ABSTRACT Tobacco columns are extreme examples of heterogenous packed beds, which have various cut-filler shapes and a wide range of size distribution. The behavior of mechanical filtration through tobacco columns has been investigated by using polystyrene latex (PSL) standard particles to compare the actual filtration efficiency with the predicted filtration efficiency calculated by theoretical equations for spherical packed beds. The influence of cut-filler shape and the range of cut-filler size distribution on filtration efficiency have been examined. The effect of diffusion in tobacco columns was lower and the effect of interception and inertia were higher than in spherical packed beds. These results show that a partially faster flow could have occurred in tobacco columns. It means that it is difficult to utilize the theoretical equations for spherical packed beds to heterogenous packed beds as proposed. Filtration efficiency through tobacco columns had a relationship with the factor that shows cut-filler shape and size distribution (r = 0.894, p < 0.05) and the factor that shows cut-filler size distribution (r = 0.683, p < 0.15). The factor showing cut-filler shape and size distribution was expected to be an effective factor of filtration efficiency for heterogenous packed beds. From these experiments, empirical equations that can be applied to tobacco columns have been proposed, and the prediction accuracy during burning was validated. It has been found that the prediction accuracy was precise, revealing the importance of taking the influence of cut-filler shape and size distribution into account in the filtration equations. Copyright © 2016 American Association for Aerosol Research


Abstract The principles, theoretical basis and equipment for continuous two phase toroidal coil chromatography are described. Rat liver homogenates were subjected to analytical subcellular fractionation by toroidal coil chromatography in a phase mixture of 3.3% (w/w) dextran T500, 5.4% (w/w) poly(ethylene glycol) 6000, 10 mM sodium phosphate-phosphoric acid buffer, pH 7.4, in 0.26 M sucrose containing 0.05 mM Na2EDTA and 1 mM ethanol. The distribution of organelles, as reflected by their marker enzymes, was compared to that obtained by discrete counter-current partition in a 17 transfer apparatus. Toroidal coil chromatography showed enhanced resolution of certain organelles. In particular, almost complete separation of plasma membrane from endoplasmic reticulum was achieved and some resolution of plasma membrane from lysosomes was obtained. It is concluded that toroidal coil chromatography offers a potentially useful alternative approach to organelle separation techniques.


Obesity is one of the most prevalent health problems in modern society. Physiological alterations of this disease include metabolic problems such as insulin resistance, glucose intolerance, nonalcoholic hepatic steatosis, increased accumulation of adipose tissue and cardiovascular diseases as well as alterations in the central nervous system such as increased inflammatory markers and neuronal damage in the hippocampus, cortex, and hypothalamus. Many of the obesity induced physiological dysfunctions present an autonomic neuronal control, such as blood pressure, hepatic glucose production and mobilization of lipids from adipose tissue, suggesting an alteration in the balance between the activity of the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous system that innervate the different organs of the body. The adipose tissue is one of the main organs whose activity is importantly modified during obesity and it presents an autonomic modulation, through hypothalamic nuclei such as the arcuate nucleus (ARC) and the paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus (PVN). Previous studies have shown that obesity increases the amount of hypothalamic microglia and pro-inflammatory signals, resulting in dysregulation of the neuronal activity. The hypothesis of this work is that the increase of the neuroinflammatory profile and neuronal damage in hypothalamic nuclei involved in the autonomous modulation of the adipose tissue could modulate the morphology and metabolism of the different adipose tissues. The objective of this project is to determine the functional implication of the increase of the proinflammatory profile in the hypothalamus innervating fat deposits. In the present study, we have determined that blocking microglial activity in obese male Wistar rats, through an ICV injection of minocycline, decreases glucose intolerance and the white and brown adipocytes morphology. These effects are mediated through an autonomic pathway since denervation of the white and the brown adipose tissue prevented the adipocyte hypertrophy. ACKNOWLEDGMENT DGAPA postdoctoral fellowship, PAPITT project (IN222215) of the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. SECOND NEUROBIOLOGY MEETING OF THE MEXICAN SOCIETY FOR BIOCHEMISTRY OCTOBER 15‐18, 2017 HACIENDA JURICA, QUERÉTARO, MEXICO ROLE OF NOX-2 IN THE INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE TO EXCITOTOXIC DAMAGE Hernández-Espinosa DR; Massieu Trigo L; Zenteno GalindoE; MoránAndrade J. Departamento de Neurodesarrollo y Fisiología, Instituto de Fisiología Celular, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. Av. Universidad no. 3000, Del. Coyoacán, México, CDMX. C.P.04510, Tel. 56225616. email@example.com


Graphene exhibits many exciting properties, such as anomalously quantized Hall effects, massless Dirac-Fermions like charge carrier, existence of a minimum conductivity, which make it promising material for the future nano-electronic devices. All these properties are originated from its unique band structure whose conical valence and conduction bands meet at the Dirac point in Brillouin zone. Raman spectroscopy/imaging has been historically used to probe structural and electronic characteristics of carbon materials. In this talk, we use Raman imaging to study graphene in the following aspects. (1) Raman imaging in together with contrast imaging can be used to unambiguously determine the graphene thickness. (2) determination of graphene axes using Polarized Raman spectroscopy (3) Raman imaging of folded graphene sheets has revealed the two dimensional Dirac-like (single layer graphene-like) character of electronic states and with reduction of Fermi velocity. (4) We have also studied the effect of top insulator layer deposition (SiO2, HfO2, PMMA) with different techniques (ALD, PLD, Sputtering, spin coating) on the properties of graphene. The effect of high temperature annealing and molecular doping is also studied. (5) Uniaxial strain is applied on graphene, and the strain is detected by Raman spectroscopy and imaging. Bandgap opening on graphene, which is critical to its application, is possible by applying such strain. The results obtained here by Raman imaging help on the better understood of fundamental properties of graphene and might speed up its application on future electronic devices.


Mobile devices are an inseparable part of our lives. They have made it possible to access all the information and services anywhere at any time. Almost all of the organizations try to provide a mobile device-based solution to its users. However, this convenience has arisen the risk of losing personal information and has increased the threat to security. It has been observed recently that some of the mobile device manufacturers and mobile apps developers have lost the private information of their users to hackers. It has risen a great concern among mobile device users about their personal information. Android and iOS are the major operating systems for mobile devices and share over 99% of the mobile device market. This research aims to conduct a comparative analysis of the security of the components in the Android and iOS operating systems. It analyses the security from several perspectives such as memory randomization, application sandboxing, isolation, encryption, built-in antivirus, and data storage. From the analysis, it is evident that iOS is more secure than Android operating system. However, this security comes with a cost of losing the freedom.


The methods to destroy developing convective clouds,using artificially generated downdrafts, were theoretically justified and thoroughly tested under laboratory and field conditions.It is based on artificial initiation of downdrafts in convective clouds by releasing large doses of powdered agents into their tops.Beijing Weather Modification Office developed a new seeding device to release large doses of powdered agents in field experiments.This is the first device that seeds powdered agents by airdropping in the weather modification field experiments of China.Pollution to the aircraft could be relieved when releasing powdered agents with the device.The powdered agents should be packaged with special box before airdrop. The new device was used at Beijing Olympic Games and Paralympic Games opening and closing days. The total 34 tons of hygroscopic powdered agents were released in 9 flights.


UNLABELLED
The prevalence of oral candidal carriage is widely variable in different populations but has never been studied previously in a Saudi population. Nasal mycological flora has never been investigated previously in a healthy population.

OBJECTIVES
To assess the oral and nasal candidal and Aspergillus flora in a group of Saudi healthy adult dentate subjects.

DESIGN
The concentrated oral rinse technique and nasal swab technique were used to sample the oral and nasal cavity respectively.

RESULTS
Candida species were isolated from the oral cavity of 52 (52%) subjects. Candida albicans constituted 80.8% of the isolates, followed by C. krusei (5.8%). Aspergillus species were isolated from the nose of 21 (21%) subjects. A. flavus constituted 42.3% of the isolates followed by A. niger (31.8%) and A. fumigatus (26.9%). Subjects who did not brush their teeth had a significantly higher rate of oral Candida and nasal Aspergillus compared with those who brushed regularly (P = 0.02).

CONCLUSION
Oral mycological flora in the Saudi population is not different than reported for other populations. Lack of oral hygiene increases oral candidal colonisation. Larger scale studies are encouraged to determine the prevalence of oral candidal carriage in the population generally, and the significance of nasal Aspergillus carriage should be determined.


This research analyzes the case of Pablo de Olavide University on the mindsets of professors regarding the training model within the relatively new framework of the European Higher Education Area. A qualitative methodology, based on discussion groups, is used. Four focus groups were set up. The key results of the study indicate that participants value as positive the model proposed by the implementation of the convergence process, although generally recognized that there still are many dimensions to adjust. A number of possible actions are suggested in order to improve the implementation of this training system of higher education.


Based on the ZigBee wireless network and the power line carrier,the power line network characteristic is analyzed,and the wired and wireless unified dual network model is proposed.The MC13193 ZigBee chip and the SC1128 power line carrier chip are used for networking.The network channel efficiency is increased,the network communication distance is lengthened,and the network communication reliability is strenthened.Finally the network model performance is analyzed.


The invention belongs to the technical field of sensors, and particularly relates to a wireless passive prestress sensor which is used for detecting reinforcement prestress change information in a building structure. The wireless passive prestress sensor comprises a radio frequency module, a power module, a data acquisition module and a modulation module, wherein the radio frequency module has an LC resonant magnetic coupling model, the power module comprises a full bridge rectifier circuit and a voltage stabilization chip, and the data acquisition module comprises an analog-digital conversion chip, a micro-processing chip and a full bridge strain circuit. Signals are transmitted by an external device, reach a sensor through the radio frequency module and are processed into stable voltage by the power module, the data acquisition module converts acquired analog digitals into digital signals, data are modulated to the radio frequency signals by the modulation module and demodulated and acquired by the external device, and steel cable prestress in concrete is acquired by a prestress conversion device and can be detected for a long time or at regular intervals in the distance of about 30cm of the concrete thickness, so that safety accidents are prevented.


In endoscopic clinical research studies of patients who take non steroidal anti inflammatory drugs (NSAIDS) use, the incidence of new gastric ulcer in stomach. The NSIADS produced ulcer healing is not widely appreciated. The present study was undertaken to investigate anti inflammatory cum ulcer protective property of chloroform extract of Albizzia chinensis bark. The phytochemical studies were carried out chloroform extract of Albizzia chinensis bark. Carrageenan was used to induced rats paw oedema and diclofenac sodium (100 mg/kg, i.p route), which has been served for positive control. The etahanol induced ulcer was conducted in rats and omeprazole oral dose of 4mg/kg, which has been used for positive control. Ethanol administered 1hr later stomach was isolated from rat and histopathological studies were carried out chloroform extract of Albizzia chinensis bark. The phytochemical studies were indicated in the presence of carbohydrates, proteins, saponin glycosides, flavonoids, tannins, terpenoids, gums and mucilage. The results revealed that the chloroform extract of Albizzia chinensis bark 200 mg/kg and 400mg/kg dose levels have been showed significant decrease in the paw volume (P<0.001) when compared to control and positive control. The chloroform extract of Albizzia chinensis bark 200 and 400mg/kg dose levels were showed significantly reduced in the ulcer index (P<0.001) when compared to control and positive control. The histopathological studies have been indicated that the chloroform extract of Albizzia chinensis bark 200 and 400mg/kg were significantly increased in the ulcer protective effect when compared with control group.


In this work we study the effects interactions have
 on the evolution of gas-rich barred galaxies using
 N-body/smoothed-particle-hydrodynamics simulations.In the first part we investigate the dynamical
 effects of an interaction between an {\em initially}
 barred galaxy and a small spherical companion. In these
 models the small companion passes through the disc of
 the larger galaxy nearly perpendicular to it"s plane.
 The impact position and time are varied with respect to
 the phase of the bar and the dynamical evolution of the
 disc. We find that the interactions produce expanding
 ring structures, offset bars, spokes, and other
 asymmetries in the stars and gas. We describe how the
 evolution of the bar strength, pattern speed, and gas
 inflow rate are affected by the interaction. The
 results are compared with pure stellar simulations to
 assess the role played by the dissipative component on
 the evolution of the disc and bar during the
 interaction.In the second part, we study the regeneration of
 stellar bars triggered by a tidal interaction, using
 numerical simulations of either purely stellar or
 stellar+gas disc galaxies. We find that interactions
 which are sufficiently strong to regenerate the bar in
 the purely stellar models do not lead to a regeneration
 in the dissipative models, owing to the induced gas
 inflow. In models in which the bar can be regenerated,
 we find a tight correlation between the strength and
 the pattern speed of the induced bar. This relation can
 be explained by a significant radial redistribution of
 angular momentum in the disc due to the interaction,
 similar to the processes and correlations found for
 isolated barred spirals. We furthermore show that the
 regenerated bars show the same dynamical properties as
 their isolated counterparts.In the final part, we present a systematic study of
 the influence of numerical effects on the evolution of
 the pattern speed of bars in fully self-consistent
 simulations. We show that the evolution of the pattern
 speed is very sensitive to both the intrinsic numerical
 noise of the model, as well as to the numerical
 accuracy in the force calculation. Owing to the
 superposition of these effects the pattern speed shows
 an uncertainty of roughly 13 per cent. We conclude that
 large particle numbers and high force accuracy are
 required for a robust determination of the pattern
 speed.


This article presents post-election audits designed to limit the risk of certifying an incorrect election outcome to any desired low probability, say α = 0.05. Its contributions are to: provide accurate upper margin error bounds for single or multiple winner election audit sampling; describe Stenger's numerical method for precisely calculating uniform probability sample sizes and revise Aslam et al.'s weighted by error bound sampling method; provide a threshold for net margin error to trigger an expanded audit; explain why the maximum level of undetectability by observation assumption of less than one (1) for multi-ballot audit units requires that the runner-up or losing candidate(s) be allowed to select one or more additional precincts to be audited; and provide a sample R program for 3 sampling methods for risk-limiting post-election audits.


ActiGraph devices (ActiGraph LLC, Pensacola, FL) have been the most used accelerometers in scientific literature to measure physical activity (Bassett et al., 2015; Migueles et al., 2017). These devices, along with their software companion ActiLife (ActiGraph LLC, Pensacola, FL), allow to get movement data expressed in either activity counts or G-force units. Activity counts represent the amount of acceleration produced over a given epoch of time at the wearing position of the device. While analytic methods based on G-force data are developing, using activity counts to assess physical activity and sedentary behaviour remains common (Migueles et al., 2017). Interestingly, ActiGraph devices have been validated to implement the framework related to the use of the PROactive Physical Activity in COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease) instruments (Dobbels et al., 2014; Garcia-Aymerich et al., 2021; Gimeno-Santos et al., 2015). Such a framework requires combining scores relating to answers of questionnaire items and scores relating to accelerometer metrics obtained from a week of measurement.


This is a relatively short yet intellectually dense and fecund book on literary translation in East Asia, co-authored by three scholars covering respectively China, Japan, and Korea. The central li...


Polarization self-modulation achieved at frequencies far above the relaxation oscillation frequency in an external-cavity hybrid ring semiconductor laser without the need for any high-speed electronics is discussed. This demonstrates that polarization modulation may be a viable alternative for generating controlled signals at extremely high frequencies ( approximately=100 GHz) for use as microwave and millimeter-wave optical carriers.<<ETX>>


The present invention relates to a bio cellulose sheet comprising coconut and, more specifically, to a bio cellulose sheet not containing a support but containing a preservative including a plant extract, to articles for a bio cellulose sheet and to manufacturing methods thereof. The bio cellulose sheet and articles comprising the same have high moisture content of cosmetics, reduce sensitivity ofskin, and are easy to use. In the case of using the bio cellulose sheet and manufacturing methods thereof, productivity is improved so costs can be reduced.


The diamond films were deposited at low temperature (550-620℃)using glow plasma HFCVD(hot filament chemical vapor deposition).The morphology and structure properties of samples have been analyzed by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) It X ray diffraction (XRD).It is conc luded that high pressure is the optimum condition for diamond films growth.This conclusion is explained by the result of the Langmuir single probe diagnosis.


In recent times, increasing public knowledge, and building public confidence and participation in capital market activities have become central to capital market development. Without active and continuous participation, capital markets begin to lack products and liquidity. This study assesses the extent of knowledge about capital market activities, the relationship between this level of knowledge and participation in capital market activities, and the factors that promote capital market knowledge and participation in Ghana. The study uses Chi-square and descriptive analysis to explain the variables under investigation. The results reveal that majority of respondents have little knowledge about capital market activities, and that the level of knowledge about capital market activities significantly and directly relates to capital market participation. Schooling, media publications, social interactions, and one's occupation or profession are all major factors that appear to promote knowledge about capital market activities.


The traditional geometry for surface mount devices is the peripheral array where the leads are on the edges of the device. As the technology drives towards high input/output (I/O) count (increasing number of leads) and smaller packages with finer pitch (less distance between peripheral leads), limitations on peripheral surface mount devices arise. The leads on these fine pitch devices are fragile and can be easily bent. It becomes increasingly difficult to deliver solder past to leads spaced as little as 0.012 inch apart. Too much solder mass can result in bridging between leads while too little solder can contribute to the loss of mechanical and electrical continuity. A solution is to shift the leads from the periphery of the device to the area under the device. This scheme is called areal array packaging and is exemplified by the ball grid array (BGA) package. A system has been designed and constructed to deposit an entire array of several hundred uniform solder droplets onto a printed circuit board in a fraction of a second. The solder droplets wet to the interconnect lands on a pc board and forms a basis for later application of a BGA device. The system consists of a piezoelectric solder pulse unit, heater controls, an inert gas chamber and an analog power supply/pulse unit.


The proximity-induced Josephson effect is studied microscopically by analysis of the quasiclassical transport equations in a sandwich geometry. The main Shapiro step is found at V = h..nu../4e. It is thus concluded that the proximity-induced Josephson effect is not seen in a recent experiment by Han et al.


. Indonesia has started co-firing in Coal-Fired Power Plant, reducing carbon emissions. However, co-firing can cause slagging, fouling, and abrasion in practice. The potential for slagging, fouling, and abrasion of the blend of hardwood waste pellet and Indonesian bituminous coal from two different regions (A Coal and B Coal) is evaluated based on the analysis of the material characteristics. The A Coal and B Coal were blended with a ratio of 25:75 (X Coal), 50:50 (Y Coal), and 75:25 (Z Coal), then coal was blended with hardwood waste pellet with a composition of 5, 10, and 15 percent, respectively. Based on the calculation, B coal with high alkaline content has a higher risk than others. The score of slagging decreased with the blending of 5%-15% of the wood pellet for B Coal but increased for Y Coal. The score of fouling decreased with the blending of 15% of the wood pellet for X Coal and 5%-15% of the wood pellet for Y Coal. Blending wood pellets up to 15% does not affect the risk of slagging and fouling of Z Coal. The abrasion risk for all samples is low. Overall, blending wood pellets up to 15% with coal with a high alkali content can reduce the risk of slagging, fouling, and abrasion.


Excavations in the village of Nessana, in southern Israel/Palestine, by the American Colt Expedition in the 1930s brought to light a corpus of papyri that comprise almost 200 documents as well as a number of literary and theological items. They were found in two caches in two separate churches, that of the Theotokos in the south of the village and that of Saints Sergius and Bacchus to the north. The texts span the sixth and seventh centuries and so are able to reveal to us aspects of the life of this community both before and after the Arab conquests. There are about 40 papyri pertaining to the Islamic period, dealing with taxation, compulsory service, farming, provisioning of the army, and personal matters. One of the papyri, numbered 77, was mislaid and so was not transported to America with the rest of the corpus. The Greek text (Fig. 2.1) on one side of it was published on the basis of a photograph, but the Arabic text (Fig. 2.2) that was on the other side was not published, though the editors do not explain why.2 Presumably it made its way to the Rockefeller Museum, where most ancient artifacts were stored at that time, and there slumbered in obscurity until it was rediscovered by Professor Hannah Cotton in the course of a cataloging exercise (see appendix below). The Arabic text comprises two letters, the significance of which I shall first discuss before proceeding to present their edition and translation.


The article defines the installation angle and the height of the working body of the preplant equalizer depending on the movement of the soil in front of the working body and the friction force between the working body and the soil.


During myocardial ischemia, connexin 43 (Cx43) is dephosphorylated in vitro, and the subsequent opening of gap junctions formed by two opposing Cx43 hexamers was suggested to propagate ischemia/reperfusion injury. Reduction of infarct size (IS) by ischemic preconditioning (IP) involves activation of protein kinase C (PKC) and p38 mitogen activated protein kinase (MAPK), both of which can phosphorylate Cx43. We now studied in anesthetized pigs whether IP impacts on Cx43 phosphorylation by measuring the density of non‐phosphorylated and total Cx43 (confocal laser) during normoperfusion and 90‐min ischemia in non‐preconditioned and preconditioned hearts. Co‐localization of PKCα, p38MAPKα, and p38MAPKβ with Cx43 and the activity of p38MAPK were assessed. IP by 10 min ischemia and 15 min reperfusion reduced IS. Non‐phosphorylated Cx43 remained unchanged during ischemia in preconditioned hearts, while it increased from 35±3 to 75±8 AU (P<0.05) in non‐preconditioned hearts. Co‐localization of PKCα, p38MAPKα, and p38MAPKβ with Cx43 during ischemia increased only in preconditioned hearts. While the ischemia‐induced increase in p38MAPKα activity was comparable in preconditioned and non‐preconditioned hearts, p38MAPKβ activity was increased only in preconditioned hearts. Blockade of p38MAPK by SB203580 attenuated the IS‐reduction and the increased p38MAPK‐Cx43 co‐localization by IP. We conclude that IP increases co‐localization of protein kinases with Cx43 and preserves phosphorylation of Cx43 during ischemia.


In 2010, we started implementing the ACERTO project in a hospital in the northeast of the Brazilian Public Health (SUS) after five weeks with all stakeholders involved in the departments of Anesthesiology, Orthopedics, Geriatrics, Nutrition, Nursing, Physiotherapy, Psychology and Social Service. In the same way as in other hospitals, the implementation of fast track surgery was not obtained by all departments and all health professionals. The use of ACERTO protocol with clinical measures of accelerating patient recovery decreased length of stay, the number of suspensions of surgery, the need for ICU, the use of vesical catheter, the time of fasting, the time of oral food reintroduction, high earlier and faster return to family life, working as humanization of treatment to the elderly. Analgesia in all patients was obtained with local anesthetics through different plexus blocks with neurostimulator and no patient used spinal opioids. In medicine the vast majority is terribly attached to their arguments and no one is willing to give in to new truths. Dreaming costs nothing and the implementation of the ACERTO Project will cost nothing to any institution


Abstract : The technical reports prepared by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in 1992 are listed in this bibliography. Inquiries about availability of extra copies will be handled on an individual basis. Initial distribution of the reports is controlled by the funding agencies. Reports listed in this bibliography are available from the: National Technical Information Service NTIS Order Desk 5285 Port Royal road Springfield, VA 22161 USA NTIS order numbers are included with each report listed.


The demand for high power 980nm InGaAs/AlGaAs modules is rapidly increasing due to their application for the pumping of erbium-doped fiber amplifiers in DWDM systems.


Using the BP neural network and one-step prediction method,the option pricing is predicted according to SP 500 call options on financial data.Its self learning mechanism and a large number of samples are used to train the network,which can improve the accuracy of judgment and make more accurate estimation of the option.The neural network function of Matlab and the knowledge of mathematical analysis are used to simulate and predict for the option's price.The result of price prediction is much closer to the real market price.


. This paper attempts to introduce Aerofencing as a young kind of sport in which athletes perform combining rhythmic choreography with footwork and handwork of fencing with elements of aerobic and aerobic dance to music. Additionally, it reports the results of an experiment that aimed to combine aerobic exercise and fencing as a new field called AeroFencing for improving asymmetric fencing exercise and helping reduce injuries. Fencers from the experimental group underwent four-week AeroFencing training, while those from the control group underwent regular fencing training. The fencers' performance was analyzed two times: before the practical training (pretest)and after four weeks of training (posttest) in the Columbus Fencing & Fitness. Participants passed three tests that just studied the anaerobic power and speed of the dominant and non-dominant sides of the body. The fencers from the experimental group generally performed better in posttests than in pretests. The results showed that the training protocol of the present study caused a significant improvement in the anaerobic power, hand speed at the time of the attack, and leg speed of the participants in the experimental group compared to the control group. is a routine that is a combination of movements set to a specific count on both sides of the body. AeroFencing practices are based on music counts. Exercises are performed in counts of two. A good illustration, two advanced to the right. Change this into a four-count exercise by adding two advances on the left side. Combine your exercises to fill 16 counts by adding various basic footwork with aerobic dance exercises the same as Mambo or V-Step. A 16-count pattern fits with music rhythms. When you repeat this pattern, you have a 32-count routine that will flow with the current music style.


Aimed at the reparable characteristic of main ventilated machine system used in mine,combined neuron network technique with system reliability engineering theories,and put forward the method about the system first failure time identify model based on the BP neural network and the method about system reliability parameters estimation based on the adaptive neutron network. The purpose are to make the mine ventilated system reliability engineering infiltrated across with the artificial intelligence subject theory etc,and inducted the machine learning to the course of the study on main ventilated machine reliability using in mine,and advanced automatization and intelligentization level to identify system reliability distribution model and to estimate the parameters.


Guizhou Leishan Wudong Miao village is currently experiencing the economic mode of the ecological agriculture and rural tourism after its development mode from the traditional agricultural economy to a consumption-based logging one,then to the wage economy at the late 1980s.The evolution of economic development of Wudong Miao village implies that in order to make the national poverty villages to escape poverty and achieve sustainable development goals,their economic development is only supported and guided by the local government,given full play to the autonomy and creativity of the local people,and organized effectively by establishing the multi-complex economic structure of the regional characteristics-oriented as well as environment-friendly mode.


Wavelet transform is a time-frequency analysis method.D.L.Dohono,based on the wavelet transform,proposes the wavelet soft-and hard-threshold denoising method,this method is simple and effective,and receives much attention and study.With the two traditional wavelet de-noising methods of soft-threshold and hard-threshold strategy,an improved method based on wavelet packet analysis is proposed.The simulation with the Matlab indicates that the improved method overcomes shortcomings of the traditional nonlinear threshold strategy and is better than wavelet threshold strategy in denoising.


In this paper we identify and explain diierent types of composition of speciications using defaults. Such defaults model overridable rules in object speciications. When composing object speciications it is desirable to control to what degree the intended behavior of the composition depends on the local intended behaviors. For this purpose two types of composition, open and closed composition, are studied. Open composition allows for unrestricted overwriting of the information present in each of the local modules. Closed composition, on the other hand, displays the best possible agreement of the local modules. Its intended behavior is build from the intended behavior of the modules to be composed. The two kinds of composition are formally analyzed within an institutional framework for compatibility of their syntactical and semantical levels, which are formed by appropriate categories of speciications and of preference relations on models.


Introduction: Of all the herniated abdominal wall, the lumbar are more rare. Have been described less than 300 cases, 10% of which are congenital, from 1802 to 2002, about 45 cases had been publicado,19 of them in stage neonatal. Presentation of the case: female patient. The explore it notes lump lumbar later than 10 cm in diameter sent to our hospital diagnosed with hernia vs myelomeningocele. Reaches 5 days of life, it notes lump lumbar later and top left, increases with the crying, approximately 8 x 8 cm. there are also scoliosis. It concludes diagnosis of herniated lumbar congenital later (Grynfeltt-Lesshaft) left. Performed tomography contrasted intravenous corroborating the previous findings, but in addition to observe the handles intestinal and left kidney that protrude the defect of the wall lumbar. Surgery, position prone e transverse incision on the default with extension to column. Dissection of fatty tissue identifying immediately below the default herniario 2 x 3 cm, with the bag and peritoneum which are reduced Currently the patient to 3 years of follow-up without recurrence of the hernia and waiting for the future of correction definitively column. Discussion: Current have been published about 60 cases with herniated lumbar congenital throughout the world, most in children under 2 years old. In Mexico are 4 previous cases. The etiology is unknown and associates itself with other malformations. The treatment is surgical and recommended do as soon as possible (in the first year of life) to avoid probable complications. Generally, the primary closure is feasible in most cases and, in others it is necessary to use material prosthetic. Index Words: Herniated lumbar congenital; Syndrome lumbocostovertebral; Primary Closure; Congenital malformations.


A motor and a method for manufacturing the same are provided to minimize an error from a design value by pressurizing and coupling a hub to/with a shaft so that the shaft is inserted in a state of supporting a base cover in an axis of the shaft direction. A motor includes a fixing member, a rotation member, and a base cover(120). The fixing member includes a sleeve(130) with a through hole(139). The rotation member may be a shaft(110), a plate(150), and a hub(160). The shaft is inserted into the through hole. The rotation member is rotated around a virtual rotation axis by being connected to the fixing member. The base cover covers a side of the fixing member and the rotation member. The base cover is made of an elastically transformed material so as to be in contact with the fixing member or the rotation member by pressing.


We examine the attributes of technological inventions that influence their commercialization. Using a unique dataset of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)-licensed patents, we show that the likelihood of invention commercialization, which we measure by the achievement of first sale, is positively associated with two characteristics of licensed technological inventions—scope and pioneering nature—and has an inverted U-shaped relationship with the age of the invention. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.


The Albanian factor of the Balkan policy, which received its first institutional design in the late 19th century – "Prizrenskaya League", is currently a serious destructor of the situation in the Western Balkans (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), Macedonia, Serbia, Montenegro and partially recognized Kosovo). On the basis of historical, demographic, cultural, religious and political facts the article explores the nature of Albanian irredentism and provides a substantiation of the possibility of implementing the scenario of "Albanization", the development of which can proceed in two directions. In the first case the question is of creating a pan-Albanian (con)federative polity under the provisional name of "Great Albania" in the territories of Albania, Kosovo, western Macedonia (Republic of Ilirida), south-eastern Montenegro (Malesia) and north-western Greece (Chameria). In the second case the question is of the unification of the territories of Albanian residence through the association of Islamic provinces of the countries of the region. Special role in the implementation of the scenario is played by the structures of international terrorism which regard Kosovo as one of the central training zones for militants. Substantiation of the probability of the development and implementation of the scenario is given in four key parameters, including political, economic, military and cultural and religious spheres. Among the main actors of the scenario the author singles out the armed forces of Kosovo, Albanian paramilitary formations on the territory of western Macedonia, transnational corporations, private military companies, as well as the United States, Britain, Turkey and the Arab monarchies who support the project politically and financially. The article concludes that there is a need for an objective political assessment of the situation in the region, an analysis of security threats and risks of another round of destabilization of the Western Balkans. It has not only scientific but also practical implications for the formation of the Russian foreign policy agenda.


In this paper,a novel wireless network named Wireless Cognitive Networks(WCN) is put forward,which is based on cognitive capacity.After the definition of WCN is given,the cognitive entity,cognitive process and cognitive environment are dis-cussed in detail.Four control layers of WCN is proposed,which is correlative with each other:entity layer,network layer,cognition layer and control layer.Then,the characters of WCN and the technical challenges are analyzed.The classification of WCN is given from three aspects:infrastructure,architecture and node character.After that,the paper proposes the minimum cross-layer design principle and information exchange method of WCN,and a four-layer software architecture,which consists of basic layer,network adapter layer,application development environment layer and application logic layer.At the end of the paper,the instance of WCN is discussed with cognitive radio networks,which is the unique instance of WCN.


This article focuses on the robust sampled-data control for a class of uncertain switched neutral systems based on the average dwell-time approach. In particular, the system is considered with probabilistic input delay using sampled state vectors, which are described by the stochastic variables with a Bernoulli distributed white sequence and time-varying norm-bounded uncertainties. By constructing a novel Lyapunov–Krasovskii functional which involves the lower and upper bounds of the delay, a new set of sufficient conditions are derived in terms of linear matrix inequalities for ensuring the robust exponential stability of the uncertain switched neutral system about its equilibrium point. Moreover, based on the stability criteria, a state feedback sampled-data control law is designed for the considered system. Finally, a numerical example based on the water-quality dynamic model for the Nile River is given to illustrate the effectiveness of the proposed design technique. © 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Complexity, 2015


The present paper deals with the infestation of freshwater fishes Labeo boggut, Oreochromis niloticus, Systomus sarana, and Xenentodon cancila by the parasitic isopods Alitropus typus and Tachaea spongillicola in Tapti, a westward freshwater flowing river of India. It is the first record of the infestation of parasitic isopods Alitropus typus, and Tachaea spongillicola in the freshwater fishes of river Tapti with new hosts' species Labeo boggut, Oreochromis niloticus, and Systomus sarana.


Abstract The present study deals with the floristic studies carried on polygonaceae family in the flora of Bhopal. Various field visits were conducted during March 2017- March 2018. All the members belonging to family polygonaceae were collected and identified in fruiting and flowering stages. The present study reports 5 species under 4 genera belonging to polygonaceae. Labeled Voucher specimens were deposited to the herbarium of MVM College Bhopal for future reference. The study would be useful to the botanists, taxonomists and conservation scientists to derive policies for the better management and conservation of the plant resource in the country. All collected species have been described with their scientific name, common\local name, phenology, chromosome no distribution and their medicinal uses. Further research includes photochemical and pharmaceutical investigation must be carried out on these species that lead to the drug discovery benefitting mankind. Keywords: Polygonaceae, Taxonomy, collection, Bhopal, herbarium, flora . Cite this Article Muzafer Hussain Dar. Taxonomy on Polygonaceae Family in the flora Bhopal. Research & Reviews: Journal of Botany . 2020; 9(1): 1–3p.


The publication demonstrates an accuracy assessment method for machine tool body casting utilizing an optical scanner and a reference design of the machine tool body. The process allows assessing the casting shape accuracy, as well as determining whether the size of the allowances of all work surfaces is sufficient for appropriate machining, corresponding to the construction design. The described method allows dispensing with the arduous manual operation - marking out. Marking out, depending on the size and complexity, might take several working shifts for prototype casting. In case of large and elaborate casts, as those of machine tool bodies, marking out is often restricted only to the first cast of the desired body produced in a given casting mold. Such course of action is based on an assumption that casting is reproducible; hence, no need to assess each and every individual cast. While this approach saves time, it often results in late detection of casting errors (allowance shifts or insufficiencies) during the actual machining process. That, in turn, results in considerable losses due to the disruption of the work process and often demands cast repair. The aim of the hereby presented study is to introduce a new technological premise dispensing with manual marking out as well as allowing fast verification of the cast shapes.Copyright © 2012 by ASME


Study the chemical composition of volatile oil from Isatis indigolica Fort.METHODS:the volatile oil was extracted by water distillation method and analyzed by GC-MS.We got 22 peaks,19 of which were identified.The method which extracts and analyzes the volatile oil from Isatis indigolica Fort.by GC-MS is proved to be convenient to operate.The results are accurate and reliable.


The principles of elements choice of lead free cutting brass was expatiated.It was pointed out that the lead in lead-brass or bismuth in bismuth-brass is replaced by dispersive intermetallics.The development of the lead free cutting brass containing bismuth and graphite/copper composite was summarized.It can be concluded that the key points for cutting brass containing no lead are the choices of elements which can form brittle but not hard intermetallics and procedure which can make the intermetallics distribute dispersively.


An ecological greenland zone with 100 km long and 10 km wide from Liwan district of Guangzhou,going northeast and extending to Conghua Stream Natural Reserve was built as an example,by adopting quadrat analysis method to study the soil physical and chemical properties in the zone.The differences of soil physical and chemical properities among with different population density,vehicle flow and urbanization process were studied by employing Principal Components Analysis(PCA) and Factors Analysis(FA).The results show that: as further from city downtown and less population density,soil bulk density was smaller and smaller,natural water content,maximum water capacity and capillary water capacity were larger and larger;but as the increase of vehicle flow,soil bulk density increased and natural water content,maximum water capacity,capillary water capacity,non-capillary porosity and overall porosity became small.Further from city downtown and less vehicle flow,bigger acidity and lower content of available copper,available zinc,available calcium,total lead and total cadmium decreased.As the increase of population density,pH value changed from acidity to neutral or alkaline,nutrients decreased,content of heavy metals increased and organic materials,total nitrogen and available nitrogen increased.The mean content of available phosphorus in urban soil was 41.1±55.0 mg/kg(40.0 mg·kg-1),which was extremely rich,about three times of suburban soil.Urbanized human activities made soil become alkaline,richer phosphorous and higher content of heavy metals such as cadmium,lead and chromium,thus leading to soil pollution.The studying results supply a base for scientifically using and managing urban soil.


Recorded in Fuller Instrumental Rehearsal Hall, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Apr. 6, 2001, presented by the Institute for Christian Worship.


People covered by public pensions are often the subject of 'pension envy:' that is, their benefits might seem more generous and their contributions lower than those offered by the private sector. Yet this book points out that such judgments are often inaccurate, since civil servants hold jobs with few counterparts in private industry, such as firefighters, police, judges, and teachers. Often these are riskier, dirtier, and demand more loyalty and discretion than would be required of a more mobile labor force in the private sector. The debate challenges traditional ideas about how the public employee labor contract is structured and raises questions about how such employees are attracted to the public sector, retained and motivated on the job, and retired, via an entire compensation package of wages and benefits. Authors explore aspects of these schemes, addressing the cost and valuation debate, along with the political economy of how public pension asset pools are perceived and managed, an increasingly important topic in times of global financial turmoil. The discussion also explores ways that public pensions can be strengthened in the US, Japan, Canada, and Germany. The volume captures a vigorous debate currently underway by academics, financial experts, regulators, and plan sponsors, all seeking to define a new future for public retirement systems. It will be of substantial interest to a wide range of readers, since public sector employees and their representatives will naturally find the comparisons and arguments over valuation of keen interest. Public pension administrators and policymakers seeking an explanation of what makes these plans so costly will gain a new understanding of how the arguments stack up. Private sector employers and plan sponsors can learn much from efforts to reform these retirement systems in states and countries around the world. Finally, investors and the taxpaying public more generally may be at risk to cover these long-term promises, so it behoves them to pay close attention to the financing and investment practices of these plans, along with their valuation. This volume represents an invaluable addition to the Pension Research Council / Oxford University Press series as it includes actuarial, economic, and financial perspectives making it useful for academics, retirement plan administrators, and public employees wishing to understand the challenges facing public pensions. Contributors to this volume - Neveen Ahmed, doctoral candidate in Economics, North Carolina State University, Beth Almeida, Executive Director, National Institute on Retirement Security, Gary Anderson, public pension consultant, Brad M. Barber, Professor of Finance, Graduate School of Management, UC Davis, Keith Brainard, research director, National Association of State Retirement Administrators, Robert L. Clark, Professor of Economics and Professor of Management, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship, North Carolina State University, Lee A. Craig, Alumni Distinguished Professor of Economics, North Carolina State University, Roderick B. Crane, Director of Institutional Client Services, TIAA-CREF, Jeremy Gold pension finance consultant, Michael Heller, Vice President of Actuarial Consulting Services, TIAA-CREF, Edwin C. Hustead, former Senior Vice President in charge of the Arlington, Virginia Hay Group actuarial practice and all Hay governmental actuarial and benefits consulting, Toni Hustead, former Chief of the Veterans Affairs and Defense Health Branch, US Office of Management and Budget, Executive Office of the President, Kelly Kenneally, communications advisor to the National Institute on Retirement Security, Gordon Latter, head of Pension and Endowment Strategy, Merrill Lynch Global Securities Research and Economics Group, David Madland, Director of the Work/Life Program, Center for American Progress, Raimond Maurer, endowed Chair of Investment, Portfolio Management, and Pension Finance, Finance Department, Goethe University of Frankfurt, Ken McDonnell, Program Director, American Savings Education Council, Washington, DC, Stephen T. McElhaney, senior public sector actuary, Mercer, Olivia S. Mitchell, Executive Director of the Pension Research Council, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania , Silvana Pozzebon, Associate Professor, Department of Human Resources Management, HEC Montreal (Ecole des Hautes Etudes Commerciales de Montreal), Ralph Rogalla, Research Associate, Department of Finance, Goethe University of Frankfurt, Junichi Sakamoto, Chief Adviser to the Pension Management Research Group, Nomura Research Institute, M. Barton Waring, Chief Investment Officer for Investment Strategy and Policy, Barclays Global Investors, Emeritus, Paul J. Yakoboski, Principal Research Fellow, TIAA-CREF Institute, Parry Young, independent consultant on pension and other postemployment benefit issues related to US state and local governments.


Introduction: Assistance of complex chronic patients occupies much of the health care activity of home care hospital bassed (HCHB). The chronic anemias are frequent as a secondary clinic picture due to the deficit of the tissues oxygenation capacity for lack of contribution. Aim: to know the prevalence of transfusions and the characteristics of the patients in the HCHB of the Hospital General Universitario de Alicante. Material and methods: Descriptive, cross-sectional study of transfused patients in the HCHB of General University of Alicante from the 1st of October 2016 until the 31th of march of 2017. Results: 136 transfusions were performed in 52 patients with a median of 82 years IQ [68-88]. The most of them were palliatives and the 53,8% were males. They were transfused using an average hemoglobin of 7,8g/dl ± 0,9 and all of them showed symptomatology. No type of adverse reaction was registered. The degree of patient satisfaction and their relatives was high.  9.7 ± 0.3. The prevalence was 121.86 transfusions / 1000 patients in the HAD. Conclusions: The transfusions have been a safe procedure at the patient's home. The most part of the transfused patients were palliatives. All the recorded transfusions were indicated analytical and clinically. The high degree of patients satisfaction and their relatives makes infer that we are contributing to improve their quality of life.


Class management of physical education majors seems knottier than non P.E.majors in universities and colleges.Based on the characteristics of P.E.majors,together with years of experience in class management,the paper puts forward the measures to manage class of P.E.majors effectively.


Introduction: A few studies have focused on diagnostic performance of residents for controlling the patients with acute chest pain referring to chest pain units. We aimed to assess diagnostic performance of cardiology residents for controlling the patients with acute chest pain, considering invasive and non-invasive diagnostic modalities as the key standards to confirm or refuse diagnosis of unstable angina. Methods: One hundred and twenty nine patients with chest pain or angina referring to chest pain unit of Modarres hospital between 2013 and 2014 were assessed. The patients were categorized into two subgroups. The first group included 23 patients who were discharged by the resident in initial evaluation because of ruling-out diagnosis of unstable angina, but were assessed non-invasively by exercise test or SPECT as key standards. The second group included 106 patients who were hospitalized and admitted to CCU by residents' order and also were assessed invasively by coronary angiography or noninvasively by exercise test or SPECT. Results: Overall, of 129 patients, 23 were initially diagnosed not to be necessarily hospitalized and thus were discharged by resident's order. Of those, assessing by SPECT indicated positive result in five of 19 patients and by exercise test indicated positive result in 1 of 4 patients yielding a sensitivity of 83.3%, a specificity of 17.6%, a PPV of 26.3%, a NPV of 75.0%, and an accuracy of 34.8% for assessing disease by resident. The remaining 106 patients were admitted to CCU ward in accordance with the resident's order. Among those patients, 85 underwent coronary angiography with positive results in 53 patients. Also, SPECT was positive in 10 of 19 patients and exercise test was positive in one of two patients yielding a sensitivity of 95.3%, a specificity of 0.0%, a PPV of 59.2%, a NPV of 0.0%, and an accuracy of 57.5%. Conclusions: For patients with suspicion to unstable angina, the decision of residents in chest pain units for discharging or admitting patients suspected to unstable angina is accompanied with high sensitivity but unacceptable specificity and thus using supplement diagnostic tools such as exercise test or SPECT can be very helpful for diagnosing unstable angina.


Abstract : The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) Secure Knowledge Management (SKM) Program was established to provide revolutionary and visionary technologies for secure knowledge discovery, acquisition, creation, representation, integration, management, and use for enhanced decision support. The SKM effort, which is a collaboration with academia and industry, has four main components: 1) basic university research; 2) development of the aerospace knowledge repository (AKR) knowledge-based decision support system prototype; 3) application of the AKR prototype to Air Force capability planning; and 4) this SKM Technology Research Roadmap. The SKM Technology Research Roadmap provides information on the current state, trends, gaps, land research challenges associated with SKM technology research. It also presents an SKM short-term (2004 - 2005), mid-term (2006 - 2007), and long-term (2008 and beyond) strategy for basic research and technology development.


In the Hartle–Hawking 'no boundary' approach to quantum cosmology, a real tunnelling geometry is a configuration that represents a transition from a compact Riemannian spacetime to a Lorentzian universe. I complete an earlier proof that in three spacetime dimensions, such a transition is 'probable', in the sense that the required Riemannian geometry yields a genuine maximum of the semiclassical wavefunction.


The Water Provider (Produtor de Agua) Program aims to revitalize strategic watersheds through the implementation of conservation practices in farms through Property Individual Projects (PIP), increasing the water supply and improving water quality in the participant watersheds. Thus, the main objective of this work was to prepare a Technical & Operational Manual for the preparation of the mentioned PIPs, in order to inform and guide technicians, farmers, and extensionists. Interviews were conducted with agencies involved in the Program. In addition to the Manual, the result of this work a flowchart with all the steps for the implementation of the PIPs, the responsible agencies and necessary actions in each phase was developed.


Oviposition preferences of the southern corn rootworm, Diabrotica undecimpunctata howardi Barber, were investigated in greenhouse experiments where abiotic and biotic parameters were manipulated. Southern corn rootworm oviposition distance from corn seedlings was quantified. Four soil moistures, four soil textures, and the presence of weeds were examined in caged greenhouse experiments for their effect on southern corn rootworm oviposition preference. Additional experiments were conducted to elucidate southern corn rootworm oviposition preference for corn seedlings in the presence of broadleaf weeds, grass weeds, a wheat straw cover, or bare soil in large-cage experiments in the greenhouse. Southern corn rootworm adults oviposited >90% of their eggs within 3 cm of a corn stem with <1% oviposited 10–15 cm from the plant. Soil moisture and texture significantly affected oviposition preference. Moist or wet soil and dark soils (moderately high in organic matter and clay) were preferred for oviposition. Significant interactions occurred between these two variables. The presence of weeds significantly increased the number of eggs oviposited and influenced the oviposition preference for particular soil moistures and textures. Southern corn rootworm adults preferred to feed on and oviposit in areas that contained broadleaf weeds compared with grass weeds, wheatstraw, or bare soil. The presence of a wheatstraw cover was significantly ( P < 0.05) preferred to bare soil. We discuss how this study elucidates a number of seemingly contradictory field observations of southern corn rootworm infestations.


Thioesters are obtained in high yield by reactions of carboxylic acids with tris(ethylthio)borane in a refluxing solvent. The reaction pathway is complex, involving initial production of carboxylic anhydrides and oxybis(diacyloxy-boranes), which are separately attacked by liberated ethanethiol or the excess of tris(ethylthio)borane.


People often fail to see salient but unexpected objects in absorbing tasks. The present study was aimed to investigate the role of inhibitory mechanism for such attentional lapse. By manipulating similarity between distractors and unexpected objects, the first experiment shows the effect of inhibition in affecting the possibility of blindness. By reducing the number of distractors, the second experiment further suggests that there are different levels of inhibition. The two experiments together support the idea that inhibition on distractors as an attentional control influences the notice of unexpected objects. The findings provide implications for designing intelligent agents and systems.


In order to investigate the effects of cis-UCA on cell-mediated immunity, we established a murine model of DTH response to DNP6OVA which is indicated by the increasing in the ear thickness of the mouse after resensitization, compared with those of the mouse injected with 200 g cis-UCA and trans-UCA intraperitoneally (i.p.). The average of the increasing in ear thickness of each group was 9.1±1.13×10-2 mm (n=8, the number of ears) for the group administrated with cis-UCA; 17.45±0.88×10-2 mm (n=8) for the group administrated with trans-UCA; 16.43+1.83×10-2 mm(n=7) for control group. It is suggested that there are immunosuppression of DTH response to DNP6OVA in mouse administrated with ets-UCA and no effecs of trans-UCA on this response.

Key words:
Urecanic acid Ultraviolet rays Hypersensitivity; delayed type


I cannot improve on the statement in our paper (Pediatrics, 49:542, 1972) where the sentence following the one quoted by Dr. Glaser reads: "We wish to emphasize the aim of the study was not clinical evaluation, but to find dosage regimens which gave dependable immunochemical responses worthy of clinical trial." Our "impressions" concerning the clinical manifestations were provided at the request of reviewers of the manuscript. Nothing more regarding clinical efficacy was entertained. No elucidation can come from comparing our impressions with the clinical impressions set forth in the paper by Baldwin and Glaser.


Even though wide usage of internet makes daily life easier, it drives many social problems. This article reveals that heavy usage of internet affects status of mind and relationships with others, and ends up to the internet addiction. We found the more college students use internet, the more they become internet dependent, problematic in relationships with others and internet addictive. And more, internet dependency provokes internet addiction and problems in relationship with others and problems with others induces internet addiction, too.


Executive Summary: Although there is considerable research that supports the characterization and strengthening of existing regional economic clusters, considerably less has focused on identifying presently latent, but potentially impactful future regional clusters. This paper will contributed to that outcome by introducing a design process, and high-level screening and reformulation frameworks, to aid in this effort. This work is built upon and extends the research on the qualitative assessment frameworks developed for individual businesses to regional clusters. The qualitative frameworks described in this paper both assess proposed future clusters and inform their reformulation. The frameworks are factorscentric and therefore represent but a subset of Porter's Diamond cluster assessment. The approach provided in this paper is not meant to replace the current methods and tools developed for assessing current regional economic clusters. Instead, the approach and tools provided in this paper are focused on helping economic developers take the first steps in creating the next robust industry cluster in their region through the application of a cluster design process. The paper advocates that universities are wellpositioned to assist in the design of future regional clusters as the process plays to their strengths of being both future-oriented and objective.


This paper introduces the characteristics of three brine extraction processes in Yewu Salt Field.From the point of view of environmental protection,communicated wells with short distance should be the right type of well suitable for the exploitation of Yewu Salt Field.


Aerial surveys from 1981 to 1984 were used to identify monthly changes in the abundance of magpie geese on Jive floodplains in the Alligator Rivers Region of the monsoonal Northern Territory, and ground surveys were conducted during the same period on one of the plains to provide more detailed distributional information. The aerial surveys showed that the Magela floodplain was inhabited by few geese during the wet season (November-March), but that numbers then increased to an estimated average peak of 80 000 in the late dry season. The Nourlangie floodplain and Boggy Plain (a large backswamp of the South Alligator floodplain) exhibited a similar pattern, except that the peaks occurred 2–3 months before the end of the dry season and comprised many more geese (an estimated average of 350 000 birds). In contrast, geese were uncommon on the East Alligator floodplain except during the wet season, and densities and numbers were lower than on the three previous plains. The Cooper floodplain was occupied intermittently, and numbers and densities were always relatively low. Geese appeared to return from their breeding localities to the floodplains of the Alligator Rivers Region progressively during the dry season, concentrating first on the extensive Eleocharis swamps of the Nourlangie floodplain and then waiting out the remainder of the dry on the substantial permanent waters of the Magela floodplain and other nearby wetlands. Ground surveys on the Magela floodplain suggested that geese were highly mobile, apparently seeking suitable nesting habitat in the late wet season, and then a sequence of feeding areas during the dry season. Aerial surveys underestimated densities; on the basis of ground surveys, average peak numbers on the Magela plain were calculated to be 500 000. We estimate that the Alligator Rivers Region supported an average of about 1.6 million geese in the dry season, but very many fewer during the wet season.


Early detection of skin cancer is known to decrease risk of mortality and improve overall outcome.1 Unfortunately, for many people the warning signs of skin cancer are unknown, and the cancer can progress to more aggressive stages before treatment is sought. Training individuals who are easily accessible, approachable, and are part of peoples' normal routine, such as salon hairstylists, to recognize suspect skin areas and make dermatologist referrals may increase the number of cases of skin cancer that are caught at earlier stages.

Salons provide a comfortable environment where health topics are already discussed between stylists and their clients during the appointments.2 Research using salons for a variety of health education and prevention campaigns has shown that salons are largely successful at disseminating health information and improving their clients' knowledge on health topics. Some salons and barbershops have even been used as referral and screening centers.3,4 Furthermore, breast cancer prevention and early detection research programs have had success in using salons to contact a subset of people who were not reachable or affected by conventional methods.3 These studies indicate that salons may be useful in educating in prevention, making referrals, and reaching a broad population. Importantly, a recent article has suggested that hairstylists are promising resources for melanoma detection, and additional research should be conducted to assess their attitudes and practices related to skin lesion detection and referrals.5

The purpose of the present study is to explore the feasibility of dermatologists partnering with salon owners and employees to launch a community-based skin cancer prevention and early detection campaign. In this investigation, the stylists' current practices of detecting skin lesions, making referrals, and overall general interest in using these methods for skin cancer education and prevention are assessed.


Light-emitting diode (LED) failure mechanism plays an important role in studying and manufacturing LEDs. In this paper, X-ray perspective instrument is used to carry out the non-invasive and real-time X-ray imaging detection of the representative LED packaging products purchased from 5 Chinese companies. A large number of the welded voids are founded in the thermal pad and the void ratio of thermal pad, which represents the ratio of void area to pad area, is more than 30% for all samples. 1 W warm white light LED of GaN-based vertical via structure is selected to study the mechanism of short-circuit invalidation. The method is carried out by the following steps. Firstly, the surface morphologies of failure samples are compared with those of normal samples by visual observation. Secondly, antistatic electric capacity testing instrument is used to detect the existences of the electrical parameter abnormalities of the failure of non-short-circuit samples. Thirdly, decapsulations are operated on samples by using Silica gel dissolving agent. And the microtopographies of the samples are characterized by optical microscope, energy dispersive spectrometer and scanning electron microscopy. Then the cross-sectional morphologies of failure samples are observed. The failure mechanism can be drawn from the characterizations mentioned above. The study shows that the failure mechanism of the vertical structure of GaN-based vias is that the existences of voids in the Ni-Sn alloy back gold layer and solid-crystal layer reduce the interface bonding strength and thermal conductivity of the LED chip. The heat building-up leads to thermal expansion of the air inside the voids, which increases the electrical stress and thermal stress distribution at the LED chip vias. Long-term heat accumulation and higher electrical stress in the through-hole region, where the chip current density is greatest, lead to the crack and break of GaN epitaxial layer, which is so brittle and fragile, around the through-hole region. It can eventually lead to short-circuit of PN junction and then failure of LED. Back gold layer is the heat-conductive and electric-conductive channel of LED. The concentrations of thermal stress and electrical stress caused by voids in the back gold layer further lead to the uneven current distribution on the chip. This is the main reason why GaN epitaxial layer cracks and breaks. Voids in the back gold layer and solid-crystal layer are the direct and indirect causes of LED short-circuit failure, respectively. Therefore, the packaging process should be standardized to avoid the void occurrence, based on the reasons why voids exist. It can finally improve reliability of LED.


Desmoid fibromatoses are rare benign tumors that arise from the musculoaponeurotic tissues. They are locally aggressive and invade surrounding structures. We report a case of desmoid fibromatosis of the right maxilla in a 10-month-old male baby. This site of occurrence of desmoid tumor in an infant has not been reported previously in literature. Using Weber–Ferguson incision, wide excision with right upper alveolectomy was done to remove the tumor. Adjuvant chemotherapy consisting of a weekly regimen of vinblastine and methotrexate was given to achieve locoregional control and prevent disease recurrence.


We report a simple and facile route for preparing nano-Sn–C composite anodes by immobilizing plant polyphenol stabilized-Sn nanoparticles onto carbon nanotubes (CNTs). The as-prepared nano-Sn–CNTs were used as high performance anode materials in lithium ion batteries, which exhibited high reversible capacity and rate capability.


Protein-protein interactions(PPIs) participate in dynamic cellular and biological processes continually in our life. Thus, it is crucial to understand the PPIs thoroughly so that we can elucidate disease occurrence, achieve the desired drug target therapeutic effect and model the protein complex structures. However, compared to the available protein sequences of different organisms, the number of revealed protein-protein interactions is relatively limited. Lots of research methods have investigated in this field to facilitate the discovery of novel PPIs. Among these methods, PPI prediction techniques that solely depend on protein sequences are more prevalent than other methods which require a wealth of domain knowledge. In this paper, a Multi-modal Deep Learning Framework is proposed by combining protein physicochemical features as well as the structural context-local features from the PPI networks. In other words, our method not only takes into account the protein sequence information but also discern the neighboring effect for protein nodes in the PPI networks. We use a stacked auto-encoder architecture together with CBOW based metapath model to examine the PPI predictions. Based on that, we use the supervised deep neural networks to both identify the PPIs and classify the protein families. The results present that our Multi-modal deep learning framework achieves better performance compared to primary methods.


A tendency to limit prosodic words(PW) to the size of a metrical foot has often been acknowledged in early stages of acquisition and truncation has been shown to accomplish this size constraint. Interestingly, after the onefoot stage, children acquiring English or Dutch tend to enlargetheir productions by one foot, whereas at least for children acquiring Spanish, a stage, in which PWs comprise a foot preceded by an unfooted syllable, immediately follows the one-foot stage. Early productions(between 1;5 and 2;2/2;4) of children acquiring German and Spanish in monolingual and bilingual conditions constitute the empirical basis for this paper. The monolingual cross-linguistic results show quantitative differences between the truncation of the Spanishand German-speaking children and different ways in which these two groups of children overcome the size restriction and acquire complex words. These differences are accounted for within Optimality Theory, couched in Metrical Phonology, by means of two different grammars, that is, two different constraint hierarchies. The emergence of these different grammars is relevant for the analysis of the transition to complex prosodic structures in bilinguals and for the analysis of the relationships between their two phonological modules. An interaction of the two languages is found, the outcome of which is mainly attributed to markedness.


Gadolinia is utilized in light water power reactors as burnable poison for reserving excess reactivity. Good gadolinia worth estimation is useful for evaluating fuel bundle designs, core operating strategies, and fuel cycle economics. The authors have developed an improved perturbation method based on exact perturbation theory for gadolinia worth calculations in fuel bundles. The method predicts much more accurate gadolinia worth than the first-order perturbation method (commonly used to estimate nuclide worths) for bundles containing fresh or partly burned gadolinia.


The present work is based on group theoretic analysis of crystal structures. Group theory can be employed to a variety of problems in physics and chemistry. It plays a major role in the solution of solid state physics problems. The concept of symmetry plays an important role in our physical environment. The symmetry of a molecule can be used to determine various physical properties of a crystal using group theoretical methods. The applications of magneto-electric devices lie in the regions of millimeter and sub-millimeter wavelengths and in the areas of reducing electrical conductivity, improving dielectric magnetic or magneto-electric properties by solid solutions improving optical quality and obtaining larger crystals. Ferro-electric, Ferro-elastic and magneto-electric polarized domain pairs and tensor pairs are calculated using coset decomposition and double coset decomposition respectively for the crystal magnetite (Fe3O4). While considering Ferro-electric and Ferro-elastic properties only ordinary point group m3m is considered as prototypic point group since they are non-magnetic properties. In case of magneto-electric polarizability grey group m3m1 is taken as prototypic point group.


We study self-assembled lateral quantum dot molecules (LQDMs) under varying electric and magnetic fields and deduce the electronic structure, charge configurations and delocalized states that lead to the observed photoluminescence spectra.


The general consideration for nonclinical evaluation of anticancer drugs is similar to that for all new drugs.However,it also needs to consider the study program and other special studies based on the future clinical trial plan.Usually the drug category,proposed clinical trial plan,dose regimen,and clinical trial objects need to be considered into toxicology study design.The science and the rationality of toxicology study will address the future clinical trial development.In this article,we introduced some consideration for nonclinical safety evaluation of new anticancer drug based on FDA's recommendations and our professional experience.Hopefully it will be useful for all interested researchers.


Previously presented results have shown that the emissions of PCDD/PCDF can be modelled and predicted from less costly and more precise isomerspecific analyses of different chlorinated benzenes and ...


In this paper, we introduce a new class of distributed space-time trellis codes (DSTTCs) for wireless networks with a large set of decode-and-forward relay nodes N. It is assumed that at any given time only a small, a priori unknown subset of nodes S - N is active. We consider the general case where each relay node is equipped with NT antennas and the destination node has NR antennas. In the novel distributed space-time trellis coding scheme each relay node is assigned a unique signature matrix but all active nodes use the same trellis for encoding. Efficient methods for the optimization of the set of signature matrices are provided and it is shown that existing full-rank STTCs designed for Nc - 2 co-located antennas are a favorable choice for the trelis encoding. If properly designed, the proposed DSTTCs achieve a diversity order of d = min{NcNR, NTNSNR} if NS nodes are active. Simulation results show the superior performance of the novel DSTTCs compared to distributed space-time filtering and distributed space-time block coding.


Arif Ahmed's paper claims moral neutrality for game theory. This is not true, however, of much of classical game theory, for example Ken Binmore's Game Theory and the Social Contract (1994). The field has changed comparatively recently. With respect to his own version, he claims that evolutionary explanation of cooperation is incompatible with theism, but this is because he thinks just about anything is compatible with it. It is important to see that this critique is the same as the logical positivists' critique in the 1950s, for example in Antony Flew's parable of the invisible gardener. The logical positivists thought that a statement could only be meaningful if it is either a tautology or empirically verifiable or falsifiable. But a claim that God exists is not subject to empirical confirmation, because God is not that kind of being. To dismiss the claim on that basis is just to beg the question.


This work researches the problem of inland container ship stowage on the full route on Yangtze River which has its particularity. We tackle the stowage planning problem through a two-phase approach including two levels planning: Multi-Port Master Bay Plan Problem on the full route and Slot Plan Problem for each bay at each port on the route. The outputs of first planning level are the inputs of second planning level at each port. We present a Greedy Randomized Adaptive Search Procedure and Heuristic Evolutionary Strategy Algorithm to solve the stowage planning problem in each level respectively. The approaches are able to find high-quality solutions for both planning levels within 2 seconds.


This research was undertaken to study the implementation and adoption of Lean management practices across several industrial sectors in Pakistan. A total of 100 companies were surveyed across five industries. The objective was to determine if there was disparity in the implementation of Lean practices and to provide a yardstick to measure that disparity. Furthermore, this study identified Lean management best practices across several industries in Pakistan, thus providing benchmarks for other industrial sectors. The data collected was analysed using various descriptive statistical methods. The results indicated robust adoption and implementation of Lean practices in Pakistani industry, though there were few areas which still require greater acceptance, and hence implementation rates in these areas are modest.


Species of grey kangaroos may be distinguished on the basis of differences in coat colour. Although alleviating the need for special equipment the technique lacks accuracy. It was hoped that possible morphological differences reflected in skull size and shape might discriminate between species. Thirty parameters were measured from each of 148 reference skulls and differences between species, sexes, and interaction between species and sexes, were tested by univariate analysis of variance. Canonical variate analysis was then used to discriminate by species and sex between eastern greys and mainland and insular forms of the western grey kangaroo. The discriminants derived from these reference skulls were then used to allocate by species and sex a further set of 52 skulls, drawn from small samples and a variety of localities. This allocation was less successful. The validity of the technique is discussed in relation to the analysis of large samples from a restricted locality, as opposed to small samples or individual skulls.


Two channel estimation methods are often opposed: training sequence methods that use the information induced by known symbols and blind methods that use the information contained in the received signal and, possibly, hypotheses on the input symbol statistics but without integrating the information from known symbols, if present. Semi-blind methods combine both training sequence and blind information and are more powerful than the two methods separately. We investigate the identifiability conditions for blind and semi-blind finite impulse response (FIR) multichannel estimation in terms of channel characteristics, received data length, and input symbol excitation modes, as well as number of known symbols for semi-blind estimation. Two models corresponding to two different cases of a priori knowledge on the input symbols are studied: the deterministic model in which the unknown symbols are considered as unknown deterministic quantities and the Gaussian model in which they are considered as Gaussian random variables. This last model includes the methods using the second-order statistics of the received data. Semi-blind methods appear superior to blind and training sequence methods and allow the estimation of any channel with only few known symbols. Furthermore, the Gaussian model appears more robust than the deterministic one as it leads to less demanding identifiability conditions.


This study evaluated ten different media of plant origin and four different media of animal origin for in vitro mass production of Heterorhabditis bacteriophora, Steinernema aciari and Oscheius chongmingensis. Maximum multiplication of all the tested species was observed in the media of plant origin containing green gram and coconut oil. Maximum multiplication of all the tested species was observed in the media of animal origin supplemented with pork waste homogenate.


The study of tuberculous patients. awareness of their disease was conducted. Certain defects in sanitary and educational work were found. Patients suffering from tuberculosis irrespective of the duration of regular medical check-up badly knew the methods of the diagnosis of the disease, the terms of its treatment, incorrectly interpreted the conception of tuberculosis contamination, were unaware of its detection, did not understand properly the idea of drug resistance.


The luminescence of titanium oxide and tin oxide has been investigated by cathodoluminescence in the SEM, as a function of the structural changes induced by thermal treatments. The evolution of the luminescence of TiO2 rutile, anatase and mixture phase with the annealing temperature is related to the process of thermal induced grain texture and to transition of metastables phases to the stable rutile. The emission band is peaked at 480 nm for the composite phase and at 580 nm for anatase and rutile phases respectively. A broad band in the 520-560 nm region is present in the spectra of both anatase and rutile phase. Thermal annealing leads to a red shift of the luminescence emission, with the emission band peaked at around 820 nm. In sintered tin oxide the main emission bands appear centered at about 480 nm and 630 nm. The intensity of these bands increases with annealing temperature up to 1200degreesC, whereas for samples annealed at 1500degreesC these emissions are quenched. Mechanical ball milling has been used to produce nanocrystalline SnO_2 grains to investigate the influence of the presence of nanocrystals on the CL emission.


ISSN 1875-0710 print, ISSN 1875-0796 online, DOI 10.3920/WMJ2016.x004 647 Recent studies suggest that CC will impact on cereal phenology with earlier flowering in wheat and maize and a shorter production window. Consequently, the geographical distribution of mycotoxigenic fungi, such as Aspergillus flavus, will be expanded into more northern and eastern regions of Europe. This could result in significantly higher contamination with aflatoxins and probability of large regions being non-compliant with EU legislative limits for food and feed (Battilani et al., 2016). It is possible that similar impacts could be felt in other important staple food production areas in Asia, North and South America. This will have both food security and economic effects.


The extensive research in recent years on the cerebrospinal fluid and its circulating system 1 has demontrated that ether, among certain other drugs, accelerates the formation of cerebrospinal fluid. Dixon and Halliburton 2 have shown that both ether and chloroform markedly increase the cerebrospinal fluid pressure. Whether this increase of pressure is due to an excessive formation of the fluid or to other factors remains to be determined. In clinical work I have repeatedly demonstrated an elevation of cerebrospinal fluid pressure attending inhalation anesthesia when induced by ether, chloroform or nitrous oxide. The elevation is probably most pronounced in the latter, and I believe that this is due to the elevation of intrathoracic pressure, which in turn produces cerebral venous stasis and diminished absorption of cerebrospinal fluid. Many surgeons, in operating on patients with increased intracranial pressure, have observed the development of profound medullary disturbance apparently inaugurated by the anesthetic,


International Search Report dated May 7, 2007. * cited by examiner Primary Examiner — Brian Ensey (74) Attorney, Agent, or Firm — Pearne & Gordon LLP (57) ABSTRACT To improve the adjustment of the settings of a hearing aid or a hearing instrument respectively, a method is proposed according to which at least one setting of the hearing aid or instrument respectively for a particular acoustic environment is changed or deviated from the actual setting without any preceding action or manipulation of the user to provoke the user to interact or to readjust the setting. 15 Claims, 1 Drawing Sheet


For finite sequence $\underbar{\em d}$ of positive integers, we consider graphs that have $\underbar{\em d}$ as their list of vertex degrees, and bipartite graphs for which each part has $\underbar{\em d}$ as its list of vertex degrees. In particular, we make a connection between a result for bipartite graphs by Alon, Ben-Shimon and Krivelevich and a result of Zverovich and Zverovich for graphs, and we give an improvement of a result of Zverovich and Zverovich. We show that the bipartite graphs with vertex degree sequences $(\underbar{\em d},\underbar{\em d}\,)$ are in one to one correspondence with graphs with loops with reduced degree sequence $\underbar{\em d}$, where the reduced degree of a vertex is defined to be the number of edges incident to the vertex, with loops counted only once. We also give two Erd\H{o}s--Gallai type theorems for graphs with loops.


Compound muscle action potentials (CMAPs) recorded using surface electrodes are often used to assess the excitability of neural pathways to skeletal muscle. However, the amplitude of CMAPs can be influenced by changes at the recording site, independent of mechanisms within the central nervous system. We quantified how joint angle and background contraction influenced CMAP amplitude. In seven subjects CMAPs evoked by supramaximal transcutaneous electrical stimulation of motor axons (Mmax) were recorded using surface electrodes from soleus and tibialis anterior (TA) at static positions over the full range of ankle movement at 5° intervals. Across subjects the peak‐to‐peak amplitude of Mmax was 155% and 159% larger at the shortest than longest muscle lengths for soleus and TA, respectively. In five subjects the effect of ankle position and voluntary contraction on M‐wave/H‐reflex recruitment curves was assessed in the soleus. Both ankle position and level of contraction significantly influenced Mmax, Hmax, and the Hmax to Mmax ratio, but there were no interactions between the two parameters. These peripheral changes that influence Mmax will also impact other CMAPs such as submaximal M‐waves, H‐reflexes, and responses to transcranial magnetic stimulation. As such, during experimental studies CMAPs evoked at a given joint angle and contraction level should be normalized to Mmax recorded at similar joint angle and contraction strength. Muscle Nerve, 2007


The hydrophilic and lipophilic balance(HLB) values of various surfactants with different molecular structure were investigated through the method of quantitative structure-property relationship(QSPR).A five parameter linear model with conspicuous correlativity(R2=0.986 5,F=991.37,S2=2.499 1) was established.The established HLB model consists of both partial constitutional descriptor(1-NC) that reflects carbon atom number of the hydrophobic paraffin chain and partial topological descriptor(1-KSI3) that reflects shape and size,as well as electrostatic descriptor(MPCO) that reflects ionic property of the hydrophilic group and polarization parameter(PP) that reflects polarity nature of the molecule.Besides,quantum chemical descriptor(MVC) was introduced that reveals nature of various structural factors that affect HLB value of the surfactant;and the capability for accurate prediction of properties of the surfactant was upgraded.In accordance with the requirement on surfactant used for enhancing oil recovery,through the way of adjusting molecular structure,the basis for molecule design of the surfactant for flooding was proposed.


Safety and health at work are an important segment of human resources management, as well as other academic discipline. The legislator prescribed various acts regulating this area, and the right to safety and health at work is part of the constitution of our country and the subject of numerous standards and international conventions. What risks exist at work depends primarily on the activity of the company or the industry in which the company is located, and the approach to organizing the conditions for safe work and employee protection depends on the size of the company, or the way of organization, which is a wider subject of research. In the secondary research, through the interview and the observation, the organization of work for the protection of health and safety of employees within the construction industry will be examined, which is also the subject of research of the work. Special attention is paid to construction works in Railway. The aim of the research work is to point out the specificities of managing the area of safety and health at work through presenting conclusions about the same, which occurred through primary and secondary research.


In science, collaboration is sometimes understood as synonymous with co‐authorship. However, it also can be measured through the exchange of information and materials. In agriculture, potato late blight is still a challenge to the breeding programs. Accessing different materials, which can be used as sources of resistance, is the key to successful disease control. This article maps the germplasm exchanges carried out by potato breeding in the world as a way to measure collaboration between countries. Cultivars of potato resistant to late blight were selected based on a European database and some countries stood out from others. This was mainly the case of Germany and the Netherlands. Most of the countries have greater links with themselves than with other countries, with reinforces the idea that national breeding programs work more closely within their own country than with other countries. The hegemony of some countries, the prioritization of national research and the high costs of developing a resistant cultivar can be obstacles to greater collaboration.


Under the guidance of Dr. Donal Day, mathematical techniques known as Wavelet Transforms were investigated for possible use in denoising NMR signals used to measure target polarization. Three methods, each using the Daubechies 4 wavelet transform, were evaluated for this denoising application; two using Labview's wavelet transform tool, and the other from Matlab's wavelet toolbox. Matlab's denoising utility proved to be much more flexible for denoising, as it combined the advantages of the Labview scripts written by the experimenter. The wavelet transform's capability for denoising is strikingly powerful, and application for polarized targets is recommended.


The article describes the idea of cluster formation with particular emphasis on creative industry clusters. In first part the concept and the basic definitions of creative clusters were presented. The second part of the article is devoted to experiences in establishing creative clusters in Poland, which in reality are not significant (five formed clusters and 13 cluster initiatives countrywide).


In mobile ad hoc networks (MANETs) where there is no centralized control, distributed channel-access transmission scheduling protocols are of interest. Many scheduling-based MAC protocols have been proposed that provide contention free transmissions and can guarantee certain levels of performance. One of the major drawbacks of these protocols is that once slots are assigned to a particular node, if the node does not have a packet to transmit, then these slots are not utilized. In our proposed protocol these un-utilized assigned slots are recovered by other nodes, which results in an increase in the capacity of the network.


Achillea millefolium L. has a great value as medicinal plant. The aim of the research is to determine the uptake potential for heavy metals and the intraspecial difference between unique species of A. millefolium from different localities based on the heavy metals uptake, their distribution in plant organs and enrichment factors. The results showed that plants growing on soil rich in heavy metals (tailings) absorb significantly higher amounts of metals compared to plants from the Ovčar-Kablar gorge (non-contaminated soil).


The overall yield and sugar content of sugar beet (Beta vulgaris L.) were determined by the genotype and its interaction with the environment. This study aimed to analyze the interaction of 23 genotypes with different environmental conditions during two growing seasons. To estimate the variance of genotypes, environment, and genotype function of the environment, the R 3.5.1 software package was used. In addition, the multivariate stability method was used to explain the G (genotype) × E (environment) interaction based on the GGE (Genotype plus Genotype-by-Environment) and AMMI (additive main effects and multiplicative interaction) biplots. The AMMI ASV (AMMI stability value) and biplot analysis revealed that only two genotypes (G10 and G11) showed higher values for yield and sugar content and production compared to the other genotypes. The AMMI ASV analysis also showed that the environment significantly influenced the sugar beet yield, sugar content, and sugar production, which were the descriptors for production in this study.


abstract:The controversy over who was the first to reach the North Pole has raged since 1909, when Frederick Cook and Robert Peary made conflicting claims. Both have had advocates and disparagers; innumerable books and articles attack, defend, and describe their adventures. What is missing, however, is a composite study on how Puck and Life, the leading American humor periodicals of the day, reflected and influenced their readers' perspectives on related cultural issues, including "native" residents, the monetary value of the Pole itself, funding for the expeditions, and the permanent effect on social and cultural mores. While the magazines' early focus displays a more nominal view of the impact of northern exploration (for instance, introducing terms such as "igloo" and "sled-dogs," and the use of stock Arctic sketches), later issues place a greater emphasis on the social and political repercussions of Polar discovery. To focus on the way Puck and Life reacted to the Cook/Peary controversy in their cartoons, quips, comments, and columns is to see how America in the early twentieth century became known for a growing global initiative that began in the farthest north.


Presents a collection of slides covering the following topics: unmanned aircraft systems; national airspace system project; UAS control; nonpayload communication system phase-1 flight test; NASA-Rockwell Collins cooperative agreement; civil UAS communication architecture; waveform trade study; datalink technology evaluation; NASA design lead allocations; hardware test bed setup; ground station; Rockwell-Collins generation 1 CNPC radio testing; research flight track; and hand-off test.