Chinese Traditional-culture education in primary school is a kind of new education phenomenon rising at the new age.Presently,the modern-education value of Chinese traditional-culture and its significance are being realized by the people.With no definite content guidance,lacking effective operating leading,Chinese traditional-culture education is difficult to move.Therefore,for Chinese traditional-culture education to develop in a sustainable way,the government should offer support in policy to reinforce the teaching material compiling and the teacher training.


Objective:To review the experience of the diagnosis and treatment of chest trauma.Method:From August 1982 to September 1999,326 patients with chest trauma were treated successfully.There were 274 males and 52 females with a mean age of 35 years (range 3 to 77 years).The causes of injuries were mainly road traffic accidents,fall and assault ect.Traumatic wet lung and flail chest appeared in 135 and 41 patients respectively.45 cases underwent exploratory thoracotomy.9 cases were performed by video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS).Result:To traumatic flail chest,the treatment of lung contusion was very important.In the condition of extensive chest wall malacia,the fixation of chest wall was also essential.VATS procedure had the advantages of minor operating injury and recovery quickly.Conclusion:Early diagnosis and treatment shoud be emphasized.The application of VATS was being spread in this area.


The urea breath test UBT C13,14 is a good rapid diagnostic procedure used to identify stomach infections by H. pylori. It is based upon the ability of H. pylori to convert urea to ammonia and carbon dioxide. Urea breath tests are recommended in leading society guidelines as a preferred non-invasive choice for detecting H. pylori of stomach before and after treatment with diagnostic efficacy at 96.7% sensitivity and 96.2% specificity. However UBT is not a test for detection H. pylori in the mouth. We found that UBT C13 can't detecting H. pylori in oral cavity such as a person has dysfunction of color blind that can't see well for certain color. In medical practice, patients with negative results in UBT C13 suggest that their stomach infection of H. pylori is cured. In fact, patients can present negative UBT results and yet exhibit H. pylori infection due to oral infection. The clinical study provides evidence that H. pylori oral infection is nonetheless present. In Asia, more than 20-30 % of the population suffered from oral H. pylori infection but had negative UBT results [1]. This study also showed that oral antigen screening test (HPS) could identify individuals who have no risk for H. pylori gastric but oral infection. It further identified persons with no symptoms but with antigenic evidence of possible oral H. pylori infection who are thus at risk for developing gastric disease. This information was not provided by UBT methods.


Faculty of Physics, University of Warsaw, Hoza 69, 00681 Warsaw, PolandE-mail:email@example.com of Dirac neutralinos and the corresponding EW scalar gauge bosons, as predicted bythe N=1/N=2 hybrid supersymmetric model, and prospects for their discovery at colliders arediscussed.35th International Conference of High Energy Physics - ICHEP2010,July 22-28, 2010Paris France


The aim of this study is to investigate how explosive force exerts during power clean (PC) motion. The subjects are ten skilleds and ten unskilleds. The joint trajectory and EMG during PC are recorded. The joint torque and its rate of torque development (RTD) are calculated from the obtained data. The joint stiffness is estimated from joint stiffness index (JSI) calculated from EMG of agonist and antagonist muscle pair. Experimental results indicated that the skilleds showed the double knee bent that is typically seen in a stretch-shortening cycle (SSC). Skilleds exerted large values of RTD and JSI just after a period of exerting their small values during SSC. It indicates that a much amount of elastic energy stored in a low stiffness state is instantly transferred to the upper segments in the successive high stiffness state by "tenodesis action" of muscles. This is why large RTD generates in the skilled.


Six coordination complexes were solvothermally synthesised: a 3D framework [Cd(tmtt)2]n (1), 2D architectures [Zn(tmtt)2]n (2) and [Pb(tmtt)2]n (3), 1D chain structures [Ni(tmtt)2·(H2O)2]n (4) and [Co(tmtt)2·(H2O)2]n (5), and a mononuclear structure [Hg(tmtt)2] (6). The complexes, based on self-assembly of different metal ions with a newly designed mercapto-thiadiazole ligand tmttH (tmttH = 5-[(1H-1,2,4-triazol-1-yl)methyl]-1,3,4-thiadiazole-2(3H)-thione), were characterised by single crystal X-ray diffraction analyses. Crystal structure analyses reveal that complex 1 exhibits a four-fold interpenetrating 3D framework with {64.82} topology based on two kinds of right-handed single-helical chains, 2 displays a bilayer structure, 3 presents a crown-shaped network, 4 and 5 show 1D double–helical chain structures, and 6 is a mononuclear structure. Moreover, the thermal stabilities of crystalline samples 1–6 have been investigated, and the luminescent properties of complexes 1, 2, 3, 6, and the free ligand have been studied. The results of photoluminescent measurements illustrate that 2 and 3 may serve as excellent candidates for potential photoactive materials.


This paper addresses the problem of position estimation for salient permanent magnet synchronous motors (PMSMs). It is assumed that stator currents and voltages and rotor speed are measurable signals. Two extensions of the position observer are presented — the first one is based on a standard gradient estimator and the second observer uses recently proposed the dynamic regression extension and mixing (DREM) procedure for adaptive estimation of parameters. Both position observers provide global boundness of all signals. In contrast to standard gradient approach which requires persistent excitation (PE) condition of the regressor, DREM estimator ensures parameter convergence if the regressor is not square-integrable. If the regressor is PE the DREM-based observer (like the one with gradient estimator) ensures exponential convergence of position error to zero value. Simulation results demonstrate higher open loop performance of the position observer with DREM estimator — its transient behaviour is less oscillatory with a faster convergence rate compared to observer with gradient algorithm. Also simulations show that both observers possess some robust properties with respect to parameter uncertainty of the motor.


People working in agriculture (farmers) should constantly strive after an understanding of the connections in nature using observation, thinking and perception.
(DI production standards, 1.principles, paragraph 4)


This study was conducted to assess the prospects and challenges of procurement performance measurement in selected technical universities in Ghana. The study employed exploratory and descriptive research designs and non-probability sampling techniques to select 120 participants. Primary data were gathered using a structured questionnaire. The study found all technical universities periodically assess procurement contribution to the university's performance as a metric of measuring procurement performance. Majority of the employees consider the performance measuring metric is important. Also, quality of purchase is considered in procurement performance measuring metrics as important. The technical university uses response time to user demand, supplier lead times, compliance to university's procurement guidelines, and contributions of procurement to corporate competitiveness, supplier relations and customer satisfaction as a metric of measuring procurement performance. Concerning the prospects of measuring procurement performance, the study found that 93% of procurement officers agreed that procurement prospects enhance procurement efficiency. The majority 89% indicated that procurement prospects promote better procurement control processes. Regarding the challenges, study found that lack of relevant performance indicators, difficulties in measuring supplier lead times as this was affected by various factors, inability to account for the contribution of other functions in the procurement process e.g. users and finance, lack of transparency in the procurement process was a challenge faced when measuring procurement performance. The study concludes that there are adequate measures in place to assess procurement performance in technical universities in Ghana. The study recommends that management should ensure total compliance with the public procurement act to enhance procurement efficiency.


The present invention discloses a process for preparing a compound of Rehmannia beverage, comprising the steps of: (1) selection of cooked Rehmannia, mulberry, jujube, remove mildew, insects and debris; (2) boiling 30min; (3) duplex filter 200 mesh; (4) sedimentation; (5) the secondary leaching 20min at the temperature 80 ℃; (6) double 200 mesh filter; (7) sedimentation; (8) cooling; (9) control filtration; (10) the secondary aging at a temperature 90 ℃; (11) the materials used to melt, filtered, formulated with the extract after aging, volume temperature not lower than 90 ℃; (12) at the 121 ℃ at a temperature flash pasteurization 10-15s; (13) of the chlorine dioxide water remaining in the tank flushing least 1.2min, to cover the ozone is not less than 20min; (14) at 85-90 deg.] C of filling temperature; (15) using a horizontal retort sterilization, steam pressure 0.15MPa, 121 ℃ 10-15min sterilized, cooled to about 40 ℃ pan; (16) was observed at the temperature 37 ℃ 5-7 days; (17) failure detection cans, packaging and storage.


In this lecture are described different approaches to retroperitoneum, primarily the extraperitoneal one. In detail presented retroperitoneal topography, methods of trocars insertion and pneumoretroperitoneum making. In detail described the instruments and equipment that needs for these operations. The practical recommendations are given


Abstract A novel process has been developed for manufacturing poplar wood scrimber boards (SBs), in the course of which thick veneers are produced first and then the oriented wood fiber mats (OWFMs) are fabricated in a pilot scale fluffing machine. A low molecular weight phenol-formaldehyde (PF) resin is applied for gluing and the cold-prepressing of the mats is followed by hot-curing between 120 and 130°C for 12 h. The mechanical properties and dimensional stability of the SBOWFMs were measured. The new process resulted in significantly better mechanical properties of SBOWFMs compared with those of raw wood and other poplar wood-based composites. All data including the dimensional stability of SBOWFMs increased with increasing density.


The application of random amplified polymorphism DNA(RAPD) to aspects of cultivar identification and classification, pedigree analysis, genetic map construction, hybrid identification, mutant detection, gene localization in genetics and breeding of horticultural plants was introduced. Also, problems and practical prospects of this technology were discussed.


In this paper, a robust multiobserver is proposed for the state estimation of discrete-time uncertain nonlinear systems with time-varying delay. The designed multiobserver is based on the decoupled multimodel approach. Unlike the classically used multimodel structures, the decoupled multimodel provides a flexibility of modelling. Indeed, the partial models' structures can be adapted to the complexity of the system in each operating regime, thus the partial models can be with different dimensions. Delay-dependent sufficient conditions for the synthesis of a robust multiobserver against norm-bounded parametric uncertainties and in the presence of measurement noise are established in terms of linear matrix inequalities. A simulation example is given to illustrate the effectiveness of the designed multiobserver.


This paper is a continuation of the work conducted in Chhabra, M., Barnes, F., "Robust Current Controller Design using Mu-Synthesis for Grid-Connected Three Phase Inverter" [1]. High penetration of distributed photovoltaic generation on a distribution system can present several challenges and opportunities for utilities. Voltage sags and swells cannot always be compensated for by slowly responding utility equipment, resulting in degradation in power quality. Voltage variations are commonly caused by rapidly varying solar irradiance, and/or variations in the load. In this paper a robust current controller based solar-inverter system is used for voltage regulation at a substation. Conventional inverter current controllers based on proportional-integral (PI) control may not always offer the superior tracking performance, and harmonic rejection ability of robust controllers. We use the repetitive control strategy, in tandem with a mu-synthesis based controller, to attain optimal sinusoidal reference tracking and harmonic rejection. Musynthesis based control is chosen to attain optimal reference tracking in the presence of plant uncertainties. By applying the mu-synthesis principle, a feedback controller that simultaneously achieves robust stability and robust tracking performance is obtained. To test the proposed inverter current controller, the inverter is interconnected to a 500kW solar system model and operated in volt-var control mode. Ten such 500kW solar-inverter systems are paralleled and interconnected to a substation. The substation is modeled with multiple loads, tap changing transformers, and a 70MVar variable capacitor bank. Simulation performance is compared to an H∞ based optimal current controller, and a PI based current controller.


The analysis of the study of the dynamics of hydraulic drive of forest manipulators shows that work processes of column rotation mechanisms are accompanied by large dyna-mic loads that cause sudden changes of fluid pressure in the start-up and braking modes. The most effective are energy efficient hydro-pneumatic actuators of manipulator column that can recover energy during transient conditions and return some of the energy back into the system. In order to justify and optimize the parameters hydraulic pneumatic actuator of the column rotation mechanism of the manipulator, a mathematical model of the operating modes was designed. The model considers three mechanical processes: the rotational movement of the column around a vertical axis of the manipulator, progressive movement of the plunger along the axis of the damper, and the load sway relatively to the attachment point of the arm on the manipulator. At small angles of rotation of the column of the manipulator from the equilibrium position the restoring force (and the moment) is linearly dependent on the angle of rotation, providing a linear energy recovery. With significant turning of the column (to the end positions), the restoring force increases sharply, providing a sort of "soft stop". Thus, the mathematical model made it possible to do optimization and establish the optimal ranges of geometric parameters of the damper. With typical gas pressure of 1 MPa in accumulating pneumatic cylinders share of recuperated energy is about 25 % of the total energy consumed in the rotation of the column. The use of pneumatic cylinders increases the smoothness of rotation of the column and reduces the hydraulic pressure surges at sharp change of driving modes. Without pneumatic cylinders pressure surge is about 70 % of the operating pressure and with air cylinder – only 15 %.


Detailed reasons of the pump vibration amplitude have been analyzed in the paper in the pumps in 5# 6# power units,Phase Ⅲ 2 X 660 MW Pucheng Power Plant,Shaanxi Prov.during the process of commissioning.An optimum scheme has been chosen based on the comparison to three schemes and to the vibrating values after handling,which could be a reference for similar problems in future.


The authors investigate the scalability of a multicast algorithm designed for wormhole-routed mesh networks. The algorithm, known as the U-mesh algorithm, is shown to scale well in four ways: with the dimension of the mesh, with the number of destinations, with the system size, and with the problem size. It is demonstrated that the only factor that affects the multicast latency is the number of destinations and that, for a given number of destinations, the number of time steps required to perform a multicast operation is minimal. Performance measurements of implementations on a 64-node nCUBE-2 and a 168-node Symult 2010 are given.<<ETX>>


CC-chemokine ligand 5 (CCL5) was measured in plasma of 238 patients with breast cancer and in serum of 149 of these patients. Mean circulating CCL5 levels tended to be higher in patients with lymph-node-positive breast cancer, larger tumour sizes, the presence of lymphovascular invasion, and multifocal tumours. Additionally, circulating CCL5 levels were higher in the order of stages III, II, and I. The addition of circulating CCL5 concentration to known clinicopathological predictors for lymph node involvement did not allow more precise prediction of the lymph node status. These results suggest that CCL5 is a biomarker for tumour load rather than for lymph node involvement. As such, it might be helpful to identify patients with escape from immunosurveillance who will benefit from therapies to restore immune function.


We examined the linguistic features of texts in twenty-nine picture books used in an early English as a Foreign Language program in China. We used the software CLAN to automatically extract indices of linguistic complexity that are typically used to analyze child-directed speech and tested if these indices aligned with expert judgments on the books' appropriate grade level (Kindergarten-1 through Kindergarten-3). Of the eleven characteristics investigated, seven showed significant between-level differences with moderate effect sizes. Across all levels, vocabulary complexity (i.e., frequency of types, frequency of tokens, and vocabulary diversity) and syntactic complexity (i.e., number of verbs per utterance, number of Developmental-Sentence-Scoring-eligible utterances, mean length of utterance in morphemes, and total number of non-zero morphemes) increased, also in alignment with experts' judgments. Indices of child language development can thus be used to estimate text complexity in picture books. The study contributes to a better understanding of children's picture book difficulty and has methodological implications for investigating text characteristics for very young children learning English as a foreign language.


Carbon fiber reinforced thermoplastic polymer (CFRTP) laminates can be used in packaging electronics components to reduce weight and shield external disturbance. The CFRTP structures in operation are inevitably to suffer dynamic loading conditions such as falling rocks, tools and impacts. In this study, a strain rate dependent material model for accurately evaluating the dynamic response of CFRTP laminates with different stacking sequence was proposed. The model was composed of three components: a strain rate dependent constitute model, a strain rate related damage initiation model and an energy-based damage evolution model. The strain rate effect of modulus and strength was described by a stacking sequence related matrix, and the damage initiation model could describe the matrix, fiber and delamination damage of CFRTP laminates without introducing cohesive elements. The material model was implemented into finite element software ABAQUS by user defines subroutine VUMAT. The low velocity impact tests of CFRTP laminates with quasi-isotropic and angle-ply stacking sequence were used to provide validation data. The dynamic response of CFRTP laminates from numerical results were highly consistent with the experimental results. The mechanical response of CFRTP laminates were affected by stacking sequence and impact energy, and the numerical error of proposed material model significantly decreased with the increasing impact energy especially for the laminae with damage occur.


Some accessions of rice (Oryza saliva L.) have been shown to inhibit the growth of barnyardgrass (Echinochloa crus-galli (L.) Beauv.). Our objective was to determine if high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) chromatograms from leaf extracts of different accessions of rice correlated with weed control activity. Chromatograms of extracts consisting of 10 mg of fresh leaf tissue per milliliter of methanol (CH 3 OH) were obtained from 40 accessions of rice. Cluster analysis was performed using 20 peaks from the chromatograms. Three dusters were found, with one cluster being distinctly separated from the other two. Although weed control data are not available for all the accessions, the isolated cluster contains all of the accessions that have been shown to inhibit growth of barnyardgrass and none that do not. This indicates that the assay could be used year-round to screen accessions of rice for weed control potential to determine which accessions should be further tested in the field. This could be done in a relatively short time using a small amount of space in the greenhouse. Because the assay requires only 10 mg of tissue per milliliter of methanol, it may potentially be used to test individual plants within an accession for weed control potential in a nondestructive manner.


As a possible pathway for the treatment and prevention of harmful algal blooms of water pollution, algicidal bacteria have been paid increasing attention in recent years. The research advances of variety, algicidal mechanisms, assay and evaluation methods of algicidal bacteria were reviewed in this paper.


THE WAY FORWARD challenges conventional thinking, outlines his political vision for 2014 and beyond, and shows how essential conservatism is for the future of our nation. Beginning with a careful analysis of the 2012 election - including a look at the challenge the GOP had in reaching a majority of voters and the prevalence of identity politics - Ryan examines the state of the Republican party and dissects its challenges going forward. THE WAY FORWARD also offers a detailed critique of not only President Obama but of the progressive movement as a whole - its genesis, its underlying beliefs and philosophies, and how it can modernise and appeal to both our deepest concerns and highest ideals.


We study families of Dirac-type operators, with compatible perturbations, associated to wedge metrics on stratified spaces. We define a closed domain and, under an assumption of invertible boundary families, prove that the operators are self-adjoint and Fredholm with compact resolvents and trace-class heat kernels. We establish a formula for the Chern character of their index.


Multimodal imaging is quickly becoming a standard in pre-clinical studies, and new developments have already confirmed the strength of acquiring and analyzing parallel information obtained in a single imaging session. One such application is the introduction of an internal reference moiety (e.g. radioisotope) to an activatable fluorescent probe. One of the limitations of this approach consists of working at concentrations which are within the overlapping range of sensitivities of each modality. In the case of PET/Fluorescence imaging, this range is in the order of 10-9 nM. Working in epi-illumination fluorescence imaging at such concentrations remains challenging. Here, we present in vitro and in vivo detection limits of a new fluorescent compound.


The major requirement for most of the steganographic method is to improve the security to the hidden data and to enhance the amount of data that can be embedded into the cover medium. The paper mainly studies on the various information hiding methods such as LSB coding on the basis of the colour digital images considering the enhancement of the embedding capacity and the embedding efficiency. Thus this paper will be useful for knowing the various  information hiding methods in cover media such as image, text and audio data and can also make aware of how much each methods are useful for secured and capacity enhanced information hiding.


This retrospective study aimed to highlight chronic myeloid leukemia (CML), which is characterized by an acquired mutation affecting the hematopoietic stem cell (HSCs), which leads to excessive production of immature granular cells and is correlated with mutual mutations of chromosome 9 and chromosome 22 Which leads to the formation of BCR-ABL gene (Philadelphia chromosome). It is believed that this gene association plays a key role in the formation of chronic myeloid leukemia through the activity of tyrosine kinase enzyme. The current study included 70 patients with chronic myeloblastic leukemia (41 patients treated with Tyrosinase kinase inhibitors (TKIs) as the first and second generation (imatinib & Nilotinib) and 30 new pre-treatment patients) at the Center for Oncology and Hematology at Al Hussein Medical City Karbala province, during the period from April 2017 to March 2018. With 30 individuals used as a control group (apparently healthy). Complete venous blood samples were taken for the purpose of studying the complete blood count, microscopic blood sample, and for the study of immunohistochemical patterns using surface markers CD7 and CD34 with flow cytometry. Conclusions treatment with Tyrosinase kinase inhibitors (TKIs) is effective in reversing the observed deviation in values of blood parameters measured to normal values and very close to healthy individuals. The immunophenotypic using surface markers (CD34 & CD7) with flow cytometry is a good predictive value for patients with chronic myeloid leukemia (CML). INTRODUCTION: Flow cytometry is measurement of cellular antigens as they are flowing in a fluid stream. It permits fast, quantitative and many parameter diagnosis of heterogenous cell population on a cell-bycell basis (1). Cell markers usually presented on more than one cell type; so, flow cytometry panals strategies may lead to procedures for immunophenotying cells with more than one antibody at the same time by measuring the unique map of cell markers using several antibodies together, each has different fluorochrome, a given cell population can be distinguished, and quantified (2). Immunophenotyping is established by labeled antibodies that defines specific epitopes of cellular antigen. The technique employed for immunophenotyping is usually by flow cytometry (3). Chronic Myeloid Leukemia (CML) is a hematopoietic stem cell disease, characterized by a reciprocal translocation between chromosomes 9 and 22, resulting in the formation of the Philadelphia chromosome (Ph). This translocation t (9;22) results in the head -to-tail fusion of the breakpoint cluster region (BCR) gene on chromosome 22 at band q11 and the Abelson murine leukemia (ABL) gene located on chromosome 9 at band q34. The product of the fusion gene (BCRABL) is believed to play a central role in the initial development of CML (4). It is clear that CML occurs all over the world, from childhood to aging, which is most common in adults. Over the past two decades, cases of infection in Iraq have clearly increased, as reported by the Iraqi Cancer Council (5). MATERIALS AND METHODS Blood samples from 71 male and female CML patients (with either newly diagnosed or already treated patients) referred to the Center of Oncology for Hematology of Al-Hussein Medical City in Karbala, Iraq, for evaluation and treatment during the period Apr. 2017 to Feb. 2018 were used in this study. The CML subjects included 30 newly diagnosed (untreated) patients (15 men and 15 women) with a mean age of 41.96 ±14.29 yr. and an age range of 19 – 65 yr. Also, another 41 already diagnosed as having CML and currently receiving treatment included 21 men and 20 women with a mean age of 42.36±16.07 yr. and an age range of 11 – 70 yr. The range of duration of diseases between several months to 12 yr. Thirty control subjects were also used in this study. They included 15 men and 15 women with a mean age of 39.8±15.78 yr. with an age range of 16 – 65 yr. Blood sampling A total venous blood sample of 2.5 ml were obtained from each patient included in this study by venipuncture and the samples were collected in EDTA tubes. Blood sample from suspected patient was examined for complete blood indices in the teaching laboratory department of the Medical City, a blood film was made by taking a drop of blood sample spreads it on a clean dry slide, and staining it by Leishmen, Immunophenotyping flowcytometry determination of CD7 & CD34 In this study immunophenotyping CD7 &CD34 expression were investigated by using four-colour Cyflow® Cube 8 flow cytometry device (Mandery Cyflow® China), which is a fully equipped desktop Flow Cytometer (FCM) I. Reagents and Assay Procedure CyLyse® stands for an erythrocyte lysing reagent kit with a complete preservation of the surface proteins and particularly no loss of cells. 1. Antibody labeling Antibody labeling was done by mixing 100 microlitre of blood with conjugated antibody (10 microlitre) in a test tube, mixed thoroughly, then incubated in the dim light at room temperature for fifteen minutes. 2. . Leukocyte fixation For leukocyte fixation, 100 microlitre of reagent A has been added and mixed well and incubated at room temperature for at least ten minutes in the dim light. 3. Erythrocyte lysis For erythrocyte lysis 2.5 ml of reagent B was added, vibrate gently and then incubated in the dim light for twenty minutes. After that the sample has been analyzed by flow cytometry. II. Determination of the Aberrant Phenotype Identification of blast cells was performed using forward scatter (FSC) versus side scatter (SSC) parameters. Antigen expression was considered to be positive when the percentage of positive blast cells was equal or greater than 20% forCD7 and equal or greater than 10% foe CD34. Similarly, aberrant phenotypes were defined when at least 20% of the blast cells expressed that particular phenotype (6). RESULTS: This study recruited 71 patients; with a Mean ± SD (42.44± 15.91) yr., Age range was 11–70; median age was 43 years, thirty control subjects were also used in this study. They included 15 men and 15 women with a mean age of 39.8±15.78 yr. with an age range of 16 – 65 yr. Patient characteristics (treated and newly diagnosis) showed in Table 1. Hussein Saeed AL-mafragy et al /J. Pharm. Sci. & Res. Vol. 11(1), 2019, 195-200


Local television news is frequently shaped by tradeoffs between journalistic judgment and the imperatives from the business side of a media organization. This study, based on a survey of local television journalists at 12 stations, offers a test of a common assumption: that work roles are a major influence on journalistic values and orientations. Data suggest that work roles have some relationship to values and orientations, but socialization and professionalism produce much more striking contrasts in the views of local TV journalists.


Objective To evaluate the application value of code harmonic imaging(CHI) in liquid- filled cavity.Methods We examined 59 patients who had suffered cholecystolithiasis,polps of gallbladder, calculi, tumors of common bile duct, ureter stones, cystadenomas of ovary and one case of blood clot of bladder. We comparatively analyzed their clearness one by one by CHI and fundamental imaging(FI) .Results CHI could eliminate the interference artifact from the side - lobe of FI and improved the clearness of the imaging. Conclusion CHI can improve the ability of liquid-filed cavity objectively and give us more information of diagnosis.


According to theories of a superconducting quantum point contact (QPC), Cooper pairs are transferred via a few channels which are fully characterized by a set of transmission coefficients {τi}. Indeed, the I–V characteristics and the current‐phase relation I(φ, τ) of a single‐channel QPC have been calculated as a function of the coefficient τ. However, the experimental quantitative verification has not been done yet. In this paper, we propose an experiment in which both the transmission coefficients {τi} and I(φ, {τi}) relation can be determined independently.


The kinetics of the solid-state reaction of strontium carbonate with anatase and rutile in air and carbon dioxide were studied by use of a thermobalance. The product was single-phase SrTiO3 in all cases. The relation between fraction reacted and time was fitted to the Jander equation and to the Carter equation for both anatase and rutile. For anatase the rate constant in carbon dioxide did not differ from that in air. The reaction rates for rutile in air and in carbon dioxide were ⅓ and ⅛ that for anatase, respectively. The In k vs 1/T relation for anatase gave two straight lines with different slopes having a break point at ∼820°C in both air and carbon dioxide. The Jander activation energies for anatase in the higher and lower temperature regions were ∼340 and ∼290 kj · mol−1, respectively, and those for rutile in air and carbon dioxide were 340 and 390 KJ · mol−1, respectively.


We are interested in deepening the knowledge of methods based on formal power series applied to the nilpotent center problem of planar local analytic monodromic vector fields 𝒳. As formal integrability is not enough to characterize such a center we use a more general object, namely, formal inverse integrating factors V of 𝒳. Although by the existence of V it is not possible to describe all nilpotent centers strata, we simplify, improve and also extend previous results on the relationship between these concepts. We use in the performed analysis the so-called Andreev number n ∈ ℕ with n ≥ 2 associated to 𝒳 which is invariant under orbital equivalency of 𝒳. Besides the leading terms in the (1,n)-quasihomogeneous expansions that V can have, we also prove the following: (i) If n is even and there exists V then 𝒳 has a center; (ii) if n = 2, the existence of V characterizes all the centers; (iii) if there is a V with minimum "vanishing multiplicity" at the singularity then, generically, 𝒳 has a center.


Feuerbach to the thing from the emotional,intuitive form to understand,to Marx philosophy produced play a decisive role later,the role performance: Marx on the understanding of the object beyond Feuerbach's intuitive,focus on practice to understand,from the aspect of subject to understand,that go beyond the Marx philosophy opens the new road.


3.1 LAND TENURE SECURITY AND LEGALIZATION............................................................... 8 3.1.1 Land Tenure Security and Legalization: Lessons Learned...........................13 3.2 IMPROVING INFRASTRUCTURE AND SERVICE DELIVERY.............................................. 15 3.2.1 Infrastructure and Building Standards ...........................................................15 3.2.2 Cost Recovery................................................................................................17 3.2.3 Operation and Maintenance ...........................................................................19 3.2.4 Infrastructure and Service Delivery: Lessons Learned.................................20 3.3 INSTITUTIONAL CONTEXT AND ARRANGEMENTS ......................................................... 23 3.3.1 Implementation: Central versus Local Government Partnerships ................23 3.3.2 Upgrading and Complexity: Multi-Sectoral vs. Single Sector Approaches .24 3.3.3 Community Participation...............................................................................27 3.3.4 Institutional Context: Lessons Learned ........................................................28 3.4 SOCIO-ECONOMIC CONSIDERATIONS ........................................................................... 30 3.4.1 Targeting and Affordability ...........................................................................30 3.4.2 Housing Improvement and Self-Help Construction ......................................32 3.4.3 Income Generation.........................................................................................33 3.4.4 Gender Considerations...................................................................................34 3.4.5 Relocation and Resettlement..........................................................................35 3.4.6 Socio-Economic Considerations: Lessons Learned......................................37


Objective To explore the relationship between glial growth factor (GGF), nerve growth factor (NGF) and growth characteristics of prolactinoma (PRL) and to evaluate pre and postoperative growth of PRL. Methods Immunohistochemistry was used to analyze expression of GGF and NGF in 86 cases of PRL and to analyze the relationship between expression of GGF, NGF and PRL level, invasion, stroke, microvessel density. Cells were cultured with GGF and NGF to observe cell growth, cell cycle and angiogenesis. The relationship between proliferation, growth rate and GGF, NGF was evaluated by rank correlation and Chi-square test. Results GGF expression was significantly higher in invasive, stroke and recurrent pituitary adenomas ( P < 0.05 ).Microvessel density increased significantly ( P < 0.01 ). NGF expression was significantly lower in invasive, apoplexy and recurrent adenomas ( P < 0. 05 ). Microvessel density decreased dramatically with NGF interruption ( P < 0.05 ). GGF showed a positive correlation with growth rate of PRL. NGF showed a negative correlation with invasion and stroke. Conclusions GGF is one of the factors facilitating growth and invasion of PRL while NGF can partly restrain proliferation of PRL cells. Expression of GGF and NGF indirectly reflects proliferation activity of PRL and can be used as markers to evaluate invasion, recurrence, treatment response and prognosis of PRL.

Key words:
Glial growth factor;  Nerve growth factor;  PRL;  Microvessel density;  Cell proliferation


Abstract Pre- and post-independence Zimbabwe has been marred by extreme political violence and gross human rights violations. This ranges from Chimoio and Nyadzonya massacres in the 1970s, the Gukurahundi massacres of the early 1980s and since 2000, unprecedented political violence that characterised elections in the country. Resultantly, Zimbabwe has witnessed peace-building processes and frameworks aimed at ending episodes of politically motivated violence. This paper analyses how peace-building frameworks can ensure lasting peace in Zimbabwe. It draws experience from previous peace processes in Zimbabwe. Data was gathered through interviews and desktop research. Purposive and snowball sampling were utilised for selection of 10 key informants and 50 victims of political violence from six provinces in Zimbabwe. The paper casts doubts on existing peace and reconciliation approaches that aim at achieving a 'peaceful society" in a community where perpetrators remain faceless. Instead, the paper discusses an open peace-building process based on unmasking of perpetrators in an open dialogue platforms of victims and perpetrators, reparations and compensation and depoliticizing peace processes. It argues that although there are peace-building frameworks in the country, experiences from Zimbabwe points to opposite results. Calls by civil society, community and scholars to resolve underlying conflicts and achieve peace and justice have not translated into sustainable peace. This paper concludes that without an open peace-building process, there would be a danger of false peace and reconciliation.


The anomalous groundwater mound and resulting flow regime associated with the Aardvark underground nuclear explosion have been examined. The initial anomalous groundwater mound was estimated to be about 200 m high and 250 m in radius with a central depression. The major mechanism for mound development was probably compaction of nearly saturated rock surrounding the explosion. Results of the calculations indicate that water first flowed into the collapsed zone, then radially outward with early velocities approximately 200 times preshot flow velocities. After about 400 days the magnitude of the anomalous flow had declined to or below the magnitude of the preshot groundwater flow rates. Ideally 'traced tagged' water particles initially near the edge of the collapsed zone are estimated to have moved outward about 6.2 m during the first 100 days after the explosion. It is shown that the anomalous mound does not significantly increase the migration of radionuclides from this explosion environment.


The main challenge for interdigitated back-contact (IBC) solar cells is to reduce the fabrication complexity, which consists of multiple high-temperature processing and patterning steps. Patterned ion implantation has been proposed to simplify the manufacture of IBC solar cells, and the annealing of boron and phosphorus implanted areas is still a problem for the application. In this study, a new method consisting of laser annealing and a subsequent low-temperature oxidation (LA&OX) has been developed to co-anneal boron implanted p+ and phosphorus implanted n+ regions by a single step. We found that an additional laser annealing before oxidation could improve the electrical properties of boron-implanted p+ regions effectively; however, it has almost no effect on the phosphorus-implanted n+ regions. An industrially feasible IBC solar cell fabrication technology has been proposed based on the patterned ion implantation and LA&OX processing. The main fabrication steps of the IBC solar cell could be reduced to ten steps, and only one high-temperature oxidation step is required. As-designed IBC cell shows a potential efficiency higher than 23% according to simulations with the experimental parameters.


A model of molecular switching devices based on enzyme-substrate reactions is proposed for constructing a novel type of logic network called a set logic network. An important role of every enzyme is its specificity, which is used as a multiple-valued discrimination function. the mathematical aspects of the systematic synthesis of the set logic functions are considered. It is demonstrated that the set logic network obtained has the attractive features of high information density, highly parallel structure, and extensibility into ultra-high-valued information processing systems.<<ETX>>


1. Autism: Asperger's Syndrome- History and First Descriptions. 2. The Case of Frizt V. 3. Diagnosis of Asperger's Disorder. 4. Asperger Syndrome - Mortality and Morbidity. 5. Prevalence of Asperger Syndrome. 6. Screening Instruments for Asperger Syndrome. 7. Neuropsychology in Asperger's Disorder. 8. Studies of Brain Morphology, Chemistry, and Function in Asperger's Disorder. 9. Neuropathological Findings in Asperger Syndrome. 10. The Genetics, Epigenetics, and Proteomics of Asperger's Syndrome. 11. The Gene-Environment Interaction in Asperger's Disorder. 12. Age, Sex, and Parenting. 13. Biological Treatment of Asperger's Disorder. 14. Psychosocial Interventions for Asperger's Disorder. 15. Prognosis of Asperger's Disorder. 16. Two Case Studies. 17. Social Assimiliation in the Classroom. 18. Into My Soul: A Kaleidoscope of an Aspergian Spirit. Amen.


Data Collection • ILI absenteeism: The average daily counts of children absent due to ILI were obtained from the Oregon School District electronic database. • Flu-related School Absences: Prospective detection of Flu-A and Flu-B in children aged 4-19 years within the Oregon School District (Oregon, Wisconsin) in students absent from school for ILI. Home visits conducted to collect nasopharyngeal or oropharyngeal specimens for reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). • Primary Care Clinic: Medically-attended Flu-A and Flu-B confirmed by RT-PCR at five primary care clinics (surrounding the school district ) enrolled in the Wisconsin Influenza Incidence Surveillance Project (W-IISP). • Emergency Department and Hospitalized Patients: Flu-A and Flu-B RT-PCR data from the UW Hospital Emergency Department and inpatient services provided by the Public Health Information Exchange (PHINEX) at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health.


Aqueous polymer dispersions based on copolymers of vinyl aromatics and conjugated aliphatic dienes having a mean particle size of from 80 to 150 nm, obtained by free radical emulsion copolymerization of (a) from 19.9 to 80 parts by weight of at least one vinyl aromatic compound, (b) from 19.9 to 80 parts by weight of at least one conjugated aliphatic diene, (c) from 0.1 to 10 parts by weight of at least one ethylenically unsaturated acid, and (d) from 0 to 20 parts by weight of at least one other monoethylenically Unsaturated monomer, the sum of the parts by weight of the monomers (a), (b), (c) and (d) always being 100, in an aqueous medium in the presence of at least one degraded starch having an intrinsic viscosity ei of less than 0.07 dl/g with the use of at least 0.9% by weight, based on the monomers used altogether, of initiators selected from peroxodisulfates, peroxosulfates, azo initiators, organic peroxides, organic hydroperoxides and hydrogen peroxide, at least 30% by weight of the initiators being initially taken together with the degraded starch in the aqueous medium and the monomers and the remaining initiators being metered into this initially taken mixture under polymerization conditions.


The introduction of non‐indigenous species (NIS) via man‐made corridors connecting previously disparate oceanic regions is increasing globally. However, the environmental and anthropogenic factors facilitating invasion dynamics and their interactions are still largely unknown. This study compiles and inputs available data for the NIS bivalve Brachidontes pharaonis across the invaded biogeographic range in the Mediterranean basin into a species distribution model to predict future spread under a range of marine scenarios.


We use the observed jet boundary transition from parabolic to conical shape, which was earlier discovered as possibly a common effect in active galactic nuclei, to estimate a black hole, a jet and an ambient medium parameters. We explained earlier the geometry transition as a consequence of a change in the jet inner properties: a transition from a magnetically dominated to an equipartition regime. This interpretation allows us to estimate a black hole spin, a black hole mass and an ambient pressure amplitude, using the observed jet shape break position and the jet width at the transition point for 11 active galactic nuclei. The black hole spin values obtained using our method are consistent with the lower estimates for the sources with redshift $z<2$ from the spin evolution modelling. We find that the method of a black hole mass determination based on the relation between the broad-line region size and its luminosity may underestimate masses of the sources with large jet viewing angles. We propose a new method for the black hole mass determination, with the obtained masses being in interval $10^8-10^{10}\;M_{\odot}$. The range of the values of the ambient pressure amplitude points to the uniform medium conditions for the sources in our sample, with a tentative indication of higher pressure around FRII sources.


We analyze the influence of the higher order harmonic oscillations, the drift, and the nonharmonic 1/f noise of the torsion pendulum on the period fitting method, and find that the period of the torsion pendulum determined by this method is not only independent of the higher order harmonic oscillations, but also insensitive to the drift and the low frequency part of nonharmonic 1/f noise.


This paper uses the SVAR methodology to investigate the effects of public investment on GDP and, more specifically, the effects of the introduction of a golden rule of public finance. We extend the existing literature by estimating a model for the British economy that takes into account long-run factors such as public debt accumulation and policy interactions. We find that in such a long-run framework, public investment has a significant and permanently positive effect on GDP; this result runs counter to the most recent literature on the topic using SVAR, which was limited to a short-run specification. We further find, by comparing different subsamples, that the introduction of the golden rule in 1997 strengthened the positive effect of public investment.


The article considers the impact of the economic crisis on the labour market and, as a consequence, a change of the requirements of employers and job seekers. The focus is on insufficiently explored in Russia concept of psychological contract and the employer brand, which characterise the relationships between the company management and employees as well as between potential and former employees. Understanding the structure of the contract, its age and sex and professional qualification conditioning as well as the economic and industry-specifics allow building a transparent and trust long-term relationships between employer and employees. It is shown that HR brand of the organisation is formed on the basis of relevant, realistic and mature relationships as an image of an attractive employer, who is a reliable guide for professionals and the foundation of a civilised labour market.


The growth of Citrus nobilis Var. Brastepu budding that is free from Citrus Vein Phloem Degeneration (CVPD) is explained. The method is conducted
by taking of bud stick from a selected healthy citrus Brastepu plant and is then grafted into a sour orange (Citrus aurantium) as mother trees via budding method. The research is conduted in Desa Bukit, Brastagi North Sumatra, Indonesia. Optimum conditions on the budding technique have been obtained to produce good quality seedling of Citrus nobilis Var. Brastepu. Growth characteristics of the plant in various treatment conditions have been studied based on the growth leaves, stem, and branches. Analysis of the DNA using RAPD-PCR method has confirmed that all new seedling produced in the propagation method are free from CVPD.


INTRODUCTION
Myopericarditis is an rare form of Horton disease. We report two new cases.

METHOD
Two patients, more than 60-years-old, had developed global cardiac insufficiency with predominant left insufficiency, with physical alteration and biological inflammation. Echocardiography revealed a myopericarditis. Bacteriological explorations were all negative. In the two cases, temporal artery biopsy revealed giant cell arteritis. Treatment with oral corticosteroids improved biological and clinical symptoms.

CONCLUSION
Myopericarditis is a rare form of Horton disease. Classical clinical presentation is rarely associated. Temporal artery biopsy is essential in confirming and proposing a specific therapy, in order to prevent cardiovascular ischemic complications.


Background: One of the biggest challenges in blood donation particularly in Nigeria is the recruitment and retention of voluntary non-remunerated, low cost blood donors. Aims: The aim of this study is to determine the effect of repeated blood donations on iron stores and the prevalence of iron deficiency anaemia among the male blood donors in the Enugu State, Nigeria.


We introduce a new "universality class" of artificial optical media - photonic hyper-crystals. These hyperbolic metamaterials with periodic spatial variation of dielectric permittivity on subwavelength scale, combine the features of optical metamaterials and photonic crystals.


We report experimental evidence for pressure instabilities in the model multiferroic ${\text{BiFeO}}_{3}$ and, namely, reveal two structural phase transitions around 3.5 and 10 GPa by using diffraction and far-infrared spectroscopy at a synchrotron source. The intermediate phase crystallizes in a monoclinic space group, with octahedra tilts and small cation displacements. When the pressure is increased further the cation displacements (and thus the polar character) of ${\text{BiFeO}}_{3}$ is suppressed above 10 GPa. The nonpolar orthorhombic $Pnma$ structure observed above 10 GPa is in agreement with recent theoretical ab initio prediction, while the intermediate monoclinic phase has not been predicted theoretically.


Based on the sedimentary and petroleum geology theory and through the observation of outcrops,cores,and slices and testing analysis,the authors study the Ordovician organic reefs on the west margin of Ordos Basin.The authors reach out a conclusion that the Ordovician organic reefs on the west margin of Ordos Basin are the coral reefs of the Lower Ordovician Zhuozishan Formation located in Wuhai Zhuozishan in the north,the stromatoporoids-sponge reefs of the Lower Ordovician Kelimoli Formation of Well Qitan 1 in the middle and the coral reefs of the Upper Ordovician Beiguoshan Formation in Shijiezigou in the south.The reefs in the north develop earlier than that in the south.The north reefs have grown 2-3 phases and that in the south 4 phases.The aquatic environment of the reefs in the north is relatively shallow and the reefs in the south has a deep aquatic environment.The coexistence of different shoals and the reefs develops the reef-bank reservoirs.The reservoir spaces are mainly the organic lattice poles and dissolved poles dissolved by fabrics selectively.The physical conditions show the reservoir property is poor.But,the reefs located on the platform margin are beneficial to developing the reef-bank reservoirs,so the platform margin can be the exploration target.


This minor dissertation explores the role of various agencies in the delivery of drug education to young people in Cork Local Drug Task Force (LDTF) targeted areas. The author examines if youth drugs education should be considered the primary responsibility of the community-based drugâ?Ts project workers or of teachers. The concept of addiction is reviewed, along with several possible theories to explain it, those being: the psychological theory, the biological/ genetic theory and the sociological/ cultural theory. Several approaches to drug education are investigated, the cognitive-based approach, harm reduction as an approach to drug education and community youth work as an alterative approach. School-based drugs education programmes are outlines and European and Irish drugs policies are studied Questionnaires were administered to the community-based drugâ?Ts project workers of the Cork LDTF and interviews were conducted with representatives of the three funding channels and one of the project workers in order to research a conclusion regarding the role of various agencies in the delivery of drug education to young people. Opinions concerning the different approach to drug education are highlighted and the role of the community in establishing and running drugâ?Ts projects is studied.


A design method and manufacturing process of 13.56 MHz RFID tag antenna by screen printing is described.A test structure is designed and screen printed taking the ICODE chip as example.The conclusion is that the inductance and capacitance of a printed tag antenna are dependent mainly on the structure of design.For the printing process,one of the optimization objectives is to acquire a lower antenna resistance,a higher quality factor Q and desired properties to meet the needs of remote sensors.


Textile niter sleeves for industrial dust-collection purposes are traditionally manufactured from woven and needlefelt constructions. Knitted fabrics have not been seriously considered for use as filter media because of their high extensibility and anisotropy when subjected to the forces that are involved during filtration. This paper is concerned with the development and evaluation of a number of novel single-jersey circular-knitted structures for dust-filtration applications, with particular reference to their performance with regard to the pressure drop, pressure-drop stabilisation, dust-emission level, and filtration efficiency. The mechanical and filtration properties of these single-jersey structures are studied and compared with those of similar woven and needlefelt filter fabrics. It is demonstrated that the physical as well as the filtration characteristics of these structures are comparable with those of woven and needlefelt fabrics, with added benefits of lower production costs and the fact tha...


Neutral lipid accumulation is frequently observed in some Gram‐negative prokaryotes like Acinetobacter sp. and most actinomycetes, including the pathogenic Mycobacterium tuberculosis and antibiotic producing streptomycetes. We examined the formation  of  wax  ester‐  and  triacylglycerol  (TAG)‐bodies in Acinetobacter calcoaceticus and Rhodococcus opacus using microscopic, immunological and biophysical methods. A general model for prokaryotic lipid‐body formation is proposed, clearly differing from the current models for the formation of lipid inclusions in eukaryotes and of poly(hydroxyalkanoic acid) (PHA) inclusions in prokaryotes. Formation of lipid‐bodies starts with the docking of wax ester synthase/acyl‐CoA:diacylglycerol acyltransferase (WS/DGAT) to the cytoplasm membrane. Both, analyses of in vivo and in vitro lipid‐body synthesis, demonstrated the formation of small lipid droplets (SLDs), which remain bound to the membrane‐associated enzyme. SLDs conglomerated subsequently to membrane‐bound lipid‐prebodies which are then released into the cytoplasm. The formation of matured lipid‐bodies in the cytoplasm occurred by means of coalescence of SLDs inside the lipid prebodies, which are surrounded by a half‐unit membrane of phospholipids.


Taylor and Francis Ltd FCRI_Contrib.sgm 10.1080/1369823042000269357 Critical Review of In ernational Social and Political Philosophy 369230 p i t/1743-8772 online O iginal Article 2 04 & F ancis Ltd 730 000Autum 2 04 This volume builds upon the B.L.I.S. symposium (Black Leaders and Ideologies in the South since the Civil War), held at Morehouse College in April of 2003, and generously sponsored by Emory University and Morehouse College in Atlanta. BLIS is an expression of three complementary orientations: history (in the broadest sense), biography (as a subsection of the first), and sociopolitical philosophy (expressly subsuming ethics). The assumption, without in any way opening the door to relativism, is that no knowledge is free of presupposition, and that any ascertainable knowledge is always the preserve of a knowing agent: Ego. And though we construct abstract histories of specific places ('The South', 'The North'), and of specific periods ('antebellum South', 'post-bellum South'), and of phenomena generally, as of the universe and of broad human movements and religions and states within it, these abstract histories can only be chiselled from some given writer(s)'s perspective or outlook, original or imitative. Perspective is present in biography as in any narrative. The difference, in biography, is that the play of perspective is far more transparent. The truest history and the most reliable socio-political philosophy need not be that of the particular individual. But the most direct revelation of perspective – as also of the decisions, rationality and morality that hang from it – is to be found in the narrative of an individual life story, where the agent is locked down in some given place and time, as part of some concrete corporate entity, such as the clan, state, guild, religious fraternity, political party, ethnic group, etc. Following that lead, the starting point here, within the wider web of history, is that of the particular 'life story' – biography. All history has both objective and subjective components. Biography (like any history) is 'objective' in the sense that a given subject, say Douglass, was born at a certain time (1818), in a certain place (Talbot County, Maryland), to a certain condition (slavery), had certain skills (great speaker), and accomplishments (United States Marshall of the District of Columbia, Ambassador to Haiti), etc. But the subjective element is more intuitively obvious in biography than in other narratives. Biography readily facilitates appreciation of the haphazard, the contingent and the idiosyncratic in history. Biographical narrative is conspicuously driven by particular decisions, taken by particular actors, operating from some particular perspective, within some given setting.


The field of organization development (OD) has been characterized by using a problem-based approach or a diagnostic mindset which, although well-equipped to restore a normative standard of function...


The most perspicuous phenomenon that demonstrates the head-final property of Japanese is the sentence-final clusters of auxiliary verbs such as (s)ase and conjunctive particles nagara. Although they are related to the hierarchical clause structure that has been discussed in the literature of Japanese linguistics, the hierarchical complexities have also been one of the major causes of the failure of long sentence parsing in the field of natural language processing. To overcome this parsing problem, we develop Japanese Phrase Structure Grammar, NAIST JPSG, which is a partial implementation of ideas from not only recent developments in Headdriven Phrase Structure Grammar but also Minami's four-level syntactic/semantic hierarchy. We devote our discussion to the analysis of hierarchical clause formation, pseudo-lexical treatment of causatives and regulation of co-occurrence of subordinate clauses, with main focus on their specific lexical information of the sentence-final clusters. Causative constructions exhibit properties of simple/complex thematic relation in spite of their morphologically simple status. A clause can be embedded as subordinate clause if and only if the clause is a member of the same or lower level in Minami's sense than the main clause belongs to. These hierarchical clause phenomena can be explained by introducing lexical description and general mechanism assumed in JPSG.


ABSTRACT This paper unveils an assessment of Power Quality (PQ) and its analysis for Three-Level and Five-Level Multilevel Inverter (TL:FL-MLI) in phase control and continuous conduction mode. TLMLI and FLMLI topologies are more weighted than traditional two-level inverters due to decreased filter size and modularity. The proposed MLI systems yield increase in active power output and decrease in Total Harmonic Distortion (THD) levels. Accuracy of systems is computed by connecting a resistance-inductance and DC source load. It is envisaged that the level of THD is mitigated under variable switching control modes while injecting active power to AC utility-grid. Subsequently, the control of switching angle is achieved through Sine Pulse Width Modulation (SPWM) technique and kept in the range of 90֯ to 165֯ for optimal control. SPWM control accomplishes the task to enhance the performance of MLIs under dynamic conditions. Furthermore, the superiority of FLMLI over TLMLI is established in synthesising ripple-free and balanced waveforms with reduced harmonic levels. The efficacy and feasibility of simulations for proposed schemes is validated through a small prototype. Comprehensive comparisons with earlier attempts in literature are provided with case studies which verify the ultimate performance of proposed topologies.


Holocene anthropogenic land cover reconstructions have recently been created at a variety of spatial scales and resolutions and using different methodologies and proxies. However, considerable discrepancies among these reconstructions, as well as their often limited levels of spatial and thematic detail and the uncertainties resulting from equifinality in proxy records, restrict the potential for application in other research fields. There is thus a need for new methodological approaches that integrate different sources of data at a high spatial resolution. This study presents the methodological framework and first results of a multiple-scenario and multi-proxy land cover allocation model that is applied to the Belgian Dijle catchment (ca. 760 km2) and aims to contribute to a better understanding of the evolution of anthropogenic land use patterns and intensity in the NW European loess area throughout the Holocene.


The present study was carried out to establish the pharmacognostical characters of stem of Tribulus terrestris L. No reports are available on the pharmacognostical studies of the stem; hence, the present study was carried out to help in identification of this plant for the future references. The microscopical studies of stem revealed the presence of cluster crystals, nonglandular hairs, starch granules, lignified fibers, pitted wood parenchyma, trachides and lignified spiral and pitted xylem vessels.


"Working Our Way Back Home," a new report by the Mae Tao Clinic, an OSI grantee, aims to raise awareness of the reproductive health issues facing Burmese migrant women in Thailand. Informed by extensive data, the in-depth study examines the causes and consequences of highly prevalent unsafe abortion practices among Burmese migrant women. The report, the first to directly deal with sexual health issues among Burmese women, concludes with a series of recommendations intended for the Burmese community and Thai government and health officials alike."Working conditions are not supportive of traditional community and family mechanisms and behaviors," Cynthia Maung writes in the report. "It becomes difficult for women to address their domestic problems effectively."


Based on the systemically survey, the population dynamic of Bemisia tabaci(Gennadius) on cotton field in Jiangsu province was studied, and the controlling measures was also investigated. The results indicate that the emergence of B.tabaci adults on cotton fields was in the last ten days of July in Yangzhou area. As temperature decreases, B. tabaci disappeared gradually in the beginning of October. There was a peak of adults appeared in the last ten days of August. Whereas, in Fengxian County, the emergence of B. tabaci adults on cotton fields was in the mid of July. As temperature decreased, B. tabaci disappeared gradually by the end of October. During this period, there was a peak of adults of B.tabaci in the middle ten days of August. Apparently, the population of B.tabaci in cotton fields was higher in north of Jiangsu province than in the central part, and higher on the transgenic Bt cotton than on the common cotton as well. A positive action was made on adults by yellow trap. Avermectin + imidacloprid, methomyl and omethoate had profound effects in controlling the B. tabaci on cotton.


The statistics of the individual gymnastic events (both male and female, Grade Two) in the Tenth Provincial Game in terms of athletes'places, numbers and residential areas indicate that the gymnastic level at the present stage in Anhui Province is not very high and gymnastics are developing unevenly with great regional differences in the whole province.


Kizil Grottoes retain many musical and dance murals occupying almost half of all the murals. The band is arranged mainly in a symmetrical, disperse and special fashion. Musical instruments are mostly of arched harps, followed by panpipes and five stringed lutes. Musical instruments are mainly composed of plucked and wind instruments. Kizil Grottoes emphasize the artistic charm the audience demands on in the formation of the band, and on the characteristics of the plucked instruments in the composition of musical instruments.


Focused on the uncertainty and complexity of risk assessment of information security and limitation of current methods,we proposed an evaluating method of risk assessment of information security based on particle swarm RBF neural network(PSO-RBF) by means of integrating the artificial neural network and particle swarm optimization algorithm.Firstly,the risk factors were quantized by fuzzy evaluation method,and the input of ANN was fuzzily pre-treated.Secondly,the RBFNN was trained by particle swarm optimization algorithm.Lastly,a model of risk assessment of information security based on PSO-RBF was established.The simulation results show that level of the information security risk factors can be assessed quantitatively by the PSO-RBF neural network model,and the shortcomings of current assessment methods,such as more subjectivity,randomness and fuzzy conclusion.can be overcome.PSO-RBF neural network has higher precision and faster convergence than traditional neural network.


The relationship between browning level and formation of furfural (FUR) and 5hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) in stored yuzu (Citrus junos Tanaka) juice was examined. Since there was a highly significant correlation (r=0.9995) between the concentration of ascorbic acid (AA) and the level of FUR, it was confirmed that FUR in the stored juice was formed by the non-oxidative degradation of AA to a considerable extent. The regression line between browning level and the concentration of AA implicated the presence of an additional factor on browning other than AA. From the experiments on the juice and an AA standard solution, it was indicated that both FUR and HMF would not be the causal factors of browning, and that the intense browning would be arised from dehydroascorbic acid (DHA). It was suggested, therefore, that both pathways from AA to FUR and to DHA proceed simultaneously in the stored yuzu juice, and that the latter was a main pathway for browning. (Received Jun. 6, 1988)


In this paper a new and original name evaluation method of attribute names is proposed and elaborated. This method allows an attribute name to be presented in a non-hierarchy fashion and to be evaluated using a hierarchical approach. A three-level name model that supports attribute names for objects in a distributed system and the structure of naming contexts which bind attribute names onto objects are presented. The naming contexts are represented intuitively with a context-graph. To be able to meet the requirements generated form the name service semantics, a name evaluation model suitable for different name services, i.e. the conventional service, the selection service and the enquiry service is used. This model allows the name evaluation to be implemented efficiently. Moreover, to achieve the effectiveness and the efficiency in the implementation of the name evaluation, we have developed a set of algorithms, each of which is for a particular name service. * This work was partly supported by Australian Research Council under Grants A48831034, A49232429 and the Deakin University Research Grant 0504054151.


Abstract Part weakly alkaline natural uranium-containing water contains abundant Ca2+ and (bi)carbonate. Herein, two kinds of materials, namely mesoporous hydrous manganese dioxide (MHMO) and polyacrylonitrile (PAN)/dolomite composites were synthesized and characterized to evaluate their adsorption behaviors of U(VI) from Ca2+ coexisted bicarbonate solution. Characterization results showed that both samples exhibited good structural stability after U(VI) load. MHMO could coordinate U(VI) through the surface –OH sites, whereas an unfavorable U(VI) adsorption onto mineral composites was deduced. Adsorption tests indicated that increasing Ca2+ and (bi)carbonate amounts suppress U(VI) adsorption process, and ∼19.0 mg/g U adsorbed by MHMO could be obtained in solutions with 1 mmol/L [Ca2+], 5 mmol/L [CO3]T, 50 mg/L [U(VI)]initial at pH 8.0. Moreover, a heterogeneous surface chemical adsorption was verified through kinetics and isotherms study. Results from our study should be useful in exploring the adsorption behaviors and mechanisms of U(VI) on selected inorganic and mineral materials from natural uranium-containing water.


Many years ago when companies still used adding machines and dictaphones and PAs were called secretaries, or short-hand typists were employees, mid-morning and mid-afternoon willingly became part of a slavishly familiar routine as the comforting sound of the tea-trolling bustled down the corridor.


Hungarian, also called Magyar, traditionally belong s to the Ob-Ugric languages (e.g. Khanty and Mansi) of the Finno-Ugric branch of Uralic. Hungari an is the official language of the Republic of Hungary, and has approximately fifteen million spea kers, of which four million reside outside of Hungary. In this paper a description of Hungarian phonology, morphology and syntax follows. The sections are based on Benk ö & Imre (1972), Rácz (1968), Olsson (1992) and Abon dolo (1992).


It is very important to improve the precision of 3-D seismic reflection structural maps by selecting velocity parameters and mapping methods.In this paper using stacking velocity from seismic data obtains interface average velocities,and corrects the velocity by drilling data,and acquires average velocities conforming to geological laws.The methods improve the accuracy of mapping.It is successful in applying 3-D data's interpretation in exploration area of Northern China coal field,and making up insufficiency for the traditional method of time to depth.It is effective and the structural mapping depth is identical with data of tunnel.


Objective To investigate significance of nuclear factor-κB expression in peripheral blood mononuclear cell(PBMCs) in dermatomyositis(DM) patients and glucocorticoid effect on NF-κB in dermatomyositis.Methods Mononuclear cells were extracted from health adult and DM patients' peripheral blood.Activity of NF-Κb was detected by EMSA in different groups.Results ①There was little expression of NF-κB on health adult peripheral blood.There was expression of NF-κB on DM patiants'peripheral blood.②Activity of NF-κB can be inhibited by glucocorticoid.③Activity of NF-Κb in recurring patients was higher than no relapsed patients before prior treatment(P0.01).Conclusion The expression of NF-κB may take part in the pathogenesis of DM;Disequilibrium of NF-κB between glucocoriticoid receptor may be one of important factors that induce inflammatory reaction and recurrences.


Problem. The purpose of this study was to determine the validity of a battery of three tests intended to be used in the prediction of achievement in three basic courses required of all prospective engineering majors at Nemo University. Description of predictor variables. Three tests were used: (I) Curtis' Verbal Aptitude Test, (2) a one-hour objective mathematics achievement examination of 60 items based on content


A closed-cycle gas-supply system for gas bearings and gas-floated devices is described which eliminates mechanical pumps or compressors and uses instead thermal and capillary pumping action. A small quantity of a twophase fluid of suitable thermodynamic characteristics, such as Freon, is recirculated in a closed system. The fluid is thermally vaporized in an evaporator, and the superheated vapor, after passing through the gas bearing, is condensed and returned to the evaporator by capillary action. The system is of special interest to space applications, because it can operate in a zero-g envronment from solar or nuclear power sources, without conversion to electrical energy. (auth)


Recent years have witnessed renewed interest in developing skin segmentation approaches. Skin feature segmentation has been widely employed in different aspects of computer vision applications including face detection and hand gestures recognition systems. This is mostly due to the attractive characteristics of skin colour and its effectiveness to object segmentation. On the contrary, there are certain challenges in using human skin colour as a feature to segment dynamic hand gesture, due to various illumination conditions, complicated environment, and computation time or real-time method. These challenges have led to the insufficiency of many of the skin color segmentation approaches. Therefore, to produce simple, effective, and cost efficient skin segmentation, this paper has proposed a skin segmentation scheme. This scheme includes two procedures for calculating generic threshold ranges in Cb-Cr colour space. The first procedure uses threshold values trained online from nose pixels of the face region. Meanwhile, the second procedure known as the offline training procedure uses thresholds trained out of skin samples and weighted equation. The experimental results showed that the proposed scheme achieved good performance in terms of efficiency and computation time.


The use of shear links as hysteretic energy dissipators in eccentrically braced frames for buildings and major bridges has become an attractive means of reducing the seismic demands imposed by large earthquakes. In certain situations, built-up shear links made from plates are preferred as they allow the designer to overcome some of the restrictions of the rolled wide flange geometries. An experimental study was conducted on four types of shear links, each utilizing a different grade of plate steel including United States conventional and high performance steels (HPS) as well as two types of Japanese low yield point steels (LYP). These steels provided a range of nominal yield strengths from 100 MPa (14.5 ksi) to 485 MPa (70 ksi). The LYP steel in particular allowed for innovative designs of compact shear links without stiffeners. The main objectives of the large-scale experiments were to apply cyclic plastic deformations and determine the deformation capacity, maximum resistance and ultimate failure mode of the shear link components. All of the experiments resulted in ductile hysteretic behavior showing suitability of these steels for shear link dissipators. In links where stiffeners were used, the failure mode initiated with cracks in the web at the stiffener connections and propagated along the heat affected zone leading to progressive tearing and failure at 0.12 rad shear rotation. Significant improvement in deformation capacity was found for the LYP links without stiffeners leading to shear deformations up to 0.20 rad. The ultimate strength was found to significantly vary among all of the specimens, with overstrength ratios ranging 1.5 to 4.0, the results of which directly affects capacity design of the associated structural components. Similar trends were also observed in the stress-strain response of coupons of the different steels subjected to reverse cyclic axial loading.


THE danger of deterioration of the world's stock of human genes through the accumulation of harmful mutations was forcefully pointed out at the 1949 annual meeting of the American Society of Human Genetics by our president for that year, H. J. Muller (1950). The harmful mutations that occur in primitive human populations may be assumed usually to be eliminated in time by natural selection. In our modern societies, however, many individuals who carry serious hereditary defects survive to transmit their harmful genes to their offspring. Even persons who carry such unfortunate traits as diabetes, perni-cious anemia, or retinoblastoma can often be kept alive by medical treatment. The mutations that are responsible for these and numerous other serious diseases consequently have a tendency to accumulate and to reach a higher level of frequency in modern than in primitive populations.


This is a complex book predicated upon a simple idea: the properties of coal and oil have inordinate influence upon political structures both in the West and in the oil-rich countries of the Middle East. To prove this, Mitchell has written a tightly argued and theoretically eclectic work based upon an impressive grasp of the secondary literature, supplemented by occasional gems from the archives. Stretching from Russia, the Middle East, to Britain and further, this book's sprawling scope and ambition maintains coherence by an unwavering instinct for iconoclasm—I unreservedly recommend Carbon Democracy if only for its savage evisceration of hoary clichés.


The purpose of our study was to analyze the outcome of symptomatic radionecrosis following stereotactic radiosurgery for brain arterio venous malformations. Of 225 patients treated by linear accelerator radiosurgery for brain AVM, 16 (7, 1%) presented post-radiosurgery symptomatic radionecrosis on a mean follow-up period of 50 months (range 1–123 months). Once diagnosed with radionecrosis, 14 of 16 patients were subjected to high dose corticotherapy consisting of escalating doses of dexamethasone for several weeks. The mean interval of occurrence of new symptoms was 11.6 months post-radiosurgery (range 6–20 months). The mean time of follow-up was 2.9 years post radiotherap y ranging from seven months to eight years. Of the 16 patients with symptomatic radionecrosis, 11 (68, 75%) showed complete resolution of symptoms while five (31, 25%) showed improvement but still presented a neurological deficit at the closing date of the study. At the closing date, 11 patients (68.75%) had angiographically completely obliterated arterio venous malformations while another two patients had an obliteration of 95% to 98% and one patient had a 98% obliteration with development of a new contralateral AVM. In our series, symptomatic radionecrosis occurred in 7.1% of patients treated with stereotactic radiosurgery for brain AVM. These patients where subjected to a prompt, high dose corticosteroid treatment and most presented symptom resolution or improvement with a fair obliteration rate, offering protection from bleeding. Permanent neurologic deficits attributable to radionecrosis occurred in 2.2% of our patient population treated with stereotactic radiosurgery for brain AVM.


One percent haloprogin cream, a topical agent for the treatment of dermatophytoses, has proved efficacious in experimentally induced and naturally occurring human infections. These studies indicate haloprogin cream to be significantly (P


Acknowledgments. Note to the Reader. Introduction: What Is a Real Mom? Part One: How Can a Real Mom Give Her Children Love That Lasts for Always? Chapter One: From the Sacrificial Mom to the Child Who Can Thrive Without You. Chapter Two: What Is a Real Mom These Days? Chapter Three: Why Being a "Sacrificial Mom" Is Bad for Your Kids. Chapter Four: Can Our Kids Make It on Their Own?. Part Two: The 12 Simple Secrets of Real Mothering. Real Mom's Secret 1: A Mother Who Loves Teaches Worth. Real Mom's Secret 2: A Mother Who Is Firm and Fair Gives Her Children a Moral Code to Live By. Real Mom's Secret 3: A Mother Who Listens Shows Her Children They Matter. Real Mom's Secret 4: A Mother Who Is a Good Role Model Gives Her Children an Example Worth Copying. Real Mom's Secret 5: A Mother Who Teaches Values Inspires Character. Real Mom's Secret 6: A Mother Who Supports Her Children's Strengths Builds Their Confidence. Real Mom's Secret 7: A Mother Who Encourages Independence Cultivates Self-Reliance. Real Mom's Secret 8: A Mother Who Applauds Effort Nurtures Perseverance. Real Mom's Secret 9: A Mother Who Accepts Her Children's Shortcomings Nurtures Resilience. Real Mom's Secret 10: A Mother Who Takes Time for Her Children Helps Them Build Strong Relationships. Real Mom's Secret 11: A Mother Who Laughs Teaches Joy. Real Mom's Secret 12: A Mother Who Takes Care of Herself Holds Together Her Happy Family. The Last Word. References. About the Author.


The Xenium In Situ platform is a new spatial transcriptomics product commercialized by 10X Genomics capable of mapping hundreds of transcripts in situ at a subcellular resolution. Given the multitude of commercially available spatial transcriptomics technologies, recommendations in choice of platform and analysis guidelines are increasingly important. Herein, we explore eight preview Xenium datasets of the mouse brain and two of human breast cancer by comparing scalability, resolution, data quality, capacities and limitations with eight other spatially resolved transcriptomics technologies. In addition, we benchmarked the performance of multiple open source computational tools when applied to Xenium datasets in tasks including cell segmentation, segmentation-free analysis, selection of spatially variable genes and domain identification, among others. This study serves as the first independent analysis of the performance of Xenium, and provides best-practices and recommendations for analysis of such datasets.


Throium, uranium, potassium, aluminium-26, and sodium-22 were measured by nondestructive gamma ray spectrometry in six soil and two rock samples gathered by Apollo 16 in the lunar central highlands. The soil samples probably include both major geologic formations in the vicinity, the Cayley and Descartes Formations, although it is possible that the Descartes Formation is not represented. The rock samples have low concentrations of primordial radionuclides. The Al concentrations were lower than could be expected from the high abundance of alumina in the Apollo 16 soils reported earlier, but this could be due to lower concentrations of target elements in these soils, sampling depth variations, or regolithic mixing (exposure age variations).


We propose a MATLAB toolbox for the computation of the strain rate field from the coordinate time series of some continuous GNSS stations. It consists of several functions, also compatible with GNU Octave, implementing the following steps: (i) time series download from a data repository (e.g., the Nevada Geodetic Laboratory database); (ii) calculation of velocities of the selected stations by means of the Maximum Likelihood Estimation (MLE) method implemented in the external package Hector, including modeling of offsets, outliers, noise and periodic components; (iii) (optional) filtering of Common Mode Errors; (iv) calculation of the strain rate field with the modified least squares method, in which a scale factor can be introduced to define the locality of the deformation analysis and, besides uncertainty estimation, a geometric evaluation of the significance of the results is provided; (v) visualization of the results for immediate use and easy interpretation for scientific purposes. The toolbox is divided into two components: the first one, named StaVel, performs the steps (i)-(iii) and the second component, GridStrain, performs the steps (iv) and (v). The potential of the toolbox is demonstrated on a real dataset. Time series from several continuous GNSS stations in South-Eastern Sicily (Southern Italy) are processed by means of StaVel and GridStrain in order to provide the strain rate field.


Fuel property judgment device for an internal combustion engine, comprising: a crank angle sensor (101) for generating a crank angle signal (CA) in accordance with a number of revolutions per minute of the engine (1) and a crank angle position; a starter switch (9) for outputting a start signal (ST) at the time of starting operation of the internal combustion engine; marked by a device for detecting the initial combustion (30, 30A) at the time of starting operation of the internal combustion engine; Anschaltzahl a counting device (31) for counting a Anschaltzahl (N) of the crank angle signal during a period from the operation start of the internal combustion engine up to the detection of the initial combustion; a standard speed setting means (32) for establishing a standard number (NST), which is an evaluation standard for the fuel property of the internal combustion engine; Anschaltzahl a comparison means (33) for comparing the Anschaltzahl with the standard number; and a fuel property judgment means (37) for determining the fuel property on the basis of the comparison result (A) of the Anschaltzahl comparison means.


In this paper we investigate the effect of internationalization on home market performance using survey data and financial statement data of German insurance groups with property-liability business for the years 1999 through 2009. We develop a resource-based perspective and argue that strategic transformation is a major factor driving insurance groups' internationalization, whereby successful international insurance groups facilitate organizational learning from international operations to enhance home market performance. Our findings corroborate this notion and show that the establishment of branch offices as well as greater internationalization is positively correlated with home market performance. JEL Classifications: G22, L25, F23


Background: In the Norwegian Arthroplasty Register several uncemented femoral stems have proved good or excellent survivorship. The overall results of uncemented total hip arthroplasty however, have been disappointing due to inferior results of the metal backed acetabular cups. In this study we investigated the medium-term performance of primary uncemented metal backed acetabular cups exclusively. Methods: 9 113 primary uncemented acetabular cups in 7 937 patients operated in the period 1987–2007 were included in a prospective, population-based observational study. All were modular, metal-backed uncemented cups with ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene liners and femoral heads made of steel, cobalt chrome, or Alumina ceramics. Thus 7 different cup designs were evaluated with the Kaplan-Meier method and Cox regression analyses. Results: Most cups performed well up to 7 years. When the end-point was cup revision due to aseptic cup loosening, the cups had a survival of 87 to 100% at 10 years. However, when the end-point was cup revision of any reason, the survival estimates were 81 to 92% for the same cups at 10 years. Aseptic loosening, wear, osteolysis and dislocation were the main reasons for the relatively poor overall performance of the metal backed cups in this study. Prostheses with Alumina heads performed slightly better than those with steel- or cobalt chrome in sub-groups. Conclusions: Whereas most cups performed well at 7 years, the survivorship declined with longer follow-up time. Fixation was generally good. None of the metal-backed uncemented acetabular cups with UHMWPE liners investigated in the present study had satisfactory long-term results due to high rates of wear, osteolysis, aseptic loosening and dislocation. Hopefully cross-linked liner inserts will improve long term outcome in the future.


From August 1947 to May 1964,following the development strategy of defense afer economy and Nehru's anti-nuclearization ethics,the Nehru administration carried out the peaceful nuclear policy,insisting on using nuclear energyfor peaceful purposes,opposing to develop nuclear weapons;advocated nuclear disarmament,claiming the comprehensiveban on nuclear tests; aimed at the economic development,advancing the basic constructions of nuclear industry. India'sfailure of the war launched against China in 1962 indicated that the efforts of expanding power and of strengthening de-fense capabilities began to take place of the basic national policy of economy priority,the thoughts of anti-nuclearizationethics and Nehru's authority on nuclear matters tended to weaken. The public debates on nuclear issues after the Sino-Indian war showed that the peaceful nuclear policy of the Nehru administration came under attack,and the change wouldcome with the end of the Nerhu's age.


The utility model provides a thermoplastic polyurethane modified polyvinyl chloride self-adhesion waterproof roll material which sequentially comprises an anti-ageing layer, a polyvinyl chloride waterproof layer, a blocking layer, a rubber modified asphalt self-adhesion layer and an isolation layer, wherein the anti-ageing layer refers to a thermoplastic polyurethane resin modified polyvinyl chloride layer and is not less than 0.4mm in thickness. The roll material is not less than 1.8mm in overall thickness. Compared with the prior art, the roll material has the advantages and the positive effects that as the anti-ageing layer is arranged and the advantages of excellent anti-ageing performance, high strength, high extension and the like of thermoplastic polyurethane are fully utilized, the problem of volatile migration of a plasticizer is solved when the roll material is applied to a one-layer roofing project; due to the blocking layer between the polyvinyl chloride waterproof layer and the rubber modified asphalt self-adhesion layer, the problem of seepage of oil of the rubber modified asphalt self-adhesion layer into the polyvinyl chloride waterproof layer is solved, and the service life of the roll material is prolonged.


There is a general consensus that expected returns are notoriously difficult to predict for many reasons, including modeling and econometric problems. The bubble and contagion literature proposes fundamentals and contagion proxies as explanatory of financial asset's price changes. This paper uses mean and semiparametric methods to analyze the explanatory value of some of these variables. The goal of this study is to determine which variables have higher explanatory value as well as their differential impact throughout the distribution of returns. The findings suggest that none of the twelve different models used to proxy fundamentals have any explanatory value for price changes. The three models used to proxy contagion variables are found significant regardless of the methodology used: OLS, panel data or quantile regression. Also, in the three models, the effect of the independent variable is found to increase with the quantile.


Cyclic amines, pyrrolidine (Pyr) and piperidine (Pip), can form the corresponding carcinogenic N-nitroso compounds. The present study established a gas chromatographic determination method for these amines contained in food samples. Both amines extracted from samples were purified by cation-exchange chromatography, converted into the N-n-amyloxycarbonyl deriva-tives and then determined by gas chromatography on a mixture of 5.5% OV-17 and FFAP (10: 1 w/w). Aniline was used as an internal standard in gas chromatographic analysis. When the established method was applied to carp muscle and 12 kinds of canned fish products, Pyr was detected in all samples at concentrations ranging from 0.10 to 6.63μg/g while lesser amounts of Pip were in a few canned products only. It was noticeable that the canned dark muscle of tuna and skipjack contained especially high amounts of Pyr as compared to other samples. A part of Pyr in the canned products was assumed to originate from raw material.


The main intensity limitations in future hadron or positron rings are expected to come from unconventional loss mechanisms. First, we will present a review of the single bunch collective effects driven by electron cloud. The wake field generated by an electron cloud can lead to transverse beam instability and loss over a few turns. The electron cloud wake field is highly unconventional, since the shape of the wake depends on the cloud distribution, and therefore on which part of a passing bunch is generating it. This feature leads to the definition of a generalized impedance, which has a double frequency dependence and can be used in TMCI calculations for the accurate estimation of the instability threshold. Space charge and conventional broad band impedance can also interplay with the electron cloud to trigger stronger instabilities. The second part of the paper will address the features of collective head-tail motion in a barrier bucket under the action of a transverse broad band impedance. Similarities and differences with regular and strong head tail instability for a conventional bunch shape will be highlighted.


The filled-duration illusion, or divided time illusion, refers to the fact that intervals filled with one or multiple intervening sensory events are perceived as being longer than undivided intervals of the same physical duration. The range of durations for investigating this illusion is most often restricted to very short durations (less than a second). Two experiments involving temporal production were conducted, in which participants used a finger-tapping method to produce series of .8- to 3-s target intervals (Experiment 1) or 1- to 1.4-s target intervals (Experiment 2). In Experiment 1, the addition of a divider leads to longer productions only in the short-target conditions but to shorter and more precise productions in the long-target conditions. In Experiment 2, the number of dividers varied from 0 to 3. The results showed that the constant error was larger at 1 than at 1.4 s and larger when more dividers were used, which is attributed to an increase in the information processing load.


This paper presents results of a preliminary evaluation of the OWL EL reasoner ELK running on a Google Nexus 4 cell phone under Android 4.2 OS. The results show that economic and well-engineered ontology reasoners can demonstrate acceptable performance when classifying ontologies with thousands of axioms and take advantage of multi-core CPUs of modern mobile devices. The paper emphasizes the engineering aspects of ELK's design and implementation which make this performance possible.


In preparation for a survey and annotated checklist of the Tenebrionidae of San Salvador Island, Bahamas, nine new species of darkling beetles are described. All are so far known only from this island and probably endemic. The majority of them are flightless. All inhabit maritime sand scrub habitats. The new taxa, in the sequence described herein, are: Trientoma jilae, n. sp., Trientoma voegeliorum, n. sp., Branchus geraceorum, n. sp., Adelina bacardi, n. sp., Blapstinus kalik, n. sp., Diastolinus this, n. sp., Diastolinus that, n. sp., Nautes guanahani, n. sp., Lobopoda deyrupi, n. sp. Digital images of the holotypes are included. Diagnoses of the new species, with comparisonsamong related ones, are provided, and notes on habitats and collections are given. One species, Blapstinus humilis Casey, is brought out of synonymy under B. fuscus Casey and provisionally recognized as valid, pending further revisionary work.


Background: Prevalence of mental and behavioural disorders are common and their occurrence has been increasing tremendously, affecting more than 25% of all people at some time during their life. (1) Materials and Methods: A cross sectional study was conducted from March 2014 to March 2015 in which 423 people were screened with the help of a pretested questionnaire by SRQ-20. Each house was visited and head of the family was interviewed to start with the information, followed by individual interview. Result: Prevalence of mental disorders was 238.7/1000 population. Socio-demographic variables were found as the contributing factor. 76.12% reported typical response within 7 in SRQ-20 scoring. Mental disorder was found in 16.07% with self-reporting questioner (SRQ-20) scores between7-13. Severe distress was found in 7.80 % of the population with SRQ-20 score >14. Scores of females were higher in domain of psychological distress [10.63%] as well asin group having severe distress [4.96 %]. Conclusion: Present study concludes that there is a need to consider wider impact of common psychological health problem that urban slum community is facing today which is largely a neglected part of today's modern society mental disorders can be a major contributor to slum's overall burden of functional impairment.