diierent real-time concurrency control protocols have been proposed. One of the commonest methods to resolve data connict …


Purpose
This study investigated disparities in dual diagnosis (comorbid substance-use and depressive/anxiety disorders) among US adults by nativity and racial-ethnic origin and socioeconomic, cultural, and psychosocial factors that may account for the observed disparities.

Design/methodology
The study drew on data from two waves of the National Epidemiological Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions. Racial-ethnic categories included African, Asian/Pacific Islander, European, Mexican, Puerto Rican, and other Hispanic/Latino. Substance-use and depressive/anxiety disorders were assessed per DSM-IV. A four-category measure of comorbidity was constructed: no substance-use or psychiatric disorder; substance-use disorder only; depressive/anxiety disorder only; and, dual diagnosis. The data were analyzed using multinomial logistic regression.

Findings
The prevalence of dual diagnosis was low but varied by nativity, with the highest rates among Europeans and Puerto-Ricans born in US states, and the lowest among Mexicans and Asians/Pacific Islanders. The nativity and racial-ethnic effects on likelihood of having dual diagnosis remained significant after all adjustments.

Research limitations
The limitations included measures of immigrant status, race-ethnicity, and stress and potential misdiagnosis of mental disorder among ethnic minorities.

Practical and Social Implications
This new knowledge will help to guide public health and health care interventions addressing immigrant mental and behavioral health gaps.

Originality/value
This study addressed the research gap in regard to the prevalence and correlates of dual diagnosis among immigrants and racial-ethnic minorities. The study used the most current and comprehensive data addressing psychiatric conditions among US adults and examined factors rarely captured in epidemiologic surveys (e.g., acculturation).


How do systemic banks in the euro area react to negative central bank interest rates? This article suggests that they do not generally pass negative rates on to their depositors, and that they search for yield by investing in riskier securities. Their investments are directed more towards securities issued by the private sector and denominated in dollars – in addition to euro. JEL Classification: E43, E52, E58, G01, G21


The implementation of thematic learning still not maximized, the implementation can obtained from the outcome of the first observation that showed the learning outcome from students of SDN 1 Lelateng still not satisfying. The cause of the problem is the teachers are less likely to apply a variety of interesting, innovative, and creative teaching methods, so it's made the students become passive in the learning process. Based on the problem, there needs to be improvement efforts by using picture and picture learning model and mystery box that which aims to (1) Describes the use of picture and picture learning model by use the mystery box media in the thematic learning "Various Job" topic for fourth grade students. (2) Improve the learning outcome in thematic learning "Various Job" topic. 4 Topics 1 subtopic 2 learning and 4 learning using picture and picture model and mystery box media.
Design that used in this research is Penelitian Tindakan Kelas (PTK). This research is implemented in 2 cycles trough the planning stage, implementation stage, observation stage and reflection stage. Subjects of this study are the fourth grade students of SDN 1 Lelateng Negara Bali, with 31 students, consist of 13 male students and 18 female students. Technique that used in this research are observation, test and documentation. Data analysis in this research is used qualitative descriptive.
The result of this research showed that in a classical way the percentage of student's activity in the first cycle it has enough category in percentage 47, 5% and in and in the second cycle it increased become very good category in percentage 89%. The use of picture and picture model and mystery box can increase the student's learning outcome in a classical way, learning outcomes from the cognitive domain in the first cycle has 48% percentage of mastery, increase become 83%. Learning outcomes from the effective domain in first cycle has 45% percentage of mastery, increase become 94% in the second cycle. Learning outcomes from psychomotor domain in the first cycle has 33% and become 100% in the second cycle. The conclusion that the researcher got from the data is that picture and picture and mystery box media can improve student's learning outcomes in the fourth grade students of SDN 1 Lelateng Negara Bali.


The concept of coal beneficiation due to particle segregation in water-fluidized beds, and its improvement via selective solvent-swelling of organic material-rich coal particles, was investigated in this study. Particle size distributions and their behavior were determined using image analysis techniques, and beneficiation effects were explored via measurements of the ash content of segregated particle samples collected from different height locations in a 5 cm diameter liquid-fluidized bed column (LFBC). Both acetone and phenol were found to be effective swelling agents for both Kentucky No.9 and Illinois No.6 coals, considerably increasing mean particle diameters, and shifting particle size distributions to larger sizes. Acetone was a somewhat more effective swelling solvent than phenol. The use of phenol was investigated, however, to demonstrate that low cost, waste solvents can be effective as well. For unswollen coal particles, the trend of increasing particle size from top to bottom in the LFBC was observed in all cases. Since the organic matter in the coal tends to concentrate in the smaller particles, the larger particles are typically denser. Consequently, the LFBC naturally tends to separate coal particles according to mineral matter content, both due to density and size. The data for small (40-100 {micro}m), solvent-swollen particles clearly showed improved beneficiation with respect to segregation in the water-fluidized bed than was achieved with the corresponding unswollen particles. This size range is quite similar to that used in pulverized coal combustion. The original process concept was amply demonstrated in this project. Additional work remains to be done, however, in order to develop this concept into a full-scale process.


The urban information management system for earthquake prevention and disaster alleviation is a component of "Digital Fuzhjian" Project. Based on the practice of constructing the urban information management systems for anti-earthquake and seismic hazard reduction in Fujian Province, this paper probes into how to compile the GIS with numerical models of earthquake prevention and disaster alleviation, and discusses the frame, content, function, and organization of the system. The methodology on seismic risk evaluation, vulnerability analysis of buildings, estimation of casualty and economic loss, search and rescue management, is also reviewed and summarized.


Forty New Zealand rabbits were selected,and the left ventricular assist cardiopulmonary by pass models were established by the left atrial drainage and left femoral artery cannulation with nomothermic body temperature and beating hearts.The models were established successfully in 39 rabbits.The various physiological parameters,including blood pressure,the heart rate and the body temperature et al.were basically stable during the period of experiments(the differences of the parameters were less than 5% compared with those before CPB).The animals were well tolerated with the experiments.


The dual role of D-mannose as a ligand for Pd catalyzed cross-coupling, and as a hydrogen source for nitro reduction is demonstrated in a modular cross coupling-nitro reduction sequence. The synthetic utility and generality of this green protocol has been illustrated by the synthesis of 20 aminobiphenyl and 10 aminostilbene derivatives in high yields through a one-pot Suzuki coupling-nitro reduction and a Heck coupling-nitro reduction, respectively, starting from halonitroarenes as substrates.


A specific period value of an information signal reproduced on an automatic disk discriminating method and apparatus in an optical disc system, wherein from the disc with a predetermined reference value, if it detects a higher frequency than a predetermined reference value, the said disk is determined to be a DVD disc, if it detects a lower frequency than a predetermined reference value, then the disc is determined to be a CD disc, said disc discrimination method and apparatus is less affected by noise, so that, It improves the accuracy of the disc type recognition process.


Background Accurate dyssynergic defecation (DD) diagnosis depends on anorectal physiological tests that are not widely available. Aim The purpose of this study is to evaluate the diagnostic yield of digital rectal examination (DRE) compared with anorectal physiological tests in diagnosing DD in patients with constipation. Methods A total of 218 chronic constipation patients who fulfilled the Rome IV diagnostic criteria for functional constipation (FC) and underwent a standardized DRE and high-resolution anorectal manometry (HRAM) test were enrolled in this study. The diagnostic accuracy of DRE compared with HRAM was evaluated, and the agreement between DRE and HRAM was calculated. Furthermore, a comprehensive literature search on PubMed, Web of Science, Cochrane Library, and Embase database was conducted to further elucidate the pooled diagnostic accuracy of DRE in DD patients. Results A total of 101 patients (46.33%) had a DD pattern using HRAM, while 117 patients (53.67%) were diagnosed without DD. The sensitivity of DRE in diagnosing dyssynergia was 71.3%, and the specificity was 76.1%. There was a moderate agreement between DRE and HRAM for diagnosing DD (κ-coefficient = 0.474, P < 0.001). Meanwhile, six studies (including our study) comprising 964 constipated patients were included in our meta-analysis. The outcomes demonstrated that the AUC was 0.85 (95% CI 0.82–0.88) with 77% summary sensitivity (95% CI 65–86) and 80% summary specificity (95% CI 71–86) to diagnose DD. Conclusions DRE could be a valuable tool for screening DD. Our study revealed acceptable sensitivity and specificity of DRE in detecting dyssynergia compared with the physiological tests. Meanwhile, our study highlights that DRE remains an important tool in clinical practice.