The objective of this research is to design a set of communicative supplementary grammar tasks for the students of grade VIII of Junior High School. The developed tasks were aimed to help 8th grade students of Junior High School to master grammar skills in order to comprehend and create texts.
 The study was educational Research and Development (R & D). The procedure of the study consisted of conducting the needs analysis, writing the course grids, developing the first draft of the developed materials, getting expert judgment, and writing the final draft of the developed materials. The type of the data was quantitative. The instruments of collecting the data were three questionnaires, which were two for needs analysis and one for expert judgment. The data from the needs analysis questionnaires were analyzed quantitatively by calculating the percentage of each answer on the questionnaires using the formula proposed by Sugiyono (2009: 144) and taking into account to the three answers of each question with the highest percentage. The results of the needs analysis questionnaires were used to conduct the course grids. Meanwhile, the data from expert judgment questionnaire were analyzed using descriptive statistics through the use of Mean and classified into a particular category by using a formula proposed by Suharto (2008: 14). The respondents of the research were 61 students of 8th grade and an English teacher of Junior High School.
The result of the study is a set of three units of communicative grammar tasks entitled Grammar for Better English. Each unit has 20 until 21 tasks which cover grammar skills related to descriptive, recount, and narrative text. The students needed the ability to use tenses correctly the most. They thought that using parts of speech was the most difficult grammar skill. The students wanted grammar tasks whose inputs were in the form of texts, videos, and songs. The types of the tasks that they preferred were matching, gap-filling, and discrimination task. They wanted to do the tasks individually, in pairs, and in small groups and in a classroom. The results of the expert judgment show that the developed tasks are categorized as "Very Good" as the mean scores ranged from 3.78 to 3.85 and considered appropriate for 8th grade students of Junior High School.


This study aims to analyze strategies to improve the performance of employees through mapping the organizational culture in the Office of State Assets and Auction (KPKNL) Sidoarjo. The method used in this research is descriptive method with quantitative approach. In this study the primary data were obtained from the questionnaire Organizational Culture Assessment Instrument (OCAI) developed by Cameron and Quinn. In OCAI, the cultural type of an organization will be mapped into 4 (four) quadrants: clan culture, ad- hocracy culture, market culture and hierarchy culture measured through 6 main dimensions. The results show the organizational culture in KPKNL Sidoarjo today and organizational culture is expected to require changes but not significant. The strategy needed to improve employee performance is to improve clan culture and ad- hocacy culture by doing more emphasis on intimacy and emotional bonding for sharing and teamwork as well as fostering enthusiasm for innovation.


Palm oil methyl esters (POME's) significantly contributed towards biodiesel production commercially. Rubber seed oil methyl esters (RSOME's) with non-edible properties and significant amount of unsaturated fatty acid content contributed to enhancement of low temperature properties along with remedy on food scarcity dilemma. Post blending of POME's and RSOME's at different volumetric ratios improved the low temperature properties of fuel. POME's resulted in excellent oxidation stability with induction period (IP) of 25.52 h compared to RSOME's which only exhibited IP of 3 h. Contrarily, RSOME's showed positive behavior towards low temperature properties. GC analysis determined the significant improvement in low temperature properties as the saturated methyl esters composition is reduced in post blended mixture. The optimized blend value where both low temperature properties and oxidation stability were determined at acceptable limits was found at blend ratio of POME's to RSOME's at 20:80. All the blends satisfied the international biodiesel criteria of EN and ASTM. Transesterification kinetics of POME and RSOME were investigated and followed pseudo-first order kinetics. Activation energy for POME was found to be 33.2 kJ/mole and for RSOME was found to be 43.4 kJ/mole. Frequency factor for POME andRSOME was found to be 2.4 x 103 min-1 and 1.3 x 103 min-1 respectively.


Posture is the way a person holds their body so that their muscles aren't overworked as they move. Several health problems can result from poor body posture. Back discomfort and weariness are just two symptoms of poor posture that might arise and interfere with our everyday activities. A gadget is increasingly needed because the majority of people nowadays have back pain, injuries, neck pain, shoulder difficulties, etc. Surface electromyography (sEMG), a noninvasive method for measuring muscle fatigue, is frequently utilized in research on occupational and rehabilitation as well as athletics. Such signals are complex, multicomponent, highly moving, and exhibit substantial inter-subject fluctuation, even more so during spontaneous contractions. In light of this, period-frequency driven machine learning techniques can facilitate the creation of computerized systems for this data. Approaches: This study suggests an analysis based on high-resolution time-frequency techniques, such as the Stockwell transform (S-transform), B-distribution (BD), and extended modified B-distribution (EMBD), to distinguish between non-fatigue and fatigue circumstances for dynamic muscle. Preprocessing, BD, and EMBD are applied to the non-fatigue and fatigue phases of sEMG signals obtained from the biceps brachii of 52 healthy participants. Each approach extracts twelve features, and the most important features are chosen via genetic algorithm (GA) and binary particle swarm optimization (BPSO). Five machine learning techniques, including rotation forests, random forests, and SVMs with polynomial and radial basis kernels, are employed for the classification. Because sign languages (SLs) are so structured, they make a good learning environment for learning more abstract concepts about hand location, shape, and motion. The detection and recognition of static gestures, or hand posture and shape, is essential in SLs and in the field of motion trajectory it has a significant impact. Three methods—3D hand modelling, appearance-based techniques, and hand shape analysis—can be used to do vision-based hand shape identification.


A simple and efficient method is developed for the synthesis of 2-(benzothiazol-2-yl)-3-(substituted phenyl)acrylonitrile from 2-(benzothiazole-2-yl)-3-oxopentanedinitrile and aromatic aldehydes in the presence of a catalytic amount of piperdine into ethanol  at reflux. Advantage of this procedure is relatively good yields (81-86%) with short reaction times (1.5-3 h), under moderate reaction conditions and simple workup procedure, plus easy preparation and handling of the catalyst. KEYWORDS : 2-(Benzothiazole)-3-phenylacrylonitrile, One-pot synthesis, 2-(Benzo-thiazole-2-yl)-3-oxopentanedinitrile, Aromatic aldehydes, Piperdine Bull. Chem. Soc. Ethiop. 2012 , 26(3), 467-471. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/bcse.v26i3.17


The extraction path of the weak line spectrum in the LOFAR spectrogram under low signal-to-noise ratio conditions is typically about NP-hard combinatorial optimization, which is crucial to determine the motion characteristics of the target. Classical particle swarm optimization (PSO) algorithms have continuous optimization problems, and in this paper, a set-based algorithm for line spectrum extraction of improved discrete particle swarm (S-PSO-LSE) is proposed. The algorithm treats the discrete search space as a point set defined by each path node, while updating the definition of the operator on the set, and a new fitness function is proposed as a line spectrum quality standard. This increases the convergence accuracy for searching the line spectrum, improves the convergence rate, and provides good global search capability. The effectiveness and accuracy of the algorithm for weak line spectra are verified by simulation and sea trial data.


The present invention relates to a method and fatigue detecting means detecting the steering wheel angle based data, the method comprising the steps of: a, collecting real steering wheel angle sensor steering angle data to the integrated controller body fatigue detection algorithm; step two, the body the steering wheel angle controller signal, active at the same time receiving vehicle driving information, determines whether the driver is in the driver's fatigue; step three, the controller detects that the driver is in the vehicle body fatigue driving, it sends an alarm signal to the alarm, the alarm displays an alarm signal on the instrument panel; said apparatus includes a steering wheel angle sensor, a vehicle body controller and alarm system, are connected to the vehicle body controller and a steering wheel angle sensor alarm. Compared with the prior art, the present invention has a high accuracy, and low cost, the advantages of simple algorithm.


Data from the Along Track Scanning Radiometer 2 (ATSR‐2) on board the European ERS‐2 satellite have been used to derive the spatial distribution of the aerosol optical depth (AOD) over Europe for August 1997. The AOD was retrieved in cloud‐free areas using the dual view algorithm. The results agree with co‐located ground based sun‐photometer data within 0.1. The AOD from ATSR‐2 with a resolution of 1×1 km² were averaged on a grid of 0.1° × 0.1°, to produce daily maps of the spatial aerosol distribution over Europe. A composite map of AOD over Europe was constructed by averaging all daily maps for August 1997. This composite map shows large spatial AOD gradients with variations of a factor of 3 over a few hundreds of kilometers. The AOD at 0.555 µm for relatively clean areas is around 0.1 while in strong industrialised areas the AOD can be 0.5 or higher.


The manufacturing techniques of two PPNB plastered skulls each from Jericho, Kfar HaHoresh and Beisamoun were studied by a series of different and complementary analyses. These revealed that all share a common general technological background, and yet marked intra-site details of fabrication can be identified. All appear to have been locally produced. Similar conclusions are reached on the basis of iconographic features. Thus, although the artisans shared general concepts of the objects to be created and their means of manufacture, strong site-specific traditions were displayed. This conclusion is further reinforced by recent information concerning plastered faces from Ain Ghazal, as well as the preliminary reports on skulls from Ramad. Accordingly it is suggested that, while broad pyrotechnological and ritual information was most likely disseminated by oral communication, the artisans producing the plastered skulls were locally based and working within the framework of powerful on-site traditions.


Neutral isolating terminal with a in a clamp housing (1) arranged busbar (2) with at least one port (4) extending for a neutral conductor and with a substantially perpendicularly to the current rail (2) and an electrically conductive separating slider (3) carrying a contact plate ( 5) characterized, • that a contact plate (5) is formed between them receiving, vertically extending bearing slot (13) at the separating slider (3), • that the separating slide (3) on the contact plate (5) along the bearing slot (13) in the longitudinal direction (8) between an open position and a closed position back and forth is displaceably mounted, • that the separating slide (3) a horizontal contact jaw (12) is formed and • that the contact jaw (12) in the closed position of the shut-off valve (3) a bus bar (16) engages for the electrical connection of the conductor rail (2) and the busbar (16).


In this paper, the Cramer-Rao Bound on the angle estimates of non-zero bandwidth signals incident on an array of sensors is derived. The resulting expressions are applied to a variety of array steering architectures such as conventional phase steering and time-delay steering/focusing matrices. The results have a number of practical applications, e.g., determining the minimum number of directions where time-delay steering/focusing is required in order to obtain good all-round performance.


TREATING ALCOHOL AND DRUG ABUSE IN THE ELDERLY. A.M. Gurnack, R. Atkinson, and N. Osgood (Eds.). New York: Springer Publishing Company, 2002, 242 pp., $36.95. , by A.M. Gurnack, R. Atkinson and N. Osgood This volume is built upon Dr. Gurnack's previous book entitled Older Adults' Misuse of Alcohol, Medicines, and Other Drugs: Research and Practice Issues published by Springer in 1997. In the introduction and overview Dr. Gurnack relates that the response to the 1997 volume was a "demand for practical treatment-oriented information" from health care professionals. This edited volume intends to meet that demand. Material presented is intended to be "state of the art" and "to guide the beginning practitioner through the process of understanding and applying the knowledge gained so afar in the area of elderly alcohol and drug misuse." For advanced practitioners, "material will reinforce the "best practices" developed through the years by those with extensive "hands-on" experience. To a great extent the book lives up to these promises. It is clearly written and contains current information on the assessment and treatment of alcohol and other drug problems in the elderly population. The liberal use of case studies throughout the book provides depth to the concepts presented. These case studies could be very valuable as teaching/training tools for both substance abuse treatment professionals and gerontology/aging services staff. The book is perhaps most successful in its aim to guide the beginning practitioner since an advanced practitioner might miss a more extensive evidence base for some of the practice and treatment ideas. The first several chapters appear to be written for a physician audience, but contain information that can be of help to families and others in the helping professions. Each of the chapters is short, and there is very little overlap between them. The entire book is short enough for


Import Images into Photo Story (2:22 min.) file is part I of the PhotoStory QuickStart series. Select photos for the project and place them in a project folder. Ensure that images are student original photos or are available with the required copyright release from the photographer.


The invention relates to a method for maintaining routing, and a system and a device thereof. A communication network comprises multiple point-of-presence (PoP) groups, each PoP group comprises one or more PoP nodes, and the PoP nodes in a same PoP group issue the routing information of a same super prefix; and the PoP nodes in different PoP groups issued the routing information of different super prefixes. When the PoP group contains multiple PoP nodes, the PoP node obtains the detailed prefix routing information overlaid by the super prefix issued by the PoP node, and the synchronous detailed prefix routing information among the PoP nodes belonging to the same PoP group. The method, the system and the device provided in the embodiment of the invention can reduce the traffic of each PoP node for data forwarding.


The increasing interest to permanent magnet (PM) synchronous machines is due to the high torque density and high efficiency that they may exhibit exploiting modern PMs. The three–phase winding is supplied by a current–controlled voltage source inverter, which imposes sinewave currents synchronous with the PM rotor. Such machines are more and more used in several applications, with power rating ranging from fractions of Watts to some Megawatts.


A general method for the straightforward synthesis of exocyclic allenes on five-, six-, seven-, and eight-membered oxygen heterocycles is described. A Barbier-type titanocene(III)-catalyzed cyclization of propargyl halides with a pendant carbonyl group is the key step of the process. This reaction is compatible with many functional groups, and can be smoothly carried out under neutral and mild conditions at room temperature.


Depressive disorders are only slightly less prevalent in adolescents than in adults. Depression in adolescence is not a transient condition, but is associated with psychosocial deficits. Given this negative sequela, it would be beneficial to have effective treatments. While lagging behind, the psychological treatment of adolescent depression has become a very active area. We have now several intervention programs available which show great overlap and include 'cognitive techniques', 'family orientation'; behavioral techniques and educational elements. The purpose of this report is to bring this literature to the attention of clinicians and to summarize the key features of these interventions. In addition, the article also addresses areas with limited knowledge, future developments and further applications. Results of a meta-analysis of all available treatment studies with depressed adolescents are presented and lead to the conclusion that greater adoption and use of these (cognitive-behavioral) interventions of depressed adolescents is justified and quite promising.


Aztreonam (ATM) is a monobactam stable to hydrolysis by metallo-β-lactamases (MBLs). Avibactam (AVI) is a non-β-lactam β-lactamase inhibitor that inhibits serine β-lactamases (BLs) such as ESBLs, KPCs, AmpC, and some OXAs. ATM-AVI is under clinical development for the treatment of serious infections caused by gram-negative bacteria (GNB), including MBL-producers. We evaluated ATM-AVI activity against GNB causing bloodstream (BSI) and complicated urinary tract infections (cUTI).

 10,103 GNB isolates (5,314 from BSI and 4,789 from cUTI) were consecutively collected (1/patient) from 66 medical centers located in Western Europe (W-EU; n=5,238; 25 centers in 10 countries), Eastern Europe (E-EU; n=1,729; 13 centers in 10 countries), the Asia-Pacific region (APAC; n=1,817; 17 centers in 9 countries), and Latin America (LATAM; n=1,319; 11 centers in 7 countries) in 2019 (n=5,030) and 2020 (n=5,073). Susceptibility (S) testing was performed by reference broth microdilution methods in a central laboratory.

 Overall, 99.9% of Enterobacterales (ENT; MIC50/90, ≤0.03/0.12 mg/L), including 99.7% of carbapenem-resistant ENT (CRE; MIC50/90, 0.25/0.5 mg/L), were inhibited at an ATM-AVI MIC of ≤8 mg/L (Table). CRE rates among BSI/cUTI isolates were 2.3%/0.6% in W-EU, 9.5%/6.1% in E-EU, 3.3%/2.8% in APAC, and 8.1%/5.2% in LATAM (4.2%/2.7% overall). ATM-AVI was very active against MDR (MIC50/90, 0.06/0.5 mg/L; 99.6% inhibited at ≤8 mg/L) and XDR (MIC50/90, 0.25/0.5 mg/L; highest MIC, 2 mg/L) ENT. Among P. aeruginosa, the percentage of isolates inhibited at ≤8 mg/L of ATM-AVI (78.3%) was similar to the S rates for piperacillin-tazobactam (78.8%), meropenem (79.1%), and ceftazidime (80.6%). Among S. maltophilia isolates, 100.0% were inhibited at ≤8mg/L of ATM-AVI and 95.4% were S to cotrimoxazole. ATM-AVI was highly active against Aeromonas spp. (highest MIC, 0.25 mg/L) and showed good activity against B. cepacia (MIC50/90, 4/16 mg/L).

 ATM-AVI exhibited potent and consistent activity against ENT (including CRE, MDR, and XDR isolates) from W-EU, E-EU, APAC, and LATAM. Our results support clinical development of ATM-AVI to treat BSI and cUTI caused by ENT, P. aeruginosa, S. maltophilia, B. cepacia and Aeromonas spp.
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 Helio S. Sader, MD, PhD, FIDSA, AbbVie (formerly Allergan) (Research Grant or Support)Basilea Pharmaceutica International, Ltd. (Research Grant or Support)Cipla Therapeutics (Research Grant or Support)Cipla USA Inc. (Research Grant or Support)Department of Health and Human Services (Research Grant or Support, Contract no. HHSO100201600002C)Melinta Therapeutics, LLC (Research Grant or Support)Nabriva Therapeutics (Research Grant or Support)Pfizer, Inc. (Research Grant or Support)Shionogi (Research Grant or Support)Spero Therapeutics (Research Grant or Support) Rodrigo E. Mendes, PhD, AbbVie (Research Grant or Support)AbbVie (formerly Allergan) (Research Grant or Support)Cipla Therapeutics (Research Grant or Support)Cipla USA Inc. (Research Grant or Support)ContraFect Corporation (Research Grant or Support)GlaxoSmithKline, LLC (Research Grant or Support)Melinta Therapeutics, Inc. (Research Grant or Support)Melinta Therapeutics, LLC (Research Grant or Support)Nabriva Therapeutics (Research Grant or Support)Pfizer, Inc. (Research Grant or Support)Shionogi (Research Grant or Support)Spero Therapeutics (Research Grant or Support) Cecilia G. Carvalhaes, MD, PhD, AbbVie (formerly Allergan) (Research Grant or Support)Cidara Therapeutics, Inc. (Research Grant or Support)Cipla Therapeutics (Research Grant or Support)Cipla USA Inc. (Research Grant or Support)Melinta Therapeutics, LLC (Research Grant or Support)Pfizer, Inc. (Research Grant or Support) Timothy B. Doyle, AbbVie (formerly Allergan) (Research Grant or Support)Bravos Biosciences (Research Grant or Support)GlaxoSmithKline (Research Grant or Support)Melinta Therapeutics, Inc. (Research Grant or Support)Pfizer, Inc. (Research Grant or Support)Shionogi (Research Grant or Support)Spero Therapeutics (Research Grant or Support) Mariana Castanheira, PhD, AbbVie (formerly Allergan) (Research Grant or Support)Bravos Biosciences (Research Grant or Support)Cidara Therapeutics, Inc. (Research Grant or Support)Cipla Therapeutics (Research Grant or Support)Cipla USA Inc. (Research Grant or Support)GlaxoSmithKline (Research Grant or Support)Melinta Therapeutics, Inc. (Research Grant or Support)Melinta Therapeutics, LLC (Research Grant or Support)Pfizer, Inc. 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The disease caused by the pathogenic fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd), chytridiomycosis, is one of several factors driving the global decline of amphibian populations (Blaustein and Kiesecker 2002; Lips et al.2006; Muths et al.2003). Bd has been found in amphibians at sites across North America including Minnesota, USA (Ouellet et al. 2005;Woodhams et al. 2008). The prevalence of Bd in wild anuran populations in Minnesota is unknown, and motivated the work described herein.

We investigated the occurrence of Bd at the University of Minnesota's Itasca Biological Station and Laboratories in Itasca State Park, site of the headwaters of the Mississippi River. Our research objectives were to: 1) verify if Bd is present in the park; 2) determine which anuran species are affected by the fungus; and 3) test if there are differences in infection rate among species.


A novel trifunctional imaging probe containing a chelator of radiometal for PET, a NIR heptamethine cyanine dye, and a bioconjugatable handle, has been grafted onto AGuIX® nanoparticles via a Michael addition reaction. The resulting functionalized nanoparticles have been fully characterized, radiolabelled with 64Cu, and evaluated in a mice TSA tumor model using multimodal (PET/MRI/optical) imaging.


Passive manipulation for patients with frozen shoulder may enable fast recovery of shoulder symptoms. For the concern of many clinicians that deep anaesthesia and sedation for frozen shoulder manipulation may carry certain difficulty in identifying pericapsular structures damage during the procedure, we proposed a novel shoulder interfascial plane blocks for awake frozen shoulder manipulation.


This paper describes the automatic generation of index images with the DSP in high definition still image retrieval and display systems. Index images generated from the high definition still images to be searched for have to be characterized by their features to a great extent. A Sobel filter was selected among the well known spatial edge filters, i.e., Prewitts, Sobel, and Laplacian, because the Sobel filter was suitable for picking up the object from an image with its background. Additional processing was carried out to make the contours of the object clear including the enhancement of their magnitude and gamma using the Sobel filter. The automatic index generation system was built using DSP applications. Each index image was automatically generated in 110 seconds whereas the index image generated in accordance with the conventional method took 35 minutes for complete processing. Samples of Kosode garments used in the study were prepared from digital archives of Kosode garments owned by the National Museum of Japanese History. The precision of indexing was 99.6% in accordance with the proposed automatic operations as compared with the conventional manual operations.


Resulting of the dynamics of interest and power, the perception of politics is a delicate, but crucial element of organizational performance measurement. Indeed, the perception of organizational politics reveals a hidden, but genuine face of the business world. Thus, the purpose of this study is to present and test a model which connects the perception of politics, justice and different performance measures. Specifically, we propose that organizational justice moderates the relations between, one the one hand, perception of politics, and, on the other, organizational commitment and discretionary behaviors


This paper summarizes the peculiarities of HPMA copolymerbound doxorubicin as an anticancer drug. It was found that polymer-bound doxorubicin demonstrated higher anticancer activity compared with free doxorubicin. This phenomenon was explained by the following mechanisms of its anticancer action: preferential accumulation in tumors, internalization in membrane-limited organelles, ability to overcome existing multidrug resistance and not to induce it de novo, high intracellular toxicity and inhibition of detoxification enzymes, cell death induction by the activation of specific signaling pathways, and triggering of caspase activation cascades.


The present paper introduced Arabic mathematician As-samawal and his algebra book "the Al-Bahir". The book is significant in the history of mathematics. It included Karaji's binomial theorem and rules of the arithmetic polynomial operations and developed Karaji's theory of polynomial. Besides, the author understood the rule of negative multiplication completely and studied the problem of permutation and combination deeply. Some influence of Chinese traditional mathematical problems can also be found in the book.


Road traffic accidents are a major public health concern, resulting in an estimated 1.2 million deaths and 50 million injuries worldwide each year. Dubai in particular experiences a high rate of such accidents. Research on road safety has been conducted for several years, yet many issues still remain undisclosed and unsolved. Specifically, the relationships between drivers' characteristics and road accidents are not fully understood. In this work, we started by collecting a dataset between 2008 and 2010 from Dubai Police. After preprocessing, we modeled the data to 19 attributes and 5 classes. We used WEKA data mining software with the 4 classifier methods (Decision trees, Rules induction, BayesNet, and MultilayerPerceptron). We applied data mining technologies to link recorded accident, driver, and road factors to accident severity in Dubai, and generated a set of rules that could be used by the Dubai Police to improve safety. Empirical results showed that the developed models could classify accidents within reasonable accuracy. The comparison of these classifiers showed that the neural networks classifier (MultilayerPerceptron algorithm) is the best classifier for all classes. We generated recommendations and conclusions.


This paper outlines the production of an inorganic polymer/geopolymer using a
 metakaolin by an environmental friendly, energy saving, clean technology to
 conserve natural environment and resources. The influence of alkali
 activation, i.e. different concentration of NaOH as a component of alkali
 activator mixture on the process of geopolymerization of metakaolin is
 investigated. Also, process of aging time of geopolymer is followed by
 several analytical methods. The structure of metakaolin and metakaolin based
 geopolymers and their physicochemical properties were studied using X-ray
 diffraction (XRD), Fourier transformation infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) and
 after 28days scanning electron microscopy (SEM) with energy dispersive
 spectroscopy (EDS) was applied for the surface characterization of the
 samples. A shift of the Si-O or Si-O-X (X=Al, Si, Na...) bands as the
 molarity of activator increasing during geopolymerization process was
 observed by FTIR. Mass spectra of geopolymers were characterized by MALDI
 TOF mass spectrometer. Structural reorganization of geopolymer samples
 occurs during the curing/aging in accordance with a geopolymerization
 mechanism.


Abstract: It was observed that 'instructions for the authors' were not strictly followed in some of the manuscripts submitted in the last two years. It was also seen that some manuscripts were carelessly drafted. It was a matter of a great concern that even after bringing the discrepancies to the notice of authors; the revisions were not properly done. Significant time of the Reviewers, Editors and Authors was lost in this process. More importantly this adversely affected the processing of genuine manuscripts. Some measures control this was, therefore, felt. After giving a thought to the entire process and also to ensure the interests of the genuine manuscripts, it is now decided to charge 'US $ 50 as the 'Submission fee'. This amount will be reduced from the article processing charges when the manuscripts gets eventually accepted. This will ensure that the amount being charged to the manuscripts getting accepted remains unaffected. The arrangement will come in force from 1st January 2021.


Juvenile drug courts (JDC) have borrowed the philosophy and models of adult drug courts but the success of JDCs in reducing drug use and criminal behavior has been mixed. This study compared JDC youth with youth receiving standard probation on alcohol and other drug (AOD) and delinquency/criminal re-offending at three through 30 months post-exit from the JDC program or probation. This quasi-experimental study tested JDC effectiveness by examining re-arrests for AOD and criminal offenses 30 months post-intervention and into adulthood. Participants included youth who participated in either JDC (n = 622) or probation only (n = 596) between the years 2003 and 2007. JDC and probation youth did not significantly differ at any of the follow-up time intervals on AOD offending. On the other hand, JDC youth had statistically significantly fewer delinquency/criminal offenses than probationers at all follow-up points, with the difference between the groups getting larger with longer follow-up periods. Implications for practice, policy, and future research with JDC are discussed. Keywords: drug courts, recidivism, delinquency, drug use, probation, juvenile justice Language: en


A summary is given of recovery techniques during the past 30 years. Current innovations are mentioned and the recent research completed and currently in progress. Estimated recovery yields are discussed and areas of oil loss mentioned. The major uses of d-Limonene are described and the new anti-pollution law is discussed. The economics of the limonene market are shown to be tied to the turpentine market. There are comments about the future of terpene resins. Several goals for the future are presented.Paper published with permission.Compilation Copyright © 2018 ASME


The pulsed ultraviolet excimer laser ablation technique was employed to deposit a variety of ferroelectric oxide thin film compositions, including lead zirconate titanate, Pb(Zr,Ti)O3 (multiaxial), bismuth titanate, Bi4Ti3O12 (biaxial), and lead germanate, Pb5Ge3O11 (uniaxial), while maintaining the in situ stoichiometry of films close to that of targets. Growth process parameters such as deposition rates and the stoichiometry of the as‐deposited films were examined and correlated with the ablation fluence, pressure, and substrate temperature. A threshold of ablation energy density has been identified for each type of ferroelectric composition. Evidence of intrinsic bombardment by energetic ablated species, during the thin film deposition, indicated an impact on the composition, structure, and the electrical properties as well. Electrical characterization of the ferroelectric films indicated a dielectric permittivity of 800–1000, a remanent polarization (Pr) of 32 μC/cm2, and a coercive field (Ec) of 100 ...


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Previous studies of scholarly productivity have neglected the impact of departmental and institutional structure on the outcome. This study examines the relationships between departmental and institutional structure, cooperative scholarship, and individualistic scholarship with productivity in 31 highly ranked sociology departments in the United States. We measure scholarly productivity by the number of peer reviewed articles that were published either jointly or individually by faculty members during 2009–2010. By applying fuzzy set qualitative comparative analysis, we conclude that a combination of four conditions are associated with higher levels of scholarly productivity. These are: type of institution (public vs. private), proportion of tenured professors, individualistic scholarship, and cooperative scholarship. The results reveal that the conditions (independent variables) combine in different ways (pathways) to be sufficient for the outcome. Further, we conclude that cooperative scholarship and productivity are more complex constructs than suggested by previous literature and that there are multiple pathways by which departments may facilitate scholarly productivity. We address implications and recommendations for future research.


Almond witches' broom phytoplasma (AlmWB) associated disease was localized mainly in North Lebanon where it became epidemic, and in two other villages one in the South and one in the Bekaa region. Then it spread to the other districts. The recent survey showed that AlmWB caused epidemics on almond, peach and nectarine and became more widespread: it was detected in 16 districts out of a total of 26, extending from extreme North to extreme South. Promising preliminary results on eradication were already obtained in Sarada plain, South Lebanon, where the farmers responded rapidly and the disease was apparently eradicated from that region within three years. In the North, AlmWB eradication will start from the periphery of infested areas towards the inside, the reason is to prevent further spread into new areas. Since the North of Lebanon was considered the epidemic centers of AlmWB in Lebanon, studies may be conducted on alternate hosts, on identification of the disease vector(s) using molecular tools and bioassays, and on evaluation of possible sources of resistance.


Abstract Possible dislocation reactions in face-centred icosahedral quasicrystals are considered from the geometric and energetic points of view. Some typical examples of the reactions between dislocations with different twofold Burgers vectors were confirmed experimentally in a plastically deformed Al-Pd-Mn icosahedral quasicrystal by identification of the Burgers vectors of dislocations in triple-node arrangements. Several examples were investigated in a transmission electron microscope using the defocus convergent-beam electron diffraction technique. On the basis of these dislocation reactions, the experimentally observed fact of an increase in the relative number of dislocations exhibiting a larger phason part of the Burgers vector with increasing plastic strain can be explained.


THE PAULI PRINCIPLE, REPRESENTATION THEORY, AND GEOMETRY OF FLAG VARIETIES Murat Altunbulak P.h.D. in Mathematics Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Alexander A. Klyachko July, 2008 According to the Pauli exclusion principle, discovered in 1925, no two identical electrons may occupy the same quantum state. In terms of electron density matrix this amounts to an upper bound for its eigenvalues by 1. In 1926, it has been replaced by skew-symmetry of a multi-electron wave function. In this thesis we give two different solutions to a problem about the impact of this replacement on the electron density matrix, which goes far beyond the original Pauli principle.


chances of interdisciplinary literary research. It is easy to agree with Swirski's concluding statements that "literature, philosophy, and science are inseparable manifestations of the same human instinct to interrogate the world and help negotiate the experience of living in it" (LK, p. 157) and that, therefore, debates about the state of literary criticism and its future should be "conducted in the spirit of cooperation in which all disciplinary colors blend into one" (LAS, p. 176). The reader may not be entirely convinced that Swirski's books offer "the missing link between the rigorous research orientation of evolutionary literary studies and the aesthetic-cultural criticism of traditional humanistic scholarship" (LAS, p. 171), but they do offer one such link and therefore deserve detailed scrutiny by philosophers and literary theorists alike.


Abstract The purpose of this study is twofold: First, it examines the impact of emotional states and shopping evaluations on customers' store choice intentions before entering the store; second, what atmospheric factors and shopping value evaluations affect customers' emotions after entering the store, which, in turn, influence their final choice decision? To test the proposed hypothesis, data were collected in Pakistan from the real-life customers at a specialty apparel store. Exploratory factor analysis (EFA) and structural equation modeling (SEM) were performed to analyze the data results. Study results disclose that the customers do experience pleasure before being exposed to any environment. The utilitarian value and hedonic value positively affect the store choice intentions of customers before entering a store. While the in-store environmental stimuli influence the pleasure and arousal experienced after entering the store, which, in turn, affects customers' store choice decisions. This particular study adds to the literature by quantitatively studying the impact of emotional states on customer store choice decisions before entering a store, and it also inspects the change in emotions after entering the store in the presence of three component environmental factors such as ambient factors, design factors, and social factors and customers' shopping value evaluations. Therefore, retail managers should consider managing customer feeling states by providing favorable in-store environments, because negative store experience can even ruin the positive feelings customer may have before coming to the store for shopping and experiencing.


The Rockefeller University Press $30.00 J. Cell Biol. Vol. 182 No. 5 937–950 www.jcb.org/cgi/doi/10.1083/jcb.200801152 JCB 937 Correspondence to Carla M. Koehler: email@example.com Abbreviations used in this paper: AAC, ADP/ATP carrier; BN-PAGE, blue native polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis; CL, cardiolipin; CNAP, consecutive nondenaturing affi nity purifi cation; cyt c , cytochrome c ; ETC, electron transport chain; IM, inner membrane; IP, immunoprecipitate; LC – MS/MS, liquid chromatography – tandem mass spectrometry; OXPHOS, oxidative phosphorylation; PEO, progressive external ophthalmoplegia; RCR, respiratory control ratio; Taz1p, tafazzin; wt, wild type. The online version of this article contains supplemental material. Introduction


In the real world, there are many problems requiring the best solution to satisfy numerous objectives and therefore a need for suitable Multi-Objective Optimisation methods. Various Multi-Objective solvers have been developed recently. The classical method is easily implemented but requires repetitive program runs and does not generate a true "Pareto" optimal set. Intelligent methods are increasingly employed, especially population-based optimisation methods to generate the Pareto front in a single run. The Bees Algorithm is a newly developed population-based optimisation algorithm which has been verified in many fields. However, it is limited to solving single optimisation problems. To apply the Bees Algorithm to a Multi- Objective Optimisation Problem, either the problem is converted to single objective optimisation or the Bees Algorithm modified to function as a Multi- Objective solver. To make a problem into a single objective one, the weighted sum method is employed. However, due to failings of this classical method, a new approach is developed to generate a true Pareto front by a single run. This work also introduces an enhanced Bees Algorithm. A new dynamic selection procedure improves the Bees Algorithm by reducing the number of parameters and new neighbourhood search methods are adopted to optimise the Pareto front. The enhanced algorithm has been tested on Multi-Objective benchmark functions and the classical Environmental/Economic power Dispatch Problem (EEDP). The results obtained compare well with those produced by other population- based algorithms. Due to recent trends in renewable energy systems, it is necessary to have a new model of the EEDP. Therefore, the EEDP was amended in conjunction with the Bees Algorithm to identify the best design in terms of energy performance and carbon emission reduction by adopting zero and low carbon technologies. This computer-based tool supports the decision making process in the design of a Low-Carbon City.


Design to Cost is typically performed to optimize one selected product. To gain profitable growth in global business, an approach towards optimization of a product portfolio is necessary instead. To manage the effected increase of complexity and the realization of necessary savings by standardization, modularization and component systems, a sophisticated set of tools and a proven software support beside SAP and PLM is necessary.


Motivation: Structure based methods for drug design offer great potential for in-silico discovery of novel drugs but require accurate models of the target protein. Because many proteins, in particular transmembrane proteins, are difficult to characterize experimentally, methods of protein structure prediction are required to close the gap between sequence and structure information. Established methods for protein structure prediction work well only for targets of high homology to known proteins, while biophysics based simulation methods are restricted to small systems and require enormous computational resources. Results: Here we investigate the performance of a world-wide distributed computing network, POEM@HOME, which implements a biophysical model for protein modeling, as a robust computational infrastructure for protein structure prediction. We demonstrate the use of this network for the time-consuming energy relaxations for decoy sets and two targets of the 2010 protein structure prediction assessment (CASP). Conclusion: We demonstrated the use of the POEM@HOME network as a robust computational resource for protein structure prediction based on relaxation in biophysical models. Efforts to implement a web-interface to make this resource available to lifescience researchers are presently under way.


The conventional water quality testing method measured the pollution level after pollutants are discharged. If the water quality deteriorates on a constant cycle by nature, such cyclic pollution can be prevented by monitoring the water quality through the prediction of such cycle. To build a water quality prediction system using cyclic patterns, the author applied Markov Model in this study. In other words, since the probability values are dependent of the immediate past, an analysis of them will enable it to prevent water pollution. This approach was applied to both the pollution prediction by the manipulated pollution discharge and the pollution prediction on a natural cycle, which is expected to increase the accuracy in pollution prediction using Markov Process.


Further vocational education is a crucial part in China higher education. The majority learner is adult with employment. Their learning needs and objectives are totally different from youth. This paper mainly focuses on degree-level curriculum development in further vocational education. Qualitative method is used to collect data and analyse staff perception on curriculum development. After data coding and discourse analysis to the interview contents, the research found that the further vocational curriculum objective, curriculum content and curriculum assessment suit the adult learner.


Leo Kanner,I although not the first to describe this serious and intriguing developmental disorder of early childhood,2 so precisely captured its essential features that the clinical account of his first 11 cases has never been bettered. The salient characteristics he mentioned were an 'extreme autistic aloneness' from the beginning of life, delay and abnormality in language acquisition with echolalia and pronomial reversal, and 'an obsessional desire for the maintenance of sameness' in the presence of islets of normality, in particular an excellent rote memory. He saw the primary deficit as an inborn disturbance of affective contact and later described similar, although very mild features of emotional coldness and obsessionality in the parents. Since then research into autism and related developmental disorders has flourished, there is a journal entirely devoted to them and, although they are so rare, their elucidation promises to shed light on many unanswered questions both about normal development of language and sociability and about the nature of a number of clinical conditions. Recent growth areas of research have been the genetics of autism, the relation between autism and allied clinical syndromes, the nature of the psychological dysfunctions of autistic people, and the effects of specific treatment interventions. There have also been changes in how the condition is perceived and classified in the newer systems of diagnostic classification. Before reviewing recent progress, some basic facts must be recalled.


Information technology has covered a global village of Software testing as a service. Data is very important for every organization as it is difficult to test a real world environment in terms of hardware, software licensing, simulator etc. This qualitative study illustrates the concept of Software testing as a service and methods used to give these services to the customer or software organizations. SAAS is an active and challenging activity in the technological era. TESTQUAL tool is used for measuring the performance of tester's services for both developer and end user in terms of software quality and investigate different quality measures of the end user in the direction of tangibility, user satisfaction and agency oversight.This study focuses the tools that can be used to test the quality of software for the developer and end user. It also describes the framework of TESTQUAL and practical implementation of the TESTQUAL. Tangibility is measured for the requirement of software and hardware is being used and proper documentation is use for every process to meet requisite of the user. Alpha and beta testing is used to measure the user satisfaction in contact with the software. Testers are the agents to measure the quality of software for the user in this research article. This research article assures that the developed software is accurate, consistent, reliable and secure according to the expectations of the end user.The perspective of software testing as a service will improve the software quality services by implementable and structured TESTQUAL tool that will give tremendous benefits to both developers and end user whereas STAAS allows the organizations and developer to pay for the services when they need and which one they need. It gives automation testing with low cost that is a flexible and cost efficient benefit of STAAS.


Background:  Cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) device and coronary sinus (CS) lead extraction is required due to the occurrence of system infection, malfunction, or upgrade. Published series of CS lead extraction are limited by small sample sizes. We present a 10‐year experience of CRT device and CS lead extraction.


SIDEBAR: ASK THE CEOS [VIEWS OF PRESIDENTS OF MAJOR US AIRLINES ON INDUSTRY STRUCTURE, COMPETITION] CHART: WHAT A DIFFERENCE 20 YEARS CAN MAKE [PERCENTAGE OF POPULATION WHICH HAS EVER FLOWN, ANNUAL PASSENGERS, PERCENTAGE OF SEATS OCCUPIED, AVERAGE SEAT PITCH IN COACH, COST AND PROFIT DATA]


Your wine label has only a few seconds to attract a customer in a crowded store. How do you make it stand out from the crowd? What design elements should you consider when targeting different consumer groups? International columnist Robert Joseph talks to some designers.


With the development of the Internet of Things (IoT), the delay caused by network transmission has led to low data processing efficiency. The emergence of edge computing can effectively reduce the delay of data transmission and improve data processing capacity. However, at the same time, the IoT faces important challenges, and edge computing uses a large number of distributed devices, making it difficult to perform centralized control. When an edge node is attacked, the attacker can continue to invade its connected nodes, thereby mining and stealing a user's private data and causing losses. Once the edge layer communication link is attacked or accidentally interrupted, the user's private information is likely to be leaked. To solve these problems, this paper proposes to protect user privacy by using differential privacy. First, according to the three-layer communication link structure of edge computing, a data query model is proposed; the main function is to capture the structure information and the data center connection weight and to query the connection relationship between the edge node and the client. Second, the edge node is regarded as the central server, and the differential privacy theory is used to realize the protection of location privacy. Finally, to reduce the data loss caused in the process of location protection, linear programming is adopted to realize the selection of the optimal location fuzzy matrix, and data loss and reconstruction methods are used to minimize the data uncertainty. In comparison to the existing differential privacy method, the method in this paper can achieve better privacy protection and can effectively reduce data loss.


In this paper a new methodology to characterize the breakdown of microwave electron devices under realistic device operation is described. Different experimental examples will be provided in order to demonstrate the validity of the proposed characterization technique with respect to the ones commonly adopted.


This paper reports an investigation of the fundamental rotation–vibration absorption induced in hydrogen by an electric field. The integrated absorption coefficients of the first four components of...


Sensory texture characteristics of cooked rice were predicted with a texture analyzer using a full predictive model (partial least square regression; PLSR) and an optimized predictive model (jackknife resampling method; JRM). Texture parameters of 102 cooked rice samples were measured using a spectral stress strain analysis. Eleven sensory texture characteristics were evaluated using a trained descriptive panel. JRM showed slightly better prediction for sensory texture attributes than PLSR due to the removal of insignificant variables. The following four sensory attributes were strongly predicted by JRM based on the calibration model correlation coefficient (Rcal): cohesion of bolus (Rcal = 0.78), adhesion to lips (Rcal = 0.83), cohesiveness (Rcal = 0.69), and hardness (Rcal = 0.72). Cohesiveness, toothpull and toothpack were moderately predicted (Rcal ≥ 0.60). The results from the texture analyzer were able to estimate sensory texture attributes, which were directly related to texture characteristics such as hardness, stickiness, cohesiveness, etc.


In the fifth-generation (5G) high-speed train (HST) system operating in the millimeter-wave (mmWave) band, a much higher Doppler shift occurs. Doppler shift severely degrades reception performance in orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM)-based wireless communication systems. The performance of the Doppler shift estimator is directly related to safety in the HST because the 5G HST system is used for train control. Therefore, it is necessary to develop a fast and accurate Doppler shift estimator (DSE) with low complexity. In this paper, we propose a new machine learning-based DSE (MLDSE). Taking note of the fact that an HST travels the same path repeatedly, the MLDSE estimates the Doppler shift by using the reference signal received power (RSRP) values measured by the mobile receiver at all times. However, since there is a one-to-many mapping problem when the RSRP values reflecting the 5G beam sweeping and selection correspond to Doppler shifts, machine learning cannot be performed. To solve this problem, we design an RSRP ambiguity reducer (AR) for the machine learning input so that the pattern of RSRP values can be mapped and learned into corresponding Doppler shifts. As a result, MLDSE can estimate Doppler shift more accurately than any HST DSEs known to the authors. In addition, an MLDSE consisting of only three layers is superior to the conventional techniques in terms of computational complexity as well as estimation accuracy.


This research presents an experimental investigation on the heat transfer performance and pressure drop characteristics of a heat sink with miniature square pin fin structure using nanofluids as coolant. ZnO-water nanofluids with particle concentrations of 0.2, 0.4 and 0.6 vol.% are used as working fluid and then compared with the data for water-cooled heat sink. Heat sink made from aluminum material with dimension around 28 x 33 x 25 mm (width x length x thickness). The heat transfer area and hydraulic diameter of the each flow channel is designed at 1,565 mm2 and 1.2 mm respectively. Uniform heat flux at the bottom of heat sink is achieved using an electric heater. The experimental data illustrate that the thermal performance of heat sink using nanofluids as coolant is average 14% higher than that of the water-cooled heat sink. For pressure drop, the data show that the pressure drop of nanofluids is a few percent larger than that of the water-cooled heat sink.


In spite of the legal basis for implementing guidance and counseling in higher education is not as complete and detailed as counseling services in primary and secondary education units, a number of regulations indicate that guidance and counseling services are an important element in the organization of college. This research aims to formulate a program of counseling services based on appropriate qur'ani values according to the expert and describe the frequency of usage of the counseling service program to resolve student problems. This developmental research is carried out using the steps of the ADDIE model (Analyze, Design, Development, Implementation, and Evaluation). The subjects of research trial consist of 3 experts and 3 product users (counselors), taken using the purposive sampling method. The analysis technique used is descriptive statistics and Kendall concordance coefficient tests. The results indicate that: (1) a counseling service program based on qur'ani values is considered appropriate to be given to students; (2) the usability level of qur'ani valuesbased counseling service programs is considered highly usable to be used as a reference in counseling services.


When the streamwise scale of the wind farm exceeds an order of magnitude of the atmospheric boundary layer height, it becomes the fully-developed wind farm, which is an important theoretical model to study the flow mechanisms of large wind power plants. However, existing studies are only focused on the regular wind farm layout, and the influence of the layout on the flow characteristics, vertical structure, and mean kinetic energy budget of the atmospheric boundary layer is still not well understood. To this end, we utilize high-fidelity large-eddy simulation to investigate the influence of layout with different wind turbine densities. The results show that layouts can significantly influence the local flow features around wind turbines and flow inhomogeneity of the wind farm, but the influence is limited to the inner layer and wake layer. With the same wind farm density, the mean relative equivalent roughness height difference is only 6.5% and the power harvested difference by wind turbines is about 5.1% between different layouts.


Organic acids excreted by soil-living fungi as a response to heavy metal (Pb and Cd) stress : Part 1: capillary zone electrophoresis-electrospray ionization-mass spectrometry for quantitative analysis


Controlling the timbre generated by an audio synthesizer in a goal-oriented way requires a profound understanding of the synthesizer's manifold structural parameters. Especially shaping timbre expressively to communicate emotional affect requires expertise. Therefore, novices in particular may not be able to adequately control timbre in view of articulating the wealth of affects musically. In this context, the focus of this paper is the development of a model that can represent a relationship between timbre and an expected emotional affect. The results of the evaluation of the presented model are encouraging and thus support its use in steering or augmenting the control of the audio synthesis. We explicitly envision this paper as a contribution to the field of Synthesis by Analysis in the broader sense, albeit being potentially suitable to other related domains.


Image range blocks are encoded based on fixed location domain blocks in different wavelet scales.Furthermore,the encoding time can be shortened by using the correlation between different wavelet scales.Simulations show that compared to the searchless method in spatial domain,the runtime of our method is shortened about 7 times with a little loss of PSNR,while the compression ratio increases 3 times or so.


In-reactor creep strain and fracture strain were determined for type 316 stainless steel at 430, 550, and 625/sup 0/C. Specimens were irradiated in EBR-II to a fluence of 5 x 10/sup 26/ n/m/sup 2/ (E > 0.1 MeV). Strain rates of 10/sup -10/ to 10/sup -9/ S/sup -1/ were achieved by using a swelling driven device to apply stress. Fracture strains of 6% at 550/sup 0/C and 1% at 625/sup 0/C were observed. All fractures were intergranular as expected for such low strain rates.


This paper examines notices with a directive function that have been translated from Greek into English in the
 public spaces of Thessaloniki. In particular, it explores the ways in which Greek politeness is expressed and how this politeness
 is rendered in the English translation of the original Greek texts. The paper uses photographic data collected in 2020. Using Brown and Levinson's (1987) concept of
 face, the methodology used is a combination of the qualitative ethnographic approach employed in contemporary linguistic landscape
 research and Bourdieu's habitus approach used in the sociology of translation. The analysis shows that the translations examined
 often retain aspects of Greek politeness strategies, affecting the message of the English target text to varying degrees.


OBJECTIVE
To investigate the survival period of Yunnan Province-derived smooth-shelled Oncomelania snails bred in laboratory.

METHODS
Oncomelania snails were sampled from Heqing and Yongsheng counties where schistosomiasis is endemic, and uninfected adult snails were collected and bred in laboratory. The survival period of snails sampled from these two counties was compared.

RESULTS
The 1-, 2-, 3- and 4-year survival rates of laboratory-bred smooth-shelled snails sampled from Yunnan Province were 72.36%, 29.11%, 13.08% and 0.21%, respectively, and were 74.66%, 38.91%, 19.46% and 0.45% for snails derived from Heqing County, and 70.36%, 20.55%, 7.51% and 0 for snails sampled from Yongsheng County, respectively. The mean and median survival period of Yunnan Province-derived adult snails was 20.90 and 20.67 months, and there were significant differences between the snails sampled from Heqing and Yongsheng counties in terms of the mean (22.94 vs. 19.13 months, P < 0.05) and median survival period (21.63 vs. 19.81 months, P < 0.05).

CONCLUSIONS
The mean survival period of Yunnan Province-derived smooth-shelled adult snails is approximately 20 months in laboratory, and the survival varies in geographical areas.


Social scientists have used agent-based models to understand how individuals interact and behave in various political, ecological and economic scenarios. Agent-based models are ideal for understanding such models involving interacting individuals producing emergent phenomenon. Sugarscape is one of the most famous examples of a social agent-based model which has been used to show how societies grow in the real world.
This paper builds on the Sugarscape model, using the Flexible Large scale Agent-based modelling Environment (FLAME) to simulate three different scenarios of the experiment, which are based on the Sugar and Citizen locations. FLAME is an agent-based modelling framework which has previously been used to model biological and economic models. The paper includes details on how the model was written and the various parameters set for the simulation. The results of the model simulated are processed for three scenarios and analysed to see what affect the initial starting states of the agents had on the overall result obtained through the model and the variance in simulation time of processing the model on multicore architectures.
The experiments highlight that there are limitations of the FLAME framework and writing simulation models in general which are highly dependent on initial starting states of a model, also raising further potential work which can be built into the Sugarscape model to study other interesting phenomenon in social and economic laws.


Product quality, development productivity, and staffing needs are main cost drivers in software development. The paper proposes a cost-effectiveness indicator that combines these drivers using an economic criterion.


We propose to realize second-order topological superconductivity in bilayer spin-polarized Fermi gas superfluids. We focus on systems with intralayer chiral $p$-wave pairing and with tunable interlayer hopping and interlayer interactions. Under appropriate circumstances, an interlayer even-parity $s$- or $d$-wave pairing may coexist with the intralayer $p$-wave. Our model supports localized Majorana zero modes not only at the corners of the system geometry, but also at the terminations of certain one-dimensional defects, such as lattice line defects and superfluid domain walls. We show how such topological phases and the Majorana zero modes therein can be manipulated in a multitude of ways by tuning the interlayer pairing and hopping. Generalized to spinful systems, we further propose that the putative $p$-wave superconductor Sr$_{2}$RuO$_{4}$, when subject to uniaxial strains, may also realize the desired topological phase.


On December 31,2008,Party General Secretary Hu Jingtao made a speech at the forum of the 30~(th) anniversary of the publication of A Letter to Taiwan Compatriots.Mr.Hu's important speech will serve as a guide to the development of the cross-straits relations.To maintain the cross-straits relations and the peaceful development,however,we still have a lot of difficulties and challenges.We need to keep up with our study of Mr.Hu's important speech and find solutions to the problems.


Both-sided LASIK(BSL)is a modified operation of LASIK.Microkeratom is used to make flap.At first,it aims at the flap inner surface and runs the step to ablate the flap stroma,and then turns to the pupil center to run the second step. According to the patients' diopter and corneal thickness,BSL is ensured that the residual corneal stromal bed is thicker than 250? m,so that it could decrease the possibility of corneal bulge.BSL operation method keeps corneal epithelium and the whole cornea in the natural anatomic status,so there could be not obvious epithelia hyperplasia and muddle and the visual acuity can recover soon,especially for eyes with insufficient residual bed thickness.BSL is a viable alternative to treat corneas with minimal residual tissue whether primary or enhancement procedures are needed.It appears to have less potential for changing the posterior corneal surface than the conventional LASIK enhancement.Besides,it can help reduce the likelihood of retreatment-induced keratectasia. This article reviewed the research on BSL in recent years.


Bacteraemia is one of the important causes of mortality and morbidity worldwide. The emergence of multidrug-resistant bacterial strains is a major problem in its management. To encourage the prudent use of appropriate antibiotics in a tertiary care study was undertaken. A total of 282 patients with suspected bacteraemia from indoor and outdoor patients were included in this study. Blood samples were processed in the microbiology laboratory and bacteria were recognized by standard laboratory methods and then antibiotic susceptibility test was performed following CLSI guidelines. Out of a total of 282 blood samples, 55(19.50%) were culture positive. Among 55 positive cultures, Gram-positive Cocci and Gram-negative Bacilli were 48(87.3%) and 7(12.7%) respectively. The most predominant organisms were Staphylococcus aureus comprising 42(76.36%), followed by Salmonella typhi 4(7.30%), E. coli 2(3.63%) and Acinetobacter spp 1(1.81%). Among the isolated Staphylococcus spp, only 6(10.9%) isolates were Coagulase-Negative (CoNS). In antibiotic susceptibility test, all of the isolated bacterial pathogens were found susceptible to imipenem and meropenem (100%). For Salmonella typhi, all 4 isolated strains were found resistant to amoxicillin, amoxicillin+clavulanic acid (amoxyclave) and cephradine and 3 out of 4(75%) were susceptible to ciprofloxacin and levofloxacin. Most of the Gram-positive Cocci (GPC) were susceptible to levofloxacin (90%), ciprofloxacin (85%), and amikacin (83%). Both of E. coli and Acinetobacter spp were sensitive to amikacin (100%). This study stresses the need for continuous screening and surveillance for antibiotic resistance that would influence appropriate empiric treatment and infection control strategies for bacteremic cases.

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ObjectiveThis study aimed to explore to what extent the data collected for patients with low back pain, breast cancer, and stroke, based on the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) Checklist, reflect the hypothesized single latent dimension functioning and whether the ICF qualifier scale expresses a clearly defined ordered sequence of response options. DesignData including ratings of 56 ICF categories for low back pain, 54 for breast cancer, and 84 for stroke were analyzed using the Rasch model. ResultsFor each health condition, most of the ICF categories fit the Rasch model. In most of them, one or two of the four threshold estimates were reversed before collapsing the response options. The collapsing strategy 01122 was proposed. ConclusionsThe fit residual statistics showed that most of the ICF categories selected for each of the health conditions reflect the single latent variable functioning. The ordering of the ICF qualifier scale was not consistent with the intended order.


Research establishes that child abuse and neglect is a contributing factor to many chronic diseases and psychological problems (CDC, 2008). Since 1969, Parents Anonymous Inc. has implemented a strengthsbased model of child abuse and neglect prevention serving millions of parents/caregivers and children of all ages in diverse communities worldwide impacting this public health issue. The courageous founders, a tenacious mother, Jolly K., and a social worker, Leonard Lieber, developed this unique mutual support and shared leadership model framed around the belief that all parents/caregivers, children and youth have strengths that can be fostered and through a positive and caring environment. The outcomes of the Parents Anonymous Program include improvements in individual behaviors, family dynamics, community well-being and responsive public policy which reflect across the social ecological prevention framework (Garbarino, 1977).


Breaking bad news comes in various forms. It is a regrettable but important duty that must be done conscientiously, yet it tends to receive scant attention in dental training. This article examines the communication skills involved in breaking bad news to patients


Introduction Part I. God: 1. Trinity Ronald J. Feenstra 2. Necessity Brian Leftow 3. Simplicity Brian Davies 4. Omnipotence, omniscience, and omnipresence William J. Wainwright 5. Goodness John E. Hare 6. Eternity and providence William Hasker Part II. God in Relation to Creation: 7. Incarnation Katherin A. Rogers 8. Resurrection Stephen T. Davis 9. Atonement Gordon Graham 10. Sin and salvation Paul K. Moser 11. The problem of evil Chad Meister 12. Church William Abraham 13. Religious rites Charles Taliaferro 14. Revelation and miracles Sandra Menssen and Thomas D. Sullivan 15. Prayer Harriet Harris 16. Heaven and hell Jerry L. Walls.


In order to find an approximate representation of a function φ by elements of a certain finite dimensional space, it is possible to use values of this function at some finite set of points xβ , = 0,1,..., N β . The corresponding problem is called the interpolation problem, and the points xβ the interpolation nodes. There are polynomial and spline interpolations. Now the theory of spline interpolation is fast developing. Many books are devoted to the theory of splines, for example, Ahlberg et al [1], Arcangeli et al [2], Attea [3], Berlinet and Thomas-Agnan [4], Bojanov et al [5], de Boor [7], Eubank [9], Green and Silverman [12], Ignatov and Pevniy [17], Korneichuk et al [18], Laurent [19], Mastroianni and Milovanovic [20], Nürnberger [21], Schumaker [23], Stechkin and Subbotin [29], Vasilenko [30], Wahba [32] and others. Suppose the functions φ belong to the Hilbert space (see [[1], Chapter 3])


The application of a nonlinear lumped element circuit model for Schottky varactor diodes is presented in this paper. The nonlinear parameters of the GaAs varactor diode are extracted using small and large signal measurements. The modelled and measured results show strong agreement.


A series of cationic poly(acrylate ionic liquid)s having a triethylene glycol (TEG) spacer and a pendant 1,2,3-triazolium group is synthesized by post-polymerization sequential chemical modifications. A chloride-functionalized polyacrylate common precursor is first obtained by reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT) polymerization of a TEG-based chloride-functionalized acrylate. Sequential azidation, copper-catalyzed azide–alkyne cycloaddition with 1-pentyne and alkylation of the resulting 1,2,3-triazole by methyl iodide affords a poly(acrylate ionic liquid) having pendant 3-methyl-4-propyl-1,2,3-triazolium iodide groups. Further anion metathesis with three different fluorinated salts yields a series of 1,2,3-triazolium-based PILs with distinct counter anions. The polymer precursors and resulting poly(1,2,3-triazolium ionic liquid)s (PTILs) are characterized by 1H NMR spectroscopy, size exclusion chromatography (SEC), differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) and broadband dielectric spectroscopy (BDS). Well-defined PTIL derivative with bis(trifluoromethane)sulfonimide anion (Mn = 113,600 g mol−1 and Đ = 1.23) exhibits the lowest glass transition temperature (Tg = −36 °C), the highest thermal stability (Td10 = 321 °C) and the highest anhydrous ionic conductivity (σDC = 1.1 × 10−5 S cm−1 at 30 °C) of the series.


We visualize material modification during laser micromachining, in particular, laser waveguide fabrication in flexible Corning® Willow® Glass via time-resolved interferometry, and single-shot frequency-domain holography which is a robust technique for studying permanent material change/damage. © 2019 The Author(s)


The present invention includes a computer implemented method for recognizing and correcting the red eye in an image, apparatus and computer-readable media. The method and operation of determining the presence of at least one homogeneous color region (620), operation of the eye of the image to determine whether surrounds at least one circular region of homogeneous color (630,410,420,430, and 440, 450) includes at least one color operation to replace the color of the circular area and a (640) the color of the area surrounding the direct at least one circular region of uniform color.


The objective of the research was to identify the organizational practices for the accumulation of knowledge and the information management tools that foster their development in organizations. For this, a methodology was designed based on the systematic review and analysis of content, which would allow the relevant identification of knowledge accumulation practices and information management tools. Related to the organizational practices for the accumulation of knowledge, 79 practices were initially identified, which were consolidated into 17 for the internal creation of knowledge and 12 for the acquisition of external knowledge. About information management tools, 58 were initially identified, which were consolidated into 4 under the content approach and 14 under the technology focus as such. The investigation allowed to conclude that the capacity of accumulation of knowledge, understood as the internal creation of knowledge and the acquisition of external knowledge of organizations, is supported through its practices, techniques and information management tools that promote its construction and developmen


Engineering buildings and structures are objects of increased responsibility. Under certain conditions, buildings and structures are subjects to negative impacts caused by various environmental factors (activation of faults, earthquakes, erosion, freezing, etc.) and technological factors. During operation, it is necessary to control the technical condition of the object and the existing dynamic effects, possibly danger, for the structure and for its parts. The basis for the development of the control method is the results of research devoted to the study of the dynamic effects arising in the dams and the structures hydroelectric power station. This paper shows the results of the analysis of the obtained seismic materials from seismic stations near the Novosibirsk hydroelectric power station and at a distance of about 16 km from it. From the recorded seismic vibrations, signals were identified, the sources of which are the technogenic effects of the operating equipment of the Novosibirsk hydroelectric power station. The possibility of tracking changes in operating modes of hydraulic units at a great distance from the object itself is shown. Shown is the transformation of the received signal by the noise subtraction method to improve the signal-to-noise ratio.


Hypocotyls of Pinus densiflora, a species known to be resistant to western gall rust, were inoculated with Endocronartium harknessii and examined by light and electron microscopy. Host cells, when initially infected, were apparently unaffected, as were the haustoria within them. Seedlings were observed to respond to infection in two ways. In the first type of response, infected cells showed signs of necrosis by 9 days after inoculation, although infecting haustoria appeared normal. By 18 days, most cortical cells in the centre of the infected region were necrotic, as were the haustoria within them. Infected cells at the colony margin still appeared healthy, indicating that host cell necrosis lagged behind infection and only occurred after the haustorium was established. Four weeks after inoculation, a ring of suberized and lignified endodermal cells separated the infected cortex from the uninfected vascular tissue and appeared to prevent further inward growth of the fungus. The second response type involv...


1. Different plant species show considerable variation in their selenium content. Primary indicators, also termed selenium accumulators, many of which are members of the genus Astragalus, are highly tolerant of selenium; they are known to contain tissue levels of several thousand µg selenium/g. Secondary indicators, tolerant to low concentrations of the element, may absorb up to 1000 µg selenium/g. Non‐accumulators are poisoned by selenium.


The Baseball II magnet system has satisfactorily completed engineering testing at LRL. Over a three day period the magnet was lowered to 30°K by a helium refrigerator. Then the magnet was filled with liquid helium from the 10,000 liter storage dewar and energized to about 75% of its capability. The electrical and magnet quench systems performed satisfactorily. However, helium loss rates were greater than necessary because the permanent heat shield was not installed. A plasma beam line is being completed that incorporates superconducting magnetic shielding to protect the injected beam from the Baseball II fringe field.


The research aimed to do job analysis in holistic nursing wards of general hospitals. The outcome can be used in recruiting or selecting new staff,rewards evaluation,nursing training assessment, performance appraisal, et al. This job analysis used questionnaires and non-structure interviewing.Data were from four tertiary general hospitals.The principle duties and responsibilities involved in primary nursing job in the wards, job relations, chance for training and advancing, and personal qualifications needed for the job were analysed. Problem and rethinking in nursing human resource management were discussed as well as. The job analysis, which was firstly used in this research, were based on scientific method instead of experience.


The utility model provides a three-sub-wheel luggage with a double-cylinder-spring cushioning device. According to the luggage, a lifting handle is arranged on one side and a retractable pull rod is arranged on the other side; a pulley seat is arranged at the center of the side bottom of the lifting handle and is rotatably fixed with a single wheel; a concave-surface right-angle roller wheel seat is arranged on each of the two sides of the side bottom of the retractable pull rod and can be used for containing the double-cylinder-spring cushioning device; as the improvement, the double-cylinder-spring cushioning device comprises a left cylinder spring and a right cylinder spring which are the same in shape and size, and a swinging cushioning frame; the swinging cushioning frame is provided with an upper end pin hole and a lower end shaft hole; the swinging cushioning frame is provided with a left deep concave ring and a right deep concave ring; a concave plane is provided with a fixed pin shaft which is in sliding fit with the upper end pin hole; the lower end of a cylinder of the left cylinder spring is fixed on the left deep concave ring; the upper end of the cylinder of the left cylinder spring is positioned in a left right-angle face circular convex ring; the lower end of a cylinder of the right cylinder spring is fixed on the right deep concave ring; the upper end of the cylinder of the right cylinder spring is positioned in a right right-angle face circular convex ring.


Outsourcing of Library Work is just unfolding in the libraries of China. One of its most important parts is the way to carry out sampling test. This paper discusses problems on how to use hypothesis testing to test the quality of cataloguing data and ascertain the amount of samples in every test.


Section I: Underlying Theoretical Precepts. 1. The Unconscious and the Archaeology of Human Relationships. Section II: The Core Relational Problem. 2. Construction of the Developmental Hypothesis: The Hypothesis. 3. Construction of the Developmental Hypothesis: Method of Data Gathering. 4. The Place of the Signifier in Psychoanalytic Object Relations Theory. 5. The Contribution of Family System Pathology to Core Relational Problems. 6. Belief Systems and the Analytic Work. Section III: Some Common Clinical Problems and Issues. 7. Deciphering the Compromise Formation: A Psychological Rosetta Stone. 8. "OCD": The Medicalization of Psychopathology and the Importance of Preserving a Psychology of the Mind. 9. Working with Dissociated Self--States. 10. Cherchez La Mere: Disturbances of Object--Seeking Behavior in the Wake of Early Abandonment Experience. 11. Money Issues and Analytic Neutrality. 12. Religion, Values, and Clinical Issues. 13. The Therapist's Core Relationship Problem: Countertransference Resistence. 14. Moments of Decision: What Do I Say? What Do I Do?. Section IV: Difficult Patients and Clinical Problems. 15. Interminable Therapy and Transference Resistance. 16. When "Helping" Doesn't Help: The Negative Therapeutic Reaction. 17. "Moral Masochism" Revisited: Working With the "Good Girl". 18. "Those Wrecked by Success" Revisited: Envy and the Fear of Being Envied. 19. Managed Care as a Clinical Issue. Section V: For Supervisors Only. Core Relational Problems and the Supervision Process.


The author analyzes the basic education curricula innovation on the retrospection of models of rigid curricula and its demerits The curricula objectives, details, structure, resource and the evaluation are also discussed


This paper presents the simulation approach used to understand package crack signatures of a leadframe package under different mechanical loading scenarios. Package crack is one of the common problems with semiconductor packages. A better understanding of the different crack signatures would help identify the root cause quickly and be able to find the correct solution. In this study, a high precision materials testing system was used to apply mechanical loading to the package simulating different scenarios that could produce the crack. Based on the testing results, cracks have distinct signatures depending on how the force is applied. With the different signatures identified, this approach makes it easy to find the root cause of the crack in actual applications or assembly processes and resolve the problem faster.


Olympus Corporation of the Americas, the largest distributor of endoscopes in the US, has agreed to pay $646 million (£459m; €594m) to resolve criminal charges and civil claims related to a scheme to pay kickbacks to doctors and hospitals in the US and Latin America that bought the company's products, the US Department of Justice announced on 1 March. Under a three year deferred prosecution agreement, the company will be able to avoid conviction if it complies with reform and compliance requirements.

In a statement, Olympus acknowledged the company's responsibility for …


The automobile safety belt retaining system with waist belt regulator includes one conventional safety belt retaining system for rider with standard physique to use and one waist belt regulator. The use of the waist belt regulator increases one waist belt fixing point to the chair and has reduced distance between the rider's buttocks and the waist belt fixing point. In the other design scheme of the present invention, one buffering block is embedded between chair back and the chair in the position near the hinge of the chair for filling the space between the rider's buttocks and the waist belt. The automobile safety belt retaining system of the present invention can protect the rider from direct impact in case of collision to the automobile.


The invention relates to an ultraviolet light curing optical adhesive. By weight, the ultraviolet light polymerization optical adhesive comprises 50-100 parts of prepolymer, 20-90 parts of inertia resin, 35-70 parts of monomer, 5-12 parts of photoinitiator, 2-3 parts of coupling agents and 1-2 parts of addition agents. Contraction generated by curing of the ultraviolet light curing optical adhesive is very small, hardness of curing material is small, the flexibility of molecular chains is high and internal stress generated by curing is further absorbed.


With the increasing frequency of international communication and the proposition of "Belt and Road", China is committed to developing economic partnership with countries along the route. Under this background, the development of English major teaching and talents cultivation in colleges and universities is more powerful to connect with the social and economic construction and international communication. "Belt and Road" strategy has brought new challenges and opportunities to the cultivation of English major talents. How to deepen the connotation construction and how to innovate the mode of talent cultivation of English major are important issues. This work put forward the cultivation mode of English major talents under the background of "Belt and Road" and provided advantageous professional talents support for "Belt and Road" strategy in China.


Embedded systems are computer-based reactive designs that interact directly and dynamically with their environment. When embedded systems are used in safety critical applications, the design process must be able to give safety guarantees to avoid any consequent risks. In this paper, we propose an approach to check safety properties of the dynamical environment of embedded systems using the computer algebra system Maple and the constraints solver RealPaver. The methodology we present is suitable when the dynamics are described by a set of polynomial ordinary differential equations, and the safety conditions in the properties are described as constraints using algebraic inequalities. Such modeling can be useful in representing classes of embedded systems (e.g., optical, mechanical, analog) at functional and behavioral levels.


We have recently published exciting and cutting-edge articles on global burning agrarian issues, as well as several special issues: • 'Critical Perspectives in Agrarian Change and Peasant Studies' (2009) • 'Biofuels, Land and Agrarian Change' guest edited by Phil McMichael and Ian Scoones (2010) • 'New Frontiers of Land Control' guest edited by Nancy Peluso and Christian Lund (2011) • 'Green Grabbing: a New Appropriation of Nature?' guest edited by James Fairhead, Melissa Leach & Ian (...)


A new rotor position and speed observer of permanent magnet synchronous motor was proposed based on the least square algorithm to accurately estimate the rotor position and speed and achieve sensorless control.Observer used the voltage equation in the synchronous rotating coordinate system,saw the voltage and current as the information variables and the rotor speed as parameter variables,used identification model of the least squares algorithm for online identification of the speed.The algorithm was simple and the computation cost was small.The results of MATLAB simulation showed that this control method was effective with its rapid response speed and strong robustness.


The Amazon harbors the largest river drainage in the world. Within its water bodies lies an immense diversity of habitats, with several forest streams (igarapés), large river channels, floating vegetation, flooded forest and water with very distinct physical and chemical properties. Such environments are home to the greatest diversity of freshwater fish on Earth. Several species can be readily recognized by morphological characteristics, however, other form cryptic species complex whose identification is very difficult. Such scenario suggests that several diversification mechanisms can have contributed to the formation of new species. However, few studies have directly investigated the processes that mediate the formation of new species as distinguished by the biological species concept. In fact, studies on the origin and maintenance of reproductive isolation in Amazonian fish are largely absent. The present thesis aimed IX at investigating diversification process by analyzing ecological and evolutionary characteristics of the sailfin tetra Crenuchus spilurus (Characiformes: Crenuchidae), a species that occurs over a huge geographical range (over three million squared kilometers), encompassing rivers of the Amazon basin, Orinoco basin and coastal rivers of the Guianas. Using direct field observations, diet analysis and analysis of reproductive parameters, we raised which intrinsic and extrinsic characteristic of the species could contribute to the expansion of geographical range and which characteristics could point toward a morphological conservatism in the species. Based on sequencing of genetic markers, we found a clear distinction between two linages that occur at ecogeographical parapatric distribution. One of the lineages is restricted to the blackwaters of the Rio Negro, an environment that is acidic and nutrient poor; the second lineage occurs throughout the remainder of the distribution, mostly within drainages that flow to whitewater rivers. Although possessing little morphological distinction, such lineages are reproductively isolated, with acidic and nutrient poor waters penalizing the fitness of the lineage that does not occur in such environment. These results suggest that the two lineages developed adaptations to the local chemical conditions. The low fitness of individuals from whitewater drainages that were exposed to blackwater-like conditions result in reproductive isolation between the lineages, which strongly suggests that distinct water types hampers gene flow between the lineages, thus mediating the (ecological) speciation process. Our results are aligned with recent studies that suggest, for other species, that amazon water types represent an important component in the formation of new species in the Amazon


In this paper, we study the schrodinger equation and wave equation with the Dirichlet boundary condition on a connected finite graph. The explicit expressions for solutions are given and the energy conservations are derived. Applications to the corresponding nonlinear problems are indicated.


The book offers help to individuals to succeed within an ethical framework while supporting the human ambition to perform well, achieve goals and be compensated financially or otherwise.


Abstract : The average annual water level on Lake Michigan rose 0.8 m between 1967 and 1973 causing adjustments in nearshore processes and topography. Assuming 2 mm/yr as a typical rate for sea level rise, it would take 400 years to observe similar adjustments on an ocean beach. The rapid rise in average water level is one of several features that makes the Great Lakes useful for testing concepts of shore response to sea level changes. The key assumption in the Bruun concept of response to sea level rise is that the same average beach profile is reestablished relative to the higher water elevation. This assumption was confirmed by detailed measurements over a 9-year period of 25 beach and offshore profile transects along 50 km of Lake Michigan shoreline. Complete profile adjustment lagged 3 years behind the water level change. A simple equation was developed expanding Brunn's concept to account for (a) gains and losses of sediment from causes other than the water level variation, (b) erosion of different size sediments in the receding shoreface, not all of which would be stable in the shore zone, and (c) accretion of beach material during falling water levels. The expanded Bruun sediment balance approach reduces the problem of estimating long-term shore response to sea level rise to the simpler problem of determining an appropriate closure depth for the responding profile. In the Great Lakes, this closure depth can be estimated as about twice the 5-year-return-period wave height for the site under consideration.


Abstract Actinomycosis is a chronic granulomatous condition caused by filamentous gram-positive anaerobic bacteria that colonizes the mouth, gastrointestinal tract and urogenital tract. Infection occurs through the mucosal surfaces, often resulting from dental procedures or trauma, primarily affecting the maxillary sinus. We report a case of Actinomyces sinusitis affecting the right maxillary and right ethmoidal sinuses of a 41-year-old woman. The diagnosis was made through a combination of histopathological report and computed tomography scan. The patient underwent endoscopic sinus surgery followed by long-term antibiotics for 6 months and reported improvement of her symptoms.