WSN consists of distributed independent sensors to find physical or environmental conditions, such as temperature, sound, vibration, pressure to pass their data to each other and through the network to achieve common goal. Hardware of sensor node can be modified easily and it is expensive, so most Wireless Sensor Networks are consist of undefended sensor nodes. WSN's are generally deployed in an environments where An adversary or attacker can easily attack, analyze .To Detect the cloned node efficiently DHT Distributed Hash Table was proposed .DHT is Expensive for some scenarios.. To find clone nodes in such scenarios, our second distributed detection protocol, named Randomly Directed Exploration RDE, wasproposed which works efficiently in highly dense networks, by a probabilistic directed forwarding technique along with random initial direction and border determination.


The cerebellopontile angle is an anatomical site in which certain neoplasms may develop,, the glioma, the dural endothelioma and the acoustic nerve fibroma comprising the very small group of tumors (except for a rare metastatic growth) which have been found in this location. In Dr. in of the Nervus Acusticus directed attention to the acoustic nerve tumor as a clinical and pathological entity. His own studies and those of Councilman, Mallory and Goodpasture lead also to the differentiation of a histologic picture characteristic of most tumors in the aforementioned locality, their origin usually being in the sheath of the eighth cranial nerve. resistant, but no tumor mass could be felt with certainty. The patient's condition was such at this stage of the operation that it was decided to dose the incision and do a second stage operation at a later date. A diagnosis was made of a right pontine tumor. Second operation was done January 24, I924. The old incision was opened and cerebellum uncovered. The right lobe of cerebellum showed marked bulging with evidence of necrosis of the outer layer. An attempt was made to elevate the right lobe of the cerebellum and reach the tumor beneath, but this could not be accomplished. The patient's condition would not permit further exploration, so the incision was dosed and the patient was returned to the ward, where she died January 3I, 1924.


We present a fast power analysis flow called Power MAX in this paper. Power MAX is specially devised for power evaluation of test vectors. It has the capability of power calculation and peak current identification for each test cycle. This cycle-by-cycle power and current monitoring ensures the power-safety of test vectors before they are loaded to testers. Power MAX is layout-aware, thus able to pinpoint hotspots as well. The entire power analysis flow is seamlessly integrated into test vector simulation. Power MAX fills the gap of test power analysis flows that achieves both efficiency and accuracy. We believe our flow is the first attempt to address vector-based power evaluation problem especially for test mode. Results on industrial hard macros show that Power MAX provides high power-integrity sign-off accuracy with low CPU runtime.


Topical sun protective cosmetics (sunscreens, pre- and post-sun) have been intensively developed and produced to protect human skin against solar irradiation-associated damages/pathologies. Unfortunately, routine cosmetics for sun protection containing synthetic organic and/or physical sunscreens could exert adverse effects towards human organisms and bring undesirable ecological changes. Terrestrial and marine plant species, being exposed to sun light for hundreds of millions of years, have evolved two pro-survival strategies: effective protection against/adaptation to its deleterious effects and the use of solar energy for photosynthesis/photo-biochemical reactions. Secondary plant metabolites (SPM) are primary sensors of solar energy and mediators of its use (photo-sensitisers) or neutralisation (photo-protectors). A similar double photo-protective/photo-sensitising system is built in within human skin. Modern development of toxicologically/ecologically safe yet effective sun-protective cosmetics attempts to pre-select photo-stable and non-phototoxic SPMs that provide broad UVA + UVB sunscreen, free radical scavenging and direct antioxidant defence, endogenous antioxidant rescue, induction of antioxidant enzymes (indirect antioxidant defence), and normalisation of metabolic and immune responses to UVA + UVB. Proper formulation of sun protective cosmetics should assure targeted delivery of photo-active SPMs to definite skin layers to invigorate the built in photo-chemical skin barrier.


The surface immune phenotype of peripheral blood lymphocytes (PBL) was examined in 30 patients meeting DSM‐III‐R criteria for panic disorder and in 10 normal controls by immunostaining and cytofluorimetry. Patients with panic disorder and controls showed comparable numbers of PBL and no differences in the percentages of blood T‐cells, B‐cells, or NK‐cells. The PBL in panic disorder patients showed a trend toward enrichment for "naive" CD45RA+ T‐lymphocytes (35.0 ± 7.6 vs. 28.7 ± 9.8, P = 0.09) and significant enrichment for cells expressing CD62L (L‐selectin, 22.9 ± 5.9 vs. 14.6 ± 6.3, P = 0.002), a lymphocyte homing receptor that mediates binding to lymph node endothelium. Increased expression of CD62L correlated directly with the global severity of illness, Hamilton Anxiety (HAM‐A) and Hamilton Depression (HAM‐D) scores. Although in the normal range, plasma cortisol levels were significantly increased in patients with panic disorder (P = 0.003) with respect to controls and correlated with the expression of CD62L by PBL. We conclude that the peripheral blood in panic disorder shows phenotypic changes that may reflect diminished cell activation in vivo. Depression and Anxiety 11:31–37, 2000.© 2000 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.


Substantiation of the educational program that provides training of highly competitive professionals who are able to actively operate in a market economy and social partnership; development of scientific priorities and innovation component. Improving the published educational and professional program within thecyclical process of development and implementation of educational and professional programs in accordance with the methodology of student-centered learning.In the process of development and further implementation of the educational program applied definition, generalization, identification, analysis, synthesis, induction and deduction, idealization, analogy, selective and continuous observations, control measurements, inventory, systematization, expertise, technological research, method of hypotheses, experiment and modeling.The structure and features of the standard of higher education approved by the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine at the first (bachelor's) level of knowledge 19 –Architecture and Construction, specialty 193 "Geodesy and Land Management" are analyzed. The current level of information and methodological support for the development of educational programs has been clarified. The peculiarities and essence of each of the stages of development of the educational program inaccordance with the methodology of student-centered learning are considered.The author's educational program that ensures the achievement of additional learning outcomes is proposed and measures to achieve them are justified. The spheres of use and potential users of the educational-professional program are presented. The educational and professional program is published on the official website, and the features of its components –in this publication in order to share experiences, receive recommendations, comments, suggestions on its content, components, specifics of implementation and optimization.The article is review and informative


SUMMARY To date, no published study has assessed the full physiological scope of a marine invertebrate species with respect to both temperature and hydrostatic pressure. In this study, adult specimens of the shallow-water shrimp species Palaemonetes varians were subjected to a temperature/pressure regime from 5 to 30°C and from 0.1 to 30 MPa. The rate of oxygen consumption and behaviour in response to varying temperature/pressure combinations were assessed. Rates of oxygen consumption were primarily affected by temperature. Low rates of oxygen consumption were observed at 5 and 10°C across all pressures and were not statistically distinct (P=0.639). From 10 to 30°C, the rate of oxygen consumption increased with temperature; this increase was statistically significant (P<0.001). Palaemonetes varians showed an increasing sensitivity to pressure with decreasing temperature; however, shrimp were capable of tolerating hydrostatic pressures found outside their normal bathymetric distribution at all temperatures. 'Loss of equilibrium' (LOE) in ≥50% of individuals was observed at 11 MPa at 5°C, 15 MPa at 10°C, 20 MPa at 20°C and 21 MPa at 30°C. From 5 to 20°C, mean levels of LOE decreased with temperature; this was significant (P<0.001). Low mean levels of LOE were observed at 20 and 30°C and were not distinct (P=0.985). The physiological capability of P. varians to tolerate a wide range of temperatures and significant hydrostatic pressure is discussed.


Oat is a novel source of starch.In this paper,the qualitative characteristics of starch from different naked oat varieties were studied to provide the basis for application of oat starch and screening suitable oat varieties for starch processing in the future.The composition,viscosity and gel property of starches extracted from 11 naked oat varieties with wet procedure were compared.The results showed that,the amylose content varied from 21.06% to 31.26% among oat starches from different varieties.Accordimg to Brabender viscoamylograph,the pasting temperatures of starches were comparable and the mean was 82.0 ℃.The breakdown viscosities reflecting thermal stability of starch were significantly different(CV: 23.8%).Among the texture parameters of starch gel,the most difference existed in adhesiveness(0.00~139.89 g·s),followed by hardness(9.87~43.76 g),whereas springiness and cohesiveness were not significant.According to the results,the starch from Bayou 1(from Hebei province) had the highest pasting viscosity and thermal stability,and the starch from Jin 8 was more easily to retrograde and had the strongest gel.


With the gradual demise of external studies and growing expectations of more programs/courses being available anytime/anyplace in online format we have to review how we do this form of teaching to achieve our overall goals. This paper reviews the literature with respect to online teaching and draws out the implications for teaching introductory rural and construction in property programs. The paper also discusses how to measure the quality of online discussion and how to ensure that the discussion is being done in a way to aid fellow class members rather than just to impress the lecturer.


Abstract : Australia adopted the NATO Principles for the Storage and Transport of Ammunition and Explosives in 1981. Like many other nations, Australia faces problems of urban encroachment into areas surrounding explosives facilities. In addition, the Public increasingly questions the nature and purpose of Defence activities. In 1988, the Australian Audit Office tabled a report which was highly critical of the Department of Defence's implementation of explosives safety principles and policy. This report led to a public inquiry by a Joint Parliamentary Committee. The Committee's findings led to some important changes to the Australian Defence Forces' policy for the storage and handling of ammunition and explosives. In particular, a less prescriptive approach to the application of the NATO Principles was adopted. This permits the exercise of technical judgement in deciding what remedial action, if any, needs to be taken to allow activities which do not strictly comply with the Principles to continue. Other matters which arose from the inquiry included attitudinal changes towards issues of public safety and Ministerial accountability.


Method of authenticating a device and user, acquiring and receiving a user input, generating a first key from the user input, performing a physical measurement of the device, the helper data related to the device, It has a step of physical measurement and the helper data calculating a second key, and performing an operation using the first key and the second key. In preferred embodiments, the method comprises the step of running a predetermined function with respect to the first key and the second key to obtain a third key. Further comprising the step of receiving a user input to perform a biometric measurement of the user, by generating a first key from the user input obtains the helper data related to the user, the user helper data and biometric and a measurement to have a step of calculating a first key, the safety can be provided.


Recently, many new products have been appeared in the field of waste paper treatment and deinking.Following three new products are introduced in this paper. S-screen having unique S-rotor is high consistency screen for various virgin and waste pulp screening.Bel-Wave basket is cost effective, rebuildable basket having unique corrugated sections and bolted construction in corse screening applications.Dynamic washer is a pressure driven process by which a finely perforated filter separates the ink and fillers from stock.


Mean field game is a powerful framework for studying the strategic interactions within a large population of rational agents. Although existing research has predominantly relied on diffusion models to depict agents' states, numerous applications, such as epidemic control and botnet defense, can best be modeled by systems of particles in discrete state space. This thesis tackles finite state mean field games. In the first part of the thesis, we develop a probabilistic approach for finite state mean field games. Based on the weak formulation of optimal control, the approach accommodates the interactions through the players' strategies and flexible information structures. The second part of the thesis is devoted to finite state mean field games involving a player possessing dominating influence. Two different mechanisms are explored. We first study a form of Stackelberg games, in which the dominating player, referred to as principal, moves first and chooses its strategy which impacts the dynamics and objective functions of every remaining player, referred to as agent. Having observed the principal's strategy, the agents reach a Nash equilibrium. We seek optimal strategies of the principal, whose objective function depends on the statistical distribution of the agents' states in equilibrium. Using the weak formulation of finite state mean field games developed previouly in the thesis, we transform the principal's optimization problem into a McKean-Vlasov control problem, and provide a semi-explicit solution under the assumptions of linear transition rate, quadratic cost and risk-neutral utility. In the second model, we assume that all players move simultaneously and we study Nash equilibria formed jointly by major and minor players. We introduce finite player games and derive mean field game formulation in the limit of infinitely many minor players. In this limit, we characterize the best responses of major and minor players via viscosity solutions of HJB equations, and we prove existence of Nash equilibria under reasonable assumptions. We also derive approximate Nash equilibria for the finite player game from the solution of the mean field game. iii


A soluble fungal lactase (lactase‐W) of greater activity that the previously available fungal lactase (lactase‐M) has been covalently coupled to ZrO2‐coated porous glass particles and 1 mm diameter porous TiO2 particles. The immobilized lactase‐W appears to give results similar to the lactase‐M except for the operational half‐life. At 30°C the half‐life of the lactase‐M appears to exceed that of the lactase‐W by approximately 100 days under operational conditions.


ABSTRACT Background The aim of the present study was to investigate the associations stroke severity, aphasia severity, lesion location and lesion size in acute stroke, and aphasia severity in the subacute and chronic stages post stroke. We hypothesized that initial stroke severity and aphasia severity were associated with the patient's aphasia severity in the subacute and chronic stages of stroke. We expected to find that lesions within the left frontotemporal regions of the brain were associated with aphasia severity post-stroke. Methods Thirty-three patients with aphasia were included in the study. They were assessed with a standardized aphasia test at admission to the hospital (T1), after 3 months (T2) and finally after 12 months (T3). Stroke severity, initial physical impairment, and initial functional independence were also assessed at T1. Diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging was performed as clinical-routine at admission. Voxel-based lesion symptom mapping and a region of interest analysis (ROI) was performed to analyze MRI-findings. Results & Outcomes Initial lesion size and aphasia severity were associated with aphasia severity at T2. Initial stroke severity, aphasia severity, and lesion size were not associated with aphasia severity at T3, but the patients' aphasia severity at T2 predicted aphasia severity at T3. Lesion analysis showed that lesions within the left postcentral gyrus and the left inferior parietal gyrus were significantly associated with aphasia severity at T3. The ROI-analysis did not yield any significant regions of interest to explain the total variance of the patients' change in scores on the aphasia test from T1 to T3. Conclusion Lesions within the postcentral gyrus and the inferior parietal gyrus are associated with aphasia severity at T3. Lesion size in the acute stages of stroke is associated with aphasia severity at T1 and T2, but not T3. However, neither initial aphasia severity nor stroke severity was associated with aphasia severity at T3. Aphasia severity in T2 is however strongly associated with aphasia severity in T3.


Abstract The aim of this paper is to characterise commuting trends in Riga agglomeration, while taking into account proximity to Riga and territorial accessibility. Changes of commuting range are looked at through literature analysis (historical context) and by using descriptive analysis and parametric tests (current situation). Results indicate that while both proximity to Riga and access to state level roads have a significant impact on commuting flows, it is the former which has a more significant impact.


Injuries to the ureters are unquestionably among the most serious and distressing complications which the surgeon can encounter in the course of his pelvic and abdominal work. Whether it be in the course of an operation for malignant disease, in which the ureter has become involved in the neoplasm, or the result of an accident, such an injury always proves a great trial to the nerve and skill of the operator. Accidents of this character will, no doubt, occur in the life of every busy abdominal and pelvic surgeon, no matter how careful and experienced he may be, and it is therefore his duty to prepare himself to deal with them promptly and skilfully. The technic of ureteral surgery fortunately has been perfected to such a degree that it is no longer necessary to follow an injury of the ureter by such a formidable operation as the removal of the


The scapula is a flat, broad and triangular bone situated bilaterally over the chest wall. The division of the scapula into two anatomical areas helps the imageologist in deciding the nature of tumors and tumor like lesions. It also helps the surgeon in choosing the type of surgery. Non traumatic lesions of the scapula include developmental/ congenital, inflammatory, infective, metabolic, neoplastic and miscellaneous causes. The images of tumor like lesions such as infections, Langerhans histiocytosis, simple bone cysts, congenital glenoid dysplasia, fibrous dysplasia and Paget disease are described. Few of the metabolic and systemic disorders are also outlined with illustrations. Similarly, the common benign and malignant tumors as well as their characteristics are described and illustrated. The imaging features of tumors are more helpful in the diagnosis by analysing the site, transitional zone, aggressive nature, matrix mineralisation, periosteal reaction and soft tissue changes.


Based on the case of reinforcement engineering design for highly-filled subgrade to be antiskid and settlement-reducing with low liquid limit clay in the gully development zone of intermountain fault basin in Jinan's Round-city Expressway, and on the compaction grouting test on experimental section and grouting effect detection, the relationship among grouting amount, grout diffusion radius and soil void ratio, grouting pressure, slurry water-cement ratio is discussed. A design scheme of reinforcing highly-filled subgrade in the method of grouting wall is put forward in this paper. The data from the long-term observation of the open road settlement and current situation of slope stability of roadbed verified the feasibility of this technology.


The objective of the paper is to determine how the utilisation of intellectual property rights (IPRs) by Canadian manufacturing firms is related to their characteristics, activities, competitive strategies and industry sector in which they operate. The principal source of information used in this endeavour is the Statistics Canada Survey of Innovation 1999. The paper starts with an overview of other studies that looked at the use of intellectual property rights in Canada. Follows a conceptual framework presenting variables likely to explain the use specific IPRs by Canadian manufacturing firms. The use of IPRs is to a great extent correlated with basic economic characteristics of firms, their activities and industry environment. A series of estimated logit regressions predict the probability that a firm will use a specific IPR instrument. Also estimated is the contribution of the use of IPRs to the probability that a firm innovates. The decision of a firm to use IPRs is often not independent of the decision to innovate. To eliminate the potential endogeneity bias I estimate a two-stage logit model. A comparison of the single- and two-stage logit models shows that the nexus from the protection of intellectual property (patents) to innovation may be weaker than indicated by the single equation model.


[Objective] To explore the relationship between hnRNPK and the progression of chronic myeloid leukemia(CML).[Methods] The hnRNPK protein was detected by western blot and at the same time,the mRNA level of hnRNPK was determined by RT-PCR.[Results] The protein levels of hnRNPK in chronic phase appeared to be lower than those in blast crisis of CML.However,the mRNA levels had little difference.[Conclusion] hnRNPK expresses in bone marrow cells of CML,and the amount of its is related to the progression of CML.


The purpose of this study was to investigate learning orientations, strategies and tactics of veterinarians, and generate explanatory theory grounded in ethnographic data. A theory of approaches to transdisciplinary and disciplinary learning emerged from qualitative analysis of interviews, learning journals and field observations. Eleven subjects in 4 regions were newly employed by a corporate veterinary practice. This research is framed by theories of adult learning, workplace learning, and occupational community. The study was guided by 3 research questions about learning orientations, approaches, strategies and tactics veterinarians applied in the workplace. Question 1 asked about orientation toward learning. Question 2 aimed to uncover differences between learning clinical and practice management roles. Question 3 inquired about interaction of occupational communities and organizational context. Through recursive analysis question 4 emerged, seeking the role of professional socialization and identity in learning. Participants had balanced, positive orientations toward learning. Strategies and tactics differed between application to medical learning vs. the social, organizational and financial aspects of practice management. Subjects learned medical content formally and informally, but relied mostly on informal and incidental learning for practice management. Six areas where profession and organization interacted contributed both positive and negative effects to learning. Veterinarians' understanding of medical and business roles exposed conflicting perceptions that could impact desire to pursue learning in content areas iv inconsistent with professional identity. Theory from these findings explains learning behavior through the interaction of professional identity and workplace context. This study posits that increased organizational focus on content perceived as beyond the professional's discipline, including practice management, is insufficient. Perception of professional identity must expand to include additional disciplines before transdisciplinary learning is pursued. This study advances Hoskin and Anderson-Gough's theory (2004) that disciplinary learning occurs in isolated, specific channels that must be integrated for transdisciplinary learning to occur.


The Argentinean short-finned squid,Illex argenginus,is a common neritic specie with a wide distribution from approximately 22°S to 54°S along the continental shelf and slope waters and around the Falkland/Malvinas Islands in the Southwest Atlantic Ocean.It is a cepholopod species of great commercial importance targeted by international fishing fleets consisting of both jigging fleets from Asian countries and trawelers from European countries.This species also plays a crucial role in its marine ecosystem in the southwest Atlantic Ocean.The Argentinean short-finned squid had a complicated intrapopulation structrue.At least five major intraspecific stocks are defined based on length at maturity,spawning,hatching time and distribution of animals in early life history stages.Its hard structures,including beaks and statoliths,have stable morphological characteristics,and are resistance to corrosion to a certain extent and suitable for life history information storage.They are often used separately in previous studies,and few studies have used both hard structures in studying squid life history.In this study,using specimens of Argentinean short-finned squid collected by the Chinese squid Jigging fishery fleet during February to May in 2007 and from January to March in 2010,we extracted 625 pairs of statolith from statocysts and 787 pairs of beaks from buccal masses.Ten morphological variables were measured for statoliths and 12 morphological variables were measured for beaks.These morphological variable measurements were standardized using mantle length(ML),which were then used to compare differences among the stocks(i.e.,South Patagonic Stock,SPS;and Bonaerensis-Northpatagonic Stock,BNS)and between the sexes.This study showed that the morphological variables of statolith and beak for BNS females were larger than those of males.However,for the SPS cohort,male morphological variables tended to be larger than those of females.A Student′s t-test showed that for a given stock the statoliths had significant differences between the sexes in the following morphological variables: Total Statolith Length(TSL),Maximum Width(MW),Lateral Dome Length(LDL),Wing Length(WL),and Wing Width(WW)(P0.05).For a given sex,significant differences between the two stocks were found in MW,Dorsal Lateral Length(DLL),Rostrum Lateral Length(RLL),and Wing Width(WW)(P0.05).Student′s t-test also showed that for a given stock beaks had significant differences between the sexes in Upper Hood length(UHL),Upper Crest length(UCL),Upper Rostrum length(URL),Upper rostrum width(URW),Upper Lateral Wall Length(ULWL),Lower Rostrum length(LRL)(P0.01).For a given sex,significant differences were found in Lower Hood length(LHL),Lower crest length(LCL),LRL,Lower Rostrum width(LRW),Lower Lateral Wall Length(LLWL),Lower Wing Length(LWL) between the two stocks(P0.01).The majority of data variability in principal component analysis of statolith could be explained by TSL/ML,DLL/ML,RW/ML,MW/ML for the BNS and by TSL/ML,RW/ML,WW/ML,DDL/ML for the SPS.The majority of data variability in principal component analysis of beaks could be explained by UHL/ML,UCL/ML,ULWL/ML and LRW/ML for the BNS and by UHL/ML,UCL/ML,ULWL/ML,URL/ML,LWL/ML,LRL/ML for the SPS.When statolith and beaks were used to establish the discrimination function,accuracy rates in distinguishing the two cohorts were above 60%.These findings suggested that the cohorts of Illex argentinus in the Southwest Atlantic Ocean could be morphologically indentified.However,more samples and longer time series of data may be needed for further validation of this approach and evaluation of uncertainty associated with the results.


This paper presents a model of trust and its interaction with information flow, influence, and control, and reports on an experiment based on the model to test several hypotheses about problem-solving effectiveness. The subjects were managers and the independent variable was the individual manager's initial level of trust. Groups of business executives were given identical factual information about a difficult manufacturing-marketing policy problem; half the groups were briefed to expect trusting behavior, the other half to expect untrusting behavior. There were highly significant differences in effectiveness between the high-trust groups and the low-trust groups in the clarification of goals, the reality of information exchanged, the scope of search for solutions, and the commitment of managers to implement solutions. The findings indicate that shared trust or lack of trust apparently are a significant determinant of managerial problem-solving efectiveness.1


We have measured the resistive supercondeucting transition temperature in C[sub 60] single crystals intercalated with isotopically pure [sup 87]Rb and [sup 85]Rb and with natural abundance rubidium. We obtain a rubidium isotope effect exponent of [alpha][sub Rb]=[minus]0.028[plus minus]0.036, a result which implies that the Rb-C[sub 60] optic phonons play at most a minor role in the pairing mechanism of Rb[sub 3]C[sub 60].


This paper explores the correlation between state of cluster development in a country and its national competitiveness. Our research hypothesis is that high positive correlation exists between cluster development and national competiveness, meaning that the countries in which clusters are deep and well-developed are at the same time countries that have a high national competitiveness in certain segments of industry and vice versa. The source of the data analysed in this paper is the Competitiveness report of the World Economic Forum 2012–2013 (hereinafter WEF), which includes 144 economies. Linear correlation, including confidence intervals, was used in data analysis. Research hypothesis is accepted by the data. Developing countries cannot follow the direction from building high competitiveness to the development of clusters, but national competitiveness can significantly be improved by development of clusters and encouraging innovation and productivity within the framework of cluster-directed economy.


The term disorders of the anorectal function encompasses a group of diseases commonly present in gastroenterological consultation; conditions that have a signicant impact on patients' quality of life. Imaging studies, mainly defecography, are essential for the diagnosis of these diseases. Taking into ac - count that there is overlap of several of them in the same patient, some may be underdiagnosed when relying solely on anamnesis and physical examination. Given the multiplanar capability of MRI, visualization of perirectal soft tissue, its lowest invasiveness in re -


On the basis of basic facts in college teaching, the algorithm of curricula arrangement in college teaching management system is discussed in this paper.The good results are attained by using this algorithm


An operational forecast system using the Environmental Fluid Dynamics Code (EFDC) hydrodynamic model was implemented in the St. Johns River, Florida and has been running operationally at NOAA for six years. In this paper, we look back on the evolution of this system, including its development, testing, validation and operational implementation. As part of a program to examine water quality in the St. Johns River, the St. Johns River Water Management District (SJRWMD) developed this application of the EFDC hydrodynamic model to the lower St. Johns River. NOAA's Coastal Storms Program facilitated the transition of this model to NOAA for evaluation and operational implementation as the St Johns River Operational Forecast System (SJROFS). Operational Forecast Systems (OFSs) run at NOAA's National Ocean Service (NOS) and use the Coastal Ocean Modeling Framework (COMF) which employs standard procedures and formats for gathering inputs, formatting outputs and running the models. Since the SJRWMD application used the EFDC model, the initial step in porting their model into COMF was to adjust the output into the Cooperative Ocean/Atmosphere Research Data Service-compliant netCDF format that NOS supports. The EFDC simulations were set up to perform hourly nowcasts (a simulation over the previous one hour up until the present time) and four forecasts (extending 36 hours into the future) per day using the standard COMF scripts. The final step in the transition to operational implementation was to evaluate the performance of the model application against standard NOS skill assessment criteria. A software tool was developed to perform this skill assessment with models in the COMF environment, and the St. Johns River model results were subsequently analyzed using this tool for different simulation scenarios (tides only, hindcasts, operational nowcasts and forecasts). Skill assessment score tables were compiled for each location where observations were available using the software package, and these tables helped guide the best approach for transitioning the model to an operational environment. The SJROFS was made operational in October 2005, and comparisons between the model and available data are made publicly available on


This work attempts to trace the intertwining relati onship in the life-world as Merleau-Ponty describes it in the Phenomenology of Perception . As we start to reflect on his concept of body, the wor ld, the others, and the I , we begin to realize the originality that each of these terms conveys, thereby enriching our experience in the world. Under these circumstances, we will no longer place the I as the center of meaning, but as the complicity of meaning due to its intertwining relationship with the life-world . The original presence brings an ambiguity that is ungraspable by objective thoug ht, although it is experi - enced in the very situation that we encounter ourse lves


Lately, the dumping of electrical and electronic at the market caused by the old electric and electronic goods has become
outdated and often thrown away without any awareness of the dangers or about the precious material at goods. Generally
the life of electrical and electronic waste (e-waste) just ended in landfills only. These items can be categorized as a
valuable commodity and also a dangerous thing if we do not take steps that we should do about this stuff. Valuable
materials contained in these products can be recycled, such as copper, aluminum, gold, steel, plastic and many more.
However, the dangerous elements contained in the e-waste are chromium, beryllium, lead, mercury and so on. This study is
focusing on the investigation of recycling potential of e-waste through manual dismantling process and leaching test. The
methods that can be used for leaching are internal chamber and hydrometallurgical methods. These methods are used to
obtain a solution containing precious and hazardous metals from the PCB. The leaching test was conducted with constant
stirring speed, constant water-sample ratio and variable method. The liquid residue was analyzed by Atomic Absorption
Spectroscopy (AAS). It was found that total time required to dismantle all parts in the waste motor is about 10 minutes and
the part that required longest dismantling time was front cover. The metal elements that were observed are Zn, Cu, Mn, Pb
and Cr. It was found that the pH of the solution increased with the increasing leaching time.


The α 2,8-sialyl-transferase,called GD3 synthase,sialic acid-containing glycosphingolipids,has been historically considered to be involved in the proliferation,differentiation,signal transduction and migration of biological behavior in vertebrates.This review summarizes the molecular structure and biological function of GD3 synthase,especially its function in the genesis and progress of hepatic carcinoma.


Expression(or tissue specificity) is one of the most important natural properties for each gene(or protein).The description of expression in recent gene or protein databases is not standard,and the expression level is not unified in these databases either.To make good use of the expression information,we constructed TissueMap(http://184.108.40.206/cgi-bin/tissuemap/index.pl),an expression database of human gene and protein.TissueMap integrated expression information from two resources: Swiss-prot protein database(now a part of UniProt) and UniGene(an experimental system for automatically partitioning GenBank sequences into a non-redundant set of gene-oriented clusters).Transmembrane proteins were picked up from Swiss-prot proteins because of their important function in biological process.The database standardized the tissue names of expression and unified the expression level.At present,there are 45389 gene items,11377 protein items,and 2796 human transmembrane protein items in the database.TissueMap will be regularly updated with the data obtained from Unigene and UniProt.


The political debate that has developed around the doctrine of national security in Latin America has been extensive. Nevertheless, we note with curiosity that there are few academic studies that analyze the existing linkage between institutional logic power frameworks and the strategies for the application of political intelligence that prioritized this military doctrine over civil intelligence. This article focuses on the figure of the "Pesquisa" in Ecuador during the Cold War. This term refers to that civil agent or police officer linked to the National Public Security Office whose mission was to infiltrate social movements, opposition political parties, labor unions, trade unions, universities, etc. His intelligence objectives or targets included people or individuals who were assumed to represent a threat to the internal security of the State, but also those government officials that often mixed their private life with the public sphere or maintained links with foreigners within a context of limited internationalization, in a country with parochial characteristics. With little instrumental and professional analysis capacity, the "pesquisas" and their networks built personal relationships with the authorities of the Presidency of the Republic or functionaries of the ex-Government Ministry – now the Interior Ministry – reproducing the political patterns of patronage, personal favors and clientelism.


The article provides the biographical overview to the one of the prominent figures of the 1941 Serbian Uprising. Mainly known by his role in the uprising as the commander of the units belonging to the General Nedic's Serbian Government forces in autumn 1941, and his later devotion to the General Mihailovic resistance movement. Since his illegal activities and wireless connections with Mihailovic, as the major of the Pozarevac district, Kalabic was arrested and killed by the German security authorities in Belgrade, in late 1942. This article extends his biography into First World War, when he served as the officer in Serbian Army, and later became an officer of the Yugoslav Gendarmerie. Serving in Montenegro, he committed a serious atrocity against notable Montenegro personalities, causing the transfer from Montenegro, dismissing from the service and trial. Kalabic even manage to evade the assassination from the relative of the killed Montenegrins. The article was written upon the authors research in several of Belgrade archives and consulting newspapers from contemporary period and literature.


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Background: Catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTIs) are the most prevalent healthcare-associated infection in the ICU. Patients with indwelling urinary catheters are more prone to CAUTIs due to the increased risk of post-stroke infections brought on by stroke-induced immunosuppression. Therefore, it is imperative to focus on the barriers related to knowledge deficit, health care organization and nursing practice to overcome bad consequences of developing CAUTIs. Objective: to identify barriers to implementation of a urinary catheter care bundle for critically ill patients with cerebrovascular stroke. Setting: the study was carried out in five ICUs of Health Affairs Directorate hospitals in Alexandria governorate. Subjects: A convenient samples of 130 nurses of both genders who are assigned in the direct care of the newly admitted patients with cerebrovascular stroke in the previously mentioned units. Tools: two tools were used. Tool one: "Urinary catheter care bundle barriers questionnaire tool ". Tool two: "Nurses' knowledge about urinary catheter care bundle for critically ill patients with cerebrovascular stroke questionnaire". Results: The study showed that there was a significant relationship between socio-demographic data and mean score of UCCB implementation overall barriers regarding gender, age, education level and years of experience (P=0.011, P=0.001, P=0.001 and P=0.001 respectively). Furthermore, the study groups exhibited significant relationship between socio-demographic data and percent score of knowledge level about UCCB of studied CCNs regarding gender, age, education level and years of experience (P=0.114, P=0.004, P=0.001 and P=0.002 consequently). Conclusion: the implementation of urinary catheter care bundle was highly effective as it reduced CAUTI rate for critically ill patients with cerebrovascular stroke. Recommendations: critical care nurses should implement a UCCB approach that is tailored to the critically ill patients with cerebrovascular stroke. Hospital administration should establish educational program and workshops about the UCCB approach for critically ill patients with cerebrovascular stroke to critical care nurses.


In the modernization course under the new period,how to better exert the spiritual civilization value of Chinese martial arts,which is attached to agriculture civilization,traditional society,Chinese culture,and so on, and it is a hot issue before all the martial arts and physical education workers.From the dilemma of traditional Chinese Martial arts culture popularization development,the author puts forward the principle of martial arts popularization, and probes into how to further spread the culture which play essential role and contribute to the spiritual civilization construction of the whole society.


Abstract New mesostructured bis-dialkyldimethylammonium-dichromate of formula [(C16H33)2(CH3)2N]2Cr2O7 was prepared at 80°C from an aqueous solution of hexadecyldimethylammonium salt and potassium dichromate. Phase transitions have been evidenced by means of thermogravimetric analysis coupled with differential scanning calorimetry and by optical microscopy. As suggested by a preliminary powder X-ray diffraction study, the compound exhibits a lamellar structure. The detailed con-formation and molecular packing of the compound were determined from single crystal X-ray diffraction data analysis. [(C16H33)2(CH3)2N]2Cr2O7 crystallizes in the triclinic system (P1 space group, Z=1), with cell parameters a=34.330(7) A, b=7.800(2) A, c=7.250(1) A, α=103.69(3)°, β=89.86(3)°, γ=94.12(3). The structure consists of discrete dichromate anions, statistically distributed in a layer, separated by a double-layer of dihexadecyldimethylammonium cationic molecules in which the alkyl chains are lying in parallel. The hydrocarbon chains packing can be described using a triclinic subcell with dimensions as=5.01 A, bs=7.80 A, cs=2.57 A, αs=90.9°, βs=98.9°, γs=104.0°. The packing cross-section of the hydrophilic part is 54.9 A2 per molecule of surfactant in the layer plane. Therefore, the chains axis forms a tilt angle of 46° (cosϕ=(as×bs×sinγs)/a×b×sinγ) relative to the normal of the polar plane.


The utilization of rice husk as raw material on preparation of composite board could be used as alternative and cheap construction material. In this research, the  composite board was prepared by mixing fined rice husk, recycledhigh density polyethylene (HDPE) plastic. Maleic Anhydride (MAH) was added ascompatibilizer. The objective of this research is to develop an alternative and a cheap technologyon fabrication of composite board by utilizing rice husk waste as filler and plastic from the type of recycled HDPE plastic as matrix. In order to improve the compactness of rice husk and recycled HDPE plastic thus the addition of MAH as compatibilizer is carried out. The research aspect learned is the MAH addition variation as much of 4% and 8% from HDPE plastic weight, and the mixing ratios of filler and matrix which are 30:70; 40:60; 50:50; 60:40; 70:30. Casting process of the homogonized solution was  carried out at casting temperature of 145oC for 20 minutes. The research result obtained indicates that the value of composite board density has fulfilled standard of SNI 03-2105-1996. The maximum water adsorbtion is obtained on composition of filler and matrixof 60:40 where with the addition of MAH 4% and 8% they are 10,1% and 6.9%, respectively. The addition of MAH as much of4% and 8% has resulted composite board with tensile strength value that has fulfilled SNI standard. Whereas the addition of MAH as much of 8% could increase modulus of rapture value of composite board i. e. 82.5 – 85.2 kgf/cm2and they have fulfilled standard of SNI 03-2105-1996. Keywords: Composite board, Maleic Anhydride (MAH), Recycled HDPE plastic, Tensile Strength, modulus of rapture.


Philosophy begins with wonder (surprise and bewilderment) and is an essential inquiry of soul into the world and life. The world outlook and the outlook on life cannot be understood merely as a ready-made ideology. The value of philosophy lies in the fact that it can make us keep on wondering and thinking about the world and life continuously. The value of a philosopher's thinking does not rely on its materialism or idealism but relies on whether it can enrich human understanding of the world as a whole. Essentially, philosophy lies between religion and science. For two thousand years, the main theories of Western philosophy endeavored to make it a kind of science but failed. The philosophers after Kant have got a common understanding: the world has not a so-called original reality, and the sole way of its existence finds expression in phenomenon. However, philosophy won't terminate because of this, and will continue developing with its intrinsic contradictions.$$$$


A tennis player preparation outcome shall be determined by various factors, being this always a contentious issue where the percentages varies between psychological, tactical, conditional and technical factors. The complexity of the analysis of this question requires a major effort from the different professional science training. It is difficult to delimit fields, both for knowing the reason of an error o a hit during a match, and for the sport planning of a player. The starting point may be a simple question: Why does a player perform well in a stroke? However, the answer turns to be a complex and incomplete one: it could be a god reaction, acceleration and optimal deceleration, time and space control, displacement technique, gesture specific motor coordination, a right decision, high confidence that allowed reacting and applying strength with a high gradient, right activation and control grade of stressful game situations. Perhaps, the solution may be on determinant influence of all these, but obviously in varying degrees, with positive or negative relations, compensatory or complementary.


This white paper investigates the potential integration of the CTC work breakdown structure numbering scheme with a plant/equipment numbering system (PNS), or alternatively referred to in industry as a reference designation system (RDS). Ideally, the goal of such integration would be a single, common referencing system for the life cycle of the CTC that supports all the various processes (e.g., information, execution, and control) that necessitate plant and equipment numbers be assigned. This white paper focuses on discovering the full scope of Idaho National Laboratory (INL) processes to which this goal might be applied as well as the factors likely to affect decisions about implementation. Later, a procedure for assigning these numbers will be developed using this white paper as a starting point and that reflects the resolved scope and outcome of associated decisions.


The essential oils from aerial parts of Teucrium divaricatum Heldr. ssp. divaricatum harvested at two different stages of maturity, were isolated by hydrodistillation. The oils of T. divaricatum were complex mixtures consisting mainly of sesquiterpene hydrocarbons with percentages varying from 62.5% to 53.1% with δ-cadinene being the most abundant component.


Melatonin is a pineal hormone that regulates the human cycle of sleep and wakefulness. Plasma melatonin levels were investigated in patients with obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome (OSAS). In total, 20 patients with OSAS and 11 healthy controls were studied. OSAS patients were tested twice: on the night of diagnostic polysomnography and the night of continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) titration. Controls were tested on one occasion. Plasma melatonin levels were determined at 23:00 h (light period), at 02:00 h (dark period) and at 06:00 h (light period) in patients and control subjects using the radioimmunoassay method. The control subjects showed a nocturnal melatonin peak value at 02:00 h (70.6±14 pg·mL−1). However, this nocturnal melatonin peak was absent in the OSAS patients. The highest melatonin value was found in OSAS patients on the night of diagnosis, at 06:00 h (49.3±36.8 pg·mL−1). It was found that the melatonin level in OSAS patients at 06:00 h was significantly lower in the night of titration (35.6±37.9 pg·mL−1) than in the diagnosis night. However, the melatonin levels at either 23:00 h or 02:00 h in OSAS patients did not differ significantly when comparing levels in the night of diagnostic polysomnography (23:00 h: 31.6±29.8 pg·mL−1; 02:00 h: 47.4±33.8 pg·mL−1) with levels in the night of CPAP titration (23:00 h: 20.2±10.3 pg·mL−1; 02:00 h: 37.7±27.5 pg·mL−1). Patients with obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome have an abnormal melatonin secretion pattern. The absence of a nocturnal serum melatonin peak could be partially related to the difficulty that these patients have in achieving a normal sleep–wakefulness pattern.


We propose maximum-likelihood (ML) estimation of errors in variables models with finite-state Markovian disturbances. Such models have applications in Econometrics, speech processing, communication systems and neurobiological signal processing. We derive the maximum likelihood (ML) model estimates using the expectation maximization (EM) algorithm.


The health effects of radio-frequency (RF) and microwave radiation have been a subject of scientific inquiry and public interest of late because of widespread global usage of mobile communication devices by billions of people everywhere. A minute increase in health risks such as cancer from RF radiation might lead to significant consequences for the health of the general public. A recent U.S. government announcement about the discovery of rare cancers in rats exposed to RF radiation is an important occurrence. Note that any new or single report should not be viewed in isolation. The U.S. government project was organized to confront the weaknesses of prior laboratory rodent studies on the potential of RF exposure to impact human health such as cancer in controlled environments. Indeed, several published reports on animal cancer investigations involving prolonged exposure to RF radiation are contentious and perplexing. The discrepancies have presented ambiguity in assessing public health threats from RF exposure. It is the objective of this review to provide a critical and analytical synopsis and assessment on current progress in cancers in rats exposed to lifelong RF and microwave radiation. Its focus is on laboratory studies involving cancer production and promotion, as well as the survival of experimental rats. Of special interest is carcinogenesis in the head—cancer development in the head. The question of whether RF exposure from wireless and mobile devices and systems poses a health risk will likely remain equivocal and controversial for some time to come.


We study a hybrid quantum algorithm for solving the AC load flow problem. The algorithm uses a quantum algorithm to compute the direction in the Newton-Raphson method. This hybrid approach offers scalability and improved convergence rates in theory.


We investigate the gravitational wave background produced by mag- netars. The statistical properties of these highly magnetized stars were derived by population synthesis methods and assumed to be also representative of extra- galactic objects. The adopted ellipticity was calculated from relativistic models using equations of state and assumptions concerning the distribution of currents in the neutron star interior. The maximum amplitude occurs around 1.2 kHz, corresponding to gw � 10 9 for a type I superconducting neutron star model. The expected signal is a continuous background that could mask the cosmological contribution produced in the early stage of the Universe.


In this paper we prove that a regular topological space is metrizable if its exponent satisfies one of the following conditions: it is symmetrizable, it has a G6 -diagonal, or each closed subset of the exponent is of type G6 . The space of closed subsets (the exponent) exp X of a topological space X is considered in the Vietoris topology: a base of the topology is formed by the subsets of the exponent of the form


Abstract Osteoplastic flap access to the frontal sinus remains a valuable approach for the treatment of benign and malignant lesions of the sinus and posterior table, as well as for sinus obliteration. Even in the age of endoscopic sinus surgery, frontal sinus obliteration remains a definitive procedure for control of severe frontal sinus disease. Obliteration is successful in 90% of cases, despite these patients having had multiple prior surgeries. We present techniques for safe elevation of an osteoplastic flap and effective methods of sinus obliteration. Management of complications is also discussed.


Regarding a dwelling water pump vibration isolation as a case,The vibration power flow theory is applied to conduct the research on the effects of vibration parameters of water pump on the basement vibration.Water pump vibration isolation system can be simplified to be a single-deck isolation system power flow model.By using E-F analog picture method and adjusting the parameters such as intermediate mass and area density,the curves of foundation speed amplitude and power flow are drawn by using Matlab calculating program.The results show that the intermediate mass has clearly reduced the vibration power flow and speed amplitude,the vibration parameter of intermediate mass only has little effect on the vibration amplitude and the isolation vibration effect can be improved by increasing area density of the basement.


Background and Objective: Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) is a cytokine which is overexpressed in many malignant cancers including leukemia. VEGF plays an important role in tumor invasion and metastasis. Determination of the pattern of VEGF expression in human leukemic cell lines could be useful not only in screening of new antileukemic agents but also to study the mechanism of their action. In the present study, the pattern of VEGF production in some human leukemic cell lines has been assessed in vitro.


Abstract : This thesis presents Navy Operational Planner (NOP), a decision support aid for mission-based maritime operational planning. Operational plans consist of individual missions grouped into phases we must accomplish a given fraction of each mission in a phase to declare completion and move to the next phase. Rather than trying to achieve as many missions as possible in a fixed time horizon, NOP advises how to allocate multiple ships to multiple missions in order to accomplish those missions to a prescribed level of completion as quickly as possible; this allows a transition to the next phase of a larger mission, such as a war, or a large-scale humanitarian aid and disaster relief operation. Knowing how long it could take to complete a mission phase is more useful in determining feasibility in the planning process and can help in assessing risks associated with employing a limited number of ships. Criteria for mission phase transitions are derived from assumptions surrounding mission-based accomplishment thresholds. The carrying out of a mission or level of effort applied contributes toward cumulative accomplishment. In addition, when mission efforts are interrupted for some period of time, the mission may require additional later effort to resume and complete.


The use of placebo controls in acupuncture trials has been an international concern for many years.We discussed some common problems in placebo controls and introduced four kinds of control methods(sham acupuncture,non-points acupuncture,minimal acupuncture and non-specific sites acupuncture).For sham acupuncture,non-points acupuncture and non-specific sites acupuncture,patients who have received acupuncture are liable to doubt the intervention they are taking.Minimal acupuncture has better reliability but is limited to use in many diseases for its physiological effect.Needling on some special parts of the body,for example,head and back side of the body,can make balance among factors as reliability,physiological effect and feasibility.This paper recommends a control method needling special parts according to the tradiontional acupuncture theory,which provides references for acupuncture clinical trials.


The interaction between any drug and organism can be defmed in terms of a pharmacological dose-response curve. For an anthelmintic this response normally takes the form of a percentage efficacy versus log dose profile. While a number of factors (such as variations in dosage, formulation, route of administration and host species) are viewed as contributory to this response, these profiles are most significantly dependent on the interaction of the anthelmintic with the parasitic species under investigation. As all modem anthelmintics exert their effect by selective toxicity due to differences between the biochemical mechanisms of the host and the parasite, differences between parasites can by analogy be attributed to the role of comparative biochemistry of the drug-parasite interaction. Changes in this interaction are not just due to species specificity but are also characteristic of the intra-species specificity observed in anthelmintic resistant isolates. In the present paper, the role of comparative interactions of benzimidazole carbamates (BZCs) with helminth tubulin derived from Fasciola hepatica., Echinococcus granulosus, Trichostrongylus colubriformis and Haemonchus contortuswill be discussed with particular reference to species susceptibility and the relative affmity of BZCs for tubulin.


A symposium was held in Washington from July 30 -August 1, 1984 on providing visibility and visual guidance to the road user. The main focus of the symposium was the question of the best way to determine what it was necessary for road users to perceive in order to participate safely in traffic and drive with due care. A plea was held for more cooperation between Europe and the USA in the field of traffic safety research. (TRRL)


In the design of a machine that scans printed‐English text and generates the corresponding spoken output with virtually no restriction on the vocabulary size, a procedure for the translation of the graphemes to the phonemes is necessary. Translation technique using the letter context alone, such as is used in the phonic method of teaching English to children, is shown to be entirely unsatisfactory. Instead, by the use of morphographemic rules, written words are decomposed into their constituent morphs and the corresponding morphemes are looked up in a morph‐morpheme lexicon. Morphophonemic rules are used to produce the output‐phoneme string for the given word. Syntactic markers, stored as part of the lexicon entries, can be used to resolve certain ambiguities and to perform sentence parsing, which is necessary in the assignment of suprasegmental phoneme values. Engineering considerations in the implementation are discussed. [This work was supported by a grant from the National Institutes of Health and by a Joint Services Electronics Program Contract.]


Federal military spending is an important part of the history and economy of South Central Pennsylvania, which is composed of Adams, Cumberland, Dauphin, Juniata, Franklin, Lebanon, Perry, and York counties. Federal military spending creates jobs and compensation for workers throughout these counties and influences tax revenues in the counties.


Anaesthesia has become reassuringly safe. All modern anaesthetic agents are effective and associated to only minor side effects, anaesthetic machines and monitors helps delivery and closely in real time observation of vital signs. Anaesthesia practice has expanded and includes today perioperative care, preoperative assessment and optimisation, anaesthesia and postoperative care. Following the postoperative course up to day 30 after surgery is today of increasing interest and importance to document value based perioperative. Interprofessional care where the perioperative nurse has a major commitment will help to further improve the perioperative process.


The chemokine macrophage inflammatory protein-1 alpha (MIP-1alpha) stimulates migration of B cells through an unknown mechanism. Furthermore, little is known about signal transduction mechanisms through which MIP-1alpha might signal phenotypic changes in B cells. We are investigating the role of MIP-1alpha in B cell signaling. Here we report that stimulation of the Ramos B cell line or tonsil B or peripheral blood-B (PBL-B) cells with MIP-1alpha caused the transcription factor NF-kappaB to bind to DNA. NF-kappaB induction was dose dependent, and was transient, with peak induction occurring at 30 min. MIP-1alpha treatment stimulated the degradation of IkappaBalpha, a cytoplasmic inhibitor of NF-kappaB. The biological significance of NF-kappaB activation by MIP-1alpha is currently unknown, but it is known that NF-kappaB modulates expression of genes involved in many inflammatory and immune responses. Here we show that NF-kappaB activation is a target of signals sent into B cells by MIP-1alpha.


We review Lipatov's high energy effective action and show that it is a useful computational tool to calculate QCD scattering amplitudes in the high energy limit. We explain in some detail our recent work where a novel regularization and subtraction procedure has been proposed that allows to extend the use of this effective action beyond tree level. As explicit results we discuss the derivation of forward jet vertices, for jet events with and without rapidity gaps.


The determination of total mercury in stationary pollution source was measured by MA-2000 mercury analyzer.After the collected samples were added with solid additives,they were directly analyzed according to the set mode.The accuracy and the precision of the method were tested by using standard soil sample(ESS-4),and simultaneously the method detection limit and actual samples were measured.The results showed that the detection limit of the method is 3×10-4μg/m3,which is far below the standard discharge limit requirements,and the accuracy and precision can also meet the analysis requirement.


Objective:To evaluate the diagnostic value of MRI in tethered cord syndrome.Methods:The MRI appearances of48cases with tethered cord syndrome were analyzed retroˉspectively.Results:Spinal cord was terminated below L2in43cases.There were25cases with thickened filum terminal,38cases with spina bifida,22cases with lipomeningogele or myelomeningele,17cases with lipoma,13cases with diastematomyelia,6cases with syˉringomyelia,1case with dermoid,5cases with epidermoid.Conclusion:MRI can display the position of the spinal cord and the cause of tethered cord syndrome.Spinal deformations can also be displied clearly.MRI is important in the diagnosis and treatment of tethered cord synˉdrome.


Hospital pharmacists are aware that they have too many orders to fill on a daily basis – in addition to numerous other job functions, including working with insurers and counseling patients. And now, a new study verifies that the more orders pharmacists fill, the more likely it is for errors to occur.


In general, contours in digital vector maps, which represent terrain characteristics and shape, are created by 3D digitizing the same height points using aerial photographs on the analytical or digital plotters with stereoscopic viewing. Hence, it requires lots of task, and subjective decision and experience of the operators. DTMs are generated indirectly by using contours since the national digital maps do not include digital terrain model (DTM) data. In this study, model key points which depict the important information about terrain characteristics were extracted from the contours. Further, determination of the efficient and flexible grid sizes were proposed to generate optimal DTM in terms of both quantitative and qualitative aspects. For this purpose, a progressive sampling technique was implemented, i.e., the smaller grid sizes are assigned for the mountainous areas where have large relief while the larger grid sizes are assigned for the relatively flat areas. In consequence, DTMs with multi-grid for difference areas could be generated instead of DTMs with a fixed grid size. The multi-grid DTMs reduce computations for data processing and provide fast display.


For a 1-tough graph $G$ we define $\sigma_3(G) = \min\{\deg(u) + \deg(v)+ \deg(w):$ $\{u, v, w\}$ is an independent set of vertices$\}$ and $NC2(G)=\min \{|N(u)\cup N(v)|: d(u,v)=2\}$. D. Bauer, G. Fan and H.J.Veldman proved that $c(G)\geq \min\{n,2NC2(G)\}$ for any 1-tough graph $G$ with $\sigma_3(G)\geq n\geq 3$, where $c(G)$ is the circumference of $G$ (D. Bauer, G. Fan and H.J.Veldman,Hamiltonian properties of graphs with large neighborhood unions,Discrete Mathematics, 1991). They also conjectured a stronger upper bound for the circumference: $c(G)\geq\min\{n,2NC2(G)+4\}$.In this paper, we prove this conjecture.


The physics of low Reynolds number plumes is well understood, which allows a number of testable predictions to be made about mantle plumes. They are predicted to originate from the core-mantle boundary and consist of a large head followed by a narrower tail. Millions of cubic kilometers of magma can be produced from a plume head. Rifting over a previously-emplaced plume head should produce a narrow zone of thickened oceanic crust along the rift margin. Initial eruption from a plume head should be preceded by ~1,000 m of domal uplift. Picrites are expected to dominate the first eruptive products of a new plume and should be concentrated near the centre of the volcanic province. All of these predictions are confirmed by observations, and so provide strong support for the validity of the mantle plume hypothesis.


In South Korea,valuing the science education for schooling is one of the important measures to implement its strategies for strengthening the country by education and science and technology.To carry out the science education successfully,South Korea takes such measures as followings: making related laws,establishing specialized administrative agencies,modernizing science education goals and contents,strengthening textbook written,enhancing teacher's quality,raising teaching funds by all ways and integrating the school education with extra-school education activity.The experience of South Korea can give us much enlightenment.


Services that support individuals with a diagnosis of Serious Mental Illness are called upon to deliver services that seek to promote their recovery.The National Institute for Mental Health in England (NIMHE, 2005), have been working towards defining the key features of what a recovery oriented service should look like. Optimistic as it may seem, services are a long way to undoing the effects of institutionalisation in the lives of many service users. This article provides an account of an evaluation of a Recovery Group designed to introduce participants to the recovery paradigm, in an attempt to help enhance their hopefulness about their future. It was hypothesised that when people are hopeful about achieving their goals, then they will become more motivated to pursue meaningful activities. An eight week group was conducted using outcome measures such as the Beck Hopelessness scale (1974), Lancashire Quality of Life scale, Bradburn Affect Scale and Cantill's Life Ladder. Seven mental health service users from a Rehabilitation Inpatient Unit, and Community Team participated in the Recovery group, of whom four service users completed the programme. Despite methodological limitations of this evaluation some improvements were noted for the service users in terms of improved quality of life, a sense of optimism for the future and improved psychological well-being.


Abstract In this work, we perform a sulfur chemical passivation on GaAs substrate, which leads to a change in the photoluminescence (PL) owing to a reduction of surface states. By varying the reaction time of passivation, we can modify the chemical bonds of the GaAs surface and reduce the surface depletion region thickness, which strongly affects the emission efficiency of the GaAs band edge. Based on systematic PL measurements and energy band model with surface states, the sulfur passivation also enhances the number of free and bound excitons. Therefore, sulfur passivation is important to improve the performance of GaAs-based optoelectronics devices.


Using a variational argument, we show that a two-dimensional (2D) crystal becomes defective in the presence of a random pinning potential. The threshold pinning force and flow properties of a plastically deformed crystal are studied using a perturbation theory valid for weak pinning potential and strong driving force. In the case of a 2D flux-line lattice, it is shown that dislocations introduce extra dissipation in the system, thus increasing the total pinning force, and resulting in nonlinear I-V characteristics.


The purpose of this study is to develop a system which is able to be applied to overhead ground wires, and to obtain power independent of the weather and the season for aviation obstruction lights. The authors developed an electromagnetic induction power supply system, which obtain stable power from induced current which flows through overhead ground wires by using a current transformer. This paper presents the results of EMTP analysis, outline of the system, application method to the field, and detailed comparison of the analysis data with operating data installed to Minami-Iwaki trunk line, Tokyo Electric Power Co. Inc.


LCoS microdisplays provide poor efficiency when used with a conventional color wheel in projection systems. This paper will present a new design that replaces the color wheel with a rotating color drum. Throughput of the color drum projector is compared to a system using 3 scanning prisms and to a 3 panel system. System colorimetry and white point correction will be discussed.


Infrared rod radiator for the thermal treatment of goods, with - a tubular support (2), - one on the outer surface of the carrier (2) applied, sintered ceramic layer (3) having a thickness of 15 - 50 micrometers has and is composed of at least five different oxides, - is inserted a core (1) made of ceramic material, in the interior of the tubular support (2), - capillary openings (6) which are arranged in longitudinal direction in the core (1), - heating means in the form of elongated resistance wires (10) which are introduced into the openings (6), - a reflector with a parabolic surface, with both the height and the opening of the reflector have a value between 40 and 100 mm, - wherein the Core (1) carrier (2) and the ceramic layer (3) existing emitter has an outer diameter of 6 to 14 mm and the length-related emitter power at a emitter length 250 to 1600 ...


One of the focuses of marketing in a company is how to achieve customer loyalty. That is reflected in how companies maintain brands, consumers, and product-consumer relationships. In some cases, companies focus solely on profit, resulting in the company losing its reputation. There is an opinion that consumers demand ethics and responsibility from companies to stakeholders, in this case, consumers. Consumers in this position can provide feedback regarding the company's marketing ethics. During the COVID-19 Pandemic, consumers are also more vigilant and careful in choosing products. So, with the COVID-19 Pandemic conditions like this, it is necessary to study whether consumer ethics in determining product choices and behavior towards products will be affected and whether a company's marketing ethics also influence product determination and consumer behavior towards products. This article aims to examine whether marketing ethics and consumer ethics influence consumer behavior and decisions to buy a product or interact further with the product, especially in the current era of the COVID 19 Pandemic. And the method used for this article is a systematic literature review. From this research, it is concluded that marketing and consumer ethics have a role in influencing consumers to choose to buy products and the responses given after making a purchase or through transaction experience with a company. And consumer behavior and decisions are very dependent on how ethical the company is in marketing its products both before and during the COVID-19 Pandemic


When the extraction and some traditional separating methods separate the lead ion from waste water , the coefficient of expulsion is small. The film poisoning and resuming exist a technical question in the film separation,. This paper studied the coefficient of expulsion which uses floats preconcentration method to separate the lead ion in waste water , and discussed the different factors affecting the coefficient of expulsion. The results show that on condition that pH is 9-10 , the gas liquid ratio is 3 to 1, the mole ratio of aluminium to lead is 3:1, the concentration of LAS(dodecybenzene sulfonic acid sodium salt) is 10 mg/L , and the coefficient of expulsion of the waste water in which lead ion concentration is 10?mg/L may reach 97% .


Our previous studies have reported the existence of a 1.8 eV photoluminescence (PL) band [full width at half-maximum (FWHM) of 0.2–0.4 eV, decay time τ of ∼200 ns, PL excitation peak of 2.1 eV] in silica glass exposed to visible light. Oxygen-deficiency-associated defect centers [Si clusters or SiOx (x<2) structure] were thought to be the origin of this PL band. In this article, we describe the thermal heat treatment characteristics of the 1.8 eV PL band in silica glass (excited by visible light). In the low-temperature region (∼600 °C), we observed a decrease in the intensity of this PL band. On the other hand, the 2.1 eV PL band (FWHM of ∼0.32 eV, τ unknown) was observed for the case of annealing at a temperature around 1050 °C. We propose that the high probability SiOx (x<2) structure rather than the Si clusters plays a predominant role in the generation of the 1.8 eV PL band, and that crystalline Si nanoparticles are probably the origin of the 2.1 eV PL band.


The French firms at the Paris stock exchange seem to adopt a financing hierarchy by privileging internal resources to external resources. When using external financing, debt is preferred to eq-uity. The validation of the pecking order theory is based on the existence of asymmetric informa-tion involving adverse selection problems. This study confirms the role of asymmetric informa-tion on the choice of financing of the French firms. The firms most sensitive to asymmetric in-formation prefer debt financing. On the contrary, the firms less affected by adverse selection problems prefer equity financing.


One method of new gene discovery is single pass sequencing of cDNAs to identify expressed sequence tags (ESTs). Model organisms can have biological properties which makes their use advantageous over studies with humans. One such model organism with advantages for cDNA sequencing is the African trypanosome T. brucei rhodesiense. This organism has the same 40 nucleotide sequence (splice leader sequence) on the 5{prime} end of all mRNAs. We have constructed a 5{prime} cDNA library by priming off the splice leader sequence and have begun sequencing this cDNA library. To date, over nearly 500 such cDNA expressed sequence tags (ESTs) have been examined. Forty-three percent of the sequences sampled from the trypanosome cDNA library have significant similarities to sequences already in the protein and translated nucleic acid databases. Among these are cDNA sequences which encode previously reported T. brucej proteins such as the VSG, tubulin, calflagin, etc., and proteins previously identified in other trypanosomatids. Other cDNAs display significant similarities to genes in unrelated organisms encoding several ribosomal proteins, metabolic enzymes, GTP binding proteins, transcription factors, cyclophillin, nucleosomal histones, histone H1, and a macrophage stress protein, among others. The 57% of the cDNAs that are not similar to sequences currently in themore » databases likely encode both trypanosome-specific proteins and housekeeping proteins shared with other eukaryotes. These cDNA ESTs provide new avenues of research for exploring both the biochemistry and the genome organization of this parasite, as well as a resource for identifying the 5{prime} sequence of novel genes likely to have homology to genes expressed in other organisms.« less


Traditional historic urban quarters are unique places in terms of their cultural, architectural and historic values but at the same time they have a high level of architectural, urban, social and environmental decay with high level of marginalized population, rise in the aged population with low income, abandonment of buildings by the economically strong sectors of society, and the loss of traditional economic activities. The urbanization initially and the division of Nicosia subsequently resulted in a downward spiral for the Walled City of Nicosia – the capital city of Cyprus, creating a decline in population, higher concentration of social problems, loss of commercial activities and employment, inappropriate uses and fluxes of migrants encouraged by the low rents, high number of vacant properties, absence of private investment and deterioration of its environmental quality. Samanbahce, a unique traditional residential area at the edge of the Kyrenia Avenue in the Walled City of Nicosia, is a unique place not only due to its distinctive physical, urban and architectural characteristics, but also as being the first mass‐housing area on the Island developed in 1930's by the British. Although being located next to the liveliest area of the Walled City, today, Samanbahce area is still suffering from physical and social decay after the implementation of the revitalization project by the European Union funded program "Partnership for Future" which was completed in 2004 under the responsibility of UNDP (United Nations Development Programme) and UNOPS (United Nations Office for Project Services). The aim of this paper is to assess the current level of sustainability in Samanbahce residential quarter in the Walled city of Nicosia basing on the formerly established model for measuring the sustainability of historic urban quarters by the authors. In line with this aim, the paper will first give a short theoretical review on the key words of sustainable urban revitalization and sustainability indicators. Secondly, the process for developing sustainable urban revitalization indicators is presented. Then, the paper will focus on Samanbahce residential area and measure its level of sustainability, which will lead to give guidance for its future development and sustainable revitalization. The paper will conclude with some proposals for the sustainable revitalization of the concerned area. The methodology of the study which will be presented in this paper is based on qualitative and quantitative techniques, including observations, physical, functional and social analyses on site, consulting some residents through informal / non‐structured interviews, as well as indicator selection and measuring by using 1‐5 scaling technique.


This paper is a proposal to redefine the way sociology can give an account of the reality of a social group and their (minority) practices. It has two sides: an epistemological/theoretical approach and a methodological one. It is based on a case study or, more accurately stated, on an experiment that concerns a very specific category of farmers. The specificity of the case gives sense to the approach. Indeed, this specificity lies in the fact that these part-time farmers are not recognized as such and do not seem to call for recognition because of their relations with professional farmers and with agricultural institutions. The problem then becomes how to analyze and represent the practices of this kind of "social" group or category. This gives sense to the pragmatist approach that treats the social as a process of "public" constitution. Groups are defined by agency and the problem is the emergence of social groups through articulation of what can be said and how it can be said. This approach gives specific meanings to some sociological concepts, and especially to "practice." The difference between "belonging" and identity is also underlined. The methodological position logically derives from this position. Participatory filmmaking tries to create, through the interaction between people and researcher, the conditions of this link. Film is treated as a narrative construction. This paper asks a question of methodology, to wit, "How does one account for a social group's practices?" The authors reformulated this classic problem in social science by asking how to get a group and its public to emerge, how to bring its practices to the fore. This led them then to examine the contribution that coproducing a film documentary could make. The paper thus is based on a case study or, rather, an experiment conducted with a specific category of farmer, that of part-time livestock farmers. According to John Dewey, social sciences in general and sociology in particular need not explain the social, turn it into a theory, or divide it into categories. Sociological explanations are of the "what can it allow one to do" kind rather than


This study draws upon interviews and thematic analysis to explore the role of gay midlife men's perceived communication differences from their younger counterparts in the formation of a positive age identity. Utilizing the identity process theory as a sensitizing framework, interviews with 40 midlife gay men (aged 40–53) addressed participants' perceptions of generational communication differences that had positively contributed to gay age identity formation. Coding resulted in three themes of communication difference: communicative finesse, face-to-face orientation, and masculine expression. The themes contribute to an expanded understanding of the role of communication in positive perceptions of gay midlife.


: The high rates of casualties in bulk carrier shipping have attracted a worldwide concern for safety and regulatory control from numerous governmental and private agencies. Between 2011 and 2020, a total number of 34 bulk carriers' ships has been identify as total loos, resulting to the death of 128 seafarers. In this study, the statistically analysis of bulk carrier accident occurring from 2011 to 2020, in terms of their frequency, types of accident, locations of incidents and the factors that influence their occurrence has been reviewed. This study will contribute to decision-making and guidance on rational safety resource allocation that will help reduce the high casualty rates in bulk carrier.


Over 3000 ocean spectra of sunlight backscattered from the upper layers of the sea have been obtained at flight altitudes to 10,000 feet together with detailed ground truth. These spectra are from stations which include a wide range of water masses differing as to biological and physical condition. This data bank and the analysis already performed demonstrates the probable feasibility of using ocean color as a parameter to locate areas of special significance to physical oceanographers and marine biologists from aircraft and satellites.


When developing an agent-based model for service channel design, the individual decision-making process of the agents is a vital part of the simulation. Additionally, due to the nature of agent-based models and the communication networks that exist between agents, the micro/macro-dynamics are heavily linked. To better understand this link, we propose the use of integrated neural networks trained in a supervised learning environment. Training these networks on data collected from human based experiments, and implementing these neural networks into the model will capture the irrational behavior not captured by traditional models, while improving on traditional agent-based decision-making processes.


Abstract : Data Mining(DM) is the process of extracting implicit, valuable, and interesting information from large sets of data. As huge amounts of data have been stored in traffic and transportation databases, data warehouses, geographic information systems, and other information repositories, data mining is receiving substantial interest from both academia and industry. The Twin-Cities traffic archival stores sensor network measurements collected from the freeway system in the Twin-Cities metropolitan area. In this paper, we construct a traffic data warehousing model which facilitates on-line analytical processing(OLAP), employ current data mining techniques to analyze the Twin-Cities traffic data set, and visualize the discoveries on the highway map. We also discuss some research issues in mining traffic and transportation data.


A free jet of gas is a stream of gas that enters without obstacles through a gas that has the same or different termophysical properties[1]. A jet of gas is characterized by three parts, namely[2]: a. the core region where the velocity remains constant. b. the transition region where the redistribution of velocity takes place, leading to stabilization of the boundary layer thickness. This zone is so small, that in calculus it can be equal to 0. c. developed region that is the largest one and it exists only if there are movements in the jet. The three regions of the free jet are presented below. At the nozzle exit the jet tends nurturing such baseline characteristics in the initial phase of its development, the jet mixing consists of two layers (layers of swirling) separated by a potential core. At a certain distance from the nozzle exit the two layers are mixing together, and the jet becomes completely developed, turbulent flow, stationary (mean) self-similar and invariant [3]. Formation and maintenance consume swirl kinetic energy of the jet in the section. After the disappearance of the potential core, the energy needed for their maintenance is


Kisspeptin is a neuroendocrine hormone with a critical role in the activation of gonadotrophin‐releasing hormone (GnRH) neurones, which is vital for the onset of puberty in mammals. However, the functions of kisspeptin neurones in non‐mammalian vertebrates are not well understood. We have used transgenics to labell kisspeptin neurones (Kiss1 and Kiss2) with mCherry in zebrafish (Danio rerio). In kiss1:mCherry transgenic zebrafish, Kiss1 cells were located in the dorsomedial and ventromedial habenula, with their nerve fibres contributing to the fasciculus retroflexus and projecting to the ventral parts of the interpeduncular and raphe nuclei. In kiss2:mCherry zebrafish, Kiss2 cells were primarily located in the dorsal zone of the periventricular hypothalamus and, to a lesser extent, in the periventricular nucleus of the posterior tuberculum and the preoptic area. Kiss2 fibres formed a wide network projecting into the telencephalon, the mesencephalon, the hypothalamus and the pituitary. To study the relationship of kisspeptin neurones and GnRH3 neurones, these fish were crossed with gnrh3:EGFP zebrafish to obtain kiss1:mCherry/gnrh3:EGFP and kiss2:mCherry/gnrh3:EGFP double transgenic zebrafish. The GnRH3 fibres ascending to the habenula were closely associated with Kiss1 fibres projecting from the ventral habenula. On the other hand, GnRH3 fibres and Kiss2 fibres were adjacent but scarcely in contact with each other in the telencephalon and the hypothalamus. The Kiss2 and GnRH3 fibres in the ventral hypothalamus projected into the pituitary via the pituitary stalk. In the pituitary, Kiss2 fibres were directly in contact with GnRH3 fibres in the pars distalis. These results reveal the pattern of kisspeptin neurones and their connections with GnRH3 neurones in the brain, suggesting distinct mechanisms for Kiss1 and Kiss2 in regulating reproductive events in zebrafish.


The prevalence of depression in cancer patients and the types of depressive syndromes which are commonly seen are now well known. At least 25% of hospitalized cancer patients are likely to meet criteria for major depression or adjustment disorder with depressed mood. Patients at highest risk for depression are those with a history of affective disorder or alcoholism, advanced stages of cancer, poorly controlled pain, and treatment with medications or concurrent illnesses that produce depressive symptoms


The market for remote power generation and water pumping is seen as the typical application for dish/Stirling systems in the near future. To compete with photovoltaic or diesel generators the dish/Stirling technology has to come down in costs. Since the actual costs of these systems are about 11.000 Euro/kWe a further step in cost reduction have to be achieved within the EU co-funded Eurodish project. With the development efforts in the past in the Distal I/II projects, where in total six 10 kWe systems were operated at the Plataforma Solar de Almeria for more than 40.000 operation hours , a cost goal of approximately 6.000 Euro/kWe seemed to be achievable. This paper describes in detail the component development for the EuroDish project starting with the concentrator and its structure, the drives system as far as the Stirling control with features like beam control, water cooled cavity and others. The cost projection of the new system design is 5.500 Euro/kWe which will allow to compete in the markets in remote areas. A cost comparison with PV and diesel generator systems is presented.


Abstract : An integrative model which included antecedent and outcome variables was developed for the study of organizational commitment and job involvement. Antecedent variables were grouped into the four categories of personal-demographic characteristics, personal-psychological characteristics, work experiences and job characteristics. As a set, seven variables from all four categories were significant in explaining 40.8 percent of the variance in organizational commitment. One variable each from the job characteristics category and the work experiences category together were significant in explaining 22.7 percent of the variance in job involvement. As a group, work experiences were more closely related to job involvement. Work outcome variables examined were intent to remain, perceived self-performance, and perceived self-effort. Organizational commitment emerged as a better predictor of each of these than job involvement. Overall, the model was more valuable in depicting the antecedents and outcomes of organizational commitment than in depicting the antecedents and outcomes of job involvement. (Author)


The mainly target of this work is to solve the static perspective on a process to optimize the inventory manipulation at the traditional liquidity analysis. Specifically, the inventory liquidity margin has been used to correct stock on hand, announcing the switch of static for dynamic way. This article presents theoretical reference about solvency and liquidity analysis and which relation the profitability has with these factors. This research is theoretical and guides a profitability insertion on traditional calculations of net work capital, general liquidity, immediately liquidity and Kanitz liquidity, that if was mathematically changed would be adapt to the dynamic's logic, what would allow the calculation of more reliable values to the short time limit's solvency measurement.


We investigated the effects of temperature on weight-specific respiration rates ( R sp ) of the euryhaline calanoid copepod Pseudodiaptomus annandalei collected from the Matang Mangrove Forest Reserve (Malaysia). We employed a simple experimental approach consisting of a short temperature exposure time from 24 to 36 8 C. The relationship between temperature and R sp of acclimated copepods under conditions of excess food fitted an exponential function and indicated a complete lack of acclimation at the higher temperature range. Both fine-scale temperature measurements and piecewise linear regression enabled the detection of a breakpoint produced by a significant increase in respiratory rates. It is argued that thermally stressed copepods can be detected by both a higher Q 10 above 32 8 C and monitoring this breakpoint in the metabolic response ( R sp ). Similarly, the lower Q 10 ( (cid:2) 2) indicates some degree of independence of their metabolic rates between 26 and 32 8 C, which likely corresponds to their optimal thermal window. Results are discussed in relation to body mass, feeding status and gender.


We have checked the Volterra integral equations of the second kind with an integral of the form of a convolution by using the Elzaki transform. Mathematics Subject Classification: 45B05, 44A05


Plasma is defined as the fourth state of matter and can be produced at atmospheric pressure, under high electric field and at room temperature (cold). In the present study, the conversion of the sound data into electrical signals obtained during the generation of plasma discharge and the processing of these signals with different algorithms are aimed to evaluate the sound signal variation on different materials and different frequencies according to the plasma sound characteristics. It is also aimed to determine whether there is a correlation between the sound changes during operation of the plasma device and the electrical conductivity.


Frequency domain analysis of RR has been determined by three methods, autoregressive model (AR), Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) and Lomb periodogram for 10 min segments. The first two methods were done after resampling and the third method without resampling RR series of all 75 children. AR was used in this work, and RSA was identified at night time during sleep. The area of the RSA was calculated for every 10 min interval and compared to the overall area of the 10 min segment, then the average RSA of all segments was calculated, as well as the overall percentage of the RSA energy to the total area for the whole period of sleeping. This was done firstly for a sample of Normal and IUGR 10 year olds. Secondly for all the children under study, an independent t-test concluded that there is no significant difference between the IUGR and Normal (p=0.7467).