To explore the association of lead nephrotoxicity with δ aminolevulinic acid dehydratase and vitamin D receptor gene polymorphism. 216 occupational lead exposed workers were selected. Lead exposure biomarkers:blood lead,urinary lead and δ aminolevulinic acid(ALA) levels were measured. Urinaty N acetyl β glucosaminidase(NAG) activity and albumin concentration were measured as biomarkers of nephrotoxicity and adjusted by creatinine. PCR RFLP method was used for genotyping . When lead exposure concentration was more than or equal to 0 03 mg/m 3,blood lead levels were 2 06 μmol/L in workers with ALAD 11 genotype and 2 45 μmol/L in workers with ALAD 12 genotype;workers with VDR BB/Bb genotype had significantly higher blood lead level than workers with VDR bb genotype had,2 91 μmol/L and 2 0 μmol/L,respectively. For subgroup with blood lead level more than 1 92 μmol/L,workers with ALAD 12 genotype had higher NAG activity than workers with ALAD 11 genotype had,4 54 U/mmol Cr and 1 26 U/mmol Cr respectively, P 0.05.Lead workers with ALAD 12 genotype had larger elevtions in NAG activity with increasing blood lead level compared to lead workers with ALAD 11 genotype.The linear regression coefficients were -0 16( P =0 409) for ALAD 11 group and 1 58( P =0 017)for ALAD 12 group. [Conclusion] ALAD and VDR polymorphism may be related to elevation of blood lead level.ALAD 2 allele may aggravate lead nephrotoxicity.


Farm animals are kept for various reasons in different societies. They are raised for food production such as meat and milk. They produce manure that is used in crop production. In some societies they have a social and cultural value. One of the oldest utilities is rearing for draught purposes. This work addresses the use of livestock for draught in Swaziland. The four species used for draught in Swaziland are cattle, donkeys, horses and mules. Cattle are mainly used for tillage, donkeys are used for transport, horses for riding and mules are used for logging. The majority of the farmers in the rural areas use cattle for tillage purposes, a few use donkeys and none use mules in tillage. Mules are mainly used in commercial forestry. Donkeys are mainly used for transporting goods and for the household. Most commercial farmers on title deed land do not use animals for draught. Welfare measures which are taken for draught animals include treatment and rest of injured or sick animals. Lactating animals and those in gestation are also not used. Oxen are not used for ploughing after dipping. Other factors considered are: environmental temperature, body condition of the animal and moisture content of the soil. It is concluded that animal draught is still important in Swaziland.


A real-space, Green-function method is proposed to examine the electronic structure and site preference of substitutional ternary additions, X, to Ni{sub 3}Al ({gamma}{prime}). Alloy energetics are written in terms of probabilities of Al-X, Ni-X, and Ni-Al nearest-neighbor pairs, each multiplied by effective pair interactions (EPI`s). One-electron energies are obtained entirely in real-space by performing recursion on a tight-binding, linear muffin-tin orbital Hamiltonian. By configurationally-averaging the appropriate differences in pair energies, the EPI`s may be determined. Depending on the relative value of the three EPI`s, W{sub Ni-Al}, W{sub Ni-X}, and W{sub Al-X}, the ternary addition may occupy either the Ni-site or the Al-site exclusively, or the site preference may be a function of alloy stoichiometry. The site substitution behavior in both stoichiometric and non-stoichiometric Ni{sub 3}Al alloys is computed for six ternary additions, X (X = Co, Cu, Zn, Rh, Pd, Si). The theoretical predictions are in excellent agreement with experimental data, where available.


The characteristics of neighborhood correlation images for change detection were explored at different spatial resolution scales. Bi-temporal QuickBird datasets of Las Vegas, NV were used for the high spatial resolution image analysis, while bi-temporal Landsat TM/ETM? datasets of Suwon, South Korea were used for the mid spatial resolution analysis. The neighborhood correlation images consisting of three variables (correlation, slope, and intercept) were evaluated and compared between the two scales for change detection. The neighborhood correlation images created using the Landsat datasets resulted in somewhat different patterns from those using the QuickBird high spatial resolution imagery due to several reasons such as the impact of mixed pixels. Then, automated binary change detection was also performed using the single and multiple neighborhood correlation image variables for both spatial resolution image scales.


Fracture analysis of a rectangular permeable crack and two 3D rectangular permeable cracks in the orthotropic piezoelectric media (OPM) is investigated by using the generalized Almansi's theorem and the Schmidt method. Utilizing the 2D Fourier transform, the problems reduce to the solution of three pairs of dual integral equations, which the unknown variables are the jumps of displacements across the crack surfaces. To solve the dual integral equations, the jumps of displacements across the crack surfaces are directly expanded as a series of Jacobi polynomials. Finally, the effects of the geometric shape of the rectangular crack and the distance between two rectangular cracks on the stress intensity factors (SIFs) and electric displacement intensity factors (EDIFs) in the OPM are analyzed.


ObjectiveTo explore the patients' perception after total hip arthroplasty(THA).MethodsSemi-structured in-depth interviews were used to investigate 10 initial THA patients.Phenomenological method was used to analyze and refine the data.ResultsThe themes of patients' perception on THA were refined as follows:confidence in the treatment,expendation of the ideal therapeutic effect and worrying about the rehabilitation after surgery.ConclusionMedical staff should attach more attention on the patients' perception after THA,provide the individualized psychological nursing for patients,focus on the effects of the participation of the families and patients and a good doctor-patient relationship in the treatment and rehabilitation,and strengthen health education to promote the speedy recovery of patients.


It is proposed an apparatus for transferring energy, comprising a stator assembly and a rotor assembly comprising a housing and at least one captured within an annular cavity of the housing flexible conduit consisting essentially of a. For the purpose to provide a device which with touching contact between the reducing at least one, housed in the annular cavity flexible pipe and the casing to a minimum with a simple structure relative movements, the housing of a is the outside wall and a first bottom wall having Statorunterteil, a first Deckelwandungsbereich having Statoroberteil and an inner wall of the bottom wall area and a second rotor having a lower part and a second rotor having Deckelwandungsbereich shell.


Cardiac dysrhythmias are an important cause of morbidity and mortality in the perioperative period, and they are more common after thoracic surgery and are most often supraventricular in origin [1]. Dexmedetomidine, a highly selective α-2 adrenoceptor agonist, is increasingly being used in anesthesia and critical care because it not only produces sedation and analgesia but also decreases sympathetic tone and attenuates stress responses to surgery leading to potential antiarrhythmic effects [2]. Here, we present a case of dexmedetomidine treatment of paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia (PSVT) that occurred during thoracic surgery. A 72-year-old man, 168 cm tall and weighing 63 kg, was scheduled for right lower lobectomy suspicious of non-smallcell lung cancer. He has medical history of diabetes mellitus and hypertension for 10 years, which were both well controlled with medications. Preoperative electrocardiography (ECG) and chest radiography was unremarkable. Moreover, laboratory data were within normal limits. The patient was monitored with pulse oximetry, ECG, invasive radial arterial blood pressure, capnography, bispectral index (BIS), esophageal temperature probe. Induction of anesthesia was commenced with a slow (60 second) intravenous bolus dose of remifentanil (1 μg/kg), followed by propofol (1 mg/kg) tracheal intubation was facilitated with rocuronium (0.9 mg/kg). Anesthesia was maintained With O2 1.5 L/min, N2O 1.5 L/min and desflurane. Single-lung ventilation using a double-lumen endotracheal tube was the mode of anesthesia. After one-lung ventilation, arterial blood gas analysis showed normal findings. During retraction of the right lung apex, blood pressure abruptly decreased to 70/45 mmHg and heart rate increased to 185 beats/min. ECG findings showed PSVT. After notifying the surgeon, the surgery was stopped, and sinus rhythm and blood pressure returned to normal within 2030 seconds after carotid sinus massage. Right lower lobectomy was performed, and during lung retraction for hemostasis, PSVT accompanying a low blood pressure of 70/40 mmHg and high heart rate of 180-190 beats/min occurred again. The dopamine dose (5-10 μg/kg/min) was titrated to stabilize vital signs, and carotid sinus massage was performed to terminate the PSVT. However, the PSVT did not revert to normal sinus rhythm even after adenosine was administered using the standard two-stage protocol, i.e., 0.1 mg/kg (6 mg) followed by 0.2 mg/kg (12 mg). The PSVT disappeared temporarily and reappeared later. At that time, arterial blood gas analysis showed the following results: pH, 7.25; PaCO2, 53 mmHg; PaO2, 139 mmHg; Na + , 140 mEq/L;


Objective To explore the expression of neuroglobin(NGB) in rats brain edema model induced by lipid polysaccharide(LPS).Methods 60 female rats were randomly divided into 3 groups:lipid polysaccharide group(L),saline group(S group),Sham group(C group).Three groups were carrotid injected with LPS 150 μg(0.15 mL),saline 0.15 mL,nothing respectively.After 12 hours,all rats were sarcrificed,and the brain tissues were harvested.Dry-wet weight,evan blue,RT-PCR,and immunohistochemistry were used to measure the brain tissue water content,the integrity of blood-brain barrier,the gene and protein expression of NGB.Results 12 hours after the operation,the brain tissue water contents,EB value,NGB m RNA and protein expression were significantly high in LPS group,and the the brain tissue water contents,EB value,NGB m RNA and protein expression were not statistically significant between C and S group.Conclusion The expression of NGB in rats brain edema model induced by lipid polysaccharide(LPS) is obviously high,it maybe the protection mechanism of NGB in rat brain edema.


This paper describes a DC/DC interactive power converter developed for photovoltaic power systems acting as the direct current power supply for a telecommunication system. This interactive power converter provides several new control functions: maximum power point tracking; load sharing control; automatic operation method with stopping; and fail safe. The developed power converter was applied in trials and good performance results were obtained.


moxifloxacin hydrochloride is a wide clinical application of quinolone antibacterial drug,more clinical research in the treatment of respiratory system,genitourinary system,skin system of infectious diseases,the author makes a brief summary the research progress on clinical application of moxifloxacin hydrochloride.


Objective: Mirror therapy (MT) and neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES) are both effective treatments for impaired upper limbs following stroke. The purpose of this study was to compare the effects of the MT and NMES on upper-limb motor recovery, motor function, and quality of life in subacute stroke patients. Materials and Method: Forty poststroke patients within 1 month of duration were assigned to the MT group (n = 20) or the NMES group (n = 20). Both the MT group and NMES group received the same conventional rehabilitation programs and additionally had each of their own therapies for 30 min, 5 days a week for 3 weeks. The action research arm test (ARAT), Fugl-Meyer assessment (FMA), Modified Ashworth scale (MAS), and Modified Barthel index (MBI) were used as an outcome measure to assess changes in upper-limb motor recovery and motor function at pre- and postintervention. Health-related quality of life was assessed by stroke-specific quality of life (SS-QOL) questionnaire at pre- and postintervention. Results: At the baseline, patients of both the groups showed no significant differences regarding ARAT, FMA, MAS, MBI, and SS-QOL scores, but after 3 weeks of intervention, patients of both the group showed statistically significant improvements in all the variables measured (P < 0.05). Conclusion: The present study confirms that MT and NMES are both effective treatment techniques to improve upper-extremity motor recovery, motor functioning, and quality of life in subacute stroke patients except for improvement in spasticity. However, MT is cost-effective, easy, and safe method for rehabilitation and most important can be easily administered at home by the patients.


Nigeria's
performance theatre consists of variety of creative works reflecting the
cultural diversity of its people. Many of the written texts and stage
performances are slices from everyday lives of the people, captured by these
playwrights and shown to the audience through live theatre. The paper examines
the contribution of Nigerian female dramatists in the development of theatre in
Nigeria. The paper advances that this group of theatre practitioners
contributed to the overall development of the art of theatre by telling the
stories of the women folk through plays. The works of these playwrights threw
light on the experiences as well as concerns of Nigerian women. Particular
attention is given to the conscious call by female dramatists for increased
inclusiveness and consideration in the social, cultural and political relations
with the male folk. The study adopted an analytical approach of the themes of
selected play texts by Nigerian female dramatists to identify the ways that
were explored.


Valence-hole relaxation by acoustic-phonon emission yields spin relaxation through the spin mixing of the hole-band states. In quantum wells, the hole-spin relaxation is incomplete. This leads to a unified theory of the polarization spectra for undoped and doped quantum wells, which explains the diverse features in the spectra


Performance on standardised assessments of reading comprehension is predicted by children's language knowledge and skills, most notably vocabulary, grammar, and higher-level language skills of inference, comprehension monitoring, and knowledge and use of story structure. These skills develop before formal reading instruction begins and their further development is also supported by the developing reader's interactions with print. Educators should ensure that the early years curriculum fosters these language skills, in addition to the acquisition of word reading, and use oral language assessment to identify children at risk of reading comprehension failure to enable early intervention.


We demonstrate that it is possible to have a file facility architecture where separate interfaces are provided for the basic file service and transaction oriented file service. Thus, depending upon the requirement a user can perform I/O on a file either using the semantics of the basic file service or the transaction oriented file service. The concept of stable storage is exploited to make our design very reliable. To achieve the best possible performance we have successfully established a very fruitful and yet new relationship among the storage policy of file data and the methods to make changes in the intentions list permanent to commit a transaction.<<ETX>>


This paper uses a novel empirical approach, following the literature on hysteresis, to explore medium-term scarring of natural disasters for countries vulnerable to climate change. By quantifying the dynamic effects of natural disasters on real GDP per capita for a large number of episodes using a synthetic control approach (SCA) and focusing on severe shocks, we demonstrate that a persistently large deviation of real GDP per capita from the counterfacutal trend exists five years after a severe shock in many countries. The findings highlight the importance and urgency of building ex-ante resilience to avoid scarring effects for countries prone to natural disasters, such as those in the Caribbean region. JEL Classification Numbers: Q54, O44, O47


The recurring question of the difference between specific and ad valorem taxes has recently been revived by Barzel (1976), who argued (p. 1185) that ". . . when quality is not fully controlled, the effects of the two types of taxes differ radically. The excise tax induces a substitution of quality for quantity, resulting in a greater increase in the price per unit than predicted by the constant-quality model. The ad valorem tax induces a reduction in quality and lower after-tax price than predicted." Evidence consistent with these hypotheses is found in the response of cigarette prices to tax changes. In the further tests reported by Johnson (1978), prices rise significantly less than the tax in New Hampshire, where the state tax was ad valorem, and significantly more in the remaining states, which impose specific taxes. The purpose of this note is to question not Barzel's analysis but rather the interpretation of the evidence, on the pedestrian grounds of implausibility. As Barzel himself observes (p. 1194, n. 32), "the size of New Hampshire makes it unlikely that cigarettes would be tailormade for it. The scope for removing characteristics is quite limited, then." The scope for adding characteristics in other states seems equally limited. To avoid misunderstanding it should be emphasized that the hypothesized variations in quality are a supply-side phenomenon, not a demand-side response to the relative cheapening of superior brands when a specific tax is increased. Johnson's estimates imply that the 90 increase in the New Hampshire tax over the period 1954-76 should have reduced the net price by 3.6?, ceteris paribus; the slightly larger mean tax increase in the remaining 48 continental states should have raised net price by 0.90. What changes in the quality of the services sold with cigarettes could have justified such a differential? What are the observable counterparts of the tax changes? In the absence of a convincing answer to those questions, the estimated response of cigarette prices to taxes represents a fact in search of a theory.


Subject. The results of a clinical examination of patients with complete and partial absence of teeth, who were made prostheses from thermoplastic material, as well as the adaptation of patients who comply and do not comply with the recommendations for hygienic care to prostheses for three months, are considered.
The aim is to assess the condition of thermoplastic prostheses and patient satisfaction with them after three weeks and three months of their use according to clinical examination data and using a subjective scaling test.
Methodology. Under observation were 43 patients with complete and partial absence of teeth, who were made prostheses from thermoplastic material "Belflex", produced by the Russian manufacturer "Vladmiva". A visual clinical assessment of the used prosthesis was carried out after three weeks and after 3 months in patients who fully complied with the doctor's hygienic recommendations for caring for prostheses, and for those who refused to comply with them.
Results. In the first group of patients who fully complied with the recommendations of an orthopedist, during a clinical examination, there were no violations of the integrity of the prostheses and discoloration both after 3 weeks and after 3 months. In the second group of patients, three months later, during a visual examination of the prosthesis, there were violations of the integrity, colors of the prosthesis base, numerous scratches on the surface, roughness, especially in the area of connection of artificial teeth with the prosthesis base. Changed parameters of the test of adaptation to orthopedic structures in all 20 patients.
Conclusions. The duration of their service life depends on the correct hygienic care of patients for removable orthopedic structures made of thermoplastics.


The task of formulating an interpretation is discussed in terms of seeing it as the analyst's search to make the interpretation relevant to tat specific point in the analytic process, in order to make it into something that can be felt by the patient as true and meaningful.


This paper considers the problem of input-to-state stability for a class of nonlinear switched descriptor systems. According to the definition of input-to-state stability, sufficient conditions are derived to ensure that the system is input-to-state stable based on the dwell time approach and the Gronwall–Bellman inequality. Compared with existing methods, it is more convenient to design the controller for each subsystem, because it does not need to construct the input-to-state stable control Lyapunov function and design the specific structure of the control inputs. Finally, two numerical examples illustrate the feasibility and effectiveness of the proposed method.


{6-[(4-Methoxybenzoyl)amino]-9H-purin-9-yl}acetic acid 2 is one of the substances used in the synthesis of peptide nucleic acid (PNA) adenine monomer and oligomers as well.[...]


This paper firstly discusses the conception, classification and characters of securities information, then analyzes the business securities information services. Particularly, it discusses the securities information services business operation from the three aspects of product development, business operation and durative services.


Recently, Lee proposed two quantum signature schemes with message recovery. This paper shows insecurity in their schemes such that the scheme could be repudiated by the receiver Bob. Then, this paper proposes an arbitrated quantum signature scheme based on the correlation of Einstein–Podolsky–Rosen (EPR) pairs. Compared with Lee's scheme, the new scheme not only maintains the advantages of the original scheme but offers a higher efficiency in transmission and it can also avoid being disavowed by the receiver.


Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to examine the way Islamic financial institutions dealt with the recent financial problems in terms of risk management. Design/methodology/approach - In total, 27 Islamic banks and the same number of conventional banks selected from a wide range of countries around the world were analyzed. The capital ratios, based on the Basel Committee, are the primary tools used to analyze the riskiness of the Islamic and conventional banks. The focus on capital ratios is relevant in light of changes in banks' balance sheets due to significant write offs that caused a huge credit crunch in the western world. Capital ratios are considered as a reliable source in predicting potential bankruptcies. Findings - The paper shows that Islamic banks are maintaining better capital ratios than to their conventional counterparts. Originality/value - The paper presents a new approach to the comparative performance of Islamic and conventional banks in terms of risk management. The research design as well as the findings can be very useful to academicians and banking professionals alike.


Part III continued: 1. Franklin asks to be relieved from the mission to Paris 2. R. R. Livingston named Minister of Foreign Affairs 3. Journal of the negotiation for peace with Great Britain, from March 21st to July 1st, 1782 4. Micawberism of the Ministry 5. Misunderstanding between Count de Vergennes and Dr. Franklin 6. The Fishery Calumny 7. The usefulness of enemies 8. Red tape 9. Preparation for leaving France Part VI. From the Termination of his Mission to France in 1785 until his Death, April 17th, 1790: 10. Franklin's reception in America 11. Freedom of commerce 12. Re-elected President of Pennsylvania 13. Retirement from public life 14. Franklin's last will and testament Bibliography Index.


Abstract There are many radiological imaging techniques for perianal fistulas; the choice of modality may depend on several factors other than simply diagnostic accuracy. Equipment availability and financial constraints vary between healthcare systems. Inexperienced clinical assessment may miss secondary extensions; the resulting recurrence is expensive and upsetting for patients. Fistulography no longer has a role in fistulas arising from the anus itself, but it may be useful in identifying extra-sphincteric tracts arising from abdominal organs, such as appendix, terminal ileum, and sigmoid colon. CT has a limited role acutely but otherwise there are better methods. In the right hands, Endo-anal ultrasonography is still more accurate than clinical examination alone, but requires considerable skill in interpretation, is operator dependent, and may not be suitable for all patients. magnetic resonance imaging scans are the gold standard for fistula.


The Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has had a significant impact on most countries' social and economic perspectives worldwide. Unemployment has become a vital challenge for policymakers as a result of COVID-19′s negative impact. Because of the nonstationary and nonlinear nature of the dataset, researchers applied various time series models to forecast the unemployment rate. This study aims to ensure a better forecasting approach for predicting the unemployment rates with an uncertainty of insufficient knowledge and tiny data throughout Vietnam. The study proposes the Grey theory system-based GM (1,1), the Grey Verhulst Model (GVM), and the Autoregressive Integrated Moving Average (ARIMA) model that can more precisely predict unemployment rates. The model's applications are shown using the Vietnamese unemployment rate at six different rural and urban areas with data sets from 2014–2019. The results indicate that the lower Mean Average Percentage Error (MAPE) values obtained with the GM (1,1) model at all regions for rural and urban areas (excluding Highlands Region in urban area) are extremely encouraging in comparison to other traditional methods. The accurate level of the ARIMA and GVM models follows the GM (1,1) model. The findings of this study show that the effects of the modeling assist policymakers in shaping future labor and economic policies. Furthermore, this study can contribute to the unemployment literature, providing future research directions in the unemployment problems.


The DNA damage checkpoint is a signal transduction cascade with three layers of kinases. Checkpoint kinases are conventionally defined as kinases that are activated by DNA damage— either directly or by upstream kinases—and phosphorylate targets that preserve genome stability. In the presence of damaged DNA, the sensor kinases (ATM/ATR in mammals and Tel1/ Mec1 in budding yeast) become active and phosphorylate the effector kinases (CHK1 and CHK2 in mammals and Chk1 and Rad53 in budding yeast [1]). Rad53, in turn, activates another checkpoint kinase, Dun1 [2]. This hierarchy is likely to provide both amplification and specialization, as the substrates of each set of kinases are selectively enriched for proteins in particular areas of biology. ATM and ATR are localized to DNA breaks, and their substrates are enriched for chromatin components and repair proteins that are similarly localized (e.g., H2AX and Slx4) [3–7]. While Rad53, Chk1, and their homologues target some proteins in this category, they primarily act on a large number of substrates that are not directly adjacent to sites of DNA damage, including cell cycle regulators, such as Sld3 [8, 9] and Pds1 [10]. By contrast, Dun1's only known substrates are involved in the regulation of ribonucleotide levels [11]. Here, Liu and colleagues [12] show that the GSK3-related kinase Mck1 is directly activated by Rad53 and, like Dun1, regulates ribonucleotide biosynthesis, suggesting it too is a checkpoint kinase. All eukaryotic organisms require an adequate concentration of deoxyribonucleoside triphosphates (dNTPs) in order to ensure accurate DNA replication and repair and to maintain genomic stability. The rate-limiting step in dNTP synthesis is catalyzed by ribonucleotide reductase (RNR), an essential heterotetrameric enzyme that mediates the reduction of ribonucleotides (rNTPs) into deoxyribonucleotides (dNTPs). In the budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, the large R1 subunit is composed of an Rnr1 homodimer (or Rnr1-Rnr3 heterodimer), whereas the active small R2 subunit is formed by an Rnr2-Rnr4 heterodimer [13]. The activity of RNR is tightly regulated by the cell cycle and environmental cues, which is critical since an unbalanced supply of dNTPs dramatically increases the mutation rate. Once Dun1 becomes activated, it enhances RNR activity by multiple mechanisms. First, in response to DNA damage and replication stress, Dun1 phosphorylates the Crt1 repressor. This causes it to be lost from RNR promoters, leading to an increase in transcription of RNR2, RNR3, and RNR4. However, induction of RNR genes upon genotoxic stress is not completely dependent upon the Dun1 kinase. In dun1Δmutants, RNR genes continue to be significantly induced in response to DNA damage [14]. DUN1-independent RNR1 induction upon DNA damage is also Crt1-independent. This is mediated by Rad53 activation of Ixr1, a DNA-binding protein that interacts with the RNR1 promoter and activates RNR1 transcription [15]. In addition, the yeast Rnr1 inhibitor Sml1 undergoes a DUN1-dependent phosphorylation that leads to Sml1


Characterizing transcription start sites is essential for understanding the regulatory mechanisms that control gene expression. Recently, a new bovine genome assembly (ARS-UCD1.2) with high continuity, accuracy, and completeness was released; however, the functional annotation of the bovine genome lacks precise transcription start sites and includes a low number of transcripts in comparison to human and mouse. Using the RAMPAGE approach, this study identified transcription start sites at high resolution in a large collection of bovine tissues. We found several known and novel transcription start sites attributed to promoters of protein coding and lncRNA genes that were validated through experimental and in silico evidence. With these findings, the annotation of transcription start sites in cattle reached a level comparable to the mouse and human genome annotations. In addition, we identified and characterized transcription start sites for antisense transcripts derived from bidirectional promoters, potential lncRNAs, mRNAs, and pre-miRNAs. We also analyzed the quantitative aspects of RAMPAGE data for producing a promoter activity atlas, reaching highly reproducible results comparable to traditional RNA-Seq. Lastly, gene co-expression networks revealed an impressive use of tissue-specific promoters, especially between brain and testicle, which expressed several genes in common from alternate transcription start sites. Regions surrounding co-expressed modules were enriched in binding factor motifs representative of their tissues. This annotation will be highly useful for future studies on expression control in cattle and other species. Furthermore, these data provide significant insight into transcriptional activity for a comprehensive set of tissues.


Observability is a necessary capability of modern distributed systems as it allows us to gain actionable insights about reliability, availability, performance, etc., of the system.


The current design and safety assessment of ice-resistance platforms have usually been considered the maximum bearing capacity under the extreme static ice loads. However, the effects on the facilities and crew members induced by the dynamic ice loads are not been considered, and the risks are greater than the structure security. So it is necessary to analyze the effect on the facilities and crew members by ice-induced vibrations. Based on the data monitored on the platforms in the Bohai Sea and the ISO standard about human body in vibration environment, human fatigue on the platforms is evaluated. The typical history curve of the deck acceleration is obtained and used to analyze the excitation of pipelines. A mechanical model of structural vibration of pipeline system is developed. With finite element modeling, the dynamic responses of the pipeline systems induced by deck vibration are calculated. The results show ice-induced vibration may have major effect on the crew members and the facilities, and this failure mode by strongly ice-induced accelerations should be considered in safety producing of the existing platforms and optimization design of the new platforms.Copyright © 2012 by ASME


Although most clinicians who treat patients with melanoma have had isolated experiences of delay from biopsy to definitive treatment, the extent of the problem has not been estimated on a national scale. Investigators used the linked SEER-Medicare database to assess the frequency and nature of delay of surgery for melanoma and found some intriguing results.

They retrospectively reviewed the cases of Medicare recipients who were diagnosed as …


The reduction of construction duration and cost is two of main success factors in the modern construction industry. Since reinforced concrete is the most economical material for construction, the large-scale form-work of concrete is also related to the competitiveness of construction method. Thus, the application of appropriate form-work system is one of key factors to reduce the construction cost, improve the quality of the finished concrete, shorten the construction period, and reduce the form-work collapse during the construction. The study conducted the case study to identify the cost differences between the steel-wire truss deck system and the table system form-work system. To compare the construction cost of two different form-work methods, the study estimated the total price for the form-work module of 14.4m×4.8m with material quantities. This study identified that the slab cost of truss deck form-work system was 15% lower than the table system form-work even though the combination form-work cost of beam and slab for the truss desk was 19% higher than the combination form-work costs of system form-work. In addition, the study identified that the truss-deck form-work system also required the additional steel reinforcement of 77% compared to the table system form-work. Finally, the study concluded that the table system form-work could reduce the total construction costs of 15% through lowering the form-work cost of beam and slab, and steel reinforcement.


On the basis of sustainable development theory,in allusion to how to evaluate the effect of the water resource sustainable utilization system in some river basins(either some areas),an idea of the water resource sustainable utilization system efficiency was proposed and the water resource sustainable utilization system including of water resources natural system,water resource engineering system and the water resource control system was evaluated systematically.By means of the analysis and forecast of the water resource,the water resource control efficiency and the water resource utilize efficiency ware evaluated,the water resource control system was regulated and a valid countermove was draw up.It will cause the water resource developing utilization not to overtake the water resource bearing capability and the environment capacity,in order to meet the needs of current development and continuing development.


The aim of this study is to analyze the factors influencing the Customer Loyalty Hold herbs in Surakarta, with a sample of 100 customers carrying medicinal. Analysis of data using multiple regression, t test, F test and coefficient of determination. While the results of multiple regression hypothesis testing is Tangible, reliability, responsiveness, assurance, empathy, have positive effect on customer loyalty. T test results showed that tangible, reliability, responsiveness, assurance, empathy and job satisfaction as independent variables significantly influence customer loyalty carrying medicinal in Surakarta. The test results are known magnitude F F value of 203.913 and a significance value of 0.000 <0.05 so that it can be concluded tangible, reliability, responsiveness, assurance, empathy and satisfaction simultaneously significant effect on customer loyalty in carrying medicinal Surakarta. R2 test obtained from R2 square value of 0.961 means the total Customer Loyalty Herbal Wear described by, tangible, reliability, responsiveness, assurance, empathy and satisfaction of 96.1% and the remaining 3.9% described other variables outside the research model, for example, price and product variables.
Keywords: Service Quality, Satisfaction, Loyalty


Electron paramagnetic resonance free induction decay (FID) attenuation measurements are reported for the reaction of H atoms with Br[sup [minus]], I[sup [minus]] and 2-propanol in aqueous solution. At 25[degrees]C, the authors obtain scavenging rate constants of (1.7 [+-] 0.3) [times] 10[sup 6] M[sup [minus]1] s[sup [minus]1] for Br[sup [minus]], (2.8 [+-] 0.4) [times] 10[sup 8] M[sup [minus]1] s[sup [minus]1] for I[sup [minus]], and (9.0 [+-] 2.0) [times] 10[sup 7] M[sup [minus]1] s[sup [minus]1] for 2-propanol. Very small activation energies of 6.3 [+-] 6.2 kJ/mol for the Br[sup [minus]] reaction, and 1.8 [+-] 4.6 kJ/mol for the I[sup [minus]] reaction, were found in the 10--58[degrees]C temperature range. Anomalous chemically induced dynamic electron polarization (CIDEP) of the H atom in the presence of the halide ions suggests that a near-equilibrium H + X[sup [minus]] [r equilibrium] HX[sup [minus]] is approached on the 5-[mu]s time scale of the FID experiment, with the reverse rate on the order of 10[sup 6] s[sup [minus]1]. The proposed equilibrium resolves a number of apparent contradictions in previous work on these reaction systems. 21 refs., 7 figs., 1 tab.


The net positive suction head (NPSH) requirements for a pump are determined by the combined effects of cavitation, fluid properties, pump geometry, and pump operating point. An important part of this determination is the temperature depression (Delta T). Correlations are presented of the temperature depression for various degrees of developed cavitation on venturis and ogives. These correlations, based on a semi-empirical entrainment theory, express Delta T in terms of the dimensionless numbers of Nusselt, Reynolds, Froude, Weber, and Peclet, and dimensionless cavity length (L/D). The Delta T data were obtained in Freon 114, hydrogen and nitrogen for the venturis and in Freon 113 and water for the ogives.


This issue of the International Journal of Dermatology presents papers dealing with atypical mycobacteriosis. Skin diseases due to atypical mycobacteria (AM) are relatively frequent, although they are often misdiagnosed. Such infections are increasingly frequent in the general population, and, therefore, they represent a special challenge to the dermatologist. This commentary focuses on recent research and the state of the art of skin-related atypical mycobacterioses.


The invention discloses a computation method for image geometric moments and central moments, which comprises the design of digital filter grids, the computation of geometric moments, the computation of centroid and the computation of central moments, image data is embedded to grids of a digital filter designed by a pipeline organization under a pixel clock, the grids of the digital filter perform regular iterative computations under the pixel clock and a quadruple clock, outputs of different nodes of the grids of the digital filter are coupled, and the geometric moments of the images are obtained; the computation of centroid take computation results of geometric moments as input data, the computation of centroid is carried out under the pixel clock, outputs of the geometric moments are coupled, and geometric moments are obtained; input data of the computation of central moments come from the computation data of the geometric moments and the centroid, the outputs of the geometric moments and the centroid are coupled, and the image central moments are obtained. The computation method has the advantages of little occupation of logic resources and rapid computation speed, and has good usage value in the fields of target identification and detection.


OBJECTIVE
The author of the widely used suicidality scale, the Columbia-Suicide Severity Rating Scale, has repeatedly made the claim that asking the question, "Do you think you would be better off dead?" in suicidality assessment delivers false positive results. This case study investigates the value of this question as an immediate antecedent to impulsive suicidality and as a correlate of functional impairment.

METHOD
One subject with daily suicidality and frequent impulsive suicidality rated five passive suicidal ideation phenomena and impulsive suicidality daily on a 0 to 4 Likert scale and rated weekly functional impairment scores for 13 weeks on a 0 to 10 Discan metric.

RESULTS
Each of the five passive suicidal ideation phenomena studied frequently occurred at a different severity level, and the five phenomena did not move in synchrony. Most passive suicidal ideation phenomena were very low on dates of impulsive suicidality. Thoughts of being better off dead were a frequent antecedent to impulsive suicidality and were related to an increase in functional impairment.

CONCLUSION
The relationship to both functional impairment and impulsive suicidality suggest that it is potentially dangerous to ignore thoughts of being better off dead in suicidality assessment.


Abstract The characteristics of UF resin prepared with concentrated formaldehyde were studied in this paper. With the molar ratio F/U = 1.1, the UF resin prepared with concentrated formaldehyde showed better mechanical properties than that with formalin. The 13C-NMR and FTIR results indicated that there were more methylene groups, ether groups and urons in a UF resin system prepared with concentrated formaldehyde than those in a normal UF resin. The differential scanning calorimetry and DMA results showed that the curing temperature of UF resin with concentrated formaldehyde was lower than that of a normal UF resin. UF resin with concentrated formaldehyde showed worse thermal stability and higher thermal decomposition temperature.


Prostatitis is a poorly understood disease and increasing evidence suggests inflammation is involved in other prostatic diseases including prostate cancer.


[1] An idealized atmospheric model is used to explore the links between climate and topography in the development of orographic rain shadows during orogenesis. The atmospheric dynamics theory of density stratified fluid flow over topography is used to interpret the results. The controlling nondimensional parameter is Nh/U, where N is the Brunt-Vaisala frequency, a measure of atmospheric stability, h is the terrain relief, and U is the initial horizontal wind speed. Rain shadow development is found to be a nonlinear and nonunique function of both topography and atmospheric state, indicating that geological records of orographic aridity cannot be interpreted in terms of relief alone. When upstream topography exceeds Nh/U ≈ 1 during surface uplift, downstream orographic precipitation vanishes, and downstream orographic cloud mass decreases by as much as 90%. Upstream blocking of air flow can generate a forward projecting rain shadow in which a relatively low ridge (Nh/U 1) may be decoupled from the atmospheric flow by a zone of flow stagnation extending upstream of the high terrain. Such an effect may occur if the valley separating the two ranges is narrower than the length scale of flow stagnation. In the model configuration used here, lateral widening of a relatively low (Nh/U 1) range increases downstream cloud mass by up to a factor of 3. These results help to refine interpretations of climate-tectonic interactions in shaping the geological record of the Sierra Nevada and Andes.


Immune-mediated renal injuries are characterized by glomerular and tubulointerstitial infiltration of neutrophils and monocytes/macrophages[l,2]. These inflammatory leukocytes, which are usually involved in host defence and phagocytosis of exogenous pathogens, contribute to local tissue damage in autoimmune renal disease, due to their generation of inflammatory mediators such as reactive oxygen species, proteolytic enzymes, cytokines, and growth factors [3-5]. One of the significant features of inflammatory leukocytes in affected tissue is accumulation at the localization of injury. Inflammatory cell recruitment into injured areas begins with the binding of blood cells to the vascular endothelium. Cells then migrate according to concentration gradients of chemoattractants into the tissue. The process of adhesion to endothelial cells involves a series of consecutive cellular steps which include the expression of several groups of molecules on the surface of inflammatory leukocytes and endothelial cells, including selectins, integrins, and adhesion molecules [6,7]. The process of cell adhesion on the endothelium is then followed by the transmigration of cells into the site of primary tissue injury. The initiating events of tissue damage in most immune renal injuries is the binding of antibodies to cell surface antigens, matrix, or the basement membranes which, dependent or independent of complement activation, can release early inflammatory cytokines (such as interleukin 1/? and TNFa) [2,6,7]. Interleukin 10 and TNFa can induce the expression of adhesion molecules [7], which might initiate cell attachment. Initial immune injury, however, also may lead to the increased formation of chemoattractants [6,8]. In addition to several lipid mediators a group of cytokines has recently been described which in vitro exerts chemoattractant activities on several inflammatory cells and which could be involved in the recruitment of leukocytes in autoimmune disease.


There are probably as many definitions of adult education as there are authors on the subject. In most cases the definition reflects the particular bias of the author. In its opening statement on the subject, The Encyclopedia for Educational Research (1 p .30) notes that adult education may be defined in many Ways .


Based on the six kinds of cruciferae vegetable leaves reticuleate vein quantitative study which showed that: there was positive correlation between the series and the bifurcate angle of nervation,the higher the series of nervation,the bigger the bifurcate angle.And the bifurcate angle of nervation between the first and second degree was likely to be a feature among different varieties in cruciferae vegetable.The paper studied the quantitative characters of each levels vein length,the former four levels vein and areole,and preliminary investingated the development mechanism of all levels vein and areole.


Melanoma incidence has been dramatically increasing worldwide. Psoralen, a known photocarcinogen, is naturally abundant in citrus products, leading to the hypothesis that high citrus consumption may increase melanoma risk.


On petascale systems, the selection of optimal values for I/O parameters without taking into account the I/O size and pattern can cause the I/O time to dominate the simulation time, compromising the application's scalability. In this paper, we adopt and adapt an engineering method called surrogate-based modeling to efficiently search for the optimal I/O parameter values and accurately predict the associated I/O times at the extreme scale. Our approach allows us to address both the search and prediction in a short time, even when the application's I/O is large and exhibits irregular patterns.


List below significant resources — both equipment and human — that you are requesting from Jefferson Lab in support of mounting and executing the proposed experiment. Do not include items that will be routinely supplied to all running experiments such as the base equipment for the hall and technical support for routine operation, installation, and maintenance. Major Installations (either your equip. or new equip. requested from JLab) List all combinations of anticipated targets and beam conditions required to execute the experiment. (This list will form the primary basis for the Radiation Safety Assesment Document (RSAD) calculations that must be performed for each experiment.) Condition Beam Mean Beam Polarization and Other Target Material Material Est. Beam-On No. Energy Current Special Requirements (use multiple rows for Thickness Time for Cond. (MeV) (µA) (e.g., time structure) complex targets — (mg/cm 2) No. (hours) List all combinations of anticipated targets and beam conditions required to execute the experiment. (This list will form the primary basis for the Radiation Safety Assesment Document (RSAD) calculations that must be performed for each experiment.) Condition Beam Mean Beam Polarization and Other Target Material Material Est. Beam-On No. Energy Current Special Requirements (use multiple rows for Thickness Time for Cond. (MeV) (µA) (e.g., time structure) complex targets — (mg/cm 2) No. (hours) List all combinations of anticipated targets and beam conditions required to execute the experiment. (This list will form the primary basis for the Radiation Safety Assesment Document (RSAD) calculations that must be performed for each experiment.) Condition Beam Mean Beam Polarization and Other Target Material Material Est. Beam-On No. Energy Current Special Requirements (use multiple rows for Thickness Time for Cond. (MeV) (µA) (e.g., time structure) complex targets — (mg/cm 2) No. (hours) List all combinations of anticipated targets and beam conditions required to execute the experiment. (This list will form the primary basis for the Radiation Safety Assesment Document (RSAD) calculations that must be performed for each experiment.) Condition Beam Mean Beam Polarization and Other Target Material Material Est. Beam-On No. Energy Current Special Requirements (use multiple rows for Thickness Time for Cond. (MeV) (µA) (e.g., time structure) complex targets — (mg/cm 2) No. (hours) List all combinations of anticipated targets and beam conditions required to execute the experiment. (This list will form the primary basis for the Radiation Safety Assesment Document (RSAD) calculations that must be performed for each experiment.) Condition Beam Mean Beam Polarization …


The AGEX II Technical Quarterly publishes short technical contributions on above ground experiments that use pulsed power and laser drivers. The Quarterly is intended to provide rapid exposure of timely technical ideas and results as well as a means for documenting AGEX II progress and scientific quality for the AGEX II community. Suitable topics include experimental results, diagnostic apparatus, theoretical design, and scaling, among others.


In this paper, we discuss recent advances in explanation generation and show how an approach based on text planning can be used to support dialogue in explanation.


91.65 A question of balance: an application of centroids The following surprising geometry result provides a nice challenge to high school or undergraduate students. Given a quadrilateral ABCD with equilateral triangles ABP, BCQ, CDR and DAS constructed on the sides so that, say, the first and third are exterior to the quadrilateral, while the second and the fourth are interior to the quadrilateral, prove that quadrilateral PQRS is a parallelogram. This result appears to be reasonably well-known and can be found as an exercise in [1], and the special case when two of the vertices of ABCD coincide to form a triangle apparently also appears in some high school textbooks in Korea and other Eastern countries [2]. Less well-known appears to be the following generalisation and proof of the result in [3].


PURPOSE: To detect the presence of an ink with a different absorption spectrum characteristic by applying rays with at least two different wavelengths while including ink absorption wavelength and detecting the reflection rays. CONSTITUTION: N LEDs(light emitting diodes) 1 generate a corresponding number of rays with different wavelengths while one portion corresponds to the inside of visible rays, one portion corresponds to the outside of the visible rays, and one corresponds to the absorption band of ink and apply them to a document 2. A sequence generator 5 generates each modulation signal that is supplied to each LED 1 and each LED 1 generates modulated light beams. A detector 3 receives rays reflected from the document and the output signal is supplied in parallel to a multiplication circuit 6 where a modulation signal from the sequence generator 5 that corresponds to the related LED 1 is supplied. Further, an output signal from a multiplier 6 is supplied to a microprocessor 9 via an integral circuit 8 and an output signal related to ink is calculated and is outputted to an output device 10. COPYRIGHT: (C)1989,JPO


This paper addresses the beliefs constructed in childhood about some ecological-environmental issues, in particular those related to lifestyle and the conception of the needs linked to keeping these. We asked some 9 and 11 year-old Colombian, Spanish and English school children to imagine a desert island in which they were supposed to go to live. This knowledge about their possibilities/abilities when facing an unknown medium, and using all kind of resources they choose to have, will provide a good opportunity to determine if the ecological-environmental education they receive follows the no depredation guidelines. After analysing the responses on what they would take and what would they do in the island, we have found a naive ethnocentric conception following the technological developments of Western culture.


It is the general guideline for United Front work to properly deal with the relations between unity and diversity.Since the adoption of the reform and opening- up policy,the CPC has developed the preliminary pattern by integrating the three aspects of governing philosophy,basic system and organizational mechanism in dealing with the relations between unity and diversity in the United Front,and has accumulated rich historical experience.It is the key for developing the broad United Front for us to better inherit and innovatively apply the existing experience and co- ordinate the three aspects of basic system,governing philosophy and United Front mechanism,which is also the cardinal direction for dealing with the relations between unity and diversity under the Four- Pronged Comprehensive Strategy.


The aim of this research was to determine biomechanical markers which differentiate medial knee osteoarthritis (OA) patients who do and do not show structural progression over a 2-year period.A cohort of 36 subjects was selected from a longitudinal study (Meireles et al 2017) using Kellgren-Lawrence (KL) scores at baseline and 2-year follow-up. The cohort consisted of 10 healthy controls (HC) (KL=0 at both time points), 15 medial knee OA non-progressors (NPKOA) (KL≥1 at baseline and no change over 2 years), and 11 medial knee OA progressors (PKOA) (KL≥1 at baseline and increase of ≥1 over 2 years). 3D integrated motion capture data from three walking trials were processed through a musculoskeletal modelling framework (Smith et al 2016) to estimate knee joint loading parameters (i.e., magnitude of mean contact pressure, and centre of pressure (COP)). Parameters at first and second peak were extracted and compared between groups using Kruskal-Wallis and Mann-Whitney tests.Higher magnitudes were observed in PKOA vs NPKOA, and PKOA vs HC groups at both time points. Additionally, a posterior (1st and 2nd peak), and lateral (2nd peak) shift in medial compartment COP was shown between PKOA and NPKOA, and PKOA and HC subjects. Interestingly, in the studied parameters, no differences were observed between NPKOA and HC groups.Significantly higher magnitude, and a more posterior and lateral COP was observed between PKOA and NPKOA patients. These differences, combined with an absence of difference between NPKOA and HC suggest structural OA progression is driven by a combination of altered loading magnitude and location. These results may serve as guidelines for targeted gait retraining rehabilitation to slow or stop knee OA progression whereby shifting COP anterior and medial and reducing magnitude by ~22% may shift patients from a PKOA to a NPKOA trajectory.


The paper presents a ring-topology layout algorithm for drawing directed graphs, which can clearly demonstrate the dependence relations between software components. This helps to understand and analyze the whole trend of the interactions between software components in a multi-component system, optimize the system structure, improving the system performance, and realize efficient and convenient software component assembly.


The present invention is one kind of white liquor and its preparation process. The white liquor is high quality white liquor blended with different grades of leaven wine and small amount of seasoning wine. It has high quality, mellow fragrance and good taste.


Non-melanoma skin cancer (NMSC) is the most commonly occurring cancer in the United States and in the world. 75-80% of NMSCs are basal cell carcinomas (BCC). The remaining 25% are squamous cell carcinomas (SCC). One in five Americans will develop skin cancer in their lifetime, of which more than 95% will be NMSCs. Over 2.1 million patients were treated for NMSCs in 2006. Despite its prevalence, NMSC accounts for less than 0.1% of cancer deaths.


Rihtman-Augustin's study is about "anthropologizing" Croatian ethnology and her institute and she refers to some excellent research and writing by her ethnologists. But anthropology is much larger in Croatia. Members of Pavao Rudan's Institute for Anthropological Research have conducted research for over thirty years in biological anthropology, genetics, and linguistics in Dalmatia, and his institute and the Croatian Anthropological Society organized the 1988 International Union of Anthropological and Ethnographical Sciences World Congress in Zagreb. Several of his anthropologists conducted applied anthropology research with refugees from the 1990s war in Croatia and Bosnia. Likewise, researchers at the Institute for Applied Social Research, Zagreb, conducted some good anthropological and sociological studies about the effects of the war. This book should be included on a list of readings for any graduate student in anthropology or political science anticipating research in Croatia.


Aware that the concern of many administrators contem plating modular flexible scheduling is how effectively students use their free time, the author describes a study to learn whether this concern has any basis in fact. His conclusion: the advantages of more free time for the student outweigh the disadvantages.


This research, targeting the visitors to Hahoe Village at Andong, which is a cultural tourist attraction with its traditional cultural heritage well preserved, aimed at offering applicable implications to the staff in charge of management of Hahoe Village at Andong by clarifying which cultural tour experience factor has an effect on touring satisfaction and visitors` behavioral intention as a follow-up attitude from touring satisfaction, i.e. effect relationship between the intention of re-visit and intention of recommendation in a structural viewpoint. To sum up this research result, first, there are two factors of cultural tour experience: education and escape. These were found to have a positive effect on touring satisfaction. Second, four factors of cultural touring experience was found to have a positive effect on visitors` behavioral intention. Third, touring satisfaction was found to have a positive effect on visitors` behavioral intention


The improvement of pastoral livelihoods in the context of a highly uncertain economic and climatic future implies a double need for conserving livestock biodiversity and reaching productivity gains. In situ conservation through participative genetic improvement programs is a tool of choice for these sustainable development pursuits. In this regard, breeding goals chosen by pastoralist breeders can be classified in two broad categories : productivity-seeking or risk-alleviating. The latter aim was an important motive for the constitution of the present indigenous breeds while the former is often a rationale for their neglect. Understanding the balance can help finding the way to sustainable biodiversity management. Being the basis of pastoral livelihood systems, livestock shoulders many roles, among which that of savings may be considered central. Credit facilities lacking in these remote areas, breeders would thus sell part of their productive capital to invest in its improvement. The present model consists in a theoretical inquiry for the possible consequence of this polyvalence of livestock, productive capital and mobilizable saving, on the choice between the two above-mentioned breeding aims under liquidity constraint. A major outcome of the proposed model is the existence of a threshold herd size effect on investment in risk-control. This effect does not bear on investment in productivity and is no longer observed if credit constraint is relaxed. This threshold is thus proposed to entail the presence of an "erosion trap" for biodiversity and further recalls the difficulty to design a breeding program for a group of breeders with very diverse endowments. As a result, appropriate credit programs should be considered as an important key to adoption of breeding schemes for in situ conservation, and thus both their efficiency and viability.


Purpose – This paper aims to present real time user searches in a Greek academic library OPAC (University of Macedonia Library) in relation to user profile.Design/methodology/approach – Using as a test bed a Greek academic library and its OPAC's transaction logs along with a system implanted questionnaire, data were gathered, processed and analyzed using multivariate statistical analysis techniques.Findings – In making a synthesis of the analyzed data, a series of questions related to everyday library work were answered, giving libraries a tool to apply the gained knowledge in order to make decisions regarding their OPAC, their user education programs and their reference services.Research limitations/implications – The present paper focuses on the analysis of those variables that were considered to be the most representative for constructing a user profile.Originality/value – This paper builds upon the techniques of data collection and presents a new tool for analyzing them statistically. Data derived fro...


The most efficient catalysts used in the formation of hydroxyalkyl sulfides are tertiary amines. The mechanism of the decomposition of epoxides in the system ..beta..-hydroxylalkylmercaptan-triethylamine has been analyzed. Seven modes of decomposition were considered, and it was found that in the region 65-100 mole % the predominant pathway involves attack by ..beta..-hydroxyethylmercaptide anion on an epoxide ring.


Fifty-four ultracompact (UC) H II regions in the GLIMPSE survey region (|b| < 1° and 30° < l < 70°) were observed in H2CO and H110α using the 305 m Arecibo telescope. By analyzing H2CO absorption against the UC H II region continuum emission, we resolve the distance ambiguity toward 44 sources. This determination is critical to measure global physical properties of UC H II regions (e.g., luminosity, size, mass) and properties of the Galaxy (e.g., spiral structure, abundance gradients). We find that the distribution of UC H II regions in this survey is consistent with a "local spur," the Perseus, Sagittarius, and Scutum arms as delineated by Taylor & Cordes. However, departures from model velocities produce distance uncertainties only slightly smaller than the proposed arm separations.


Vulvovaginal candidiasis was a significant problem in women at childbearing age.Although,its pathogenesis is not clear completely,the pathogenisis can be divided into two fields including host and pathogenic candida. Recent researches revealed that adaptive immunity was not main protective mechanism, whereas native immunity was regarded as a main defense mechanism. Furthermore, the change of virulence factors of candida is contributed to the pathogenesis.


The Huolin River is a typical interior river located in the friable zone, which flows through the east of the Inner Mongolia autonomous region and west of the Jilin Pronvince. The runoff characteristics and evolution law have an important impact on the regional evolution and water resources development. Based on the analysis of runoff data about half a century, using methods of Kendall trend analysis and correlation analysis the driving mechanism of the runoff change and its influence on the eco-environment were studied. The result showed that the runoff had a tendency of non-linear, under the influence of the climate aridity and human activity, irrational utilization of water and soil resources resulted in hydrology condition change and basic function degradation, which were very important for water resources exploitation. Some scientific countermeasures for rational resources use and social economic sustainable development were put forward.


In this paper, we introduce a multi-probe Scanning Probe Microscopy (SPM) tool in the context of system of systems (SoS) concepts. The tool exhibits strong characteristics of SoS such as interoperability, integration and independency of each individual system. Each probe terminal constitutes an independent scanning system that can operate individually. The interoperability of the systems through signal exchange bring strong advantages and help users in order to design innovative applications that would not be easily achievable when a single system is used. As an independent system, each probe terminal includes its own controller and feedback mechanism for precise operation which is controlled by individual software running on control PCs. After introducing the overall system, we briefly mention one of the innovative real-world applications that we have been currently working on in an effort to show the strength of SoS engineering and filling the gap between theory and practice.


We address a new storage policy, called Skip-k storage, which gives storing priority to the items with relatively higher turnover rates. Applying the policy in storage systems such as AS/RS will reduce expected travel distance considerably. We analyze system behavior and find an appropriate skip size expressed by the system parameters in case arrival rates become larger enough.


Copolymers of different compositions and intrinsic viscosities were synthesized by the radiation-chemical copolymerization of vinylcaprolactam with acrylic, 4-pentenic, and undecylenic acids. It was shown that absorbed doses of up to 100 kGy have virtually no effect on the resulting copolymers.


Abstract INTRODUCTION Recently, the cancer genome medical system has been rapidly promoted in Japan, such as cancer related gene panel test as NCC oncopanel and Fonduation One being covered by insurance. At the same time, there is a great deal of attention now on hereditary tumor diseases caused by abnormalities in cancer-related genes and their medical treatment. Von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) disease and tuberous sclerosis (TSC) are one such hereditary tumor disease, and develop tumors in multiple organs such as kidney tumors and lung tumors as well as brain tumors. The University of Tokyo Hospital has been developing an in-hospital medical care system for VHL disease and TSC. [VHL disease] If VHL disease is diagnosed at an early stage and strives for early detection and treatment of tumor, it is said that the prognosis is not largely different from normal people. Therefore, our hospital opened a specialized outpatient for VHL disease from 2012, and has carried out genetic diagnosis of VHL disease and medical treatment based on it. [TSC] Recently, the use of Afinitor for SEGA was covered by insurance in Japan, and a system in which multiple departments involved in our hospital cooperated was established, and regular meetings were held to determine treatment policies. DISCUSSION It was the development of genetic counseling system and multidisciplinary cooperation system that was important in any disease. Genetic counseling helps patients with illness and their families to genetically understand and adapt to illness. In the case of hereditary diseases, the practice of genetic counseling was very useful. In addition, since it is a disease involving multiple organs, close cooperation with other in-hospital clinics has been extremely useful for early detection and treatment of patient's lesions.


A survey was conducted in five districts of Nagaland viz., Dimapur, Peren, Kohima, Phek and Kiphire to know the presence of bumble bees and their diversity. A total of 93 bumble bees were collected from forest and cultivated areas. These were got identified and their flora was recorded along with their activity. Bumble bees were observed in Khonoma region in Kohima and Pfutsero in Phek district, while these were not observed in Dimapur, Kiphire and Peren district of Nagaland. Bombus orientalis Smith was the species observed, with some differences in their morphology. Morphometrics revealed difference in various studied parameters of queens and workers.


improving migrant conditions in Hong Kong, Singapore, and Malaysia. Palmer describes some partially successful efforts to protect migrant interests, such as giving migrants their own passports and dealing with issues such as trafficking and the abuse of labour standards. These efforts were often against the interests of other players (government officials, recruiting firms, and employers), including, sometimes, the interests of other Indonesian officials in the same embassy. However, the main theme of bureaucratic conflict, and efforts at resolution reverberating from Jakarta, falls a bit flat in this last empirical chapter. This is because one of the main protagonists (BNP2TKI) is not represented at all in reform efforts. Even though the book is quite short, it is not an easy read; but it is a worthwhile one. The long introductory chapter on the history of the program, mostly during the New Order era, is very informative. The legal reforms are well documented, although they are numerous, as are the main actors in the two central government organisations that are the focus of the story. Given the author's careful documentation of institutional reforms, lawyers and political scientists may take more away from this book than will economists. But there is plenty here for the dismal scientists as well.


Submitted for the MAR12 Meeting of The American Physical Society Nodeless d-wave Superconductivity and spin resonance in iron-selenide superconductors A.V. BALATSKY, TANMOY DAS, LANL — Iron-selenide based layered compounds have been realized to be high-transition temperature superconductor in December, 2010. The superconductivity is tuned by varying number of iron vacancies in the crystal. This unique tunability of the high-temperature superconducting properties has reinforces the debate of universal properties in Fe based superconductors. Experiments and band structure calculations have shown that the electronic and magnetic structures of these compounds are significantly different from other iron-based superconductors. This fact leads us to propose that the superconducting state is nodeless d-wave pairing which is still driven by magnetic interactions. Nodeless gap leads to the fully gapped quasiparticle spectrum. Sign-changing gap lends itself naturally to the sharp feature in neutron scattering spectrum, the so called spin resonance. We predict the upward "horseshoe" dispersion of the spin resonance, in a sharp contrast with the "hourglass" dispersion in high Tc oxides where similar spin resonance is ubiquitously seen. In conclusion, despite iron-selenide systems exhibit very different observables, we show that the underlying pairing mechanism is driven by similar spin-fluctuation instabilities as in other high-temperature superconductors. Tanmoy Das Los Alamos National Laboratoty Date submitted: 23 Nov 2011 Electronic form version 1.4


Objective:To develop the calcium overload model with adult rat ventricular cardiomyocytes.Methods:Calcium tolerant cardiomyocytes were isolated by Langendorff perfusion. Then, cardiomyocytes were exposed to ionomycin for 1 hour,and cytosolic calcium was measured with spectrofluorometer.Results:Viability of freshly isolated adult rat ventricular cardiomyocytes,which were rod-shaped with clear cross-striations, was 60%-80%.Cytosolic calcium of cardiomyocytes stimulated by 0.5μmol/L or 1.0μmol/L ionomycin increased significantly by 145%(P0.05, vs control)and 226% (P0.05, vs control)respectively.Conclusion:Calcium overload model of adult rat ventricular cardiomyocytes can be built by ionomycin.


Recently, Castel et al. [1] sought to measure and map community viral load (CVL) in Washington, DC. The authors included the most recent viral load data in the city and two indicators of socioeconomic status, namely poverty rates and the percentage of high school diplomas, as part of their analysis [1]. Findings were distributed by geopolitical regions and were presented on various maps of the city. They show an overrepresentation of racialized and poor neighbourhoods as where individuals are most likely to have a detectable viral load and suffer from HIVrelated disparities. In many ways, the findings presented by Castel et al. [1] are not new or surprising. We have known for decades that the HIVepidemic concentrates in geographical areas where individuals are most vulnerable to HIV infection, areas marked by high levels of marginalization, poverty, oppression, and social exclusion. This is clearly evident in the District of Columbia where the HIV epidemic is generalized in geographical areas where target populations are most likely to present with high viral loads and live in socioeconomic conditions that make them disproportionally affected by HIV.


Magnetization reversal via rotation is typical in ferromagnet/antiferromagnet exchange biased systems. The reversibility of the rotation is a manifestation of the microscopic reversal process. The authors have investigated the magnetization reversal in Fe/epitaxial-FeF2 thin films using vector magnetometry and first-order reversal curves. The reversal is predominantly by rotation as the applied field makes an angle with the antiferromagnet spin axis, mostly irreversible at small angles and reversible at larger angles. A modified Stoner-Wohlfarth model reproduces the overall trend of the irreversibility evolution. The remaining discrepancies between the modeled and measured irreversibilities may be attributed to local incomplete domain walls.


PURPOSE Women in low to middle-income countries (LMICs), such as in Malaysia, face complex barriers to healthcare because of social, economic, geographic, and other interrelated factors, which can limit their access to timely, affordable, and effective breast cancer care. Patient Navigation has emerged as a cost-effective and impactful approach to enable women to access care. METHODS We have established a hospital-based partnership model between a non-profit organization and national healthcare service to address the barriers faced by low-income women to improve the timeliness of diagnosis and treatment and reduce poor adherence to treatment. The navigation team provides resources required to overcome financial and logistic barriers, counseling to address knowledge and emotional needs and to ensure treatment adherence. RESULTS To determine the effectiveness of the program, timeliness of diagnosis and treatment, and rates of treatment adherence were compared with a historical cohort from the same hospital. The proportion of patients who met the healthcare system's targets for timeliness to cancer diagnosis increased from 50.4% to 67.3% (P < .05) and that for initiation of primary treatment increased from 36.5% to 49.5% (P < .05). The overall treatment default rates reduced from 8.6% to 2.6% (P < .05). CONCLUSION In summary, Patient Navigation is feasible and potentially effective for addressing barriers to cancer care and could be a key element of cancer control in LMICs.


In this study, we report the synthesis and antimicrobial activity of some new disubstituted piperazines. Thus, 3‐chlorocyclopenta[c]pyridines and 6‐chloropyrano[3,4‐c]pyridine 1 under mild reaction conditions with piperazine gave the 3(6)‐piperazine‐substituted cyclopenta[c]pyridines and pyrano[3,4‐c]pyridine 2. Furthermore, the latter, by alkylation with 2‐chloro‐N‐1,3‐thiazol‐2‐ylacetamide, led to the formation of the target compounds. The evaluation of the antibacterial activity revealed that 3k was the most potent compound. The most sensitive bacterium was found to be Listeria monocytogenes, whereas Staphylococcus aureus was the most resistant one. Three compounds, 3d, 3g, and 3k, were tested also against the following resistant strains: methicillin‐resistant S. aureus (MRSA), Escherichia coli, and Pseudomonas aeruginosa. All three compounds appeared to be more potent than ampicillin against MRSA. Moreover, compound 3d showed a better activity than the reference drug ampicillin against P. aeruginosa, whereas 3g was more efficient against E. coli. The best antifungal activity was observed again for compound 3k. The most resistant fungi appeared to be Aspergillus fumigatus, whereas Trichoderma viride seemed the most sensitive one toward the compounds tested. Molecular docking studies on E. coli MurB, as well as on Candida albicans CYP51 and dihydrofolate reductase, were used for the prediction of the mechanisms of the antibacterial and antifungal activities, confirming the experimental results.


Studies were conducted in 2004 and 2005 to evaluate the effect of redroot pigweed on peanut. Redroot pigweed aboveground dry weight was 44, 42, 40, 38, 35 and 30 g plant -1 at density of 0.2, 0.5, 0.8, 1.2, 2.3, or 4.7 plants m -1 of crop row. Peanut yield decreased as weed density increased. Yield reduction under redroot pigweed interference was 4.1 and 63.9% at 0.2 and 4.7 plants m -1 crop row, respectively. The results suggest that redroot pigweed is a strong competitor with peanut and should be controlled to prevent high peanut yield loss. Key words : Competition, Amaranthus retroflexus, density, interference, peanut, biomass.


In the dissertation. I could explain about Buddhism which enhanced the King power accumulation during the Shilla kingdom in contrast with Koguryu(高句麗) and Pyekche(百濟) cases. Koguryu had used the worship of God of Heaven(天神信仰) show the meaning of the son of heaven(天帝之子ㆍ皇天之子) from some inscription on stone monument as a tool of royal authority. On the while, Pyekche had tried to change the traditional beliefs that sacrifice for the heaven and the mother earth(祭天祀地) into more sophisticated foreign religions such as Buddhism(佛敎) and Confucianism(儒敎) to create King-orientated national building enterprise with transfer the capital at two times. The Kings of Shilla had targeted Buddhism as a national religion. Also. Shill a had filled insufficient aspects of Buddhism into Confucianism (儒敎). Therefore, Kim's clan of Shilla had achieved their royal power through Buddhism-oriented system during Mid-ancient time. For example. King Chin-heung(眞興). King Chin-pyong(眞平). and Empress Chun-deukr (善德) had cemented and enlarged Buddhism through all aspect and in the way of life to enhance their royal leadership. Finally. I insist that. in the ancient state building time. the will of power elites and Kings. and time. space of each nation respectively. should determine and effect the unique patterns of each national building course. And in the case of Shilla. above all. the will and the many different sophisticate policies to catch Buddhist thought in order to build the royal authority was much more important factor than any other external factors such as religion itself and its mechanical sophisticating system.


Biomagnetic measurement apparatus for measuring biomagnetic provide high precision by the magnetic sensor can be used at room temperature, the biomagnetic measurement system and method biomagnetic measurements. In the present embodiment, based on the change in resistance of a tunnel magnetoresistive element (TMR element 67) corresponding to the output signal, biomagnetic measurements. A single magnetic sensor outputs an output signal composed of an array of TMR (68) between the input and output electrodes with the column grid TMR elements thereof. The two magnetic sensors disposed on a shaft or axis or three-axis orthogonal to each other, a portion near the surface of a human body (e.g. the head), so that the plurality of magnetic sensors based part of the surface of the body distribution on an output signal from the plurality of magnetic sensors biomagnetic measurements based on output signals emanating from the surface of the body portion.


The aim of the study was to investigate caries experience levels in the Xavante Indians, in the state of Mato Grosso, Brazil, with a focus on between-group differences. Oral health data were collected in 2004, following WHO guidelines in four of the seven Xavante reserves (Pimentel Barbosa, Sangradouro, Areões and Marechal Rondon). Data were collected in the largest village in each of the reserves, using the DMFS index. Statistical analyses included sex-specific Poisson regressions to compare DMFS values among Xavante reserves. Prevalence ratios (PR) were used to measure the differences in caries experiences in the 6-to-34-year age group, whose losses varied between 26% and 30%. Xavante from the Pimentel Barbosa community were selected as reference group as they showed a lower prevalence of caries in all age groups. The major difference in DMFS was observed between Pimentel Barbosa and Sangradouro, both in males (PR 2.68, 95%CI 2.41-2.97) and in females (PR 2.03, 95%CI 1.85-2.23). The PRs of the filled component in Areões and Marechal Rondon (relative difference to Pimentel Barbosa) were lower, when compared to the total burden of disease observed in those reserves, indicating very low presence of restorative services. It was concluded that the oral health transition among Xavante has not been homogeneous and the differences found in caries experiences can be associated with the particularities of the interaction process between Indians and non-Indians. Local and regional determinants, including factors related to demography, specific economic and socio-cultural characteristics, health care access and type of oral health services received might have influenced the between-group differences in dental caries observed in the Xavante Indians.


Two sodium alginate(SA) was selected to analyze the materials for guiding the spinning.Employing the Ubbelohde viscometer,the viscosityaverage molecular weight of these two different sodium alginate(SA) were determined firstly,which was(130 436)~(204 070 Da) and(541 636)~(569 846 Da).Besides,the solutions were determined or derived in the field of rheology through rotating cylinder viscometer,and the results show that there exists the characteristic of shear thinning,which is consistent with the primary character of Bingham liquid.Then the freeze-dried sponge of SA solutions were analyzed by infrared spectrum,and the proportion of R-D-mannuronate(M) and -L-guluronate(G) in the chains of SA were calculated through the spectrum,that′s 1.31(A) and 1.86(B).Finally,the mechanical properties of SA films were figured,and the results show that the M/G ratio of the materials affected the mechanical properties of SA and probably make SA represent two different specialities of ″infirm and brickle″ or ″strong and brickle″.


In this article, a microstrip low pass filter with defected ground structure is designed for various microwave applications. One of the objectives in the design is to acquire a broad stopband characteristic. Additionally, a sharpness is desired in the transition band. In this context, firstly, a filter is designed by using classical filter approximation and then design objectives are achieved by using microstrip structures with several design procedures. Equivalent circuit is given in the design procedures and required improvements to obtain desired specifications is performed. High Frequency Structure Simulator (HFSS) is used for the simulation processesObjective frequency characteristics of S11 and S21 of the designed filter is obtained and the desired results are acheived. As a result of the design, obtained filter has 1.5 GHz cut off frequency, a broad stopband extending from 1.7 GHz to 14.1 GHz. Obtained filter can be used for modern microwave applications


Introduction: The aim of this study was to examine the histological effect of papain and sodium fluoride in delayed replantation of rat incisor teeth on the repair process. Methods and Materials: Forty upper incisors of Wistar rats were randomly assigned to four groups (n=10). In group I, the dental papilla and the pulp tissue of extracted teeth were removed before immediate replantation in their sockets. In the other groups, the extracted teeth were maintained in dry storage for 60 min and subjected to different root surface treatments. In group II, the teeth were immersed in 10% papain for 20 min, scrubbed with gauze soaked in saline for 1 min, and immersed in a 2% acidulated-phosphate sodium fluoride solution for 20 min. In group III, the teeth were immersed in saline for 20 min, scrubbed with gauze soaked in saline for 1 min, and immersed in a 2% acidulated-phosphate sodium fluoride solution for 20 min. In group IV, root surface treatment was not applied. The root canals were treated and filled with a calcium hydroxide paste and the teeth were replanted. The animals were euthanized after 60 days and anatomic specimens containing the teeth were subjected to routine histochemical processing and staining with hematoxylin and eosin. The Kruskal-Wallis test was used, followed by the Dunn's test for multiple comparisons. Results: Groups I and II had less inflammatory root resorption and total area of root resorption (P<0.05) than groups III and IV respectively. Conclusions: Based on this animal study, root surface treatment with papain and sodium fluoride in delayed tooth replantation showed greater efficacy in controlling inflammatory root resorption and may be a viable option for clinical application.


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The fundamental feature of classroom teaching,that is,"taking students' development as a foundation" is to promote the students' initiative development,and its realization mechanism is to activate thinking way,to generate resources,is an open teaching structure,and is also a procedure in which teachers can make feedback and driving ahead the initiative learning into a deep level.Besides,it can further promote students' thinking way,internalize the opening and extending model of new knowledge.


It is shown that simple noetherian V-domains with a unique simple module can have any global homological dimension. In this paper some results from differential algebra are applied to produce examples of rings of linear differential operators that have some interesting ring theoretic properties. Our Theorem 1 implies that simple noetherian V-domains' with a unique simple module can have any global homological dimension. Theorem 2 sharpens and extends a result found in [1]. We fix once and for all our notation: F=a differential field, A=f{b,,* * , m} = the fundamental set of derivation operators of F, = the ring of linear differential operators with coefficients in F, F{y}=the differential polynomial ring over F in a single differential indeterminate y. The reader may consult [3] for the definitions of all but the last of these symbols which is defined in [4]. THEOREM 1. (a) If F is a universal differentialfield, then Z is a simple V-domain and F is its unique simple module. (b) The global homological dimension of Z is m (whether or not F is universal). We should take note of the fact that F is naturally a left t-module, the operation of Z on F being given by (7 a00)(b) = 2 a00(b) where 0 runs over the set of all commutative monomials in the elements of A. Received by the editors October 25, 1970. AMS 1969 subject classifications. Primary 1280, 1690.


The invention provides a method and a device for rendering pattern contents and relates to the technology of the Internet. The method for rendering the pattern contents comprises the steps of constructing a rendering tree which comprises a plurality of rendering targets, generating a list of rendering nodes including quotations to the rendering targets, ranking the rendering nodes in the list of rendering node, namely selecting a plurality of rendering nodes corresponding to the same rendering target from the list of rendering nodes, selecting the rendering nodes needing to be processed in the plurality of rendering nodes corresponding to the same rendering target to a non-transparent list and selecting the rendering nodes not needing to be processed to a transparent list, performing overall ranking on the non-transparent list and the transparent list, generating a rendering instruction for instructing rendering to the rendering nodes, wherein the rendering instruction comprises the rendering state of each rendering node and network data. Based on the method, the rendering speed can be increased and the experience of a user can be improved.


Smile aesthetics refers to the visual appearance of a person's smile, taking into account factors such as tooth size, tooth shape, tooth colour, gum line and overall symmetry. The goal of smile aesthetics is to create a natural, beautiful smile that complements the individual's facial features and enhances their overall appearance. Dentists often work on smile aesthetics to help their patients achieve a more attractive and confident smile. Periodontal procedures can also be used to improve gum esthetics and enhance the appearance of the smile. This case report presents a case of esthetic crown lengthening by electrosurgery. Procedure was performed under local anaesthesia and proved to be safe and efficient with no post-operative complication and healing was uneventful, following 2 months.

Key words: Crown Lengthening procedure (CLP), Smile esthetics, Electrosurgery unit, Biologic width.


Background
While it is well documented that pharmacists improve disease state outcomes, there are currently no studies evaluating a pharmacist's impact on quality of life (QOL), lung function, and adherence in COPD patients, specifically in a rural healthcare setting. We aimed to compare changes in patient QOL with and without participation in a pharmacist-led COPD clinic in a rural healthcare setting.
Methods
This was a single-center, prospective, open-label, case/control study performed at a rural healthcare center during December 2018 through June 2019. Enrolled patients were assigned to either the case or control arm on an alternating basis. Case participants received individualized patient care including PFT, QOL assessment utilizing the St. George's Respiratory Questionnaire (SGRQ), disease state education, and medication management for a total of 3 appointments during a 6-month period. Control subjects did not receive the individualized intervention during the 3 appointments and only completed the PFT, SGRQ, and medication adherence counseling.
Results
A total of 20 patients participated in the complete 6-month COPD clinic. At the end of the 6-month clinic, there was not a statistically significant difference between the groups in regard to SGRQ values (p=0.191), medication adherence (p=0.279), and lung function (p=0.321). Limitations included randomization methods and sample size.
Conclusions
Although there was not a statistically significant difference between the groups; significant mediation management interventions were made for participants in both the intervention and control groups. Pharmacists are well positioned in multiple practice settings to contribute to the improvement of quality of life for these patients.


The recent research development of thermosetting,microwave and photo curing technology of epoxy resin was presented in this paper.In the thermosetting system.several new functional curing agents with high thermal stability,flame retardancy,and good toughness and several new modified amine curing agents were introduced in detail.Meanwhile,microwave curing systems were also discussed and analysed tentatively.The cationic ultraviolet curing systems and free radical-cationic jumble photo curing systems of epoxy resin were introduced as well.


Both monoclonal and polyclonal antisera were produced against Ceratomyxa shasta. Ascites containing trophozoites of the parasite was collected from infected fish and used as antigen for immunization of mice. The resulting monoclonal antibodies reacted specifically with trophozoite and sporoblast stages but did not react with C. shasta spores by either indirect fluorescent antibody techniques or in Western blots. This indicates that some C. shasta antigens are specific to certain life stages of the parasite. Polyclonal antiserum was produced in a rabbit by injecting a spore protein electro-eluted from an SDS-polyacrylamide gel. This antiserum reacted with both trophozoites and spores by indirect fluorescent antibody techniques and in Western blots. All antisera were tested for cross-reactivity to trout white blood cells, a contaminant of the ascites, and to other myxosporea. Two monoclonal antibodies reacted with white blood cells and myxosporea of the genera Sphaerospora and Myxobilatus. One hybridoma produced antibodies of high specificity for C. shasta pre-spore stages. This is the first report of a monoclonal antibody produced against a myxosporean parasite.


An experimental setup was built for a novel combustion technique. A serial of experiments were performed on combustion in gradual-varied porous media (GVPM). Gas and solids temperature profiles in the porous media burners and the emission of CO and NOx were measured. The temperature distribution, flames stability, pollutants emission and the influence of the structure of the porous media on combustion were studied. The results show that the GVPM burner has many advantages than the homogeneous porous medium (HPM) burners, e.g. more uniform temperature profiles, lower CO and NOx emission, higher burning rate, better stability, larger range of combustion limits and higher power modulation.


This paper develops the concept of generational imbalance within a broader framework of financial sustainability in the public sector, by evaluating the inter-generational financial dimensions and management performance and control implications of long-term societal demographic trends. We argue that a financial sustainability framework identifies material generational accounting imbalances that will empower stakeholders to better evaluate the currently hidden inequities and resource allocation problems afflicting organizations whose services, funding and resource allocations are particularly sensitive to the effects of long-term societal demographic shifts. Our analysis focuses on reporting practices of two UK health-care provider trusts, developing statements of financial sustainability and comparing performance measures based on the existing accrual measurement basis with our proposed framework. We propose an alternative conceptual framework to the currently adopted resource accounting model in order to more equitably evaluate the long term financial sustainability of public sector entities subject to financial sustainability constraints in their quality of service delivery; and identify an agenda for research which can usefully further apply the proposed framework to other contexts.


After the Revolutionary War, with the Indian threat removed, a patchwork of small farms developed, followed by plantations and slavery geared toward cotton production. Interestingly, the Civil War was not much of a boundary marker in the archaeological record. The anteand postbellum lives of planters and slaves are documented with colorful historical quotes, as are the life of freed blacks and the development of tenant farming and sharecropping. In the late eighteenth century the railroads arrived and industry developed, especially milling. Nineteenth-century water-power technology is explored well. Twentieth-century industrial expansion coupled with agricultural collapse, due to problems with markets, soils, and the boll weevil, moved the area into the national economy. After 1930, there was a shift to manufacturing, consolidation of land into large mechanized farms, and depopulation, leading to the loss of regional distinctiveness. In 1983 the reservoir filled and the region vanished. (However the Corps could do a shoreline survey in the future.) This book is well referenced, making it easy to refer back to original sources. Yet, some figures and photos are unclear, and some items not illustrated (for example, elite burial artifacts). Typographical errors are few, though the use of apostrophes to make plurals is annoying. The only real problem with the work is its production in a typical CRM "gray literature" style. This report is what archaeologists really hope CRM can be, bringing together disparate ends of a huge research endeavor. It deserves to be a real hardcover book. Other Corps districts and agencies responsible for large programs in the East during the contract boom of the late 1970s and early 1980s should now be following this precedent and producing research syntheses, so we can see how much such work has broadened or changed our knowledge of the American past and of archaeological method and theory.


The visiting right is prescribed i n the marriage law. How to master it in theory and adopt it in practice is very important to implementing the marriage law. The writing fully discusses the theo retical value and practical effect of the visiting right, puts forward the autho r's views on the practice of the visiting right from the four perspectives of th e main body, the practice method, the limits and the compulsory execution, of th e right, and clearly states how to adopt the visiting right in its practice.