For the calibration of OMI a slit function measurement stimulus has been developed. The slit function is the monochromatic image of the entrance slit of the spectrometer on the detector. Accurate knowledge of this slit function for all wavelengths and field angles is very important both for the spectral calibration and for the DOAS retrieval algorithm. Determination of this function with a spectral line source is inaccurate, because of the detector resolution and incomplete, because of the limited number of discrete spectral lines, that are available. For accurate and complete measurement of the slit function an echelle monochromator has been developed, that offers a number of spectral lines, that can be scanned with a small wavelength step over the entire spectral range of OMI. The spectral bandwidth of these lines is about 0.1 x the spectral resolution of OMI and the wavelength step during scanning is even smaller. The wavelength scanning is performed by accurate rotation of the echelle. In this paper the scientific background of the slit function measurement, the stimulus and first OMI slit function calibration measurements are described.


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Based on reviewing the important nondestructive detect methods and their characteristics, the idea and characteristics of system approach are introduced.The integrity.hierarchical structure,relationship and time-change of bridge systme are analyzed.To make use of characteristics of bridge system,the methods of nondestructive detect are partitioned different species,and the emphases of bridge detect and research is showed.


The effects of biological important ligands, levodopa (LDP) and ampicillin (AMP) and their binary and ternary complexes using aspartic acid (ASP) as a primary ligand with biological important divalent transition metal ions (Co, Ni, Cu and Zn) on germination, survival, seedling height etc. on Hordeum vulgare (barley or jav) plant was studied at 303 K. Experiments show that binary and ternary complex solutions of Co (II) may function as plant growth regulator, ternary complex solution giving good results as compare to binary, provided that Hordeum vulgare seeds are soaked in complex solution of pH 5.00 for 12 hours.


There are those who contend that it is not possible to manage research, only to mismanage it. There is more than a grain of truth in this, since an important element in the task of a research manager is to provide an environment in which creativity can flourish, and obtrusive, over-bureaucratic management can easily impair the creative process. Yet we all know the brilliant researchers who cannot manage themselves, and depend upon their managers to create supportive conditions for them.


Re-adapting classical works for Hungarian adolescents bridges the gap between the classic and the contemporary. This paper introduces Borbála Szabó's novel as an example in a larger project that establishes strong intertextual connections with early twentieth century canonical texts reflecting on the friendship of two literary figures, Dezső Kosztolányi, and Frigyes Karinthy. Fictional reality is parodied on several levels almost parasitically and in a hallucinatory manner. It is rearranged with metaleptic gestures relying on the tropology of the schizophrenic mindset. Living in a family of alcoholics, the protagonist, a sixteen-year-old girl is on the verge of a mental breakdown with psychotic episodes whose development is described through connections to literary texts and figures. NoFather NorMother (Nincsenapám, seanyám) is a complex and comic novel, a parody of caricatures. Its central image is the closed space. It is replete with transtextual, paratextual, and intertextual references explicitly discussing the status and meaning of literature and demonstrating strategies of interpretation. A tour de force of presenting narrative elements, citational techniques, critique, the novel stages the disturbing schizophrenogenic environment of a teenager and enters the debate around compulsory school readings.


This paper examines the relationship between human resource management practices and employee performance in Trans Nzoia County government. Despite receiving considerable funds from the National Treasury and other local revenue, underperformance as a problem among employees characterizes most of the county governments in the country; underperformance in the county is depicted by failure to meet set targets, late coming, unjustified absenteeism, and unsatisfactory revenue collection. The paper specifically focused on the influence of compensation and career management practices on employee performance. The paper is an output of a study that was carried out on "human resource management practices and employee performance" in Trans Nzoia County. The study was guided by Human Capital Theory advanced by Theodore Schultz. It employed a correlational survey design. The target population comprised all the102 employees attached to the Department of Public Service Management in Trans Nzoia County. A questionnaire was used to collect primary data. Both descriptive and inferential statistics were used to analyse the collected data. The regression analysis results indicated that both compensation and career management practices (β1= 0.462, P value=0.000<0.05 and β4 = 0.579, P value=0.000<0.05) respectively had a significant positive effect on employee performance. It was concluded that both compensation and career planning affect employee performance. The paper thus, makes contribution to the extant literature regarding relationship between HRM practices and employee performance by establishing that compensation and career management practices are essential in predicting employee performance specifically in Trans Nzoia County government since a similar study had not been conducted in the area. Furthermore, the study recommends that county governments in Kenya should design effective compensation policy that will ensure employees are compensated according to the value they bring to the organization and the market standards, additionally employees should be allowed to embrace career planning prospects in fast tracking their career goal progress, self-management and professional abilities.


Some Insights Beginnings Mark R. John K. Brian O.B. Some Professionals The Early Diagnostic Years Sensory Sensation What Research Has Revealed: Education and Beyond Recent Developments Some Questions Are Autism and Asperger Syndrome (AS) Different Labels or Different Disabilities? What Causes Autism? Is There a Cure for Autism? Can Other Medical Conditions Coexist with Autism? Some People Autism from the Inside Parent's Perspective References Index


Samara seeds are nature's most efficient fliers, they can create twice the lift compared to translating wings by the creation of the Leading edge vortex (LEV). Realising this, numerous Samara inspired UAVs are being created. However, a number of research questions still need to be answered to be able to harness the benefit of the LEV for UAV applications. In particular, if scaling up the natural Samara degrades its aerodynamics performance and how well the scaled Samara wings perform in autorotation in both the forward and vertical flight regimes. This paper explores the effects of scaling by a series of drop tests and wind tunnel tests. It was found that the vertical aerodynamic performance of the Samara wing starts degrading as its scale reaches a ratio of 8:1 size to the natural Samara seed. In terms of forward flight, the natural Samara found it hard to cope with any slight deviations from vertical descent whereas the artificial scaled Samara were able to autorotate up to 80 degrees shaft angle relative to the wind direction. The effect of scaling in forward flight was also explored; a 1:1 to 4:1 scaling boosted the thrust by around seven folds whereas a 4:1 to 8:1 scaling increased the thrust by four times.


While previous literature on organisational ambidexterity research has largely focused on the organisational or top management level, research on individual ambidexterity is in the early stage. The present study expands research in this area by proposing conceptual separation of core competencies for individuals' ambidexterity and their relations to behavioural ambidexterity. Drawing from the literature on organisational ambidexterity and knowledge management, the authors coined the term knowledge workers' integrated ambidexterity competency, a multidimensional construct that consists of cognitive, information, and social skills. Hypotheses are developed to test the multidimensionality and causal relationships among constructs. Empirical analysis with survey data from 293 knowledge workers in South Korea supports the validity of the multidimensional construct and indicates that integrated ambidexterity competency, involving an interaction of cognitive, information, and social skills, drives behavioural ambidexterity. The contribution of the study lies in advancing the theory of organisational ambidexterity by conceptual separation of competencies from behaviour as well as the development of the multifaceted perspectives of the competencies, and the development of measurement items.


The Case Study is based on the ontology of The Complete Enlightenment Sutra in search of the life wisdom, life solicitude and life implementation of the sutra. By comparing the ontology thought of the sutra and meaning of life education, it aims to propose some inspirations of the sutra on life education in Taiwan. The case study employs the method of qualitative research, with a main use of the literature review and theoretical approach. Life education is an education that resorts back to the origins of life and reflect upon the existence of life. What counts the most in life is not unceasingly pursue outwards but seek inwards and gain insight into how one sees one's own life. Inside everyone of us lies the self-sufficient Nature of complete Enlightenment. The Nature of complete Enlightenment is non-appearing and non-extinguishing, ultimately comprehensive an all-pervasive in the universe(the dharmakāya). If we can see our own and others' life in such a perspective, starting from this motive, then we can see and benefit all being in a more equal and compassionate point of view. The Complete Enlightenment Sutra emphasized the practicing methods in stages and the enlightenment as well, as the enlightenment is the basis for every conversion. When we come to the enlightenment of the actual state and ontology of life, then life will be converted and elevated on different levels and aspects. Thus, as is known that The Complete Enlightenment Sutra stresses the enlightenment of the mind and that all efforts shall ultimately be directed back to the exercise of the mind. The current life education researches center around the subject of humans. However, since it's life education, as the name suggests, the subject matter of researches should be extended to all life forms. With equal solicitude to all life, life education shall go beyond the category of Holistic Education. The ideology based on The Complete Enlightenment Sutra is an all comprehensive ideology in moderation, with life wisdom, life solicitude, and life implementation mutually comprehensive of one another. The inspiration of ultimate truth and ultimate solicitude derived from the sutra will help us realize the relationship between ontology and phenomena, connecting life wisdom, life solicitude, and life implementation, which will help us open the path to perfect enlightenment of all beings, and return to the origin of life.


Working the Angles on Chemical Bonding The forces exerted by chemical bonds depend not only on the distances between atoms but also upon the angles between them. Welker and Giessibl (p. 444; see the cover) probed the angular dependence of the CO molecule adsorbed on top of a copper atom on an atomically flat Cu(111) surface using both atomic force microscopy and scanning tunneling microscopy (STM). Probe tips with three different tip-atom-symmetry environments were used. All three tips delivered similar STM images, but force probes revealed the angular dependence of the CO bond to the surface and provided data for a model of the changes in bond energy. The angular dependence of chemical bonding forces was determined for carbon monoxide adsorbed on a copper surface atom. We have measured the angular dependence of chemical bonding forces between a carbon monoxide molecule that is adsorbed to a copper surface and the terminal atom of the metallic tip of a combined scanning tunneling microscope and atomic force microscope. We provide tomographic maps of force and current as a function of distance that revealed the emergence of strongly directional chemical bonds as tip and sample approach. The force maps show pronounced single, dual, or triple minima depending on the orientation of the tip atom, whereas tunneling current maps showed a single minimum for all three tip conditions. We introduce an angular dependent model for the bonding energy that maps the observed experimental data for all observed orientations and distances.


This collection of essays on agency displays historical thought at an important crossroads, beyond which a revived focus on agency beckons. The collection includes powerful statements of our historical moment of crisis and opportunity; it provides cogent critiques of dominant modes of thought across a broad spectrum of literate culture; and it takes steps beyond such critique to suggest constructive ways for historians and philosophers to advance. If you believe in agency, which may these days have logical and rhetorical similarities to believing in God, then it is a time of re-organization and ferment. In the fascinating language of Noel Bonneuil, we should hope that we are in a "leadership domain," in which our choices-and that means our words-can make a crucial difference.2 The problem of agency has been perennial within human thought.3 Fortune and fate once dominated the course of events. In Homer, the agency that matters most is the emotionally driven decision of the gods; in the Torah, it is a difficult exchange of the human and divine, feeling and power unevenly distributed between the two. Where supreme beings harden the heart, humanity may be reduced to watching and weeping. Such a perspective has been endemic throughout history. Even when conceived as free, people have understood themselves as overawed and fundamentally limited. To see, as some now do, the power of the environment or ecological factors as central in directing affairs is to downgrade


Total electromagnetic force on a body can be predicted by replacing the polarization and magnetization with appropriate equivalent currents and charges. Still, the equivalence of total force does not imply that the integrated densities have physical meaning. The construction of force density directly from dipoles removes the ambiguity caused by partial integration.


In this chapter we commence with a study of al-Wāsiṭī's method of sulūk by expounding upon a set of recurring elements in his writings that we may identify as its foundations. Although I do not mean to claim that this endeavor will convey the full spectrum of the foundations of Sufism as he envisioned it, I believe that the themes we will focus on were, in his view, essential to the further continuation on the pathway towards God. It is those elements that can either make or break one's sulūk, so to speak. Whatever the sālik seeks to attain through Sufism without them, or with a faulty understanding of them, will prove fruitless in his view. This chapter is divided into three sections. The first of these deals with knowledge of the Prophet, the second with knowledge of God. These two sections very much stand together as consecutive steps that are supposed to firmly set the sālik on his path. The third section is concerned with al-Wāsiṭī's negative definition of Sufism. It aims to give an overview of the polemical side of his writings, by which he intended to provide a solid argumentation against practices and doctrines that he felt will thwart the sālik's journey. We will thus find that the foundations of Sufism are not only defined in terms of what constitutes the correct path, that is, 'selfing,' but also in terms of what leads astray from it, that is, 'othering.' I will argue that the common thread that connects each of the subjects under consideration is traditionalism. Even when we can clearly distinguish alWāsiṭī's own creative thought at work, he was, in his own mind, constantly anchored in the scholarly tradition of the Ahl al-Ḥadīth. For as he saw it, to deviate from it would be to deviate from the pure path of the righteous predecessors, the Salaf. As we have seen, he held that out of all Muslim fractions that have come into existence since the beginning of Islam, only the traditionalists continued to represent the true Ahl al-Sunna wa-al-Jamāʿa. And as many traditionalists had done before him, he regularly reminds us in his corpus that this title belongs solely to the partisans of ḥadīth by rendering it as 'Ahl alSunna wa-al-Ḥadīth,' and various other modifications of the label, in order to


This paper describes the construction and validation of the Scale of Sound-Music Representations in Pregnancy (SSMRP). This scale was used with a sample of 211 pregnant women at the second and at the third trimesters of gestation, before the morphologic ultrasound examination by the 22nd week of gestation and previously to the ultrasound examination at the 32nd week of ges- tation. The SSMRP aims to assess the level of sound-music sensibility from the 22nd week of gesta- tion on. After several factorial analysis and the respective internal consistency analysis, it was deci- ded to retain an unifactorial structure with 25 items and a good internal consistency (α = .815).The adequate psychometric consistency of this scale allows the access to a variable of study yet less deve- loped in research, but that we consider as pertinent to evaluate its relation with the study of the psy- chological organization during pregnancy and, particularly with the mother-fetus liaison.


Initial Design and Testing of the Flat Plasma Spectrometer Keely Schneiter Abstract The Flat Plasma Spectrometer (FlaPS) is an instrument that may be used to measure the kinetic energy and angular distributions of ions in the space environment. Development of a prototype FlaPS model is a key in knowing how the system will operate in the space environment. Use of software with which one can simulate the geometry of the FlaPS system and "fly" ions through the system provided necessary information for the construction of the FlaPS prototype. Once the prototype was constructed several tests were performed using an ion beam apparatus. These tests revealed potential problems in the initial design of the FlaPS system; remedies are currently being investigated.


The determination of the parameters for hydrologic models has been the subject of a large number of studies during the last 3 decades. A multitude of methods have been developed for this purpose. Generally, the mismatch between the model simulations and the observations is lumped into an objective function, which is then is optimized by these methods. This can lead to parameter values that result in a good model performance under certain (e.g., low flow) conditions but not under other (e.g., high flow) conditions. The objective of this paper is to demonstrate a calibration algorithm which leads to a good model performance under all boundary conditions. This algorithm is referred to as Multistart Weight‐Adaptive Recursive Parameter Estimation (MWARPE). For this purpose the equations of the Extended Kalman Filter (EKF) have been used recursively in a Monte‐Carlo approach, strongly increasing the chance that a globally optimal parameter set is obtained instead of a local optimum. The method has been applied to a rainfall‐runoff model for the Zwalm catchment in Belgium, using a 1‐year, a 2‐year, and a 3‐year calibration period. The results have been compared to the Shuffled Complex Evolution (SCE)‐UA method. A synthetic study revealed that for narrow parameter limits the SCE‐UA algorithm outperformed MWARPE, while for broad parameter limits the opposite occurred. For the test case using in situ observed data, the SCE‐UA method resulted in slightly lower RMSE values than MWARPE, but MWARPE performed better outside the calibration period. It has been found that MWARPE can bypass local optima in the determination of the final parameter set. Also, the best initial parameter sets (with the lowest RMSE) do not lead to the best final parameter values. To apply the method only four parameters need to be specified, more specifically the number of starting points, the number of iterations per starting point, one parameter used to initialize the model error covariance matrix, and the observation error. For this reason, the method could be a simple alternative to more complex methods if model parameters have to be determined when time and/or computational power are limited.


Introduction Polyimides (PIs) and Polybenzoxazoles (PBOs) are used as insulation materials in microelectronics, because they possess excellent thermal stability and mechanical properties, solution processability, and reasonably low dielectric constants. The fabrication of electronic devices containing metal wiring embedded in PIs is simplified using photosensitive polyimides (PSPIs) and polybenzoxazoles (PSPBOs). Otherwise, an additional photoresist is required for patterning of PI or PBO film, involving additional complicated process steps. Creation of PSPIs and PSPBOs capable of being developed in alkaline is also a benefit in terms of the environment. In this presentation, our recent studies on development of PSPIs and PSPBOs are introduced.


Purpose:   Free muscle microvascular transfer has been the preferred procedure for reanimation of the face in young patients with facial palsy. Historically, the use of the contralateral facial nerve via a cross facial nerve graft has been the chosen method for innervation. However, this usually involves a two-stage procedure, precludes treatment of patients with bilateral facial paralysis and has had variable results with symmetry, tone and strength of voluntary movements. The unreliability of result has been greater in older patients. The nerve to masseter has been successfully shown to provide a reliable alternative for use in facial reanimation with both free muscle transfer and direct nerve transfer to the facial nerve. We present the results of cases using the nerve to masseter in both middle-aged adult and paediatric free gracilis transfer and also with direct innervation with the facial nerve in the elderly.

Methodology:   Nine patients with facial nerve paralysis underwent reanimation surgery utilising the nerve to masseter. Three adult and three paediatric patients received free gracilis muscle transfer. Three other elderly patients underwent transfer of the ipsilateral masseteric nerve to facial nerve through direct coaptation.

Results:   All patients have been able to good movement post-operatively with the earliest contractions noted at one month post surgery. All patients had significant movement by three months post surgery. A number of patients have also been able to achieve some amount of spontaneous movement.

Conclusions:   The nerve to masseter provides a highly reliable source of innervation for free muscle transfers and direct nerve transfer in older adults and children.


Extended producer responsibility (EPR) has been a widely used policy approach, in developed and developing countries alike, to manage the growing problem of electronic waste (e-waste). EPR assigns the responsibility of the end-of-life waste management to the producers of electric and electronic equipment. India has adopted EPR approach in its e-waste (Management and Handling) Rules, 2011, which have come into effect in May, 2012. According to these rules, the producers have been made responsible for setting up collection centres of e-waste and financing and organizing a system for environmentally sound management of e-waste. In this paper, we use implementation of these rules in the city of Ahmedabad in western India as a case study to conduct a critical analysis of the provisions of India's new rules. Interviews of main stakeholder groups, including a sample of commercial establishments regulated under the rules, regulatory agencies enforcing the rules, informal actors involved in waste collection and handling, as well as publicly available information on the implementation constitute data for our case study. We draw broader implications of our analysis of implementation in Ahmedabad. In general, there is a need for more transparency from the producers in providing information on the mechanism for collection and recycling; more awareness must be generated on e-waste and the Rules amongst the consumers; and it is important to sort out potential issues around enforcement jurisdiction.


Background: Evidence regarding the risk of end-stage osteoarthritis following cruciate ligament reconstruction is based upon small sample sizes and radiographic, rather than clinical, criteria. The goals of this study were to determine the risk of knee arthroplasty, a surrogate for end-stage osteoarthritis, following cruciate ligament reconstruction, and to identify patient, provider, and surgical factors that influence knee arthroplasty risk.


The Boundary Committee has announced its proposals for unitary local government in Norfolk: one single unitary council that also takes in Lowestoft (currently in Suffolk).


The discussion of hydrodynamic forces becomes an important issue in determining the dynamic behaviour of the Submerged Floating Tunnel Bridge (SFTB) structure. As stated in the Morison Equation, the hydrodynamic forces are affected by the kinematics of water particles, but up to this date, there are only a few discussions for curved tube applications. This paper discusses the effect of curvature radius and depth level on hydrodynamic forces to get the correction factor for a straight tube. Tubes with variations in radius curvature (R/L) and diameter (D) were installed in a wave pool with a depth level (z/d). The hydrodynamic forces were detected by a load cell sensor placed on a pedestal at the end of the specimen. The data from the load cell was processed by the data acquisition system and displayed on the monitor screen, showing that the z/d ratio and the R/L ratio both affect the hydrodynamic forces. A larger z/d ratio (deeper) results in smaller hydrodynamic forces, while a smaller R/L ratio (more curved) results in smaller hydrodynamic forces. A correction factor (C) has been determined to calculate the hydrodynamic force on a curved tube based on the Morison equation.


Beauty education was taking an important status.Applying beauty education in chemical teaching was that through aesthetic sight to survey chemistry question and go along chemistry teaching.So that students can study chemistry subject which was usually regarded as an intellect subject easily.Through emotional resonance,students can understand chemistry science value deeply,and discover and create beauty in the chemical study self-conscious.


Biosensors are the devices used to detect microorganisms which are present in the water or fluids. Diarrhea is caused due to presence of E.Coli bacteria in water or food. This paper presents the Biosensor using capacitance modulation technique to detect E.Coli bacteria present in water. The Cuboidal channel type device is considered and simulations have been carried for the capacitance developed by the device with and without the E.Coli bacteria cells using FEM tool. This paper also presents modelled equation for capacitance developed for n bacteria cells present in water. The device is modelled with the dimensions to accommodate 5ml of water which contains maximum of 75 cells and simulations results have been compared with the theoretical results.


Summary Guinea pigs on an oxidatively rancid, ascorbic acid-free test diet showed a lesser degree of scurvy when compared to overtly scorbutic animals on the nonrancid ascorbic acid-free test diet. Simultaneous administration of alpha tocopherol, an antioxidant and free radical scavenger, to guinea pigs on the rancid, ascorbic acid-free diet blocked the antiscorbutic effect. It is postulated that lipid peroxidation may act antiscorbutically by supplying the free hydroxyl radical ordinarily arising in the presence of ascorbic acid.


In a low speed vehicle impact performed to assess the insurance classification, the damage to the structure of the vehicle should be minimal in order to reduce the repair costs and consequently achieve a lower insurance category. The bumper system is responsible for absorbing the kinetic energy of the vehicle during a low speed impact, and at the same time no other structural parts should be damaged. In addition, there is a target conflict between low speed and other vehicle load cases as well as current styling philosophies so that the bumper system has to satisfy many challenging requirements.


Background A previously conducted study of prenatal lead exposure and schizophrenia using δ-aminolevulinic acid, a biologic marker of Pb exposure, in archived maternal serum samples collected from subjects enrolled in the Childhood Health and Development Study (1959–1966) based in Oakland, California, suggested a possible association between prenatal Pb exposure and the development of schizophrenia in later life. Objectives In the present study we extend these findings using samples collected from the New England cohort of the National Collaborative Perinatal Project (1959–1966). Using similar methods, in this study we found results that suggest a comparable association in this cohort. Methods We pooled matched sets of cases and controls from both the California and New England sites using a multilevel random-intercept logistic regression model, accounting for matching and site structure as well as adjusting for maternal age at delivery and maternal education. Results The estimated odds ratio for schizophrenia associated with exposure corresponding to 15 μg/dL of blood Pb was 1.92 (95% confidence interval, 1.05–3.87; p = 0.03). Conclusion Although several limitations constrain generalizability, these results are consistent with previous findings and provide further evidence for the role of early environmental exposures in the development of adult-onset psychiatric disorders.


3 Nicholas S.P. Tay is a professor of finance at the University of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA; e-mail: email@example.com. Dilip K. Das is a professor of international economics and international finance and director of the Institute of International Business at the SolBridge International School of Business, Woosong University, Daejeon, Republic of Korea; e-mail: email@example.com. Lee Yao is J.A. Butt Distinguished Professor of Accounting, Loyola University, New Orleans, LA; e-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com. Pisun (Tracy) Xu is an assistant professor of finance at the University of Denver, Denver, CO; e-mail: email@example.com. the Chinese Economy, vol. 45, no. 4, July–August 2012, pp. 3–6. © 2012 M.E. Sharpe, Inc. All rights reserved. Permissions: www.copyright com ISSN 1097–1475 (print)/ISSN 1558–0954 (online) DOI: 10.2753/CES1097-1475450400


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Images of Zeus Keraunios dominate the visual representations of Zeus at Olympia throughout the archaic period and down to the 470s B.C., and this is especially true for military victory monuments erected in the Altis. In the 470s B.C., however, such images cease to appear, and military votives thereafter employ a serene and regal standing or seated image of the god. The change can be explained by a new role for Zeus and Olympia in the aftermath of the Persian Wars: as arbitrator of disputes between Greek poleis, as evidenced by a previously published inscription ca. 476–472 B.C. In accordance with this development, Zeus now acts as arbitrator in his visual manifestations at Olympia.


This paper describes the result of measurements of the correction factor for buildings around a mobile station on UHF land mobile propagation characteristics. In order to express buildings around a mobile station quantitatively, four parameters are proposed: area factor of occupied buildings (\alpha) , extended-area factor of occupied buildings (\alpha) , buildings volume over a sampled area (\beta) and buildings volume over an extended-area (\beta) . The examination was carried out for each parameter in the 400 MHz and the 800 MHz bands. Consequently, it was clear that α was a suitable parameter for buildings around a mobile station, considering the balance of prediction accuracy and the efforts required to calculate a parameter.


This study emphasizes on management of non-performing assets in the perspective of the public sector banks in India under strict asset classification norms, recovery procedures. An attempt is made in the paper that what is NPAs? The magnitude of NPAs and their impact, on public sector banks operations. Non-performing Assets are important parameter in the analysis of financial performance of a bank as it results in decreasing margin and higher provisioning requirement for doubtful debts. The reduction of non-performing asset is necessary to improve profitability of banks and comply with the capital adequacy norms as per the Basel Accord. This study traces the movement of the nonperforming assets present in public sector banks of India by analyzing the financial performance of the banks with respect to key performance indicators and management of the non-performing assets under the purview of new policy actions and regulatory compliance of the Reserve Bank of India.


Panacea for unsustainable harvest for meat is the production of non-conventional sources of meat such as Emu, Dromaius novaehollandiae in Nigeria 16 emus at age 20 months were domesticated under semi-intensive system at Ajanla Farms, Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria for 24 months. 2 kg of the chest and drum stick of emu meats were used for the study. The meats were trimmed of bone, nerves, blood vessels, connective tissues and external fat and were kept at 4 C for 24 hours. The study assessed the proximate composition of emu meat compared with Ostrich meat and conventional meat like beef. Fat content obtained was highest (P < 0.05) in beef with a value of 6.4% as against values of 1.00%, and 2.10% for emus and ostrich meat. Protein content was highest in emu meat and ostrich meat with 24.00% and 22.90% and 18.95% of beef. The results also showed that emu meat had the lowest cholesterol level of 54.7 mg/100 g compared to 63 mg/100 g, and 86 mg/100 g for ostrich and beef. The results showed that emu's meat is very low in fat, cholesterol and is very high in protein content.


The process of eliminating alkali metal impurity from polyacrylonitrile resin includes the following steps: soaking the resin in deionized water at 20-50 deg.c to swell for 1-2.5 hr; acid washing resin in water solution of nitric acid or hydrochloric acid of pH 0.1-3.0 at 25-60 deg.c for 0.5-1.5 hr, with the weight ratio between resin and water solution of acid being 1 to 4-20; rinsing resin with deionized water at 25-60 deg.c to neutrality; dewatering and drying. The process can eliminate alkali metal impurity from polyacrylonitrile resin effectively, and the purified polyacrylonitrile resin may be applied in preparing polyacrylonitrile yarn for high purity carbon fiber.


Based on virtual road test,a new method for studying on combined roads optimization of accelerated test is presented in order to shorten research time and cut experiment outlay.Taking a kind of tracked vehicle as the researched object,the load spectrum is measured when running on usage roads and combined roads by virtual test.The combined roads are optimized by the theory of linear programming,and then accelerating factor of the combined roads is calculated.The result indicates that the combined roads are well equivalent to the usage roads,and in the mean time,accelerating the test process.It can provide a reference for the scheme of accelerated life test of the tracked vehicle.


Low cost devices which provide depth data as well as images (RGB-D), such as the Kinect, have become extremely popular of late. A compact and accurate device launched recently draws attention: the Leap Motion. But despite its high acquisition rate and precision, the data it provides is extremely sparse. In this paper we present a methodology for gesture recognition capable of dealing with the sparse data provided by the sensor. The system extracts meaningful characteristics from the data, such as angles between fingers, to achieve a high-accuracy and noiserobust prediction system, which uses a classifier to decide which gesture is being performed. We conduct experiments to evaluate classifiers, comparing SVM against Random Forest. This paper also presents a dataset with 11 different gestures performed by 6 users. The experiments show that our methodology provides an accuracy of 94.26% in the dataset by using Random Forest with real-time processing (0.2ms to predict a gesture). Keywords-Hand gesture recognition; Real-time; SVM; Random forest; Computer Vision;


ARA Estates Winery (name disguised at company's request) was a well-known Napa, California Cabernet Sauvignon producer, located in the prestigious Howell Mountain wine-growing region. Established in the early 1990s, ARA Estates Winery went through several years of challenges before finding its niche. After hiring a reputable winemaker and cleaning up some of its production and marketing blunders, ARA Estates' Accession label reached new heights with its 2007 vintage receiving a 97 score from Robert Parker. Looking to further enhance the label's reputation, ARA Estates Winery's management considered a price increase for the 2013 vintage from USD 55/bottle to USD 75/bottle, with plans to increase the price again to USD 90/bottle with the 2015 vintage. Although research suggested that the 25 percent of sales through the restaurant channel would not be impacted by the price increase, considerable concern was felt regarding how the more lucrative direct-to-consumer (DTC) base (about 50 percent of sales between the tasting room and the wine club) would react. To support the increase in prices and the lower-yield/ higher-cost move to estate-grown fruit, Accession's case production was dropped from 6,500 to 4,000 cases. Risky Business ends at a crucial point where the CEO, Ethan Dorsey, needed to make a final decision concerning the pricing and brand positioning of the Accession label.


Abstract Thomas Kuhn's conception of paradigms has proved tremendously popular with the social sciences, in spite of the fact that Kuhn himself stopped using the concept by the time of his death; and the idea has come in for some fairly harsh treatment by philosophers of science. In this article I examine the historiography of the Second World War, paying specific attention to internal and external mechanisms of maintaining consensus – or lack therefore – within the field to see if anything like paradigms can be said to exist in historical writing.


The purpose of this study was to analyze the improvement of students' mathematical connection skills and self-concept with a brain based learning (BBL) model with a scientific approach. The background of this research is that the reality on the ground shows that students' mathematical connection abilities are not as expected. One of the factors causing these problems is learning that does not provide flexibility for students to optimally empower the potential of the brain. This resulted in students having difficulty connecting between materials and the level of student confidence that was lacking. This study uses a quantitative approach with a quasi-experimental method. The sample in this study were 37 students in the control class and 36 in the experimental class. The instrument used is a mathematical connection ability test and a self-concept questionnaire. The results of the study are: 1) the increase in mathematical connection ability with the BBL model is higher than with the scientific approach; 2) the achievement of students' self-concept with the BBL model is better than the scientific approach; 3) there is a relationship between the ability of mathematical connections and students' self-concept with the BBL model. Based on the results of the study, it is hoped that the next researcher can choose a method that can encourage the growth and development of students' positive self-concepts, in order to influence students' beliefs about their abilities, and ultimately affect student achievement.


How can my small group practice compete with the larger practices and the health system-owned practices, you may be asking?


The article discusses the use of the Agile methodology in providing educational and methodological activities at university. The article presents the current results of the study carried out with the financial support of the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (RFBR) in the framework of the research project No. 19-013-00690 "Economics of educational and methodological activities in high school". The article proposes the requirements that can be applied to the use of the Agile methodology in providing educational and methodological activities of the University. The possibility and expediency of using this methodology for the successful implementation of these processes has been substantiated. The principles and tools of Agile in adaptation to the educational process of the university are presented. The components of the proposed approach are considered, in particular: the basic principles of the Agile methodology and the possibility of their application in educational and methodological activities; the compatibility of Agile with the existing system of educational and methodological support; areas where Agile technologies and principles can be adapted immediately and without significant problems. The problems on the way of introducing flexible methodologies into the educational and methodological activities of the university are indicated.


Biodegradable hydrogel based on multiblock copolymer composed of poly(γ-benzyl L-glutamate)(PBLG) as the biodegradable and hydrophobic part, and poly(ethylene oxide)(PEO) as the swellable and hydrophilic part was synthesized by polymerization of γ-benzyl L-glutamate N-carboxyanhydride(BLG-NCA) initiated by bis[poly(ethylene oxide)bis(amine)] and characterized. From infrared measurement, it was found that the polypeptide block exists in the α-helical conformation, as in PBLG homopolymer. Water content of the copolymers was dependent on the PEO content in the copolymers. The amount of albumin released from the multiblock copolymers increased with an increase of PEO content in the block copolymer. Albumin was mainly released from biodegadable hydrogel through the diffusion mechanism.


Petri nets have been developed by many researchers as a useful form for describing and analyzing the structure of discrete event systems. In applying Petri nets into practical systems, finding firing sequences for the reachability problem can be regarded as one of the most important issues. In general, the reachability problem has been approached with the reachability tree method or the incidence matrix method. These two different types of approaches have, however, their respective drawbacks, i.e. state space explosion in exhaustive enumeration processes, and the presence of spurious integer solutions for a net state equation. The purpose of this study is to develop a new method for finding firing sequences for the reachability problem of Petri nets. First, defining an extended incidence matrix equation, the proposed method is formulated as an optimization problem whose non-negative integer solution can provide sufficient information on the firing sequences of the transitions. Secondly, the optimization problem is solved through a well-established linear programming technique without the condition of integrity. Evaluating the reduced costs of the respective variables, and examining whether each variable is active or inactive, we can systematically sort out of the irrelevant variables. In other words, before proceeding into a problem having combinatorial complexity, the proposed method attempts to make as much reduction as possible in the number of the variables on the basis of the algebraic properties of the incidence matrix equation. In our paper, we also discuss the usefulness of the proposed method by evaluating a simple computational example.


This article discusses two standards and related efforts that reflect the commitment and stewardship of the water sector to ensuring that a vital element of the nation's economy is secure and resilient. The water sector is the only one of the 18 critical infrastructure and key resource (CIKR) sectors, as defined by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), that has voluntarily completed two rounds of reporting on metrics associated with its sector‐specific plan. The water sector has also strongly embraced the water/wastewater agency response network (WARN) model for providing mutual aid and assistance, and has collaborated with the DHS to develop the "Roadmap to Secure Control Systems in the Water Sector." More recently, the sector has developed two voluntary, consensus‐based standards to further support utilities in becoming more secure and resilient, specifically ANSI/AWWA G430: Security Practices for Operations and Management, and ANSI/ ASME‐ITI/AWWA J‐100: Risk Analysis and Management for Critical Asset Protection (RAMCAP®) Standard for Risk and Resilience Management of Water and Wastewater Systems.


Although many studies have focused on DNA and RNA extraction, only a few have focused on the simultaneous extraction of high quality DNA and RNA from environmental samples, especially for acidic habitat samples. In this study, a widely used DNA extraction method (Zhou, J. Z., M. A. Bruns, and J. M. Tiedje 1996) was optimised for the simultaneous extraction of crude nucleic acid (including DNA and RNA), and a LiCl salt-based step-by-step precipitation method was also optimised for the separation of DNA and RNA. The results showed that nucleic acid extraction buffer (pH 7.0) containing piperazine-1,4-bis(2-ethanesulfonic acid) (PIPES) salt could effectively extract crude nucleic acid from acidic habitat samples, and the optimised LiCl salt-based step-by-step precipitation method could separate the nucleic acid into high quality DNA and RNA. The results also showed that the obtained DNA and RNA could be used for downstream molecular analysis. This study developed a useful method for the simultaneous extraction and separation of DNA and RNA from acidic habitat samples. This method has a great potential as a standard method to obtain high quality nucleic acid from biohydrometallurgy processes and extreme environmental samples.


Intertemporal tradeoffs exist in most economic decisions and are usually understood as being guided by time preferences. Using an experiment and surveys, this paper shows that projective misperceptions – the tendency to project one's current valuation or informational state onto the future – generate behavior that can be systematically misattributed to time preferences. The experiment randomizes the state in which individuals make intertemporal choice, while holding constant the time horizons in a real-effort setting. Results show that the decision state, rather than time discounting, is the primary driver of individuals' choices, and that the time preference parameter inferred from experimental choices over the same time horizon can differ by up to 44 percent, depending on the state. The observed state dependence is largely driven by the projection of informational states and can be mitigated by experience-based learning. I also develop a survey-based measure of projective misperceptions and find that it can meaningfully predict choices in the experiment and self-reported daily behavior, sometimes even better than measures of time preferences, suggesting that projective misperceptions can be seen as a trait beyond the experiment.


The upper reaches of the Minjiang River is the ecology barrier of Chengdu plain. But disaster of drought and flood, avalanches, landslides, debris flows, soil erosion and soil degraded arisen because of the synthetical effects of human and naturalness. The developing tendency of the soil ecology environment in the upper reaches of Minjiang River was analysed; the corresponding countermeasures were brought up.


The potential of loline-containing Epichloë uncinata-infected Festulolium to resist herbivory by black beetle was examined. We tested the hypothesis that concentration of lolines is pivotal to plant protection. A series of non-choice assays were performed, with excised roots and whole plants offered to larvae, artificial diets offered to adult and larvae, and seedling plants offered to adults. Feeding and live-weight gain of larvae were negatively related to loline concentration in the offered food. Assays with whole potted plants and seedlings showed that the presence of lolines afforded plant protection. Replicated and non-replicated field trials showed population densities of black beetle in plots sown to E. uncinata-infected, loline-containing plant genotypes were generally similar to a genotype infected with Epichloë festucae var. lolii wild type strain, but lower than an endophyte-free genotype and genotypes infected with E. festucae var. lolii strains AR1 and AR37. The results are discussed in relation to plant breeding objectives.


Abstract: According to a current paradigm cardiovascular diseases can be initiated by exposure of vascular cells to qualitatively modified low‐density lipoproteins (LDL). Capillary leakage, an early feature of diabetic retinopathy, results in the exposure of retinal pericytes to modified LDL, including glycated (G‐LDL) and heavily oxidized glycated LDL (HOG‐LDL). We demonstrate here that modified LDL inhibits the proliferation and survival of cultured human retinal pericytes. Modified LDL also induced DNA fragmentation in bovine retinal pericytes. Overall, HOG‐LDL produced a significantly higher extent of cytotoxicity and apoptosis in retinal pericytes. These results indicate that exposure of pericytes to HOG‐LDL could be implicated in the development of diabetic retinopathy.


This article presents study of the thermal stress development in brake disc and the associated life cycle of the disc. The thermal stress analysis of disc brake under the first brake application and the influences of thermal loads on stress development of the disc have been investigated. The temperature distribution was conducted as a function of disc thickness and braking time. The study was done on the disc brake of Sports Utility Vehicle with a model of DD6470C. Partial solution approach was used to solve analytical temperature distribution through the thickness. The model was done using representative areas of the disc exposed to high temperature whose distribution result was obtained as a function of disc thickness and braking time. The solutions of coupled thermal transient fields and stress fields were obtained based on thermal-structural coupled analysis. Based on the model developed for the study, the positions of high and low stress formations were investigated, and it has been observed that thermal stress and temperature gradient show similar behavior through the thickness of disc. Generally, high temperature and stress components were found on the rubbing surfaces of the disc.


This paper comes with Zinc Oxide (ZnO) thin film deposition over virtually grown p-Si substrate and fabricated using the E-beam evaporation PVD technique. The simulation analysis of ZnO TF/p-Si introduces photo-generation rate, spectral response that has been carried out using the Silvaco ATLAS software. The surface morphology and structural characterization has been done by Field Emission Scanning Microscopy (FESEM) and X-Ray Diffraction (XRD) analysis. The electrical characterization is verified in dark and light condition which shows the rectifying behavior of the Al schottky contact. The turn-on voltage is around 1V for the device.


This essay first, surveys the data showing the many ways COVID generates starkly skewed adverse outcomes for vulnerable communities of color in the US, Brazil, and India. These discriminatory outcomes reflect long-standing socio-economic vulnerabilities and are in all likelihood replicated globally. Second, it argues that current plans to reform the global health regime in response to COVID do not as yet embrace changes to address the outcomes documented in the first part, namely, the 'color of COVID,' and explains why such reforms remain colorblind. Third, the essay connects the dots between arguments for and against reparations for African-Americans within the US, for the victims of slavery, colonialism and its legacies, and for generally for COVID's victims. It concludes that the arguments for reparations on behalf of the victims of the color of COVID made by persons against their own governments are on the most solid ground politically and under international law.


A 73-year-old man who presented with epigastric and abdominal pain was admitted to our hospital with a diagnosis of calculous cholecystitis. Based on his status, we made him hospitalized and planned elective surgery. We performed laparoscopic cholecystectomy using standard procedures. Starting 69 hours after surgery, we observed redness around the drain site, with rapid spread from the navel to the right lower back. At 72 hours after surgery, the patient lapsed into a pre-shock state, and had evidence of bacterial growth in subcutaneous soft tissue and fluid retention on abdominal computed tomography of the area corresponding to that of redness. Due to concern about the risk of hemorrhage and worsening infection, we treated the patient with antibiotics and cardiopulmonary support, but his infection pro-gressed, with disseminated intravascular coagulation complicating sepsis, and death on day 4 after sur-gery. Later that day, we isolated Aeromonas hydrophila from the culture of subcutaneous exudate ob-tained from the area of redness. The onset of soft tissue infection caused by this bacterium is reportedly associated with a high mortality rate. We report here our experience with a case of Aeromonas hydrophila infection with sudden onset after laparoscopic cholecystectomy.


T HE Philoctetes was produced in 409 B.C., according to ancient testimony (the prose hypothesis); the production of no other extant play of Sophocles can be dated so precisely in his lifetime, and since we are as well informed for this as for any period of Athenian history a study of the play's possible relations with the historical situation imposes itself. There is further reason for such an examination in the probability that the poet had himself returned to public life to play a part in the tumultuous events of the recent past.


Abstract We provide the first comprehensive description of a bird community from a lowland rainforest site on a major island in the Solomon Islands. During two dry season visits (July 1997, June 1998) to the lower Garanga River valley on the island of Isabel, we recorded 65 resident and 6 migrant species of birds. We document relative abundances, habitat preferences, and foraging guilds for the members of the bird community. The Garanga River site sustains all but 11 of the 76 species of landbirds known from Isabel. Of those 11 species, four are small-island or beach specialists, three are montane, and four are of unknown status. Habitat heterogeneity, maintained largely by river dynamics, is a major contributor to avian diversity at the site. The avifauna is dominated by nonpasserines, especially parrots, pigeons, kingfishers, and hawks. The flightless rail Nesoclopeus woodfordi, previously regarded as rare and threatened with extinction, was common. We recorded Ixobrychus flavicollis, Falco severus, and Eudynamys scolopacea for the first time on Isabel. We also documented occurrence in the lowlands of Micropsitta finschii, Collocalia spodiopygia, Coracina caledonica, and Pachycephala pectoralis, four species previously thought to be confined to upper elevations on Isabel. The depauperate understory avifauna of the Garanga River site may be anthropogenic and could belie what otherwise seems to be an intact avifauna.


Orchids include some of the world's most important floricultural (cut-flower) and ornamental (pot and garden) plants (Teixeira da Silva, 2013). Cymbidium dayanum is important evergreen, epiphytic orchid which is valued for their attractive flowers. This species that is quite widespread from Northern India right through to Japan and is one of the most sought after ornamentals in local cut flower market. In recent years, the population of C. dayanum has declined rapidly due to unregulated heavy collection, excessive habitat destruction and deforestation. C. dayanum had been declared as vulnerable and threatened orchid in Red Data Book (Nayar and Sastry, 1990). There is an increasing risk of this important orchid becoming extinct from its natural habitat if uncontrolled exploitation continues unabated (Nongdam and Chongtham, 2012). Effective conservation strategies should be devised to prevent further loss of the already depleted of this orchid population. The in vitro approach through the application of plant tissue culture technology provides an excellent opportunity for effective conservation by mass propagating orchids in short time span. Though there are several reports on tissue culture of different orchids, the micropropagation of C. dayanum has been very less documented in the literature.


We address the physics implications of a precise determination of the weak charge of the proton, QW(p), from a parity violating elastic electron proton scattering experiment to be performed at the Jefferson Laboratory. We present the standard model (SM) expression for QW(p) including one-loop radiative corrections, and discuss in detail the theoretical uncertainties and missing higher order QCD corrections. Owing to a fortuitous cancellation, the value of QW(p) is suppressed in the SM, making it a unique place to look for physics beyond the SM. Examples include extra neutral gauge bosons, supersymmetry, and leptoquarks. We argue that a QW(p) measurement will provide an important complement to both high energy collider experiments and other low energy electroweak measurements. The anticipated experimental precision requires the knowledge of the O(alphas) corrections to the pure electroweak box contributions. We compute these contributions for QW(p), as well as for the weak charges of heavy elements as determined from atomic parity violation.


The research focuses on studying the behavior of MOFs(Metal Organic Frameworks) used in optoelectronic device. By differing the structure of particles, chemical and physical behaviors of various combinations of inorganic metal joints and organic carbon links were studied in order to figure out their efficiency in the optoelectronic device. Computational simulations and chemical programs have been employed to figure out the stability and efficiency of the MOF particles in the device. Avogadro was used to optimize the movement of elements and find potential maps of the particles. Thermodynamic stability, DFT(Density Functional Theory) and modeling techniques are also used to calculate optimization energy of the various linkers and joints of the MOFs. Present research shows the high electro potential and least optimized enthalpy value in zirconium Zr4+ based MOFs are observed.


A study of 666 matched pairs (344 males and 322 females) with positive/negative complement fixation test for Chagas' disease is reported. The pairs were obtained at random by a serological and eletrocardiographical study among rural people of an endemic area in Southern Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil (17 municipalities). Besides non specific ECG alterations, the following abnormalities suggestive of Chagas' aetiology were found: atrio-ventricular complete or incomplete block; right bundle branch block either isolated or in association with left hemiblock; frequent and/or polyfocal and/or bigeminated or trigeminated premature beats; abnormalities in ST and T; eletrically inactive areas. According to these criteria 201 seropositive (30.2%) and 66 seronegative (9.9%) individuals showed abnormal ECG signs. The 20.3% gradient, (21.5% in male and 18.9% in female pairs), of the matched pairs was significant at p < 0,001 level. According to these results, a significant prevalence of eletrocardiografical abnormalities suggesting chagastic cardiomiopathy occurs in seropositive individuals.


The patterns of composition and distribution of vertebrate fauna in Queensland's tropical savannas are poorly known. The sandstone landscapes of White Mountains National Park are considered to be significant for fauna given its geographical position on the Great Dividing Range. A survey at White Mountains National Park was undertaken in order to determine the species present, and place them in the context of the assemblages recorded within the Desert Uplands Bioregion. Standardised trapping and incidental data collection techniques were used and a total of 122 vertebrate fauna species (53 being new to the park) were identified. The fauna assemblage contains a mix of vertebrates with some affiliation to north-eastern Queensland tropical savannas (e.g. Anomalopus gowi, Uperoleia lithomoda, Chaerephon jobensis), more mesic east coastal environments (e.g. Glaphyromorphus punctulatus, Planigale maculata, Rattus sordidus) and species distributed generally within and west of the Desert Uplands (e.g. Pseudomys desertor, Ctenotus rosarium, Gehyra variegata, Lerista wilkinsi).


The Mediterranean has been the priority direction in the politics of Spain in the post-Franco era. When Spain entered the EEC in 1986 and participated between 1990 and 2000 in the Barcelona Process and the founding of the Union for the Mediterranean, the Mediterranean accent of its policy became even clearer. The Spain of today's stage shares, in broad strokes, the EU's approaches to politics in the Mediterranean region. The Spanish School of Mediterranean Studies is represented by a series of fundamental works from the centers of the International Research Institute of Barcelona, the Autonomous University of Madrid and other specialized institutions. In our study, the publications of famous public figures from Spain that came to light in the Spanish magazine "Politica Exterior" are particularly important. The UPM was founded on July 13, 2008, during the Paris Summit for the Mediterranean, which was attended by representatives of 43 nations. Its implementation, however, took time to complete. The obstacles to the operation of the project were due to a series of causes. They were provoked, first of all, by the disparity between the EU members and the Mediterranean countries, as well as by the consequences of the Arab Spring, by the challenges of the Arab-Israeli settlement, and by the EU's policy regarding some states in the region, in particular, to Syria. Cooperation and development in the Mediterranean are the objective of the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM), an association that promotes peace and prosperity for an area with 750 million inhabitants.


57 ABSTRACT A dynamic RAM provided with a data retention mode intended for low power consumption is provided. In the data retention mode, the current supply capabilities of voltage generation circuits which generate decreased voltage, increased voltage, reference voltage, etc., are limited in the range in which information retention operation in memory cells can be maintained, and the number of selected memory mats in the data retention mode is increased with respect to that of memory mats selected in the normal read/write mode and refresh mode. Special modes such as the data retention mode are set by combining an address strobe signal and other control signals and dummy CBR refresh is executed to release the special mode.


Anti-tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-⍺) inhibitors are commonly used in the treatment of inflammatory conditions such as psoriasis. However, these agents lead to increased susceptibility to infections. We report a patient with reactivation of latent histoplasmosis six months after starting an anti-TNF-⍺ inhibitor for the treatment of psoriasis. Dermatologists should be aware of the risks associated with initiating therapy and maintain a low threshold of suspicion for this infection in patients on anti-TNF-⍺ inhibitors presenting with oral ulcers.


Since the beginning of the 20th-century use of chemical dyes opened the doors for cancer treatment with the development of Paul Ehrlich's ground-braking concepts of chemotherapy and the magic bullet (Zauberkugel); an ideal therapeutic agent that would selectively kill only targeted pathological organisms without damaging the patient [1]. Now at the beginning of the 21st century, Dr. Leland W K Chung's vision of developing a cancer magic bullet chemical dye has become a reality entering clinical trials.


The Dirofilaria immitis or heartworm is a worldwide distribution disease spread by mosquitoes of the Aedes, Anopheles, Culex and Taeniorhynchus kind; in humans, this filaria causes skin and lung lesions, though some cases of human dirofilariasis have already been reported with different locations, such as large mesenteric vessels, peritoneal vessels, the spermatic cord and even the right side of the heart. Unlike in dogs, there is no filaremia in humans. The most common symptoms are: retrosternal pain, coughing and hemoptysis. A fibrotic nodule (with a diameter from one to three centimeters) is often asymptomatic and can only be Dirofilaria immitis: una zoonosis presente en el mundo Marta Elena Sánchez Klinge1 / Pilar Calvo Robayo2 / Claudia Aixa Mutis Barreto3 1 Médica veterinaria, especialista. Docente, Universidad de La Salle.  email@example.com 2 Médica veterinaria, MSc. Docente, Universidad de La Salle.  firstname.lastname@example.com 3 Médica veterinaria, MSc. Docente, Universidad de La Salle.  email@example.com


This case study focuses on addressing the question, "How do non-state actors address the predicament of the irregular migrants' precarious status?" The study reveals that an unwanted irregular migrant will certainly seek recognition, not necessarily from mainstream society but from peers, networks, and most of the time from compatriots – establishing links, and building contacts – and thus negotiated their status with the host society. This research also generated an alternative hypothesis which states, "As migration control becomes much stricter, more irregular migrants are seeking assistance from non-state actors and the migration industry." This paper finds that the collaborative effort of migrant and non-migrant organizations between Filipino-run and Japanese-run NGOs at the local level (including church and non-church based groups) play an immensely indispensable role in sending a message across national boundaries that transnational migration agency (actors forming as collectivities) inadvertently reshapes a new world order for the global migration process.


We develop, test, and compare new numerical and geometrical methods for improving the accuracy of extracting waveforms using characteristic evolution. The new numerical method involves use of circular boundaries to the stereographic grid patches which cover the spherical cross sections of the outgoing null cones. We show how an angular version of numerical dissipation can be introduced into the characteristic code to damp the high frequency error arising form the irregular way the circular patch boundary cuts through the grid. The new geometric method involves use of the Weyl tensor component Psi4 to extract the waveform as opposed to the original approach via the Bondi news function. We develop the necessary analytic and computational formula to compute the O(1/r) radiative part of Psi4 in terms of a conformally compactified treatment of null infinity. These methods are compared and calibrated in test problems based upon linearized waves.


Abstract The plasma proteins of 29 species of albatrosses and petrels were electrophoretically separated in acrylamide gels to clarify relationships at the species-group to family-group levels. Little in the resulting data from 472 birds seriously contests the present classification of the Procellariiformes; much of the biochemical evidence supports, confirms, and clarifies the proposals of conventional taxonomic methodology. The biochemical data give fresh insights into the interrelationships of procellariiform taxa, and highlight intriguing new problems. Sex, season, age, and other sources of non-genetic protein variation are insignificant for taxonomie purposes. Proteins of value for comparison include the transferrins, some α and β globulins, albumins, prealbumins, and non-specific esterases. Genetic variations in the mobility of these proteins are useful at the genus-group level and below. Other proteins are monomorphic at genus and family level, and three are monomorphic in both number and mobility ...


Sight distance is a basic element of geometric design having a direct bearing on the quality and cost of the designed road. An evaluation is made of speed characteristics as influenced by sight distance at six test sites, each a two-lane rural road. Measures were developed to express the average of driver responses along sections with limited sight distances, and exponential models were constructed to link the measured vertical sight distance to the appropriate response data. Based on the proposed models, an attempt is made to determine the desired sight distance for a design of vertical curves on two-lane roads.


A long-term trend of Eastern Croatia economically falling behind Croatia's average is expressed through many indicators. So, a contemporary context of the development of this part of Croatia requires substantial investments and implementation of decentralizing and other measures. A trend that is especially worrisome, along already mentioned low economic development level, is associated with extreme depopulation which is caused by long-term negative population growth values and amplified by current emigration processes of mechanical population migration. Taking into account the need to create economic policies targeted to stop negative trends concearning "loss" of population as well as those aimed to improve economic indicators of municipalities in Eastern Croatia, the goal of this paper is to analyse current situation in five counties in Eastern Croatia which have been falling behind the others economically. It will also include a review of current migration and depopulation values. After reviewing several indicators some suggestions could be provided. Analysis will be corroborated by available data from relevant state institutions and Eurostat with the goal of presenting those negative trends in regional development.


One of the quintessential novelists in contemporary America, E.L. Doctorow is distinguished for his innovative juxtaposition of historical and imaginative texts, and is deservedly tagged as a "postmodern author". Nevertheless, through thorough research on his artistic principles and literary practices, we may detect a kind of spiritual reference that is in stark contrast to the postmodern literary thoughts, but quite in tune with Gnostic principles and Romantic Spirit. Interpreting Doctorow's novelistic creation with the aid of Gnostic thoughts and Romantic feelings may help throw light to the appreciation of Doctorow's work, redress the stereotypical title of the "postmodern writer", bringing more vivacity to Doctorow criticism. E.L.多克特罗:后现代语境中浪漫的灵知论者


This pa per ar gues t hat l aser-based, se e-through, head-up displays of i n-vehicle information sy stems (I VIS) e nhance driver safety. T his st udy est imates t he demand on t he d river when a sec ondary t ask i s b eing pe rformed a nd c overs various as pects o f a d river's pe rformance, such as processing information from displays in different locations and maintaining lane position. A fixed-base driving simulator was used to examine the distracting effects of IVIS on a secondary task. This re search has clea rly shown that drivers a re ab le to detect mo re ev ents in th e forward environment wi th a HUD. Drivers who a re gi ven a visual spe eding a lert fr om head -up displays reduced t he a mount of t ime t o reac h t he speed l imit by 2 9% c ompared t o head-down displays. Results from the tests indicated that a head-up display increases time spent watching the road versus the head-down display. In addition, this approach is one of the most effective methods of improving driver safety in hazardous situations.


Dynamic spectrum access (DSA) schemes allow the users to share spectrum resources by taking advantage of the variations in spectrum demand over time and space. Carrying out dynamic spectrum allocation centrally, however, can be a complex task. For this reason, distributed schemes in which users can access the available channels independently may be preferable to centralized DSA schemes. Cognitive radio systems, which enable user terminals to sense their environment and form their action accordingly, are particularly well-suited for distributed systems. On the other hand, the freedom in distributed schemes gives the users the option to act selfishly, which has decisive effects on system performance. In this paper we consider a distributed multichannel wireless random access system where users selfishly access the channels in the system. We analyze the behavior of the selfish users by modeling the system as a non-cooperative game and we identify all stable operating points (Nash equilibria) of this game. We then compare the performance of this system with a number of cooperative distributed DSA schemes in terms of user utilities. Our results show that the performance of the selfish multichannel random access system can be comparable to cooperative schemes.


The principle design ideas of thin disk lasers [1] will be illustrated and the advantages for operating different laser-active materials will be explained in detail. So far, the maximum laser cw-output power demonstrated from one single disk is more than 10 kW with an optical to optical efficiency of more than 50 %. Another way to scale the output power is the use of several disks in one laser resonator. Using this possibility, more than 27 kW output power with ten disks in one resonator and with good beam quality have been demonstrated. In this contribution the scaling laws for cw-operation of thin disk lasers will be laid down showing that more than 100 kW extracted output power from one single disk will also be possible. In conclusion, scaling the power per disk and using several disks in one resonator or using additional disks in a laser-amplifier, may result in MW class laser systems with good beam quality.


We present a study of the production of vector resonances at the LHC via $W^+Z$ vector boson scattering and explore the sensitivities to these resonances for expected LHC luminosities. We work in the framework of the electroweak chiral Lagrangian, where these resonances can be generated dynamically by unitarizing the scattering amplitudes. We implement all these features into a model adapted for MonteCarlo, the IAM-MC, that allows us to give predictions for the sensitivity to these resonances and to the relevant parameters involved for $pp \to W^+Zjj$, $pp\to \ell_1^+\ell_1^-\ell_2^+\nu jj$, and $pp \to JJjj$.


Abstract The Christian discourse of the literal and spiritual senses in the Bible was, in the long eighteenth century, no less tied to perceptions of Jewish interpretive abilities than it had been previously. However, rather than linking Jews with literalism, in many cases the early modern version of this discourse associated Jews with allegory. By touching upon three moments in the reception history of the Bible in the eighteenth century, this article exhibits the entanglement of religious identity and biblical allegory characteristic of this context. The English Newtonian, William Whiston, fervently resisted allegorical interpretations of the Bible in favor of scientific and literal explanations, and blamed Jewish manuscript corruption for any confusion of meaning. Johan Kemper was a convert whose recruitment to Uppsala University reveals an appetite on the part of university and governmental authorities for rabbinic and kabbalistic interpretive methods and their application to Christian texts. Finally, the German Jewish intellectual Moses Mendelssohn responded to challenges facing the Jewish community by combining traditional rabbinic approaches and early modern philosophy in defense of a multivocal reading of biblical texts. Furthermore, Mendelssohn's insistence on the particularity of biblical symbols, that they are not universally accessible, informed his vision for religious pluralism. Each of these figures illuminates not only the thorny plight of biblical allegory in modernity, but also the ever-present barriers and passageways between Judaism and Christianity as they manifested during the European Enlightenment.


The previously studied model for nearly extinguished non-adiabatic flames propagating through a quiescent gas is extended to account for the effects due to the background flow-field. It is shown that for moderately strong large-scale periodic shear flows, their intensification results in flame speed enhancement. Yet for high Lewis number flames, there is a certain level of the flow intensity at which the flame speed reaches its maximum followed by the flame quenching. This paper is motivated by the experimentally known phenomenon of flame extinction by turbulence.


This thesis analyses the background of high schools′ sports societies and sunlight-like physic exercises with the method of document data retrieving and logical analysis.It also defines the concepts of these two.With the discussion of four characteristics of the activities of high-schools′ societies,that is,firstly,they are held in spare time,secondly,they have flexible forms,thirdly,people attend the activities voluntarily,fourthly,they have the characteristics of culture,entertainment and variety,this thesis shows the promoting role sports societies play in the starting of sunlight-like physics exercises.


Abstract Objective: This is the first empirical study to examine the attitudes and practices of staff from Victorian Community Managed Mental Health services in addressing the physical health needs of consumers. Methods: An online survey of staff employed at Victorian Community Managed Mental Health services was conducted. Results: Victorian Community Managed Mental Health service staff are generally aware of the physical health issues faced by people who experience mental illness, and believe it is part of their role to address these issues. Staff provide support in many areas of physical health, most commonly in accessing primary health services, diet, exercise and substance use; and least commonly with accessing preventative health screening. Gaps in provision of support with physical health were identified amongst staff newer to the sector, with this group identifying the need for training in this area. Many services are developing partnerships with physical health services, although partnerships are less developed where services do not have strong organisational links with physical health services. Conclusions: Despite this study demonstrating that Community Managed Mental Health (CMMH) service staff generally see physical health as part of their role, further study would enable insight into their views on the nature and extent of this responsibility. Further physical health training focussed upon less experienced staff should include topics such as preventative health screening, substance use and the limitations of the health sector. The CMMH sector should continue to strengthen partnerships with physical health services in order to improve coordination.


Companies are increasingly aware that high master data quality is crucial for successfully implementing AI and digitization projects. The often poor master data quality is caused by the fact that individual departments often create, change and delete master data decentrally in several databases. As a result, inconsistencies and master data duplicates, such as duplicate customers or suppliers, arise and exist in the respective databases. These master data are distributed over several databases, with their inconsistencies and duplicates leading to numerous process errors. Furthermore, there is no overall view of the master data, so employees can only incorporate all existing information from the distributed databases into their business activities with much manual effort. Companies carry out data integration projects to create the necessary master data quality. Data integration involves merging master data from multiple sources and presenting it uniformly. IT experts are needed to carry out these projects, who spend an enormous amount of manual effort to identify and implement suitable algorithms. In addition, the exponential growth of data sources reinforces the need for enterprise data integration. The existing state of the art of data integration research is hardly used in enterprises because the manual effort required to evaluate the quality of results is still too high. Existing data integration systems such as Magellan or BigGorilla provide a variety of algorithms and procedures for data integration but fail to drive automation further. According to Gartner, a potential savings of 45% of manual effort exists through AI in data integration. In this PhD thesis, a record linkage system is explored and developed, which has the goals of (1) be data source-independent and (2) reduce manual checking effort to drive data integration automation further. The core idea for developing the record linkage system is to restrict the data sources to be integrated via a real-world entity such as a company. For this real-world entity, the commonly occurring information can then be derived, and from these, the commonly occurring data integration problems can be derived, for which suitable algorithms and procedures can be developed. The concept was transformed into a prototype record linkage system within nine field experiments. The prototypical record linkage system, the companymatcher, was tested in four case studies with the industry partners Volkswagen AG, EWE TEL GmbH, CEWE Stiftung & Co. KGaA and Oldenburgisch Ostfriesischer Wasserverband. The evaluation of the company-matcher has shown that it enables the automation of data integration and thus this work contributes to the research of data integration.


In the IoT era, VCO-based $\Delta \Sigma$ ADCs are showing growing popularity due to its highly digital architecture, thus allowing analog circuits to harness process scaling for low power, high speed, and high precision [1 – 6]. In such ADCs, the VCO integrates the voltage input into phase output, followed by the phase quantizer for digitization. To boost VCO-based ADC's energy efficiency, the high resolution and wide detection range phase quantizers are highly desired. However, current implementations still have limitations. For an N-stage dual VCO, the conventional XOR-based phase quantizer only detects the phase difference between 0 and $\pi$ without the lead-lag information, leading to a small detecting range and low resolution of N [1]. A phase-extended quantizer (PEQ) [2], [4] extracts the lead-lag information, thus expanding the detection range from $- \pi$ to $\pi$ and improving resolution to 2N. However, its lead-lag extraction requires accessing all output nodes of the VCO, largely increasing the circuit complexity and power. By detecting the rising edge of the dual VCO's outputs in each oscillation cycle, the PFD-based phase quantizer naturally extracts the lead-lag status and ensures full range ($- 2 \pi$ to $2 \pi)$ detection of the VCO phase information [3]. However, due to its single-edge detection, its phase resolution is limited to 2N. Additionally, the prior PFD-based quantizer suffers from 2X gain reduction.


The new elementary education curriculum reform requires that mathematics teaching should be students' development oriented,so middle school mathematics teachers ought to change their education and teaching ideas.They need to change their teaching methods,which means to put an emphasis on students' learning process,to care about students differences and to pay attention to the individuation of teaching instruction.


Aim — to investigate serum level of fibronectin in obese and non-obese women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) as a marker of endothelial dysfunction, and the relationship of that factor to the endothelium-dependent dilatation and other risk factors for cardiovascular disease. Material and methods. We study 62 women: 45 — with PCOS (23 obese women, 22 — non-obese) and 20 — a control group. Serum level of fibronectin was determined by ELISA. Endothelium-dependent dilatation was measured by test of Celermajer. Data was presented as mean ± SD. Results. We found an elevation of serum level of fibronectin in obese women with PCOS compared to control (258,12±48,47 and 196,34±46,68 pmol/ml respectively; р<0,05), in non-obese women compared to control (227,62±35,36 and 196,34±46,68 pmol/ml respectively, р<0,05). Serum level of fibronectin in obese was higher than non-obese women (258,12±48,47 и 227,62±35,36 pmol/ml respectively, р<0,05). Also, there are a correlation between the serum levels of fibronectin and BMI, HOMA index, lipid metabolism, androgens in PCOS women obese and non-obese (p<0,05). Conclusion. Serum level of fibronectin is elevated in obese and non-obese women with PCOS. Hyperandrogenemia, dyslipidemia, insulin resistence, obesity appears to be significant factor to contributing elevation of fibronectin. The revealed change of fibronectin could reflect an endothelial dysfunction in PCOS.


The reaction of (η5-C5Me4SiMe2NtBu)Ti(1,3-pentadiene) with B(C6F5)3 or Al(C6F5)3 in 1:1 mole ratio in hexane solution at room temperature results in the formation of titanium borate or aluminate zwitterions which both feature stabilisation of the Ti(IV) centre by two agostic Ti⋯H–C interactions.


The management of drug‐drug interactions – from recognition of the interaction potential, to addressing the negative consequences – are well‐recognized and avoided, or rapidly addressed when identified clinically. Drug‐nutrition interactions are no less important than drug‐drug interactions in patient care. Unfortunately, beyond those caused by food, these interactions are less commonly recognized or identified and managed. This article will re‐introduce the topic of drug‐nutrition interactions to clinicians.


A theoretical model was found for pollutant distribution in the natural water body, and the mathematical equation was obtained from the model by physical chemistry principal for calculating the distribution of pollutants in water. The relative distribution values( P N ) were calculated with MNDO method for seven organic pollutants, and the calculated P N is accorded with the distribution coefficients of octagonal water for the benzene halides.


Catalytic techniques for deep desulfurization, denitrogenation and dearomatization in production of clean gasoline and diesel fuels were reviewed, especially those for producing low-sulfur and extra-low-sulfur gasoline and diesel oil, among which technologies arousing most attention are sulfur-reducing FCC catalyst and additives, selective hydrogenation catalysts and technology, adsorptive desul-f urization of gasoline and diesel oil, biologically catalytic desulf urization of diesel oil, and selective oxidation desulf urization.


This article deals with mechanisms conceived as composed of entities and activities. In response to many perplexities about the nature of activities, a number of arguments are developed concerning their epistemic and ontological status. Some questions concerning the relations between cause and causal explanation and mechanisms are also addressed.


Objective To determine the genetic relationships between different Vibrio cholerae isolates in Chongqing from 1992 to 2006. Method Chromosomal DNA from 94 isolates was digested in seakem gold agrose with restriction enzyme NotⅠ and plugs were then analyzed by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis. Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis(PFGE) patterns of V.cholerae isolates were clustered using BioNumerics software. Result 94 strains were clustered into 44 PFGE patterns when digested with NotⅠ. Most PFGE patterns were divided into cluster A or cluster B or cluster C. The patterns of toxigenic O139 strains isolated from turtles in the markets were identical with the patterns of strains appeared in the outbreaks. Conclusion The closely related pandemic clone clusters of V.cholerae strains did exist in Chongqing. Strains from turtle are highly homology with epidemic strains, which points out turtle might be one of the major sources of outbreaks. Sea food surveillance is one of important parts of cholera control strategy. PFGE of V.cholerae could be used for active surveillance and tracking for the source of cholerae.


Taking the Lianyungang information regional clusters for example,this article makes an introduction to the basic theory of the "Local Bridge".The authors of this article expound the strategic problems of joint-construction of the local-library cluster by using the theory of "Local Bridge" and probe into the spanning the structural holes and the realization of the joint-construction and joint-sharing of the local resources.


As an emerging and independent subject in China,management still requires a lot of research to solve problems in reality.Meanwhile,there're huge potential existed for management innovation as well.The manifestation of the current management innovation in Chinese enterprises is in innovation of thoughts and practices.At both levels,many national experts and researchers are focusing on the studies of corporate governance,reform of enterprise system,the features,status quo and perspective of management innovation in China.Overall,the research on management innovation in Chinese enterprises demonstrates the diversification characteristics of research focal points and academic viewpoints.


1. Periodic measurements were made of the development of the fruit, seed, and embryo of the Paheri mango, Mangifera indica L. All parts exhibited a sigmoid type of curve when growth data, such as length, diameter, fresh weight, and volume, were plotted against time. 2. A delay in embryo growth for about 4 weeks following fertilization was found to occur, but by 2 weeks later the embryo completely filled the seed coats; growth of the two parts thereafter was rapid until about 12-13 weeks after fertilization and ceased when the husk hardened. 3. Growth of the ovary, at first, was more rapid than that of the seed, but by approximately 10 weeks following fertilization the seed completely filled the loculus, a condition which persisted through fruit maturation. 4. Endocarp lignification occurred during a period of 3 weeks, beginning about 10 weeks after fertilization. The husk, seed, and embryo remained constant in size after husk hardening occurred, but the fleshy part of the fruit continued to enlarge slowly until maturity.


The invention relates to a process for the information support a vehicle driver by means of a vehicle multimedia system comprising a vehicle computer and an external computer, where the vehicle computer and the external computer to exchange at least intermittently via a bidirectional communications data. According to the invention special memory areas in the vehicle computer and the external computer are provided, wherein the contents of the memory areas indicate elements of a driver of the vehicle available by means of the vehicle multimedia system and selectable information offer, wherein the content of this specific memory areas by the vehicle driver by a driving safety non-interfering input mode can be changed, and wherein the content of this specific memory areas are automatically synchronized.


BACKGROUND
Like numerous other animals, biocontrol agents (BCAs) of arthropod pests carry various microorganisms that may have diverse effects on the biology of their eukaryote hosts. We postulated that it is possible to improve the efficacy of BCAs by manipulating the composition of their associated microbiota. The parasitoid wasp Anagyrus vladimiri (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae) from a mass-rearing facility was chosen for testing this hypothesis.

RESULTS
High-throughput sequencing analysis indicated that fungal abundance in A. vladimiri was low and variable, whereas the bacterial community was dominated by the endosymbiont Wolbachia. Wolbachia was fixed in the mass-rearing population, whereas in field-collected A. vladimiri Wolbachia's prevalence was only ~20%. Identification of Wolbachia strains from the two populations by Multi Locus Sequence Typing, revealed two closely related but unique strains. A series of bioassays with the mass-rearing Wolbachia-fixed (W+ ) and a derived antibiotic-treated Wolbachia-free (W- ) lines revealed that: a) Wolbachia does not induce reproductive manipulations; b) W- females have higher fecundity when reared individually, but not when reared with conspecifics; c) W+ females outcompete W- when they share hosts for oviposition; d) longevity and developmental time were similar in both lines.

CONCLUSIONS
The findings suggest that W+ A. vladimiri have no clear fitness benefit under mass-rearing conditions and may be disadvantageous under lab-controlled conditions. In a broader view, the results suggest that augmentative biological control can benefit from manipulation of the microbiome of natural enemies. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.


This paper presents a program to reduce emissions of oxides of nitrogen (NO{sub x}) from the boilers on solar electric generating stations (SEGS) located in Boron, California. The primary goal of the program was to reduce emissions by 20 ppm, from 80 to 60 ppm, at a low cost relative to total burner replacement with new commercial low-NO{sub x} burners. Each SEGS unit includes a 33 MW Westinghouse/Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) natural gas-fired boiler originally equipped with two MHI type SE-100 low-NO{sub x} burners rate at 200 MMBtu/hr. The type and size of these burners are typical of large utility boilers. The boiler is also equipped with steam injection to the combustion air to control NO{sub x} emission from approximately 100 ppm (uncontrolled) to 80 ppm for the original design.


This paper begins with a brief history of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers regulatory program for the dredging of ports and waterways, noting that the program has become very environmental since the 1960s. This is followed by a look at what the Corps wants to do to manage the program better. Next, the paper addresses some of the issues which are more inland. The practicability test for determining that a project is the alternative that is the least environmentally damaging practicable alternative is discussed and mitigation banking is explained. Concluding comments concern the appeal process in the event a permit is denied.


A recently proposed model coupled with the solid-fluid of the saturated sand is utilized by introducing the Newton-PCG algorithm.A Newton-PCG composite algorithm is established,with a Newtonian step and p steps of preconditioned conjugate gradient,which is coded by FORTRAN program.Based on the critical state plasticity model,a model coupled with the solid-fluid of the saturated sand is derived by considering the function of the fluid flow.FEM numerical simulation of a saturated sand slope is performed to study the onset and development of the liquefaction,and the mechanism of the pore pressure and the liquefaction are discussed at last.The results show that the Newton-PCG algorithm can solve the multidimensional nonlinear problems efficiently.The proposed constitutive model works well,and can reflect the mechanical behaviors of the coupling of the sand-fluid.It is also found that the pore pressure will affect the development of the shear band greatly.What is more,the pore pressure increases around the shear band region obviously with the direction toward the outer side of the normal of the shear band.The slip surface of the slope liquefaction is obtained according to the criteria for the onset of liquefaction,which will be important to predict the onset of the liquefaction.


The entrance of human sciences into Speech Therapy research in Brazil can still be considered recent. Research methodologies used in this area tend to adhere to methods that are more quantitative than qualitative. The goal of this study is to discuss the conceptual basis of Bakhtin's enunciative-discursive theory and its practical implementation for Speech and Language Pathology Therapy. For this purpose, we present dialogical episodes analyzed in light of Bakhtin's perspective. The results show that, when social, cultural and subjective aspects are taken into account, this kind of analysis may bring new insights to understanding linguistic processes and the various possibilities of language as far as pathologies are concerned. Thus, one may not only understand language holistically, but also envisage strategies that subjects with and without pathologies employ to maintain their status as speakers/authors.