Two types of threshold tests are performed on centre-cracked tension specimens of aluminium alloy AA5083-H321. The first test is the conventional threshold test as described in ASTM E647; the second threshold test is the "constant Kmax ,increasing Kmin" method. A consequence of both methods is that the crack grows until the combination of applied loading and the resistance of the material are in balance. The threshold value for fatigue crack growth, ∆Kth, is now reached. Three different boundary conditions of the "constant Kmax, increasing Kmin" test method were investigated earlier in order to determine the limits of this test method and to find if it could be used as a faster and may be better alternative for the standard ASTM method. This research is extended here by studying the crack closure behaviour in the near threshold region for both types of fatigue crack growth threshold test. Introduction Aluminium alloy AA 5083-H321 is a moderate to high strength work hardenable alloy. The main alloying component is magnesium (4.5 weight %), mainly providing strength to the aluminium alloy by a solid solution strengthening mechanism. The alloy is widely used in marine applications because of its excellent welding characteristics and good resistance to corrosion. In van Kranenburg et al. [1], three different boundary conditions were investigated in order to determine the limits of the so-called "constant Kmax, increasing Kmin" method and to find out if can be used as a faster alternative for the standard ASTM method [2]. In the first place the influence of the initial R-value was investigated. Secondly the influence of the speed of the Kmin increase (dKmin/da) was studied. Finally the effect of Kmax was looked at. In general it was found that the agreement between these two different methods is good [3], although ∆Kth found by using the ASTM method seemed to be slightly higher then the ∆Kth that was found by using the "constant Kmax, increasing Kmin" method. An explanation for this behaviour is probably a different crack closure behaviour in both tests. The ∆Kth value that is found by using the "constant Kmax, increasing Kmin" method is believed to be the intrinsic ∆Kth value, representing the resistance of the material against fatigue crack growth. The crack closure behaviour in the near threshold region is further investigated for both types of fatigue crack growth threshold test. Crack closure is considered to be not a material property, but an extrinsic property, that is not directly a measure for the crack


Adopting multiple processing units to enhance the computing capability or reduce the power consumption has been widely accepted for designing modern computing systems. Such configurations impose challenges on energy efficiency in hardware and software implementations. This work targets power-aware and energy-efficient task partitioning and processing unit allocation for periodic real-time tasks on a platform with a library of applicable processing unit types. Each processing unit type has its own power consumption characteristics for maintaining its activeness and executing jobs. This paper proposes polynomial-time algorithms for energy-aware task partitioning and processing unit allocation. The proposed algorithms first decide how to assign tasks onto processing unit types to minimize the energy consumption, and then allocate processing units to fit the demands. The proposed algorithms for systems without limitation on the allocated processing units are shown with an (m+1)-approximation factor, where mis the number of the available processing unit types. For systems with limitation on the number of the allocated processing units, the proposed algorithm is shown with bounded resource augmentation on the limited number of allocated units. Experimental results show that the proposed algorithms are effective for the minimization of the overall energy consumption.


: Freshwater bivalve, Parreysia cylindrica was exposed to acute (0.6 ppm) and chronic (0.12 ppm) doses of HgCl 2 and HgCl 2 with several concentrations of ascorbic acid. Glycogen contents from mantle, foot, gills, gonads and digestive glands were estimated after 24 hours and 96 hours of acute and 7 days and 21 days of chronic exposure from each group of test animals. Depletion of glycogen contents in different tissues caused due to mercury stress was much more as compared to those exposed to HgCl 2 with ascorbic acid.


ABSTRACT Objective to assess health-related quality of life in people with chronic wounds and its association with sociodemographic and health characteristics. Method a cross-sectional and analytical study conducted with 85 individuals with chronic wounds in a university hospital from Paraíba, Brazil. The data were collected from June to September 2019 through interviews guided by the Medical Outcome Study 36-item Short-Form Health Survey generic Quality of Life assessment instruments and the Cardiff Wound Impact Schedule specific tool for people with chronic wounds. The Student's t, ANOVA, Mann-Whitney's U, Kruskal-Wallis and Kolmogorov-Smirnov tests were applied to analyze the data, with 5% significance. Results there was predominance of aged and married women with venous wounds not healing for over 24 weeks. The mean score of the generic instrument, which was 35.08, indicated a negative association between the physical capacity domain and female gender; as well as between vitality and age over 60 years old; between emotional aspects and marital status; of functional capacity, limitation of physical activity and emotional aspects with lack of religious practices; and of functional capacity with worse financial situation, all with p≤0.042. The specific instrument had a mean score of 45.57 and presented negative associations in the physical domain with female gender; as well as between social life without religious practices and social life with worse financial situation, all with p≤0.047. Conclusion the scores of the specific and generic instruments indicated low Quality of Life influenced by factors such as female gender, advanced age, being divorced/separated, lack of religious practices and having financial problems.


Introduction: Adjuvant left breast radiotherapy (ALBR) for breast cancer can result in significant radiation dose to the heart. Current evidence suggests a dose–response relationship between the risk of cardiac morbidity and radiation dose to cardiac volumes. This study explores the potential benefit of utilising a deep inspiration breath hold (DIBH) technique to reduce cardiac doses.


ABSTRACT Monitoring Trichoderma biocontrol agents when applied to the field for crop protection involved the development of rapid, simple, reliable and strain-specific tools. DNA-based methods as RAPD- PCR combined with the strain benomyl resistance were used to improve the identification of a T. atroviride biocontrol agent. A 3000 bp-sized specific RAPD amplification band was generated using the primer OPC8. The biocontrol strain was then inoculated in soil and could be recovered and identified 4 months later using this technique.


As any recent Ph.D. recipient can attest, the writing of a doctoral dissertation is at times a process fraught with uncertainty and anxiety over the "meaning" of one's work and its implications for the growth of knowledge in one's discipline. The dissertation usually marks the first opportunity for a graduate student to exercise a great deal of in dependence and autonomy on a research project of one's own choosing; and the successful defense of the completed dissertation represents the final phase in a socialization process designed to inititate the newcomer into the sacred "holies" of academic folkways and mores. From its inception in 1861, when Yale became the first American university to grant the Ph.D. degree (Wolfle and Kidd, 1971), the doc toral degree was viewed as a "research degree" and the writing of a dissertation was justified in terms of making an "original contribution" to the scholar's own discipline. A casual glance through several recent graduate school catalogues1 indicates that the official rhetoric con cerning the dissertation continues to stress the notion of an "original contribution." While the official position of the graduate school emphasizes the dissertation as an "original contribution" to the field, the informal culture of the graduate departments has begun to view the dissertation in the more limited terms of an exercise in research skills. As Berelson's (1960:175) empirical study of faculty and graduate student attitudes toward the dissertation indicated: "Over the long-run, faculty sentiment is probably moving toward 'training instrument' and away from 'con tribution' as the raison d'etre of the dissertation."


Objective To obtain and analyze sequence zw-5 gene,and lay bases for screening candidate antigen of Echinococcus granulosus. Methods Total RNA was extracted from protoscoles of cysts from humam origin. The specific primers were designed according to published nucleotid sequence in the Genbank database.The zw-5 gene of Echinococcus granulosus was amplified by RT-PCR and cloned into pGEM-T vector for sequencing and analyzing.Results A cDNA sequence with an open reading frame of 624bp has been amplified successfully by RT-PCR .Comparision of the DNA and amino acid sequence deduced from cDNA with the published zw-5 gene sequence of Echinococcus granulosus in the Genbank revealed 99% identity samely.Conclusion Zw-5 gene gained in China from protoscoles can be used as candidate antigen gene to develop vaccine and its biological functions studying.


At the end of Pliensbachian or during the Toarcian, several carbonate platforms were individualised by extensional tectonics in southern Tethys, of which the Adriatic Carbonate Platform is one. As a unique and isolated shallow marine depositional system it existed until the end of the Cretaceous. In the Late Lias, the platform margins and slopes were formed by the individualisation processes. Due to the presence of younger sedimentary cover and tectonic disruption from the Early Jurassic until the present, only small parts of the north-easternmargin and its slope are exposed at the surface.During the entire "life-span" of the platform, its NE margin and slope retained more or less the same palaeogeographic position – from western to south-eastern Slovenia, through the central part of Croatia, western and central Bosnia, northern Herzegovina and Montenegro all the way to northern Albania. The region between Žumberak in Croatia and central Bosnia was the most dynamic part of the platform margin during the Jurassic and Cretaceous. Shifts of the marginal and slope facies were recorded in Žumberak, where the platform area wasp rogressively reduced during the period from the Lias to the Malm. At the same time, the platform was extended in central Bosnia and Montenegro. A more pronounced reduction of the platform in Cenomanian times marked the beginning of the process of disintegration. The end of the Cretaceous was also the end of the "life" of the Adriatic Carbonate Platform. It mostly became emergent, and the renewed shallow marine carbonate depositional environments in the Eocenewere short-lived and lacked the previous platform characteristics, aswell as the regional distribution and integrity.


Thorough cooperation with integrated production and teaching,between academy and enterprises,is an essential way of academy teaching innovation.To cultivate high-skilled talents,academies should focus on market and students' internship to provide a platform for graduates to return to campus for training.To keep a sustainable cooperative relationship between them,academies could establish an experimental and practical teaching system as well as a staff team of double-skilled teachers.


Erosional processes influence topographic relief in mountain landscapes, but the spatial vanahon between differential processes and influence on tectonic uplift is poorly understood. Deep canyons and adjacent high peaks distinguish the Teton Mountains from nearby ranges, making it an ideal location to study how glacial, fluvial, and hillslope erosion interact to maintain high topographic relief. The purpose of this study is to quantify erosion rates of individual geomorphic processes in this complex system using a variety of techniques to see how each process contributes to landscape evolution in this mountain range.


Objective To explore the nursing experience during the perioperative period of nontension herniorrhaphy for elderly patients with inguinal hernia.Methods The clinical data of 62 elderly patients with inguinal hernia undergoing non-tension herniorrhaphy in our hospital were retrospectively analyzed.Results All patients underwent the surgery successfully,then discharged,and were satisfied with the nursing service.The hospitalization time was (7.3 ± 1.9) days.4 cases (6.45%) occurred complications after the surgery,but were controlled by symptomatic treatment.Conclusions Before the surgery,the physical and mental adjustment of the patients should be strengthened to help patients maintain good states.During the surgery,beside surgery coordination,related indexes should be monitored to guarantee the safety of the surgery.After the surgery,some measures should be taken to prevent the increase of intra-abdominal pressure.

Key words:
Inguinal hernia;  Non-tension herniorrhaphy;  Perioperative period;  Nursing


The purpose of this study was to analyze the responses of the training participants in making digital teaching materials according to the Merdeka Belajar Kampus Merdeka (MBKM) curriculum at IAIN Curup.This activity was carried out in July 2022 at the Institut Agama Islam Negeri (IAIN Curup). The target audience for this service activity is the education community, namely IAIN Curup. The target of this service is lecturers at IAIN Curup. However, the research sample was only 25 lecturers who were participants in the training held by the service team from Bengkulu University. Data was collected by means of surveys in the form of response questionnaires distributed to lecturers who were trainees whose purpose was to measure the success of this activity process. These results were then analyzed quantitatively and descriptively. The questionnaire used as a data collection tool in this activity was developed by following a modified Likert Scale with 4 answer choices, namely strongly agree, agree, disagree, and strongly disagree. The results of this study shows that the training has been carried out well, both in terms of the material, the method of delivery, the software used, how to guide practical activities and the compatibility between digital teaching materials made with the characteristics that teaching materials must possess. In addition, this training activity is also able to motivate or encourage training participants to create and provide digital teaching materials that arein accordance with the Merdeka Belajar Kampus Merdeka (MBKM) by considering the needs of students, campuses, and regions, and encouraging them to be more creative in innovating teaching materials.


Supplemental material, Krause_Supplemental_Material_rev for Can Bad Be Good? The Attraction of a Darker Self by Rebecca J. Krause and Derek D. Rucker in Psychological Science


To provide theoretic support for formula fertilization in wheat production by soil testing in Shajiang black soil areas,field experiments on fertilizer efficiency of winter wheat were carried out.The study used ASI(Agro Services International) method to test soil samples and calibrate ASI soil test according to the typical response categories(50%,65%,75% and 95% of relative yield to soil nutrient values) to establish the abundance and deficiency indices of soil available P for wheat in Shajiang black soil areas based on ASI soil testing and fertilizer recommendation.The very low,low,medium,high and very high indices for soil available P were 7 mg/L,7~12 mg/L,12~18 mg/L,18~38 mg/L,and38 mg/L,respectively.This experiment suggested that the recommended fertilization rates were 135 kg/hm2,105 kg/hm2,90 kg/hm2 and 75 kg/hm2.When soil available P was38 mg/L,the fertilization rate can be very little or even not applied.


The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of fasting (F) periods and vitamin C supplementation on the serum C-peptide levels and endocrine pancreas of guinea pigs. Vitamin C supplementation (a single intraperitoneal dose of 500 mg/kg−1) was given at the beginning of the fasting period. The animals were divided into seven groups (n=6 each) as follows: Group I (untreated group) was given food and water ad libitum; Group II, III and IV were acute (24 h, 48 h) and chronic F (120 h) respectively; while Groups V, VI and VII were acute and chronic F with supplementary vitamin C (VitC + F24 h, VitC + F48 h and VitC + F120 h, respectively). Serum C-peptide levels were measured and pancreatic tissues were collected for immunohistochemical evaluation. Serum C-peptide levels in the VitC + F24 and VitC + F48 groups were higher than in the F24 and F48 groups (P<0.05). Immunohistochemical examination of the endocrine pancreas confirmed that vitamin C administration in fasting may indirectly increase glucagon and insulin secretions.


As I descended more deeply into my depression, I became increasingly preoccupied with thoughts and images of death, to the extent that other subjects seemed meaningless. These thoughts often translated into vivid dreams...

'Despair was my foremost emotion during the night which has just passed. I


Infancy and toddler be a good time for growing children. The provision of
adequate nutrition into maternal and family obligations to support the growth of
children. Nutrition is the most appropriate given to babies is breast milk.
Exclusive breastfeeding for infants 0-6 months has been recommended by the
WHO (World Health Organization), UNICEF (United Nation Childrens Fund),
and Depkes RI (Departemen Kesehatan Republik Indonesia). But unfortunately
the percentage of exclusive breastfeeding in Indonesia still does not meet the
desired target, amounting to 54.3% with a target desired by 75%. The level of
knowledge and maternal employment status is a factor affecting exclusive
breastfeeding for the mother is still a lack of understanding about the practice of
exclusive breastfeeding and busy mother because of her job. Therefore, the
purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between level of
knowledge and employment status with exclusive breastfeeding in Puskesmas
Banyudono 1 Boyolali. This study uses a quantitative research with research
methods correlational. The study design used is cross sectional. Samples are
mothers with babies aged 6 months in April 2016. The sampling technique used is
the total population and obtained a number of 31 respondents. The instrument
used in this study were questionnaires and questionnaires. The statistical test used
chi square test with α <0.05. The results showed that there was a relationship
between the level of knowledge with exclusive breastfeeding, the value of p =
0.022. There is a relationship between employment status with exclusive
breastfeeding, the value of p = 0.023. Increase knowledge about the importance
of exclusive breastfeeding for the mother and family, be one way to meet the
infant's nutritional intake and deepen the love of affection between the baby,
mother and family. It is also important to know the health services to be able to
educate mothers and families about the importance of exclusive breastfeeding.

Key words: exclusive breastfeeding, level of knowledge, employment status.


The more important properties of cation exchangers of the sulphonated crosslinked polystyrene type are described. In particular, the influence of the degree of crosslinking on the swelling in water, exchange rates, relative affinities and non-exchange phenomena (such as the absorption of electrolytes and non-electrolytes from aqueous solutions) is descussed. Considerable light is thrown on these problems by Gregor's theory. This theory, in its simplest form, distinguishes between water of hydration of the ions and so-called "free" water. Using this theory one can calculate the hydration number of the hydrogen ion from three different kinds of experimental data-exchange rates, absorption of non-electrolytes and swelling in water. All three methods give approximately the same value — about five.


Aim To establish the quality control standard for duyiwei drop pills.Method Herba lamiophlomis was identified by TLC method.The content of Luteolin in duyiwei drop pills was determined by HPLC.Results The thin layer choromatogram spots were clear without any interference in the blank test.The linear range of luteolin was 0.0275~0.88 μg,r=0.999 9.The average recovery was 100.9%.Conclusion The qualitative and quantitive methods are highly special,sensitive and repeatable,and they can be used for controlling the quality of the duyiwei drop pills.


ABSTRACT 3D printing technology is fundamentally transforming how companies are run and managed today. This work analyzes the problem of integrated production and transportation of automotive spare parts in the context of 3D printing. We consider two sets of customers – scheduled and breakdown maintenance – serviced by the same resource but with distinct delivery modes. We propose a mixed-integer programming (MIP) formulation for optimally solving small problem instances. We develop an exact approach based on column generation (CG) for large cases by reformulating the MIP model as a set-covering problem through Dantzig-Wolfe decomposition. We design and deploy two acceleration strategies for the quicker convergence of the CG approach. Through extensive computational experiments, we establish the superiority and suitability of the proposed solution methodology for solving real-life problems at terse computational times.


Aortic valve replacement with the Trifecta aortic bioprosthesis has reported favourable haemodynamic performance. However, several reports of structural valve deterioration have raised concerns of design risks and its long-term durability.

 We conducted this study to assess reintervention and outcomes in a large single-centre cohort of 944 patients receiving the Trifecta valve over a 10-year period.

 Consecutive patients undergoing aortic valve replacement with the Trifecta valve between October 2011 and October 2020 in our centre were included in this study. Perioperative patient and operative characteristics were prospectively recorded in an independent database. Reintervention was recorded as a surrogate for structural valve deterioration, and survival data was analysed.

 A total of 944 patient (mean age 72.82 years ± 8.13, range 28–91, 58% male) underwent aortic valve replacement with the Trifecta valve in our centre between October 2011 and October 2020. At 10-years, 1.4% of patients required a redo operation for aortic valve replacement, giving an overall freedom reintervention of 98.6%, with a 99.3% and 99.4% freedom from reintervention due to structural valve deterioration and infection, respectively. The mean time to all-cause reintervention was 48.87 months, and the mean time to reintervention due to SVD was 68.87 months. Patients that did not require reintervention had a 97.74% freedom from mortality and those that underwent reintervention had a freedom from mortality of 84.62% with a median survival of 69-days.

 In a large single-centre cohort, the Trifecta aortic bioprosthesis was safe with a 1.4% all-cause reintervention rate and a 0.7% reintervention rate for structural valve deterioration at 10-years.

 Type of funding sources: None.


Rosemary Radford Ruether's America, Amerikkka is a powerful and devastating book. We may be familiar with many parts of it from American historians such as Howard Zinn who wrote The People's History of the United States. However, when our history is put together against the background of religious justification it is quite overwhelming. An elect nation embracing its own uniqueness is a sobering reality when viewed over a 250 year period. We can see, for example, how the military industrial complex arose from a military industrial ideology based on a notion of special election of a people. And all of this arises from a misplaced sense of nationalism and patriotism. My grandfather, Carlton Hayes, was a European historian at Columbia University who helped to establish the study of nationalism. He was interested in explaining the causes of the two World Wars that devastated Europe. His last book relates directly to Ruether's and is called Nationalism: A Religion. This book established the grounds for understanding what today we call civil religion. America, Amerikkka takes this notion of civil religion and shows how it became used in the name of exclusivity and imperialism.


The utility model discloses a device to remove flat TV modules into shell and match flat TV assembly and production line, which comprises a device frame (1), a traveling trolley (3), an lifting cylinder (2), a synchronous belt (10) and a drive motor (9) and is characterized in that: The traveling trolley (3) is arranged on the top of the device frame (1). The lifting cylinder (2) is arranged on the traveling trolley (3). Lower end of the lifting cylinder is connected with a fixing plate (7). A clamping cylinder (11) is positioned on the fixing plate (7) and connected with a symmetrically arranged L-shaped claw (4). The L-shaped claw (4) is inserted into a clamping fixture (6). The clamping fixture (6) is arranged on a flat TV module assembly line (14). The assembly line (14) and front assembly line (16) are arranged into the device frame (1) but below a slide track (5). A front shell (15) is arranged on an assembly board of the front shell assembly line (16). The utility model has advantages of simple structure, easy operation and high efficiency and can ease labor intensity for workers.


The concept of chaotic conductivity and the acceleration of particles due to a constant dawn dusk electric field are studied in a magnetotail-like magnetic field. A test particle simulation is used including the full nonlinear dynamics. It is found that the acceleration process can be understood without invoking chaos and that the cross tail current is determined by the particle dynamics and distributions. We conclude that in general there is no simple relationship between the electric field and the current, i.e. J ≠ σ·E.


Over the last few months the leadership of ESAC has been very busy! We have continued our schedule of monthly conference calls, and have additional communication during the month "as needed". This work has resulted in a number of existing tasks being completed and new initiatives have begun. Most notably, the ESAC website has been updated and can be accessed by visiting http://www.emcs.org/committees/education/index.html.


Ixenaissance Quarterly, published by the Renaissance Society of America, is the premiere journal of interdisciplinary Renaissance studies. Each issue contains up to five articles, with the latest research in various fields, as well as up to thirty book reviews to keep you abreast of current scholarship, both in this country and abroad. The Society also publishes Renaissance News & Notes, our newsletter, featuring articles of interest to the Renaissance scholar, as well as notices of conferences, calls for papers, fellowship opportunities, awards, etc. The Society's Annual Meeting roams the country, offering members panels covering a wide range of topics, as well as the opportunity to meet fellow scholars and teachers. There are many benefits to membership. Sign up today and join the community of Renaissance scholars!


The modus of physical experiment education and subject achievement in University of Central Lancashire is introduced and analyzed.It is concluded that the university make a point of bringing up the creative and general ability of students.


Few layer graphene/SiO2/SiC (G/SiO2/SiC) core-layers-sheath nano-heterojunctions were obtained by a new easy and cheap designed procedure by thermal annealing at atmospheric pressure and low temperature on 3C-SiC powder derived from exhausted activated carbon. Recycled SiC was chosen as growth substrate to realize a convenient process and to increase the added value of the recycled, combining the favourable properties of different substances. SiC powder and the advanced materials obtained were carefully characterized by the combining use of different techniques: transmission electron microscopy (TEM) with EDAX probe, scanning electron microscopy (SEM), X-ray diffraction analysis, Raman spectroscopy, thermogravimetric analysis coupled with quadrupole mass detector (TG-DTG-MASS).


This study was made for the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) to determine areas of technology that need further research and development in order to resolve any current problems related to the use of control rod and burnable poison materials, to define their performance limits more accurately, and to develop new designs and alternate materials that will be of economic benefit to utilities. To this end, the S.M. Stoller Corporation (SMSC) reviewed the technology of the materials, including the designs and design criteria of the components, their fabrication and quality control, their properties and in-reactor behavior, their commercial service experience and particularly the problems experienced and the resolutions applied. Additional reviews included an evaluation of potential computer codes that could be used to model control and burnable poison elements, and a survey of available clad material properties.


The idea of crab crossing, which has been proposed to allow a non-zero crossing angle without a loss of luminosity, is based on avoiding the excitation of synchro-betatron resonances in a storage ring collider. The validity of the crab crossing scheme relies on the cancellation of kick effects at a crab cavity by those at another crab cavity located on the other side of the interaction point (IP). For the effects to be cancelled exactly, the energy change due to the beam-beam interaction must also be cancelled by these two cavities. We can show, however, that the effect of the energy change is not cancelled exactly if the dispersion, {eta}, and its derivative with respect to s, {eta}{prime}, are non-zero at the crab cavities. Consequently, the crab crossing scheme may induce synchro-betatron resonances with, and even without, the beam-beam effect. We show an example of stopbands due to synchro-betatron resonances when only crab kicks are taken into account. We also present a stability criterion that can be used to determine tolerable values of {eta} and {eta}{prime}, or the crossing the angle, when beam-beam effects are included. 7 refs., 2 figs., 1 tab.


Attached to the humanities in Chinese cultural tradition,Yan Jun pursues an ideal aesthetic personality which includes three aesthetic realms.The first one is the morality realm resulting from humanity and constituting the base of perfect personality.The second one is simplicity and freedom,which Yan Jun thinks is not only the mental state when humanity is suppressed by desire but also the ultimate destination where humanity goes when emancipated from the suppression of desire.In order to reach this status,one should surpass the thirsty of lust and the constraint of desire.The third one is emotional realm which,centering on "le",is the highest one of the three realms.Yan Jun holds that being oneself means to respect human-being's existence and also reveals life's aesthetic of simplicity and freedom.


This chapter provides a constructive critique of the gap between the institutional rhetoric of technology and the academic reality of delivering curriculum digitally. As part of the analysis of the material conditions within the academy that inhibit the development of engaged online pedagogies, including ones with the potential for service-learning and community literacy components, this chapter establishes benchmarks for both institutions and units, not only to assess and sustain the success of such initiatives, but also to foster the professional development training of current and facilitate faculty to foster online learning as an important example of the scholarship of teaching, learning, and engagement. Ultimately, 21st-century colleges and universities need to develop ways to align technology with both pedagogy and policy to bridge the divide between the academy and the community to maintain relevance in both realms in the digital age.


Shah et al have recently reported the first successful sequencing of the entire genome of a solid tumour (Shah et al, 2009 ). Philippe Bedard and Christos Sotiriou analyse their findings as well as the challenges of applying the study of cancer genomes to clinical cancer care.


In this work, we have reported the in-situ fabrication of nanocrystalline rhombohedral silicon carbide (15R-SiC) thin films by RF-magnetron sputtering at 800 °C substrate temperature. The structural and optical properties were investigated for the films grown on four different substrates (ZrO2, MgO, SiC, and Si). The contact angle measurement was performed on all the substrates to investigate the role of interfacial surface energy in nucleation and growth of the films. The XRD measurement revealed the growth of (1 0 10) orientation for all the samples and demonstrated better crystallinity on Si substrate, which was further corroborated by the TEM results. The Raman spectroscopy confirmed the growth of rhombohedral phase with 15R polytype. Surface characteristics of the films have been investigated by energy dispersive x-ray spectroscopy, FTIR, and atomic force microscope (AFM) to account for chemical composition, bonding, and root mean square surface roughness (δrms). The optical dispersion behavior of 15R-SiC thin films was examined by variable angle spectroscopic ellipsometry in the wide spectral range (246–1688 nm), including the surface characteristics in the optical model. The non-linear optical parameters (χ3 and n2) of the samples have been calculated by the Tichy and Ticha relation using a single effective oscillator model of Wemple and Didomenico. Additionally, our optical results provided an alternative way to measure the ratio of carrier concentration to the effective mass (N/m*). These investigated optical parameters allow one to design and fabricate optoelectronic, photonic, and telecommunication devices for deployment in extreme environment.In this work, we have reported the in-situ fabrication of nanocrystalline rhombohedral silicon carbide (15R-SiC) thin films by RF-magnetron sputtering at 800 °C substrate temperature. The structural and optical properties were investigated for the films grown on four different substrates (ZrO2, MgO, SiC, and Si). The contact angle measurement was performed on all the substrates to investigate the role of interfacial surface energy in nucleation and growth of the films. The XRD measurement revealed the growth of (1 0 10) orientation for all the samples and demonstrated better crystallinity on Si substrate, which was further corroborated by the TEM results. The Raman spectroscopy confirmed the growth of rhombohedral phase with 15R polytype. Surface characteristics of the films have been investigated by energy dispersive x-ray spectroscopy, FTIR, and atomic force microscope (AFM) to account for chemical composition, bonding, and root mean square surface roughness (δrms). The optical dispersion behavior of 15...


There are a lot of records about planets' motions during past dynasties of China in Tian Wen Zhi.The Mars's stay at twenty-eight lunar mansions,four-planet conjunctions and five-planet conjunctions are studied in this paper with the calculational methods of modern astronomy and Shou-shi Calendar.The results show that there are a lot of mistakes in these records.The proportion of mistakes is 51%in 65 records of Mars's stay at twenty-eight lunar mansions,50%in 12 records of four-planet conjunctions,and 18%in 11 records of five-planet conjunctions.The main causes of mistakes are also discussed in this paper and they are as follows:(1) There is no unified format of date for the Mars' stay at twenty-eight lunar mansions;(2) There is no unified format of the time duration for the Mars' stay at twenty-eight mansions;(3) There are mistakes in the recorded patterns of Mars' motions;(4) There are also mistakes in the records of four-planet conjunctions and five-planet conjunctions;(5) Mistakes were made in editing and publishing.


The Advanced Stirling Convertor (ASC) was initially developed by Sunpower, Inc. under contract to NASA Glenn Research Center (GRC) as a technology development project. The ASC technology fulfills NASA's need for high efficiency power convertors for future Radioisotope Power Systems (RPS). Early successful technology demonstrations between 2003 to 2005 eventually led to the expansion of the project including the decision in 2006 to use the ASC technology on the Advanced Stirling Radioisotope Generator (ASRG). Sunpower has delivered 22 ASC convertors of progressively mature designs to date to GRC. Currently, Sunpower with support from GRC, Lockheed Martin Space System Company (LMSSC), and the Department of Energy (DOE) is developing the flight ASC-F in parallel with the ASC-E3 pathfinders. Sunpower will deliver four pairs of ASC-E3 convertors to GRC which will be used for extended operation reliability assessment, independent validation and verification testing, system interaction tests, and to support LMSSC controller verification. The ASC-E3 and -F convertors are being built to the same design and processing documentation and the same product specification. The initial two pairs of ASC-E3 are built before the flight units and will validate design and processing changes prior to implementation on the ASC-F flight convertors. This paper provides a summary on development of the ASC technology and the status of the ASC-E3 build and how they serve the vital pathfinder role ahead of the flight build for ASRG. The ASRG is part of two of the three candidate missions being considered for selection for the Discovery 12 mission.


The article considers the evolution of Chinese policy for the countries of Central Asia, which emerged after the collapse of the USSR. The key tools of Chinese policy in this part of the post-Soviet space were trade and economic relations. Within a short time, China has managed to significantly increase the scope of trade and economic cooperation with each country in the region. A hallmark of China's policy in Central Asia has been its evolving relations with each state in the region on a bilateral basis. The Chinese side made heavy use of such cooperation mechanisms as credit granting and infrastructure project implementing. In turn, the countries of the region were interested in expanding cooperation with China. This allowed them to support the national economies, which faced serious difficulties after the collapse of the Soviet Union. The article highlights the specificities in developing China's relationship with each of the states, sums up the results of their interaction in the 1990s, and outlines approaches to the development of cooperation on a bilateral basis in the first decade of the 21st century. In the early part of the century, hydrocarbon resources and their delivery routes were integral to Chinese policy in the region.


Bioindustries often involve biochemical processes that occur at higher temperatures. However, most proteins, including enzymes, lose their structural integrity and functionality at higher temperatures. Thus, thermostable enzymes from thermophilic microorganisms are best suited candidates for successful bioprocessing under such conditions. Indonesia is one of the best study sites for performing bioprospecting of thermostable enzyme-producing thermophilic microorganisms due to the numerous hot springs. To explore the biodiversity of thermophilic microorganisms with potential industrial applications, we isolated and characterized thermophilic bacteria from the Cangar hot spring, Batu, East Java, Indonesia. One isolate (CGR-1) showed growth at 60°C and was identified as Bacillus subtilis subsp. inaquosorum based on 16s rRNA gene sequencing followed by bioinformatic analysis. This is the first report on the isolation of Bacillus subtilis subsp. inaquosorum CGR-1 from Indonesia, especially from a hot spring environment. This isolate showed cellulolytic and amylolytic activity at 50°C, which would encourage further exploration on the industrial and environmental applications.


In this paper, we suggest an ecological perspective on the role of analytics in education. We discuss how different stakeholder positions in education points to different interests in using analytics. As a point of reference, we examine the Danish case of ICT integration in primary and lower secondary school (Danish: Folkeskolen) in order to study cases of emerging and at times conflicting stakeholder interests. On this basis, we discuss how this complexity of the educational ecosystem affects different stakeholder positions within the field.


In recent years, in creasing attention has been focused upon how to reduce interior noise in order to alleviate driver's fatigue. It is therefore necessary to reduce noise by appropriate modifications to vibration excitation sources and the mechanisms of vibration transmission and noise emission. So it is important to identify the sound sources. Vibration based techniques, have been the mainstay of condition monitoring since its inception. In contrast, the acoustic condition monitoring of diesels has received only scant attention. This is probably due to the perception that the monitoring of airborne sound from a machine as noisy and complex as a diesel, particularly when in a normal industrial environment, will be fraught with difficulties stemming from signal contamination. Acoustic signals from diesel engines contain useful information but also include considerable noise components. To extract information for condition monitoring purposes the continuous wavelet transform (CWT) is used for the characterization of engine acoustics. This paper first reviews the characteristics of the CWT in terms of the representation of short duration transient signals. Wavelet selection and CWT implementation are then detailed. Its capability of time-frequency localization is demonstrated using a numerical example. With the wavelet transform, the major sources of the exterior radiation sound of the engine front are surveyed. The research provides a reliable basis for engineering practice to reduce vehicle sound level. Furthermore, the identification results of the measured acoustic signals are compared with the identification results of the measured surface vibration, and good agreement is observed.


In modern society, the reputation of a university comes from its great spirit, which dignifies the character of the University. Campus culture is an organic component of the mainstream culture of the society. The spirit, in other words, the soul of a university, plays an important role in developing the university. Meanwhile, it has impact on the mainstream culture with its positive force. Therefore, as an advanced culture of high level, the spirit of a modern university which is commonly accepted as an ideal goal and spiritual pillar, will surely radiate the whole society and generate positive influence on the concept of thinking, the outlook and the behavior pattern of the people, and then push forward the mainstream culture of the society.


This paper proposed an equivalent circuit model for the thermal system based on the thermal resistance method to form the integrated system model. Since the equivalent circuit model uses circuit elements to reflect the dynamic energy transmission characteristics, the integrated system model can be simulated by an electrical software. On this foundation, we quantitatively studied the impact of power disturbances on the stability of the integrated system. The result shows that the thermo-electric power ratios and the PID integral parameter have the impact on the stability of the electro-thermal integrated system.


Osteosarcomas are the most common malignant primary bone tumors in children and adolescents. Osteosarcomas metastasize to brain very rarely and they usually appear late in the disease process following metastasis to lung. Our case was a 43-year-old man who was admitted to the hospital with the complaint of imbalance for over a week. Physical examination revealed a bony mass over the left tibia. Cranial MRI and CT demonstrated a giant epidural infra and supratentorial mass (Figure 1A-C). Thoracal CT and bone scintigraphy demonstrated a mass in the lung and multiple skeletal mestastases respectively. We performed a biopsy through a burr-hole placed in the occipital bone. Pathological evaluation of the epidural mass was consistent with the diagnosis of osteosarcoma and the patient was transferred to the oncology unit. Menasa et al. reported an isolated brain metastasis of osteosarcoma in a patient with a patent foramen ovale (3). Chang et al. described a case that presented with an multiple subdural and epidural drop metastasis of osteosarcoma (1). Likewise, Hettmer et al., described the appearance of cerebellar and hemispheric parenchymal lesions in a 16-year-old boy who was previously diagnosed with osteosarcoma in the left proximal tibia (2). However, our case is the first patient in the literature harbouring giant infra and supratentorial epidural metastasis of metastatic osteosarcoma. In conclusion, osteosarcomas may present as giant epidural masses and a primary cancer diagnosis could be established through a biopsy from metastatic epidural masses.


Capillary tube flowmeter measures ultra-low flows of very corrosive fluids /such as chlorine trifluoride and liquid fluorine/ and other liquids with reasonable accuracy. Flowmeter utilizes differential pressure transducer and operates on the principle that for laminar flow in the tube, pressure drop is proportional to flow rate.


This paper describes the sources and methods used to create the PIC data set, which the author believes to be the largest collection of legal-economic information on contemporary price-fixing cartels. It details the scope, strengths, and limitations of the data therein. Moreover, summary descriptive statistics are shown for the years 1990-2013. A few highlights of those statistics are: •In the past four years 70 new cartels were uncovered each year, a record. •Of the 1014 suspected cartels, 717 were convicted; 217 await a decision. •Relative to GDP, cartelization in Europe is triple the rate than in North America. •Nominal affected sales total $1.5 to $1.7 trillion; global cartels average $10 billion. •However, the size of European cartels is much smaller than other regions. •More than 34,000 companies (7,238 named) are liable for international price fixing. •77% of corporate cartelists are from Europe of North America. •863 persons were indicted or sanctioned, 8 per cartel and 2 per employer. •Prison sentences imposed total 400 years. •Gross cartel overcharges exceed $1.6 trillion, of which global cartels were 60%. •Monetary penalties reached $123 billion: 0.8% of sales and less than 5% of overcharges.


This paper deals with a very common problem on spectrofluorimetry: the inner-filter effect. This limitation has made spectrofluorimetry into a disadvantageous technique for the quantification of individual compounds in complex mixtures, however, a lot of papers have quantified compounds as fluorene in mixtures where other Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) absorb part of the energy emitted by fluorene without taking account this limitation. The inner-effect filter for fluorene is e asily detectable in spectrofluorimetric measurements in mixtures where there are compounds, such as benzo(k)fluoranthene, indeno(1,2,3-cd)pyrene and pyrene. The application of methods, such as Multiple Linear Regression (MLR) to the quantification of fluorene in mixtures containing compounds capable to quench its signal, provides high errors in the analytical results. This point is carefully treated in our paper. The precise and accurate quantification of fluorene in presence of benzo(k)fluoranthen e, indene(1,2,3-cd)pyrene and pyrene, was achieved by constant-wavelength synchronous fluorimetry in combination with Partial Least Squares (PLS) calibration.


To the Editor:— I have read and reread Dr. William Dock's letter, and I find nothing really pertinent to the subject of my study presented in Miami last June. The theme of my paper, namely, that effort and occupation play no apparent role in the precipitation of acute coronary occlusion, is ignored. Only perimeter topics are the target of Dr. Dock's remarks. "Acute coronary insufficiency" in my paper was always qualified as "acute coronary insufficiency without occlusion" or "acute coronary insufficiency due to hemorrhage." Many readers who have written to me were, unlike Dr. Dock, able to distinguish this type of acute coronary disease from acute coronary occlusion, the subject of my article. An illustration may emphasize my point. Many years ago a 19-year-old girl suffering from acute ulcerative colitis died following many brisk bowel hemorrhages. At postmortem examination, we found subendocardial infarction without coronary occlusion. In fact, the coronary


With the recent economic crisis in the USA, stories of homes lost to foreclosure are increasingly common. In this paper, we attempt to connect this present day problem to its historical roots in racial oppression. We examine 2004 data from the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act database for racial disparities in lending. We find that African Americans are less likely than European Americans to receive loans from regulated lenders. We also find that regardless of lender type and income level, African Americans are more likely than European Americans to receive high priced loans. We argue that these racial differences in access to quality loans that allow for the acquisition of assets through home ownership are part of a historical trend of whiteness as property and undeserved enrichment and unjust impoverishment.


Gary Lachman, Aleister Crowley: Magick, Rock and Roll and the Wickedest Man in the World (New York: Jeremy Tarcher/ 2014), 387 p, $19 (paper), $11.99 (ebook).


Abstract Background The T2Candida (T2C) assay is an FDA-approved, non-culture-based rapid diagnostic that utilizes PCR and magnetic resonance technology to detect candidemia in a whole blood specimen. T2C can detect the 5 most common pathogenic species: C. albicans, C. tropicalis, C. parapsilosis, C. krusei, and C. glabrata. The sensitivity of T2C is reported to be 88–94%, varying by the species, based on the original clinical trial from 2015. Only 6 patients with candidemia were included in the study, so it was supplemented with samples spiked with known quantities of Candida spp. In this study, we sought to evaluate the sensitivity of T2C with routine usage in a tertiary-care academic hospital. Methods All patients with a blood culture (BC) positive for Candida spp. during the years 2016 through 2018 were identified. Repeat positive cultures of the same species within 30 days of the initial culture were excluded. We then reviewed the medical records of those patients with a T2C collected ±12 hours from the time of the BC collection. Data collection included demographics, time to antifungal therapy, time to culture reported positive, impact of false negative T2C on antifungal therapy, and 30-day mortality. Results There were 281 episodes of candidemia (designated as a positive blood culture) in the study period. Forty-four of these episodes had a T2C collected within the specified timeframe (Figure 1). Overall, there were 17 false-negative T2C, reflecting a sensitivity of 61% (27/44). Excluding species not detected by T2C, the sensitivity was 71% (21/38). Of the false-negative group, antifungal therapy was impacted in 8 patients: delayed initiation in 6 patients (1–4 days) and treatment interruption in 2 patients (1 dose each). Demographics, time to treatment, time to culture positivity, and 30-day mortality were similar in the two groups (Table 1). Conclusion In spite of the test being readily available and increasingly used, only 44/281 (16%) of patients with a positive BC had a T2C ordered concurrently. Our experience shows a much lower sensitivity than the clinical trial, in part due to species not detected by T2C. Considering only those organisms on the T2C panel, the false-negative rate was 29%. Impact on treatment was limited to half of the false-negative patients with no difference in mortality. Disclosures All authors: No reported disclosures.


Penetrating neck injuries are uncommon in children and a post traumatic common carotid artery to internal jugular vein fistula rarely occurs. We present one case of a 4-year-old girl with a penetrating injury from flying glass fragments in the midportion of the neck, caused by an explosion in a military warehouse. She was referred to our facility upon a request of a hospital of a neighbour country, two days after sustaining a penetrating cervical trauma. The presentation, diagnostic procedures and surgical management of this very rare injury are discussed. No neck penetrating trauma should be underestimated and a selective surgical intervention based on clinical examination and investigation tests findings is associated with good long-term outcomes.


Measurement of network performance is an important branch of network security research area.The realization principle of network centrality,betweenness centrality,intermediary centrality and eigenvector centrality were provided.Then network aggregation and network average shortest path were metrically analyzed;and concrete examples were given.Through the analysis of network performance metrics,the central node could be obtained.The critical path and critical network nodes could also be identified.The vulnerable and weak nodes could be found in the network,which are beneficial to targeting the network defenses.


The coaxial heat sensitive cable is mainly based on its NTC properties of heat sensitive resistance,and its structure and principle are introduced in the article.The fact is discovered that the coaxial heat sensitive cable has not only NTC resistance property but also PTC capacitance property by tests.Tests such as response / recovery time test in flame,Vibration test,and Impact test are explored against its capacitance property.The capacitance property of the coaxial heat sensitive cable is a new path to its double parameters control.


A stress analysis, including displacements, is composed of the infinite orthotropic strip subject to distributed polynomial edge loads of degree n to and including n = 7. The loadings consist of both normal and shear loads with one edge stress free. Tables are given for appropriate Airy functions, together with pertinent values of constants in terms of the applied tractions.


Since the reform and opening up,Chinese medical and health has developed rapidly.Also it has many problems,including "medical treatment is difficult and expensive",it has become the most serious problem.And the absence of the public hospital's public welfare is the main reason.It has become the hot issue.Under that background,the 17th National Congress of CPC and new reform of health system clearly that returns the public welfare to public hospitals.This article describes the meaning and performance of the public hospitals.Using the stakeholder theory analyze the reasons for lacking the public welfare in public hospital,mainly from government and public hospitals,then propose the countermeasures to guide the public hospitals return to the public welfare.


On Twitter, a range of discourse networks may be extracted showing different types of conversational interactions. While the attention is often on what is trending and large-size high-interactive social graphs, many extracted networks are self-loops and small-group discourse networks based on ad hoc narrowcast conversations. In this exploratory study of microblogging messaging on Twitter, the focus is on microblogging conversations that result in self-loops (self-to-self conversations, individuals microblogging to themselves) and small-group graphs and motifs (one-to-few or few-to-few conversations). This work proposes and tests hypotheses about the various types of seeding #hashtags and keywords that result in different types of ad hoc microblogging microchat network graphs on Twitter.


【Objective】To develop a new DNA marker, which could be used in genetic diversity analysis and genetic map construction in plant. 【Method】 IT-ISJ (intron targeted intron-exon splice junction) marker primers designed according to the intron-exon splice junction conserved sequences were used to construct cotton genetic linkage map.【 Result】 Fourty-nine out of 704 IT-ISJ primer combinations showed polymorphism between high quality upland cotton cultivar Yumian 1 and multiple dominant gene line T586, and the polymorphic primer combinations accounted for 7.0% of total primer combinations. Fourty-nine IT-ISJ primer combinations were used to genotype 270 F2:7 recombinant inbred lines developed from (Yumian 1×T586) F2 and 58 IT-ISJ loci were obtained. Fifty-eight IT-ISJ, together with 150 SSR and 8 morphological loci, were used to conduct linkage analysis, and a linkage map including 22 linkage groups and 113 loci (49 IT-ISJ, 62 SSR, and 2 morphological loci) was constructed. The linkage map covered 714.5 cM, accounting for 16.1% of cotton genome, with an average interval of 6.3 cM between two markers. 【Conclusion】 The present study demonstrated that IT-ISJ marker is highly polymorphic, and it could be effectively applied in plant genetic map construction.


EDES PRICE MF01/PC01 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS Analysis of Covariance: Career Choice: *Career Exploration: Career Guidance: Counseling Theories: Decision Making; *Decision Making Skills; *Field Trips: Grade 11: High Schools: Information Seeking: *Problem Solving: *Program Effectiveness: Research Methodology: Testing; *Workshops IDENTIFIERS Career Development Inventory: Career Information Request; Career information Search Survey: Extent of Planning Scale


This paper describes a procedure for estimating the parasitic impedances associated with multi-chip power module (MCPM) interconnections and packaging at finer granularity than has been previously demonstrated. The methodology introduced here makes it possible to determine an estimate for the loop inductance at each individual semiconductor die position within the module geometry based on frequency-domain characterization of a single, specially-configured MCPM test subject. The impedance estimates produced by this procedure are shown to be in good agreement with values obtained through finite element analysis (FEA) using COMSOL.


Introduction: Medial antebrachial cutaneous nerve (MACN) neuropathy is reported to be caused by iatrogenic reasons. Although the cases describing the posterior branch of MACN neuropathy are abundant, only one case caused by lipoma has been found to describe the anterior branch of MACN neuropathy in the literature. As for the reason for the forearm pain, we report the only case describing isolated anterior branch of MACN neuropathy which has developed due to repeated minor trauma.


As part of the modern discourse on screen art, the article examines the phenomenon of a display surface, which represents the boundary between the screen and real spaces. The relevance of this topic is concerned with the development of the technical base, owing to which the variety of screen types is considerable. In everyday life a few decades ago, the screen as an electronic device was primarily associated with a television receiver, whereas today, the methods of modeling visual reality are becoming more complicated, and various screens of mobile devices are increasingly used. It is noteworthy that in practice the inclusion of a display surface directly into the mise-en-scene being filmed has become widespread. The article discusses this kind of creative solution when creating the material; in particular, it substantiates and proposes the concept of "substitution technique", used in the filming process and which assumes the presence of a mobile device screen in the frame, for the introduction into scientific circulation. At the same time, the researcher's attention is directed to the study of the properties of the screen as a reflective surface in the cinema hall, and the surface of the screen of a monitor or a smartphone that emits a light flux. The author takes into account the physical patterns of the screen: the shape and structure of its surface, and also considers screen space. The study analyses the nature of a multi-plane screen. Against this background, the study of the multi-image screen and the discussion of the principles of image projection on the facades of architectural structures seem to be significant. The attention is focused on the mirror surface representing the surrounding world. From the perspective of the visual component of the television material, a set of colour spaces is studied in a single colouristic construct, expressed by the technical parameters of the screen itself and the visual information received from it by the recipient. The study of the multi-plane screen structure, as well as the multi-level screen space, is of practical importance, helping to develop relevant methods for presenting video content in the modern media environment. In theoretical terms, it contributes to the formation of a holistic picture when considering the sphere of television, and also provides intermediate results of scientific work, the main direction of which is the study of the figurative structure of the screen space. The publication may be of interest to professionals and a wide range of readers and viewers.


Social growth and patterns of community life greatly affect the behavior patterns of adolescents. The problem that often occurs in adolescents are issues of sexuality, as well as the drug due to lack of knowledge about the health of adolescents. It not only can occur in adolescents high school, but also occur in adolescents Islamic boarding school. Based on interviews with PIK R of Nurul Huda, there are two students expelled from boarding school because of abuse of narcotics in 2014. The results of a preliminary studied in January 2015 of the 20 respondents showed that there was one respondent ever did intercourse. This study analyzed the correlation between knowledge, attitudes and actions of drug abuse with premarital sexual behavior in adolescents of Islamic boarding school in Nurul Huda, Grujugan subdistrict, Bondowoso District. Samples of this study are a number of 58 respondents. Data analysis used a statistical Chi square test with α = 0,05. The analysis showed that knowledge, attitudes and actions of drug abuse has a significant correlation with premarital sexual behavior in adolescents. The analysis showed that the knowledge had a significant correlation with the premarital sexual behavior. Beside that, attitudes had a significant correlation with the premarital sexual behavior, and actions of drug abuse had a significant correlation with the premarital sexual behavior.


Thin-filmed copper dicyanoanthraquinone diimines, (DCNAQI)Cu, were electrochemically deposited on conductive SnO[sub 2] electrodes, and characterized in aqueous K[sub 2]SO[sub 4] solutions containing methyl viologen and ferricyanide. They behave like an n-type semiconductor with a potential window 1.0--[minus]1.0 V vs. SCE. Under bandgap excitation (4,000 cm[sup [minus]1]), the conductance recorded with these electrodes was observed to be substantially enhanced, but very sensitive to the presence of hydrogen. A nearly linear relationship of conductance difference between light and dark against the partial pressure of hydrogen was obtained with most (DCNAQI)Cu electrodes. The adsorption of hydrogen at (DCNAQI)Cu surface follows a simple Langmuir isotherm with an equilibrium constant in the range 1.7--2.6 atm[sup [minus]1], as manifested by conductance measurements. Despite possessing a relatively smaller adsorption equilibrium constant, ([beta]-methyl-DCNAQI)Cu exhibits the greatest sensitivity to hydrogen. This extraordinary sensitivity is very likely attributed to the mediation of surface states, located near the valence band.


Zoom vandalism. Duke's Office of Information Technology has published guidance on settings to protect Zoom sessions [3]. Using passwords and following the recommended settings will dramatically reduce the possibility of Zoom vandalism, also known as "Zoom bombing." Meeting hosts should report all incidents of Zoom vandalism using the Report a Participant to Zoom [4] option, as well as notifying firstname.lastname@example.com [5]. Zoom also has set specific sharing settings for Education accounts [6]. Zoom and data privacy. Duke's contract with Zoom includes our standard security and privacy terms, including a Business Associates' Agreement, to protect Duke's confidential data. The terms of service are available on the OIT website [7]. Zoom's security controls. Duke's IT security offices remain committed to the safety and security of the Duke community and continue to test for and monitor any security issues reported. We have been encouraged by Zoom's quick response to issues so far:


The effects of distilled monoglyceride,soybean lecithin and ascorbic acid on the quality of whole wheat flour- made steamed bread were investigated. The optimum additions of distilled monoglyceride,soybean lecithin and ascorbic acid in the preparation of steamed bread were determined by single factor experiment together with the orthogonal experiment. The results indicated that the quality of steamed bread made from the tested whole wheat flour was improved significantly after adding distilled monoglyceride,soybean lecithin and ascorbic acid. The optimal quality of steamed bread made from the tested whole wheat flour was obtained when the additions of distilled monoglyceride,soybean lecithin and ascorbic acid were 5 g / kg,3 g / kg and 80 mg / kg,respectively.


»Human Enhancement« has been the subject of an interdisciplinary discourse for over 10 years. However, the important question concerning the fundamental possibilities of enhancement-techniques remains a desideratum: What are the chances and limits given by human nature? In this article, said question is discussed by drawing on the anthropology of Friedrich Schleiermacher. Different forms of physical, neuro and moral Enhancement can be productively related to his description: referring to dietetics, prosthetics, nanotechnology, biotechnology, information technology and cognitive science (NBIC). It is shown that there may be actual enhancements of the »exterior« side of human action. However, the limits of enhancement techniques are sharply delineated.


Abstract Effects of a preweaning supplement on intake, growth, and age at weaning were evaluated using 45 Holstein calves. Calves began the study at 6 d (SE = .3) of age and were fed for 56 d. A commercially prepared grain-based preweaning supplement was offered in a plastic bucket or in a bottle designed to allow feed particles to pass through the nipple. Calves were also offered a commercial calf starter for ad libitum consumption throughout the study. Calves were weaned when starter plus supplement intake was at least .7 kg/d for 2 consecutive days. Preweaning supplement was not offered after weaning. Calves fed preweaning supplement were weaned 4.3 d earlier than control calves, without effect of method of feeding preweaning supplement. However, calves fed preweaning supplement from bottles began consuming dry matter at an earlier age. Intake of starter prior to weaning tended to be lower when calves were fed supplement, although total dry matter intake did not differ. Daily gain postweaning tended to be higher in calves fed control, probably because calves tended to be older and were heavier at weaning.


In this study, the performance of Nakagami distribution which is previously not used in the model of siesmic data is compared with known Generalized extreme value, Gumbel, Weibull distributions. The comparison criterion is the coefficient of determination and root mean square error. The siesmic magnitude data are analyzed separately and maximum siesmic magnitudes are obtained for each year and also block maxima (annual maximums) data set is determined. Considering the data obtained in the short periods with extreme value theory in the study, long-term probability of an earthquake has been obtained. Parameter estimations of the distributions fitted to the siesmic data and the variance-covariance matrices of these parameter estimates were determined. According to the coefficient of determination and root mean square error, it is determined that Nakagami distribution is also as successful as other known distributions in the modelling of siesmic data. On the other hand; the fitting to the observed siesmic data of the Gumbel distribution is revealed and return levels based on this distribution is estimated. Thus, the probability of having an earthquake of 5.1 is determined as 10% in the next 10 years.


This study aims to evaluate the efficacy of 10‐kHz high‐frequency (HF10) devices as a rescue treatment in patients with failure of conventional spinal cord stimulation (SCS) therapy for chronic pain without the need to change the spinal hardware.


. In this paper, the microstructure and oxidation behaviour of Ti-45Al-8Nb-0.2Si-0.5W-0.8B, Ti-45Al-8Nb-2Cr-0.2Si-0.5W-0.8B, Ti-45Al-8Nb-2Mo-0.2Si-0.5W-0.8B, Ti-45Al-8Nb-2Cr-2Mo-0.2Si-0.5W-0.8B were studied.The alloys were designed and fabricated via vacuum arc melting in the protection of argon shield. The oxidation experiments were carried out at 1073K for 200h in laboratory air. Microstructure evolution, elemental analysis as well as the composition distribution of the oxide scale were performed using scanning electron microscopy (SEM), energy dispersive spectroscopy (EDS) and X-ray diffraction (XRD) technique, respectively. The results showed that the microstructure could be refined by adding of Cr and Mo to a smaller grain size.The heat treatment has a good impact on composition homogenization as well as the generation of γ-TiAl phase. The oxidation test shows that Cr and Mo modified alloy cannot improve the oxidation resistance of the alloy. The 0Cr2Mo alloy shows the poorest oxidation resistance in the three , while the Cr modified alloy can apparently slows down the oxidation rate after 50h, which owing to the formation of a compact oxidation scale.


The following four papers are included: Road Research Activities of Thailand Department of Highways, S. Punyarnunta; Deep Hole Lime Stabilization as an Appropriate Technology for Land slide Prevention, T. Ruenkrairergsa; Accident Recording and Potential Remedial Measures in Thailand, C. Sukhawan; and Pavement Management in Thailand, R. Satayu.


The piles with pre-stressed anchor cables is a new retaining structure to remediate the highway slopes,which is of the characteristics of well-mechanicals and the high effectiveness of materials and more economical,has been paid much attention.Meanwhile,the design and effect of the remaining structure to remediate a slope shall be proved with projects by and by.The reinforced mechanisms and deformation of the the piles with pre-stressed anchor cables system are analyzed in the paper.the internal forces of the piles with pre-stressed anchor cables system are researched on the base of the models,one of which is the bond length of piles fixed and the other hinged.An example is given in the last,which shows that the the piles with pre-stressed anchor cables to remediate the highway slopes is predominant.


In the testing setting, we want to test if a distribution has a global property. Properties of interest include uniformity, identity, monotonicity, log-concavity, etc. In this lecture, we are going to develop an algorithm that tests if a discrete distribution is the discrete uniform distribution on its domain. Let [n] be the domain of the underlying distribution p and Un denote the uniform distribution on [n]. Let p : [n]→ [0, 1] be the probability mass function (pi ≥ 0 and ∑ i pi = 1). So, we are looking for an algorithm that outputs YES if the distribution is uniform with high probability else if p is far from Un, then the algorithms output NO. More formally we have


Aim:To evaluate the efficacy and safety of angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors and angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs) for proteinuria in three different patient groups with chronic kidney disease (CKD).
 Materials and methods:168 patients with diabetic nephropathy, glomerulonephritis, and renal transplantation who had more than 1 gram of daily urinary protein excretion were enrolled. The patients were divided into three groups: group 1 users of ACE inhibitors, group 2 users of ARBs, and group 3 users of both ACE inhibitors and ARBs. The clinical and laboratory parameters recorded for the patients included comorbid diseases, medications, blood urea nitrogen, creatinine, potassium, 24-hour urinary protein excretion, and creatinine clearance. Laboratory tests were recorded for months 0-1-3-6-9-12-18-24. Echocardiographic changes were recorded for months 0 and 24.
Results:In all three groups, a statistically significant decrease was observed between the proteinuria levels at month 0 and all other months. Patients who received both ACE inhibitors and ARBs had significantly higher creatinine levels after the 9th month. The patients in group 1 showed a significant decrease in creatinine clearance after the 9th month of the study while patients group 3 showed a significant decrease after the 12th month of the study. In group 2 patients using ARBs showed no significant decrease in creatinine clearance.
Conclusion: Patients with proteinuria greater than 1g per day should receive ACE inhibitors or ARB treatment, and combined therapy of ACE inhibitors and ARBs should only be used in selected patients who can be closely monitored.


The purpose of this note is to state without proof certain. results on polynomial approximation to harmonic functions whose proofs will appear elsewhere later. In the plane of the complex variable z = x + iy, a (real) function u(z) harmonic in the interior of the Jordan curve C and continuous in the corresponding closed region C can be represented in C by a uniformly convergent series of harmonic polynomials.1 If CR denotes the image of the circle w = R > 1 under the conformal map of the exterior of C onto the region w > 1 of the w-plane so that the points at infinity in the two planes correspond to each other, and if u(z) is harmonic throughout the interior of CR, then there exist harmonic polynomials pn(z) of respective degrees n = 1, 2, ..., such that lim sup [max. Iu(z) p.(z) on C] iln < 1/R; (1)


U ssher and England: Chair: Harvey Shoolman Anthony Grafton (Princeton), 'Ussher and Thomas Lydiat'. Gerald Toomer (F1orida), 'Ussher and Selden: two views of scholarship'. Alan Ford (Nottingham) 'Ussher and William Laud'. Elizabethanne Boran (fCD), 'Ussher and Samuel Ward'. Ussher and Europe: Chair: Howard Hotson Peter Van Rooden (Rotterdam), 'Ussher and Leiden intellectuals'. Jean Paul Pittion (fours), 'Ussher and Louis Cappel'. Stephen Burnett (Lincoln, Nebraska), 'Ussher in the correspondence of the Buxtorf circle'. Round table on intellectual history chaired by Mordechai Feingold (Caltech).


Sacred groves are tracts of virgin forest with rich biodiversity, as they have been protected for centuries by the local people for their cultural and religious beliefs and taboos. Sacred groves are representatives of climax vegetation and exhibit diversity of species such as trees, climbers and other shade loving herbs. In the present investigation, an attempt was made to study the tree diversity of a sacred grove of Borra, Visakhapatnam District, which comes under the Eastern Ghats of India. A total of 31 species, 28 genera and 20 families were reported in the sacred grove.


Numerous changes in the criminal law associated with the emergence of new norms providing for responsibility for criminal liability inevitably raise the question of the validity of criminalization. Its positive solution is possible only if the new criminal law prohibition is established in accordance with the principles of criminalization, one of which is the relative prevalence of the act. The article is devoted to the assessment of the prevalence of petty bribery in order to determine the correctness of the legislative decision to establish independent criminal liability for this crime (Article 2912 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation). The main method of research is a statistical method that allows us to establish the prevalence of bribery in the amount not exceeding 10 thousand rubles at the time of the adoption of this legislative decision, and also during the period of validity of article 2912 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, the share of the analyzed crime in the structure of bribery and corruption offences. In addition, the author analyzed 120 sentences of courts for petty bribery. As a result of the research, the author concludes that petty bribery is a fairly common offence in the structure of both bribery and corruption crimes, which indicates its public danger and the validity for the criminal prohibition of its commission. It was established that the establishment of a separate norm on liability for petty bribery allowed law enforcement agencies focusing the efforts to counteract bribery in the amount of more than 10 thousand rubles.


Using low-coverage whole genome sequences of trophectoderm biopsy samples from 11610 morphologically good quality embryos we analyzed associations between chromosomal abnormalities and mitochondrial genome. Comparing 6208 aneuploid and 5402 euploid embryos we observed an increased mtDNA content and an excess of ultra-rare potentially deleterious mtDNA variants in aneuploid embryos. The increased mtDNA content was associated with aneuploidy irrespectively of the maternal age, suggesting new age-independent causative mechanisms, based on deleterious germline (or early somatic) variants.


Suppose that A is a pointed CW‐complex. The paper looks at how difficult it is to construct an A‐cellular space B from copies of A by repeatedly taking homotopy colimits; this is determined by an ordinal number called the complexity of B. Studying the complexity leads to an iterative technique, based on resolutions, for constructing the A‐cellular approximation CWA(X) of an arbitrary space X.


The paper appraised the awareness and utilization of School Health Services among students of Isa Kaita College of Education Dutsin-ma. Survey design was used for the study; three hundred and thirty (330) students were selected from five (5) schools of the college using proportionate sampling technique. A researcher developed questionnaire and standardized with reliability of 0.79 was used for data collection. Frequency counts and percentages were used to organize and describe the demographic variables of the respondents, while Pearson product moment correction (PPMC) and chi-square were used to test the formulated hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. The findings revealed that there is relationship between awareness and utilization of School Health services. There is no significant difference in the awareness of male and female students on school health services. Also, there is no significant difference in the utilization of male and female students of school health services. The paper partly recommends that school should encourage formation of school health clubs and other related organization that will assist in disseminating health information to the students.


The chemical structure and bonding of the hypermetallic Al3C and Al3C− species have been studied by photoelectron spectroscopy and ab initio calculations. Al3C− is found to have a planar triangular (D3h, 1A1′) structure (when averaged over zero-point vibrational modes) and Al3C is found to have a triangular distorted planar structure (C2v, 2B2) with one elongated Al–C bond. Four peaks in the photoelectron spectra of Al3C− were identified at 2.56, 2.69, 3.23, and 4.08 eV. Assignment of the observed features was made on the basis of the ab initio calculations. The experimental adiabatic electron affinity of Al3C was measured to be 2.56±0.06 eV, compared to 2.47 eV calculated at the CCSD(T)+OVGF/6-311+G(2df) level of theory. The excellent agreement between the calculated and experimental electron affinity, vibrational frequencies, and excitation energies allowed us to completely elucidate the geometrical and electronic structure of the Al3C molecule and its anion.


To this point, you have developed an understanding of organizational buying behavior, customer relationship management, market segmentation, and a host of other tools managers use. All of this provides a fundamentally important perspective to the business marketing strategist. After reading this chapter, you will understand: 1. marketing's strategic role in corporate strategy development. 2. the multifunctional nature of business marketing decision making. 3. the components of a business model that can be converted into superior positions of advantage in the business market. 4. a valuable framework for detailing the processes and systems that drive strategy success. CHAPTER 6


Objective:To explore the correlation between the expression of RhoA and the pathological grades in astrocytomas. Methods:Ten normal brain tissues and eighty cases of astrocytomas were chosen for this study.RhoA was detected by immunohisto- chemical ABC method and the relationship between the expression of RhoA and the pathological grades in astrocytomas was analyzed. Results:In the normal brain,the expression of RhoA was not seen.The positive expression percent and immunoreactivity score(IRS) were 56.25%,1.76±1.71 in human astrocytomas.RhoA immunoreactivity was seen in the majority of astrocytomas.The positive ex- pression percent were 35%(7/20)in gradeⅠ,45%(9/20)in gradeⅡ,65%(13/20)in gradeⅢand 80(16/20)in gradeⅣand the im- munoreactivity score(IRS)were 0.78±1.05,1.12±1.04,2.15±1.59 and 3.31±2.14 in gradeⅠtoⅣastrocytoma respectively.Con- clusion:RhoA was highly expressed in astrocytomas and its expression increased markedly with an increase in the pathologic grade of human astrocytomas,which plays an important role in the genesis of human astrocytoma.


SUMMARY The crop is of the utmost importance to any pest control strategy, the phytosanitary state of which is dependant on the cultural practices it is subjected to (irrigation, fertilisation, pruning, etc.). These will consequently have a decisive effect on the management of the beneficial fauna used in the greenhouse. It is therefore necessary, to synchronise cultural tasks (pruning) with the release of beneficial insects to avoid any interference with the establishment of these natural enemies. Pruning, if possible, should always be carried out prior to releases, and refrained from during the two following weeks. As the work shows, biological pest control efficiency is tightly interrelated with greenhouse characteristics and equipment, their handling and also crop and beneficial biological agent management. The greater the knowledge of these interrelations, the higher the effectiveness and efficiency of integrated pest and disease management practices in greenhouse horticultural crops. Efforts must be made to guarantee the research required to optimise and consolidate this significant technological breakthrough.


Wenlong studied and connected the traditions of novel commentary,and formed the full self-characteristic feature in the words.The effort Wenlong made in the standard objectiveness of character criticism revealed the intense critical rational spirit.The formation and evolution of novel criticism style that Wenlong advacated built the foundation for the modern characters criticism.From the angle of readers,Wenlong carried out the exchanges between life and wisdom,and emphasized the reader's processing and transform to the work,as well as readers' subjective consciousness.He also suggested exploring the internal regularity of novel commentary from the dimension of readers willingly.


BaTi1−xCaxO3−x ceramics, where 0⩽x⩽0.04, prepared by the mixed oxide route at 1500°C display a strong suppression of the Curie temperature and a significant increase in grain conductivity with increasing x. The ramifications of these results on the applicability of using Ca2+ as a dopant to achieve X8R specification in BaTiO3-based formulations are discussed.


ABSTRACT Considering the fear that spiders can generate in humans, examining human-spider interactions in urban settings may at first glance appear odd. However, human-spider interactions, which occur quite frequently in urban settings, do not necessarily have to be negative; they can, in some cases, foster respect and tolerance (sometimes through avoidance). When one considers how global transformations, invasive species, urbanization, and adaptation will impact human-spider interactions, a review of the literature pertaining to these encounters is timely. We begin this discussion by describing spiders and providing an overview of some of their positive and negative impacts. Challenges regarding species identification and envenoming are also discussed. After the role of biological, psychological, and social aspects in human-spider interactions are re-examined, we provide future options aimed at organizing broad-scale public programs for five specific target groups: 1) the general public, 2) health professionals, 3) educators, 4) naturalists, and 5) researchers. In the conclusion, we provide potential management and educational strategies aimed at increasing our knowledge and tolerance of these animals in urban settings.


Althaus, Frances A. 1997. Female circumcision: rite of passage or violation of rights? International Family Planning Perspectives 23(3)" 130-133. Babatunde, Emmanuel. 1998. Women's rites versus women's rights: a study of circumcision among the Ketu Yoruba of southwestern Nigeria. Trenton, New Jersey: Africa World Press, Inc. Carr, Dara. 1998 Female genital cutting" findmgs from the Demographic and Health Surveys Program. Calverton, Maryland. Macro International Inc. Devey, Munel. 1997. La Guinde. Pans: Editions Karthala. Dorkenoo, Efua. 1994. Cutting the rose:female genital mutilation, the practice and its prevention London: Minority Rights Pubhcatlons. Khelr, EI-Haj Hamad M., Sushil Kumar, Anne R. Cross. 1991. Female circumcision: attitudes and practices m Sudan. Proceedings of the Demographic and Health Surveys World Conference, Washington, D.C., 1991 Vol. 3. Columbia, Maryland: IRD/Macro International Inc. 1697-1717. Lane, Sandra D., and Robert A. Rublnsteln. 1996 Judging the other: responding to traditional female gemtal surgeries. Hastings Center Report 26(3)'31-40. Leanard, Lon. 1996. Female circumcision in southern Chad: origins, meanings, and current practice Social Science and Medicine 43(2):255-263. Llghtfoot-Klein, Hanny 1989 The sexual experience and marital adjustment of genitally circumcised and mfibulated females m the Sudan The Journal of Sex Research 26(3)'375-392. Locoh, Thrr~se. 1998. Pratlques, opinions et attitudes en mati~re d 'exoslon en Afrique. Population 6" 1227-1240 Mackie, Gerry. 1996. Ending footbindmg and infibulation: a convention account American Sociological Review 61 "999-1017. Obermeyer, Carla. 1999. Female genital surgeries: the known, the unknown, and the unknowable. Medical Anthropology Quarterly 13(1).79-105. Ottenberg, Simon. 1994. Male and female secret societies among the Bafodea Llmba of northern Sierra Leone. In Religion in Africa, T. Blakeley, W. Van Beek, and D. Thompson, eds. London: James Currey. Toubla, Nahld. 1994. Female circumcision as a pubhc health issue. New England Journal of Medicine 331(12):712-716 Trangsrud, Knstin. 1994. Female gemtal mutilation: recommendations for education and policy. Carolina Papers in International Health and Development Vol. 1, No. 1. University Center for Internauonal Studies, Umverslty of North Carohna at Chapel Hill.


Protein disulfide isomerase (PDI), a multifunctional oxidoreductase that regulates thrombus formation, leukocyte adherence to the endothelium and nitric oxide delivery, is present at high levels and regulates KCNN4 (Gardos Channel) activity in erythrocytes from humans with Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) and sickle mouse models. We reported evidence of elevated erythrocyte-surface associated and circulating PDI activity in humans and mouse models of SCD when compared to either wild-type mice, transgenic mice expressing normal human globins or otherwise healthy individuals; results that suggest a novel role for PDI in the pathophysiology of SCD through unclear mechanisms. We studied the effects of deoxygenation (5% O2) on PDI activity in endothelial cells and sickle erythrocytes from humans with SCD and two sickle transgenic knockout mouse models expressing human sickle hemoglobin, BERK and βSAntilles. Our data shows that deoxygenation of human and mouse sickle erythrocytes increased surface-associated reductive capacity that was sensitive to monoclonal antibodies against PDI (mAb PDI [RL-90]). We then studied sickle human erythrocytes and showed that PDI inhibitors (quercentin-3-rutinoside [Q3R] and mAb PDI) significantly reduced deoxy-stimulated sickle cell dehydration and Gardos channel activity (n=5; P Disclosures No relevant conflicts of interest to declare.


At present, most space inflatable structures are composed of flexible inflatable fabrics with complex undevelopable surfaces. It is difficult to establish a multi-dimensional folding model for this type of structure. To solve this key technical problem, the motion folding method is proposed in this study. First, a finite element model with an original three-dimensional surface was flattened with a fluid structure interaction algorithm. Second, the flattened surface was folded based on the prescribed motion of the node groups, and the final folding model was obtained. The fold modeling process of this methodology was consistent with the actual folding processes. Because the mapping relationship between the original finite element model and the final folding model was unchanged, the initial stress was used to modify the model errors during folding process of motion folding method. The folding model of an inflatable aerodynamic decelerator, which could not be established using existing folding methods, was established by using motion folding method. The folding model of the inflatable aerodynamic decelerator showed that the motion folding method could achieve multi-dimensional folding and a high spatial compression rate. The stability and regularity of the inflatable aerodynamic decelerator numerical inflation process and the consistency of the inflated and design shapes indicated the reliability, applicability, and feasibility of the motion folding method. The study results could provide a reference for modeling complex inflatable fabrics and promote the numerical study of inflatable fabrics.


Development of artificial neural network (ANN) for prediction of aluminum workpieces' surface roughness in ultrasonic- vibration assisted turning (UAT) has been the subject of the present study. Tool wear as the main cause of surface roughness was also investigated. ANN was trained through experimental data obtained on the basis of full factorial design of experiments. Various influential machining parameters were taken into consideration. It was illustrated that a multilayer perceptron neural network could efficiently model the surface roughness as the response of the network, with an error less than ten percent. The performance of the trained network was verified by further experiments. The results of UAT were compared with the results of conventional turning experiments carried out with similar machining parameters except for the vibration amplitude whence considerable reduction was observed in the built-up edge and the surface roughness. Keywords—Aluminum, Artificial Neural Network (ANN), Built- up Edge, Surface Roughness, Tool Wear, Ultrasonic Vibration Assisted Turning (UAT).


The present invention relates to an air conditioning system seasonally storing a heat medium (water) after cooling the heat medium using cold outdoor air in winter, and then cooling an indoor room by feeding cold air heat-exchanged with the heat medium having a certain temperature to a demander as necessary in order to perform eco-friendly cooling with economic benefits and greenhouse gas reduction by sharply reducing energy consumption, wherein the air conditioning system comprises: a storing chamber (1) having a space part therein; a cooling chamber (2) positioned in the storing chamber (1), having a space part therein, having a heat medium feeding unit feeding the heat medium on the space part, and having an air inflow unit which is fed with the outdoor air so as to store the heat medium after cooling the heat medium using the fed outdoor air; and a cold air feeding unit feeding air to the demander (3), wherein the air is cooled to a low temperature after being heat-exchanged with the heat of the heat medium stored and cooled in the cooling chamber (2).


Seventeen cases of hypertensive nephropathy with azotemia (test group) treated with Zhen-gan Xifeng Decoction (ZGXFD) and a routine regimen of Western Medicine were observed. The result wascompared with that of 15 cases treated with routine regimen alone(control. group) . After 3 months of treat-ment, the blood pressure, sodium excretion, blood urea nitrogen and creatinine were all reduced, while cre-atinine clearance rate (CCr) and residual renal function index(RRFI) were improved significantly in bothgroups. Compared with the control group, the treatment on the test group showed a more prominent effect onlowering of diastolic blood pressure, elevating the hemoglobin, reducing the blood level of triglyceride andcreatinine as well as improving on CCr and RRFI , suggesting the deterioration of residual renal function couldbe restrained by ZGXFD , through improving the disorder of lipid metabolism, osmolality gradient and creati-nine kinetics.


The time-varying electron density in the channel of a microwave GaN/AlGaN FET gives raise to GHz coherent phonon generation due to the screening of the giant piezoelectric fields, which we measure optically. Such propagating nonthermal channels of energy release may be of relevance to future high power devices.


The article covers the problems of trade and economic cooperation within the EurAzEC and the use of the model import substitution in the countries


In this paper, an auxiliary modeling method for system identification is proposed for multicopter dynamic modeling. By utilizing an auxiliary controller called damper during the modeling and identification process, the unstable attitude angle and angular rate channels of multicopters can turn to be stable so as to obtain the parameterized dynamic model without safety problems led by traditional methods and large-space requirement. Through an application to an indoor fixed quadcopter system, simulation results demonstrate the feasibility of the proposed method for the multicopter dynamic modeling.


The emulsion polymerizations of styrene in the presence of a variety of TEMPO derivatives were investigated. Among the TEMPO derivatives we studied, 4-acetoxy-2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidine-1-oxy (ATEMPO) was a suitable candidate for a living radical polymerization in emulsion, because it provided an optimized balance between hydrophilic and hydrophobic character. For the emulsion polymerization of styrene in the presence of 4-hydroxy-2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidine-1-oxy (HTEMPO), however, the slow initiation in aqueous phase due to the strong hydrophilic character of HTEMPO, hindered styrene polymerized in a living fashion. The emulsion polymerization of styrene in the presence of 4-benzoyloxy-2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-piperidine-1-oxy (BTEMPO) who was absolutely rich in organic phase, was uncontrolled and identical to conventional radical polymerization.


The cost control or price control of operate unit in the enterprise is presented,takes analyses of trade cost as angle,puts forward the theory of super value model and way of price control,takes demand,value,partial as structure,takes commercial flow,value flow,material flow as form,takes super value transaction,super value accounting,super value salary as method,realizes leap through "matter nature management" and "people nature management" facing "super nature management",promotes core competitive power of enterprise.


The aim of this study was to highlight the influence of the intrinsic properties of mortars (roughness, porosity, and surface pH) on their susceptibility to biodegradation by phototrophic microorganisms. An accelerated fouling test was performed using the green algae Klebsormidium flaccidum. The biofouling was evaluated by means of image analysis. The colonization of samples was not influenced by the porosity because of the specific conditions of testing. However, the increase in roughness and the decreases in surface pH by the means of carbonation, promote algal development significantly. Thus the latency time is shortened and the rate of colonization increases.


A cancer charity is calling for reform of the way in which cancer drugs are made available on the NHS, claiming that there are sometimes delays of up to three years between a drug being licensed and it becoming widely available.

CancerBACUP, an information service for people with cancer, says that approval for a total of 23 cancer treatments is being held up because of delays in the system.

After drugs are …


In light of the commonness of winter concrete construction,combining with principles of winter concrete construction,it introduces common measures and methods used in winter concrete construction including adjusting concrete mixing proportion,thermal storage method,outside heating method,warm shed method,etc.,so as to ensure the winter construction quality of concrete.


tudy the contens of the children´s television proving that values such as individualism, egoism, violence predominate in this type of television programs. However, in words of Mariet tv shouldn´t be educative, but tv has to be enjoyable. At the moment our children´s television hasn´t got the minimus necessary stands of quality for Australian Broadcasting Authority so that the children´s television can be enjoyable. This research propuses children´s should be educative but it can´t forget the true aim tv: the entertainment.