The purpose of this study was to examine the images of disability in general physical education textbooks. Photographs in 59 general physical education textbooks were examined via content analysis. A recording instrument was generated to categorize and analyze the textbook images. The findings indicate that general physical education textbooks do not usually include photographs of persons with disabilities, instead presenting the general physical education setting as noninclusive. Furthermore, the photographs that were included presented persons with disabilities in a stereotypical manner that generally did not encourage readers without disabilities to see their peers more realistically or persons with disabilities to see themselves more positively. The authors speculate on the role of cultural hegemony and body politics in sport as reasons for the exclusion of people with disabilities.


Corrosion of stainless steel in reprocessing plants is quite severe due to presence of some kinds of cations which promote corrosion in boiling concentrated nitric acid solution [1]. Among the cations included in the reprocessing solutions, Np ion reported to accelerate corrosion of stainless steel [2]. However a role of Np ions related valence states in boiling nitric acid solution is not clear in corrosion reactions of stainless steel. In this study, valence states of Np ion and polarization curves of stainless steel in nitric acid solutions containing Np are concomitantly evaluated by using specially designed small electrochemical test cell integrated with spectroscopic analysis. Figure 1 shows polarization curves of Pt electrode and type 310Nb stainless steel in boiling 3 M-HNO3 at 376K. Pt electrode potential was nobler than corrosion potential in stainless steel. Pt electrode potential indicates redox potential of HNO3/HNO2 equilibrium in nitric acid solution [3]. Meanwhile, corrosion potential of stainless steel indicates relation between cathodic reactions related with NOx/HNO2 equilibrium and anodic reaction on stainless steel [4]. Therefore it is considered that redox reactions of nitric acid are difference between in nitric acid solution and on stainless steel. Figure 2 shows polarization curves of type 310Nb stainless steel in boiling 3 M-HNO3 with/without Np ions. Initial Np(V) was controlled by electrolytic reduction. Corrosion potential on stainless steel in nitric acid solution with Np ion is nobler than one without Np ion. While anodic polarization curves are approximately same with or without Np ion, cathodic polarization curves are dramatically changed. This cathodic reaction changing related Np ion causes nobler corrosion potential and accelerates corrosion of stainless steel. In contrast, cathodic polarization curves in boiling 3 M-HNO3 with initial Np(V) or Np(VI) were almost same. It is estimated that initial Np(V) is oxidized in boiling 3 M-HNO3 and change to Np(VI). Np ion is known to have valence states of Np(IV), Np(V), and Np(VI) in nitric acid solution [5] . Therefore it is important to evaluate oxidation states of Np in boiling nitric acid in understanding the role of Np ions. Figure 3 shows existence ratio of Np(VI) and Np(V) in 3 M-HNO3 with initial Np(V) ions at various temperatures. Absorption spectrum was measured after 1 hour heating to evaluate the valence state of Np ions. Np(IV) absorption spectrum was not appeared in 3 MHNO3. After measuring absorption spectrum, electrochemical tests were continuously performed. While Np(V) was oxidized to nearly 80% Np(VI) in boiling 3 M-HNO3 at 376K, Np(V) was hardly oxidized to Np(VI) at 303K. This result shows that Np(V) ion is easily oxidized to Np(VI) in boiling 3 M-HNO3. Absorption peak related to Np(IV) was not observed in the spectrum. This easy oxidation of Np ion in the solution promotes re-oxidation cycle of Np ions from Np(V) to Np(VI) in boiling 3 M-HNO3. This cycle is thought to accelerate corrosion of stainless steel due to activation of cathodic reaction. Namely nobler redox potential in nitric acid solution promotes oxidation of Np ion and less noble corrosion potential on stainless steel promotes reduction of oxidized Np ion and it accelerate corrosion of stainless steel.


First principles calculations have been performed to explore the charge transport process over defective CeO2(111). Charge transport can proceed either by direct migration of the oxygen anion (i.e., vacancy diffusion) or by a polaron-hopping-assisted mechanism. Based on DFT+U calculations, we found that the latter process is significantly more favorable than the former. The overall barrier for charge transport involving polaron migration followed by oxygen diffusion is determined by the barrier for polaron hopping, which amounts to 0.18 eV. This computed value is in good agreement with the experimental barrier for ceria with a low defect density. We have shown by a careful analysis of the magnetization density, the density of states and the reaction pathway trajectory that this process is phonon induced. Our results provide valuable insights into carrier drift processes over defective metal oxide surfaces. This Chapter has been published as Su Y. Q.; Filot I. A. W.; Liu J. X.; Tranca I.; Hensen E. J. M. Chem. Mater. 2016, 28, 5652-5658.


The research reported in this paper evaluates the relative contributions of economic and demographic variables in determining tenure and housing type choice and the extent to which tenure choice in US and Dutch housing markets is similar. Data from the American Housing Survey National file (1983) for approximately 1500 owners and 4000 renters was examined in the context of the PRU (proportional reduction in uncertainty) and ANOTA (analysis of tables) models. The results provide convincing evidence of the role of income, rent of previous dwelling, size of household and marital status. Renter choices are more dominated by income than are the choices of owners. A comparison of the US results with those for the Dutch housing market reveals that the owner models are similar in both housing markets but for renters the importance of size of household suggests the impact of policy controls on access to housing in the Dutch housing market.


The performance of comedy before an audience is essentially a form of human communication. While it entertains, it also communicates a variety of messages, some obvious and some subtle. It functions as a vehicle of phatic communion among members of a particular social or cultural group. For groups such as Barbadians and Trinidadians or black Americans engaged in humorous verbal exchange or comic storytelling the humor can reinforce group solidarity, provide a context for the development of verbal and social skills, and even provide a means of coping with various adverse social and political circumstances. According to Cummings (1980), "It was because of our boundless appreciation of comedy and our uncanny ability to laugh at ourselves that we [black people] were able to turn our own human frailties and the host of negative experiences we've had into positive strong characteristic features." This article argues that the humor that is contained in the narratives and monologues written and performed by blacks in


Leung 1 present an extensive and detailed analysis of the cost effectiveness of various approaches to cancer screening for women in Hong Kong. This article includes much more information than is typically reported in cost-effectiveness analyses in the medical literature, and the difference is worthy of both commendation and comment. A typical medical cost-effectiveness article considers only a single intervention in comparison to no intervention or to some representation of usual practice. Such an article typically presents a cost-effectiveness ratio and explicitly or implicitly concludes that the intervention is (or, less commonly, is not) sufficiently cost effective to warrant adoption. Another segment of the cost-effectiveness literature will examine a single intervention in varyingdegreesofintensity(typicallyfrequency),andcalculatethe incremental cost-effectiveness ratio for each step-up in intensity. In either situation, the criterion of cost-effectiveness is either an arbitraryfigure(often$100,000or$50,000perqualityadjustedlife year[QALY])orisbasedoncomparabilitytothecost-effectiveness ratios of practices believed to be widely in use. The problem with those approaches is that they ignore the context within which cost-effectiveness analysis is applied. Cost effectiveness analysis was developed to guide decision makers in the optimal allocation of a fixed budget of resources. 2 The greatest healthbenefitcanbeextractedfromagivenbudgetbystartingwith the activity that has the lowest cost per QALY, and working one's wayuptheleaguetable,addingtheactivitywiththelowestremaining cost per QALY as far as one can go until the budget is consumed. The remaining activities cannot be undertaken without exceeding the budget or displacing other, more productive, activities.ThisistheapproachtakenbyWooetal. 1 Byperformingthese analyses using common assumptions and approaches, the rank ordering of the programs they suggest is more reliable than one deriving from a league table filled in from numerous, separate single-intervention analyses. 3


Robert Yelle's Sovereignty and the Sacred: Secularism and the Political Economy of Religion is not only a spectacular conceptual investigation but also a profound and painstaking intellectual expedition across ancient religions and modern politics. Yelle's mission is to understand the conceptual voyage of two fundamental ideas—sovereignty and sacredness—across these worlds. His wellinformed analyses of both the religious and the political portray these realms as mirror universes between which the concepts of sovereignty and sacredness wander and operate. The parallelism of theology and politics, and with them sacredness and sovereignty, is a leitmotif in the Hebrew Bible that explores the tension between God's heavenly dominion and the earthly sovereignty of human beings.1 Carl Schmitt's Political Theology2 provided an analysis of the fundamental components and the cross-fertilization inherent to this parallelism and demonstrated its relevance to twentieth-century politics and ideologies. Picking up where Schmitt left off, Yelle deconstructs several of his ideas, then renes them and reconstructs them more broadly. The pillars of Yelle's reconstructed political theology are three interdependent Schmittian ideas: the reection of the theological in the political, the interconnection of sovereignty and the state of exception, and the critique of modernism as a pretentious and ideologically motivated project.


Two newly recorded Helophorus Fabricius, 1775 species/subspecies for the Turkish fauna, Helophorus (Atracthelophorus) shatrovskyi Angus, 1985 and H. (A.) leontis dixoni Angus, 1987, are compared against Turkish specimens (private collection). A list of subgenus Atracthelophorus species known from Turkey and their distribution in Turkey and worldwide is presented. The ecology of each examined species is discussed.


The current energy prices do not include the environmental, social, and economic short and long-term external effects. There is a gap in the literature on the decision-making model for the energy transition. True Cost Accounting (TCA) is an accounting management model supporting the decision-making process. This study investigates the challenges and explores how big data, AI, or blockchain could ease the TCA calculation and indirectly contribute to the transition towards more sustainable energy production. The research question addressed is: How can IT help TCA applications in the energy sector in Europe? The study uses qualitative interpretive methodology and is performed in the Netherlands, Germany, and Poland. The findings indicate the technical feasibilities of a big data infrastructure to cope with TCA challenges. The study contributes to the literature by identifying the challenges in TCA application for energy production, showing the readiness potential for big data, AI, and blockchain to tackle them, revealing the need for cooperation between accounting and technical disciplines to enable the energy transition.


The paper presents a grid connection process of a converter controlled squirrel-cage induction generator driven by an uncontrolled speed prime mover. The main goal of the described method is to decrease an inrush current during a grid connection of an induction generator. The converter is used for a build-up process of a generator voltage and afterwards for a synchronization of the generator voltage with the grid voltage. The synchronization process is made by loading the induction generator with the brake-choppers, connected to the DC-link of the NPC converter. When the squirrel-cage induction generator is connected to the grid, the power electronic converter works as a reactive current source to satisfy the reactive power demand of the generator. The tests have been performed in the laboratory setup with a 7.5 kW induction generator and 8.0 kVA power transformer.


In The Bottom Billion Paul Collier provides an accessible, innovative and controversial analysis of why some countries are trapped in poverty and the possible strategies for overcoming these difficulties. It has been widely read and is being taken seriously by many in development policy circles. In this series of In Focus briefs a group of academics, primarily from IDS, assesses Collier's policy recommendations. There is much that is useful in the grand sweep of Collier's prescriptions, but by bringing to bear a multidisciplinary array of research, these briefs add dissents, nuances and qualifications needed for operational decisions.


The focus of this paper is to study a generalization of consensus problems whereby the weights of network edges are no longer modeled as static gains, but instead are represented as dynamic systems coupling the nodes, which might also be more general than an integrator, leading to the notion of dynamic consensus networks. We transform each concept of static graph theory into dynamic terms, out of which a generalized dynamic graph theory naturally emerges. We present a framework for dynamic graphs and dynamic consensus networks. This framework introduces the idea of dynamic degree, adjacency, incident, and Laplacian matrices in a way that naturally extends these concepts from the static case. We consider controllability for dynamic consensus networks. The ideas developed for dynamic graph theory, in conjunction with the behavioral approach, lead to the development of a controllability analysis methodology for dynamic consensus networks. The controllability conditions obtained using the behavioral approach cannot be applied for the general dynamic networks, such as identical LTI nodes with dynamic edges or even in the more general case with heterogeneous nodes. This is because of scalability in such dynamic networks. Thus, we develop controllability conditions based on node and interconnection (edge) parameters that guarantee controllability of the overall dynamic network.


Multiphoton stimulated autofluorescence microscopy and Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) address different molecular properties of the sample and reach to a different length scale. MRI maps density or mobility of nuclei (here: hydrogen), and targets at whole objects from the scale of sub-millimetres to meters. Multiphoton imaging profits from the nonlinear absorption of light in the focus of a femtosecond laser source stimulating the autofluorescence of biomolecules. As this effect relies on a high light intensity the accessible field of view is limited, but the resolution is very high. Studying a plant embryo (barley) we compare the two techniques. At 770 nm excitation the cell walls of the embryo exhibited significant autofluorescence, allowing for a subcellular resolution. While details where imaged with an objective of N.A. 1.3, an overview was generated with a N.A. as low as 0.25. The overview image as well as merged images and tomographical data were used to link the high-resolution optical data with the three-dimensional highresolution MR images. There, images of the proton density were acquired using a standard 3D spin-echo imaging pulse sequence. While the optical high-resolution data provides a field of view restricted to only a small part of the embryo, the MR image contains the whole grain. Bridging the scales it might be possible to trace transport of e.g. nutrients from large structure of the plant to the cellular level.


Abstract The structural similarity of tubercidin (Tu) with adenosine (Ado) [in Tu the N-7 of Ado is replaced by a CH unit] and recently published results on the stability of M(Tu)2+ complexes allow a quantification of the steric inhibitory effect of the o-amino group on the complexation tendency of the N-1 site in adenosine. This information together with an improved estimate for the pKa value of the H(N-7) site in monoprotonated adenosine (which is not directly accessible by experiments) led to a reevaluation of the N-1 and N-7 dichotomy for metal ion bindings as present in adenosine complexes. It is concluded that Ni2+ and Cu2+, and most probably also Co2+ and Cd2+, coordinate to adenosine preferably via the N-7 site; for Zn2+ a more even distribution between the N-1 and N-7 sites appears to occur, while Mn2+ possible prefers the N-1 site, which definitely is strongly dominating for the binding of H+. The possible formation of outer sphere complexes, i.e., a water molecule of the metal ion-coordination ...


Since many of the hypotheses and recommendations made in this paper have been derived from clinical observation, compiled over several years of working with dwi (driving while intoxicated) offenders and their families, there is a definite need to validate these impressions with empirical research. For example, does family involvement have a positive impact on reducing resistance and denial? Does family involvement have a positive impact on reducing subsequent dwis and other alcohol related violations? Does family discord decrease as a result of family involvement in treatment and/or referral to al-anon, the alcohol anonymous help group. These are merely a few of the areas requiring further exploration. It is optimistically speculated that as we begin to learn more about the dwi offender, we will also begin to focus our efforts on a greater understanding of the family of the dwi offender and expansion of family treatment programming. (a*)


M.A. Fitzpatrick, J.C. Caicedo, V. Stosor, M.G. Ison. Expanded infectious diseases screening program for Hispanic transplant candidates. Transpl Infect Dis 2010: 12: 336–341. All rights reserved


Managers of microfinance institutions (MFIs) typically lack the information required to optimize loan contract terms and marketing strategies. We outline a replicable randomized-control methodology that addresses MFI contracting and marketing strategies directly, and we present evidence from the first implementation of this methodology. We estimate consumer loan demand sensitivities with respect to interest rates, maturity, and the marketing presentation of loan options. We estimate repayment sensitivity with respect to price, and find uniquely clean evidence of specific market failures: adverse selection and moral hazard. We also measure how changes in MFI contracting and marketing strategy affects the social mission of microfinance programs by altering the demographic composition of clients. The clients in this particular study were very sensitive to maturity increases, certain marketing presentations, and price increases. They were less sensitive to price decreases. The findings suggest that MFIs may have more success balancing profitability and outreach by changing maturities and marketing content than by changing interest rates. But our results are merely suggestive. Our primary contribution is developing a replicable, cost-effective methodology, and we have additional research underway that will help shed light on optimal strategies in other markets. More research is needed and feasible. * Contact information: firstname.lastname@example.com and email@example.com. Thanks to Nate Goldberg for research assistance, and to the Lender for financing the loans and providing us the data from the experiment. We are grateful to the National Science Foundation (SES-0424067 and CAREER SES0547898), BASIS/USAID (CRSP), and the Federal Reserve Bank of New York for funding research expenses. The views expressed are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent those of any of the funders or related organizations.


Multi-camera systems have been evolving as next generation video cameras with applications including 3D reconstruction, image-based rendering, free viewpoint, and 3D TV. Quantifying visual quality of multi-camera systems is fundamental in developing these applications. In this paper, image distortion types in multi-camera systems are investigated where distortion is classified as either geometric or photometric. Examples and measurements are presented showing that single-view objective image quality measures are not adequate for perceptual assessment of multi-camera images. A new algorithm that characterizes the type of distortion in a given image captured by a multi-camera system is proposed and evaluated. The new algorithm is based on the edge intensity summation (EIS). A new EIS-based structural similarity (EISSM) quality measure is proposed. EISSM is shown to capture the perceptual fidelity that is not fully grasped by PSNR and SSIM.


Recently, elliptic curve cryptosystems have become as a promising new area in public key cryptography. The main advantage of elliptic curve cryptosystems over other public key cryptosystems is the fact that they are based on a different intractable problem, and that their keys have smaller sizes for the same level of security. These properties lead to some better performance in application. Because of their security and efficiency, this kind of cryptosystems can be used widely in the future. In fact, they have come into strong consideration not only by theory researchers but also by standards developers. The paper here covers the main various aspects of elliptic curve cryptosystems. The concepts of elliptic curves and their related knowledge are introduced briefly, and a few typical schemes are given. The security of elliptic curve cryptosystems is given a properly detailed description. Building of an elliptic curve suitable for cryptosystems, which is essential to the setup of an elliptic curve cryptosystem, is discussed in detail. As a summary,the advance and the status quo of the elliptic curve cryptosystems are reflected, and so do the problems the cryptosystems face now. The newest achievements in this area are covered and views on the development of the cryptosystems are proposed.


This Letter investigates the emergence of corner modes in elastic twisted Kagome lattices at a critical twist angle, known as self-dual point. We show that a special type of corner modes exist and they are localized at a very specific type of corners independent of the overall shape of the finite lattice. Moreover, these modes appear even in the perturbed lattice at the corners with mirror planes. By exploring its counterpart in electronic system, we attribute such corner modes to charge accumulation at the boundary, which is confirmed by the plot of charge distribution in a finite lattice.


objectives: To study computer - aid diagnostic system of expert on brain atlas(BA). Method: The principle and program planning on the system were studied, ant it applied value was observed. Result:The study on the system was completed and its applied effect was satisfactory. Conclusion; The system can not only was applied in clinical diagnosis but also established a foundation for scientific research.


Forest participatory management was important to forest farmers on forest management.Based on the situation of lacking public participates in making policy,though developing participatory forest management training on case village,the authors found that the participatory training on forest farmers' forest management had great significance,and recognized the need of forest resource management on forest farmers and the problems in current policies.The conclusion showed that forest participatory training had obvious effects on farmers' forest management,resource management policies lack of effective public participation and policy making was unreasonable.The authors proposed policy suggestions,and tried to promote forest participatory management training.


There is a general agreement in the literature that social, technological, political, cultural, and economic factors encourage a greater number of businesses to globalize their operations and markets. To operate in more than one market or country involves complexity on a larger scale than to operate locally. The complexity is combined with increasing risks, a faster pace of change, and the difficulties of managing an organization in more than one country. Information and communication technologies (ICT) act not only as an imperative to globalize but also as a potential tool to help global managers to plan, and yet there is no conclusive study that these technologies are adequately providing assistance. Indeed, existing studies suggest that there is much room for improvement. At the same time, there is no coherent and well-tested theory to explain or predict the use of information and communication technologies for global planning. To bridge the knowledge gap, this paper presents a causal model that groups predictor variables of the use of ICT in global planning under organizational, ICT, personal, and infrastructural factors. It also reports on a pilot study in which one hundred questionnaires were distributed to multinational companies in the United Kingdom (UK) and in South Africa (SA) to collect information to examine the role of ICT in global planning using the model. The result suggested among others that the Internet forms the most popular platform for building global planning tools. Factors most important to managers include the provision of timely information, provision of report and presentation facilities, and support for group working and alternative (highly summarized and detailed) views of information. On the other hand, managers appear not to be very satisfied with the provision of technology for global planning, partly because it does not adequately provide for creativity needed in global planning. Recommendations are made based on the findings, and areas for further research to enhance the validity of the model are highlighted.


The multiview video-plus-depth format provides a promising solution for the transmission of three-dimensional video. This format can be transmitted using the multiview high efficiency video coding (MV-HEVC) standard, where the texture and the depth videos are encoded and transmitted separately. The depth maps have large homogeneous areas making their downsampling before transmission and their upsampling at the receiver an attractive option to reduce bandwidth requirements. However, this process results in distortions of the sharp edges also characteristic of depth maps, causing artefacts in the synthesized views. This work exploits the edges found in the corresponding texture view and uses a novel edge detection and depth map painting algorithm to improve the reconstruction of the edges in the upsampled depth maps. Test results show that this solution can improve the quality of depth maps by up to 2.35dB compared to other methods found in literature.


Feyeraberd's scientific methodology is in sharp contrast to the traditional view. He defended his theory by refuting "the principle of identical situations" and "independence of facts" supported by logic positivists. In doing so, he founded an anarchist conception of science on the basis of anarchist methodology. He then extends the meaning of the anarchist theory with his principle of "incomparability".


THE implications involved in this subject are many, and I hope it will emerge in the course of our deliberations that the factor of the sex of the patient has an intimate and practical bearing not only upon diagnosis and treatment, but upon the future of therapy and upon the public health. Our object will be best served, I think, if we first of all approach the matter from the purely biological angle, and if we endeavour to obtain a clear conception of what are the essentials of physical maleness and physical femaleness. It is clearly necessary that we must have a very definite idea of what constitutes the basic difference between the two sexes. There is an average truth which is very striking throughout the whole of the animal kingdom, and it is that of the passivity of the females and the predominant activity of the males.1, 2 And, while this is generally true of the relationship of the animal to its surroundings, it is more particularly true of the metabolic processes going on within the body itself. In animals other than the genus homo it is reflected in the gay colourings of the males, and in the quiet and more sedate plumage and coverings of the females. Bright colourings are due, in great part at least, to the presence of pigmented waste products, the result of metabolic activity. The males possess a katabolic diathesis, whereas the female diathesis is anabolic. It will be realised, of course, that a predominantly katabolic diathesis is not necessarily invariably expressed in terms of rapidity of movement. Without going through a litany of examples, a survey of the animal kingdom shows quite clearly that from the lowest to the highest members the females are essentially


When your child is being bullied at school, his or her teacher and school should be your first line of defense. Unfortunately, students and parents do ...


In Space Invaders Nirmal Puwar weaves together a compelling narrative of the underlying constraints placed upon women and ethnic minorities by institutional somatic norms. She assiduously focuses on the collisions, disruptions and burdens that manifest when 'different' bodies come to inhabit, or 'invade', institutional spaces. By challenging the privileged subtexts of whiteness and masculinity through a series of British-based case studies from Westminster to academia, Puwar elucidates how 'certain types of bodies [. . .] are tacitly designated as being the "natural" occupants of such spaces with others marked out as trespassers' (p. 8). Each case study details the ways in which even small numbers of 'different' bodies carry an amplified sense of presence that incites (for those who have their ontological security thrown into question) anxiety, suspicion and supersurveillance. This entails, Puwar contends convincingly, a heavy burden of representation weighted on the 'space invaders', involving both a burden of doubt (and thus proof) as collectively competent, and a burden of bodily compliance to the symbolic capital expression of respectability (see also Skeggs, 1998). As such, to 'whitewash' (or de-feminise) one's 'bodily gestures, social interests [and] value systems' (p. 150) can be deemed a stipulation for institutional survival and progression, with a failure to do so being an ultimately stifling, renegade act. Puwar commences, in the opening chapter 'Men and Empire', with a brief depiction of the colonial legacy that hangs over our post-colonial era in the racialised and gendered configuration of the public sphere and body politic. In the following two chapters, 'Dissonant Bodies' and '(In)Visible Universal Bodies', she unravels the present-day disruption of institutional spaces by bodies barred earlier but who are now promised formal endorsement. In so doing, she expounds how these 'different' bodies nevertheless confront a subtler form of exclusion driven by the implicit somatic norms of the white masculine body. Thereafter, in the chapters' 'Performative Rites: ill-fitting suits' and 'Imperial/Legitimate Language', Puwar deals with the controlling power of affective labour. She argues, for example, that the performance required to function within the 'violent political theatre' (p. 86) of the House of Commons places an especially heavy burden on female and ethnic minority MPs who are type-cast by their visible markings and are required to counteract the supposedly innate, negative traits of these markings. In the final chapter, 'Becoming Insiders', Puwar suggests that those marked as different who want to succeed in the institutional arena are forced to contemplate a kind of social cloning; in other words, to secure career success one ends up having to concur in an ontological denial (yet importantly, as Puwar notes, not all are equal in their ability to comply). To me, this is one of the most interesting observations of the book, but one which is slightly underdeveloped in terms of thinking through the more subtle disparities of Gender, Place and Culture Vol. 13, No. 3, pp. 317–328, June 2006


The act of predation is defined here to include the behavior of insectivores. By examining the behavior of a set of morphologically conservative mammals, a common pattern of prey capture can be identified. Mammals with a conservative morphology and that are active predators may have similar bite efficiencies. Acts of predation in nature are only rarely documented and researchers are often constrained by dependence on indirect evidence and captive studies. Remarkable instances of convergence in the form and function of predators are discernible even when different phylogenetic lines are compared. Some marsupials demonstrate patterns of predatory behavior that are comparable to placentals.


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This study aims to describe the role, constraints and solutions of BPD in the de-velopment of Ponggok Tourism Village, Polanharjo District, Klaten Regency. The government's effort to build a rural economy is carried out through the manage-ment of village assets that have been regulated in Permendagri Number 1 of 2016 concerning Management of Village Assets. The oversight and control functions in the management of these assets are carried out by the Village Government which is supervised directly by the local Village Consultative Body. This research uses descriptive qualitative research methods. The subjects of this study were the chairperson and members of the BPD of Ponggok Village, Polanharjo District, Klaten Regency. The object of this study is the role of BPD in the development of the Ponggok Tourism Village. Data collection methods use observation, inter-views and documentation. The results showed that the role of BPD in Ponggok
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Village in developing Tourism Villages was to participate in the planning of Ponggok Tourism Villages, carry out socialization and roadshows to explore the aspirations of the community, develop facilities and infrastructure according to the destinations for sale, and provide a Ponggok Tourism Village planning strategy. The constraints faced in implementing BPD's role in developing the Ponggok Tourism Village are budget, lack of space and limited human resources. The solu-tion given to overcome funding or budget and land constraints in developing Ponggok Tourism Village is the optimization of the tourist destination or vehicle that Ponggok Village has, while to overcome the limited number of human re-sources in Ponggok Village, with training and education, and picking up the ball to explore aspirations from the community.
Keywords: the role, village consultative body, tourism village.


Spectral interferometry resolved in time (SPIRIT) is a passive and self-referencing characterization technique that has shown to be suitable for a variety of pulse conditions. Wideband SPIRIT represents a novel configuration aimed for the measurement of a few optical cycle pulses. We present the experimental scheme of Wideband SPIRIT and report first experimental results of characterization of few-cicle pulses. Experimental results demonstrate the capabilities of the method for the full characterization of 0.25 nJ 8 fs pulses.


The aim of the present study is to assess the effect of omega-3 fatty acids, as an adjunctive therapy in management of chronic periodontitis in postmenopausal osteoporotic females. Forty postmenopausal females having osteoporosis and chronic periodontitis were included in this study. These patients were divided into two groups: the first group (n=20) were given rutin and vitamin C (50 mg rutin + 100 mg vitamin C) once daily. The second group (the omega-3 group, n=20) were given 1gm omega-3 daily in addition to 50 mg rutin + 100 mg vitamin C once daily too. These medications were given for 6 months. Scaling and root planing were done to all patients before starting the medical treatment. Periodontal indices measured before and 6 months after treatment were: pocket depth (PD) and clinical attachment loss (CAL). Radiographic evaluation was also done. The results showed that the periodontal indices and radiographic measurements were improved in both groups after 6 months intervals favoring the omega-3 group. It can be concluded that the use of omega-3 is a beneficial nutritional supplementation in management of chronic periodontitis. [Mohamed A. Galal, Basma M. Zaki and Nermine Nassif. The Effect of Omega-3 Fatty Acids on Chronic Periodontitis in Postmenopausal Osteoporotic Females. Life Sci J 2014;11(11):1104-1112]. (ISSN: 10978135).http://www.lifesciencesite.com. 188


Morphological evaluation of early response to chemotherapy and measurement of minimal residual disease by flow cytometry or PCR are being used for evaluation of prognosis and treatment stratification in children with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL).


The invention relates to a method for the production of polymer moulded bodies. Said method consists in extruding a mouldable material containing the polymer by means of a moulding tool comprising a carrier material and at least one extrusion opening arranged in the carrier material and the polymer moulded body is obtained from the extruded, moulded material in a known manner, e.g. by precipitation or cooling. The inventive method is characterised in that the mouldable material is extruded by means of a moulding tool wherein at least one extrusion opening was produced by applying thermal energy by means of electron rays.


An account of how the author has developed his method of delivering sex education to boys. The emphasis is on moving away from traditional teaching methods and interacting with pupils. The aim is to work with boys in a way which does not conspire to maintain traditional expectations in sexual health and contraceptive practices. This is increasingly described as encouraging men to embrace the contraceptive culture. The article should be read by all those interested in developing their skills and knowledge when delivering sex education to adolescent boys.


The article discusses the application of neural networks for calculating the laws of complex processes, with carbon diffusion processes in steel carburizing classified among them. Empirical and mathematical models for the Carbomaag carburizing process, which have been proven in practice, are presented for the determination of technological carburizing parameters resulting in a required carbon concentration profile in the carburized layer. A comparison between the mathematical model (MM) and the neural network model (NNM) and the empirical model < EM) with respect to the time required for shallow and great carburizing depths is given special attention in this article. The results of the empirical carburizing model were used as a neural network training set and compared with the results of computer simulation of the MM. A comparison of results obtained at shallow and great carburizing depths shows that the NNM approximates much better the EM than the MM. It is assumed that the carrying out of a larger number of experiments and the repeated neural network training with new sets of experimental data would result in increasingly better solutions. Thus, the disadvantages of theoretical models, i.e., MMs, would be avoided.


Two patients with previously undiagnosed Ehlers-Danlos syndrome type IV (EDS IV) presented acutely with clinical features suggestive of hypovolemic shock. Emergency laparotomies in both of them revealed spontaneous rupture of the common iliac arteries. The clinical features, operative findings, surgical approach, outcome and implications are discussed.


A total of 291 patients who were hospitalized with acute, purulent exacerbations of chronic bronchitis were treated with various aminopenicillins, including ampicillin and amoxicillin and the esters pivampicillin and bacampicillin. The causative bacteria for most of these exacerbations of bronchitis were Hemophilus influenzae and/or Streptococcus pneumoniae. Adverse effects of the drugs were observed among 177% of patients who received one formulation of ampicillin, among 12% of those given amoxicillin, and among 4% of those treated with bacampicillin. Furthermore, 15%-30% of the patients given pivampicillin suffered dose-dependent adverse effects. Drug concentrations in serum and sputum were measured on the first day of treatment, and areas under the concentration/time curves were calculated for ampicillin, amoxicillin, and bacampicillin. Penetration of drug from blood into sputum varied from 3% to 8%; the latter value was obtained after administration of 1,600 mg of bacampicillin. The clinical response to treatment also was assessed. The poorest results were found after treatment with ampicillin, pivampicillin, and low dosages of bacampicillin. Amoxicillin (750 mg) administered thrice daily yielded satisfactory results, as did 800 mg of bacampicillin given thrice daily, but the best results were observed with 1,600-mg doses of bacampicillin given twice daily. Protection against relapse and reinfection during the first week after the end of treatment also was better after treatment with bacampicillin. By giving higher doses of the drug at less frequent intervals, higher concentrations of drug in blood could be demonstrated, together with higher concentrations in sputum. These concentrations often were much higher than the minimal inhibitory concentration of the drug against the infecting organism.


The purpose of this research is to suggest alternatives for redevelopment and reconstruction that are being implemented to improve the residential environment of the old residential areas of the city on the premise the overall pulling down. In particular, the redevelopment and reconstruction project, which has been implemented based on the Urban and Residential Environment Improvement Act since 2003, has not been implemented for a long period due to poor business performance and conflicts between residents. The Seoul Metropolitan Government is making various efforts such as promoting the 111 districts of the cancelled redevelopment and reconstruction districts as Seoul-type urban regeneration projects and returning the 50 districts to the existing management plan. However, unlike the ideology of urban regeneration project, it remains at the superficial level of maintenance and it shows the limit that can not fundamentally improve the residential environment. Therefore, as a method of improving urban residential areas, we will propose the reasonable development unit and strategies for housing redevelopment and reconstruction sites.


In the planning of Operation Overlord, the D-day invasion of 1944, it was essential that the enemy should be deceived regarding the time and place of the sea-borne assault. Deception plans ensured that the enemy's forces were deployed in several possible invasion zones so as to minimise the expected opposition to the invasion. Many of the deception plans were highly effective. Of particular note, radio technology enabled the German early warning radar system to be almost completely paralysed, and led to the simulation of invasion convoys heading for the Boulogne and the Fecamp regions of France to create confusion as to the places of the real landings. It is remarkable that, though the planning of Overlord and the assembly of the vast forces of men and materials necessary for its implementation occupied many months, the invasion should come on the enemy as a surprise both in time and place. This paper considers some aspects of the art and technology of deception as applied to safeguard the Allied invasion of France in June 1994.


In first part of this paper the Maximum Power Point Tracking (MPPT) technique for photovoltaic (PV) panels based on Extremum Seeking Control (ESC) scheme is analyzed. It is important to know how much energy can be harvested from a PV that uses a MPPT controller. In this paper, the ESC schemes are analyzed in the frequency domain. The modified ESC (mESC) and high-order ESC (hoESC) schemes are considered in this study. The mESC scheme is based on a band pass filter (BPF), while the hoESC scheme is based on a series connection of the high pass (HP) and the low pass (LP) filters. Because the BPF topology may be represented as an equivalent series combination of the HP and LP filters, the equivalence of these topologies is shown for the same cut-off frequencies used. The simulations performed shows that the mentioned equivalence is effective. Also, the design condition to obtain the highest value of the search speed for the mESC scheme is shown when the HP cut-off frequency is known.


The present invention promotes the secretion of growth hormone by delivering a stimulus to the foot and at the same time the impact delivered to the sole is dispersed so that it is not concentrated in a specific area, and after the external force is removed elastic reinforcement structure that can be restored to the original shape quickly Disclosed is a shoe insole and shoes including the same. Shoes according to the present invention is the main body portion is accommodated foot of the wearer; A bottom portion integrated with the body portion and including a midsole integrated on the sole and the sole; And an elastic reinforcing structure installed inside the midsole of the bottom portion. The elastic reinforcing structure may be installed in the midsole corresponding to the heel of the wearer, and may be divided into a plurality of unit structures and installed over the entire area of the midsole, or may have a size corresponding to the entire area of the midsole. Here, the elastic reinforcing structure includes a base having a predetermined volume and a single restoring member mounted inside the base, and a base having a predetermined volume and an upper and lower restoring member mounted vertically at a predetermined interval inside the base. It may include. Shoes, elastic reinforced structure


Vitamin D deficiency was recognized as a health problem affect many different countries even a sunny area such as Middle East. Previous study done in Saudi Arabia among children and female had shown high prevalence of vitamin D deficiency in this area. Our study was done to demonstrate the prevalence of this problem among Saudi males.A total of 316 healthy Saudi males aged 30-50 years were included in this study. BMI, serum levels of calcium, phosphorus, ALP, iPTH, and vitamin D were measured beside the level of sun exposure for each individual.Nearly 98.80% of our subjects were suffering from vitamin D deficiency. Only iPTH level showed significant differences between severe, moderate, mild deficient and sufficient groups. Significant negative correlation of calcium and phosphorus levels was observed with age. Only vitamin D level was showed a negative correlation with iPTH level. In conclusion, Vitamin D deficiency is common among Saudi adult. Supplementation of this vitamin is recommended to prevent vitamin D deficiency complication in the future.


Objective To investigate the mechanism of cisplatin enhanceing the effect of tineposide killing small cell lung cancer cell line by combination of the two drug.Methods The microculture tetrazolium(MTT) assay was used to determine the inhibition rates of CDDP combined with VM-26.Acridine orange/ethidium bromide(AO/EB) fluorescent staining was used to show the cell vitality rates,DNA disruption ladder were applied to reveal cell apoptosis.The mRNA and protein level of topoisomerase Ⅱ(Topo Ⅱ) and transcript factor SP1 were measured by semi-quantitative RT-PCR and western blot.Results There is synergistic effect between the two drug.The cell vitality rates were decreased in combination group than that of CDDP or VM-26 used alone.the combination treatment group resulted in more serious DNA strand breakage.The expression of Topo Ⅱα,β and SP1 mRNA and protein both increased in CDDP treatment group,while the Topo Ⅱα,β expression decreased and(the SP1 expression) has no obviously change in VM-26 treatment group.In combination group,Topo Ⅱα expressionwere decreased comparing with CDDP used alone,SP1 expression increased comparing with VM-26 used alone,but has no obviously change as comparing with CDDP used alone.Conclusion CDDP could enhance Topo Ⅱ expression through up-regulating SP1 expression,which offer more target for Topo Ⅱ inhibitor VM-26 to act on killing small cell lung cancer cell.


It is my intention to share the project developed with students of 10th and 11th grade in the course of Drawing A, where it was envisioned the conception and production of an animated film. This work sought to promote autonomy skills, adaptability, problem solving and development of work capacity in project methodology. It is also observed the stipulation of the creation of the identity as a class.


strong rain and snow process happened in HeiLongJiang Province in March 2009 were analyzed based on NCEP reanalysis data.It shows that longitudinal circulation was very abnormity in the northern hemisphere.The 500 hPa geopetential height field was two ridges and and a trough between them in the middle-high latitudinal Eurasia region.The low level jets and the convergence of wind may be considered as triggering mechanism for the heavy rain and snow.


Case report CASE 1: This case presented A 29year-old male who complained of acute nocturnal pain at the right maxillary central incisor level. His medical history was not contributory with the exception of an episode of renal colic. Intraoral examination revealed a small lesion at the cervical-distal angle of 1.1, and a change in underlying coloration to a pinkish tone. Periapical radiogaphy revealed a rounded radiolucid cervical lesion restricted to the cementoenamel junction level. Therefore the CRR was diagnosed as Heithersay Class 2. In this case a conservative treatment that included endodontic treatment, realization of periosteal flap surgery and restoration with resin composite was performed. CASE 2: A 22-year-old woman complained of pain at the right maxillary central incisor level. The patient's medical history only indicated a nephrolithiasis episode. In the intraoral inspection of 1.1, a well-defined small lesion was found at cervical area of the palatal surface. The underlying area of the lesion showed pink coloration. Periapical radiography detected an irregular radiolucid lesion that extended from the cementoenamel junction towards the middle third of the root. To confirm the true extent of the lesion, we used cone-beam computerized tomography (CBCT), which showed severe root resorption corresponding with a Heithersay class 4. In view of the extensive nature of the lesion, the treatment option selected included tooth extraction and placement of an immediate implant with a temporary crown.


Objective: To test the efficacy of a 2-year, community- & family-based intervention to reduce weight gain in low-income, preadolescent African-American girls Design: 2 arm, parallel group, randomized controlled trial Setting: Low-income areas of Oakland, CA Participants: 8 –10 year old African-American girls Interventions: Girls were randomized to a 2 year, culturally-tailored after school dance program and a home/family-based intervention to reduce screen media use (dance/TV) versus an information-based community health education (HE) active-placebo comparison intervention Primary Outcome: Change in body mass index measured up to 5 times over the course of the study Results: 261 girls were randomized (134 dance/TV, 127 HE) and 225 (86.2%) completed 1 or more follow-up measures (118 dance/TV, 107 HE; mean ± SD follow-up = 25.7 ± 8.5 mos and 25.2 ± 9.6 mos, respectively). Intent-to-treat analysis found no statistically significant differences between groups in BMI change (mean difference in changes= .04 kg/m2 per year, 95% confidence interval [95% CI] =−.19 to .27; P=.72). Similar results were found for waist circumference and triceps skinfold. Compared to girls in HE, girls in the dance/TV group significantly reduced fasting total cholesterol levels (difference in changes = −3.49 mg/dl per year, 95% CI −5.28 to −1.70; P Conclusions: A culturally-tailored after school dance and screen time reduction intervention did not slow BMI increases more than a health education intervention in low-income African-American girls. The dance/TV intervention resulted in greater reductions in fasting total and LDL-cholesterol and depressive symptoms, but not in other cardiovascular disease risk factors.


Epistemology or knowledge of knowledge is a very old practice in the field of philosophy. But today it is not confined only in the boundary of philosophical practice. Epistemology is important for all kinds of research, from physical science to spirituality. Here our endeavour was to find epistemology in Islam or Islam in epistemology, i.e., to find whether there is an Islamic epistemology or is there any use of Islamic knowledge in epistemologies. Islam has become an interesting topic in recent times all over the world, both for its positive and negative image. On the one hand, Muslims are growing in numbers rapidly across Europe and the Americas (Pew Research Centre, 2011); on the other hand, a large percentage of terrorists are being labelled as Islamist. Yet, Islamic knowledge has remained largely outside of mainstream research. Hence, it has remained unknown to scholars outside of Islam. Therefore, our objective of this study is threefold: first, to know about Islam, not from the myth, rather from the proper documents; second, to search the origin and circulation of Islamic knowledge in order to trace the epistemology in it; third, finding its worldly use, especially in the field of HROD. This paper is based on a literature review of Islam, epistemology, and HROD. Mostly, the Quran and Hadith have been used here for Islamic knowledge, while other sources also are used to understand the Quran properly.


Cholelithiasis is a multifactorial disease who affects women at reproductive age. Acute cholecystitis is the second most common non-obstetrical emergency in pregnancy. The early symptoms of the acute cholecystitis resemble to the common symptoms of pregnancy, delaying the diagnosis and therapy and worsening both maternal and foetal prognosis. Immediate laparoscopic cholecystecomy is the best choice for treatment, lowering the maternal risk and improving foetal outcome. We present a case of a first trimester pregnant woman, 3 years after bariatric surgery, diagnosed with acute cholecystitis, successfully resolved by a multidisciplinary team.
Keywords: acute cholecystitis, bariatric surgery, pregnancy, laparoscopy


In recent years, people pay more and more attention to security. Our system presented in this paper is a real-time application to intelligent environment security. It can recognize simple human behaviors and send out alert message intelligently based on human behavior analysis results. This paper mainly describes the behavior analysis methods used in the system, such as moving object detection, human region classification and eigenspace algorithm to recognize human behaviors. Since people usually change their appearances with different dressing, we process images with skeleton algorithm to reduce the impact of appearances. The skeleton structure image sets with all the postures is used to build general eigenspace. Once the general eigenspace is formed, we can recognize behaviors by projecting an unknown human posture into the eigenspace. In our application, six human behaviors (walking, standing, sitting, squatting, leaning and lying) are used. Experimental results show that our method is efficient to recognize these postures


One of the urgent problems in gyrotron development is to improve the operation frequency. In this paper, we investigate the possibilities of coaxial gyrotron with two beams (CGTB) operation at high harmonic. The results show that CGTB has potential advantages to operate at high harmonic.


Aflatoxin B1 (AFB1) is one of the most frequently-found mycotoxins in contaminated food. As the content of mycotoxins is particularly low in food, the development of probes to detect AFB1 in foods with high sensitivity and selectivity is an urgent social need for the evaluation of food quality. Numerous techniques have been developed to monitor AFB1. Nevertheless, most of them require cumbersome, labor-consuming, and sophisticated instruments, which have limited their application. An aptamer is a single, short nucleic acid sequence that is capable of recognizing different targets. Owing to their unique properties, aptamers have been considered as alternatives to antibodies. Aptasensors are considered to be an emerging strategy for the quantification of aflatoxin B1 with high selectivity and sensitivity. In this review, we summarize recent developments in colormetric, electrochemical, SERS, and fluorescent aptasensors for the quantification of AFB1. Finally, the perspectives and current challenges of aptasensors for AFB1 are outlined.


Honored guests, Officers and Board Members, McMillan Lecturers, colleagues, good morning. It is truly awesome to be standing here following in the footsteps of so many illustrious leaders.

Preparing an address such as this provides an opportunity to reflect on one's career, remember people who have been particular role models, and think about the decisions that have led in one direction or another. Individuals and organizations grow in somewhat parallel forms from infancy to maturity. The American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) is 75 years old this year, and I have been a part of the profession for 44 years.

I have been privileged to have numerous role models guide me along the way, people who provided input and data that helped in my decision making. There are too many to mention individually, but I thank them all.…


Person–organization fit theorizes perceptions of congruity between applicants and organizational characteristics in hiring decisions. This study extends person–organization fit to teacher selection in rural districts, hypothesizing that officials with strong rural values favor applicants who reflect the community's sense of place. Rural values of 214 decision makers from the population of Kentucky districts were correlated with five sets of personnel selection practices— three hiring process variables and two tacit fit filters. Results strongly confirm the theoretical model. All correlations were statistically significant, with most effect sizes between .22 and .67. Implications for teacher selection and school accountability are discussed.


For the Chinese, man is an integral part of the cosmos and for this reason it is very important to emphasise the harmony which must exist between human beings and nature. However, in order to survive, the Chinese have altered the environment, putting enormous pressure on natural resources. To see the extraordinary results of economic growth in the last few years is to see the effects it has had on the environment. It also raises questions about the government's capacity and willingness to take effective action to slow down the impacts which this development has had on nature


Two simple, rapid, accurate, sensitive and economical visible spectrophotometric (indirect) methods (A and B) for the determination of azithromycin (AZT) in bulk sample and in dosage forms are described. The first method is based on the oxidation of the drug by Nbromosuccinimide (NBS) and determination of the unreacted NBS by measurement of the decrease in absorbance of methyl orange dye (MO) at a suitable λmax = 507 nm. The absorbance concentration plot is linear over the range (0.2-4.5 µg/ml). The second method is based on oxidation of AZT by potassium permanganate in acidic medium, and determination of the unreacted oxidant by measuring the decrease in absorbance using three different dyes; methylene blue (MB), orange G (OG) and malachite green dye (MG) at a suitable λmax (660, 475 and 617 nm), respectively. Regression analysis of Beer's law plots showed good correlation in the concentration ranges (0.4-38, 0.8-22 and 0.6-16 µg/ml), respectively. The quality control/assurance parameters such as limits of detection (LOD), quantification (LOQ), molar absorptivity and Sandelle's sensitivity values are also reported. The accuracy and precision of the methods were studied on intra-day and inter-day basis. No interference was observed from common pharmaceutical additives. The methods are used successfully to assay AZT in its pharmaceutical dosage forms viz. tablets and capsules.


Nephrotic syndrome is a glomerular disease with proteinuria, oedema, hyperlipidemia, hypoalbuminemia. Wilson disease is autosomal recessive disease .can be associated with degenerative changes in brain, disorder of copper metabolism. We got a case of nephrotic syndrome with Wilson disease.


The issue of internet neutrality, while a subject of heated debate in developed countries across the world, has more recently become a matter of intense discussion in emerging economies like India. A recent order by the Indian telecom regulator has prohibited the 'zero-rating' of data services by telecom providers - a practice largely acknowledged to be a violation of the net neutrality principle. This move has put brakes on the roll out of Facebook's recent 'Free Basics' initiative that aims to provide free but limited data services to poor sections of the Indian population. While the traditional discourse on net neutrality has largely remained in the domain of technology law, this paper analyses trade-related implications of the Indian decision, making a case for net neutrality from a trade and development perspective. It is argued that the international trade law framework constitutes an important source of antitrust safeguards governing the trade of internet-based services. An open and neutral internet is key to preventing concentration of market power in the digital economy, ensuring ease of entry to small and medium-sized internetbased business owners in India.


Based on the burst structure of TD-SCDMA system, a novel downlink SDM-JT model is put forward using the channel correlation between the uplink and downlink in TDD system. Meanwhile, by analyzing the features of wireless fading channel, the basic and improved SDM-JT algorithms are proposed. Simulation results show that the SDM-JT scheme can significantly improve the capacity and performance of TD-SCDMA system while the complexity of mobile station (MS) is sharply reduced


Nowadays, with the continuous development of the new media environment in China, more and more media are applied to teaching, and English teaching of French majors also presents a more novel and diversified trend. Integrating Ideological and political education into French professional English teaching with new media teaching methods can not only broaden the knowledge of English classroom and improve the effect of moral education in English classroom, but also expand a new teaching mode and promote the two-way development of English curriculum and ideological and political education.


This conclusion presents few closing remarks on the key concepts discussed in the book. The form, content, and historical setting of the text of Habakkuk have been determined. It may be appropriate at this point to briefly consider the issues surrounding the history of the text itself. While the original setting of the prophecy of Habakkuk has been clarified, the subsequent history of the work remains almost entirely obscure. A major conclusion is that it is possible to place the prophecy within the particular historical setting of Judah in the late 7th century, probably within the period from 605-603 B.C.E. The complexity of the relationships between the prophecy of Habakkuk and other written evidence such as that found in Jeremiah and the work of the Deuteronomist indicates that any approach which seeks to understand this period in simplistic terms will fail.Keywords: Deuteronomist; Habakkuk; Jeremiah; Judah; late 7th century


SoilGard microbial fungicide when used at the rate of 21 g per cubic ft of soilless medium had no adverse effect on tomato or pepper transplants. The introduction of Gliocladium virens did promote an increase in pepper root dry matter accu mulation. In an unchallenged by soilborne pathogens trial, SoilGard did not hinder or advance tomato or pepper trans plant field establishment or growth. G. virens treatment ap peared to advance pepper maturity however, resulting in more and heavier fruit at first harvest. G. wrens reduced tomato ex tra-large fruit production at first harvest suggesting the oppo site effect on tomato maturity.


The invention relates to a method for manufacturing a thin film transistor array substrate, which comprises the following steps: depositing a gate metal thin film on a substrate, and forming a patterncomprising a grating wire and a grate electrode through the first time of a pattern composition process; depositing a grate insulating layer, a semiconductor layer, a doped semiconductor layer, a transparent conductive film and a source-drain metal thin film on the substrate in turn, and forming a pattern comprising a data wire, a source electrode, a drain electrode, a thin film transistor channel region and a pixel electrode by adopting a halftone or gray tone mask plate through the second time of the pattern composition process; and depositing a passivation layer on the substrate, and forming a pattern comprising a grating wire interface region and a data wire interface region through the third time of the pattern composition process. The method can finish the preparation of the thin film transistor array substrate through three times of the pattern composition process, reduces the production device investment, shortens the production time, improves the production efficiency and reduces the production cost.


ABSTRACT Objectives : The quality of service is considered as the difference betwee n services that customers perceive and expect by using SERVQUAL model and the basic data for the efficiency of management of dental hospital and clinics, the differentiation strategies of dental medical institutions and the improvements on quality of service are provided.Methods : Subjects were 469 patients who visited six dental hospitals a nd clinics in Daegu-Gyeongbuk regions. Questionnaire consisted of five items such as type, reliability, responsiveness, certainty and empathy properties. Data were analyzed using SPSS 12.0 program in this study. Corresponding Author Kim Chang SukDepartment of Dental HygieneUlsan College101, Bongsu-Ro, Dong-gu, Ulsan, 682-715 South Korea.Tel : +82-52-230-0793 +82-10-4004-3862 Fax :+82-52-230-0790E-mail : firstname.lastname@example.com : Women had high satisfaction scores of medical services in cer tainty and empathy properties. 40s and higher had the highest score in the type property. 30s had high score in the certainty property. For expected service satisfaction, 30s had the highest score in dental practitioners and administrative staffs. For reuse of current m edical institution and intent for recommendation, certainty property and factor of dentist and de ntal practitioners had high scores. Additionally, reliability and responsiveness properties were st atistically significant.Conclusions : Medical institutions should make every effort to get the dent ists or dental practitioners have the medical knowledge at a high level, a kin dness for patients and trust from patients.Key Words : dental services, dental utilization, patient's satisfaction색인 : 치과 서비스, 치과 이용도, 환자 만족도


Engagement in services to support healthy weight management during pregnancy is poor. A better understanding of those who attend is important in supporting women to participate in preventative health services.


A puzzling generalization, first noted by Faraci (1974), states that (non-causative) psychological adjectives tolerate at most a subject gap in their infinitival complement whereas non-psychological adjectives require exactly one gap (either subject or object). This paper argues that the generalization follows from the fact that the infinitive is a (propositional) argument of a psych adjective but a (predicative) modifier of a non-psych adjective. A series of tests (ellipsis, extraction, extraposition and P-stranding) confirms this asymmetry. A-bar binding is responsible for both subject-gap complements to non-psych adjectives and subject-gap infinitival relatives, explaining their crosslinguistic correlation. This strongly suggests that obligatory control does not fall under operator-abstraction, as argued by predicational treatments of control, but rather involves a different mechanism.


In recent years, Neural Network (NN) is developed as an optimal technique for the prediction of tasks which include image classification, speech recognition and also useful in biomedical analysis. Biomedical data consists of diverse modalities like X-ray, CT, MRI, PET, EEG and ECG signals. There are several NNs techniques such as Artificial Neural Network (ANN), Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) and Deep Neural Network (DNN) that are used for various prediction applications in handling multimodal heterogeneous data. However, learning and prediction of such multimodal data limits the scope of existing neural techniques. One of the limitations of ANN observes that addition of layer cause back propagation stuck in local minima and reduction of learning speed. Where, DNN causes higher computational complexity in training the features which are based on contrastive divergence. In CNN there is loses of spatial information due to the weight factors variation. To overcome these issues, this paper proposes a novel learning technique in which the weight factor of DNN is integrated with CNN for handling multimodal heterogeneous data. The simulation results prove that the integrated learning technique (IDCNN) obtains better learning performance than ANN, CNN and DNN models in terms of Root Mean Square Error (RMSE) and efficiency in terms of cross entropy.


Magnetorheological fluids are an important direction in the research of smart materials. Their high damping force, wide dynamic range, high frequency response and controllable stiffness characteristics make their innovative application in the field of artillery firing technology helpful in solving many technical problems faced during artillery firing. A simulation model of the dynamics of the magnetorheological buffer system is established, the material properties of the magnetorheological fluid performance parameters actively controlled by current are investigated, and a feed-forward control of the operating current in the magnetorheological buffer system is used to analyse the artillery firing recoil and vibration under different operating conditions.The results of the study show that the adoption of a feed-forward controlled magnetorheological buffer system reduces the maximum firing recoil of the artillery and the "platform effect" of the whole recoil process is obvious, which enables active control of the artillery firing process.


We derive a risk lower bound in estimating the threshold parameter without knowing whether the threshold regression model is continuous or not. The bound goes to zero as the sample size $ n $ grows only at the cube root rate. Motivated by this finding, we develop a continuity test for the threshold regression model and a bootstrap to compute its \textit{p}-values. The validity of the bootstrap is established, and its finite sample property is explored through Monte Carlo simulations.


Aim: The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of intracameral bevacizumab on the current hyphema. Material and Methods: The animals were assigned to the following 4 groups; Group 1: One 2.5 mg bevacizumab injection to the anterior chamber; Group 2: One 1.25 mg bevacizumab injection to the anterior chamber; Group 3: One 1cc balanced salt solution injection to the anterior chamber; and Group 4: Untreated hyphema group. Non-heparinized blood that obtained from the rabbit ear was used to fill the anterior chamber to create total hyphema. Intraocular pressures (IOP), hyphema resorption time, clot formation, peripheral synechia formation, and corneal staining were recorded. Results: IOP results were 26±1.2, 30±2.1, 24±2.9, and 22±0.0 mm Hg for groups 1, 2, 3, and 4, respectively, and were significantly higher in group 2 than in the other groups (p= 0.001). Resorption times of hyphema were 13±2.2, 13±3.2, 9±1.7, and 9±1.6 days for groups 1, 2, 3, and 4, respectively, and were significantly longer for the groups receiving bevacizumab than for the others (p=0.018). The clot formation scores were 0.16±0.41, 0.14±0.38, 0.86±0.38, and 1.0±0.0 for groups 1, 2, 3, and 4, respectively, and were significantly lower for the groups receiving bevacizumab than in the other groups (p= 0.002). The peripheral synechia formation scores were 0.0±0.0, 0.0±0.0, 0.43±0.53, and 0.50±0.54 for groups 1, 2, 3, and 4, respectively, and were not significantly different (p= 0.213). The corneal staining scores were 0.85±0.35, 0.86±0.38, 0.14±0.38, and 0.14±0.38 for groups 1, 2, 3, and 4, respectively, and were significantly higher for the groups receiving bevacizumab (p= 0.035). Conclusion: Intracameral bevacizumab may increase complications that related current hyphema.


There is a continued debate regarding the dimensions of organizational justice. The present project investigated the dimensionality of organizational justice and the validity of an Arabic measure of organizational justice for a Kuwaiti samples. The first study sample consisted of 1,184 Kuwaitis (619 males and 565 females) from two groups: 728 employees and 456 teachers working in the public sector. The second study sample of consisted of 373 participants (190 employees and 183 teachers). The instrument items were based on a careful review of the organizational justice literature to ensure relevance to the sample culture. Confirmatory factor analyses (CFA) using WLSMV estimator is used. WLSMV method is more appropriate for our data because variables are measured on an ordinal scale. WLSMV is considered a less bias estimator compared with the standard maximum likelihood in case of ordinal data. CFA analyses identified the four distinctive factors of distributive, procedural, interpersonal, and informational organizational justice. The four‐factor model fit the data significantly better than one‐, two‐ or three‐factor models. Moreover, the study revealed that these four dimensions of organizational justice were significantly correlated with the four relevant outcomes of instrumentality, organizational commitment, organizational citizenship behavior, and collective esteem. Using the Arabic version of Colquitt's ([Colquitt, J. A., 2001]) instrument (Fischer et al., [Fischer, R., 2011]), the second study presented an evidence of concurrent validity of the new Arabic scale. The present study confirmed the four‐factor dimensionality of organizational justice. Results of the current study may raise the issue of development of scales versus translation of well‐ developed ones. Theoretical and practical implications of the results are discussed.


Using a sample of 95 work units (7036 employees and 711 line managers) in a large high-technology firm, this study examined how leaders' networking behavior for product and service innovation and job level faultline strength (i.e., the strength of demographic faultlines between employees and leaders) in a work unit jointly shape employees' perceived innovation support climates. This study also investigated the extent to which job level faultline strength in a work unit mitigates or intensifies the relationship between leaders' networking behavior in a work unit and employees' perceived innovation support climates. The cross-level analysis results revealed that leaders' networking behavior at a work unit level was positively associated with employees' perceived innovation support climates at an individual level. We also found that job level faultline strength significantly moderated this relationship. Specifically, in a work unit with weak job level faultlines, leaders' networking behaviors elevated employ...


Relevance of research consists in development of the directions of use and increase of efficiency of use of the income of oil and gas sector of economy of Kazakhstan. Research objective is development and justification of ways of use of a natural oil and gas rent for subsurface use. Research is based on the reasoned theoretical provisions in the sphere of the economic mechanism of subsurface use. Existence of differentiation of conditions of sources of oil and gas resources and identification confirmed by numerous researches of classical and modern domestic and foreign writers in this regard not the collectable volume of the oil and gas rent appropriated by the oil and gas companies, developing the best fields and objects became the methodological precondition of work. Scientific novelty of research consists in development of the economic mechanism of collection, accumulation and use of taxes and payments for subsurface use and development of the directions of use of tax revenues from subsurface use taking into account the rent relations. From research of ways of accumulation and use of rent payments for subsurface use the most effective directions of use of investment incomes of society at which introduction social and economic problems of oil-extracting regions will be solved are revealed and proved.


In this investigation, augmented surface has been achieved with dimples strategically located in a pattern along the tube of a concentric tube heat exchanger with the increased area on the tube side. Augmented surfaces to increasing the heat transfer coefficient with a consequent increase in the friction factor. In this analysis to modify the inner tube of double pipe heat exchanger using dimpled tube. The concentric tube heat exchanger is design from Juin Chen a.et.al. Correlation. In this design the inner tubes consider as the hot flue gas and outer tube is nano fluid. Here In this study the properties of nano fluid from the alumina as the nano fluid with ethyl glycol as the base fluid. a. From this design calculation the heat transfer co efficient is increased compared to plain concentric tube heat exchanger. Similarly the effectiveness is 8% increased compared to plain concentric tube heat exchanger. The theoretical results show that the using dimpled tube in concentric tube heat exchanger gives better performance. The modeling and analysis is carried out to vary the dimple tube cross sections, ellipsoidal and spherical shapes using CFD. Finally the enhanced dimple tube is compare with the theoretical, analytical and analysis the results.


e x tremeheritage Managing heritage in the face of climatic extremes, natural disasters and military conflicts in tropical, desert, polar and off-world landscapes.


sure definition and immortal time bias, we would like to clarify our approach to this study design and the necessity of "peeking into the future." The main problem in our study was confounding by indication; namely, there were reasons why some patients were prescribed bDMARDs and others were not (e.g., severity of disease, relative unavailability of biologics in the past, good response to systemic treatments). Those not prescribed bDMARDs thus formed our control group, which was made up of patients treated with 2 systemic medications, as required by local regulations before approval for bDMARDs, and we measured the follow-up time from the psoriasis diagnosis, as time from psoriasis diagnosis is one of the major factors for PsA development. As mentioned by Mutlu and Tascilar, this splitting of a cohort at baseline according to future exposure to bDMARDs implemented an immortality time interval; that is, a time interval passed between the initiation of systemic treatment and the start of bDMARD treatment, but only for the bDMARD treatment group. The authors of the letter suggested that immortal person-time should have been also classified for non-bDMARD (systemic) treatments, which would have reduced the incidence of PsA reported in the nonbDMARD treatment group. To estimate the influence of this bias, we performed additional analysis in which, as noted by Mutlu and Tascilar, the time axis for the primary analysis started at the point when specific treatment (bDMARD or non-bDMARD) was started. By doing so, patients who developed PsA after initiation of systemic treatment but before initiation of bDMARDs were relocated to the control group, and no immortal time interval existed. Multivariable Cox regression analysis was performed, with adjustment for age, sex, and time to systemic treatment initiation. Under these conditions, our preliminary analysis demonstrated that the adjusted hazard ratio (HRadj) for PsA was lower than originally reported (HRadj 1.28 versus 1.39), as was noted by Mutlu and Tascilar. Nonetheless, the finding of higher risk in the non-bDMARD group is still clinically and statistically significant, and therefore the conclusion of our study is valid. Although immortal time bias can occur in cohort studies and can overestimate the outcome rate in the unexposed group (1), sound efforts at minimizing the influence of more common biases should not be sacrificed to that of immortal time bias (2). In general, retrospective studies such as ours have inherent limitations, as recently mentioned in a review of retrospective studies on PsA development (3). Therefore larger, multinational studies are needed to clarify this important clinical issue. Author disclosures are available at https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/ action/downloadSupplement?doi=10.1002%2Fart.42123&file=art42123sup-0001-Disclosureform.pdf. Yael Shalev Rosenthal, MPH Tel Aviv University Tel Aviv, Israel Naama Schwartz, PhD University of Haifa Haifa, Israel Iftach Sagy, MD, MPA, PhD Soroka University Medical Center and Ben-Gurion University of the Negev Beer Sheva, Israel Lev Pavlovsky, MD, PhD email@example.com Tel Aviv University and Rabin Medical Center Petah Tikva, Israel


Use of the Internet to Counter the Appeal of Extremist Violence. Conference Summary & Follow-up/ Recommendations Author(s): United Nations Counterterrorism Implementation Task Force (CTITF), Working Group on Use of the Internet for Terrorist Purposes Source: Perspectives on Terrorism, Vol. 6, No. 1, Thematic Issue on Terrorism and the Internet (March 2012), pp. 80-91 Published by: Terrorism Research Institute Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/26298557 Accessed: 06-07-2018 13:15 UTC


OBJECTIVE RECORDING of uterine contractions during labor is very important in studies of such an urgent problem of modern obstetrics as labor activity and its control. The numerous widely used methods of recording uterine contraction activity, such as internal and external tocography and registration of electric phenomena occurring in the myometrium, along with certain advantages have a number of shortcomings. Among them are impaired and inaccurate perception of uterine contractions through the abdominal wall and forced position of the mother lying with transmitters strapped with belts to the abdomen. Separate works dealing with the registration of uterine contraction activity with the aid of a radiotelemetric device have appeared in the literature in recent years. For instance, Smith and Wolff recorded uterine contractions and fetal heart sounds during labor using a radio-capsule. Bangham et al.' reported on the use of telemetry for studying intrauterine pressure in rhesus monkeys.


Objective To investigate the effect of thyroidectomy for substernal goiter with cervical collar incision.Methods The clinical data of 21 patients with substernal goiter in this hospital from 1998 to 2006 were retrospectively analyzed.Results All patients were cured and no complication happened in them.Conclusion The procedure of thyroidectomy for substernal goiter with cervical collar incision is applicable with the advantages of mini-wound and rapid recovery.j


In this article,we primarily study on the producing method of seafloor sonar image which base on the BS data interpolating,griding and mosaicing.Finally,we can get seafloor sonar gray or color image.Applying with these mosaic seafloor sonar images,we will engage in seafloor geomorphy interpretation,seafloor target detection and seafloor classification in the all kinds of marine science research.


Three-body systems, i.e., Borromean nuclei, are studied in the framework of the Boundary Condition Model, in which the relevant interactions are expressed in terms of the scattering lengths of the two-body subsystems. We present two alternative descriptions of such systems: a hyperspherical coordinate approach and a molecular approach. We demonstrate the role of virtual states in the two-body subsystems in producing a weekly bound three-body system, i.e., a Borromean nucleus. We obtain relations between the spatial extension of the three-body bound state, its energy, and the scattering lengths in the subsystems. The results are compared with experimental data for the Borromean nucleus 11Li and 14Be.


Aim: This study was carried out to assess concentration status of some heavy metals in water along River Dilimi, Nigeria. The Nigerian inland water bodies have been subjected to various forms of degradation due to pollution. River Dilimi in Jos North of Plateau state capital is one of such endangered inland water bodies. Activities around and in the river has led to discharge of various heavy metal pollutants into the aquatic environment rendering water unsuitable for its intended purposes. Methodology and Results: Six (6) water samples were collected at the upper, centre and lower section of the river at the 20 and 120 cm depth, for every six (6) weeks making a total of eighteen (18) samples, Analyzed at Nigerian Institute of Mining and Geosciences, Jos. The water samples collected were pre-treated with few drops of concentrated Nitric acid, and digested with Aqua-regia in the ratio of 3:1 for an hour. Different standard solutions were prepared for AAS analysis under Beer-Lambert method of metal analysis using Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer (AAS). The data obtained were subjected statistical analysis. The results obtained from analyzed water samples were alarming, iron, lead, cadmium and Manganese were above the recommended threshold by 277, 6,400, 1,233 and 580% accordingly, while zinc and copper were within permissible limit. Conclusion, significance and impact study: River Dilimi can be said to be highly concentrated with hazardous metals of concern like Fe, Pb, Cd and Mn. This as a result of bioaccumulation will affect human and animal health, aquatic life and crop productivity.


The Porter-Cologne Water Quality Control Act, effective January 1, 1970, completely revises California's 20-year-old water pollution law. Esthetics and protection of fish and wildlife have been added to beneficial uses of water to be protected. Area-wide planning for the solution to water pollution problems is encouraged. The interrelationships of water quality and water quantity as expressed by water rights are recognized. The State Water Resources Control Board now administers the related functions of water rights determination and water quality control. The State Board establishes policy and guidelines for nine Regional Water Quality Control Boards. The regional boards adopt water quality control plans and establish waste discharge requirements to meet the water quality objectives enunciated in the water quality control plans which must be approved by the State Board. Violators of waste discharge requirements may now be assessed civil penalties of up to $6,000 per day for each day of violation.


The transformation of the Southern Bug river ecosystem for the revival of navigation activity has been considered in the paper from the point of indirect impacts on the environment. The method of gap analysis widely used in various branches of science has been applied to determine the omitted issues of the dredging works at the river basin. The analysis has showed that despite a range of important benefits, including promotion of agricultural and constructional materials production development, reduction of on-land cargo traffic and growing incomes to the local budget, the implementation of the project will cause additional negative effects, not considered in the official process of environmental impacts assessment. The most important problems, requiring further attention and mitigation, are intensification of erosive processes, changes of air and water quality, transformation of river biocenosis and climate of the area, as well as management of extracted bottom sediments.


This article discusses the position of the Chinese community in Haiphong, the largest port city in Northern Vietnam during the French colonial period. The Chinese had arrived and lived in Haiphong, as well as many other places in Vietnam long before the advent of the French. Nevertheless, a large-scale influx of Chinese migrants to Haiphong only happened after the French established colonial rule over Indochina and took full control of the town in the late nineteenth century. Haiphong became a strategic port in the transportation system of French Indochina, as well as within the French colonial empire. In Haiphong, the Chinese gathered in a separate residential quarter having the social and cultural life distinct from the French and Vietnamese communities. Yet, they were actively engaged in various economic activities of the town, notetably trade, intrustry, and financial services. The bombardment and occupation of Haiphong by the Japanese army in late 1940 caused great damages and casualties to the Chinese community. The prolonged warfares and the establishment of the communist regime in Vietnam after 1945 virtually ended the economic hegemony of the Chinese in Haiphong, as well other cities in Northern Vietnam.


The rheological and gelling strength of high-acyl gellan gum at different concentration,temperature,pH and different calcium were carefully investigated in this manuscript.studied.High-acyl gellan gum was to investigate the gelling properties and gelling mechanism.The results showed that the different concentration,temperature,pH and calcium can affect the viscosity and gelatin strength of high-acyl gellan gum.Hydrogen bond,electrostatic force and hydrophobic interaction are the vital factors to the formation of high-acyl gellan gum,among them,it was believed that hydrophobic interaction play most importance.


Levels and sources of stress, as well as coping strategies, were assessed in 101 West Midlands clinical psychologists by means of a postal survey. As expected, GHQ caseness levels for qualified psychologists were lower than for those in training, although qualified psychologists reported that they felt as stressed as trainees. As hypothesized, women and those with less experience reported higher stress levels. Junior men reported higher stress levels than more senior men; however, no such differences were found for women. Those psychologists who were 'cases' were also less likely to live with a partner. As expected, the most frequently reported coping strategies were behavioural, which mostly involved talking to others, and avoidance coping was associated with a poorer mental health outcome. Factor analysis of a self-report stress survey identified seven factors; being responsible for supervising trainees accounted for the greatest variance in stress ratings. Psychologists indicated that better support from colleagues and better NHS management were the factors most likely to alleviate stress.


This article presents a critical edition from the six surviving witnesses of Landulph Caracciolo's (d. 1351), Scriptum in I Sententiarum, d. 23, a text that has never appeared in print before. A short introduction begins to set Landulph's treatment of intentions and intentionality in this text into its historical, philosophical, and theological context, in particular linking it to the positions of John Duns Scotus and Peter Auriol.


Psychological distress and complaints of relatives living with agoraphobic and obsessive compulsive patients were examined. Nineteen per cent of relatives reported clinical levels of psychological distress. Relatives' complaints about patients were focused on four primary areas of patient behaviour: chronic sick role/family burden, anxiety symptoms, interpersonal problems, and problems in their relationship with the patient. The focus of complaints and relatives' self- report of psychological distress were not correlated with each other or with socioeconomic status, various measures of patients' initial symptom severity, or relatives' criticism or hostility as measured by the Camberwell Family Interview (CFI). However, relatives' distress was significantly correlated with a measure of patients' initial overall functioning and marginally correlated with relatives' emotional over-involvement as measured by the CFI. Copyright © 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.


An approach is presented to document distribution in a large corporation via a corporate communications system using artificial intelligence and expert system concepts. A document is originated as an electronic file on a user workstation (WS), called the writer. The document is processed by an inference engine in the WS and appends the list of signers and reviewers. The document is then sent to a knowledge base server (KBS), which adds additional information regarding the distribution of the document. The activity of reviewing and signing the documents originated at the user WS. The document is retrieved from the KBS, reviewed by the user, signed, and returned to the KBS for intermediate storage. When the KBS has determined that the document has all the required signatures, the document is sent to the final destination. The system has been demonstrated using a C language implementation on personal computer workstations and a Unix-based KBS.<<ETX>>


A new interpretation of the diffusion mechanism for polaron–Li vacancy complexes in Li2FeSiO4 is presented based on first principles calculations within the GGA+U framework. A polaron–Li vacancy complex model is proposed for the first time for the lithium silicate systems. The formation of the bound polaron was found to be favorable at the third nearest iron neighbor to the Li vacancy. Four elementary processes occurring during Li ion diffusion are discussed along with possible diffusion pathways. The diffusion of the Li ions proceeds along the [100] and [001] directions with activation energy barriers of 0.84 and 0.88 eV, respectively.


The Ontario Network of Injured Workers' Groups in Canada is leading a multiyear campaign called Workers' Comp is a Right to reform the provincial workers' injury compensation system and to fight back against regressive changes made to the system over several decades. At their Annual General Meeting in Toronto held in June 2019, delegates voted unanimously to make this submission to the United Nations Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities as a part of the regular supervisory process under the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. The subject is income deeming "phantom jobs" to injured worker claimants with income replacement benefits. The document illustrates how Canadian injured worker groups have activated a human rights lens and references international labor and human rights standards concerning social insurance and income replacement benefits for work-related injury and illness.


A relation is derived between the probability distribution of the integrated intensity of light incident on a photoelectric detector and that of the emission of n photoelectrons in a time interval (t, t + T) from the properties of a quantized electromagnetic field. Both the direct and the inverse relations are derived, thereby enabling the statistical properties of light to be determined from photoelectric measurements. An explicit expression is given for the coefficients for calculating the moments ( W k) by means of the moments (n J) (] = 1, 2 . . . . . k). The correctness of the operations in which generalized functions occur is confirmed by some direct calculations.


Community service activities at Posko 35 Batang Arah Tapan aim to provide Islamic banking literacy related to regulations, systems and products from Islamic banking. The methods used in carrying out this activity are lectures, implementing and discussion sessions. Community service activities apply three sessions, namely session one exposure on service activities, session two exposure on entrepreneurship and session three exposure to material on Islamic banking financing. Community service activities at Posko 35 Batang Arah Tapan were carried out in Nagari Batang Arah Tapan, Basa Ampek District, Balai Tapan. The results of this community service activity are literacy socialization and implementation activities that have an impact on increasing sharia financial and banking education. The author and the KKN team at Posko 35 Batang Arah Tapan fully understand and understand the regulations, systems and various savings products, financing and services available in Islamic banking. These findings show the importance of more intensive socialization in order to increase banking literacy and implementation in a complex society.


Image inpainting is used to restore the damaged images which have cracks and scratches or to remove the specified objects and texts in order to reach specific goals.An improved BSCB model was proposed based on patch-similarity,which exploited property of patch-similarity anisotropic diffusion for denoising of smooth with damaged image areas,meanwhile the manual image of simple structure and natural image of complicated structure were inpainted.Experimental results show that the improved BSCB model can achieve good result of inpainting.Comparing with the BSCB-ASG model and the TV model,the BSCB model based on patch-similarity can reduce inpainting time and improve the inpainting effect of image,therefore it can fulfill the demands of image inpainting.