This study investigates determinants of fatal and nonfatal crew injuries in ship accidents, utilizing detailed data of individual tanker, container and bulk ship (US and foreign) accidents investigated by the US Coast Guard. Poisson and negative binomial regression estimates suggest that fatal and nonfatal injuries are greater: (1) if the accident cause is human rather than environmental or ship related and (2) for fire/explosion and multiple-ship accidents. The results provide strong evidence of a positive relationship between crew injuries and human causes of ship accidents, thereby providing support for the current shift in safety focus towards regulating human actions aboard ships rather than just the condition of ships.


A recently developed extrography separation method fractionates petroleum asphaltenes based on their ionization efficiency, which correlates with polarity, aggregation tendency, and asphaltene structure (single-core or island versus multicore or archipelago). Archipelago asphaltenes were recently demonstrated to coexist with island structures in a variety of petroleum samples; however, archipelago compounds ionize much less efficiently than island compounds, making the former difficult to observe by mass spectrometry without prior separation. Highly processed coal-derived asphaltenes have been studied previously to reveal only small, single-core structure asphaltenes; however, the structure(s) of asphaltenes from unaltered coal extracts has not been extensively studied. Thus, this work focuses on the application of the extrography separation to an unaltered Illinois coal No. 6 asphaltene extract to reveal the coexistence of island and archipelago structural motifs by positive-ion (+) atmospheric pressure ...


The influence of whitening a glasshouse roof on the average transmission coefficient for solar radiation was monitored during summer. The glasshouse is located in the coastal area of western Greece. For the whitening an empirical formula which is commonly used by the local producers was applied. The whitening caused significant reduction of the average glasshouse transmission coefficient for solar radiation along with greater diffusion of the incoming solar radiation.


Objective: Uterine leiomyoma (UL), the most prevalent benign gynecologic tumor among reproductive-aged women, lacks sufficient research on the potential association between dietary intake and its occurrence in Korean women. Addressing this research gap, this study aims to evaluate the potential link between dietary intake and the prevalence of UL in Korean women. Methods : In this cross-sectional study, a cohort of 672 women, aged 25 to 65, were enrolled, with 383 (57%) being premenopausal. Dietary intake was assessed using a validated food frequency questionnaire (FFQ), and UL presence was determined through ultrasonography. The analysis focused exclusively on items within ten categories, including vegetables/fruit, vegetables, fruits, red meat, processed meat, poultry, fish, dairy product, milk, and alcohol. Multiple logistic regression models were employed to explore the relationship between dietary intake and the prevalence of UL, calculating odds ratios (ORs) and 95 % confidence intervals (CIs) while adjusting for confounding factors. Results : Within the total cohort, 219 (32.6%) women were diagnosed with UL. High intakes of fish and poultry showed an association with higher UL prevalence. Odds ratios (95% CIs) for the upper quartiles compared to the lower quartiles were 1.70 (1.02-2.84; p trend = 0.049) for fish intake and 1.85 (1.09 -3.14; p trend = 0.07) for poultry intake. Conversely, an inverse relationship emerged between dairy product intake and UL prevalence, with an odds ratio of 0.59 (95% CI 0.36-0.98; p trend = 0.06). Stratifying the analysis by menopausal status revealed a parallel pattern, with heightened UL prevalence with fish intake and reduced prevalence with dairy product intake. However, the link between poultry intake and UL prevalence was primarily observed among postmenopausal women. Among premenopausal women, elevated vegetable intake was linked to a decreased UL prevalence (OR 0.47, 95% CI 0.22-1.01 for top vs. bottom quartiles; p trend = 0.01). Conclusion : We found that high consumption of fish and poultry, coupled with low intake of dairy products, correlated with an elevated prevalence of UL. Furthermore, vegetable intake exhibited an inverse relationship with UL prevalence, particularly among premenopausal women.


: The subject of this research is aims to the sea element, its definition, the diversity of its visual vocabulary and its implications with legacies in many civilizations since the dawn of history.


A Spectrum Clutter Identification (SCI) algorithm has been developed to identify ground clutter mixed with weather signals. The performance of SCI algorithm is shown by applying it to radar data collected by OU-PRIME (University of Oklahoma-Polarimetric Radar Innovation in Meteorology and Engineering) and by comparing its performance to other published approaches.


Background : The side effects of methotrexate such as bone marrow depression could bring into fall in leukocytes count condition. Black seed had been known to has the effect of bone marrow stimulation. The objective of this study is to prove the effect of the oil extract of black seed on leukocytes count of methotrexate-treated rats.
Method : This study was an experimental study with Randomized Pre and Post Test Control Group Design. Samples were 28 Wistar rats, divided randomly into 4 groups (control group, first test group, second test group and third test group). All groups were treated with 0,54 mg methotrexate orally on the 16th until 20th day. On the 8th until 21st day, all treatment group were treated with black seed extract twice daily orally at dose 0,008 ml for the first test group, 0,08 ml for the second test group and 0,8 ml for the third test group. Leukocytes were counted on the 7th and 22nd day using Neubauer Improved chamber. The blood samples were obtained from the retro orbital vein.
Result : Leukocytes count of the Wistar rats after methotrexate and black seed treatment among the treatment groups was decreased significantly (p < 0,05 on paired t-test).
Conclusion : The administration of black seed extract could not increase leukocytes count of methotrexate-treated rats.
Keywords : methotrexate, black seed, leukocytes count


In this article, an attempt has been made to design and develop four different signal transferring fabrics using plastic optical fibers (POF). The signal transferring and fabrication possibility of these optical fibers are studied and selected optical fibers are made into fabric form by four methods namely (a) sequential work with POF integrated in the fabric, (b) weaving of the POF using hand loom, (c) weaving of the POF using power loom, and (d) weaving of POF as core conductive fabrics. Novel technique for development of core-sheath conductive yarns with optical fiber as core and cotton fibers as sheath using DREF-3 friction spinning system is discussed. The signal transferring efficiency of the handloom, power loom, and sequential integrated woven POF fabrics are analyzed using the microprocessor designed with IRF14F optical receiver for bullet wound detection. The signal loss percentage of these fabrics are studied and reported using the red LED, white light LED (SPL), and laser light LED with input voltage of +5 V. These optical conductive yarns are having good scope for the development of signal transferring garment for defense personnel, telecommunication, and data transferring purpose.


Much has been written on disability care and support from human rights, cultural, and religious perspectives around the world. However, there is still a paucity of information on the experiences of Persons with Disability (pwd) in their divine healing and deliverance encounter with the African Pentecostal Churches (apc) in Zimbabwe. This qualitative phenomenological study seeks to establish the lived experiences of 28 pwd s within the selected four apc s operating in the Harare province of Zimbabwe. The central questions underpinning this study were whether pwd need divine healing, and are they getting healed? The study used the religious model of disability and the Pentecostal 'hermeneutic of healing' as theoretical frameworks. While healing is essential to physical life, the findings show that pwd need dignity, recognition, and compassion more than the uncertain promises of divine healing. In the premises of the preceding, the study concludes and recommends that pwd receive holistic material and psychosocial support and that they stop endlessly chasing after a physical healing.


The content of protein and nutrients in beef makes microorganisms able to live and breed well, it is easy for pathogenic microorganisms to grow and make beef quickly damaged, so processing technology is needed to extend the shelf life such as fermentation techniques. Bekamal is a fermented beef product from the Banyuwangi district. Bacteria in the bekamal fermentation process are lactic acid bacteria. B14A isolate is assumed as lactic acid bacteria that isolated from bekamal which will be used as a starter for meat fermentation in this study. The purpose of this study is to determine the content of pathogenic microorganisms in fermented bekamal meat using B14A isolate. The samples used in this study were fresh beef and bekamal which was fermented by B14A isolate in 0, 7, 14, and 21 days and the commercial one for 1 month, 2 months, and 3 months. Parameters analyzed include the content of Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus aureus, and Salmonella sp. The method in this study was tested using Qualitative Descriptive Analysis with 8 samples and each consisting of 3 replications. The results showed that all samples of fresh beef were contaminated with three types of pathogens and all samples of bekamal were negative for all three types of pathogens.


Benzothiazole-2-yl-, 4-methylthiazolyl- and thiazolyl-lithium reacted with [AuCl(tht)](tht = tetrahydrothiophene) to form bis(thiazolyl)aurate compounds which can be protonated or alkylated to give mono- and bis-(carbene) complexes of the type [Au([graphic omitted])([graphic omitted])] and [Au(CNRCX1= CX2S)2]+(X1X2= C4H4; X1= Me, X2= H; X1= X2= H; R = H or Me). The strongly ligated gold phosphine and perfluorophenyl complexes [AuCl(PPh3)] and [Au(C6F5)(tht)] as well as AuCN also reacted with the thiazolyllithiums to afford, upon protonation or alkylation, cationic and neutral carbene compounds. Complicating side-reactions, such as homoleptic rearrangement, protonation or alkylation on carbon rather than nitrogen and dissociative polymerization were observed. The crystal structure of the neutral mono(carbene) complex [Au([graphic omitted])([graphic omitted])] shows a gold–gold interaction with a distance of 3.075(1)A.


C RYPTOSPORIDIOSIS is Cryptosporidiosis is a zoonotic protozoan infection caused by Cryptosporidium spp., with a public health concern. It has been reported widely across several countries in both wild and domestic birds. The study was designed to find out the Cryptosporidium parasite in different species of domestic poultry from Sulaymaniyah province northern region of Iraq. The study was carried during the period between June 2022 to February 2023, a total of 215 fresh dropping samples were collected from chicken, turkey, duck, geese and pigeons. All samples were screened for the presence of Cryptosporidium parasite by microscopy using fecal flotation and modified Zeihl-Neelsen staining method for recognition the oocyst stage of the parasite. Intestinal tissue samples were also fixed in 10% buffered formalin and stained with (H&E) for histopathology, to find out the lesions. The overall infection rate of Cryptosporidiosis was 29.30% among the examined poultry species, with the higher prevalence of 38.00% in chicken, followed by pigeon 35.56% then in geese 24.44%, and turkey 22.86%, and a lower prevalence of 22.50% was reported in duck. Histopathology from intestinal tissue revealed sever epithelial damage, ulceration with sloughing of villi, accompanied by infiltration of inflammatory cells with extensive edema. The results of the present study provide the first data on the occurrence of Cryptosporidium infection from domestic poultry in the study area.


It?s great that you recognize that there are ways to be sexually active with your partner while also minimizing your risk of contracting human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). You mentioned four important ways that HIV risk can be minimized, both before and after potentially infectious contact. Since you and your husband are in what is referred to as a HIV-discordant or serodiscordant relationship (where one of the two of you, not both, are HIV positive), understanding the many medications that may help reduce the risk of HIV transmission can go a long way to fostering a healthy, safer, and fulfilling sex life.


antichrist.' At the close of the Gospel the Ephesian elders wilte, This is the disciple which beareth witness of these things, and wrote these things: and we know that his witness is true.' The special need of the time was to emphasize the true humanity of Christ, that He had actually come in the flesh, eaten, drunl;, slept among men. Under these circumstances, is it probable that a Gospel writer would have invented fictitious


The ideology of the British Labour Party is both forward looking-seeking to overthrow British capitalism—and backward looking-being firmly rooted in the myths and memories of workers about their past and their struggles for socialism. Indeed, the forward-looking aspect of the party's ideology is only explicable as a project born of oppression and its memory. Some elements within the Labour Party see the party's attachment to its past as an encumbrance in its fights with the Conservatives. Others would like to freeze Labour's ideas at about 1945. Both views are exaggerations. The battleground between them is over the party's commitment to nationalize the means of "production, distribution, and exchange." The modernizers wish to water down this commitment; the neanderthals wish to reduce the party's ideology to this sole commit ment. The strength of the commitment arises from its genesis in the workers' struggles. The party cannot drop such an important commitment because the creation of that commitment is an important part of the party's view of its past-and it is only this sense of a common past which binds the party and the labour movement. On the other hand, the commitment originally pointed to the future and the party will remain healthy only if it continues to do so.


In this paper, a new class of Runge–Kutta-type collocation methods for the numerical integration of ordinary differential equations (ODEs) is presented. Its derivation is based on the integral form of the differential equation. The approach enables enhancing the accuracy of the established collocation Runge–Kutta methods while retaining the same number of stages. We demonstrate that, with the proposed approach, the Gauss–Legendre and Lobatto IIIA methods can be derived and that their accuracy can be improved for the same number of method coefficients. We expressed the methods in the form of tables similar to Butcher tableaus. The performance of the new methods is investigated on some well-known stiff, oscillatory, and nonlinear ODEs from the literature.


Metastatic hormone-receptor and HER-2 positive (triple-positive) breast cancer provides a treatment dilemma for oncologic clinicians. The current National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) Guidelines offer a variety of options in the first and second line for metastatic breast cancer. However, a more tailored treatment approach may be needed for the triple-positive metastatic breast cancer population. The aim of this study is to trend the therapeutic treatment selections for patients with metastatic, triple-positive breast cancer at a single, academic-affiliated community practice in the United States. The patient population included individuals with triple-positive, metastatic breast cancer who were treated over the span of six years at this institution. Ultimately, this patient population demonstrated variability across the various treating oncologists choice of therapy in the first, second and fourth line of treatment. The majority of patients (twelve out of fifteen) received combination therapy with trastuzumab in the first line of therapy. In the second line, seven out of eight patients received trastuzumab as part of their treatment regimen. In the third line, all three patients received trastuzumab emtansine as part of their therapy regimen. For patients who were able to survive until the fourth line and beyond, several other treatment options were utilized. Therefore, although metastatic, triple-positive breast cancer represents a subset of patients with vast treatment variability throughout the various lines of therapy, and there is a general lack of consensus on how to best treat this patient population. This study provides an opportunity for more expansive research in the field in order to help elucidate a treatment algorithm for all oncologic practitioners for patients with triple positive, metastatic breast cancer.


Recently, the crystalline plasticity based finite element technology has revealed the great progress in the field of mesomaterial mechanics to study the strength and formability of sheet metal. For this phenomenological mesomaterial modeling, the parameter identification is required by employing the experimental results of single and polycrystal material deformations. In this paper, a hardening-softening evolution equation is newly proposed and embedded in the elastic/crystalline viscoplastic constitutive equation. The uni-axial tension tests of pure aluminum single crystal under the condition of different directions between the crystal orientation [010] and the tensile axis, have provided the stress-strain relationships, slip lines and strain localization patterns. It is demonstrated that numerical results of deformation and strain localization of single crystal sheet tension show good agreements with the experimental observations, which elucidate the anisotropic effect on the deformation clearly.


stand the causes of mass poverty in three regions of Asia, i.e. , Bengal, Kaveri delta and Lower Burma, which had once been parts of the same British Indian empire. The agrarian societies in these regions had experienced and responded differently to the process of their incorporation into the world capitalist system. But their similarity lies in the fact that they are still 'among the poorest and least developed in the world'. This above everything justifies this comparative research into the organisation of production and distribution in the three agrarian economies across political, cultural and regional boundaries over a long time span of about two hundred years, stretching from the pre-colonial period down to the 1980s. This cross-cultural comparative study, for legitimate reasons, relies heavily


We introduce a biologically inspired approach for robot motion control. It is based on a so-called neural field which can be described by a nonlinear competitive dynamical system. Movement directions are assigned to the field's artificial neurons by employing codebook vectors. Due to the field's intrinsic dynamical properties the problem of reaching a goal under constraints can be solved efficiently. Our approach is validated by applications to local navigation and manipulator control.


The analysis of the scarring that comes from spells of unemployment is a key driver of policy interventions from governments across the developed world. However, the existing literature can often be criticised for inadequately accounting for unobserved heterogeneity and for failing to compare the extent and nature of scarring across different age groups. To tackle these failings we demonstrate that a fixed effects methodology leads to significant reduction of estimated scars from unemployment. Overall unemployment scars seem to be greater among individuals who have acquired more human capital. This means that males, older workers and those with higher qualifications experience the greatest scars. This as significant influence on the way that public policy should be conducted as governments look to support those most affected by unemployment.


Furnace heats specimen to above 1,200 degrees C and then cools it to below 900 degrees C in just a few minutes. Compressed solid reactant provides heat; liquid carbon dioxide provides cold.


Functional iteration, the process of forming a sequence x0, x1 = f(x0), x2 = f(x1) = f(f(x0)) = f2(x0), . . ., by repeated application of a function f, is fundamental to the approximation of solutions to nonlinear equations and plays an important role in the study of nonlinear dynamics. In this note we examine another aspect of functional iteration: the global behavior of the sequence f, f2, f3, . . ., fn, . . . of composite functions as n → ∞. This topic can be presented to students at many levels using computer graphics to stimulate conjectures that can then be investigated theoretically.


4-H Bloco Drum and Dance is an afterschool program that teaches adolescents drumming, dancing, and theater arts in the rich traditions of Brazilian Carnaval. Teens learn to express themselves in a variety of modalities and perform at community events. The program was developed by a community coalition that included 4-H, other youth programs, and the school district. Most program participants are Latino, high-risk youth. Program evaluation revealed that 4-H Bloco has positive impacts with regard to cultural appreciation, gang-related attitudes and awareness, health awareness, exercise, and nutrition. Bloco demonstrates the value of culturally relevant arts education in Extension youth programming.


TRANSDUCER lithotripsy ULTRASONORE5 INVENTION EMET ULTRASOUND WAVE LOW BEFORE EACH ISSUE OF INTENSE ULTRASOUND WAVE OR PREDETERMINED NUMBER OF INTENSE ULTRASOUND WAVES, THE POSITION OF A STONE IN LIVING BODY MAY BE DETERMINED FROM THE rEFLECTION WAVE ULTRA-LOW NOISE. ACCORDING TO RESULTS OF DETERMINING THE STONE OF ELECTRONIQUES15 TOURS, 16, 17, 19, 14, 18 INDICATE IF THE ULTRASONIC WAVE WAVE LOW OR INTENSE ULTRASOUND TO BE ISSUED BY THE ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER lithotripsy.


Following the 1980s debt crisis, many developing countries like Brazil were pushed by the International Monetary Fund to adopt a variety of neoliberal reforms which limited government interventions, reduced subsidies, and opened up the economy to international trade and competition. This article reviews the effects these neoliberal reforms had on small-scale agriculture in Brazil, by looking specifically at coffee farmers. It shows that even though production increased initially for all coffee producers, market competitiveness soon favored capital-intensive landowners and foreign interests but marginalized small rural farmers. The reforms also had the unintended consequences of an accelerated urban migration and environmental degradation.


A two-part article is presented where a novel case study of how peer group collaboration, facilitated through digital technology, can be used to aid and facilitate the development of strategies for overcoming work-based challenges. Part 1 illustrated the importance of peer review in dentistry, introduced the inception of the South Wales Peer Review Group and explored the process of assembling the team of collaborators. Part 2 explains how the various considerations were assessed, how the collaborative ideas evolved and what outcomes were agreed. The topics for future discussion, necessary to overcome the challenges ahead, are also outlined. CPD/Clinical Relevance: During the COVID-19 pandemic, new strategies and protocols need to be developed to adhere to emerging and changing guidelines. The process of peer group collaboration is important for shaping the new service beyond the pandemic.


Since the Middle Ages Spain has been continuously established within the boundaries of Morocco, and at the present time Spain is the only foreign power possessing a foothold on Moroccan soil. The three island presidios, Penon de Velez de Gomera, the Alhucemas, and the Zaffarines, lying off the coast, and the two cities, Melilla and Ceuta, clinging with desperation to the mainland, comprise the Spanish possessions. Ceuta is by far the most important of these possessions. The fortress is built on a headland extending into the sea toward the east. On the west only, can it be approached by land. As at Melilla, a strip of neutral territory separates the walls of the city from what may be called by courtesy, Makhzen territory, although actually Ceuta, like Melilla, is shut in on the land side by the independent tribes of the mountains. Ceuta has a population of about 14,000, its commerce is unimportant as yet, but there are possibilities of very considerable increase. From Tangier, thirty miles to the west, and from Tetuan, about twenty-five miles to the south, the roads are difficult and dangerous, and there is little communication. Ceuta is kept in touch with Spain by a boat service which makes the trip to Algeciras and return each day.


Sensory characteristics of walnut fruits were tested by students and employees at the Biotechnical faculty, separately, to determine the differences among cultivars 'Chandler', 'Adams', 'Cisco', 'Fernette', 'Fernor', 'Franquette', 'Rasna', 'Alsoszentivani 117' ('A-117') and 'Elit'. First of all, visual properties of inshell walnuts (shell smoothness, shell colour and seam closeness) and appearance of kernel (pellicle colour, internal colour of a kernel, and kernel brightness) were evaluated, then the kernel was tasted to assess its flavour, bitterness, astringency, texture, crispness and oiliness. Visual appearance of inshell walnuts was evaluated similarly by both groups of assessors. 'Rasna' and 'Fernor' walnuts had the roughest shell. 'Rasna' also had the least brightness of the kernel, the darkest pellicle and it was one from among the least crispy cultivars. Shell colour of 'Fernette', as well as pellicle and internal colour of 'Fernor' were the lightest. However, each group of assessors had quite different perceptions for tasting internal traits of the kernels. In the present study useful data of sensory characteristics of walnut fruits were obtained. Some of 12 descriptors, which were evaluated in the research, could be used as a custom method for testing and introducing of new walnut varieties in Slovenia.


A memory employing a 3-transistor cell 2 mil2in area will be described. Access and cycle times are under 300 ns and 500 ns, respectively, at 100 μW/bit dissipation; standby power is 1 μW/bit. All inputs except the single clock are TTL compatible.


A tight-binding formalism for calculating the wave functions associated with deep levels in semiconductors, including lattice relaxation effects, is presented. This formalism is an extension of the theory of Ren et al. to include lattice relaxation. It combines a Green's-function method for computing the wave function with the results of a previously discussed molecular-dynamics technique for calculating the relaxation around an impurity. The results of applying this scheme to substitutional impurities in Si, GaP, and GaAs are presented and compared with experiment


Introduction: Hip instability in older children and adolescents is mainly because of the loss of bone in the proximal femur or conditions that cause loss of the fulcrum. These may be related to infantile septic hip sequelae or neglected developmental dysplasia of the hip. Materials and Methods: We retrospectively analyzed six patients with hip instability treated by Ilizarov hip reconstruction from 2004 to 2007 at our institute. The mean age of the patients was 10 years (range 7–14 years). Results: The etiology was septic hip sequelae (Choi type IV) in four patients and neglected developmental dysplasia of hip in two patients. The fixator was kept for an average of 7 months (range 6–8 months). The average follow-up was 3 years. The visual analog score for pain improved from a preoperative mean of 8 to 2 postoperatively. The gait improved in all the patients and the leg length discrepancy improved from a preoperative mean of 5 to 1 cm postoperatively. All the limbs were aligned to a satisfactory level with the mean mechanical axis deviation of 3 mm (laterally) and pelvic mechanical axis of 90°. The Harris hip score improved from 41 preoperatively to 84 postoperatively ( P Conclusion: Ilizarov Hip Reconstruction is an excellent salvage procedure for adolescent patients with unstable hips, giving good results in the short-term.


The present invention Nondasuto additives, there is provided a polyolefin granular composite additives with strength and function corresponding to the one-packed, alkali metal salt or hydroxyaluminum salt or acidic aromatic aromatic monocarboxylic acids crystal nucleating agent 10 parts by weight of an alkali metal salt or hydroxyaluminum salt of group phosphoric acid ester compound, a phenolic antioxidant 50 parts by weight of polypropylene 5 to 50 parts by mass, other one or more as optional ingredients a polyolefin granular composite additive comprising the additive components 0-500 parts by weight.


We have performed real-time process control and characterization of hydrogenated amorphous silicon (a-Si:H) growth on crystalline silicon (c-Si) in a-Si:H/c-Si heterojunction solar cells. By applying real-time spectroscopic ellipsometry, thickness control of a-Si:H layers with a precision better than /spl plusmn/1 /spl Aring/ has been demonstrated during a-Si:H p-i layer growth on the n-type c-Si substrate by conventional plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition. A heterojunction solar cell fabricated by this process shows a relatively high conversion efficiency of 14.5%. At the amorphous/crystalline interface, however, infrared attenuated total reflection spectroscopy (ATR) revealed the formation of a porous a-Si:H layer with a large SiH/sub 2/-hydrogen content of 27 at.%. From SE and ATR, we have investigated the growth processes and structures of a-Si:H in heterojunction solar cells.


Based on the basic principles of cartography and the critical current characteristics of the YBCO high-temperature superconducting tapes,this paper sets up a model of the hollow cylinder magnet by Ansoft Maxwell which is a software of analyzing the finite element electromagnetic field.According to the magnetic field distribution and the relationship between the critical current density of the tapes and the value and direction of the magnetic field,this paper provides the distribution of the magnetic field which affects the current characteristic of the magnet.Based on the above work,this paper puts forward a method of confirming the critical current density of the YBCO high-temperature superconducting magnet rapidly with Ansoft.


This article examines the views and place of Izmirli Ismail Hakkı in late Ottoman thought. A prominent religious thinker, Hakkı took part in lively debates in Istanbul. He and other moderate religious thinkers were against the defenders of mere positivism in the process of modernization of Ottoman thought in the modern period. By focusing on Hakkı, the article aims to highlight the significance of central Ottoman scholars in modern Islamic thought and the debates of modernization. It pays special attention to Hakkı's attempt to reconstruct Islamic philosophical theology with a new kalam book and to his critical responses to 19th–century materialist thought, as well as to his opinions regarding other Ottoman reform projects.


Permanent-magnet synchronous generators (PMSGs) are increasingly being used in non-conventional energy systems such as solar, wind, small hydro etc. The advantages of a PMSG in comparison to other variable-speed generators are well known. A few of them are reduced weight, low cost, low losses, nearly maintenance free, higher efficiency, and high reliability. An attempt is made in this paper to present an exhaustive bibliography on the PMSG and its application in wind energy.


Advances in synthesis and characterization of nanostructured materials have opened-up a wide range of opportunities for engineering properties of polymer systems using nanoscale reinforcements. Development of this new class of polymer composites, referred to as nanocomposites, has resulted in extensive academic and industrial research in processing, characterization, and modeling of these materials. The understanding of nanocomposite structure/property relationships has evolved in recent years. This paper reviews advances in carbon nanotube-based composites with an aim at tailoring properties for multifunctional applications. Key issues in nanocomposites research are addressed along with opportunities to add new functionalities to existing fiber composite material systems.


After tattooing on the eyebrows two young female patients developed itching, scaling, erythema and infiltration. Histopathogy showed chronic granulomatous change. Granuloma was cleared and tattoo was gone after combination of topical and(or) systemic corticosteroid treatment and Nd:YAG pulse laser therapy.


This article looks at the nine technologies the U.S. Department of Transportation has identified as building blocks for the national Intelligent Transportation Infrastructure (IT) and highlights some already in operation. These nine technologies include: 1) smart traffic signal control systems, 2) freeway management systems for ramp metering, 3) transit management systems, 4) incident management programs, 5) electronic toll collection, 6) electronic fare payment 7) coordinated traffic signals at train crossing, 8) traffic signal priority systems for emergency response providers, and regional multimodal traveler information systems.


This work aims to extend part of the two dimensional results of Duplantier and Sheffield on Liouville quantum gravity to four dimensions, and indicate possible extensions to other even-dimensional spaces R^(2n) as well as Riemannian manifolds.
Let "\Theta" be the Gaussian free field on R^4 with the underlying Hilbert space being the Sobolev space H^2 witb the inner product determined by the operator (I-\Delta)^2. Assume "\theta" is a generic element from \Theta. We consider a sequence of random Borel measures on R^4, each of which is absolutely continuous with respect to the Lebesgue measure dx and the density function is given by the exponential of a centered Gaussian family parametrized by x in R^4. We show that with probability 1, this sequence of measures weakly converges to a limit random measure which can be "formally" written as "exp(2\gamma\theta(x)dx". In this setting, we also prove a KPZ relation, which is the quadratic relation between the scaling exponent of a bounded Borel set on R^4 under the Lebesgue measure and its counterpart under the random measure obtained above.
Our approach is similar to the one used by Duplantier and Sheffield in 2D but with adaptations to R^4.


Reading comprehension is a big research topic on psycholinguistics.According to the ideas and theory of psycholinguistics,reading psychological process contains four stages:visual perception of words,decoding of sentences,understanding of discourse and storing and using language information.So reading is not a simple decoding process of words,but a complicated psychological process,which is the critical way to the goal.Therefore,to improve reading teaching,teachers should understand the learners' psychology and adapt appropriate teaching strategy.


In a reverse biased junction, trap activity is only due to carrier emission, stimulated by the local electric field function of the trap location and of the applied reverse voltage V r through Poole-Frenkel and Fowler-Nordheim mechanisms. This article investigates how the exponent and the activation energy of the current function of V r give a relation between the trap energy level E t and its location W 0 . If W 0 varies, E t can be directly determined (acceptor at E i + 0.04 eV in one example). Two examples of defect location, one dislocation and one interstitial cluster, are presented.


A two-variable process to estimate results of Hyperbolic Partial Differentiation (HPD) equations in a B-Polynomial (B-Poly) bases is established. In the proposed process, a linear product of variable coefficients and B-Polys is manipulated to express the predicted solution of the HPD equation. The variable coefficients of the linear mixture in the results are concluded using Galerkin technique. The HPD equation is converted into a matrix which when inverted provided the unknown coefficients in the linear mixture of the solution. The anticipated solution is constructed from the variable coefficients and B-Poly basis set as a product with initial conditions implemented. Both the effectiveness and precision of the process depend on the number of B-Polys employed in the results and degree of the B-polys utilized in the linear sequence. The current process is applied to solve four linear examples of the HPD equations with various initial conditions. An excellent agreement was found between exact and estimated results and in some cases estimates were exact. The current process renders a higher degree of efficiency and accuracy for solving the HPD equations. The process can be easily employed in other fields such as physics and engineering to solve complex PDEs in two variables.


The Hydrogen-via-Electricity (HvE) concept is the prospective use of hydrogen fuel, produced electrolytically from the electric utility grid, as a means of responding to conventional fuels shortages. This report makes available the two sets of comments and critiques of this concept solicited from the Government/Government contractor group and from the electric utility companies.


Non-invasive brain stimulation (NIBS) is a method for the study of cognitive function that is quickly gaining popularity. It bypasses the correlative approaches of other imaging techniques, making it possible to establish a causal relationship between cognitive processes and the functioning of specific brain areas. Like lesion studies, NIBS can provide information about where a particular process occurs. However, NIBS offers the opportunity to study brain mechanisms beyond process localisation, providing information about when activity in a given brain region is involved in a cognitive process, and even how it is involved. When using NIBS to explore cognitive processes, it is important to understand not only how NIBS functions but also the functioning of the neural structures themselves. We know that NIBS techniques have the potential to transiently influence behaviour by altering neuronal activity, which may have facilitatory or inhibitory behavioural effects, and these alterations can be used to understand how the brain works.


The five principles of peaceful coexistence is a basic principle of international relations which was first proposed by China,and which is still the basic principle of China's foreign policy.However,in the era of Mao Zedong,because of excessive consideration of ideology in foreign policy,the influence of tradition upon reality and the leader's individual factor,there was deviation from the theory in practice,which,in turn,affects the new China's foreign affairs in negative effect.


The subject innovation is to be, in particular a microcomputer controlled cooking autoclave structure simplified and the operation of the smooth and the safety valve built-in diaphragm-type normally-open type, designed to improve reliability, the valve device according to the related solenoid valve for steam outlet of the cooking autoclave It relates, and normally-open type valve system 1 has attachment holes 11 formed in the lid 10; A male screw 111 for as soon inserted into the attachment holes 11 at the same time to fasten the nut 30 is formed in the lower portion, and inside the central orifice support 110 are 112 are formed, a support portion (110 ) and the extension is formed at one side of the diaphragm has a chamber 121 inside the housing 20 and through the steam discharge pipe (a lower body 120 that is provided so as to 40) is connected to the barrel and to be; It mounted to the lower body 120, a central top surface and a solenoid valve 100 which is opened and closed according to a signal of the microcomputer; Is provided at the lower part at the same time as blocking opening the outlet of the orifice (112) communicating with the pressure inside the container, the seat portion 136, which is operated according to the pressure in passing through the orifice 112 of the solenoid valve 100 is in the It is configured to be installed in the diaphragm chamber 121 to prevent the contact of the vapor and liquid out through the orifice 112.


Abstract This article investigates Japan's housing market using an equilibrium market approach based on both theoretical and empirical perspectives. An equilibrium model of the housing market is developed by combining the consumption capital asset pricing model with the supply functions of housing and residential land as determined by the housing industry. To verify the model's results, the Japanese housing market is subsequently estimated via Hansen's (1982) generalized method of moments, after which simulations are performed that enable examination of the main factors affecting housing investment. Findings suggest that fluctuations in housing investment during the 1970s occurred as a result of a decline in productivity caused by the 1973 oil crisis, with its downward trend in the first half of the 1980s being due to the decrease in the growth rate of Japan's adult population. J. Japan Int. Econ., March 1997, 11 (1), pp. 27–54. Department of Economics, Northwestern University, 2003 Sheridan Road, Evanston, Illinois 60208.


This paper presents a study of the frequency response of a low noise amplifier designed with an inductorless technique, in which an auxiliary amplifier boosts the transconductance of a common-gate stage. The circuit aims to work at the FR1 band (< 6 GHz). The analysis is centered on the modeling of the frequency response of the LNA by assuming a dominant pole in the boosting amplifier. The subsequent second-order system fits the dependence of the simulation results; however, the inclusion of a third pole matches the simulation results accurately.


Objective To detect thyroid hormone levels change and its clinical significance for patients with acute myocardial infarction(AMI)before and after thrombolysis.Methods The serum triiodothyronine(T3),thyroxine(T4)and thyrotropic-stimulating hormone(TSH)levels were measured by chemiluminescent immunoassay analyzer in 48 AMI outpatients and 40normal controls,and all patients were determined serum T3,T4,and TSH,respectively before and after thrombolytic 48hours.Results ①The serum T3 level in AMI group was significantly lower than that in normal control group,T3(1.01±0.35)nmol/L vs(1.71±0.37)nmol/L(P 0.05);②48hthyroid hormone level after thrombolysis was significantly higher than that before thrombolysis,T3(1.01±0.35)nmol/L vs(1.72±0.43)nmol/L(P 0.05).Conclusion Serum T3 level in the early AMI patients is lower,and it gradually returns to normal after thrombolytic therapy.Therefore,thyroid hormone levels can be considered as the clinical assessment indicators of myocardial function recovery in AMI patients.


Objective To research the correlation of efflux pump genes( adeB gene、qacEΔSUⅠ1) and drug resistance phenotypic expression of Acinetobacter baumannii strains isolated from hospital. Methods The polymerase chain reaction( PCR) technology and drug sensitive test were used to carry out observation on the detection of drug resistance gene and drug resistance of Acinetobacter baumannii strains isolated from inpatient and environment of some general hospital in Shanghai. Results The positive rates of drug efflux pump adeB gene of Acinetobacter baumannii strains isolated from inpatient and environment of this hospital was 84. 21% and 74. 29% respectively. The positive rates of disinfectant resistance gene qacEΔSUⅠ1 of Acinetobacter baumannii strains isolated from inpatient and environment of this hospital was 89. 47% and94. 29% respectively. The carriage of adeB and qacEΔSUⅠ1 genes may have correlation with the antibiotics drug resistance. Conclusion The multi- drug resistance Acinetobacter baumannii strains carrying disinfectant resistance genes have spread in the environment,which put a challenge on the current disinfection and isolation measures.


In this article the resource use pattern of Ringal (a dwarf bamboo) in district Rudraprayag (Garhwal Himalaya) has been discussed. Out of five species of ringal, only two species Drepanostachyum falcatum and Thamnocalamus pathiflorus are commonly used for making baskets, mats, flowerpots and other products. (Report and Opinion. 2009;1(4):1-5). (ISSN 1553-9873).


This article deals with the organization of a practical lesson on the topic "Polyurethane" in the section "Artificial and synthetic polymers" of the 10th grade program based on the textbook by O.S. Gabrielyan. The paper describes the methodology for organizing practical lessons in chemistry, their significance, and also presents examples of tasks for such a lesson.


Varicella (chicken pox), a most common disease, is rarely considered a serious entity by adult oriented anaesthetists and surgeons yet can have an extremely high morbidity and mortality in certain populations. Hospital protocols concerning postponement or cancellation of elective surgery in children suspected of harbouring the disease following exposure in daycare facilities or schools often tend to be ignored. The following is a series of three case reports illustrating different aspects of the problems confronting the anaesthetist and other operating room personnel when a child with varicella enters the surgery suite.


We characterise the optimal broadcast rate for a few classes of pliable-index-coding problems. This is achieved by devising new lower bounds that utilise the set of absent receivers to construct decoding chains with skipped messages. This work complements existing works by considering problems that are not complete-S, i.e., problems considered in this work do not require that all receivers with a certain side-information cardinality to be either present or absent from the problem. We show that for a certain class, the set of receivers is critical in the sense that adding any receiver strictly increases the broadcast rate.


Emerging integrative psychotherapy approaches for schizophrenia have received increased attention and support, but little has been published exploring concepts and challenges pertinent to the supervision and training of clinicians working within an integrative psychotherapy framework with persons with schizophrenia. In this article, one general concept related to intersubjectivity, referred to as the development of an open interpersonal psychotherapist stance, is explored within the context of supervision. General considerations for supervision are offered regarding the development of an open interpersonal stance, and strategies for addressing four prototypical non-open stances in which dialogue may be disrupted are delineated.


Crystallization and preliminary crystallographic analysis of the fusion core of the spike protein of the murine coronavirus mouse hepatitis virus (MHV) Crystals of a 2-Helix fusion-core construct of MHV spike protein (commonly referred to as E2) have been grown at 291 K using PEG 4000 as precipitant. The diffraction pattern of the crystal extends to 2.8 A Ê resolution at 100 K in-house. Furthermore, a selenomethionine (SeMet) derivative of MHV spike protein fusion core has been overexpressed and puri®ed. The derivative crystals were obtained under similar conditions and three different wavelength data sets were collected to 2.4 A Ê resolution from a single derivative crystal at BSRF (Beijing Synchrotron Radiation Facility). The crystals have unit-cell parameters a = b = 48.3, c = 199.6 A Ê , = = 90, = 120 and belong to space group R3. Assuming the presence of two molecules in the asymmetric unit, the solvent content is calculated to be about 46%.


Hamon transfers allow accurate comparison of resistance value of standards in 1∶10 and 1∶100 ratios. In the paper idea of construction design and development of the Hamon transfers, used for resistance unit transfer from the primary standard QHR (Quantum Hall Resistance) to high value resistance standards up to 100 TΩ, in which factors influencing transfers uncertainty were minimized, has been shown.


Planning is designing the behavior of some entity that acts, either an individual, a group, or an organization. The output is some kind of blueprint for behavior, which we call a plan. People make a lot of plans, sometimes for themselves, sometimes for other people, sometimes for machines. The question that defines the topic of this issue is: How can we automate planning? The question is interesting for the usual reasons. First, automating planning might shed light on how people and other animals design their behavior. Second, complex planning problems might be solved better with the aid of computers. There are a wide variety of planning problems, differentiated by the types of their inputs and outputs. Typically, planning problems get more and more difficult as more flexible inputs are allowed and fewer constraints on the output are required. Typically, these problems get very difficult very quickly, as some of the papers in this issue will attest. The classical approach to planning problems is to start from specifications of the effects of actions, then try to infer a string of actions that bring about a particular state of affairs. In recent years many variations on this theme have been explored. One important special case of planning is scheduling, for which the input to the behavior designer is a set of actions that must be carried out, and the output is an order in which to carry them out. Some orderings are better than others, because each of the given tasks will require a set of resources with a finite capacity. For example, in a transportation scheduling problem, we might be given a set of objects to move to various places, and a set of trucks to carry them in, and the desired output might be a schedule of movements that allows every truck to be as full as possible and idle as little as possible.


X iv :1 70 3. 10 48 6v 1 [ co nd -m at .m tr lsc i] 3 0 M ar 2 01 7 Thermoelectric properties of the misfit cobaltate Ca3Co4O9 Bin Amin, Ulrich Eckern, ∗ and Udo Schwingenschlögl † KAUST, PSE Division, Thuwal 23955-6900, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Universität Augsburg, Institut für Physik, 86135 Augsburg, Germany Abstract The layered misfit cobaltate Ca3Co4O9, also known as Ca2CoO3[CoO2]1.62, is a promising p-type thermoelectric oxide. Employing density functional theory, we study its electronic structure and determine, on the basis of Boltzmann theory within the constant-relaxation-time approximation, the thermoelectric transport coefficients. The dependence on strain and temperature is determined. In particular, we find that the xx-component of the thermopower is strongly enhanced, while the yy-component is strongly reduced, when applying 2% tensile strain. A similar anisotropy is also found in the power factor. The temperature dependence of the conductivity in the a-b plane is found to be rather weak above 200 K, which clearly indicates that the experimentally observed transport properties are dominated by inhomogeneities arising during sample growth, i.e., are not intrinsic.


Introduction. Myocardial ischemia is induced when blood flow is critically reduced as a result of a stenosis. The treatment of bifurcation lesions is associated with high periand post-procedural clinical events; overall, their dynamics and functional impact are complex and still not well understood. The objective was to study different bifurcation lesion topologies in a geometric multiscale (MS) framework so as to investigate the effect of bifurcation angle on their functional impact.


This study searched for subjective elements in the fatigue of laryngectomized patients. The authors used an instrument proposed by YOSHITAKE that investigates the symptoms of physical indisposition, mental weariness and a specific sensation of fatigue. Data were analysed considering the literature, demonstrating that the psychological factors, the treatment and phases of the disease are directly related.


: In the last decade, there has been a substantial surge in the advancement of research into the maximum power point tracking (MPPT) controller. The MPPT approaches, on the other hand, continue to be in high demand due to the ease and simplicity with which tracking techniques can be implemented on the maximum power point (MPP). Diverse MPPT approaches and their modifications from various literature are categorized and thoroughly explored in this work, which is divided into two sections. The discussions are centered on the primary goal of attaining the most extraordinary feasible MPPT technique that produces the best results at the lowest possible expense. In order to determine which MPPT approaches to use, evaluations from earlier literature are used to guide the decision. In this section, we will examine the evaluation of the MPPT technique in two sections. Previously, in Part I, we explored the MPPT techniques based on constant parameters and trial-and-error. Part II of this article will examine the MPPT technique, which is based on


From the beginning of the European Community to the current EU there have been important steps in education cooperation between the participating countries. In this article, we analyse the facts and difficulties that influence the educational policy of the EU to reach agreements and the facts that define common work until the year 2020, mainly under the principle of subsidiarity or complementarity. We also discuss the way to work in the different administrative political systems of the EU countries, i.e. centralised, federal and decentralised countries and how these systems influence education policies. Another objective of this article is to discuss the role of National Agencies in the development of European programmes in the different administrative political systems and their structure. We analyse the European framework so that the European objectives in education can be developed in the Member States.


Long non-coding RNAs(lncRNAs) play an important role in various biological processes. lncRNAs usually perform their molecular functions by interacting with proteins. Therefore, it is essential to predict potential lncRNA-protein associations for disease prevention and disease treatment. Label-propagation-based methods are widely used for predicting associations among biological entities. However, in these approaches, similarity computation and label propagation are separate procedures, which decrease the effectiveness of label propagation. Moreover, the prediction accuracy of existing models is also not ideal. In this paper, we proposed an end-to-end deep learning lncRNA-protein Interaction predictor through Graph Autoencoders and Collaborative training (LPIGAC). Different from previous studies, our model implemented two graph autoencoders on lncRNA graph and protein graph respectively, and trained these two graph autoencoders collaboratively. Graph autoencoders on lncRNA graph and protein graph are competent to reconstruct score matrix through initial association matrix, which is equivalent to propagate labels on graphs. This end-to-end framework can strengthen the robustness and precision of the label propagation procedure. Cross validations indicate that LPIGAC outperforms current lncRNA-protein associations prediction methods. Case studies demonstrate that LPIGAC is competent to detect potential lncRNA-protein associations. Source code of our paper is available at https://github.com/zhanglabNKULPIGAC.


Resonances of solitons in one-dimensional space are studied theoretically taking the Sawada-Kotera equation with a nonvanishing boundary condition as an example. Two solitons near the resonant state exhibit the new phenomena. They interact with each other through emitting and absorbing third soliton. They are transmuted into singular solitons after colliding with each other. Two solitons at the resonant state fuse after colliding with each other, or a soliton splits into two solitons.


Battery Type Material Costs of Lithium Ion Batteries • By 2040 55% of all new car sales (currently ~1.3%) and 33% of global fleet (currently ~0.2%) are expected to be electric, with an on road fleet of 140 million projected by 2035 (currently ~3 miilion). • Electrolytic Manganese Dioxide forecast CAGR of 5.1% from 2015 to 2022 • Current preferred battery cathode compositions, utlise manganse, cobalt, nickel and aluminium. Of these compositions mangansese is by far the cheapest mineral to mine and produce. • Cobalt can only be mined as a by-product of nickel and copper. As such, cobalt may face a severe supply shortage once battery demand from electric vehicles hits mainstream production. • Manganese cannot be replicated in steel manufacturing, which acts as an alternative demand buffer. • The supply and demand gap between manganese ore production and consumption has widened year on year in China since 2001.


Research has consistently demonstrated that shared leadership produces a wide range of positive outcomes. These studies, however, generally are about teams working in normal circumstances, and it is not clear whether and how shared leadership may bring benefits to the teams working in Covid19-ICU. This study draw from team motivation theory and self-fulfilling prophecy at work model to suggest that shared leadership enhances team performance through team motivational processes (i.e. team creativity goal generation and team creativity goal striving). Findings of the empirical analysis of time-lagged data collected from 75 doctors teams working in Covid19-ICU support most of the hypotheses. Findings suggest that shared leadership is indirectly related to team performance through team creativity goal generation and team creativity goal striving. Furthermore, Leader creativity expectations moderations the relationship between shared leadership, team creativity goals generation and team performance. Theoretical contributions and implications for management are discussed in the later sections.


The paper addresses a(paleo)oceanographic issue of global importance, i.e. warm water transport into the Arctic, which certainly should belong to the priority field within the scope of CP. Moreover, the paper is innovative in using coccolith proxies as a tool to reconstruct late Holocene fluctuations in the advection of Atlantic water (AW)masses into the Arctic Basin. A major and substantial conclusion is the overall increase of AW volume flow since 3000 cal. yrs BP. Argumentation to achieve this overall conclusion is firmly based on the data presented, although in detail more clarification is recom-


This research investigates the ionosphere response to the annual solar eclipse on 26th January 2009 over Indonesia and Singapore. During solar eclipse, ionosphere will be affect due to the partial or complete obstruction of solar emission. It makes the number of electrons and ions decreases. There are several factors that will contribute to the ionosphere response which are the level of solar and geomagnetic disturbances, geographical latitude and longitude and local time. There are some methods that use to determine the behavior of ionosphere response during solar eclipse. It includes ionosonde measurements, incoherent scatter radar (ISR) and Global Positioning System (GPS) satellite. In this research, GPS satellite is use in order to investigate the ionosphere response. This research focuses on the measurement of Total Electron Content (TEC) obtained from two GPS station which are Bako in Indonesia and Ntus in Singapore. The location of these three GPS stations from the path of solar eclipse occur is different. The data is obtained a day before and during solar eclipse. From the findings it shows that TEC level will reduce during solar eclipse due to the reduction of ionizing radiation.


The concept of a standard of civilization evolved in wake of the European colonial expansion, dividing societies by various shades of ?civilization?, which essentially referred to the level of European resemblance. Whereas that classical standard of civilization is obsolete, the phenomenon might still be occurring under different labels but with similar traits. In this thesis, I derive a set of abstract criteria from previous research which typically designate a standard of civilization: 1) A normative benchmark formulated according to the domestic custom; 2) One-track universalism and the myth of progress; 3) A quest for rationalist legitimacy; 4) Codification (transformation into legislation) and/or institutionalization; 5) A position of hegemonic power. Applying these criteria on the WTO Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights, I conclude that it displays interesting similarities with a standard of civilization, the main difference being the dubiousness with which criteria 1) and 3) interact in this particular case; this is probably due to the both contending views on the justification of intellectual property rights.


The term 'visual experience' is central to contemporary philosophy of perception. The term 'sense-data', itself a successor to 'ideas' and 'impressions', has almost completely fallen out of fashion. John Searle offers an explanation for this preference. What he says about sense-data, however, is based upon a misunderstanding of traditional theories. There is, consequently, a good deal to be suspicious of in his assumption that 'visual experience' is not subject to the criticisms which brought 'sense-data' into disrepute. I am primarily interested in the similarities between the ways in which the terms 'sense-data' and 'visual experience' are introduced by their respective proponents. My main task will be to show that, in Searle's account at least, the intellectual distance between these two notions is very small indeed.


Purpose: The goal of this paper is to find the best production strategy for product mix, which means the largest value of the options. And finally, give a case and find the solution of the optimal production strategy for product mix. Design/methodology/approach: This article, based on the production with characteristics of a call option and 0-1 integer programming model, build new-products mix strategy, and through case demonstrate that traditional method underestimates the value of the products mix. Finding: According to market being volatility and uncertainty and the production can being delayed, firms can flexibly arrange the best time for products to manufacture. Use real options theory to analyze product decision and the best production timing decision. Find the total options value is higher than the traditional methods. Research limitations/implications : We are not applied to real option pricing theory in modular flexible production system. We just applied real option pricing theory to the product platform. The basic model needs to improve. While the thinking of this paper provides some research ideas for flexible production systems based on real option in further research. Practical Implications: The introduction of the real option make the company can achieve dynamic planning and flexible management for production of products mix and get the better benefit. Originality/value : The central contribution of this paper is to introduce the option mechanism in the production timing for the product mix.


This report deals with the effect of faying face condition on welding phenomena and mechanical properties of the welded joint in friction welding. The experiments were carried out by a continuous drive type friction welding machine. The base material used was 0.25% carbon steel. Conditions of faying face are labelled as, A: Clean face degreased with benzine. B: Greased face. C: Face covered with oxide film, which is made by keeping the specimen at 370•Ž for 1 hour. D: Face with a drilled hole of 1 mm in diameter and 3 mm in depth. Main results are as follows, (1) The joints made under conditions A, B, C and D break at base metal in both tensile and fatigue tests, and have sufficient ductility in bending test. (2) In case of condition B, grease on the faying faces is extruded from weld interface within 0.5s after base metals contact.


There is high morbidity and mortality associated with infection following orthopaedic procedures. In accordance to local guidelines, most hospitals follow a set protocol for surgical prophylaxis, which expects a compliance rate of 100%. A new protocol was introduced to the orthopaedic department of a teaching hospital in August 2013, changing from a cephalosporin, with potential C. difficile risk, to teicoplanin and gentamicin, within 30 minutes of incision. Our aim was to audit how well the protocol was followed across 3 different time periods. Data was collected for 3 different time periods following the introduction of the new protocol (August-November 2013, April-May 2014 & November 2014) on the choice of antibiotic. Both elective and trauma cases were included. After each cycle, the data was presented to the orthopaedic surgical and anaesthetic departments to raise awareness and draw attention to the antibiotic prophylaxis posters in theatre. The 1st audit cycle (n=30) indicated that there was 0% compliance with the current protocol and 100% compliance with the previous protocol. The 2nd audit cycle (n=27) indicated that 0% complied with the current protocol, 54% complied with the previous protocol and that there was a combination of both protocols being used in 46% of the patients. Finally the 3rd audit cycle (n=33) indicated a 100% compliance rate in terms of antibiotic choice. However, only 9% were given the appropriate dose according to body weight and within the appropriate time based on the documented evidence. This audit demonstrates the value of auditing and then disseminating the findings to relevant departments to influence practice. Each audit cycle demonstrated a progressive uptake in compliance with the hospital trust9s antibiotic prophylaxis policy. The last audit cycle highlighted discrepancy in dosage based on weights; a further intervention will be to provide ideal body weight (IBW) vs dose tables in all orthopaedic theatres to ensure the correct antibiotic dosage is given.


Only by understanding history can we correctly understand and grasp the objective laws of social development. Taking the teaching of the Modern Chinese History as the background, this study explores the actual academic performance of 967 students in 27 classes of 11 different majors, including: Clinical medicine, Chinese and western integrative medicine, Pharmacy, Bioscience, Bioengineering, Medical laboratory technology, Animal nutrition and feed science, Aquaculture, Pratacultural science, Ecology as well as Landscape architecture, in Yangzhou University of China. We mainly investigate the influence of the same teaching method on different majors by means of statistical analysis. The results show that the current teaching methods have a significant impact on the teaching effect of three majors: Bioengineering, Pratacultural science and Ecology. This means that the ratio of impact of the same teaching methods to different majors accounts for 27.27%. In addition, we also find that there are significant differences between Bioengineering and other five majors, such as Clinical Medicine, Chinese and Western integrative medicine, Animal nutrition and feed science, Aquaculture as well as Pratacultural science. It is hoped that the analysis results of this paper may provide some theoretical basis and reference for the study of historical teaching methods, and also provide relevant information for overseas modern Chinese history research institutions to understand the learning situation of history of China in this period.


BACKGROUND
Cardiovascular complications in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) are frequent. They show increased cardiovascular mortality and morbidity attributable to accumulation of several risk factors; e.g., hypertension, oxidative stress and elevated plasma homocysteine concentration. Despite recent progress in their management, there is still no optimal therapy that can stop progression of CKD and decrease cardiovascular outcome in these patients. Antioxidants, e.g., N-acetylcysteine (NAC), have been suggested as a promising medicament in this field.

MATERIAL/METHODS
In a placebo-controlled, randomized, two-period cross-over study we evaluated the influence of eight weeks of NAC therapy (1200 mg/day) added to pharmacological renin-angiotensin system blockade on ambulatory blood pressure and surrogate markers of cardiovascular risk and injury in 20 non-diabetic patients with albuminuria [30-915 mg per creatinine mg] and normal or slightly decreased kidney function [eGFR 61-163 ml/min]. After eight weeks run-in period during which the therapy using angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors and/or angiotensin receptor blockers was settled, patients were randomly assigned to one of two treatment sequences: NAC/washout/placebo or placebo/washout/NAC.

RESULTS
No significant changes in blood pressure, albuminuria and homocysteine plasma level were observed.

CONCLUSIONS
NAC had no effect on blood pressure and surrogate markers of cardiovascular injury in non-diabetic patients with CKD.


A three-dimensional (3D) study of spatial submerged hydraulic jumps (SSHJs) was carried out using a physical model for Froude numbers Fr1 = 2.00 and 3.75 and width ratios α = 0.20 and 0.33. Three orthogonal components of the velocity field were obtained with an acoustic Doppler velocimeter (ADV). The 3D velocity field has indicated that the jump consisted of a central jet-like flow, close to the channel bottom, surrounded by vertical and horizontal circulations (rollers). The circulation was predominantly in vertical planes in the channel central region of the flow and in horizontal planes close to the walls. Vertical and horizontal profiles of stream-wise velocity characterized the 3D roller with two length scales, Lrv and Lrh. The strength of the roller was stronger close to the walls than at the centreline of the jump. Sequent depth and energy head loss for submerged symmetric hydraulic jumps are discussed in terms of the submergence ratio S = y3/y2.Key words: hydraulic jump, spatial, submerged, roller...


Composite structures in GdVO4 single crystals were directly grown by double die EFG method, which enables 3-mm core of Nd:GdVO4 inside 5-mm clad of pure GdVO4. Laser oscillation of our composite was successfully demonstrated.


The use of high-impact practices in undergraduate leadership courses is a common and effective way of developing students studying agriculture. However, each of the ten high-impact practices (HIPs) recognized by the Association of American Colleges and Universities (Kuh, 2008) are not equally studied or utilized by leadership educators. This study will provide a content analysis of the use of HIPs as a leadership pedagogy in undergraduate education. In the studies analyzed, which were grouped by categories of HIPs, only five of the ten main HIPs were represented.  These were undergraduate research, diversity and global learning, internships, service learning, and capstone courses and projects. The analysis revealed each HIP resulted in one or more of Kuh's (2008) proposed learning outcomes. Based on these findings, the researchers suggest HIPs be used more frequently in agricultural leadership curriculum and call on scholars to study the ten HIPs more closely.


Background: Bilirubin encephalopathy is a clinical syndrome, associated with bilirubin toxicity in the central nervous system, resulting in chronic and permanent sequelae. It has been estimated that approximately 60% and 80% of term and preterm newborns develop jaundice in the first week of life, respectively. In the present study, we aimed to determine the prevalence, morbidity, and mortality of bilirubin encephalopathy in the neonatal unit of the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital, Calabar, Nigeria. Methods: In this retrospective, descriptive review, medical records of all newborns, diagnosed with bilirubin encephalopathy over the past five years (from January 2010 to December 2014), were studied. Information retrieved from the medical records included age, sex, presence of fever, duration of disease, place of delivery, causes of the disease, and selected treatments. Variables such as hospital discharge, discharge against medical advice, and mortality were also evaluated. Results: Out of 2,820 newborns, 21 (0.74%) cases were admitted on account of bilirubin encephalopathy. Among these affected cases, 17 (81%) were male and 4 (19%) were female (male-to-female ratio of 5:1). Based on the findings, 18 newborns (85.7%) had pyrexia, while 8 (38.1%) and 6 (28.6%) cases were hypertonic and hypotonic, respectively upon admission. Only 33.3% of deliveries took place in healthcare facilities. The established factors responsible for jaundice included infection, i.e., septicemia (n=15, 71.4%), ABO incompatibility (n=4, 19.1%), and glucose-6-phosphate-dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency (n=2, 9.5%). The mean maximum total bilirubin level in subjects was 321.3 μmol/L (range: 242.5–440.3 μmol/L). Also, mortality was reported in 4 (19%) out of 21 cases. Conclusion: Based on the findings, neonatal septicemia is associated with bilirubin encephalopathy. Therefore, identification and prompt treatment are of utmost importance in preventing the associated morbidity and mortality.


Oats and probiotics have long been recognized for their health benefits. The objectives of this study were (1) to study the ability of Lactobacillus plantarum (B-28), Lactobacillus paracasei ssp. casei (B-29) isolated from a traditional Bulgarian cereal-based fermented beverage, and Lactobacillus acidophilus from Chr. Hansen, Milwaukee, Wis., U.S.A., to remove cholesterol from the media and to adhere to the Caco-2 cell line, (2) to optimize the fermentation conditions to develop a beverage using these probiotics and oats with acceptable sensory and nutritional qualities, and (3) to assess the quality and shelf-life of this beverage and survivability of probiotics in the beverage. Lactobacillus acidophilus, B-28, and B-29 were found to remove 70.67% ± 2.35%, 20.26% ± 2.63%, and 16.75% ± 3.83% of cholesterol from media and the percentage of adhesion was 4.69% ± 0.78%, 1.92% ± 0.78%, and 8.36% ± 0.78%, respectively. The blend of oat flour, sugar, inulin, and whey protein concentrate was cooked in water and fermented for 12 h at 37 °C by 2 x 10 6 colony-forming units (CFU)/mL each of B-28 and B-29 and 2 x 10° CFU/mL of L. acidophilus. The beverage had 0.87% ± 0.03% of dietary fiber and had better sensory qualities compared with the commercially available similar product. The probiotics survived for 10 wk of storage at 4 °C, except for L. acidophilus, which survived for about 4 wk. The population of B-28 was 1.77 x 10 6 to 1.29 x 10 7 CFU/mL and that of B-29 was 7.39 x 10 7 to 4.49 x 10 8 CFU/mL throughout the storage period. The oat-based symbiotic beverage is a functional drink providing both probiotics and prebiotics at the same time.


ABSTRACT In this paper, an improved DCT-based watermarking technique has been presented, which exploits human visual model for adapting the watermark data to local properties of the host image. In order to achieve more robustness and transparency, watermark has been embedded into the middle frequency components of the image. These components are significant in high textural regions so that the visibility of the image would not be affected and the watermark will not be removed by compression. Experimental results are provided to demonstrate that embedded watermarks can be almost fully extracted from the JPEG-compressed images with very high compression ratios and other kind of attacked images.


Central Diabetes Insipidus (CDI) is a rare condition in which there is decreased release of antidiuretic hormone (ADH) from the posterior lobe of the pituitary gland resulting in polyuria. CDI is most commonly idiopathic with other known causes being primary or secondary tumors, cranial nervous system (CNS) infiltrative diseases, head trauma or neurosurgical procedures. Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) is rarely associated with CDI. We report a case of elderly male patient with recently diagnosed AML who developed polyuria due to CDI.

 Review of medical literature and hospital patient case workup based on reviewed medical literature.

 A 78-year-old male patient diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia was started on treatment with Decitabine and Venetoclax 4–6 weeks prior to his hospitalization with chief complaints of back pain and oropharyngeal mucositis. The patient was also noted to have significant polyuria with hypernatremia during his hospitalization. His urine output ranged around 6–7 liters per day and his serum sodium levels were noted to be elevated to 162 mmol/L. 24-hour urine osmolality was calculated at around 1700 milliosmoles/day. Though patient's initial labs were suggestive of osmotic diuresis as a cause of his polyuria from ongoing hyperosmolar IV fluids input and significant increased oral dietary osmolar input, his polyuria persisted despite decreased total daily osmolar input. Further investigation with desmopressin suppression testing was notable for doubling of his urine osmolality with 10 mcg intranasal desmopressin administration with urine osmolality reaching to a peak of 447 mOsm/kg, indicating CDI as a reason for patient's ongoing polyuria. Patient's urine output as well as hypernatremia improved with initiating the patient on daily Desmopressin. MRI head with and without contrast ruled out any intracranial masses or infiltrative CNS diseases.

 The pathogenic mechanism for association between CDI and AML is not completely clear, but it is thought to be secondary to infiltration of the central nervous system with leukemic cells, especially Sella Turcica, though this may not be evident on CNS imaging studies in all the cases, like in our patient. Polyuria can present in patients with AML either before or after the diagnosis of AML and sometimes it might be the only presentation in patients with AML which would lead to further workup and diagnosis of AML. Early identification of CDI in these patients lead to prompt management and avoidance of any significant electrolyte imbalances which could be sometimes attributed to patient's chemotherapeutic agents rather than to the patient's disease process itself.


The most urgent problem that rural area people want to settle in the new rural area construction is the equalization of urban and rural public facilities and the improvement of their living conditions. This paper is an exploratory research taking the environment update of Huaiyin Village, Zhenjiang as a specific case. Huaiyin Village, which is located at Guyang Town, Zhenjiang city. Here the paper analyzes resources of Huaiyin from the development and protection perspective and put forward the protective village updates strategies based on the problems emerging in the environment update of Huaiyin with the significance of protecting villages with legend culture. The ultimate target is to construct an all-around new rural village which can realize the perfect coordinated development of rural economy, society and ecology.


'Restore to me the joy of your salvation' (Ps. 50/51:12). With this verse Khaled Anatolios opens his magnificent book Deification through the Cross: the verse captures exquisitely both the issues that he addresses and their resolution in 'doxological contrition'.1 The primary issue he addresses is that despite the fact that salvation is right at the heart of the gospel proclamation, there is a complete 'befuddlement' in contemporary theology regarding in what this salvation consists, resulting in a lack of joy. The salvific efficacy of Christ's suffering and death is identified as 'atonement', and this in turn (despite the occasional reminder that etymologically it has the sense of 'atonement') is equated with 'penal substitution', vigorously affirmed by some as the primary content of the gospel, or rejected by many as irreconcilable with the God of love and forgiveness so clearly proclaimed in the New Testament. And yet the New Testament does, of course, affirm the salvific efficacy of the suffering and death of Christ. This tension leads to the modern tendency to affirm a variety of different 'models of salvation', which, as Anatolios demonstrates, results in a complete lack of coherence in understanding the very salvation proclaimed by the gospel. Combined with all this, Anatolios argues, is 'the dearth of soteriological experience', especially in the case of the Catholic and Orthodox traditions, where any claim to an experience of 'being saved' is looked upon with suspicion. Yet it is in fact through the experience given to us in liturgy that Anatolios is able to elaborate a very rich understanding of that experience of salvation, though in a different key to personal claims about 'being saved', one that is both corporate and contrite, a 'doxological contrition'. In the first part of the work, Anatolios deliberately starts with the liturgy, as that which gives the surest guide to how Scripture is heard and read by


The use of an RTE operating system facilitates the development of an efficient Fourier transform spectrometer which can obtain time dependent data in the four microsecond to 3000 second range. Permittivities over a frequency range of 10−4 to 104 Hz are thus obtained. Program development is much easier than in more limited systems such as BCS. The Input/Output flexibility of the RTE system utilizing the HP-IB also contributes to the added capabilities. Both program development and Input/Output capabilities are used in creating time domain programming with analysis without transformation.


Digital designs that appear in the three-dimensional virtual space by the digital type are designed as there is not an image created with an organic artificially generated (Creation) and representation (Modifying), developed by the specific environment given. The advanced digital design will produce a result with an algorithm according to a mathematical operation and the environment and has the nature of generating the real world, changes, development and affinity (Genetic Process). The digital design process is largely defined by a set of processes that are consistently designed to integrate form of creation, reproduction, proceeds in three steps, while the manufacture and assembly as a form of maintenance as possible the intended form of control data from the concept of building. By Joris Laarman 3D printer design is a simulation created by the digital process by the various algorithms and design achieved through the development of 3D printers, such as new materials and MX3D. From the mold production of a complex whole by using a robot and other digital production tool extracts a variety of forms.


ofwhether the production ofinfectiousvirus wasrequired for the selective killing effect ofminutevirus ofmice (MVM).TheFischerrat embryofibroblast cell line (F-111) chosenfor this study is subject to a stringent contact inhibition, itsanchorage-independentgrowthis extremelylow,andit hasaverytypical fibroblastic appearance. Theseproperties allow


Several poly(alkyl methacrylate-b-t-butyl methacrylate) diblock copolymers were synthesized by group transfer polymerization. The molecular weight of poly(t-butyl methacrylate) segments and the composition of the resulting block copolymers were controlled by the monomer feed ratios and mole ratios of monomer to initiator. The poly(t-butyl methacrylate) block was quantitatively hydrolyzed to poly(methacrylic acid) block by refluxing with a catalytic amount of p-toluenesulfonic acid in dioxane at for 12 hrs. The thermogravimetric analysis of poly(alkyl methacrylate-b-t-butyl methacrylate) exhibited the lose of isobutylene and subsequent anhydride formation in the range of .


The following is proved in the article. Theorem. If a sequence of interpolation points satisfies the conditions |arg zn| ? ??/2(1?1/?) for all sufficiently large n and for 1??<?, and for 0<?<1, then the assertions are valid for any r<?. Here Pn(z) is the Gon?arov polynomial of degree n. Bibliography: 3 items.


Phylogenetic relationships in Inuleae subtribe Inulinae (Asteraceae) were investigated. DNA sequence data from three chloroplast regions (ndhF, trnL–F and psbA–trnH) and the nuclear ribosomal internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region were analysed separately and in combination using parsimony and Bayesian inference. A total of 163 ingroup taxa were included, of which 60 were sampled for all four markers. Conflicts between chloroplast and nuclear data were assessed using partitioned Bremer support (PBS). Rather than averaging PBS over several trees from constrained searches, individual trees were considered by evaluating PBS ranges. Criteria to be used in the detection of a significant conflict between data partitions are proposed. Three nodes in the total data tree were found to encompass significant conflict that could result from ancient hybridization. Neither of the large, heterogeneous and widespread genera Inula and Pulicaria is monophyletic. A monophyletic group ("the Inula complex") that comprises all species of Inula includes also Telekia, Carpesium, Chrysophthalmum, Rhanteriopsis, Amblyocarpum, and Pentanema sensu stricto. Two species of Pentanema were found to be closer to Blumea (including Blumeopsis and Merrittia) and Caesulia. The monophyletic "Pulicaria complex" includes all taxa with heteromorphic pappus. Within this group, Francoeuria is distinct from Pulicaria and merits recognition as a separate genus.


Using panel unit root and panel cointegration tests, we investigate the purchasing power parity (PPP) for oil-exporting countries. In addition, we also employ a seemingly unrelated regression estimator to account for possible cross-sectional effect. The test results overwhelmingly reject the weak and strong versions of PPP hypothesis. It seems that the Dutch disease and repeated episodes of booms and busts in oil prices transmitted to the real exchange rate have made oil-dependent countries so apt to non-stationary real exchange rate.


Abstract : Given a compactly fixed map f:U M, where U is an open subset of a manifold M, it is a classical result that one can assign an integer-valued index I(f,U) to this situation with the property that I(f,U) is not = to 0 implies f (and any compactly fixed perturbation of f) has fixed points in U, i.e. solutions to the equations f(x) = x. However, it can still happen that I(f,U) = 0 and f has essential fixed points in U. The objective of this paper is to provide a finer invariant o(f,U), called the local obstruction index, which has the property that o(f,U) is not = to 0 if, and only if, every compactly fixed perturbation of f has fixed points in U. The main objective is to assign to this data a new index, o(f,U), which is not necessarily an integer, which removes this fundamental defect so that now the equation has essential solutions in U. A general formula for computing the value of o(f,U) is also given.


The (p, ρ, T) properties and apparent molar volumes Vϕ of LiCl in ethanol at T = (298.15 to 398.15) K and pressures up to p = 40 MPa are reported. An empirical correlation for the density of (LiCl + C2H5OH) with pressure, temperature, and molality has been derived. The experiments were carried out at molalities of m = (0.10487, 0.30229, 0.58732, 1.22211, 2.02242, and 2.87989) mol·kg−1 using lithium chloride.


Abstract Objective To develop and validate a prognostic model to inform risk stratified decisions on frequency of monitoring blood tests during long term methotrexate treatment. Design Retrospective cohort study. Setting Electronic health records within the UK's Clinical Practice Research Datalink (CPRD) Gold and CPRD Aurum. Participants Adults (≥18 years) with a diagnosis of an immune mediated inflammatory disease who were prescribed methotrexate by their general practitioner for six months or more during 2007-19. Main outcome measure Discontinuation of methotrexate owing to abnormal monitoring blood test result. Patients were followed-up from six months after their first prescription for methotrexate in primary care to the earliest of outcome, drug discontinuation for any other reason, leaving the practice, last data collection from the practice, death, five years, or 31 December 2019. Cox regression was performed to develop the risk equation, with bootstrapping used to shrink predictor effects for optimism. Multiple imputation handled missing predictor data. Model performance was assessed in terms of calibration and discrimination. Results Data from 13 110 (854 events) and 23 999 (1486 events) participants were included in the development and validation cohorts, respectively. 11 candidate predictors (17 parameters) were included. In the development dataset, the optimism adjusted R2 was 0.13 and the optimism adjusted Royston D statistic was 0.79. The calibration slope and Royston D statistic in the validation dataset for the entire follow-up period was 0.94 (95% confidence interval 0.85 to 1.02) and 0.75 (95% confidence interval 0.67 to 0.83), respectively. The prognostic model performed well in predicting outcomes in clinically relevant subgroups defined by age group, type of immune mediated inflammatory disease, and methotrexate dose. Conclusion A prognostic model was developed and validated that uses information collected during routine clinical care and may be used to risk stratify the frequency of monitoring blood test during long term methotrexate treatment.


Abstract: Pastoral counselling is an activity done by a pastor in giving advice, comforting, and strengthening the member of his/ her local church. One of the debateable topic that can or cannot be used in a pastoral counselling is hypnotherapy. Hypnotherapy is the application of hypnosis in healing the mental and physical problems (psychosomatic). This article explains whether hypnotherapy can be used or can't be used in pastoral counselling and the reasons behind. The debates of the usage of hypnotherapy in a pastoral counselling can be solved by explaining hypnotherapy based on psychological concept and based on the Word of God. Based on psychological approach, hypnotherapy does not use a scientific method, because hypnotherapy cannot be tested empirically. In the other side, counselee cannot differentiate between the right memory and fantasy or suggested detail. Besides that, a counsellee cannot feel the attention, love, and empathy from the counsellor. In hypnotherapy, counsellee also has no power in rejecting things that are done by the counsellor, nor the suggestions given by the counsellor. Based on the Word of God, the unconsciousness, which is the basic theory of hypnotherapy is the veil of Sigmund Freud to hide his involvement with occultism, which is contrary to the Word of God. Hypnotherapy also cannot solve the root of human's problem, which is sin. The problem solving of sin is only can be done by the consciousness from someone of his/ her sin and the need of salvation only in Jesus Christ. In the other part, hyonotherapy cannotbring counsellee to have a Christlikeness changing, because the changing of becoming Christlike is done by the Holy Spirit through the reading, contemplating, and applicating of God's Word in counsellee's life


With the proliferation of digital music, efficient indexing and retrieval tools are required for searching the desired music in a large digital music database (DB). Traditional text-based information retrieval methods (titles, lyrics, singers, etc.) cannot meet people's needs now. Music information retrieval (MIR) has been a matter of interest. Therefore, how to retrieve the music information quickly and effectively becomes the focus of current research. In this paper, we propose a query-bysinging/humming system based on deep learning. The result shows our method is very promising in comparison with the published QbSH system based on monophonic database.


A "Cult of 'Che'" Has Arisen in the United States and in Latin America since the death of Ernesto 'Che' Guevara in Bolivia on October 9, 1967. The principal followers of the cult are the radical intellectuals, students and workers in the Western Hemisphere. The selection of Che Guevara as a hero by these segments of society, and their subsequent use of his name to champion their causes, has attracted the attention of the general public to this controversial figure. This sudden awareness of Che has created a substantial demand for information about his life and ideas. To meet this demand, publishers in the United States and Latin America have literally flooded the market with literature about him. This body of literature can be divided into two broad categories. The first comprises works containing his spoken or written words. In the second category are those works which have been written about him. These broad categories can be subdivided into books and periodical articles.


A feedback system using a PWM power amplifier has time delay and nonlinearity problems. In this paper, we discuss the time delay problem that causes narrowing bandwidth of the feedback system, and the nonlinearity problem that causes the instability of the feedback system. And, we propose the solutions for both of them for the purpose of expanding the bandwidth. For the time delay problem, we propose an improved PWM method where we lade its information both on the rising edge and the falling edge. For the nonlinearity problem, we propose the PWM gain controller to cancel the nonlinearity.


Mina meddelanden (English: My Messages) is a secure electronic mail service provided by seven Swedish public authorities, which may be used by the Swedish population to electronically receive mail ...


Spectral evolution of the fast nova V1494 Aql was monitored soon after its discovery in December 1999 to September 2000. The first spectra showed prominent emission lines of H I and Fe II, while He I was seen in absorption. The radial velocities of the absorption components of H I, He I and N II rapidly increased (in the negative sense) during the early decline stage, while those of Fe II remained nearly constant. When a new spectrum was taken on February 6, 2000 after the seasonal interruption, this nova was in the transition stage. The spectra in the transition stage showed emission lines of H I, He I, He II, N II, N III, Si II, (N II), (O I), (O III), (Fe II), (Fe VI), (Ca V) etc., hence the emission lines of Fe II had disappeared. A quasi-periodic oscillation of luminosity with a time scale of about 16:5 1 days and a mean amplitude of about 1.2 mag in V band was seen from February to the middle of April 2000. The emission lines of He II and (Ca V) disappeared around a light maximum of the oscillation, while the emission lines of N II and N III strengthened. At the same time high velocity ( 2900 and+2830 km s 1 ) broad emission wings of H I lines appeared, which suggest an ejection of high velocity jets. The excitation state increased throughout the nebular stage. The last spectra taken in September 2000 showed highly excited emission lines up to (Fe VII) and (Fe X)6374.5. The interstellar extinction is estimated as E(B V) = 0:6 0:1 from the equivalent widths of the interstellar absorption components of Na I D1 and D2. Using this result, the distance to the nova is estimated as 1:6 0:2 kpc. The mass and the helium abundance of the ejecta are estimated as 6:2 1:4 10 5 M and N(He)/N(H)= 0:13 0:01, respectively. The electron density of the ejecta decreased as Ne / t 0:8 during the nebular stage, where t is time from light maximum. This low decline rate suggests that the ejecta had a ring like shape as well a large mass loss which may have continued throughout the nebular stage.


Not every crime involves the presence of the victim. The crime, provided by art. 146 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Moldova, is a part of the category of crimes involving the presence of the victim. The person who provokes the perpetrator's heat of passion through illegal or immoral acts is considered. The victim of the crime, provided by art. 146 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Moldova, is a sign that characterizes the object of this crime. Namely the content of the value and social relations, defended against the crime provided by art. 146 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Moldova, make the guilt of the victim to partially reduce the guilt of the perpetrator.


The scarcity of phosphate ores and the increasing of water eutrophication, are driving for economically attractive and environmentally friendly approaches for phosphorus recovery. The biomass thermochemical conversion process enable effective...


The neuraminidase of the influenza virus is the target of the anti-flu drugs oseltamivir and zanamivir. Clinical practices show that zanamivir and oseltamivir are effective to treat the 2009 H1N1 influenza virus. Herein, we report the findings of molecular simulations for zanamivir, oseltamivir, and Chinese natural herb products with the neuramindase of the 2009 H1N1 influenza. Our approach theoretically suggests that the Glu278 residue is responsible for the neuramindase of the 2009 influenza drug selectivity.


Objective: To investigate the value of powered laryngeal shaver and radiofrequency for recurrent papilloma of larynx under the laryngeal endoscope. Methods: Twenty-one cases with recurrent papilloma of larynx were treated from March 2000 to February 2004.All patients were treated by powered laryngeal shaver and radiofrequency under the laryngeal endoscope.Results: The follow-up period ranged from 6 months to 3 years.2 children with tracheal involvement recurred in 5 months and 7 months after operation respectively.One thirty-eight years old patient had malignant change 1 year after operation. Conclusion:Powered laryngeal shaver and radiofrequency under the laryngeal endoscope had been proved valuable in treating patients with recurrent papilloma of larynx.