Objectives: To investigate whether, apart from effects of patient- and disease-related factors, psychosocial factors have additional effects on disease activity; and which factors are most influential during the first year of treatment in early rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Method: The study assessed 15 month follow-up data from patients in tREACH, a randomized clinical trial comparing initial triple disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drug therapy to methotrexate monotherapy, with glucocorticoid bridging in both groups. Patients were evaluated every 3 months and treated to target. Associations between Disease Activity Score (DAS) at 3, 9, and 15 months and psychosocial factors (anxiety, depression, fatigue, and coping with pain) at the previous visit were assessed by multivariable linear regression correcting for demographic, clinical, and treatment-related factors. Results: At 3, 9, and 15 months of follow-up, 265, 251, and 162 patients, respectively, were available for analysis. Baseline anxiety and coping with pain were associated with DAS at 3 months; coping with pain at 6 months was associated with DAS at 9 months, and fatigue at 12 months with DAS at 15 months. Psychosocial factors were moderately correlated. Effects on DAS were mainly due to tender joint count and global health. Conclusion: Psychosocial factors have additional effects on DAS throughout the first year of treatment in early RA. A change was observed from anxiety and coping with pain at baseline being associated with subsequent DAS towards fatigue being associated with subsequent DAS at 12 months. Owing to the explorative nature of this study, more research is needed to confirm this pattern.


We designed Dart from the ground up to be a system that could run in a wide variety of environments - from mobile devices to browsers to servers. In this talk, we'll discuss how the Dart language, libraries and runtime systems were designed to be useful across modern computing environments. We'll also be discussing further plans for Dart.


Ultrasound-induced thermal strain imaging (US-TSI) is promising for vulnerable atherosclerosis plaque detection. To avoid arterial motion-induced artifacts, it is needed to induce a very fast temperature rise for US-TSI. Such a short time period for a negligible tissue motion is about 1/8th of a human cardiac cycle, which is corresponding to 75 ms – 125 ms. However, the current temperature monitoring techniques, such as infrared (IR) imaging and magnetic resonance (MR) thermometry, are known with difficulty in monitoring such rapid temperature rises inside biological tissue. Herein, this paper aims to use an ultra-fast response thermocouple to observe rapid temperature rise within 50 ms. Laser-induced thermal tests were conducted in air to verify the feasibility of transient temperature monitoring. Ultrasound-induced thermal tests were conducted in biological tissue to study the influence of various sonication parameters. Obvious transient temperature rises within 50 ms can be observed for both laser tests and tissue tests. The results manifest that the proposed method is capable of monitoring transient temperature rise in biological tissue for US- TSI.


Automated negotiation is a powerful (and sometimes essential) means for allocating resources among self-interested autonomous software agents. A key problem in building negotiating agents is the design of the negotiation strategy, which is used by an agent to decide its negotiation behavior. In complex domains, there is no single, obvious optimal strategy. This has led to much work on designing heuristic strategies, where agent designers usually rely on intuition and experience. In this article, we introduce STRATUM, a methodology for designing strategies for negotiating agents. The methodology provides a disciplined approach to analyzing the negotiation environment and designing strategies in light of agent capabilities and acts as a bridge between theoretical studies of automated negotiation and the software engineering of negotiation applications. We illustrate the application of the methodology by characterizing some strategies for the Trading Agent Competition and for argumentation-based negotiation.


Several problems involving $E(T)$ and $E_2(T)$, the error terms in the mean square and mean fourth moment formula for $|\zeta(1/2+it)}$ are discussed. In particular, it is proved that $$ \int_0^T E(t)E_2(t)dt \ll_ T^{7/4}(\log T)^{7/2}(\log\log T). $$


The reason of the rupture of first spring of DJ1 type locomotive has been analyzed.The first spring of locomotive endures the impact of wheel-set directly and its working environment is very bad.The fatigue life of the first spring is connected with both the spring's quality and the spring's dynamic load coefficient.The dynamic load coefficient is dependent on line condition,suspension mode,velocity and load.The security coefficient must be selected according to the line condition in order to ensure the working life of the first spring.


Appel et al. defined the genomic transcription unit encompassing regulatory elements (REs) that mediate the tissue-specific expression of Runx3. Then, using transgenic mice expressing BAC reporters spanning the Runx3 locus, they discovered three REs that cross-talk with promoter-2 (P2) to drive TrkC neuron-specific Runx3 transcription.


The persistence and toxicity of DDT crystals on thin layers of plant wax were studied. Deposits of crystalline DDT at rates of 2 to 8 microgm. per sq. cm. were applied to glass plates, plain or coated with a 0·5 μ layer of wax obtained from leaves of sisal or cabbage. The plates were stored for various periods at 18°C. and at 43°C. (representing temperature and tropical leaf-temperatures). DDT remaining after storage was estimated biologically by means of its contact action on adult Tribolium castaneum (Hbst.), and chemically by a modification of the Schechter-Haller method. At 18°C, there was no significant change in any of the deposits when estimated chemically. But biological estimation showed that, although the toxicity of the deposits on waxed plates was unchanged, that on glass plates was doubled after storage for eight days. The reason for this change was not discovered. At 43°C., the amount of DDT, estimated both chemically and biologically, diminished rapidly and was negligible after 26 days. The loss of toxicity at 43°C. was shown to be accompanied by loss of weight of the deposits. Loss at 43°C. from plain glass plates could be much reduced by storing them in an atmosphere saturated with DDT vapour. It appeared, therefore, that loss of toxicity at the higher temperature was due to volatilisation of DDT and not to decomposition.


Two algorithms were developed to detect linear or quasi-linear feature in images, one using the windowed Radon transform, and the other using the Hough transfrom. Two images from different types of sensors and with different features were processed using the two algorithms, and the results are compared with each other. The algorithm of the Radon transform yielded a reasonable noise reduction, and retained the major linear features. While using the Hough transform, linear feature plots containing different sets of line segments by taking different combinations of thresholds can be obtained.


The research is a comprehensive reflection of the world community's reaction to the reclassification of Hagia Sophia as a mosque. As a methodological base, the authors use the division of the world proposed by Samuel Phillips Huntington. Along with the analysis of international connections, the article includes discussions about the division of the world, desecularization, and the growth of authoritarianism based on the example of the modern Republic of Turkey under the government of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. The authors give special attention to the urgent problem of a dialogue between religions - the reaction of the heads of religious institutions. It's also noteworthy that in order to provide a comprehensive review of Mass Media, the authors use sources in 18 languages including Russian, and those translated by the author. The uniqueness of this research is determined by the absence of a relevant comprehensive reflection (as a manifestation of the reaction of the world community) of this event in the Russian scientific discourse. The main conclusion of this research is the assertion of the reappearance of Neo-Ottomanism, which, in its turn, proves the reality of the transformation of the world order from the unipolar to the multipolar one. The authors find out that Saudi Arabia and Egypt consider themselves as the key geopolitical rivals of Turkey, as these Muslim countries were among the few ones which reacted negatively to this domestic political decision. The research also shows that in general, international Mass Media have professionally covered Erdogan's decision and outlined the rational reasons along with the religious factor: the aspiration of the ruling elite to distract the attention of the public from negative economic effects of the pandemic, and make the political in-fighting work in their favor.


Abstract : Our long-term goals are to develop accurate models for high-frequency scattering from, penetration into, and propagation within shallow water sediments, and to understand the conditions for which objects buried in sediments can be detected acoustically. Reaching these goals requires a better understanding of several fundamental issues pertinent to high-frequency sediment acoustics. These issues include an understanding of the dominant scatterers versus frequency near the sediment surface, the potential need for poroelastic sediment models, the appropriateness of stochastic descriptions of sediment heterogeneity, the importance of single versus multiple scattering in sediments, and an understanding of the physical and biological processes that determine sediment structure.


In order to address the applicability of 3D printers to assembling a spectrometer, we made a compact energy dispersive X-ray fluorescence (XRF) spectrometer with the use of a 3D printer and applied...


To realize practical material design based on atomistic and/or molecular level of information, the hierarchical concept will make very promising procedure. The present paper reported the present status of such hierarchical material simulations according to the recent attempts progressed at the present author's group. As examples, amphiphile aqueous solutions as self-assembly systems, polyelectrolyte membrane as a proton conducting medium for fuel cells, and thick oil films as lubricating systems were reviewed for important applications of mesoscopic coarse-graining, hierarchical and large-scale all-atom molecular dynamics simulations, respectively, from their recent investigations. In spite of practical meanings of these results, there are some strict restrictions in these simulation techniques. Such issues to be solved are indicated according to the results of these practical applications. As one possible approach to the improvement, newly derived coarse-graining equation of motion is exhibited.


Taking the design, construction and application of PACS in No.1 Clinical College of Harbin Medical University as example. Discusses the development mode of PACS applying DJCOM standard. And also analyzes in more detail the application benefit.


In this dissertation, we present our design and implementation of a Hardware-In-a-Loop (HIL) testing environment for the EP2 system. EP2 stands for the eft/pos 2000. It is a joint project developed by several well-known financial companies (e.g. Diners Club Switzerland Ltd., Credit Suisse) to promote the chip-based EMV (Europay/MasterCard/Visa integrated circuit standard) payment method. Hardware-In-a-Loop (HIL) testing is a well-established testing technology to verify critical systems which particularly demand correct integration of hardware and software. This technology provides a fast and systematic method of testing which can improve the quality and efficiency of our implementation. We first introduce the EP2 system and some necessary background knowledge about our project such as XML technology, Java programming language, testing technology, some available tools and reusable work. Then we describe our implementation in detail and demonstrate how the EP2 development tool, CEPTEST, can help to validate our implementation.


The Douglas--Rachford algorithm is a classical and very successful splitting method for finding the zeros of the sums of monotone operators. When the underlying operators are normal cone operators, the algorithm solves a convex feasibility problem. In this paper, we provide a detailed study of the Douglas--Rachford iterates and the corresponding shadow sequence when the sets are affine subspaces that do not necessarily intersect. We prove strong convergence of the shadows to the nearest generalized solution. Our results extend recent work from the consistent case to the inconsistent case. Various examples are provided to illustrates the results.


Scaffold is critical in building a tissue-engineered organ or tissue.After a short period of fruitful development,the scaffold has been on its way from the first and second generations to the third generation.In this paper,the main characteristics of the third generation scaffold are discussed.The latest developments of the preparative technologies of scaffolds are introduced with the emphasis on the supercritical anti-solvent(SAS) process and its distinguishing features,outstanding advantages and key techniques.It is pointed out that an important way of developing the third generation scaffolds with excellent and adjustable structural,mechanical and biological characteristics is to prepare the scaffolds by SAS process with the composite materials of three categories: synthetic biodegradable polymers,natural biodegradable polymers and bioactive materials.By this way,what is studied and which is achieved are also proposed.


The existence of conflict in the household is unavoidable, a prolonged conflict can cause rifts in the household and even divorce. The divorce rate in Indonesia is increasing day by day. On average, those who experience this divorce are early adult women aged 20-40 years. Divorce experienced by women in early adulthood can have negative psychological effects such as feelings of worthlessness (low self-esteem). If not handled properly, of course this will become a new problem such as stress, depression, feeling unaccepted and other negative feelings.


With barriers such as extremely fragile ecological conditions, severe water shortage, few financial resources, poor infrastructure, low levels of education, and little access to technology and markets, Tensift Basin has been suffering from climate variations and will experience severe impacts of climate change on food production, water resources, and ecosystem health. In this study, an integrated approach was developed for identifying regional vulnerabilities to climate variations and change, and for prioritizing adaptation options to deal with climate change vulnerability. Different methods were employed to form the integrated approach, including indicators of Ecosystems health (vigor, organization and resilience), surveys, workshops, multi-stakeholder consultation, ecological simulation modeling, geographical information system (GIS), remote sensing, and multi-criteria decision-making. The project addresses the following questions: 1) How vulnerable is Northern Atlas to current climate variations and future climate change in key sectors? 2) What can the vulnerabilities of these key sectors to present climate variations teach us about future vulnerability? and 3) What are the desirable adaptation options to deal effectively with future climate change? The research adopts an integrated assessment (IA) approach, which provides a research framework to integrate climate change scenarios, socio-economic scenarios, current climate vulnerability identification, climate change impact assessment, sustainability indicator specification, adaptation option evaluation, and multi-stakeholder participation. The IA provides an effective means for the synthetic assessment of climate vulnerabilities and evaluation of the general performance levels of a set of adaptation options through a multi-criteria and multi-stakeholder decision making process. The research project contributes to science on regional vulnerability assessment and adaptation evaluation. The Water Evaluation and Planning System (WEAP) computer modeling and non computer-based methods were adopted to form the integrated approach. The WEAP aims to incorporate values into a practical tool for water resources planning. WEAP is distinguished by its integrated approach to simulating water systems and by its policy orientation. WEAP places the demand side of the equation--water use patterns, equipment efficiencies, re-use, prices and allocation--on an equal footing with the supply side-streamflow, groundwater, reservoirs and water transfers. By using vulnerability indicators, the climate vulnerability of the study region under current climate conditions was investigated. The methods for the compilation of indicators, geographic allocation, and synthesis of resource system vulnerability were carried out. The application results indicate the relative vulnerability levels of land and water systems in different areas exposed to current climate stimuli. Resource system vulnerability was also assessed through the application of geographic information system (GIS) for mapping the indicators. It provides information on the geographical distribution of current climate vulnerability levels in different parts of the study region. Various vulnerability maps show the relative vulnerability levels of water and land resources in different areas exposed to current climate stimuli. A map of composite indicators representing the vulnerability of both agricultural and domestic water users to climate stresses in the form of long hot and dry spells was also generated to identify areas of high vulnerability in the region as a whole. The results indicated that the ecosystem of Tensift Basin is very vulnerable, with various degrees of vulnerability in different parts of the region. The most vulnerable ecosystem is located in the lower reach of the basin with unmanaged "palmeraie" under extreme arid conditions, which is extremely sensitive to climate change. For the middle and upper reach regions, the rank of ecosystem vulnerability degree improves gradually. The results of the adaptation policy evaluation indicate that the feasibility of adopting technical and engineering adaptation practices is relatively low. hard obtaining these high financial risks. the contrary, water-saving practices such as cropping cultivation feasible because of relatively small capital the study identified alternative effective adaptation measures that could become practical options to deal with water vulnerabilities would likely more severe in the study region due to the impacts of climate change. A properly developed and action plan consisting of various positive productivity all people


The rapid and uncontrolled growth of tourism, that has influenced the economic foundations of rural economy, has caused different economic impacts and consequences in the rural areas of the central district of the city of Nowshahr. The purpose of this study is to recognize and analyze the impacts of tourism in this area based on the principles of sustainable tourism and relevant theoretical bases. The research method used in this study is descriptive-analytic, utilizing objective and subjective data based on questionnaires administered to household heads and the rural settlers. In analyzing the data, parametric statistical tests such as Pierson's correlation test and nonparametric tests such as Spearman's correlation test and Chi-squire were used. The results of this study indicate that tourism has brought positive consequences such as job creation for the youths, has increased income for the inhabitants, it has also brought negative economic consequences such as increased prices of goods and services in the tourism season, an increase in land price and the increase of living cost for the inhabitants and the excessive reliance of the rural economy upon tourism. So, the monopolization of rural economy through the dominance of the tourism and the inability of the tourism sector to establish an effective links with other economic activities and its inability to play a complimentary role, is in conflict with the principles of rural tourism. Therefore, it seems that the continuation of such a process will pose some problems and challenges to the foundations of economic development of the rural areas under investigation in the long term.
Keywords: Economic consequences, tourism, sustainable rural tourism, the rural areas of the central district of Nowshahr.


Objective To explore the application effect of Suttository Naprosencomcosicae in induced abortion methods 302 cases of pregnant women were divide into two groups randomly.151 cases of Suttository Naprosencomcosicae with lidocaine while 151 cases of lidocaine. Analgesic effect,RAAS,bleeding ,etc.were compared between the two groups .Result Analgesic effect and occurrence rate of RAAS in pilot group were lower than that in contract group(P0.05). Conclusion Application of Suttository Naprosencomcosicae with lidocaine in induced abortion plays the role in easing pain and reduce RAAS with less bleeding.


Nonadiabatic decay rates for a radio-frequency-dressed magnetic trap are calculated using Fermi's golden rule: that is, we examine the probability for a single atom to make transitions out of the dressed trap and into a continuum in the adiabatic limit, where perturbation theory can be applied. This approach can be compared to the semiclassical Landau-Zener theory of a resonant dressed atom trap, and it is found that, when carefully implemented, the Landau-Zener theory overestimates the rate of nonadiabatic spin-flip transitions in the adiabatic limit. This indicates that care is needed when determining requirements on trap Rabi frequency and magnetic-field gradient in practical atom traps.


Two pot culture experiments were conducted to evaluate the efficacy of high doses of different herbicides in the control of White horsenettle. Tordon 22K. in combination with either bromacil or 2,4-D and San H. 9789 completely prevented the establishment of the root cuttings in the experiment where herbicides were applied as pre-emergence spray. In others the reduction in establishment was more than 90 per cent. In the other experiment, Tordon 22K and San H. 9789 completely destroyed the weeds as post-emer- gence spray to the established weeds. The weed control ranged from 23 to 77 per cent in the rest of the treatments.


The present study investigated rising cost of living in India which is proving a threat to millions being driven near the poverty line and getting ill with disease. One does not have adequate resources to meet basic needs of shelter, food and clothing. Subjected to this constant price rise, how can one think beyond day to day expenses? Moreover, the divide of economic classes in India will become more apparent thereby causing anxiety and dissatisfacrion in the employed middle class.


We report a case of "colonic type" adenocarcinoma of the appendix in a 35-year-old man. The preoperative diagnosis was acute appendicitis and emergent appendectomy was performed. Appendiceal cancer was diagnosed pathologically, and the stump was found to be positive for cancer. Right hemicolectomy was undertaken as a secondary procedure after the first operation due to the involvement of the cecum and lymph nodes. The histopathological diagnosis was well and moderately differentiated adenocarcinoma of the appendix. After the operation, the patient underwent chemotherapy. He has survived for 30 months after the colonic resection without any signs of recurrence.


The paper aims at explaining the importance of innovations in modern enterprises. Activities leading to creation of innovative solutions, types of innovations and their meaning for enterprise's strategic planning have been presented. The meaning of product quality in relation to manufacturing costs has been introduced. The explanation of this relation has been performed with help of Taguchi Loss Function. The author tries also to answer the question how to assess the aptitude of individual innovations for maintaining an optimal cost / income balance, hence the economic rationality of innovative undertakings. The proposed tool for multi – criteria decision making is the Analytic Hierarchy Process method (AHP) by Thomas L. Saaty. Main assumptions of the model, as well as methods of its application have been presented.


In view of the new situations and new problems in the political and ideological work in colleges and universities of China in the times of knowledgebased economy, this paper reviews the students' work from 1995 to 2002 in CIT and sums up achievements and discovers existing problems. Finally, this paper discusses the train of thoughts for next students' work.


World wide road traffic fatality and accident rates are high, and this is true even in technologically advanced countries like the USA. Despite the advances in Intelligent Transportation Systems, safe transportation routing i.e., finding safest routes is largely an overlooked paradigm. In recent years, large amount of traffic data has been produced by people, Internet of Vehicles and Internet of Things (IoT). Also, thanks to advances in cloud computing and proliferation of mobile communication technologies, it is now possible to perform analysis on vast amount of generated data (crowd sourced) and deliver the result back to users in real time. This paper proposes SafeRNet, a safe route computation framework which takes advantage of these technologies to analyze streaming traffic data and historical data to effectively infer safe routes and deliver them back to users in real time. SafeRNet utilizes Bayesian network to formulate safe route model. Furthermore, a case study is presented to demonstrate the effectiveness of our approach using real traffic data. SafeRNet intends to improve drivers' safety in a modern technology rich transportation system.


Objective: Evaluation of a new active osseointegrated bone-conduction hearing implant in moderate to severe mixed-hearing loss. Study Design: Prospective observational study of a series of cases. Setting: Tertial referral center. Patients: Twenty patients with moderate mixed-hearing loss were evaluated (10 Cochlear Osia group and 10 Baha 5 Power Connect -control group). Intervention: Rehabilitative. Main Outcome Measures: Hearing performance in quiet and in noise and quality-of-life were evaluated. Results: Improvements in audibility, speech-understanding, speech-recognition, and quality-of-sound in noise and quiet were found for the Osia System compared with preoperative unaided hearing and performance was similar to that obtained with Baha 5 Power Connect. Conclusions: The new active transcutaneous bone conduction system provided a tonal improvement in free-field at middle and high frequencies. The performance in speech recognition in quiet and in noise was similar to control group outcomes.


The prolonged residence of drug formulation in the nasal cavity is of most importance for intranasal drug delivery. The aim of the present study was to develop a mucoadhesive in situ gel with reduced nasal mucocilliary clearance in order to improve the bioavailability of the antimigraine drug, Naratriptan Hydrochloride. Hence it was planned to formulate in situ nasal gel of Naratriptan Hydrochloride for systemic delivery. Xanthan gum was used as a natural mucoadhesive polymer to formulate nasal in situ gel of Naratriptan Hydrochloride to sustain the release of drug, to reduce mucociliary clearance thereby increasing the contact of formulation with nasal mucosa and hence improving the absorption of drug. Carbopol 940 was used as a pH induced sol gel conversion of formulations. These formulations were evaluated for pH, drug content, viscosity, gel strength, mucoadhesive strength, in vitro drug release and in vitro permeation profile. A 3 2 full factorial design was applied to study effect of varying concentration of independent variables Carbopol 940 (X 1 ) and Xanthan gum (X 2 ) on dependent variables in vitro drug release, viscosity and mucoadhesive strength. In vitro drug release kinetics was studied using different kinetic models to know exact mechanism of drug release. It was found that formulation additives shows effect on drug release, viscosity and mucoadhesive strength, as the concentration of polymers increases mucoadhesive strength and viscosity increases, drug release was also increases.


This 1995 Yearbook is a supplement ot the current edition of the guide, looking in-depth at new and reissued recordings that have appeared up to the summer of 1995. Focusing on recording quality, value for money and the interpretation and performance of each work, the Guide is compiled alphabetically by composer and lists cassettes where available. The yearbook can also be used independently as a comprehensive appraisal of best buys from the existing recorded repertoire is also included.


The orbit is affected by a wide range of pathologic lesions, for which a morphologic diagnosis is needed to allow adequate therapy. With increasing use of fine needle aspiration (FNA) in diagnostic pathology, the procedure has been applied for the diagnosis of space occupying lesions of the orbit. We present the cytomorphological diagnosis on orbital FNA in adult patients presenting with proptosis.


The manuscript show an interesting work on the comparison between GPS-TEC and DPS-TEC, and on the validation of IRI-TEC and NeQ-TEC, at equatorial latitude, and during low solar activity. The authors found that there is a solar zenith angle dependence of the variations in GPS-TEC DPS-TEC, IRI-TEC and NeQ-TEC. They also show a faster increase of DPS-TEC, IRI-TEC and NeQ-TEC, with respect to GPS-TEC, during sunrise. The authors suggest a misinterpretation of the topside Ne profile of the DPS-TEC, IRI-TEC and NeQ-TEC, due to the incorporation of the plasmaspheric electron content (PEC) into the models. Their conclusion is that the DPS-TEC is suitable to predict GPS-TEC during daytime when PEC contribution is often negligible, while should be paid attention when considering dusk period: a substantial correction is


Platelets stop bleeding from damaged blood vessels and initiate repair processes. They are also involved in thrombosis, a pathological variant of haemostasis, and they have other physiological functions in inflammatory and immunity-related diseases. The function of platelets is largely dependent on the presence of a number of glycoproteins. Work over the past decade has shown that over 40 glycoproteins are present on the platelet surface. Some of these glycoproteins are described in the review and their structure-function relationships discussed.


Academic Twitter is more than just sharing research articles and live-tweeting at conferences. Andy Tattersall gives an overview of the humorous accounts that aim to pull back the curtain on the Ivory Tower and share its oddities, culture and inconsistencies. Despite the silliness, the following accounts often discuss issues rarely touched on in the academic community. These accounts offer a lighthearted take on a business that takes itself too seriously and for that, we are immensely grateful.


This video shows key findings of PhD reserach undertaken in Latin America. This study examines the processes of multistaleholder collaboration as an integral parts of the development of sustainable livelihoods of communities. It does this through case studies focused on human capital capacity building in resource region of Latin America. Research was funded and supported by the International Mining for Development Centre (IM4DC), the Sustainable Minerals Institute, The School of Geography, Planning and Environmental Mangement at the University of Queensland.


Although most tsunamis are generated by the sea-bottom deformation caused by earthquakes, some tsunamis are excited by sea-surface pressure changes. This study theoretically investigated tsunamis g...


The article reviews and summarizes the results of a Norden study to evaluate real-time JPEG and wavelet compression of the RS-170 images taken from the display of the APG-76 high resolution SAR multimode radar system and transmitted to the ground. The significant advantages of this compression are twofold: the ability to retain large quantities of flight test images at better compression rates than that provided by the lossless GIF format; and the ability to transmit the images in near-real time from the ground station to a home base over standard telephone lines or even over a cellular phone. We have investigated several techniques, considered in the literature to be at or near the state of the art, for lossy compression of APG-76 radar images captured on the ground. We have achieved up to 15:1 in JPEG compression rates without significant picture degradation, if the images are first de-noised. If the pictures are not de-noised, then an 8:1 compression rate can be achieved with little degradation, but at 15:1, JPEG does degrade the images. Although in 1995 we could find no wavelet technique that bettered JPEG, we recently acquired a wavelet implementation that, at 15:1 compression, measured nearly 30 dB in peak signal to noise ratio (PSNR), and was 1.6 dB better than JPEG. This represents a long step towards the 3 dB PSNR improvement required to achieve 2:1 compression improvement over JPEG.


Architecture for the proactive acquisition and analysis of forensic information in cloud systems
Cloud systems have to deal with massive amounts of distributed, volatile data which makes forensic investigations difficult. Using the NIST reference architecture, a system is devised to proactively capture forensic data that can be used in an investigation. The system proposes using nested virtual machines with forensic capabilities.


IMPACT OF SOWING METHODS AND INTEGRATED NUTRIENT MANAGEMENT ON RABI FODDER SORGHUM (Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench) UNDER SOUTH GUJARAT CONDITION Name of Student Major Advisor Mr. N. P. Patel Dr. J. G. Patel DEPARTMENT OF AGRONOMY N.M. COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE NAVSARI AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY


The mass transfer rates during CO2 absorption and desorption from DMEPEG solutions were measured at a temperature ranging from 293.15 to 323.15 K in a baffled agitated reactor with a flat gas–liquid interface operating in a batchwise manner. Based on the measured values of pressure changes, the desorption rate was determined and compared with the absorption rate at the same driving force. Two distinct mechanisms of desorption were observed. The volumetric mass transfer coefficients for the bubbling desorption were determined from the measured overall and the diffusive desorption rates, and were correlated by a power relationship of supersaturation, the Reynolds and Weber numbers.


In this paper, the author describes a model for assessment of vocabulary difficulty within the framework of dynamic reading assessment. Two seventh grade students, both experiencing difficulty with vocabulary, were followed through the assessment process. While both exhibited quantitative deficits in vocabulary compared to the criterion references standards of an Informal Reading Inventory (Harris & Hodges, 1981), one was referred for speech and language evaluation and the other was not. Instructional programs for each student are also presented.


Seabathing is very comfortable and enjoyable. Seabathing is one of the most popular sea recreation in Japan. However more than 100 people per year were dead in sea accidents. Two series of field suverys were conducted to investigate people's safety during seabathing. The first one is to investigate the accidents in 11 coasts during the summer of 1993. The second one is to observe more in detail the people's movement at I coast in Shizuoka Prefecture in the summer of 1994. The results show some relations between the accidents and winds, waves and currents.


Referring to a literary writing experience with quilombola women from the lower south of Bahia – Lagoa Santa, Jatimane, Jetimana and Boa Vista communities – this text sets up a (self) reflection on the relationships between the concept from "escrevivencia" (Conceicao Evaristo) to literary criticism and anti-racist pedagogical practice. The possibilities of writing are investigated as a counterpoint to necropolicies in Brazil.


We consider a branching random walk in which offspring distribution and moving laws both depend on an independent and identically distributed environment indexed by the time. For A ⊂ R , let Zn(A) be the number of particles of generation n located in A. We give the second-order asymptotic expansion for the counting measure Zn(·) with appropriate normalization.


An Italian hospital group has introduced a 'school report' performance-related pay scheme in which nurses will be awarded marks for the way they carry out their duties.


The discharge of water from oil fields It has become one of the most significant environmental concerns associated with the oil sector. Hydrocarbon spills and crude oil fuel spills are a continual hazard to aquatic ecosystems. Inexpensive and sustainable sorbent materials are needed to mitigate the environmental damage of this pollution. To meet this need, this study features a low-density polysulfide polymer prepared by Sulfur and used cooking oils react directly. Since both sulfur and cooking oils are hydrophobic, the polymer is close to hydrocarbons such as crude oil and diesel fuel and can easily remove them from seawater. Oil can be recovered and polymer can be reused in oil spill treatment. Polysulfide is unique in that it is prepared from completely recycled waste. Sulfur is a by-product of the petroleum industry, and used cooking oil can also be used as a raw material. Therefore, waste sulfur from the petroleum industry is used to make effective anti-pollution adsorbents from the same sector According to the study's findings, 98.55 percent of the oil was removed from the north.


Many diseases involve the ysregulation of acetylcholinesterase (ACHE) causing inappropriate production of the neurotransmitter acetylcholine (ACH). Study of how the ACH actually restores a life threatening neural circuitry damage will provide valuable information for study Alzhermer's disease. An artificial neuronal device was developed with nanostructured biomimetic mutated ACHE gorge membrane on gold chips having memristor/memcapacitor's characteristics, served as a model for damaged brain circuitry prosthesis, compared before and after ACH treatments, for in vitro evaluation of the memory restoration in the presence of Amyloid-beta (A) under the conditions of free from tracers and antibodies in NIST human serum. The results are presented in three categories in "Energy-Sensory" images. Before ACH treatments, images showed four stages of circuitry damages from non symptomatic to life threatening. After a 15 nM ACH treatment, the circuitry was restored due to the ACH removed Pathological High Frequency Oscillation (pHFO) center during SlowWaving Sleeping (SWS). After the prosthesis increased hydrophobicity, the High Frequency Oscillation (HFO) was created. Results were compared between the recovered and the "normal brain": 0.14 vs. 0.47 pJ/bit/μm for long-term and 14.0 vs.7.0 aJ/bit/μm for short-term memory restoration, respectively. The ratio of Rmax/Rmin value is 6.3-fold higher after the treatment of ACH compared without the treatment in the presence of A and the reentry sensitivity increased by 613.8-fold. Copyright © 2015 IFSA Publishing, S. L.


The high rate of mortality in seedlings as compared with that which occurs amongst adult plants was clearly established by Salisbury (1930), and has been confirmed by numerous subsequent workers. However, whilst this particular aspect of seedling mortality has been emphasized, the equally remarkable persistency of many seedlings during this critical seedling phase has received little attention. There is evidence that the seedlings of many species have great persistency under apparently highly unfavourable conditions. Chippindale (1932) sowed Lolium italicum in boxes alone and with agriculturally useful varieties of Festuca pratensis, Phleum pratense and Poa trivialis. Lolium italicum rapidly developed a dense turf in all cases but he found that the other three species continued to survive as very small seedlings. He found that the apparently delayed establishment of these three latter species in field sowings was due to the vigorous competition of L. italicum for both light and nutrients. In a later paper, Chippindale (1948) found that seedlings of agricultural grasses were capable of persistence for several months when sown on nutrient-deficient substrata in full light, but that in the dark their persistence were temperature dependent. A. W. Davison (personal communication) showed that, both in the field and the laboratory, seedlings of Deschampsia flexuosa, Rumex acetosa and Digitalis purpurea were capable of prolonged survival on phosphorusdeficient calcareous soils. Hutchinson (unpublished data) has shown similar seedling persistence for up to 20 months in the field in seedlings of a number of species which suffered from lime-induced chlorosis and phosphorous deficiency. Grime & Jeffrey (1965) showed that several species found in woodlands were better able to survive in deep shade than were species which do not occur in woodlands. Seedlings are not commonly found in deeply shaded situations, such as occur at the base of tall grass swards, amongst the herb layer in woods, or beneath the shrubby layer of moorlands. The seedlings which do occur in such shaded situations are generally assumed to have a very limited expectancy of life. Their future development would seem to depend upon the creation of temporary gaps in the vegetation. The findings already referred to, however, suggest that dwarfed seedlings which occur in deeply shaded situations and especially on nutritionally poor soils, may be capable of prolonged survival, and of resuming vigorous growth upon the removal of the inhibitory factors. Experiments were, therefore, carried out to determine exactly how long seedlings were capable of survival in the dark, and whether any differences which occurred could be related to their normal ecological habitats. The effect of seed size, soil fertility, relative growth rate and temperature were also examined.


It is difficult to distinguish the mixed signal received by the single channel receiver from single signal simply based on the waveforms and the spectrum features. In this paper, the expression on the observed and the valid signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) of single-channel mixed signal is derived and compared with that of single signal(just one signal component). We find that the observed and the valid SNR of single signal are identical, but for the mixed signal, the observed SNR is significantly greater than valid SNR. An appropriate threshold is set under the condition of minimum the single signal leaking-detecting probability to obtain best detection performance. Numerical results show that for both symmetric and asymmetric mixed signal, the proposed algorithm performs well without timing recovery, thus making proposed algorithm more practical.


In the last ten years, upgrading of existing concrete structures by externally bonded fiber reinforced plastic (FRP) sheet has been increasingly adopted in Japan (JCI 1998, JSCE 2001, Ueda et al 2001). Continuous fiber sheets, which are carbon or aramid fiber textiles, are bonded on the surface of existing concrete structures with epoxy resin. The principal purpose of this upgrading technique is to improve mechanical performance of existing concrete structures, namely load-carrying capacity and ductility. Therefore, most of research projects on FRP sheets so far were based on this point of view. However, durability of concrete structures with FRP sheet has not yet been well clarified. Though residual service-life of the upgraded structure is often discussed in practical design, there has been no verification method for its durability. Considering this situation, this study focuses on durability of concrete structures with FRP sheet. Since epoxy resin has originally very low permeability, FRP sheet bonded on concrete surface can protect concrete from ingress of aggressive agents, such as chloride ions, and consequently extend service-life of the structure. Permeability test of reinforced concrete (RC) specimens with FRP sheet was carried out to examine the effectiveness of FRP sheet to reduce chloride ingress into concrete, as well as to increase mechanical performance. Diffusion coefficient of chloride ions within FRP sheet was quantified from the test results and the numerical analysis. On the other hand, FRP sheet is normally applied on existing structures under service. In most studies, sound concrete structures are considered without any fatal material deterioration. However, in actual existing concrete structures, material deteriorations, such as reinforcement corrosion or associated concrete crack, have been sometimes induced before retrofitting FRP sheet. In order to investigate the influence of reinforcement corrosion on strengthening of RC member by FRP sheet, uniaxial tensile tests of RC specimens were carried out in this study. Reinforcement corrosion and corrosion crack were induced in the laboratory. Tensile behavior of RC specimens with FRP sheet was examined. Finally in this study, numerical simulation of performance of concrete structures after retrofitting FRP sheet is demonstrated as a function of time based on the knowledge obtained from the experiments.


The decline in natural rubber farmgate prices in recent years directly impacted Indonesia's natural rubber market. In response to this phenomenon, the government plans to increase natural rubber domestic consumption to raise Indonesia's rubber price. This study aimed to determine the effect of increasing natural rubber domestic consumption on natural rubber farmgate prices and analyze other factors those influence it. The Error Correction Model was used to identify the variables that significantly affect Indonesia's natural rubber farmgate price. The data used in this study were monthly data from January 2012 to December 2017. Results showed that natural rubber domestic consumption did not significantly affect the Indonesia natural rubber farmgate price. However, in the long run, Indonesia's natural rubber farmgate price was influenced by the previous period of Indonesia's natural rubber prices, world natural rubber prices, world crude oil prices, and exchange rates. While in the short run, Indonesia's natural rubber farmgate price was influenced by the previous period of Indonesia's natural rubber prices, world natural rubber prices, and exchange rate.


A study of the work of Mr. Lane and his followers and a comparison of it with that of Lambotte1and his followers, will convince one that the last word has not been said on retaining the fragments in the operative treatment of fractures. While I cannot claim an extenaed experience, the cases in which I have operated have impressed me with two points: first, the necessity of providing myself at all times with as full an assortment of plates as if I had a large accident clinic, and second, the fact that the ordinary plates have too much bulk and are too heavy. In support of the latter statement I quote the following sentence from Mr. Lane:2"The chief obstacle that has to be overcome in many cases is the approximation of the skin incision and their retention in accurate apposition." I venture to present a plan of bone-plating


The extract of the green macroalgae Ulva rigida C. Agardh (Chlorophyta), which is collected from the Azla coast, was investigated in vitro to test its effect on the growth of garden cress (Lepidium sativum L.) and onion (Allium cepa L.). Effects of four aqueous concentrations of the seaweed (0.5, 1, 2 and 4 mg of dried seaweeds per ml of distilled water) were tested on the growth of seedling roots and stems of 1488 plants of garden cress and onion during two weeks. The comparison tests were carried out with an agar medium and Murashige and Skoog mineral salt medium (1962). The results indicated that extract of U. rigida is suitable for plants development.


More than 600 healthcare professionals attended the Third Annenberg Conference on Patient Safety, which took place May 16-18,2001, in St. Paul, MN. "Let's Talk Communicating Risk and Safety in Health Care" explored ways in which improved communication skills can reduce healthcare errors, enhance patient safety, and provide a more effective infrastructure for interactions among healthcare providers and patients. The conference was convened by the National Patient Safety Foundation, the Annenberg Center for Health Sciences, the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and the US. Department of Veterans Affairs. The first Annenberg conference on Patient Safety, held in 1996, was a landmark event on healthcare errors, with a focus on cultural changes to improve patient safety. In 1998, the second conference explored strategies for iden*ing and reducing errors. These two conferences created a foundation of common understanding about reducing errors and improving safety. They also revealed the problem of ineffective communication among team members and sowed the seeds for the third conference to address mastery of effective communication skills to reduce errors and improve patient safety. The cadre of researchers, leaders, and educators participating in panel discussions presented a comprehensive look at the myriad aspects of communication, which included conceptual as well as practical applications. The balanced representation of frontline physicians, academicians, attorneys, and consumers ensured that no perspectives were neglected.


Purpose – Research has indicated that gender stereotypes, especially as they relate to women, are changing due to their growing numbers in the labor force. This research on power usage for gaining compliance in conflict situations examines whether a similar tendency exists for social power tactics, another aspect of the gender stereotype.Design/methodology/approach – In two studies, one focusing on manager‐subordinates interactions (n=141) and the other on husband‐wife relationships (n=149), participants were presented with scenarios describing conflict situations relevant for each setting occurring in three time periods ‐ past, present, and future – and then estimated the frequency of power category (harsh/intermediate/soft) usage by men and women in each of these periods.Findings – Findings indicated that gender stereotypical attributions eroded over time with a greater ascription of feminine tactics to males in the present and future. It was also found that harsh tactics usage was attributed to a great...


The introduction of chlorothiazide several years ago' stimulated active research in the benzothiadiazine group of diuretic agents. As a result of this research there has emerged a group of potent diuretics that have characteristics common to the thiazide group but there are pharmacological differences among these drugs that result from seemingly very minor changes in the basic benzothiadiazine structure. In FIGURE 1 the structural formula of the thiazide diuretics is shown. The changes that have been made in chlorothiazide, the parent compound, are a t the third, fourth, and sixth positions. The pharmacology of these diuretics can be divided into three groups at this stage of their development. The nonhydrogenated thiazides in clinical use today are chlorothiazide* (Diuril) and flumethiazidet (Ademol), FIGURE 1. These agents have an effective dose range of 200 mg. to 2000 mg. Doses greater than 2000 mg. give no greater saluretic or diuretic effects than the 2000 mg. dose itself. They have significant effects on the electrolyte excretion in the urine, with major iduence on the sodium, potassium, and chloride ions. The quantity of sodium and chloride excreted is approximately the same. Potassium excretion with chlorothiazide increases with dosage of the drug and is greatest a t the maximum doses, where the carbonic anhydrase inhibiting activity is most evident. With the substitution of the chloride atom by a trifluoromethyl group at the sixth position of chlorothiazide, which results in flumethiazide, there appears to be a change in the effect on potassium excretion. There is an increase in potassium excretion doses up to 400 mg. but, unlike chlorothiazide, larger doses do not appear to have any greater influence? Hydrogenated thiazides. By the addition of two hydrogen atoms at the third and fourth positions of the basic structure the hydrogenated group of thiazides is produced. The hydrogenation of chlorothiazide results in hydrochlorothiazideS (Hydrodiuril, Esidrix, Oretic), and the addition of the hydrogen atoms to the third and fourth positions of flumethiazide results in hydroflumethiazides (Saluron), FIGURE 1. The hydrogenation of these compounds reduces their dose range to 25 to 200 mg., and doses greater than 200 mg. have no greater effect on sodium excretion. Thus a dosage ratio of 1O:l exists between the nonhydrogenated and hydrogenated drugs mentioned.8 Another pharmacological characteristic of hydrogenation is the change in the electrolyte excretion pattern. The Nonhydrogmted thiazide.


Investigations were carried out on the effects of several pesticides (Lindan, 2,4-D, p,p-Metoxychlor, Carbaryl, Monolinuron) on the transport ability of the plasma membrane. The experiments were done on isolated skin of the frogs Rana temporaria. The so called short-circuit current technique was used for quantitative evaluation of the transport activity in relation to sodium ions. The effect of the studied substances was studied during 3 hours after their addition to the medium on the external surface of frog skin after a preceding control period of 1-2 hours. A series of long-term experiments was performed also in which the animals were exposed to those pesticides for 14-20 days. The results of the acute experiments failed to demonstrate any significant effect of the studied substances on the plasma membrane, but some weak effects could have been observed in some experiments, at least. The results obtained in the long-term experiment showed that an effect on the plasma membrane could be postulated as regards 2,4-D and Carbaryl. It does not mean, however, that this effect is the only mechanism of the toxic action of these substances on the organism.


An NDN-based scalable control panel for a media streaming system was designed and implemented in this paper. The system is developed based on a previous IP-based P2P media streaming system named Hippo [1], which contains a group of control servers to manipulate P2P functionalities, such as the tracker, etc. System scalability becomes one of the most difficult problems when the user size of P2P system grows very large. We took the advantages from the same principle of SNC [2] to design the NDN-Hippo's control layer. As for implementation, we took a two-step approach: First porting the control layer of Hippo to NDN-based system, then porting media traffic layer later. By separating control and media layers, our demo demonstrates that not only some management functions of tracker can be smartly and instinctively achieved in NDN, but also the scalability of NDN version of Hippo has been greatly improved.


Well -k now n 10 sllidents as one of the fri endl y people who kee ps the Caltech Y runnin g ~ Ill oo thl y, Alhen<l Caslro will now be in charge of th e whole Ihin g. Prev iously Director of Siudeni ACli vili es ~ nd COlllmunil y Se rvice, Alhcna rcce nll y look on Ihe offi ce of Exec uli ve DireC IOr. The Y' s previ ous Exec uli ve Direc lor, Sue Borrego, tr~ n s fc rred 10 Minority Student Affairs . where she is now assoc iale dea n/director. As executi ve direc tor, Athena will be working "more directly wilh hoard memhers," adminisIration, <1 nd Ihe student affai rs office. She commented that she doesn' l "think ~tudent~ will nolice anything different " aboul Ihe way the Y is run . Thi s is not supri sing, as she brings to the .i ob six years of experience in Ca ltec h student affairs, fivc of Ihem work i ng at the Y. The ma nage ment change does n' t ~eem to have affected any Y activiti es, and Ath ena talked ahout several upcoming evenls. She menti oned tbe trip to sec Dinosa ur al EI C :pilan, and staled "we' re now getting ready for the Y Hike .. . land will be 1 se nd i ng ou tin formal ion soon." Al so upcoming, afler Ihe lenn ends, is a move to the new sludenl ceTller al Keck, across the street fro m Ph ysica l Plant. Alhena says she's hopin g the new local ion will gCI "peop le [t01 come out and visit us .. . now Ihat we' re here," and in general take advanlage of the Y's progr:J fIl s and services. Barton defends conducting DNA


The discharges of LH consequent to the administration of estradiol benzoate (EB) during the follicular phase of the menstrual cycle were blocked by acute elevations in plasma progesterone (P) concentrations to supraphysiologic levels. This eiTect of P was observed when circulating estrogens and P rose simultaneously or when P was introduced 12 hr after the EB injection. Physiologic plasma P concentrations, achieved either by a functional corpus luteum or by the implantation of P—containing Silastic capsules, also blocked the positive feedback action of estrogen on LH and FSH release. P, however, did not interfere with the negative feedback inhibition of LH and FSH secretion by estrogen. (Endocrinology 92: 1496, 1973)


Classic risk factors of atherosclerosis may contribute to cardiovascular (CV) risk in patients (pts) with pulmonary hypertension associated with congenital heart disease (PAH-CHD), but their prevalence is poorly studied.

 We evaluated a large cohort of Polish PAH-CHD patients (PAHpts) treated with specific therapies with regard to prevalence of classic risk factors for atherosclerosis.

 A multicenter observational snapshot registry was conducted under the auspices of Polish Cardiac Society to study PAH pts, identified in centers treating >5 such pts in years 2008–2018. The analysis included 250 PAH-CHD pts, including non-corrected CHD – predominantly Eisenmenger Syndrome (Gr. 1, 224 pts, mean age 42±2 years, 63% females) and pts after heart disease correction (Gr. 2, 26 pts, mean age 42±6.5 years, 62% females). The incidence of classic CV risk factors was compared in both groups.

 The prevalence of risk factors was considerable considering young age of the cohort and statistically similar in both groups (Figure). Hypertension was present in 14% in Gr. 1 and 15% in Gr. 2. The incidence of diabetes was comparable in both groups (3% vs. 4%). Hyperlipidemia was nearly numerically twice as frequent in Gr. 1 (23% vs. 12%, p=0.18). Current smokers (1%) were only present in Gr. 1, while history of smoking was 4% in both groups. Symptomatic atherosclerosis of peripheral arteries was twice as frequent in Gr. 1 (8% vs. 4%, p=0,71). There was no difference regarding prior stroke (3,6% vs 4%, p=0,63). Chronic kidney disease and atrial fibrillation were one and a half more often in Gr. 1 (respectively, 12% vs. 8%, p=0,81; 12% vs. 8%, p=0.75). Mean heart rate was 72±2 bpm in Gr. 1 and 77±7 bpm in Gr. 2. Gastrointestinal bleeding was reported only in Gr. 1 (2.7%). SCORE calculated risks were low due to low age, but high risk was identified in 9.3% of Gr. 1 and 20% of Gr. 2 (p=0.096).

 Based on our data from national survey, classic atherosclerosis CV risk factors are not uncommon in the population of relatively young patients with PAH-CHD, parallel to improved longevity. Selected pts from both groups present with elevated risk of death from atherosclerotic complications. This finding may influence the overall mortality risk in PAH-CHD population and reflects new challenges in management despite progress in specific therapies of pulmonary hypertension.

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Aim: To explore relationship among recurring wheezing and Vitamin D position in infants.
Materials and Methods: Fifteen infants with recurring wheezing and 23 healthy analogous aged infants without any history of acute or chronic disease were incorporated in the currentresearch.The clinical signs of infants were documentedand serum 25-hydroxyvitaminD levels were measured.
Results: The mean levels of 25(OH) D were 22.1 ± 8.9 IU/L for the control and 18.8+_11 recurring wheezing group correspondingly. 73.29% of participants with recurring wheezing had vitamin D positions in the deficient range (


This study used the Take Action goal attainment lesson package and assistive technology to teach nine high school students with mild to moderate disabilities to attain annual transition goals. The Take Action lessons increased students' goal attainment knowledge, and this knowledge generalized to improved Plan Organizers, and slightly increased students attaining transition goals. Added weekly teacher check-ins improved adjusting plan components that did not work and goal attainment increased. Students who took action on four or five Plan Organizer components attained the most goals, and on average, students used four weekly Plan Organizers to attain a goal. Stronger interventions need to be developed to enable more students to increase the action taken on Plan Organizer components.


The physical and chemical parameters of Tigris River water in AL- Kut City have been studied. Three stations have been chosen. . The sampling of study was made monthly and for six months from September 2014 until February 2015.The result of turbidity values showed height mean in summer 84 NTU, The decrease of turbidity was one of the positive results to the effect of AL-Kut Dam on the Tigris River after the Dam and on the total suspended solids. The electrical conductivity was 1340 µs/cm in winter that may be due to the existence of the polluted elements. The river water was fresh (0.48‰ semiebrachish) with a good aerated water and the height of the dissolved oxygen mean value has been noticed 13.1mg/L at many times. Over saturated Oxygen condition was noticed 135 mg/L but the biological demand of oxygen didn,t pass the national specifics with oscillation in some values. The result of hydrogen ion concentration values varied from 7.1 - 8.2 on the weak alkaline side. Height values of total hardness were recorded 600mg/L, Calcium and magnesium were the cause of hardness. The alkaline is caused by carbonate and bicarbonate ions.The present study result showed that the sulphates are more than other ions with average of 148.33mg/L.The phosphate passed the decisions of the surface water in average 0.0388µg/L.The nitrate were in the acceptable ranges in concentration from 0.296-1.75mg/L.


The convection of a magnetically confined plasma resulting from heat and particle sources is studied. It is assumed that the convection is low-level in that the system stays stable to ideal interchange instabilities. A Z-pinch plasma with asymmetric particle and heat sources is considered. It is found that there is no convection if there are no particle sources, independent of the distribution of the heat sources. Particle sources result in convection which in turn influences heat transport. The central temperature, however, may go up or down in response to this convection, depending on the distribution of the source function.


Abstract : Integrated GPS-navigation/fire control systems are described. On this foundation, descriptions are made of methods to simulate this type of system. In simulations, option is made for error and Kalman filter techniques. Simulation conditions are summarized in brief. In conjunction with this, results are given for two example cases.


Japanese imitative words (gitaigo and giongo) are not simple attempts to reproduce extra-linguistical phenomena in a non arbitrary way. The majority of these words results from definite phonological and suffixai rules operating on a few root words and constitute many semantico-formal familie. This shows that Japanese imitative words are grammaticalized and that their creation is subjected to rules. The second interesting point concerning these words is that many of them are formally very close to Corean imitative words. Such a resemblance attests the fact that Japanese onomatopoeia and ideophones constitute the substratum of a language which was once common to the Japanese and Korean peoples.


In this article we analyze the capabilities of various models of sensor networks with the Boolean sensing model for mobile or stationary sensors and targets, under random or optimal placement, independent or globally coordinated search, and stealthy or visible sensors. For each model we give an upper bound for the capabilities under any strategy, and a search strategy which at least asymptotically matches that bound. To ensure comparability of these models, we present them using the same parameters: the sensing radius r, sensor placement density λ, as well as the travel distance l of each sensor and d of the target. By this we obtain a complete analysis of the geometric coverage and detection capabilities of the various models of sensor networks, where we abstract from issues like communication and power management.


Abstract A content analysis is presented of sole-male images appearing in advertisements obtained from Business Week, Esquire, GQ, Playboy, Rolling Stone, and Sports Illustrated for the year 1993. Only two previous studies have looked exclusively at male images in magazine advertisements. The specific objective of the study was to describe the physical characteristics of the men appearing alone in advertisements. Body characteristics, hairstyles, facial hair, body and head positionings, dimensions of eye contact, clothing styles, and types of adornment were appraised for each male image. The results indicate some uniformity of sole-male images across magazine titles as well as interesting differences. The study establishes a foundation for future research on the portrayal of men in advertising. Suggestions for future research are offered.


Mass spectrometry is a potential diagnostic tool for rapid bacterial detection. However, in order to use this technology in clinical setting, it is important to develop sound statistical algorithms that can accurately analyze polymicrobial mass spectrometry data. Here, we propose a likelihoodbased bacterial identification algorithm for bimicrobial mass spectrometry data. Specifically, we introduce a two-component mixture model with partially known labels. This method can model peaks with unknown origins. It also considers errors in mass-to-charge ratios and intensities of peaks between observed and reference mass spectra. Coupled with a decoy strategy, the likelihood is used to identify bacterial species and to measure uncertainty of such identifications. Using two real mass spectrometry datasets, we demonstrate the superior performance of our approach in accurate bacterial identifications compared to model-free approaches. Example datasets and R codes for the proposed method are freely available under MIT license at https://github.com/soyoungryu/BacID.


Ascertaining the risks and benefits of different behaviors is a central goal of research on territoriality. Although most territorial behavior is ritualized, with concomitant reduced risks for both residents and intruders, this ritualization is generally found to be underpinned by rare, highly consequential, interactions. The agonistic behavior of the intertidal owl limpet, Lottia gigantea, involves defense of a feeding territory, and includes a relatively explosive thrusting response by territory holders against intruding conspecifics. We here ask whether this thrusting behavior is capable of entirely dislodging intruders from their rocky wave-swept substratum, thereby ridding the resident of future challenges by that intruder. Our field measurements of the strength of territorial thrusts, as well as thrust resistance, indicate that territorial limpets are strong enough to overcome the resistance of small to medium sized (<40 mm) conspecifics encountered on their territories. Interestingly, at least 44% of the limpets dislodged from the rock substratum during a retreat or territorial response survived in a new location. Growth of these survivors was at least as rapid as that of undisturbed limpets in the old location. We conclude that shell thrusting during the territorial response of Lottia gigantea can reduce the cost of territorial defense by dislodging smaller conspecifics, thereby eliminating them from all future interactions. Conversely, the risk incurred by these smaller conspecifics while intruding onto territories of larger individuals is likely mitigated by the surprisingly high survival rate, and subsequent normal growth, of dislodged limpets.


The aim of this paper is to find out the method applied by the native speaker in teaching English to Indonesian students at ICP FMIPA UNM. This research was case study. The subject of the research is a native spekear who teach at ICP FMIPA UNM. The result of the research shows that The procedures of teaching applied by native speaker in teaching English to Indonesian students at ICP UNM are the procedure required by direct method, ausdion lingual mehod, and communicative language teaching. Besides, the lecturer varied activities in each meeting through some kind of activities. The lecturer also always applied two main activities in each meeting.


In order to perform experiments on the role of vitamin Blz in the metabolism of the deoxyribose moiety of deoxynucleosides by Lactobacillus leichmannii (1) it was desirable to obtain Cl4 uniformly labeled deoxynucleosides. Isolation of uniformly labeled ribonucleotides from Euglena gracilis grown with C1402 as the only utilizable carbon source has previously been shown by Rose and Schweigert (2) to be a convenient method of obtaining uniformly labeled compounds. Fat-extracted E. gracilis powder was found to contain about 0.8 per cent deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) by the use of a microbiological method of analysis (3). This DNA content was considered sufficient for isolation and purification of the desired radioactive pyrimidine deoxynucleosides. Initial experiments indicated that low yields of deoxynucleotides were obtained from E. gracilis and L. leichmannii when acid precipitation of DNA was used for separating ribonucleotides from DNA according to the 1 Schmidt-Thannhauser technique (4). While good yields were obtained with this procedure when applied to Escherichia coli or animal tissues, it appeared that subsequent enzyme treatment of the DNA to release mono, nucleotides from E. grads was inhibited when such a procedure was used. Other chemical extraction processes (such as trichloroacetic acid extraction) failed to give satisfactory yields of DNA mononucleotides. Extensive studies were initiated, therefore, to devise techniques for obtaining sufficient quantities of deoxynucleosides for metabolic studies. The modified methods used for isolating, purifying, and obtaining con-


Virologic events in the pathogenesis of scrapie in the goat were studied after intracerebral and sc inoculation of mouse-adapted scrapie virus. In goats inoculated sc with about one goat ID50, virus was first detected in lymphatic tissue, mainly lymph nodes. After many months, virus appeared in the central nervous system, particularly the spinal cord and brain stem, where maximal concentrations of virus were attained. Clinical signs of scrapie appeared when the concentration of virus in the diencephalon, brain stem, and cerebellar cortex reached about 3 log10 mouse intracerebral LD50 per 30 mg of tissue. Concentrations of virus in nonneural tissues were generally low. Late in the course of infection after sc inoculation, virus disappeared from lymphatic tissues. Because only small amounts of virus were irregularly present in tissues that might allow its egress from the host, goat-to-goat transmission appears unlikely. For this reason, scrapie virus probably cannot be maintained in goats isolated from infected sheep.


A series of diamine monomers, i.e., 2,2'-bis{4-[3,4,5-tris(n-alkan-1-yloxy)benzoate]}-4,4'-biphenyldiamines containing multiple alkyl side chains, were synthesized in which the length of the alkyl side chains was varied from 5 to 18 carbon atoms. Polyimides were prepared from the diamines and pyromellitic dianhydride (PMDA), 3,3'4,4'-biphenyltetracarboxylic dianhydride (BPDA), 2,2'-dibromo-4,4',5,5'-biphenyltetracarboxylic dianhydride (DBBPDA), and 2,2'-bis(3,4-dicarboxyphenyl)hexafluoropropane dianhydride (6FDA), respectively, using a one-step method in 1,2-dichlorobenzene or 1-chloronaphthalene. Most of the polymers had good solubility in chlorinated solvents. Several copolyimides were prepared:  BPDA, 2,2'-bis(trifluoromethyl)benzidine (PFMB), and C14 and C16 diamines. The solubility of copolyimides was dramatically affected by different monomer addition sequences. The high-molecular-weight polyimides could be solution cast into flexible, tough films except for those based on PMDA. The side chains that...


ENHANCED VASCULAR COLLAGEN SYNTHESIS HAS BEEN IMPLICATED AS AN ETIOLOGIC FACTOR IN THE DEVEOLPMENT OF SYSTEMIC HYPERTENSION IN VARIOUS ANIMAL MODELS . WITHIN THE AORTA AND RESISTANCE VESSELS OF SPONTANEOUSLY HYPERTENSIVE RATS ( SHR), ACCUMULATION OF FIBROUS PROTEINS (COLLAGEN, EI.ASTIN) AND SMOOOTH MUSCLE CELL HYPERPLASIA AND HYPERTROPHY ARE ASSOCIATED WITH AN INCREASE IN SYSTOLIC ARTERIAL PRESSURE (SAP). FURTHERMORE, AGENTS WHICH LOWER SAP ALSO REDUCE VASCULAR COLLAGEN SYNTHESIS. INITIAL OBSERVATIONS FROM OUR LABORATORY INDICATED THAT STREPTOZOTOCIN INDUCED DIABETES (8 WEEKS DURATION) LOWERS SAP OF SHR WITHOUT AFFECTING SAP OF NORMOTENSIVE CONTROL WISTAR KYOTO RATS (WKY). IN ORDER TO CHARACTERIZE THE COMPONENTS OF THIS DEPRESSOR EFFECT, I PROPOSED TO EXAMINE THE ROLE OF VASCULAR COLLAGEN BIOSYNTHESIS IN DIABETIC SPONTANEOUSLY HYPERTENSIVE RATS. THE RESULTS SHOWED THAT DIABETES LOWERED THE ACTIVITES OF MARKER ENZYMES FOR COLLAGEN BIOSYNTHESIS, PROLYL HYDROXYLASE AND LYSYL OXIDASE, IN THE SHR STRAIN AORTAE AND MESENTERIC ARTERIES .WITHOUT AFFECTING WKY ENZYME ACTIVITIES . THESE RESULTS PROVIDED PRELIMINARY EVIDENCE THAT THE DEPRESSOR EFFECT OF DIABETES MAY BE RELATED IN PART TO A REDUCTION IN VASCULAR COLLAGEN SYNTHESIS. TO FURTHER CHARACTERIZE THE APPARENT INHIBITION OF COLLAGEN SYNTHESIS, MORE DIRECT IN VITRO MEASUREMENTS WERE NECESSARY. HYDROXYPROLINE ANALYSIS IS THE STANDARD METHOD FOR QUANTITATION OF COLLAGEN SYNTHESIS AND CONTENT, DUE TO ITS ABUNDANCE IN COLLAGEN ( 107. ) AND ITS RELATIVELY INFREQUENT OCCURENCE IN OTHER PROTEINS. THE METHOD WE SELECTED FOR THE ANALYSIS OF HYDROXYPROLINE SPECIFIC ACTIVITY WAS


The conception and implementation of an on-premise cloud storage is a significant, but also necessary step in the development of modern data centers. Providing seamless access to data from multiple devices and from any network-connected location world-wide is a mandatory requirement for the data management and also expected by users, as most of them already use commercial offerings such as drop box, box, sky drive and many others. These demands raise activities of almost every educational driven unification like "Deutsches Forschungsnetz" (DFN) or "Zentren für Kommunikation und Information sverarbeitung" (ZKI). This paper describes our concept and implementation for on-premise cloud storage, designed to service up to 40.000 students and faculty members of TU Berlin. The solution is based on the open-source project own Cloud, which is extended with functionalities for sharing files among research groups, based on integration with the TUB identity management system. The paper also presents an experimental evaluation in a real-life scenario and summarizes pitfalls occurred during the rollout of such a large system.


The grounding or motivating intuitions behind internalism and externalism seem to be fundamentally at odds. If there is ever to be a viable or satisfying solution to the problem, it must satisfy the grounding intuitions behind both sides of the debate. Duncan Pritchard claims his theory of epistemological disjunctivism (ED) does just this, arguing that it could be the holy grail we have all been waiting for. However, I believe the holy grail is already out there in the form of the theory that knowledge is a mental state (KMS). In this article, I defend the idea the KMS is far better able to satisfy the internalist and externalist intuitions than ED.


Architectural features of the Buryat temples and their difference from the samples of the Buddhist architecture of Mongolia and Tibet are considered in the article.


It is well known that yoghurt is one of the fermented milk products. The addition of carbondioxide into yoghurt is an inovation for development of new product. The purpose of this researchs was to formulate and produce carbonated probiotic yoghurt also evaluate its functional properties. This research was divided into three step including formulation, evaluation of carbonated probiotic yoghurt during 18 days of refrigerated storage, and evaluation two best formulation for viability of BAL on gastric's pH and the bile salt's. The results showed that the addition of carbondioxide had no affect significantly on pH, total acid and the viabilities of lactic acid bacteria (LAB) during storage. On hedonic test, it affected significantly on smell, viscosity, and general appearance. Based on the results of organoleptic tests and performance during storage, formulas I and II were selected as two best formulas. On testing of two best formulas on resistance to acid condition, LAB from both formula's were able to survive in the population about 8 log 10  cfu/mL. On testing resistance to bile salt, LAB from both formula's were decreasing up to 5.5 log 10  cfu/mL. The loss occurred, the two formulas can still be considered as probiotic fermented milk.


Laboratory based X-ray lasers (XRL) exhibit a broad application potential in material sciences, imaging, spectroscopy and laser plasma diagnostics if two main issues are solved: a stable, well defined output of the system and a high repetition rate for fast data acquisition. During the last few years using the grazing incidence pumping (GRIP) scheme an pump energy level as low as 1 J was demonstrated for saturated XRL operation. This pump energy could be provided in principle even by commercially available Ti:Sa laser systems. However, the repetition rate of these systems is limited to 10 Hz and the output stability of the XRL follows that of the pumping laser. To overcome this situation a dedicated high repetition rate XRL pumping laser will be introduced here. This concept is based on a fully diode pumped solid state laser using thin Yb:YAG disks as active material. In this paper we report about the first phase of the project aimed at a high average power XRL user station based on the GRIP scheme.


The child's health book (carnet de sante) has a long private and public history, having been officially generalized by the Decrees of 1945. It has gradually been enriched and now fulfils different entangled missions: following the child's development until adulthood, improving links between health professionals, epidemiological recordings of the data of obligatory examinations, certification of vaccinations, and education concerning the health of parents and children. The usefulness of the child's health record is widely recognised, but its practical utilization is not optimal, either for parents or professionals. The respect of confidentiality and the choice of information necessary for following the child's health remain two important issues that are closely linked. The new edition of the child's health book, currently being developed, will have to take them into account and will be the object of publicity compaigns to improve its use.


This study investigated the change of government spending multiplier when switching from managed exchange rate regime to the floating exchange rate regime for emerging countries. It was found that on-impact multiplier in floating exchange rate regime is smaller by 0.5 than the one in the managed exchange rate regime. In addition, it was found that the openness of the economy affects values of government spending multipliers. Also, for the first time, micro-founded government spending multiplier was estimated for Russia. The study was conducted with the use of panel SVAR and DSGE models.


Bonfim Junior, M. F. and M. M. Inomoto. 2012. Resistance of common bean to Pratylenchus jaehni. Nematropica 42:320-323. A population of Pratylenchus jaehni, named K5 or race coffee, is found in coffee plantations of Sao Paulo state, Brazil, usually causing extensive damages in plants of Coffea arabica. Taking into account that common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) cv. Safira is resistant to this population, two experiments were conducted to verify if other eight cultivars of common bean can be used for the management of P. jaehni in coffee plantations. The experiments were carried out in a greenhouse with an initial population of 200 specimens per plot (three plants in a 700 ml plastic pot). Evaluation were performed at 64 and 60 days after inoculation in experiments 1 and 2, respectively, using the variables reproduction factor [RF = final population/initial population] and nematodes/g roots. The nematode did not build up in any of the bean cultivars used in the experiments. The RF ranged from 0.17 (IAPAR 81) to 0.33 (IPR Siriri) in experiment 1 and 0.10 (IPR Juriti) to 0.57 (IPR Siriri) in experiment 2. These results show that the common bean has potential for the management of P. jaehni in coffee plantations, as intercropping or crop rotation. Bonfim Junior, M. F. and M. M. Inomoto. 2012. Resistance of common bean to Pratylenchus jaehni. Nematropica 42:320-323. La poblacion de Pratylenchus jaehni, llamada K5 o raza cafe, se distribuye en las plantaciones de cafe de Sao Paulo, Brasil, causando grandes danos en plantas de Coffea arabica. Teniendo en cuenta que el frijol comun (Phaseolus vulgaris) cv. Safira es resistente a esta poblacion, se realizaron dos experimentos para verificar si otros ocho cultivares de frijol comun se pueden utilizar para el manejo de P. jaehni en plantaciones de cafe. Los experimentos se llevaron a cabo en un invernadero con una poblacion inicial de 200 especimenes por parcela (tres plantas en una maceta de plastico 700 ml). El evaluacion se fue realizada a los 64 y 60 dias despues de la inoculacion en los experimentos 1 y 2, respectivamente, utilizando el factor de reproduccion [FR = poblacion final/poblacion inicial] y nematodos/g raices. El nematodo no se reprodujo en ninguno de los cultivares de frijol comun utilizados en los experimentos. El FR fue de 0,17 (IAPAR 81) a 0,33 (IPR Siriri) en el experimento 1 y 0,10 (IPR Juriti) a 0,57 (IPR Siriri) en el experimento 2. Estos resultados muestran que el frijol comun tiene potencial para el manejo de P. jaehni en plantaciones de cafe, como en los cultivos intercalados o rotacion de cultivos.


Based upon field observations, interviews, and document analysis, this research examines social and psychological consequences of terrorism on coastal communities in the northwestern region of Mindanao. Attention is given to the manner Filipinos have reacted to the continuing presence of terroristic violence (i.e., ambush, murder, kidnaping, and property destruction). Particular focus is placed on thef luctuating features of culture, personality, interaction, and situation as indicators of how citizens have coped with a hostile environment. At a more societal level, the influence of terrorism on the basic social institutions is scrutinized. A typology of adaptations to terrorism is offered, reflecting a variety of role stresses resulting from living in a hostile region.


This paper is a report on work in progress on the women novelists writing at the turn of the century: Miriam Harry, Jeanne Marni, Rachilde, Gabrielle Reval, Marcelle Tinayre, Renee-Tony d'Ulmes, Colette Yver et al, all of whom deal in different ways with the same problems, namely that the traditional description of the ideal, pure woman - the perfect bourgeoise - is neither satisfactory nor natural, and that a woman who refuses to diminish herself to fit that image is not necessarily "bad." Some authors explore the problem in terms of woman's sexuality and emotional development, others in terms of intellectual freedom and professional development. Examples are drawn from the works of Rachilde, Colette Yver, Marcelle Tinayre and Louise-Marie Compain.


In our research, we study how real-time systems are affected by thermal management to satisfy the temperature constraint. In temperature-constrained real-time systems, deadline guarantees must be met without exceeding safe temperature level of the processor. While processor speed control is the most popular method of thermal management of systems, it eventually makes the task delays longer. In our study, we describe how to find the worst case execution considering speed control in temperature-constrained environment. With the worst case execution scenario, we study how the simple reactive speed scaling scheme can improve the processor utilization compared with any constant-speed scheme. For aperiodic tasks, it is briefly reviewed how the naive application of slack stealing leads to missed deadlines and the design-time slack allocation is proposed. A queueing model is presented to analyze the response time provided to aperiodic jobs and validated with results from a discrete-event simulator.


One-dimensional(1D) cobalt nanochains have been successfully prepared by a simple solution-based route at room temperature.By tuning the experimental parameters,two kinds of nanochains with different diameters and interparticle spaces have been synthesized.Magnetic measurements show that the nanochains are superparamagnetic at room temperature,while they exhibit weak ferromagnetism at 10K.It is suggested that the nanochains with a larger interparticle space about 10nm have like superparamagnetic single nanoparticle,while those with a smaller interparticle space about 5 nm act like ferromagnetic cobalt nanowires.


Subject of the thesis is the theoretical description of effects in neutron rich nuclei, within a self-consistent approach, as well as the investigation of the influence of the shell structure on the Mixed Symmetry States. The scientific goal is, within a microscopic method, to describe the structure and the excitations of atomic nuclei, which are now available at the radioactive ion facilities at GANIL and GSI. The topic of the Mixed Symmetry States investigation is to specify the mechanism by which the microscopic structure influences the F-spin symmetry in vibrational nuclei. In the development of the thesis, a SHF model has been used. An additional tensor term has been explicitly included. Calculations for the isotopic chains Z=14 and Z=50 as well as for the isotonic chains N=28, 82 have been performed. It was shown that the tensor term is indeed crucial for the evolution of the shell gap with the mass number for Z=14. On the other hand, it was proved that the tensor term has no influence on the shell gap for N=28. By the means of QRPA, a systematical study of slightly collective excitations — the so called Pygmy resonance has been done. Theoretically was investigated the appearance of a structure in neutron rich nuclei known as "neutron skin". In the framework of QPM it was done a complete survey of MSS for nuclei in the N=80 region. For a first time a microscopical description of such structures in this region has been done. In the framework of this model a description of the recent experimental data on low-lying excitations in 138Ce has been done.


Optimizing urban spatial distribution is very important for speeding up urbanization and raising level of urbanization. Based on present situation and existing problems of urban spatial distribution in Hunan province, the author points out that urban spatial layout in future must connect with express construction and apply spot-axis distribution model and primly construct "one core, one column and three crossing" cities and towns cluster and zones which composes "metacarpus" struture in order to futher province-side urban spatial system development, At last some countermeasures of optimizing urban spatial distribution is put forward.


It seems commonplace to point out that we aesthetically appreciate a wide variety of objects: that is, art objects are not the only good candidates for aesthetic appreciation.1 We know from experience that one can aesthetically appreciate not only Georgia O'Keefe's White Trumpet Flower, but also a white trumpet flower. Similarly, we can aesthetically appreciate both a pictorial representation of the human form and that form instantiated in certain prime specimens. We do so, moreover, without classifying either flowers or human beings as art objects. Yet, the paradigm of aesthetic appreciation today, in both everyday life and in educative contexts, is the appreciation of art, which explains why we tend to try to understand what makes aesthetic appreciation appropriate in terms of what makes art appreciation appropriate. This approach may not be entirely mistaken, for beginning with the familiar is always a good plan. However, it must be done with care, otherwise important differences between our relationships with the art we appreciate and with the nature we appreciate may be overlooked, thereby obscuring salient differences in the appreciation of each. In this essay, I focus on the issue of the appropriate aesthetic appreciation of nature and offer an overview of a contemporary debate on the topic. I begin with a general discussion of art and nature appreciation. I then summarize Kendall Walton's theory of appropriate art appreciation and explain his skepticism regarding the possibility of appropriate and inappropriate nature appreciation. Next, I discuss two models according to which Walton is mistaken, as the philosophers who present these models, Allen Carlson and Noel Carroll, do so to illustrate how nature appreciation can be properly considered appropriate or inappropriate. It may seem that given the recent proliferation of models of nature appreciation, the last thing we should seek is yet another model. However, in the end, I shall argue the need for a new and different kind of model, one that is a revisionist and extensionist model of nature appreciation.


Abstract : The Hybrid Technique, which combines the Method of Moments with the Geometrical Theory of Diffraction, is used to investigate the radiation patterns of a UHF satellite antenna at various locations on a 28 in. by 28 in. square ground plane. Due to the diffraction which takes place at the edges of the ground plane, the radiation patterns are quite sensitive to the location of the antenna. It is concluded that, for the type of radiation coverage desired, it is best that the antenna be located close to one edge of the ground plane.


In this paper, we present a Player Identification (PI) scale for measuring identification in MMORPGs. Three main dimensions were derived from the literature (1) Avatar (character) Identification, (2) Group (guild) Identification and (3) Game (community) Identification whereby Avatar Identification is a second-order factor consisting of (1a) Perceived Similarity, (1b) Wishful Identification and (1c) Embodied Presence. Based on the results of a cross-sectional survey of 544 World of Warcraft players the measurement instrument's proposed factorial structure was confirmed. Subsequently, the constructs were successfully tested both for convergent and discriminant validity. Finally, evidence for nomological validity was gathered by testing ten theoretically rooted hypotheses regarding the effects of Player Identification. The results showed that Avatar Identification positively predicts Empathy, Proteus effect and the motivations role-play, customization and escapism. Group Identification predicts socializing and relationship, and Game Identification predicts advancement, mechanics and escapism.


One approach to teacher education courses for professionals in ESOL (English for speakers of other languages) prioritizes language as the central mode of communication. I argue, however, that it is visual thinking on which language learning is based (Arnheim, 1969; Barry, 1997); for this reason, visual literacy must be equally integral to, if not prioritized in, the training of ESOL teachers. I make this argument, in part, with reference to the literature on visual thinking and visual literacy and, in part, through the description of an approach to teacher educa tion that engaged education professionals in exploring the meaning of language and culture through visual media. In other words, I endeavor to ask, and to suggest answers to, the following question: Does visual literacy have a role in the teaching and learning of language?


the chloroplast whose genes are actually in the nucleus. One example of this is a protein (an enzyme) called "Rubisco" that is involved in carbon-fixation in the chloroplast. The Rubisco enzyme is made up of eight large protein subunits and eight small protein subunits. The genes for the large subunit are found in the chloroplast DNA, but the genes for the small subunit protein are found in the nuclear DNA. This means that the small subunit protein comes from cytoplasmic RNAs and is transported into the chloroplast. Plant molecular biologists have tried to discover what it is that tells this protein to go into the chloroplast. Because only certain proteins go into the chloroplast, there must be specific information allowing a protein to do so. Scientists have found, often through this recombinant DNA technology, that the protein transported into the chloroplast contains a small group of amino acids


The perception in psychological factors that have an important role in
influencing the behavior of a person. The safety management system and the
occupational health concern which is very important nowadays, as it hopes to be
of significance that can be generated in order to lower the high number of
accidents.
The purpose of this research is to know the perception of labor safety
and health management systems work and the application of guidelines in PT.
BARATA INDONESIA (Persero) Unit Usaha Mandiri Tegal. This study uses
qualitative methods, where the collection of data is done with the interview. As the
project of the research is related to the research and have a work experience of
more than 10 years and worked at PT. BARATA INDONESIA (Persero) Unit
Usaha Mandiri Tegal.
The result obtained from this study revealed there are five elements of
the implementation of the guidelines on occupational safety and health
management system of work at PT. BARATA INDONESIA (Persero) Unit Usaha
Mandiri Tegal namely Implementation of policy of safety and occupational health,
Safety and health work planning, Implementation of the occupational health and
safety plans, Monitoring and evaluation of the safety and health performance of
the work, Review and improvement of safety and health performance of the work,
already reflect that the guidelines the application of safety and health
management system of work at PT. BARATA INDONESIA (Persero) Unit Usaha
Mandiri Tegal has been in accordance with the desired, expected and needed by
employees


HbbTV is a rising standard, designed to introduce interactivity into digital television. With the standard's expanding adoption, there are more and more HbbTV applications present, and consequently, more and more content is distributed to the end users through the HbbTV applications. This paper describes a proposal for a concept of recommending HbbTV applications, as well as recommending the HbbTV content itself, in order to help users discover it and cope with it's quantity.


This paper proposed the inverse model control strategy of the inverter in the field of active power filter. Since the inverse model of the inverter can not be easily as well as accurately obtained, BP neural network is introduced to approach the inverse model. After the training of the neural network, we can connect it with the inverter to get a nearly ideal linear system. Various simulations are done under different conditions to prove this method to be effective. Finally an active power filter system is simulated, the result proved to be favorable.


The paper referring to the year 1832 in Portugal reflected in the literary reportage of war from the one of the first Romanian newspapers "Albina românească" ("Romanian Bee" translated title) edited by Gheorghe Asachi illustrates the idea that the first reportages describing the war from Romanian literature differ from strict journalistic reports by the following elements: the artistic vision and the aesthetic message.
This paper starts the investigation and the selection of the newspaper reportages about Portugal's civil war belonging to the archive of 1832 first Romanian newspaper called "Albina românească" edited by Gheorghe Asachi to illustrate different aspects about the foundation or invention of a new literary genre, one of the species of the literary journalism with a long tradition in Romanian press: the reportage about war.
Disseminated through the first Romanian newspaper 182 years ago, the reportages about Portuguese civil war are grouped together to outline the following aspects:
1. Gheorghe Asachi and his vocation of founder;
2. "Albina românească"(1829): the first Romanian publication with a long occurrence;
3. The Reportage about War: Definition and Features;
4. The Artistic Vision and the Aesthetic Message of the Romanian Literary Reportage about Portugal's Civil War in "Albina românească" from 1832;
5. Conclusions.


A NDT method of bonding defects in radar absorbing materials is developed with the infrared thermograph technique.Radar absorbing film and radar absorbing coating samples with different bonding defects are prepared on aluminum-alloy bases.The infrared thermograph testing system is used to detect cooling behavior of a sample surface after it has been heated from a flash lamp array.Thermal properties of a defect or its host material are analyzed by IR photos and temperature datas.It is shown that bonding defects in RAC can be found using this method,which is convenient,accurate and nondestructive for coatings.The method makes it possible to control RAC quality during RAC application and RAC reliability in service.