In this study 2052 stock recommendations from the four largest Swedish banks
Handelsbanken, Nordea, SEB and Swedbank are analysed. The study includes stock
recommendations between January 1, 2010 and October 10, 2014 of companies that
were listed on the Nasdaq Stockholm Large cap list on October 10, 2015. The study is
divided into two parts; Study 1 – Analysis of the recommendations and Study 2 – Analysis
of the price targets. In Study 1 the buy and sell recommendations are analysed separately
and in Study 2 the price targets are analysed.

In Study 1 eight different portfolios are constructed for each bank. The different
portfolios are in different ways following buy and sell recommendations of stocks. The
different investment strategies are for some portfolios to buy stocks with buy
recommendations, for some portfolios to buy stocks with buy recommendations and to
short stocks with sell recommendations and for some portfolios to short stocks with sell
recommendations. The eight portfolios daily returns are compared with a benchmark
index over Large cap companies. To determine whether the portfolios yield higher or
lower than the benchmark index, a t-test is accomplished at the significance level of 5
percent. The results show that few of the banks are skilled at identifying stocks that will
yield higher or lower than the benchmark index. Through their buy recommendations of
stocks, Handelsbanken and Nordea reach significant higher yield than the benchmark
index. Nordea's sell recommended stocks reach significant lower yield than the
benchmark index. No investment strategy that involves to short sell recommended
stocks have significant different yield than the benchmark index. No other portfolio have
significant different yield than the benchmark index. That indicates that the Nasdaq
Stockholm Large cap market is characterised by weak and possibly even semi-strong
efficiency.

In Study 2 the price targets of the recommendations are compared with the actual
outcome of the stocks. The results show that the banks significantly overestimate the
future value of the stocks in the buy recommendations. The price targets of sell
recommendations are more spread but no over- or underestimations are seen.


A single-line correlation of both the heat-transfer and pressure- drop data for electrically heated unfinned tubes is obtained by evaluating the density in the Reynolds number, specific heat, thermal conductivity, and viscosity at the film temperature, and the density in the friction coefficient at the bulk temperature. The heat-transfer data for finned tubes also exhibit an effect of physical-property variation which is removed by evaluating all properties, including density, at the primary surface temperature, and using k* = 0.015 square root of T/530 for the thermal conductivity of air where T is the absolute temperature. The pressure drop for finned tubes is correlated by the use of bulk density in both the Reynolds number and friction coefficient. The data reported are for Reynolds numbers from 2000 to 35,000, surface temperatures from 600 to 1400 R, and an air inlet temperature of 530 R.


The relationship between labor and capital is one of mutual antagonism and interdependence. Conflict occurs between labor and capital over control of the production process and conditions of employment. However, both classes need one another in order to produce and sustain a livelihood. Spatial decentralization of production and the division of labor can be interpreted as an explicit bargaining strategy of the firm designed to control the power of labor and reinforce the authority of capital. Firms prefer to externalize their labor markets although local conditions, skill requirements, and union power may force internalization and consequently higher costs. Small and relatively depressed local labor markets are favored locations for firms producing standardized commodities. Firms that require specific skills and technical expertise are, on the other hand, more dependent upon the locational preferences of labor. Spatial concentration and agglomeration of production involving both skilled and unskilled workers may not be in the best interests of a firm because of their different labor market strategies related to their preferred employment relations.


Similar to ytterbium doped laser materials laser operation with thulium doped media is possible within a quasi-three level scheme, which especially for pulse pumped lasers is a drawback for efficient laser operation, as a significant amount of energy is required to bleach out the laser medium. Since this energy cannot be extracted, it is lost for the amplification process. Hence, operation of such lasers at cryogenic temperatures seems to be an appropriate solution. For further modeling and derivation of design rules for future laser systems based on such a scheme reliable spectral data is needed. We will present absorption and emission measurements on Tm:YAG as a function of temperature in the range from 80 K to 300 K covering both the absorption bands around 800 nm and the emission bands up to 2.1 μm. The spectral measurements were carried out on two samples of Tm:YAG with doping levels of 2 at.% and 8 at.%. Precautions for reabsorption effects were taken to allow for accurate results over the whole measurement range. From these measurements we have derived absorption and emission cross sections and radiative lifetimes. By comparing the latter values to values obtained by highly accurate measurements of the lifetime using the pinhole method we could also estimate the quantum efficiency.


Abstract Until recent pottery studies of the ancient Classical and Early Islamic rural sites in northern Jordan were of less interest to archaeologists. This article focuses on the Byzantine and Umayyad period pottery that has been discovered during the first season of excavation at Barsinia in the north-western part of Jordan. Fifty-two indicative pottery sherds were sorted according to their date and function into two main groups: the early Byzantine pottery (fourth–sixth centuries) and the Late Byzantine–Umayyad pottery (sixth–eighth centuries). Since Barsinia is one of the small rural archaeological sites, and such sites were rarely mentioned in ancient literary sources, the study of material remains at such locations is essential for elucidating regional development and trade. It also sheds more light on the relation between the site and the surroundings through the comparative study of the pottery objects.


This chapter analyzes the emergence of labor law as a distinct field. It examines the discursive and political struggles that gave birth to state regulation of collective bargaining, the passage of employment standards legislation, and the growth of social provision during the first half of the twentieth century. Definitions of work and worker, embedded in legislation and upheld by courts, proved crucial not only for civil rights on the job but also for citizenship rights in the developing welfare state. These rights, whether to old age insurance and unemployment or to minimum wages and union representation, depended on an individual's social as well as occupational position and, for those programs subject to discretionary implementation in the states, even geographical location. By equating work with wage labor, excluding motherwork and other forms of caregiving, law and social policy privileged the adult man in his prime as the ideal worker. The needs and experiences of the industrial worker, predominantly white men, constituted the norm; the woman, pregnant, immigrant, disabled, older, child, and African American worker was considered a special type, requiring protection when not prohibited from the workforce or relegated to lower paid and intermittent labor. The standard story told by generations of historians since the 1940s celebrates the New Deal and the labor law regime that nourished and was made possible by the rise of industrial unionism, especially the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO). But this veneration of collective bargaining and mass organization of basic industry obscures the larger contours of welfare state development for which constructions of work and worker were fundamental.


Author(s): Littrell, E. E. | Abstract: Vertebrate pest control measures may have an impact on nontarget wildlife. Bird and rodent control programs using avicides and rodenticides in California have been, and are currently being, examined by the California Department of Fish and Game on a routine basis. Each pesticide used has its deleterious side effects. This paper reviews these side effects and suggests possible future impacts which could be expected.


The survey was performed with the method of direct interviewing in the years 2009-2014 in 160 randomly selected both organic and conventional farms participating in the agro-environmental programme PROW 2007-2013. The farms were situated in Czarnkowo-Trzciana, Piła and Złotów counties of Wielkopolska Province and in Wałcz County of Zachodniopomor-skie Province. Farm size, the structure of agricultural lands, crop structure in arable lands and the area of orchards were determined based on performed interviews. The number of agro-environmental packages realised in farms and the amount of financial support obtained by this way were analysed. There were markedly more farms realising organic farming package. Organic farms had the area of agricultural lands similar to that in conventional farms. Permanent grasslands had a significant share in the structure of agricultural lands of farms in both production systems. The share of permanent grasslands increased with the area of agricultural lands and reached 50% in the largest organic farms. Remarkable differences were found in the crop structure of arable lands. Fodder crops and orchards dominated in organic farms and cereals – in conventional farms. Oil and tuber crops were important in the largest conventional farms. Analysis of the number of realised agro-environmental programmes did not show quantitative differences but revealed clear qualitative variability. In organic farms, the organic farming package was accompanied by "biological" packages like grassland management and pre-serving endangered genetic resources of plants in agriculture while in conventional farms – sustainable agriculture and soil and water protection with substantial contribution of "biological" packages associated with grassland management. Performed studies showed a higher interest in the organic farming package among farmers participating in agro-environmental programme and a greater support obtained through realisation of the programme within this package.


A single spot urine collection to measure the ratio of 6β‐hydroxycortisol (6β‐OHC) to free cortisol (C) has been proposed as a research tool for the assessment of CYP3A4 induction. However, intraindividual variability in 6β‐OHC/C under basal conditions and conditions of induction has not been prospectively evaluated, and findings on the correlation between morning spot and 24‐hour urinary ratios have been conflicting. In this study, the variability in morning spot and 24‐hour urinary 6β‐OHC/C ratios was assessed in 15 healthy adult male volunteers before, during, and after oral administration of rifampin 600 mg once daily for 14 days. In addition, the correlation between morning spot and 24‐hour urinary ratios measured under baseline, maximum induction, and postinduction was determined. Intraindividual coefficients of variation (CVs) at baseline for the morning spot and 24‐hour ratios were 54.3% and 57.1%, respectively, and were not changed significantly during induction. No significant differences were detected in the variability between the morning spot and 24‐hour ratios at baseline, maximum induction, or postinduction. A good correlation (r = 0.61, p < 0.0001) was detected between the mean morning spot and 24‐hour urinary ratios. Mean (± SEM) percent increases in the morning spot and 24‐hour ratios at maximum induction relative to baseline were 320% ± 73% and 137% ± 30%, respectively (p = 0.019). All 15 subjects had an increase in the mean morning spot ratio at maximum induction relative to baseline, whereas 12 subjects showed an increase in the mean 24‐hour ratio. The time course of changes in the mean morning spot urinary ratio in response to a 14‐day course of rifampin was also similar to that reported previously in a study using 24‐hour urine collections. These findings suggest that measurement of the morning spot urinary 6β‐OHC/C ratio is an effective and efficient method for evaluating the potential of investigational agents to induce CYP3A4.


The paper presents a comparison of results of the automatic extraction of built-up areas, based on fractal analysis and granulometric maps, in the aerial images. Built-up areas as a land-use class can be clearly seen in an aerial or satellite image, due to its high granularity, but for the same reason they are very difficult to extract using a "traditional" non-contextual, pixel-based classification. Both approaches presented in the paper, using fractal analysis and morphological granulometry, base generally on a pixel-based classification, but performed on images reviously processed using these two types of processes. Fractal analysis consists in an empirical computing of fractal dimension of parts of an image, using a box-counting method. Such an approach generates an image where pixel values are equal to a fractal dimension values of their neighbourhood. Since we can interpret a fractal dimension as a level of granularity, a simple reclassification of such an image can improve a performance of an automatic extraction of built-up area effectively. The approach based on a morphological granulometry creates a number of granulometric maps – images where pixel values mean an amount of objects of certain size in a set neighbouring fragment of an image. This way a number of these images can be processed using a pixel-based classification, to perform an effective extraction of built-up areas in an image. The results of the presented approaches have been compared to the reference mask obtained basing on a visual interpretation of the image.


Objective:To investigate the association of a(TA)n dinucleotide repeat polymorphism with unknown aetiology hypomenorrhea.Methods:100 normal menstruation person(control group) and 100 hypomenorrhea patients(case group)were recruited.they all came from southen-western China.The(TA)n dinucleotide repeat in ERa gene upstream hypervariable region were purifed,cloned and sequence analysed.we observe the ERa gene(TA)n dinucleotide repeat polymorphism distribution in the two groups.Results:All samples exhibted 7 different alleles.The(TA)n dinucleotide repeats were 11~17,The most prevalent allele was TA14 repeat in control group.The distribution of the different alleles of the(TA)n dinucleotide repeat sequence in the group and control group has significant difference(χ2=13.412,P =0.037).Fisher's exact test was applied to compare the frequency of each a1lele between two groups.The frenquency of the TA13 allele was found to be significantly greater in hypomenorrhea group(P =0.006),and the frenquency of the TA15 allele was less in the group(P =0.033).Conclusion:A(TA)n dinucleotide repeat sequence which is in ERa gene upstream hypervariable region was associated with unknown aetiology hypomenorrhea.The TA13 allele was found to be associated with unknown aetiology hypomenorrhea and may be a risk factor;whereas TA15 allele may be a protective factor for patients.


Without scientific computing software the teaching of theoretical mechanics today can not be imagined,Maple as a computer algebra software system has the obvious virtue that other software does not have.The Foucault 's pendulum is taken as an example in this paper to illustrate the unique role of Maple in the teaching of theoretical mechanics.


Although the importance of paternal influence on child development is now generally accepted, we actually know very little about normal father-infant relationships. This study, undertaken to define some of them, found a wide variation among a homogeneous middle-class group. No factor was consistent for infants of both sexes. But results showed enough significant correlations to support the need for more developmental studies.


Based on the summary and analysis forming reasons and classifications of bare mountains in Yichun city,the comparison research of greening bare mountains with different plants,different arrangement and different planting ways were conducted.At last,the low cost and high effect ecological greening mode for bare mountains which seeding with Pinus massoniana seeds,mixed Pinus elliottii and vine was put forward.


Virtual Reality (VR) demonstrates unique educational benefits over other teaching mediums including enhanced engagement and learner motivation. Such benefits could be exploited to improve teaching of surgical hand preparation (SHP), a practice crucial in preventing post-surgical infection. This study hypothesises that the utilisation of VR technology to demonstrate SHP technique will produce superior skill acquisition and longer skill retention than the standard practice of video demonstration. 40 healthcare students unfamiliar with SHP were recruited from a tertiary university and randomised into two groups. The control group (n=21) viewed a video demonstration of SHP while the VR group (n=19) viewed a VR demonstration of the same technique. Participants were assessed immediately after demonstration (acquisition score), and again one week later (retention score), using a 20-point assessment scale. Scores were compared between the groups. Groups were equal in age, prior education, handedness and gender distribution. Neither skill acquisition (Control mean: 12.29, VR mean: 12.84; p = 0.57) nor retention (Control mean: 12.29, VR mean: 12.74; p = 0.52) differed significantly between groups however a non-significant trend toward better performance in the VR group was observed. Parallel scoring of 35% of participants showed very high inter-rater reliability (intra-class correlation coefficient = 0.92). Utilisation of VR technology did not demonstrate a perceivable acquisition or retention benefit in the teaching of SHP. Future studies could investigate the value of more immersive features including 360-degree point of view or haptic feedback which were not features of the technology used in the present study.


Summary:Summary: This protocol describes the procedures for estimating glomerular filtration rate in conscious mice based on Fluorescein Isothiocyanate-inulin (FITC-inulin) clearance following a single bolus intravenous injection.


The invention discloses a novel method for preparing spherical porous carbon for super capacitors from saccharide high polymers, and particularly relates to a novel method for preparing high-specific-capacitance porous carbon from a sugar solution by polycondensation and carbonization under high-pressure hydrothermal conditions and activatation under certain conditions. The method comprises the following steps: carrying out hydrothermal reaction on a sugar solution with a certain concentration under the conditions of certain temperature and pressure to synthesize nano carbon spheres, and mixing the nano carbon spheres with an activator in a certain mass ratio to perform activating treatment, thereby preparing the spherical porous carbon for super capacitors.


Teachers as professional educators are obliged to plan and excute learning process, to evaluate outcomes, to give advice, to train, to develop studies, to support school deveopment program and to develop professionalism. Among other criteria, professional teachers must master learning materials, develop educating learning process, have good personality and build commitment of students' learning skill. To make them competent in conducting all of those tasks, teachers must have ability to search for information from variety of resources and from research which they conduct to support their educating instruction.


If the oxides NiO, CoO, and Fe/sub 2/O/sub 3/ are dissolved in a fused mixture of potassium fluoride and potassium fluoborate, all the metal deposited in a primary phase in the form of crystalline fines is borided in proportion to the subsequent deposition oi boron. The borides of all three metals can be obtained in this manner. (tr-auth)


The article introduces the technical principle and work process of a sort of new auto laser dicing machine.The key modules of the machine are detailed stated.This machine is aimed at the stack-placed work pieces,work pieces can be automatic loaded and unloaded.Laser machining combines the characteristic of galvo scanning's accuracy and rapid and the advantage of worktable's large range,especially adapt to the machining of large work piece and complex graphics.


A low voltage accelerator and high current ion source has been used to determine the cross section of the reaction C12(pγ)N13 over the energy range from 88 to 128 kev. A counter arrangement is described which detects 26 percent of all the positrons from the decay of the N13 produced in the reaction and which has a low background rate of 5.5 counts per minute. With this accelerator and detector, yields of the order of 10^-16 positron per proton and cross sections as low as 10^-10 barn or 10^-34 cm^2 can be measured with errors of the order of ±20 percent. The cross section for the C12(pγ)N13 reaction has been found to fit the semi-empirical expression σ=0.0024E^-1exp[-6E^-1/2] barn with E in Mev over the energy range measured. This is in satisfactory agreement with the Breit-Wigner one-level dispersion formula using constants determined at the 456-kev resonance. The astrophysical implications of these results in connection with the carbon-nitrogen cycle of nuclear reactions in stellar interiors are discussed.


Unit 1 Faraway Friends Unit 2 Recycled Fashion Unit 3 Rap Music Unit 4 Something Valuable Unit 5 Together Is Better Unit 6 Thinking Young: Creativity in Business Unit 7 Planting Trees for Peace Unit 8 Driving You Crazy Unit 9 Only Child-Lonely Child? Unit 10 The Beautiful Game Student Activities Research Topics Grammar Book References Audioscript The Phonetic Alphabet


In this paper, we discuss the formation of a TiN/TiSi2 bilayer from TiNX and its utilization as a diffusion barrier for the W bit-line process in COB structured DRAM devices. Since the TiSi2 layer formed on a Si substrate is very thin and uniform, the TiNX-contacted n- and n+ junction showed desirable electrical properties. The compact structure of the overlying TiN due to its lack of grain boundary voiding enabled the TiNX to be used as a diffusion barrier for the W bit line process.


Abstrack: This research aims to describe and differentiate the student formal reasoning through the implementation of learning cycle 7E model for the material dynamic electricity in the class of X SMA Negeri 4 Pekanbaru. Population of this research is all of X classes with 304 students. Meanwhile the samples are 37 students in X3 as experimental class and 37 students in X4 as control class. The instrument of data collection in this study is a formal reasoning performance test which consists of 15 multiple choice items. Analysis of the data in this study was a descriptive analysis that was used to determine the performace of the physic learning through the criteria of absorption and effectiveness of learning. The inferential analysis was used to differentiate a formal reasoning considerably using independent sample t-test using SPSS 20 program. The analysis data shows: the average absorption of the class is 80.16% with the good category, and declared as an effective learning. The value of t tests is p = 0.008 means p < 0.05, then H0 is rejected. Which means that there are differences in formal reasoning test result between students in experiment class that taught using learning cycle 7E and control class that uses conventional learning with a level of 95%. It can therefore be concluded that the implementation of learning cycle 7E can be used as an alternative in the learning process in the classroom X SMA Negeri 4 Pekanbaru. Key Words: Learning cycle 7E, formal reasoning, dinamyc electricity


Ship detection from complex background synthetic aperture radar (SAR) images is a challenging task. Due to varying local clutter and low signal-to-clutter ratio, the most conventional methods fail to yield satisfactory results. An effective ship detection approach for complex background is developed in this letter. The approach measures the local dissimilarity between target and its neighborhood by using the variance weighted information entropy (VWIE) method. In order to enhance targets, an optimal window selection mechanism based on the multiscale local contrast measure is used in the local VWIE calculation. Experiments indicate that the proposed approach can effectively detect ship targets from the complex background SAR images by using the optimal selection mechanism.


A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate of a first conductivity type, an impurity layer of a second conductivity type provided within the semiconductor substrate, an impurity region of the second conductivity type that is connected, within the semiconductor substrate, to the impurity layer, and separates a first region of the semiconductor substrate from a second region by surrounding the first region of the semiconductor substrate together with the impurity layer, a first well and second well of the second conductivity type that are provided on the impurity layer via at least a semiconductor layer of the first conductivity type, and a plurality of transistors provided to the semiconductor substrate.


We study the parabolic Harnack inequality on metric measure spaces with the more general volume growth property than the volume doubling property. As applications we extend some Liouville theorems and heat kernel estimates for Riemannian manifolds to Alexandrov spaces satisfying a volume comparison condition of Bishop-Gromov type.


In this paper, the logics of the family ${\mathbb{I}}^n {\mathbb{P}}^k$:=$\{{ I^n P^k}\}_{(n,k) \in \omega^2}$ are formally defined by means of finite matrices, as a simultaneous generalization of the weakly-intuitionistic logic $I^1$ and of the paraconsistent logic $P^1$. It is proved that this family can be naturally ordered, and it is shown an adequate axiomatics for each logic of the form $I^n P^k$.


Profits is very important in most industries and determined by the cost and amount of products generated. In the livestock industries, higher number of viable animals produced will improve the economies of scale, hence, their profit. In general, twinning can be a good approach to increase reproductive capacity, and consequently the production volume. Cattle are monovular animal, typically give birth to one offspring and multiple birth is rare. Multiple gestation is mostly unfavorable in the dairy industry due to their negative impact on reproductive and production performance on cow and calf. Twinning is highly correlated to ovulation rate and various genes that are affecting hyperprolificacy in sheep have been identified. Many studies have reported quantitative trait loci (QTL) that are associated with high ovulation rate and twinning in cattle. Besides the genetic factor, twinning can also be induced via hormonal methods. Knowledge on the factors that causing hyperprolificacy can assist the breeders or farmers for their selection, based on their objectives and strategy.


Inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectrometry with volatile species generation of Au, Pd and Pt, through the reaction with NaBH4 in the medium of HCl, has been investigated from the viewpoint of its analytical features. Interference effects from Cd(II), Co(II), Cu(II), Fe(III) and Ni(II) ions, occurring in the solution during the reaction of volatile species generation, were examined. Masking agents, i.e., KCN, (NH2)2SC and EDTA, added to the samples or to the reduction agent, and increase of HCl concentration in the sample were applied for the reduction of the chemical interferences.


Pulsating heat pipes (PHP) have emerged in the last years as suitable cooling devices for dissipating the high heat loads generated by electronic devices since they allow to extend the applicability of air cooling in area nowadays covered by water cooling. Two-phase cooling technologies based on the two phase pulsating heat pipe principle are promising solutions because, being entirely passive they can comply with long term operation without maintenance. The main advantage of a PHP compared to conventional thermosyphon technologies for electronics cooling is that a PHP is orientation independent. The authors has developed a novel, compact, and low cost PHP based on automotive technology. The present paper presents the experimental results of an air cooled open loop pulsating heat pipe with optimized manifold design to minimize fluid pressure drops in the fluid turns. The effect of several parameters including filling ratio and heat load are presented. Tests have been done with the refrigerant fluid R245fa in vertical and horizontal orientations. The measurements showed a maximum thermal resistance ranging between 40 and 48 K/kW in vertical and horizontal position respectively for a heat load of 2 kW and air temperature of 20 °C.Copyright © 2014 by ASME


: Video-based sign language recognition aims to support deaf people, so they can communicate with others by assisting them to recognise signs from video input. Unfortunately, most existing sign language datasets are limited to a small vocabulary, especially in low-resource languages such as Thai. Recent research in the Thai community has mostly paid attention to building recognisers from static input with limited datasets, making it difficult to train machine learning models for practical applications. To overcome this limitation, this paper originally introduces a new video database for automatic sign language recognition for Thai sign language digits. Our dataset has about 63 videos for each of the nine digits and is performed by 21 signers. Preliminary baseline results for this new dataset are presented under extensive experiments. Indeed, we implement four deep-learning-based architectures: CNN-Mode, CNN-LSTM, VGG-Mode, and VGG-LSTM, and compare their performances under two scenarios: (1) the whole body pose with backgrounds, and (2) hand-cropped images only as pre-processing. The results show that VGG-LSTM with pre-processing has the best accuracy for our in-sample and out-of-sample test datasets.


The medical school curriculum reform movement requires an effective method of eliciting leadership, independent research and productivity from each student. Dyad pedagogy has been demonstrated to answer this call. Working only in groups of two, a student worked with SUNY Downstate faculty members to create an expansive video atlas of anatomy. Production was labor intensive, ultimately generating 37 videos, each profiling an anatomical region. The application of dyad pedagogy allowed for constant feedback and refinement of the videos, optimizing them as a learning resource for the student body. Activity logs indicated that 38.6% of physician assistant and 25.5% of medical students (n=158 and 102 respectively) watched the videos 5 or more times. Usage increased up to 657% of average in the days before an exam. The significant percentage of students who repeatedly returned to the resource, as well as the usage peaks before a test day impy active utilization of the videos as a study tool. Informal surveys as well as unsolicited reviews from the class indicated enthusiasm and appreciation for the videos, confirming the success of the project and of dyad pedagogy in fueling the endeavor.


This article considers how Germany's period of left-wing terrorism, particularly the so-called German Autumn, tends to be feminized and allegorized in contemporary public discourses, particularly those of the print media. The most striking example of this is the use of a pram as memory object at the permanent exhibition of the German History Museum. I explore how the 30th anniversary of the German Autumn was covered in the print media, particularly in Der Spiegel, Stern and Die Zeit, in 2007 and trace these representational strategies back to the print media of the 1970s with its preoccupation with the figure of the woman terrorist. I then situate the feminizing and allegorizing strategy in the context of other representational strategies that seek to distance the contemporary Federal Republic from a past which fails to disappear.


The purpose of this research is to find and analyze the influence of wages , the level of education , the population figures and the regional gdp was against work force absorption in kabupaten berau .The kind of data that used in this research is taken from secondary data , data collection method in this research by using the method documentation .The data used in the form of time series .As for the result of this research among others wages , the level of education , the population figures and the regional gdp was simultaneously significant impact on employment in kabupaten berau .The most dominant of its effect on employment in kabupaten berau is a factor the population of the where factors are having the value of the the regression coefficient is the greatest among other factors.


In randomized controlled trials (RCTs), placebo interventions are applied to create a reference for adequately testing the effectiveness of new drugs or therapy protocols. However, RCTs must usually be blinded to achieve proper out-comes. That means withholding information that may influence the experiment stakeholders until complete. It is still an open challenge to meet such a standard with non-pharmacological interventions like electrostimulation (ES). In that sense, ES placebo device interventions (EPDI), in which placebo devices mimic the actual use of an electrostimulator for a predetermined time, are a promising solution. In this paper, we propose a cheap, simple-to-implement, and easy-to-reproduce universal ES placebo device. Results showed the system can deal with different stimuli configurations, modulating the output as expected. Clinical researchers should use it as a standardized blinding intermediate for RCTs. By doing so, unified EPDI could reduce bias in information processing and comparison throughout different studies.


PURPOSE: A line scanning apparatus for inputting a finger print is provided to simplify an optical system without many optical sources and diffusing panels, and to reduce the cost of a product, by making a clear image of only one line of a finger print image rather than total finger print images, and adopting a CCD(Charge Coupled Device) with one line or two lines. CONSTITUTION: An optical source(40) is applied to the finger print. A prism(10) changes the path of the light that is reflected by the finger print to guide the light to a sensor(30) for detecting the finger print image. A lens(20) collects the light which is emitted from the prism(10). The sensor(30) with a line type detects the finger print image which passes through the lens(20), and thereby outputs an electrical image signal. The prism(10) includes a finger print input surface(12) which contacts to the finger print, the first reflection surface(14) for reflecting the light which is scattered from the finger print that contacts to the surface(12) by the optical source(40), the second reflection surface(16) for reflecting the light that is reflected by the surface(14), and an emission surface(18) for outputting the light that is reflected by the surface(16).


It is shown that the indifference pricing is arbitrage-free pricing by the martingale approach.The key problems about the exponential utility function indifference pricing are considered in the incomplete market,and the indifference pricing is expressed as the conditional variation expectation of contingent claim under the specific martingale measure at the terminal date.


In this paper, a dimming control scheme is proposed for visible light communication (VLC) based on layered asymmetrically clipped optical OFDM (LACO-OFDM) to satisfy different illumination requirements. The proposed scheme combines LACO-OFDM and negative LACO- OFDM (NLACO-OFDM), which is firstly introduced to the best of our knowledge, where the proportion of the two signals is variable to achieve the desired luminance. Moreover, the dynamic range is fully exploited by both LACO-OFDM and NLACO-OFDM, resulting in high channel capacity. Simulation results show that the proposed scheme has superior performance than the previous scheme based on LACO-OFDM in terms of power and spectral efficiencies.


W.B. Yeats, The Second Coming Introduction Section One: The Beginnings of the Crisis Chapter One: The Resolution that Shaped the Debate and the Election that Shook the Communion Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world Section Two: The Way We Were: Historical Background Chapter Two: From Rome to Post-Establishment America By Way of Canterbury Things fall apart Chapter Three: The Bishops Assembled: The Lambeth Conferences from 1867 to the Present Surely some revelation is at hand Chapter Four: The Uncompleted Struggle for Womens Ordination: From Defective Men to the Conscience Clause The blood-dimmed tide is loosed Section Three: From Robinsons Election to the Present Chapter Five: From the Chapman Memo to the Windsor Report: The Tension Between Unity, Uniformity, and Episcopal Authority The centre cannot hold Chapter Six: From Dromantine to San Joaquin The worst are full of passionate intensity Section Four: Perspectives from the Discontented Chapter Seven: The Conservative Plea for Moral Certainty and Ecclesiastical Discipline Spiritus Mundi Troubles My Sight Chapter Eight: The Communion in Africa: From Imperially Colonized to Moral Colonizers Somewhere in the sands of the desert Section Five: Biblical Perspecctives on Slavery and Homosexuality Chapter Nine: Reconciling Natural Law, Biblical Truth and the Moral Abomination of Slavery Twenty centuries of stony sleep Chapter Ten: The Bible, Sex, and the Contest of Interpretations A gaze blank and pitiless as the sun Section Six: Conclusion Conclusion: The Shape of the Future Turning and Turning in the Widening Gyre Time-line Bibliography:


The relationship between religion(s) and politics, i.e., religious communities and political authorities, in Montenegro has varied and taken different forms throughout the country's history. Available research, mostly historical in nature, is predominantly factual and does not provide a clear picture of the nature and forms of this relationship in Montenegro's history. Through an analysis of legal–historical sources and relevant literature, this paper aims to indicate the complexity of the relationship between politics and religion through the identification and analysis of the different forms of the aforementioned relationship. The fact that Montenegro had pronounced features of a theocracy at the beginning of the creation of the state makes this context specific not only to the Balkan region, but also beyond. The concept of state religion and the period dominated by features of Caesaropapism was replaced by a period of modernisation of the state that gave rise to a separation of political and religious elements. The period of authoritarian socialism, in turn, led to the ideological suppression of religion. The early phases of democratisation in the last decade of the 20th century induced further change in the nature of the relationship between political authorities and religious communities, which continued in the new context of civic and multicultural Montenegro.


Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne's tense redundancy drama 'Two Days, One Night' follows a factory worker's attempts to persuade her fellow employees to save her job. The directors discuss the creative benefits of not giving a damn and why they can never resist the lure of long takes.


A strategy is presented to set up an n-dimensional molecular-replacement parameter matrix (MRPM) search using anomalous difference Fourier maps from related data sets to uncover weak, but correct, molecular-replacement solutions for heavy-atom substructure determination and subsequent experimental phasing.


Compared with the field of mass exercise and physical education,competitive sports have received more attention from sports psychology. A series ofsports psychological intervention techniques have been used in the Beijing Olympic Games, such as psychological countermeasures library, bio-feedback technology, psychological film and music, psychological website, psychological testing for athletes and rapid adjustment of multi-functional service vehicles. Leading technologies in the psychological field such as electroencephalography (EEG),event-related potential (ERP) and computer quadrant map (EEQG) are used to diagnose the mental state or training effect of athletes during exercise. The rise of positive psychology has a rich theoretical and applied field, and also enriches the theory and application fields of modern sports psychology. Sports psychology has seen many new trends in the 20th century, and smooth experience is one of them. In the field of competitive sports, the connection between psychological monitoring and sports practice is the closest. Psychological monitoring is also moving towards a systematic and specialized direction. It is suggested that the research results of sports psychology that have been obtained can be applied more in future practice.


Background/Aim: Testing for human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) positivity in women diagnosed with ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) is not performed routinely, although the frequency of HER2+ DCIS is at least 30%. HER2+ DCIS lesions may be at higher risk of progression to invasive carcinoma, and specific isoforms of HER2 may lead to different malignant potential. Loss of the HER2 extracellular domain engineered in mouse models demonstrates rapid progression to invasive behavior. Evaluating isoforms of HER2 may aid in classifying DCIS lesions as higher or lower risk, and may provide insight for novel treatment and prevention approaches. Methods: A cohort of high risk DCIS cases were assembled, enriched for the presence of high risk features, including large size (>5 cm) and palpable. Immunohistochemistry (IHC) and FISH were used to identify cases that were HER2 positive. MultiplexIHC was used to detect extracellular and intracellular domains of HER2, with imaging analysis performed to identify HER2 isoforms of HER2+ specimens. Isoforms were characterized as 1) full-length/extracellular domain (ECD) intact, 2) pure/complete loss of ECD (p95 isoform), 3) subclonal populations of both full-length ECD and p95 and 4) gradient/representing partial loss of ECD per cell (reflecting post-translational cleavage). Results: Out of 51 cases, 34 (67%) cases were HER2+. In multiplexIHC analysis for HER2, 51% displayed gradient (partial) or focal (subclonal) loss of the extracellular domain. 33% displayed pure p95 isoform (complete loss of ECD). Only 16% of the cohort displayed full-length HER2 extracellular domain. Conclusions: HER2 expression is much more common in large in situ lesions than in invasive lesions. This suggests that HER2 positivity may play a role in protecting against invasion. Investigation of HER2 Isoform testing using multiplex staining reveals heterogeneity with partial or complete loss of the HER2 extracellular domain being most common. Loss of the extracellular domain of human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) p95 isoform is predominant among patients diagnosed with HER2 positive ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS).
 Citation Format: Nicole F. Schindler, Alexa Glencer, Hidetoshi Mori, Gillian Hirst, Cristian Maldonado Rodas, Michael Campbell, Laura Esserman, Alexander Borowsky. Loss of the extracellular domain of human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) p95 isoform is common in large DCIS lesions [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the AACR Special Conference on Rethinking DCIS: An Opportunity for Prevention?; 2022 Sep 8-11; Philadelphia, PA. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Can Prev Res 2022;15(12 Suppl_1): Abstract nr B013.


: We present in this work our research project in which we are already immersed and whose objective is the analysis of women presence in all areas of human activity through recent history, taking as a reference an average population of the province of Córdoba, Montilla, between the 16th and the 20th centuries. Said study is based on both, the analysis of the documentation preserved in various archives of the city


Malignant lymphomas resembling Hodgkin's disease in which the Hodgkin's-like cells express a B-cell phenotype pose a diagnostic and therapeutic dilemma. Recent studies have suggested these lymphomas are T-cell-rich B-large-cell lymphomas. In the present study we present two cases of malignant lymphomas meeting the histologic criteria for Hodgkin's disease, in which the Hodgkin's-like cells expressed a B-cell phenotype (CD20 positive, CD 15 negative, CD30 negative). In both cases therapy for Hodgkin's disease was unsuccessful, and the histology at relapse was that of a pleomorphic B-cell large-cell lymphoma. The findings support the view that malignant lymphomas resembling Hodgkin's disease, in which the Hodgkin's-like cells express a B-cell phenotype, are T-cell-rich B-large-cell lymphomas, and suggest a role for immunophenotyping of atypical cases of Hodgkin's disease.


This information is intended for Sea Grant staff and others who wish to evaluate the online presence of outdoor recreational tours and other guided-experience businesses. It describes a low-cost method for documenting the products and prices offered by such businesses and for measuring their success. The method was developed to evaluate coastal tour operations in Oregon, but it can also be applied to other locations and types of tours. The results of such data collection, especially if conducted annually, will help fill a gap in long-term trend information about tour operator prices, industry growth or contraction, and types of services. In 2017 and 2018, Oregon Sea Grant used this approach to evaluate the online presence and pricing of Oregon coast tour operators. To view the results for 2017, go to http://bit.ly/2UtYNSs; for 2018, visit http://bit.ly/2EARzp7. Readers of this publication will learn how to: • Identify businesses that offer guided tours in their area • Document the products and prices offered by these businesses • Measure the efficacy of these businesses' marketing by their presence in Google search results • Collect data on prices, products, and amenities via such searches • Use the data collected to compare and contrast operations As this is an Internet-based method, research can be conducted virtually anywhere and the results shared collaboratively. The author invites interested parties to contact him at email@example.com, or visit tourism.oregonstate.edu.


As early as 1872, the development of necrosis of the fatty bone marrow was observed in a case of acute pancreatitis (1). Since that time, sporadic cases of intramedullary fat necrosis associated with bone destruction have been reported in conjunction with acute and subacute pancreatitis, traumatic pancreatitis, and pancreatic carcinoma (2–7). In most reports the clinical and pathologic features were emphasized, although in some cases the authors were able to show that the osseous changes were accompanied by corresponding radiologic manifestations. More recently, however, Immelman and his associates have stressed in two publications the roentgen features of intramedullary fat necrosis and bone necrosis in cases of chronic calcific pancreatitis (6, 7). Since 1945 we have collected a series of cases of documented chronic pancreatitis with radiographic bone changes which we considered the result of previous intramedullary fat necrosis and bone infarction. Though the pathogenesis of this process is as yet not ...


Different metal ions and anions are crucial for the life of organisms, but their excessive intake or deficiency cause various physiological abnormalities or diseases. Toxic metal ions such as Hg2+, Cr6+, Cd2+, explosive nitroaromatic compounds, and volatile organic compounds are widely used in agriculture, rocket fuels, and industry, but they cause severe effects on human health and environmental change. Hence, sensing and identification of these analytes are important for life, health, and environment protection. Recently, metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) have been extensively explored as luminescent sensors due to their unique crystallinity, structural diversity, tunable porosity, and functional groups. This chapter reviewed the origin of luminescent of MOFs and its applications as luminescent sensors for detecting different environmentally toxic analytes such as metal ions, anions, nitroexplosives, and volatile organic compounds. In addition, the detection mechanism of MOFs and its structural dependent properties are also illustrated.


Abstract. This study is aimed to know the influence of Non Performing Loan (NPL) to Profitability. In this study, firm value measured using Return On Assets (ROA). This research used in this study is a description methode by using a test analysis of simple regression and the analysis of data is using a quantitatve methode. The population in this study are general banking companies listed in Indonesia Stock Exchange (BEI) during periode 2013-2016 with sampling technique using sample saturated methode. Based on the technique, obtain sample as much as 4 companies with a range of three periode, so obtained 64 observations. The object of this research are capital structure and firm size as independent variable and firm value as dependent variable. The result of this reasearch, Non Performing Loan (NPL) to Profitability. Researchears suggested to next research in order to broaden the subject of research by adding the observation. Keyword : Non Performing Loan (NPL), Profitability. Abstrak . Penelitian ini dilakukan dengan tujuan untuk mengetahui Non Performing Loan (NPL) terhadap Profitabilitas. Dalam penelitian ini, profitabilitas diukur dengan menggunakan Return On Assets (ROA) . Metode penelitian yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah metode deskriptif dengan menggunakan analisis uji regresi linear sederhana dan teknik analisis data menggunakan metode kuantitatif. Dalam penenelitian ini yang menjadi populasi penelitian adalah perusahaan perbankan umum yang terdaftar di Bursa Efek Indonesia periode 2013-2016 dengan teknik pengambilan sampel jenuh. Berdasarkan teknik tersebut, diperoleh sampel sebanyak 4 perusahaan dengan rentang waktu 4 tahun, sehingga diperoleh 64 observasi. Objek penelitian dalam penelitian ini adalah Non Performing Loan (NPL) sebagai variabel independen dan profitabilitas sebagai variabel dependen. Berdasarkan hasil penelitian, Non Performing Loan (NPL) berpengaruh terhadap profitabilitas. Peneliti menyarankan untuk penelitian selanjutnya agar memperluas subjek penelitian dengan menambah observasi. Kata Kunci : Non Performing Loan (NPL) , Profitabilitas.


This document presents the architecture, design and development of the CONFINE testbed software system. The current document shows a snapshot of the CONFINE testbed system after 12 months project duration, before being used by the projects of the first open call and consolidating in features and capabilities in a user driven way. The document explains the node system developed for the testbed nodes. The management services, which integrate the CONFINE nodes to become a testbed, are described. The services that enable the usage of the testbed by researchers and the application for user access are described. Finally, the deliverable informs on the steps taken towards the federation of the CONFINE testbed nodes located in the geographically dispersed community networks. Version 1.0 – 15/11/2012 Page 2 D2.1 Initial system software and services of the testbed


Wireless communication is easily eavesdropped due to the broadcast nature of the wireless medium. This has spurred extensive research into secret key establishment using physical layer characteristics of wireless channels. In all these schemes, the secret keys directly originate from the physical features of the real wireless channel, which is highly dependent on the communication environment nearby. Also, previous schemes require performing information reconciliation, which increases both the costs and the risk of key leakage. In this paper, we exhibit a novel wireless key establishment method allowing the transmitter to specify arbitrary content as the key and cause the receiver to obtain the same key leveraging a channel manipulation technique. We furthermore enable the transmitter to apply error-correction code to the key, so that the receiver can automatically correct any mismatched bits without sending key-related information back to the transmitter over the public channel. Experimental results demonstrate that our key establishment method reaches a success rate as high as 91.0 percent for establishing a 168-bit key between the transmitter and the receiver, and meanwhile the chance that the eavesdropper can infer the key in meter-order range of the receiver is subdued into the range of 0<inline-formula><tex-math notation="LaTeX">$\sim$</tex-math><alternatives><mml:math><mml:mo>∼</mml:mo></mml:math><inline-graphic xlink:href="fang-ieq1-2939529.gif"/></alternatives></inline-formula>0.10 percent.


This chapter explores the corporate state of transatlantic television via a case study of BBC America, which is co-owned by the British BBC Worldwide and the American AMC Networks. The chapter details BBC America's shift from an independent cable channel oriented around Britishness to an asset in AMC Networks' portfolio, with a programming strategy more AMC than BBC. The study thereby illustrates that the value of a cable channel is no longer just in its individual brand; now its worth lies in the larger corporate network of program ownership and access to transnational platforms. BBC America's prime-time scripted drama strategy is driven accordingly by the overarching goal to reach upscale, engaged viewers on both linear TV and video-on-demand platforms, in line with the global aspirations of its corporate parent.


The evolution of thermal and elastic properties of  with temperature is investigated by means of Extended Three Body Force Shell Model (ETSM). The temperature dependence of anharmonic elastic properties over composition dependence is confirmed through the investigation on different compositions at different temperature and the purpose of study is to test the mechanical stabilities of the potential. In addition, the thermodynamic properties such as molecular force constant (f), Restrahlen frequency (), cohesive energy (), Debye temperature (θD) and Gruneisen parameter (γ) are also reported for different compositions for the first time.


In thermal spray processes, the characteristics of in-flight particles (velocity and temperature) have a significant effect on coating performance. Although many imaging systems and algorithms have been developed for identifying and tracking in-flight particles, most are limited in terms of accuracy. One key to solving the tracking problem is to get an algorithm that can distinguish different particles in each image frame. As the study showed, when noise and interference are treated, particles are more readily identified in the background, leading to more accurate size and position measurements with respect to time. This approach is demonstrated and the results discussed.


Liquid waste was reduced by 52% when flow injection–direct injection nebulization (FI–DIN) was used in place of continuous pneumatic nebulization (CPN) for the analysis of hazardous and/or radioactive solutions by ICP-MS. The FI–DIN analyses were also 33% faster. Instrumental limits of detection obtained with FI–DIN and CPN were comparable for Cd, Pb, and U. Some statistically significant differences between FI–DIN and CPN determinations were observed, but only in the case of Ni were these differences attributed to the choice of nebulizer.


This substrate is coated with a composite film based on a mesoporous mineral layer containing nanoparticles formed in situ inside the layer. The composite film has a periodic lattice structure over a major portion of the thickness in which the nanoparticles are present, in which structure the nanoparticles are arranged in a periodic manner on the scale of domains of at least 4 periods in the thickness of the film. This structure can be obtained from a mesoporous mineral layer of periodic structure on the scale of domains of at least 4 periods of pores, forming a matrix on the substrate, by: depositing at least one precursor in the pores of the matrix layer; and growing particles derived from the precursor with the spatial distribution and the dimensions being controlled by the structure of the pores of the matrix. Applications to materials for electronics, nonlinear optics and magnetism.


In recent years, much research has been devoted to the understanding of extreme programming; nevertheless, few have evaluated the improvement of Scheme. Here, we demonstrate the development of spread-sheets. In order to fulfill this ambition, we present an analysis of suffix trees (Tineman), confirming that hash tables can be made ambiomorphic, game-theoretic and real-time.


Abnormalities of fibroblast growth factor‐23 (FGF‐23) plasma levels predict adverse outcomes in patients with coronary artery disease. However, FGF‐23 has a different behaviour in the presence of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2D). We explored whether the presence of T2D affects the predictive power of FGF‐23.


The construction of the Shanghai International Financial Center was completed in 2020, which signaled the new age of financial reforms in China. The Shanghai International Financial Center plays a significant part in the progress of RMB internationalization. However, empirical proof of the impacts remains few. So, we conducted an empirical analysis to determine if the Shanghai International Financial Center promoted RMB internationalization effectively. To obtain robust results, we conducted regressions with Newey–West standard errors, Cochrane–Orcutt estimation, and Prais–Winsten estimation. We observed that the Shanghai International Financial Center has significant positive effects on RMB internationalization by expanding financial scale and activity. The findings give adequate evidence to support the theories advanced in prior research, and the methodology and indicators used in the study may serve as a guide for future research. We made several policy discussions of the findings regarding the continued expansion of the offshore market and capital liberalization within Shanghai.


This paper analyzes the characteristics of high-strength low-alloy steel and discusses the solution to resolve the problems in the application of high-strength low-alloy steel in shipbuilding.


Underwater acoustic communications are characterized by a long propagation delay and limited bandwidth. Power consumption is an additional constraint for underwater networks. Network layer schemes for that minimize both transmission time and power consumption are thus of interest. Conventional routing schemes have limitations in both power consumption and delay performance. Application of network coding schemes in rateless fashion results in better delay performance; however, power consumption is greater than for most routing schemes when the network is lightly loaded. This paper proposes a new method for network coding that relies on implicit acknowledgements to improve power consumption performance. Numerical results demonstrate superior performance of the scheme proposed. The method is also applicable to other wireless channels.


The effect of the pump source and the gain fiber on the output properties of ytterbium doped fiber laser (YDFL) work near 980 nm are analyzed theoretically. Base on this analysis, we design a high power all fiberized ytterbium doped laser operating near 980 nm with a core/cladding of 80/130 μm. A 980 nm YDFL experimental setup was constructed, 16.7W 980 nm fiber laser was achieved with an optical-optical conversion efficiency of 32.4%.


L i 2 S 0 4 has a well defined high-conducting fee phase in the temperature range 5 7 7 8 6 0 °C, and L i N a S 0 4 a bcc phase in the range of 518 -614 °C. Both salts were studied in polarised light during sequences going from melt, through the cubic phase into the " room temperature" phase, and back to the cubic phase. The two cubic sulphate phases are compared with organic plastic ro ta tor phases, especially regarding the formation of vapour snakes.


institucional ABSTRACT The main goal of this paper is to characterise the academic production in the field of History of Education during the last decade. We present a list with 150 scientific works – pedagogic capacity tests, master degree dissertations and PhD thesis. The remarks which precede this works aims to stress either the ma-jor empirical and theoretical research choices, and the institutional stress which characterise the development of this subject between the of History and Sciences of Education.


The Fish School Search (FSS) algorithm has a very useful engaging mechanism to avoid the simple reactive agents of being trapped into local minima. In 2014, a binary version of the FSS was proposed and applied for feature selection. In this paper we propose some improvements in the Binary Fish School Search algorithm (BFSS). We show that the BFSS with these modifications outperformed the original BFSS. The IBFSS also outperformed other well-known swarm intelligence algorithms for feature selection purposes.


Low Energy Adaptive Clustering Hierarchy (LEACH) is a procedure, which is the most appropriate for the WSN routing. LEACH depends upon an adapted clustering procedure. The LEACH manipulates clusters and a single tier structure on the basis of a two-stage manoeuvre. LEACH functions in a single hop in such a way that every cluster head (CH) in WSNs my transfer its data to the BS and therefore the CH accepts the responsibility of sending information to the entire network. LEACH with Multi-Hop This procedure is the extension of single hop method, which works in a way that maximum CHs could send data to the BS.in this paper discussed the two extensions of LEACH in full detail with regard to their proposed schemes in terms of contributions and limitations.


We show that for a wildly ramified torus, depth is not preserved in general under local Langlands correspondence for tori.


Renewable Energy Sources (RESs) have been penetrating in power system at a staggering pace in recent years. Their intermittent nature is, however, posing great threat to system operation. Recently, active load management has been suggested as a tool to counteract these side effects. In multi-energy system, thermal load management will benefit not only electric network but also district heating network. Electric heater will be the main focus of this paper as a common thermal load. A situation awareness framework for its integration into electric and district heating network will be proposed in this paper.


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The corrosion inhibition efficiency of ketosulfide was investigated by electrochemical methods in 1 M HCl solution at 303–333 K. The polarization method showed mixed-type inhibition characteristics of ketosulfide. Adsorption behavior of ketosulfide was studied and which followed the Langmuir adsorption isotherm. Thermodynamic parameters were also calculated using Gibb's Helmholtz, Van't Hoff and basic themodynamic equations. Activation parameters were calculated using Arrhenius and transition state equations. The morphology of mild steel surface was examined by scanning electron microscopic images in the absence and presence of ketosulfide.


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Globally and in Ethiopia commercial sex workers (CSWs) are considered a most – at –risk population (MARPS) for RH problems, and their clients play an important role in the spread of HIV STI infections to the general population. Survey of Ethiopia CSWs including biomarker data demonstrated that this population is disproportionally exposed to reproductive health problems. Commercial sex workers face cultural, social, legal and linguistic obstacles to accessing services and information. Equally important, many women in sex work experience violence on the streets, on the job or in their personal lives which increases their vulnerability to HIV and other health concerns. The purpose of this study was to explore the practices, challenges and the factors which lead sex workers in reproductive health problems and to examine the availability, accessibility and utilization of SRH services in the case of FGAE Adama Confidential Clinic clients.The study participants were sampled using simple random sampling technique were employed. Qualitative research design was employed in order to answers a wide variety of questions related to sex workers responses to actual or potential health and behavioral problems. In this case, a cross-sectional study was also employed to describe the relationship between sex work practice and associated effects. The result of the study showed those majority age groups were 15 – 24 years 18 respondents which is the major proportion 69.2% were within this age, and most of them were never married, financial drive which comprises the highest proportion 40% of coverage often pushes young ladies into sex work. Most of them agreed that they lack basic knowledge and information about safe sex practices, how to prevent STI, HIV and unwanted pregnancy. This showed that the potential transmission of STI is very high and also this can increase the


Using an electronic prescription claims database and electronic hospital records, we retrospectively compared outpatient heart failure (HF) prescriptions dispensed with reported use obtained during medication histories taken at hospital admission. We found significant disagreement between each source for all but one HF medication class.


This study was conducted among 30 patients with seizure and primary care givers who came to selected hospitals at Salem during the month of September – October 2010.
The study was aimed to find the effectiveness of Self Instructional Module(SIM) regarding promotion of safety measures among patients with seizure and primary care givers. The study showed statistical significance (P<0.05). It is recommended that Self Instructional Module regarding safety measures has to been given to the patients with seizure and primary care givers.

INTRODUCTION:
Seizure is a emergency health concern for every person and their care providers across the continuum of health. There is an increasing prevalence of seizure particularly after head injury. Prevalence of seizure in India is 5.5 million per year. (Epilepsy status 2009)
Statement: The study to evaluate the effectiveness of Self Instructional Module (SIM) on knowledge regarding promotion of safety measures among patients with seizure and
primary care givers in selected Hospitals at Salem.
OBJECTIVES:
1. To develop and validate Self Instructional Module regarding promotion of safety measures for patients with seizure and primary care givers.
2. To assess the knowledge score on Safety measures regarding seizure management before and after exposed to SIM among patients with seizure and primary care givers.
3. To find out the association between pre-test level of knowledge with their selected demographic variables
(Age in years, Educational status).
RESEARCH HYPOTHESES: (Level of significance p < 0.05)
H1: The mean post test knowledge score after exposed to SIM will be higher than the mean pre test knowledge score among patients with seizure.
H2: The mean post test knowledge score after exposed to SIM will be higher than mean pre test knowledge score among primary care givers of patients with seizure.
H3: There will be significant association between the pre test knowledge level on promotion of safety measures among seizure patients with their selected demographic variables (age, educational status).
METHODS:
1. Effectiveness: Effectiveness is determined by the significance difference in mean pre-test and post-test knowledge regarding promotion of safety measures among
patients with seizure and primary care givers.
2. Knowledge: In this study, knowledge refers to the known information to the patients with seizure and primary care givers through Self Instructional Module regarding promotion of safety measures includes meaning of seizure, its causes, signs and symptoms, diagnosis, complications, management and care of patients during and after seizure, which is measured by using a structured questionnaire, contains multiple choice questions and each correct answer carries 1 mark. The scores will interpreted as below 50% - Inadequate knowledge, 51–75% as moderately adequately knowledge and above 75% as adequate knowledge.
3. Self Instructional Module: It refers to a systematically organized teaching strategy regarding promotion of safety measures among patients with seizure and primary care givers. It includes meaning of seizure, its causes, signs and symptoms, diagnosis, complications, management and care of patients during and after seizure. Along with SIM interaction was done by researcher.
A one group pre-test post-test design was conducted in AG Neuro Serve hospital. Salem from September 1st 2010 to October 10th 2010. The samples included in the study were
30 patients with seizure and their primary care givers. Written consent was obtained from the hospital authorities and from the samples before conducting study. Non probability convenient sampling technique was adopted. The independent variable was Self Instructional Module regarding promotion of safety measures among patients with seizure and primary care givers. The dependent variable was the knowledge regarding promotion of safety measures among patients with seizure and primary care givers. Data collection was done by using self administered questionnaire on knowledge regarding promotion of safety measures among patients with seizure and primary care givers. The conceptual framework used for the study was Betty Neumann's System Model theory. The pre-test was done on Day – 1 to assess the knowledge regarding safety measures among patients with seizure and primary care givers. Then the researcher has introduced Self Instructional Module which includes meaning of seizure, its causes, signs and symptoms, diagnosis, complications, management and care of patients during and after seizure. On the 8th day knowledge was assessed by using same tools.
The overall maximum possible score for care of patients during and after seizure was 15. The mean pre test score of overall knowledge was 5.82 and the mean post test score was 12.27.
LIMITATION:
• Interaction was done only one time as the samples were coming for O P consultation.
CONCLUSION:
The mean pretest score reveals inadequate knowledge regarding promotion of safety measures among patients with seizure and their primary care givers. After exposed to Self Instructional Module, the group showed adequate knowledge. SIM regarding promotion of safety measures may be effectively utilized among patients with seizure and their primary care givers to prevent reoccurrence and further complications.


It is difficult to capture wild egrets and herons, thus there is not enough information available on sexual size dimorphism in the family Ardeidae (e.g. Hancock & Kushlan 1984). Payne and Risley (1976) described ardeid osteology in detail, but they did not mention sexual size dimorphism. Cramp et al. (1977) described size differences among four European Egretta species, and for the Little Egret Egretta garzetta, on the basis of measurements from 17 skins of adults and juveniles from the British Museum, UK, Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie, and Zoologisch Museum, The Netherlands, they concluded that sexual differences were significant only for bill length. Boev (1987) measured 27 external characters of 251 specimens representing nine species of Ardeidae including the Little Egret and found some degree of sexual size dimorphism in all of them. For Little Egrets, Boev (1987) reported sexual differences only in the wings and bill. All these results are based on specimens collected from diverse regions in Europe (Cramp et al. 1977) or from Bulgaria (Boev 1987) and thus these data may not reflect the sexual size dimorphism of egrets from one population. It is important to analyze data from a single population in order to examine the evolution of sexual size dimorphism. Furthermore, information on sexual dimorphism of body mass among Ardeidae is also meagre because it is impossible to estimate accurately the body mass of live birds by measuring museum specimens. Hoffman (1966) reported the body mass of 33 live Little Egrets collected from the Camargue, in southern France, in July and August, as 280g to 555g. However, in his study sexes were pooled because it is difficult to determine the sex of Little Egrets by external morphological characters. There have been no reports of sexual size dimorphism for body mass of the Little Egret. In the present study, I assessed the sexual size dimorphism of morphological characters, including body mass, using adult Little Egrets captured alive from a single population with a valid determination of the sex. In addition, for the individuals that I sexed using this method I also examined whether it is possible to identify sexes using external characteristics with a logistic re-


A pure S-type star found in the SMC is described. The extreme rarity of such stars relative to C and M giants is shown by Magellanic Clouds surveys for red giants. For the S star, the bolometric magnitude is -5.1 + or - 0.1, a value in fair agreement with that found for the few known galactic counterparts with reliable distance moduli; and one near the faint limit expected theoretically.


Biological diversity, or rather, biological resources have been the basis for human civilization and have become the source of bioindustry. Since the 19th century, developed countries endeavored to collect, classify, secure, acclimate, and use biological resources from around the world. However, increasing demands of wildlife facilitates unsustainable use of biological diversity and drives loss of threatened species in developing countries with rich biodiversity. Majority of world nations have wildlife trade controlling system by entering Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) and Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD). Trade controls of CITES listed species are basically same to all nations, however, each nations have different non-CITES trade control systems. For example, Some nations demands the exporter to declare all biological resources prior to custom inspection. Some nations needs exporter to declare only CITES listed species to custom. In this paper, wildlife export controlling systems of several rich or poor nations, including EU, United States, Japan, Australlia, China, Philippines, and Korea, are introduced and compared for better management of biological resources export of Korea. As results, this paper proposes that it is necessary to rearrange Korea's complicated wildlife export related legislations and competent authorities. Protection of Wild Fauna and Flora Act should raise its function as a leading legislation of biological resources management. Declaration of wildlife export is also needed to be enacted in the Act. Other suggestions, including extension of list control, needs of booklet or brochure, accession to information database, are also proposed in the paper.


Texture is an important quality attribute of fresh and processed foods. In plant foods, texture is closely related with the structural integrity of the primary cell walls and middle lamella that is mainly composed of pectic substances. Bananas mainly contain water, starch, pectin and fibre which influence texture. Cooking bananas soften on cooking but harden on cooling. Despite many studies on retrogradation of starch and its effects on texture, little is known about the effect of added starch and/or breakdown of pectin on hardness of bananas upon cooking and cooling. In this study, the effects of added pectin and starch and structural elimination of pectin on hardness of bananas during cooking and cooling were investigated.

Hydrolysis of pectin resulted in significantly harder bananas during cooking and upon cooling (P<0.05). Hardness of starch-treated bananas increased significantly with increasing starch concentration upon cooking and cooling relative to the control (P<0.05). However, treatment of bananas with added pectin alone resulted in an insignificant increase in hardness relative to the control. Upon cooling, hardness of pectin-treated bananas decreased significantly with increasing pectin concentration (P<0.05). Hardness of cooked bananas treated with a combination of starch and pectin increased but was not significantly different from the control. Upon cooling, hardness of the starch-pectin treated bananas decreased with increasing concentration similar to the effect of pectin when added alone.

Current results showed that starch addition increases hardness of bananas upon cooking and cooling. However, pectin addition decreases hardness of cooked bananas upon cooling while structural elimination of pectin increases hardness upon cooking and cooling. These results imply that pectin contributes to a softer texture of bananas during cooking and cooling whereas starch increases hardness in cooked bananas. Pectin can therefore be added up to 5% to decrease hardness of cooked bananas.


Corporate and foundation relations development officers (CFRs) play a vital role in philanthropy and resource development within higher education. Specifically, these leaders focus time building relationships with individuals who represent corporations and foundations that are able contribute to the needs and programs of an academic institution (Clevenger, 2014; Hunt, 2012; Sanzone, 2000; Saul, 2011; Walton & Gasman, 2008). CFRs must be intimately familiar with their own institution, organizational priorities, and key leaders to be able to create and orchestrate touch-points, engagement and volunteer opportunities, and mutually beneficial inter-organizational partnerships. CFRs manage a complex intersection of internal constituents' programs and interests while simultaneously trying to meet aggressive signature philanthropic platforms for companies or foundation programmatic initiatives. Morgan R. Clevenger Wilkes University, USA Cynthia J. MacGregor Missouri State University, USA The Role of Corporate and Foundation Relations Development Officers (CFRs)


pathophysiological significance of hypotensive action of PTH. We studied acute hypotensive action of human (h) and bovine (b) PTH-(1-34) fragments in hypertensive rats. Male rats were used for the study. Spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR) of F 37 from the colony of Department of Pharmacology, Jichi Medical School; two kidney, one clip hypertension (CLIP); and deoxycorticosterone and salt hypertension (DOC) were used. SHR rats were 15 weeks of age. CLIP and DOC hypertension were induced in 6-7 weeks old HOS(R): Donryu strain (DOC) rats, and used 6-7 weeks after the surgery and treatment. Don rats were served as the normotensive control. Each group was consisted of 9-10 rats. Mean BP was recorded without anesthesia or restraint through a cannula inserted into the abdominal aorta 48-72 hours before. Each fragment, 1, 3, and 10 ƒÊg/kg, was injected through the aortic cannula. The same rat was used for the study of another fragment on the following day. The experiments were designed to inject human fragment first in half of the rats, and bovine fragment first in the rest of rats. Data presented are the mean of individual values•}SEM. Scheffe's S test was used for statistical analysis.


Since the last IODC meeting, the field of optical design with freeform surfaces has burst onto the scene. This talk will present a first of its kind, all reflective, unobscured, three-mirror 10° full field of view, F/1.9 operational freeform imaging telescope from design to full assembly.


: Low-temperature plasma carburization and low-temperature plasma nitriding are the effective methods for hardening of thermally nonhardenable austenitic chromium-nickel steels. However, the ion-plasma methods of surface modification can lead to the roughness parameter increase. Previously, the authors identified that the level of surface roughness strongly depends on the temperature of plasma treatment. The hot topic of the research is the reduction of


This Ph.D. thesis studies phenomena concerning DNA duplex stability. Exploiting a real-time detection system based on Surface Plasmon Resonance imaging (SPRi), we use a temperature scan method to analyze DNA interactions on functionalized biochips. First, a detailed study about a comparison of two DNA immobilization methods and the influence of different buffer components on surface hybridized DNA duplexes is presented. Especially the influence of salt and denaturing agents in the buffer are discussed. Second, we apply the temperature scan method to point mutation detection, as well for oligonucleotides as for longer DNA or RNA targets produced by Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) or Nucleic Acid Sequence Based Amplication (NASBA) amplification protocols, respectively. Competition between targets containing point mutations and surface hybridization is addressed. Also, secondary structures in solution may alter target capture on probes. For the isothermal NASBA amplification, we show that it is possible to make an integrated system with amplification and detection on the SPRi chip. Finally, a study of DNA lesions and repair enzymes is presented in collaboration with the 'Laboratory of Nucleic Acids Lesions' (LAN) at the CEA Grenoble profiting once again from the flexible temperature regulation to characterize enzyme activity on surface grafted DNA.


After its diameter and thickness affecting to the loading capacity the material properties of environmental protection type of the cartridge case of fireworks studied by finite element method(FEM),the formula of relation of the mechanical function parameters is researched firstly.The new products of the cartridge case of fireworks can be correctly finished by using these formulas.


This work aims to study the potential of high-speed echographic particle image velocimetry (Echo-PIV) technique based on plane wave excitation in physiological flows. We evaluate the Echo-PIV technique using a simulation environment integrating smoothed particle hydrodynamics (SPH), a mesh-free method in computational mechanics, and linear acoustics. In SPH, the fluid domain is divided into a set of particles and the physical properties of each particle are calculated based on the properties of the neighboring particles. By contrast with standard computational methods, fluid-acoustic coupling is effortless since SPH particles can be used directly as sound scatterers. Field II is used as a scattering acoustic model. SPH particles are insonified with ultrasound plane waves and the backscattered RF signals are analyzed. The Poiseuille and Womersley flows, as standard benchmark cases, and then pulsatile flow in a bifurcation artery are insonified perpendicularly by acoustic plane waves at a rate higher than 1000 fps. The velocity fields are then determined using iterative multigrid PIV processing on the RF images. The velocity profiles derived by high-speed Echo-PIV were very concordant with those yielded by SPH.


Grading of aggregates has the most significant effect on Packing Density (PD) of aggregates. An important property of multi particle systems is the PD. The packing density is the ratio of the solid volume by the total volume of the container which depends on the placing process. Packing density is new kind of mix design method used to design different types of concrete. To optimize the particle packing density of concrete, the particles should be selected to fill up the voids between large particles with smaller particles, in order to obtain a dense and stiff particle structure. The results obtained by packing density method are compared with Compression Packing (CP) model, Solid Suspension (SS) model and Indian Standards (IS). The optimum bulk density was obtained at proportion of 42%, 18% and 40% for coarse aggregates of maximum size 20mm, 12.5mm and fine aggregates respectively. The compressive strength noticed by PD method and IS are roughly identical, but on the other hand the results obtained with CP model and SS model are somewhere lower than PD.


Nano-crystalline Barium doped β-alumina as BaxAl2-xO3-δ (where x= 0.01,0.02,0.03) was successfully prepared via solution combustion synthesis using urea as a fuel and aluminium nitrate as precursor. These samples were characterized by powder XRD, SEM and TEM analysis. The electrical conductivity was measured using two probe dc technique within a temperature range 500C to 1100C. The 'Ba' is located in the glassy matrix which surrounds the crystalline phases. There it acts as a blocking ion and suppresses the easy mobility of alkali ions which are present as impurities. XRD analysis revealed spinel like structure of Ba-alumina. The insulating property of the material was found to be increasing with the concentration of 'Ba'. The activation energy calculated from Arrhenius plot of conductivity


Delirium must be diagnosed accurately, prevented, and treated because of its pervasiveness and the associated risks of morbidity and mortality.


: The main concept of this project is to build machine which can be used for clearing the lettuce and the other weeds which grow very often at land bodies. The clearing of these agricultural weeds is a difficult process and consumes lot of time when done manually. This machine is made so simple such that when it is switched on, it removes the weeds which are trimmed off and they can be later removed and disposed manually. Another advantage of this machine is that they can be operated by the solar powers. Also the battery power can also be made used. Hence this is a dual power project such that the power from the battery can be used and also the solar energy can be used for powering up the machine. Aim: The basic objective of sowing operation is to put the seed in rows at desired depth and spacing, cover the seeds with soil and provide proper compaction over the seed. The recommended row to row spacing, seed rate, seed to seed spacing and depth of seed placement vary from crop to crop and for different agricultural and climatic conditions to achieve optimum yields and an efficient sowing machine should attempt to fulfil these requirements. In addition, saving in cost of operation time, labour and energy are other advantages to be derived from use of improved machinery for such agricultural operations. The main intention of this is reducing the cost of the machine and to remove the all weeds in the agricultural lands.


More care should be taken in presenting important statistics. Error and uncertainty in economic data renders it noisy As the noise in reported date increases, it interferes with the detection and interpretation of movements in the true value of the underlying data. Indeed, a noisy series is especially problematic when it is used to design, implement and interpret monetary policy.


This paper documents the adoption of Vision Zero in Canada, which is useful for road safety benchmarking; compares Vision Zero adoption processes and programs in Canadian jurisdictions with the principles for effective adoption of Vision Zero; and identifies common challenges encountered by Canadian jurisdictions in adopting this road safety approach. Vision Zero is an approach to road safety characterized by aggressive casualty and injury reduction goals, coordinated and multidisciplinary action, increased priority and resources allocated toward road safety improvement, and a specific ethical policy framework. The 2016 adoption of Vision Zero at the national level by the Canadian Council of Motor Transport Administrators may lead to widespread adoption among all levels of government in Canada. Ensuring that current and future adoptions of Vision Zero are made both in name and in practice will help to maximize road safety improvement in Canada. This paper is based on a survey with 31 jurisdictions in Canada, 21 of which responded. The survey revealed that eight of 21 responding jurisdictions have already adopted Vision Zero, and that several may consider doing so in the future (12 of 14 responses from jurisdictions that do not currently have Vision Zero).


Abstract TWENTY YEARS AGO, the late Victorian and Edwardian navy was the preserve of ArthurJ. Marder. Since then, scholars includingJon T. Sumida, Nicholas A. Lambert, Andrew Lambert, Andrew Gordon, Jolm Brooks, Geoffrey Till, and Charles H. Fairbanks, Jr. have revised our understanding of Bridsh naval policy in the run-up to the First World War and the navy's performance during it. t The flowering of naval history in file English language has not been restricted to British history. For fifteen years, the standard work on German naval policy under the empire had been published by Jonathan Steinberg in 1965 .2 Beginning with Holger Herwig, this field, too, was transformed by, among others, Ivo Lambi, Gary Weir, Lawrence Sondhaus, and Rolf Hobson? Works on other pre-First World War navies include Sondhaus and Milan Vego on the Austro-Hungarian navy; 4 George Baer, Peter Karsten, Ronald Spector, Mark Shulman, and Robert O'Connell on the US navy; 1 Charles Schencking, David Evans, mid Mark Peatde on the Japanese navy; 2 and Paul Halpern on the Mediterranean theatre.


A new Florida species of eriophyid mite, Calepitrimerus ceriferaphagus is reported from wax myrtle, Myrica cerifera L. This mite produces a virus-like mosaic on leaves. Blistering of leaves is caused by breakdown of mesophyll and distortion of palisade and spongy mesophyll cells.


In hydropower plant, a large quantities of turbine oil is used as machine control pressure oil and lubricating oil. If the oil leak out from hydropower plant, it flows into a river. And such oil spill has an adverse effect on natural environment because the oil does not degrade easily. Therefore the KANSAI and Hitachi Mitsubishi Hydro developed the water-lubricated thrust bearing for vertical type hydraulic turbine generator. The water-lubricated bearing has advantages in risk avoidance of river pollution because it does not need oil. For proceeding the development of the water-lubricated thrust bearing, we studied following items. The first is the examination of the trial products of water lubricating liquid. The second is the study of bearing structure which can satisfy bearing performance such as temperature characteristic and so on. The third is the mock-up testing for actual application in the future. As a result, it was found that the water-lubricated thrust bearing was technically applicable to actual equipments.


The quality of care for people diagnosed with Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and the Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) has been managed for years with a reductionist vision regarding what the user requires. In terms of health care, there is a good or bad attention regarding the diagnosis, ignorance, stigma associated with it, the system, low training of the health provider, etc. This article aims at reviewing from a literature perspective the different actions that Colombia and Mexico have carried out in relation to the health care of these users and if there are advances over the years or if the same practices that generate low quality care to these users are still adopted.


Using Eulers theorem, geometric sums and Chebyshev polynomials, we prove trigonometric identities involving sums and multiplications of cosine. Partial Sum Trigonometric Identities and Chebychev Polynomials Sarah Weller Introduction In [5] the authors proved a generalization of the identity cos ( π 3 ) = 1 2 , namely


Cavitations can be applied to enhance significantly the efficiency of submerge cleaning, cutting and well drillings. This paper presents the experimental study on cavitation inception abilities of cone-shaped nozzle, self-resonating cavitating nozzle and dual-jet nozzle under various ambient pressure. The results show that higher inception cavitation number under higher ambient pressure can be achieved with self-resonating and dual-jet nozzle, the inception cavitation numbers of the two nozzle are generally above 1.0, while that of cone-shape nozzle is usually with the highest of 0.43.


The $\varepsilon$-pseudospectral abscissa $\alpha_\varepsilon$ and radius $\rho_\varepsilon$ of an $n\times n$ matrix are, respectively, the maximal real part and the maximal modulus of points in its $\varepsilon$-pseudospectrum, defined using the spectral norm. It was proved in [A.S. Lewis and C.H.J. Pang, SIAM J. Optim., 19 (2008), pp. 1048–1072] that for fixed $\varepsilon>0$, $\alpha_\varepsilon$ and $\rho_\varepsilon$ are Lipschitz continuous at a matrix A except when $\alpha_\varepsilon$ and $\rho_\varepsilon$ are attained at a critical point of the norm of the resolvent (in the nonsmooth sense), and it was conjectured that the points where $\alpha_\varepsilon$ and $\rho_\varepsilon$ are attained are not resolvent-critical. We prove this conjecture, which leads to the new result that $\alpha_\varepsilon$ and $\rho_\varepsilon$ are Lipschitz continuous, and also establishes the Aubin property with respect to both $\varepsilon$ and A of the $\varepsilon$-pseudospectrum for the points $z \in {\mathbb C...


The Chinese government developed the concept of the Silk Road Economic Belt (SREB), which was later combined with the Maritime Silk Road of the Twenty-First Century under the name One Road, One Belt. This concept became the foundation of China's new external strategy for the near-term perspective. Within the One Road, One Belt concept, the Silk Road Economic Belt initiative facilitates the implementation of the eastern vector of development for our country and for other members of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO). The One Road, One Belt concept is a Chinese initiative consisting of integrated projects for creation of the Silk Road Economic Belt and Maritime Silk Road of the Twenty-First Century. The concept was first announced by President of the People's Republic of China Xi Jinping in 2013 during visits to Indonesia and the countries of Central Asia. In addition, political documents, for example, the plan for socioeconomic development to 2015 and the report on the work of the government, list the construction of the One Belt, One Road as one of the important objectives of China's new government. The Minister of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China Wang Yi emphasized that the implementation of this initiative will become the focus of China's foreign policy in 2015. It was also confirmed that this huge project will be included in the Thirteenth Five-Year Plan, which will be adopted in 2016. The essence of China's initiative is to search for, form, and advance a new model for international cooperation and development. This will be accomplished by reinforcing existing regional bilateral and multilateral mechanisms and collaborative structures in which China is a participant. According to China's official data, One Road, One Belt covers most of Eurasia and


Heterotopic pancreas is a congenital malformation, defined by the presence of pancreatic tissue outside the usual anatomical location of the pancreas. Most patients are asymptomatic and when present, symptoms are nonspecific. Rarely, they become evident when associated with complications such as inflammation and obstruction. A 48year old male presented with features of small bowel obstruction. A submucosal polyp was detected in the jejunum intraoperatively and excised. Diagnosis of heterotopic pancreas was made on histopathological examination.Though rare,heterotopic pancreas should be considered in the differential diagnosis of small bowel obstructionand of submucosal polyps in the small intestine. Pre-operative diagnosis is difficult. Histopathological examination is mandatory for confirmation. Frozen sections may help in distinguishing these lesions from malignancies and gastrointestinal stromal tumors. Jejunum is an unusual site for heterotopic pancreas. It rarely presents as small bowel obstruction.We present this case to highlight its rarity, clinical manifestations, diagnostic tools available, pathogenesis and histopathology.


This PhD thesis was performed in the laboratory of Professor Marko, at the Chemistry Department of the Universite catholique de Louvain. Our research concerned the synthesis of Amphidinol 3, a natural product recently isolated from different dinoflagelates from the Asian sees. This compound showing a complex structural framework displayed unprecedented biological activities. Nevertheless, due to the small amount of product available in the natural source, no medicinal application can be envisaged and synthesis is the only reliable approach for large scale treatment development. In addition to our efforts for the construction of this complex molecule, the developed methodologies proved to be applicable in a large scope of applications. Different novel approaches to polyenic functions were developed and we now dispose of a short and efficient strategy for the construction of trienes. Applied to the Amphidinol 3, this strategy proved to be the most efficient among all the published approaches so far. We next prepared the highly functionalized tetrahydropyranes of our target molecule by novel methodologies.