Rate coefficients for the formation of carbon monoxide (CO) by radiative association of carbon and oxygen atoms are computed using quantum dynamical simulations. At temperatures above 10 K CO radiative association is dominated by C( 3 P) and O( 3 P) approaching on the A 1 П potential energy curve. The rate coefficient is estimated as k = A(T/300 K) α exp―β/T with A = 1.39 × 10 ―18 cm 3 s ―1 , α = -0.016 and β = 92.2 for temperatures between 6 and 127.2 K, and A = 1.36 × 10― 17 cm 3 s ―1 , α = 0.41 and β = 340 for temperatures between 127.2 and 15 000 K. Furthermore we computed the rate coefficients for approaching on the X 1 Σ + curve. For temperatures below 200 K it is between 0.7 x 10 ―2 and 4 x 10 ―22 cm 3 S ―1 .


Advanced therapy medicinal products (ATMPs) are becoming the new kid on the block for the treatment of a variety of indications with promising results. Academic centres have often been at the forefront of basic research, preclinical phases, and translational studies for the clinical development of ATMPs for several approved drugs. Despite the academic contribution to the basic and clinical research of ATMPs, undertaking a full product development process is extraordinarily challenging and demanding for academic institutions. Meeting regulatory requirements is probably the most challenging aspect for academic development, considering the limited experience and resources compared with pharmaceutical companies. The aim of this review is to present and discuss the key aspects to be considered when developing novel ATMPs from an academic perspective, based on our own experience. Emphasis is placed on understanding the regulatory requirements during the early phases of the drug development process, particularly for the preparation of a Clinical Trial Application. In general, academic centres do not possess experience in product-related documentation (such as the Investigational Medicinal Product Dossier), and therefore, early interaction with regulators is crucial to understand their requirements and receive guidance to comply with them. Tips are provided on how to manage quality, non-clinical, clinical, and risk and benefit documentation, based on our own experience and challenges. We believe this review will contribute to providing key regulatory knowledge to academic and clinical environments with the purpose of smoothing the regulatory path of ATMPs.


The article is devoted to the problem of traditional and modern technical means of teaching in the process of forming foreign students' communicative competence during their studying Russian language.


A new series of polyimides was synthesized by addition polymerization of 4,4′-(bismaleimido)-diphenylmethane, 1,4-piperazine and an amino-terminated polydimethylsiloxane. The synthesis was carried out in m-cresol solution following a two-step procedure. Copolymers containing 15 and 20 wt.-% of the polydimethylsiloxane elastomer were prepared, together with the unmodified base copolymer. Infrared spectroscopy, 13C and 1H NMR, thermal and thermogravimetric analyses were used to characterize the copolymers. The DSC curves of all the samples showed an exotherm in the temperature range 230–280°C, attributable to curing and addition reactions involving the chain-end groups. Different glass transition temperatures (Tg) were observed, depending on the elastomer content. Thermogravimetric analysis indicated that no significant changes occur in the thermal stability of rubber-modified copolymers.


For lesions required segmentation are very similar to other background tissues, existing methods often incorrectly segment these tissues into foregrounds. As the fact that diagnostic descriptions can improve the performance of lesion segmentation, but existing methods do not sufficiently capture the correlations between images and the corresponding diagnostic descriptions. In this paper, we propose a novel cross-modal mutual-aware network which utilizes diagnostic descriptions to guide lesion segmentation. Concretely, the proposed network integrates several mutually aware feature fusion module to learn the co-relationship between visual and linguistic features at multiple levels, yielding the final mask which are more closely to the descriptions. We have carried out experiments on an internal dataset and the experimental results show a significant performance improvement compared to other traditional and cross-modal approaches.


The purpose of this research was to prepare a floating drug delivery system of Lornoxicam. In the present study, preparation of Lornoxicam floating microspheres, in-vitro evaluation of Floating Drug Delivery System (FDDS), prediction of the drug release, and optimization of stirring speed and polymers concentration to match target release profile was investigated. Floating microspheres were prepared by Non aqueous emulsion solvent Diffusion technique using Ethyl Cellulose (EC) ,HPMCK4M and HPMCK15M as the rate controlling polymer. Particle size analysis, drug encapsulation efficiency, surface topography, buoyancy percentage and release studies were performed. Results showed that the polymer concentration and stirring speed affected the size, incorporation efficiency and drug release of microspheres (> 12 h) and its floating time (> 12 hr). The best results were obtained at the ratio of drug: HPMCK4M:HPMCK15M (1:2:1.5). The mean particle size of prepared floating microspheres Decreased but the drug release rate from the microspheres Increased as the polymer concentration increased. The developed floating microspheres of Lornoxicam may be used in clinic for prolonged drug release in stomach for at least 12 hrs, thereby improving the bioavailability, prevents degradation in stomach and patient compliance.


Trimetrexate (TMQ), a non-classical folate antagonist, was studied in a randomized controlled trial in patients with advanced colorectal cancer and without prior chemotherapy. Patients were randomly assigned to one of three treatments: TMQ at 200 mg/m2 i.v. q 2 weeks, TMQ at 12 mg/m2 i.v. daily x 5 or 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) at 15 mg/kg i.v. weekly. Overall response rates were: 6% (four partial responses in 71 patients, 95% Cl of 2–14%) for q 2 week TMQ, 0% (zero of 29, 95% Cl of 0–29%) for daily x 5 TMQ and 18% (two complete and nine partial responses in 62 patients, 95% Cl of 9–30%) for 5-FU. Median survival estimates were 10.3 months for the q 2 week TMQ schedule, 8.7 months for the daily x 5 TMQ schedule and 13.6 months for the 5-FU schedule. Grade ≤ 3 toxicities were significantly more common with TMQ. TMQ does not appear to have significant anti-tumor activity against colorectal cancer.


X-ray flux and pulse period fluctuations in an accretion-powered pulsar convey important information about the disk–magnetosphere interaction. It is shown that simultaneous flux and period measurements can be analysed with a Kalman filter based on the standard magnetocentrifugal accretion torque to generate accurate time-dependent estimates of three hidden state variables, which fluctuate stochastically and cannot be measured directly: the mass accretion rate, the Maxwell stress at the disk–magnetosphere boundary, and the radiative efficiency of accretion onto the stellar surface. The inferred fluctuation statistics carry implications for the physics of hydromagnetic instabilities at the disk–magnetosphere boundary and searches for continuous gravitational radiation from low-mass X-ray binaries.


The invention provides a kind of thiophene-based dye and preparation method thereof, more specifically, relate to the dye composition for dye sensitization solar battery (DSSC), compared with traditional dyestuff, it has higher molar extinction coefficient, J
 sc (circuit photocurrent density) and photoelectric transformation efficiency, thus the efficiency enhancing solar cell.The invention provides a kind of two thienothiophene based dyes, it is by following chemical formulation.


The author analyzed the status quo of the section of the physiotherapy in the military hospital, put forward viewpoints that under new situation, the section of the physiotherapy should update notion, recognize subject connotation, strengthen muti subject cooperation to develop the spirit of the solidarity and collaboration, update the knowledge to improve overall the quality, introduce the talent actively to raise the science and tech content, meet the need of the situation to have chance to innovate and develop.


Purpose To study the effect of baicalin on H2O2-induced SH-SY5Y cell injury and its mechanism.Methods Using SH-SY5Y cell line to establish H2O2-induced SH-SY5Y cell injury model.We design four groups(0,50,100,200 μmol/L) and test cell viability by MTT assay and Trx mRNA expression levels by Real-time quantitative PCR.Results Compared with the H2O2 injury group,baicalin can significantly reduce the H2O2-induced SH-SY5Y cell damage,while Trx,expression was increased.Conclusion Baicalin can protect SH-SY5Y cell from H2O2-injury and its mechanism of baicalin-protected may be increased Trx,and then play the anti-apoptotic role.


This paper characterizes the threshold voltage $\boldsymbol{(V_{th})}$ degradation of programmed charge trap transistors (CTTs). Logarithmic mathematical modeling of $\boldsymbol{V_{th}}$ degradation versus time is proposed and fits well with the experiment result. The measurement is conducted on CTTs in TSMC 28-nm technology node. A CTT differential-pair-based memory architecture is proposed to cancel $\boldsymbol{V_{th}}$ degradation. Charge trapping and de-trapping are utilized to modify CTTs' $\boldsymbol{V_{th}{}^{\prime}\mathrm{s}}$, then analog values are written as time-invariant differential $\boldsymbol{V_{th}}$ 's into CTT -based pairs. The memory implementation proposed in this paper uses CMOS-only technologies without adding additional process. The experiment shows that the data retention trend varies less than $\boldsymbol{10\mu\mathrm{V}}$ per hour, making it suitable for long-term analog values storage.


Close relationships are of vital importance to psychological well-being and adjustment. However, all relationships experience periods of conflict. This investigation examines relational health schemas as an individual difference variable that determines cognitive appraisal of conflict and betrayal in close female relationships. Undergraduate female participants were classified into higher or lower relational health schema groups and randomly assigned to read a fictional experimental vignette describing a close friendship between two women. The vignette provided an account of the development of a friendship and concluded in a description of an interpersonal conflict between the two characters. Severity of betrayal (actual/perceived) and friendship resolution (positive, negative, ambiguous) were varied across the experimental conditions. Free recall of vignette content and reading time were the dependent measures. It was expected that vignettes with severity of betrayal and resolutions congruent with relati...


initiator. Thus S. tries to show that the traditional view that Antipater tried to connect himself with the most promising successors is mi$conceived; but the substance of his argument is merely the fact that Perdiccas was first to take the initiative in approaching Antipater. Yet this does not affect the essence of the traditional view, which is clearly basically correct: scholars should not need reminding that it takes two to make a marriage. S. draws attention to the lack of direct evidence in the sources about the political effectiveness of most of the marriages: yet it is in precisely this area that a more imaginative explanation of the relationship between many of the parties concerned would have been most useful. I should have particularly liked to see some examination of the political difficulties involved in terminating or refusing such an alliance. A dynastic marriage clearly could—and did—act as an informal barometer of the state of the interdynastic weather, quite regardless of the political effectiveness of the spouse concerned; and this aspect of the subject could also with advantage have been further explored.


As I write this, Nelson Mandela has achieved his 95th year... a memorable milestone in a truly memorable life. During his lifetime, he has set so many fine examples to challenge us... and yet, his challenges are always couched in encouraging terms, his sights so clearly focussed on the common good. It is then a privilege to cogitate on a philosophy that he succinctly described when he said "It always seems impossible until its done."


According to the excellent material characteristics of CFRP sheets,three seismic resistance methods based on CFRP sheets are designed for RC beam-column joints.These methods are verified by the quasi-static tests of six RC T-joints.The results show that all the tested strengthening methods are successful in enhancing the shear capacity of joint cores and changing the shear mode of failure.The strengthening effects in aspect of hysteretic characteristic,ductility and strength of beam-column joints are also different in these methods.1 tab,7 figs,10 refs.


Objective To investigate the relationship of tumor necrosis factor alpha(TNF-α)expression and cell apoptosis of hematoma-adjacent tissues in the patients with hypertensive intracerebral hemorrhage(HICH).Methods On the basis of the time from onset to surgery,40 HICH patients were assigned into 5groups of A1(6h,8cases),A2(6-11 h,10cases),A3(12-23 h,8cases),A4(24-47 h,8cases)and A5(≥48h,6cases).Serum expression of TNF-αwas detected by double antibody clamp enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay,the cells positively expressing TNF-αin hematoma-adjacent tissues were counted by immunohistochemical method,and cell apoptosis of hematoma-adjacent tissues was examined by TUNEL method.Twenty healthy people(group B)were taken as the controls.The correlation of TNF-αexpression and cell apoptosis of hematoma-adjacent tissues was analyzed.Results Serum expression of TNF-αwas significantly higher in groups of A1 to A5than that in group B(P0.05).The cells positively expressing TNF-αin hematoma-adjacent tissues were more in groups of A3 to A5than those in group A1(P0.05).The apoptosis cells of hematoma-adjacent tissues were more in groups of A2 to A5than those in group A1(P0.05).Serum level of TNF-αexpression was positively correlated to the cells positively expressing TNF-αand apoptosis in hematoma-adjacent tissues(r=0.892,r=0.867,P0.05).Conclusion TNF-αis highly expressed in serum and hematoma-adjacent tissues in the patients with HICH,which indicates that TNF-αmay be related to cell apoptosis.


EXPOSITIONS Autour de l'exposition "The Divine Comedy: Heaven, Hell, Purgatory revisited by Contemporary African Artists" presentee au MMK / Museum fur Moderne Kunst (Francfort) du 21 mars au 27 juillet 2014 (sous le commissariat de Simon Njami) : - "Each scene is a place of meditation, of emptiness.", Interview avec Guy Tillim, Contemporary And, sans date ; "GT: In making photographs of the landscape, I have to confront the difficulty of actually seeing the landscape. It's a space that chang...


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This paper discusses the importance of information literacy education for university students, expounds the contents of the information literacy education, analyzes the superiorities of university library in developing the information literacy education, and puts forward some paths for carrying out the information literacy education for students by university library.


The authors report the effect of etch depth on the magnetic properties of thin film edges in magnetic nanostructures. In transversely magnetized stripes of 20-nm-thick Ni80Fe20, they use ferromagnetic resonance spectroscopy to measure the edge saturation field and effective out-of-plane stiffness field of the trapped-spin-wave edge mode as a function of ion etch depth. With increasing etching depth, the edge surface angle changes from 47° to 80°, and the field required to saturate the edge magnetization perpendicular to the stripe axis nearly doubles. This trend is largely confirmed by micromagnetic modeling of the edge geometry.


In Brazil, the National Policy on Solid Waste (Law No. 12,305) brought new guidelines for waste management and incorporated into its text principles that were previously only in the doctrine, especially the one that deals with the systemic view, which considers the variables environmental, social, economic, cultural, technological and public health. This article analyzes the advantages and challenges of inter-municipal consortium for the integrated management of domestic solid waste, in the light of the principle of systemic vision, since it presents itself as a possibility of facing the difficulties that present themselves. This is a bibliographical study. It is concluded that public consortia can be a viable and advantageous alternative in the search for joining efforts to solve common problems to meet PNRS requirements since they have advantages in all dimensions related to the principle of systemic vision.


Background Reproductive history has been addressed as a risk factor for cardiovascular disease (CVD). We examined the relationship between reproductive history and CVD mortality in Japanese women. Methods We followed 53,836 women without previous CVD or cancer history from 1988–1990 to 2009 in a prospective cohort study. Hazard ratios (HRs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) of CVD mortality were estimated according to the number of deliveries and maternal age at first delivery. Results During the follow-up, 2,982 CVD-related deaths were identified. There was U-shaped association between the number of deliveries and risk of CVD mortality with reference to three deliveries, although the excess risk of CVD mortality associated with ≥5 deliveries was of borderline statistical significance. The corresponding multivariable HRs were 1.33 (95% CI, 1.12–1.58) and 1.11 (95% CI, 0.99–1.24). In addition, higher CVD mortality was associated with maternal age ≥28 years at first delivery than maternal age of 24–27 years at first delivery. The multivariable HRs were 1.22 (95% CI, 1.10–1.36) for 28–31 years at first delivery and 1.26 (95% CI, 1.04–1.52) for ≥32 years at first delivery. Moreover, among women with ≥3 deliveries, maternal age ≥28 years at first delivery was associated with 1.2- to 1.5-fold increased CVD mortality. Conclusion The number of deliveries showed a U-shaped association with risk of CVD mortality. Higher maternal age at first delivery was associated with an increased risk of CVD mortality, and excessive risk in women aged ≥28 years at first delivery was noted in those with ≥3 deliveries.


The development objectives of the Ceara Rural Sustainable Development and Competitiveness Project for Brazil are to: (i) improve the sustainability of rural production, including irrigation and rural income generation; and (ii) contribute to the Borrower's efforts to universalize access to water services. The main purposes of this restructuring are: (a) to extend the project closing date from April 30, 2018 to April 30, 2019 for the completion of on-going investments under component 1 - economic inclusion; and (b) to adjust the implementation schedule to reflect the extended implementation period. This restructuring will also adjust the project's results framework to be consistent with investments under component 1 and the attribution of results.


This thesis describes a study of the nature of the responses to stress, particularly acid stress, in
Lactobacillus paracasei and Bifidobacterium anitnalis (syn. lactis). The aims of the study were validate the identification of the bacteria being studied, to determine the nature of their stress responses and compare them to known responses and to gain information regarding the proteins up-regulated during stress.


In the course of the learned helplessness genesis concept development we discovered new opportunities for finding emergency features in the cross point of the learned helplessness theory by M. Seligman, concept of cultural and historical development of a person by L.S. Vygotskij and method of transspective analysis by V.E. Klochko. The combination of three theories allowed creating The Technology of the Learned Helplessness Genesis Study which was widely tested on different samples of respondents, including representatives of the educational process participants at the Krasnoyarsk state medical university (Russia). Large variety of supportive, correctional and preventive actions, short and long-time programs aimed to decrease the learned helplessness manifestations were implemented in the system of medico-psychological facilitation of the medical university. Students and teaching staff of the university, patients of university clinic, healthcare family centre and psychological centre were suggested different tools to overcome learned helplessness. The learned helplessness genesis concept as the basis for medico-psychological facilitation at the university allows assimilation of new experience in a context of psychological consultation and the non-drug therapy directed to maintenance of self-actualization process, personality development, strengthening of psychological wellbeing and, as a result, opening of new life resources and potentialities of the personality.


Abstract : This report is one in a series of reports on the Department of Defense's (DOD) management of secondary inventory-spare and repair parts, clothing, medical supplies, and other items that support DOD's operating forces on land, at sea, and in the air.1 We have identified the management of defense inventory as a high-risk are a.2 Past reports have identified management weaknesses that make some portion of DOD's inventory vulnerable to waste and inefficiency As requested, we reviewed DOD's management of identical repairable parts used by more than one DOD component (hereafter referred to as identical parts). Over 57,000 identical parts, with an estimated value of $4 billion, are used and typically managed by more than one service. They include such supply items as hydraulic pumps, computer circuit card assemblies, wing sections, and landing gear. This report discusses (1) DOD's progress in correcting problems in the management of identical parts and (2) opportunities to improve.


The conception and characteristics of conductive blending polymer composite are introduced, putting stress on the preparation and the main effecting factors on the conductivity of the composite. The application and development trend of the composite are also referred briefly.


—This work aimed at combining different segmenta-tion approaches to produce a robust and accurate segmentation result. Three to five segmentation results of the left ventricle were combined using the STAPLE algorithm and the reliability of the resulting segmentation was evaluated in comparison with the result of each individual segmentation method. This comparison was performed using a supervised approach based on a reference method. Then, we used an unsupervised statistical evaluation, the extended Regression Without Truth (eRWT) that ranks different methods according to their accuracy in estimating a specific biomarker in a population. The segmentation accuracy was evaluated by focusing on the left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) estimate resulting from the LV contour delineation using a public cardiac cine MRI database. Eight different segmentation methods, including three expert delineations, were studied, and sixteen combinations of the five automated methods were investigated. The supervised and unsupervised evaluations demonstrated that in most cases, STAPLE results provided better estimates of the LVEF than individual automated segmentation methods. In addition, LVEF obtained with STAPLE were within inter-expert variability. Overall, combining different automated segmentation methods improved the reliability of the segmenta-tion result compared to that obtained using an individual method


The invention relates to a fluxing agent for bitumen based on natural fats do not initially comprising reactive functions capable of reacting with the chemical functions present in the bitumen, these natural fats being chemically functionalized with at least one functional group selected from dicarboxylic acids functions, groups having an epoxy function; peroxide; carboxylic acid, aldehyde, and groups having at least one carbon-carbon double bond conjugated.


Algal polysaccharide composite gel is a type of plant gel containing mainly algal polysaccharide extracted from marine Rhodophyte and plant cellulose, and an important material in pharmaceutical industry. To improve the film-formation performance and determine optimal technical parameters, dissolution temperature, gel ingredient, dissolu- tion equilibrium time, and viscosity variation were studied. Algal polysaccharide empty capsules were produced in immer- sion shaping technique as well as conventional gelatin capsulation. Performance and characteristics of disintegration and dissolution rate (ibuprofen as standard drug) of algal polysaccharide composite film were compared and evaluated with those of gelatin film.


A new report fro m market analyst Ros ki ll says that glo bal demand for tantalum has increased strongly since the midl990s, exhibiting annual growth o f24% py to reach a peak o f over 2,600t Ta 1 0 5 in 2001. T he Economics of Tanta lum (8'" editio n, 2002) indicates that this growth in demand has been clue largely to th e use of tanta lum capacitors in small portable electronic compo nents such as lapto p computers, video cameras , ga mes consoles and, most impo rtantly, mobi le phones. Driven by rising demand fro m the electronics industry, howeve r, production of tantalum capacitors increased from roughly 5 ,000M un its in 1988 to 24,000M units in 2000. 200 1 saw a slow down in the electronics industry, particularly in the mobile communica tio ns secto r. It is estimated that wo rld production o f capacitors in 200 1 declined some 15% to approximately 20,500M units. In turn, the estimated demand fo r tantalum in this secto r has decl ined to approximately 1 ,300t. In 2000 manufacturers o f mobile phones were predicting that handset sa les wou ld rise fro m 413M units that year to reach 650M in 2001. In fact, the actua l fi gure fo r th e year is much lower, at between 375M and 390M units. It is expected that demand for tantalum ca pacito rs wi ll recoverthrough 2002, to 23M units. The forecast growth in tantalum demand in this sector wi ll :we rage 9-10% per yea r through to 2005, to reach 1,800t. T here are a number o f new markets fo r tanta lum ca pacitors that will maintain this growth in demand for tanta lum . The most important will be under-hood applicatio ns in automobiles, such as engine management systems, ABS controlle rs, air bag systems etc, altho ugh demand fo r tanta lum wi ll be tempered by the subst ituti on of t:mta lum ca pacitors with cheaper ceramic types wherever possible. The report o utlines the other new markets for tantalum that have been developed: tantalum oxides are findin g use in electronics applications, including co mputer memory chips and processors. These have the potential to be major consumers of ta ntalum in the future, although the amou nt o f tanta lum used per unit is very small. In recent years there has been an increase in demand for tanta lum carbides clue to their sui tabi lity for machining printed circuit boards, and it is expected that demand will show growth of approximate ly 5% per year in the nea r future. The increase in tantalum consumptio n over the past few decades has transformed it fro m a minor by-product of tin mining to a valuable resource . The rise in the value of tantalite in 2000 spurred the exploration and development of tantalite deposits in a number o f countries, and also led to an increase in opportunist mining in Central Africa. Tantalite production in Central Africa increased dramatica lly during the period of elevated prices during the latter half o f2000 . The US Geographica l Survey statistics show o utput of200 Ta 1 0 5 from Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda and


Hands-OnAstrophysics: Variable Stars in Math/Science Lab. - being developed by the AAVSO and funded by the National Science Foundation - is an astronomy educational project which emphasizes student involvement and scientific discovery.


The prominence of ICT in English Secondary schools has increased enormously in the last fifteen years under the New Labour administration. As a background to this, schools have historically been justified either in terms of vocational or non-vocational objectives, captured in Oakeshott's contesting metaphors of schools as markets or as monasteries. ICT became a high profile and very expensive part of a general educational reform policy engaged with these contested objectives.
The thesis surveys and critiques government ICT policy in English Secondary schools between 1995-2010, through situated case studies of policy processes, asking what ideas are driving the reforms and how these frame the purpose of schools. The central contribution of this thesis is to reveal how ICT educational policy in this sector has been constructed and positioned through the application of critical discourse analysis (CDA). An original feature of this CDA is the use of Daniel Bell's theory of tripartite Axial Realms to identify neglected discourses. The main findings are that there is a dominant techno-economic discourse and that axial principles from the cultural and political realms are largely invisible.
This research places the construction of educational ICT policy reform discourse at the centre of important contemporary questions about the purpose of Secondary schools, in particular, debates about market and visions of schooling. I use Bell to reconceptualise the educational purpose of ICT, showing that it can be reconstructed in terms of Bell's three realms, the techno-economic, the political and the cultural, rather than assuming that only the techno-economic is needed to explain it. The implications of this are that vocational justifications alone need not and should not drive ICT educational reform, nor educational reform generally, and that reintroducing political and cultural principles alongside techno-economic ones would benefit ICT policy.


This paper focuses on interpreting Rorty's defense of the public-private distinction. Traditionally, scholarship has been divided regarding how to interpret the distinction oscillating between 'strict-divide' and 'loose-divide' interpretations. The paper concludes that Rorty intended the loose interpretation and strives to explain how such an interpretation functions within his overall philosophical project.


This work is a bibliographical review of rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis) that focuses on the application of derivatives of this plant for cosmetic products, an application which has been recognized and valued since Ancient Egyptian times. Rosemary is a plant of Mediterranean origin that has been distributed throughout different areas of the world. It has many medicinal properties, and its extracts have been used (mainly orally) in folk medicine. It belongs to the Labiatae family, which contains several genera—such as Salvia, Lavandula, and Thymus—that are commonly used in cosmetics, due to their high prevalence of antioxidant molecules. Rosemary is a perennial shrub that grows in the wild or is cultivated. It has glandular hairs that emit fragrant volatile essential oils (mainly monoterpenes) in response to drought conditions in the Mediterranean climate. It also contains diterpenes such as carnosic acid and other polyphenolic molecules. Herein, the botanical and ecological characteristics of the plant are discussed, as well as the main bioactive compounds found in its volatile essential oil and in leaf extracts. Afterward, we review the applications of rosemary in cosmetics, considering its preservative power, the kinds of products in which it is used, and its toxicological safety, as well as its current uses or future applications in topical preparations, according to recent and ongoing studies.


In southwestern Sardinia, Italy, the Rio Naracauli drains a catchment that includes several abandoned mines. The drainage from the mines and associated waste rocks has led to extreme concentrations of dissolved Zn, but because of the near-neutral pH, concentrations of other metals remain low. In the reach from approximately 2300 to 3000 m downstream from the headwaters area, an amorphous Zn-silicate precipitates from the water. In this reach, concentrations of both Zn and silica remain nearly constant, but the loads (measured in mass/time) of both increase, suggesting that new Zn and silica are supplied to the stream, likely from emerging groundwater. Zinc isotope signatures of the solid are heavier than the dissolved Zn by about 0.5 permil in Zn, suggesting that an extracellular biologically mediated adsorption process may be involved in the formation of the Zn-silicate. © 2012 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. Selection and/or peer-review under responsibility of Organizing and Scientific Committee of WRI 14 2013


The problem of adequate and reliable evaluation of the economic and social potential of re-gions plays a key role in the successful actions of state authorities on their economic development. The historical retrospective shows that incorrect evaluation of economic potential and erroneous shaping of perspective branches may hinder the economic and social development of the region.The works on Crimea by Vasilii Zuyev and Carl Hablitz are well-known in historiogra-phy. However, researchers are usually interested in the "illustrative" materials of theses works, which concerned the "natural history" of the peninsula; fl ora, fauna, geographic and geological peculiarities. The author analyses the works by Zuyev and Hablits from the point of view of their practical use and profi t for the regional economy at the initial stage of the region integra-tion into all-Russia economic space. The author has found that the data on Crimea collected by Zuyev and Hablitz were rather superfi cial, with incorrect evaluations of the region's economic potential and its natural re-sources, with overestimation of its benefi ts in comparison with risks and objective diffi culties of economic transformations. In spite of their obvious shortcomings, these works were published and widely spread among the literate audience, thus shaping a fair public opinion regarding the economic perspectives of the region among the potential colonists of Crimea: Russian land-owners, offi cials, retired military men, and others.The author comes to the conclusion that these researches often contained factual errors, thus giving readers and potential colonists incorrect ideas of the economic and natural wealth of this region.


Based on the working hypothesis that gradation is a central phenomenon in natural language, this thesis proposes the grammar formalism of weighted constraint dependency grammars (WCDG) as a unified framework for the treatment of gradation. Gradation can be found in different forms in natural language: as a preference for one outcome over another or as an extended notion of grammaticality which accepts not only 'well-formed' sentences but also deviant structures if no other analysis is feasible. It also occurs in inherently uncertain information such as that from automatic recognition of speech or blurred hand-writing. WCDGs not only offer a well-defined formalism to concisely express what the underlying constraints of natural language understanding are but additionally allow one to state which status a constraint has, be it a strict rule which describes what structures are possibly imaginable or be it a slight preference which only selects the preferred one among a set of ambiguous analyses for a sentence. The formalism of WCDGs is formally defined both syntactically by specifying the constraint language and semantically by providing a concise mapping from the WCDG parsing problem to the well-known class of constraint satisfaction optimization problems. The set of languages generated by WCDGs have been ranked between the mildly context-sensitive and the contextsensitive languages; the word problem has been identified as being -complete. WCDGs are shown to be appropriate to be used for modeling a large variety of linguistic phenomena such as immediate dominance, agreement, valence, aspects of word order, projectivity as well as semantic aspects such as thematic roles. A spectrum of algorithms that solve the WCDG parsing problem can be devised from which an application can select the most appropriate method for the task at hand. Algorithms exist which are complete and sound; others approximate the correct solution but compare favorably with respect to temporal characteristics. A large set of experimental results confirms that WCDGs are well-suited for handling gradation in natural language: Graded constraints facilitate a robust mode of parsing so that even utterances with considerable deviations can be analyzed. The inherent robustness and the availability of characterizations of constraint conflicts make the WCDG parser a suitable candidate for a diagnosis component in applications for computer-assisted language learning. The WCDG approach is capable of trading runtime against solution quality.


Nurses at a West Midlands trust have been reassured their jobs are safe despite thousands of staff being offered early retirement or voluntary redundancy.


Firms' reputations are founded on the beliefs of external stakeholders (e.g., customers) about the reputability of management. Governance policies obviously affect reputability by affecting managerial incentives. When governance is transparent, governance decisions by a board also affect firm reputation by affecting the inferences external stakeholders draw from observing these decisions. The sort of inferences external stakeholders draw depend on board expertise, the degree to which board members are informational insiders. We show that, because of these inferential effects, neither increased transparency nor increased expertise unambiguously favors governance policy choices that sustain reputation. In fact, high expertise combined with high transparency tends to make reputations unsustainable. Reputation sustainability depends instead on matching disclosure policy with expertise, and matching both expertise and disclosure with firm characteristics. JEL Classification Codes: C91, D82, G31, G32, G34, L15


The article reviews the book "Colloquial Dutch 2," with a CD and cassette included, by Gerda Bodegom and Bruce Donaldson, a sequel to the book "Colloquial Dutch: The Complete Course for Beginners."


Light detection and ranging (lidar) is becoming an increasingly popular technology among scientists for the development of predictive models of forest biophysical variables. However, before this technology can be adopted with confidence for long-term monitoring applications in Canada, robust models must be developed that can be applied and validated over large and complex forested areas. This will require "scaling-up" from current models developed from high-density lidar data to low-density data collected at higher altitudes. This paper investigates the effect of lowering the average point spacing of discrete lidar returns on models of forest biophysical variables. Validation of results re- vealed that high-density models are well correlated with mean dominant height, basal area, crown closure, and average aboveground biomass (R 2 = 0.84, 0.89, 0.60, and 0.91, respectively). Low-density models could not accurately predict crown closure (R 2 = 0.36). However, they did provide slightly improved estimates for mean dominant height, basal area, and average aboveground biomass (R 2 = 0.90, 0.91, and 0.92, respectively). Maps were generated and validated for the entire study area from the low-density models. The ability of low-density models to accurately map key bio-


Abstract A revision of reserves in part of the Greymouth Coalfield, on the West Coast of the South Island of New Zealand, is presented, based on recent drilling and prospecting. Reserves have been calculated for three different groups of coal, and are summarised as follows: coal with swelling numbers of 9 and 9+ (suitable for gas making), 494,000 tons measured, 4,146,000 tons indicated, 4,960,000 tons inferred; coal with swelling numbers 9+ + and 9+ + + (suitable for metallurgical coke), 424,000 tons measured, 70,000 tons indicated, 16,700,000 tons inferred; coal with inconsistent swelling numbers from 1 to 9+, 382,000 tons indicated. Reserves in areas of coal belonging to more than one of these groups amount to 130,000 tons measured, 490,000 tons indicated, and 1,653,000 tons inferred.


Basic line-frequency power transformer design elements are combined with practical construction, using the advanced materials now available. Size, weight, cost and design elements to obtain the best overall transformer performance are explained in detail. Three-phase transformers and single-phase designs are contrasted to speed more complex evaluation of design problems.


SF<inf>6</inf> gas insulated equipment represented by gas insulated switchgear (GIS) has been widely applied in 110 kV and above substations, due to its advantages of small occupation of land, compact structure and high reliability. The service life of the early SF<inf>6</inf> insulated equipment exceeded 20 years, most of them has entered the maintenance period or is directly facing retirement; in this process, a large number of SF<inf>6</inf> adsorbents would be retired. The SF<inf>6</inf> adsorbent in the SF<inf>6</inf> gas insulated equipment will adsorb a large amount of toxic SF<inf>6</inf> decomposition products during the service, and it could be great harm to the environment without harmless treatment. In order to solve this problem, this paper analyzed the adsorption components of the ex-service SF<inf>6</inf> adsorbent for gas insulated equipment. On this basis, the environmental-friendly processing method of the SF<inf>6</inf> adsorbent for gas insulated equipment was studied: the main decomposition products of SF<inf>6</inf>, namely, SOF2, SO<inf>2</inf>F<inf>2</inf> and HF, adsorbed in SF<inf>6</inf> adsorbent are toxic acid fluoride sulfide, and they can neutralize with calcium hydroxide to generate calcium fluoride precipitate which is difficult to be ionized and release toxic and harmful fluorine-containing ions to the environment. The adsorption components of ex-service adsorbent and the influence of amounts of calcium hydroxide, reaction time and reaction temperature on the harmless treatment of adsorbents were studied via thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) and fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR). In addition, the harmless treatment effect of the SF<inf>6</inf> adsorbent for gas insulated equipment were verified via boiling. And the following experimental results were obtained. Firstly, SF<inf>6</inf> adsorbent for the SF<inf>6</inf> gas insulated equipment would adsorb abundant water and SF<inf>6</inf> decomposition products, that is, SOF<inf>2</inf>, SO<inf>2</inf>, SO<inf>2</inf>F<inf>2</inf>, SOF<inf>4</inf>, SF<inf>4</inf> and HF, etc during the service period. Secondly, the best harmless treatment effect of SF<inf>6</inf> adsorbent could be achieved under the condition that Ca(OH)<inf>2</inf> with a weight of 20% treated adsorbent for 1 h.


Soft set, as a parametrized family of subsets of a crisp universal set, has more ability to handle uncertain information. In this paper, we propose two types of similarity measure between soft sets and made a comparative study of these two techniques. Also we have shown an application of this similarity measure of soft sets.


For the better evaluation of the combat capability for mine weapon,using the ADC model putted forward by WSEIAC for weapon system's effectiveness evaluation,combining with the operational mission,composition and structure of mine,the availability model,the dependability model and the capability model are established.The evaluation index system of the air-to-ship missile weapon systems' combat effectiveness is established by applying the system engineering theory,the calculation methods of each layer index weight are designed by applying the improved analytic hierarchy process.The methods of ensuring membership of index are designed.This method can effectively evaluate the combat capability of mine weapon to the real application proof.


The fundamental purpose of the present paper is to describe, from a critical perspective, the issue of follow-up or academic tutorial advising on degree or thesis work programs of the university and its impact on the production of knowledge. In order to achieve this purpose, a diagnosis was accomplished to the tutorial process professors perform with their academics in the development of research, at the same time it identifies roles and functions the tutor must assume. The theoretical-conceptual conceptions are founded on aspects related to the processes of tutoring, reflected as a determining factor in the development of research and operationalized on the basis of categories or dimensions: theoretical-epistemological, methodological-practical, applicative-reflective, academic advising, investigative experience, among other matters. The methodology in which underpinned the final work was an investigation of multidimensional, multi-referential perspectives (quali-quantitative). The findings of the work made it possible to generate a stable body of ideas aimed to strength the process of research counseling or mentoring, to promote the scientific and technological knowledge production, by means of redefying the degree works or thesis concepts, based on research lines contextualized according to needs and strategic areas of society, supported by philosophical-epistemological as well as scientific and humanistic conceptions aimed to improve the research skills of the students.


Large scale analyses of climatic or ecological data are important to understand complex relationships. Often, such data are available in open repositories or national measurement programmes, others are only made available via the responsible researcher. However, merging data from various sources is often not straightforward, due to issues with the data itself or the metadata. Nevertheless, the application of such compilations offers various possibilities. In our working group, two large-scale compilations are currently constructed and applied. The Northern Hemispheric Pollen Compilation consists of data from NEOTOMA, European Pollen Database (EPD), PANGAEA and various authors. With the help of this compilation, we reconstruct climate and vegetation of large spatial and temporal scales. The circumpolar soil temperature dataset consist of data from the Global Terrestrial Network for Permafrost (GTN-P), Roshydromet, PANGAEA, Nordicana D and the National Science Foundation (NSF) Arctic Data Center. In its first version, the compilation has already been successfully applied to validate the ESA CCI Permafrost soil temperature map.


We investigate the use of a topology-based clustering technique on the data generated by dynamic event tree methodologies. The clustering technique we utilizes focuses on a domain-partitioning algorithm based on topological structures known as the Morse-Smale complex, which partitions the data points into clusters based on their uniform gradient flow behavior. We perform both end state analysis and transient analysis to classify the set of nuclear scenarios. We demonstrate our methodology on a dataset generated for a sodium-cooled fast reactor during an aircraft crash scenario. The simulation tracks the temperature of the reactor as well as the time for a recovery team to fix the passive cooling system. Combined with clustering results obtained previously through mean shift methodology, we present the user with complementary views of the data that help illuminate key features that may be otherwise hidden using a single methodology. By clustering the data, the number of relevant test cases to be selected for further analysis can be drastically reduced by selecting a representative from each cluster. Identifying the similarities of simulations within a cluster can also aid in the drawing of important conclusions with respect to safety analysis.


The reaction of (cod)PtCl(CH3)(cod = cyclo-octa-1,4-diene) with diazomethane to give (cod)Pt(CH3)(CH2Cl), and the facile rearrangement of the latter to (cod)PtCl(CH2CH3), may represent a model for the key steps in the title process.


China has come to have the aspect of new modern state through the acceptance of new educational system, along with the abolition of old state examination(1905), and thus, western style art educational system called a professional art college comes into being in China. Throughout the nation, the discussion on crisis about the traditional Chinese paintings succeeds to the reform of the traditional Chinese paintings so that a new change has begun in Chinese art world. Among them, Cai Yuanpei, who was the most influential in China's modern art world, insisted on the reform of Chinese out by advocating American upbringing thought, which comes to provide the occasion for establishing academic system called history of art in out educational. Unlike this situation to the traditionalists who were in the position of adhering to the tradition, the art education appeared as a national mission called the revival of the Chinese paintings, and it has risen as a task called the implementation of the creation of art by basing the theory of art of the China's paintings. This change starts from the criticism of Si Wang of the Ching Dynasty's style of paintings, and comes to describe the history of new China's paintings. As the New Culture Movement develops because of Wusi Movement(1919), regarding the reformists' position of intending to overcome the negative image called 'copy' and 'restoration' through Anti-Siwang, Siwang revolution, the traditionalists also have the attitude of accepting the spirit of the age of the Anti-Siwang and Anti-orthodox and have come to establish a new position. It can be seen that these great masters centering around the traditional men of letters have found the superior tradition versed in Art history and Art-theory from the vigor of new category. This is seen in the fact that such great masters as Chen Hengke in Beijing, Huang Binhong in Shanghai, Pan Tianshou in Hangzhou, and Fu Baoshi in Nanjing are working at art schools or perform the work of painting pictures while taking the lead in the study of history of art. Accordingly, this presentation aimed at examining the task of modern art history which has surfaced as the ideology of art education. And at the same time, I am going to look into the art history of Teng Gu who described China's art history based on the development of the western style for the first time in China. Together with this, I am going to perceive the position of China's modern art history by looking into the stream of the criticism discussed with are emphasis on modern times.


Polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) is a metabolic disease and a common endocrine system disorder among women of reproductive age. Infrequent or prolonged menstrual periods, excess hair growth, acne, and obesity can occur in women with PCOS. Early diagnosis and treatment along with weight loss may reduce the risk of long-term complications. Now a days PCOS is also the cause of infertility. India is PCOS capital of the world. PCOS management is necessary to reduce its long time complications. J MEDICINE Jan 2018; 19 (1) : 49-53


The 153 taxa of trees and shrubs were reported from the Stolowe Mts. Two species (Betula nana and Erica tetralix) were reported probably by mistake,and 7 are now extinct ( Arctostaphylos uva-ursi, Chamaecytisus ratisbonensis, Genista pilosa, Lembotropis nigricans, Rosa agrestis, Salix lapponum, Salix myrtilloides). The other 144 taxa of trees and shrubs were found in the natural and semi-natural site conditions. The 110 native taxa and 34 anthropophytes are forming the contemporary woody flora. The 44 native taxa belong to various local red data book categories (including extinct),the 63 are not endangered and next 10 are apophytes. A few altitudinal groups of species can be distinguished,which are characterized with specific reaction to the growth of the altitude of localities. The distinct limit in the altitudinal ranges of the woody species occur at el- evation of 580-600 m. This altitude was considered as the limit between submontane and montane belts in the Stolowe mountains.


|A balance, 60 Hz model of the Static Synchronous Compensator (STATCOM), a FACTS controller based on voltage-sourced converters with Gate Turn-O (GTO) thyristors, is proposed in this paper. Electromagnetic Transient Program (EMTP) simulations are carried out in a sample system with variable load, to compare the operation of the detailed controller representation and its suggested reduced model. The proposed quasi-steady-state model is suitable for transient stability studies as well as other system analysis techniques, such as voltage collapse studies, that required accurate representation of fundamental frequency operation and control of power system controllers.


This exciting new book is the first of its kind to offer an analysis of Service Navigation and provide a framework for understanding the role and its application across a range of fields of practice.


Abstract Underbonnet simulations are proving to be crucially important within a vehicle development programme, reducing test work and time-to-market. While computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations of steady forced flows have been demonstrated to be reliable, studies of transient convective flows in engine compartments are not yet carried out owing to high computing demands and lack of validated work. The present work assesses the practical feasibility of applying the CFD tool at the initial stage of a vehicle development programme for investigating the thermally driven flow in an engine bay under thermal soak. A computation procedure that enables pseudo time-marching CFD simulations to be performed with significantly reduced central processing unit (CPU) time usage is proposed. The methodology was initially tested on simple geometries and then implemented for investigating a simplified half-scale underbonnet compartment. The numerical results are compared with experimental data taken with thermocouples and with particle image velocimetry (PIV). The novel computation methodology is successful in efficiently providing detailed and time-accurate time-dependent thermal and flow predictions. Its application will extend the use of the CFD tool for transient investigations, enabling improvements to the component packaging of engine bays and the refinement of thermal management strategies with reduced need for in-territory testing.


Communication has its lines of study, one of them being the study of the phenomenon of the Media in the Era of the Culture. Such line of study could be applied to tool for understanding the last biblical prophecy to be fulfilled before the Parousia.Such application opens up a path, which is not apocalyptic and neither integrated, in relation to the preaching the Gospel through the Mass Media.


A new methodology is developed for drying the grains by using difference in air humidity at inlet and outlet section of the drying chamber. Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) is used to control the entire drying procedure automatically. The use of grain dryers will reduce the environmental dependence for the drying process and its automation will make drying more efficient and uniform, thus saving energy and catering to the user's requirements. It will also reduce the cost in grain drying.


The present invention relates to a construction method of a multi-piled jacket foundation pile driving inter-tidal zone of offshore wind power, which is characterized in Piling and vertical positioning of the control of the steel pipe pile by pile stopper frame, using a hydraulic impact hammer lifting crane sat Beach beating and hanging pile. The specific steps are as follows: manufacture and marine transportation vessels positioned steel pipe pile, pile limit leveling frame and placed on the beach driving pile surface area, the water content of the piling frame limit and adjust the water level of the cartridge stop piling frame degrees, and inserted into the steel pipe pile lifting vertical piling of the pile frame limit, a pressure pile hammers, pile driving hammers. Beneficial effects: the steel pipe pile by pile guide limit stopper frame to ensure the verticality of pile driving, while ensuring the accuracy of the relative position between each of the base steel pipe pile, to achieve a ship that is in position can complete the whole wind turbine foundation construction, simplifying the construction process, the construction efficiency is greatly improved.


In this paper we study admissible extensions of several theories T of reverse mathematics. The idea is that in such an extension the structure M = (N,S,\in) of the natural numbers N and collection of sets of natural numbers S has to obey the axioms of T while simultaneously one also has a set-theoretic world with transfinite levels erected on top of M governed by the axioms of Kripke-Platek set theory, KP.


Indonesia is an agricultural country with the paddy crop as main product. The process of paddy hulling rice will yield the main product, bekatul rice and lock up as the side product. The use of bekatul rice has not been optimum in Indonesia, as it is only used as the feed for livestock and poultry. Bekatul rice has the potency as the oil source which is much used in of pharmacy and food industry as salad oil, raw material for cosmetics, health supplement. Bekatul oil contains 80 % fatty acid (oleat acid and linoleat acid). The research has the target to know the difference of n-hexane solvent, ether petroleum and chloroform against the rendemen and the quality of bekatul rice oil, and to know the type of solvent which yields rendemen and the best quality of bekatul rice oil. Bekatul rice oil was made by way of soxhletacy with n-heksan solvent, ether petroleum, and chloroform; the filtrate obtained was evaporated to obtain rough bekatul rice oil. The rough bekatul rice oil was purified by gum removing process ( de-gumming) and wax separation. The bekatul rice oil obtained was measured to know the rendemen and the quality of bekatul rice oil, quality test of bekatul rice oil included the physical test of pH and bias index as well as chemical test that indicated peroxide number test and acid number test. The result of the rendemen and the bekatul rice quality (afractive index, peroxide number and acid number) showed a significant difference on the n-hexane solvent which produced rendemen and the best quality of bekatul rice oil. Based on the research, it can be concluaded that the difference in the type of solvent can influence the rendemen and the quality of bekatul rice oil on n-hexane solvent witch produced rendemen and the best quality of bekatul rice oil. Keyword : Bekatul rice , solvent, rendemen and oil quality Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE
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The prediction and forecasting system application has been developed to help humans worldwide to predict historical temporal weather data in their respective region. This system is developed with the goal to supplement the productivity of already available website of India meteorological department. The system is flexible enough to predict current data. It also presents multiple weather scenarios to predict weather data. The weather data which is predicted is available from 1960 to 2010 from different weather stations, maintained by the India Meteorological


THE EARLY YEARS OF THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY are proving to be an exciting time for those of us who share a love of Arkansas history, and 2006 promises to add to that excitement. Three new members joined the Arkansas Historical Association's board of trustees last year-Sarah Gadberry of Little Rock, a former history teacher at Little Rock Central High School; Bryan McDade of Washington, a historian at Old Washington State Park; and Steve Perdue of Benton, curator of the David O. Demuth Arkansas Room at the Bob Herzfeld Memorial Library in Benton and a former vice-president of the Saline County History and Heritage Society. All three have already proven to be very committed and active board members. Last year's annual conference at DeGray Lake State Park near Arkadelphia was well attended, and the setting was one of the most beautiful in Arkansas. Ouachita Baptist University, Henderson State University, the Clark County Historical Association, and others in the Arkadelphia community were very generous hosts, and the program was filled with a variety of interesting presentations. For a second year, we had requested presentations rather than the reading of papers, and the new format was popular with those attending the conference. Trey Berry of Ouachita Baptist University served as both local arrangements chair and program chair and performed both of those jobs superbly. This year's conference on April 6-8 brings us to another interesting and uniquely Arkansas setting-the Ozark Folk Center in Mountain View. The theme for the conference is "Sounds of Arkansas: Music and Musicians from the Bear State to the Natural State," and Brooks Blevins of Lyon College has put together a great program. There will be presentations on legendary Arkansas musicians Johnny Cash and Jimmy Driftwood as well as lesser known figures who contributed to our state's rich and varied musical heritage. It should be a wonderful gathering. As you have no doubt noticed, the appearance of the Arkansas Historical Quarterly continues to evolve. Recent issues have been, in my opinion, the most attractive in the journal's history. Credit for this change goes to Laura Miller, chief interpretive officer at the Central High School National Historic Site, and the University of Arkansas's Patrick Williams, who was elevated to the position of editor of the Quarterly in October 2005, after several years as associate editor. Former editor Jeannie Whayne, who proposed the change, now serves, with Michael Pierce, as associate editor and remains secretary-treasurer of the Association. …


We are concerned with the behaviour of weak solutions of the Navier–Stokes system around possible singularities on the boundary. We show that a weak solution locally belonging to some Lebesgue space cannot blowup there.


A module (10) for an alternating device for coating materials, in particular for paints, comprises a housing (12) and at least one feed channel (32), which is supplied from the outside coating material. There are at least two dispensing channels (80a, 80b) are provided which are connectable to an application device and a flow path (60a, 72a, 74a, 76a; 60b, 72b, 74b, 76b) are in communication with the feed channel (32). The flow paths (60a, 72a, 74, 76a; 60b, 72b, 74b, 76b) between the feed channel (32) and the respective dispensing channel (80a, 80b) are connected by means (94a, 94b) is selectively closed or opened. A first discharge passage (80a) can be fed independently of a second dispensing channel (80b) coating material. In addition, a built-up of several modules changing device for coating materials is indicated, in which a single module (10) designed as a module (10) according to any one of claims 1 to. 8


In the capital city of EU, Bruxelles, there was a rally of milk producers on the day of abolition of milk quotas, which was joined by our own producers. Countries with developed dairy production expect 20% increase in production without economic consequences, however, Croatia has no such market tool because of the loss of a large number of manufacturers, specifically, suppliers of milk. Quotas are not threatening for Croatia because the approved quota is much higher than the amount of the total milk production. According to the European Commission report in December 2013, due to bad climate conditions and the high cost of animal feed, production quota of EU Member States has not been achieved by the lack of about 6%. Good examples are Austria, Cyprus, Poland, Germany, and Denmark which have produced more than their quota. The Common Agricultural Policy provides a practical and organizational support for the Dairy package where there are certain rules for the purchase of milk and its price in the written agreement between producers and dairy industry. During the period of the quota system dairy sector was restructured, that resulted in annual 6% of manufacturers leaving the production. Improving the genetics and efficiency of food leads to an increase in the average yield per cow, although the situation in this regard varies considerably across the EU Member States specialized farms in the EU-15 Member States achieved an average milk yield of 7300 kg/cow for the average herd of 54 cows, while other EU members are eligible for the average milk yield of 5700 kg/cow for the average herd of 19 cows. Due to the structure of the herd we cannot be competitive with farms in the United States which have 115 cows, Australia 258 and New Zealand with 458 cows.


The present study describes the synthesis and anticancer activity of novel octahedral PtIV complexes with cyclohexyl functionalized ethylenediamine‐N,N′‐diacetate‐type ligands. Molecular mechanics calculations and density functional theory analysis revealed that s‐cis is the preferred geometry of these PtIV complexes with tetradentate‐coordinated (S,S)‐ethylenediamine‐N,N′‐di‐2‐(3‐cyclohexyl)propanoate. The viability of cancer cell lines (U251 human glioma, C6 rat glioma, L929 mouse fibrosarcoma, and B16 human melanoma) was assessed by measuring mitochondrial dehydrogenase activity and lactate dehydrogenase release. Cell‐cycle distribution, oxidative stress, caspase activation, and induction of autophagy were analyzed by flow cytometry using appropriate fluorescent reporter dyes. The cytotoxic activity of novel PtIV complexes against various cancer cell lines (IC50 range: 1.9–8.7 μM) was higher than that of cisplatin (IC50 range: 10.9–67.0 μM) and proceeded through completely different mechanisms. Cisplatin induced caspase‐dependent apoptosis associated with the cytoprotective autophagic response. In contrast, the new PtIV complexes caused rapid, caspase‐independent, oxidative stress‐mediated non‐apoptotic cell death characterized by massive cytoplasmic vacuolization, cell membrane damage, and the absence of protective autophagy.


Irkutsk is the capital of Eastern Siberia and it can also be called the capital of wooden architecture. Many wooden buildings are of unique cultural and artistic value. Special originality and uniqueness of the city of Irkutsk gives the distinctive wooden architecture. The uniqueness and uniqueness of modern Irkutsk is that to this day it has preserved wooden houses that have come down to us almost unchanged. For a long time, different styles were used in the construction of wooden houses: baroque, classicism, modernism, art nouveau, eclecticism. An interesting fact is that the listed architectural styles in Irkutsk have never been used in their pure form, and samples of the decor of wooden buildings were interpreted by Irkutsk masters independently, which led to the birth of the original original architecture. Some of these technologies are still popular today, for example, decor technologies: relief ornament; slash; overhead; oriental decor. The art of building from wood in Irkutsk has its own specifics, taking into account the nature of the material and construction techniques. The expressiveness of wooden architecture is achieved by simple geometric shapes, natural wood texture, such as pine, larch, oak, fir and others. Construction techniques are determined by socio-economic and climatic conditions. In Siberia, there have long been two structural systems of buildings – log and frame, which are still used today.


Although the occurrence of free radicals (FR) in many pathological events is well-documented, it is still questioned whether scavenging these transient species could be an efficient therapeutic strategy against oxidative stress. Owing to the growing interest in the therapeutic potential of a-phenyl-N-tert-butylnitrone (PBN) derivatives [1] we have developed a series of new hybrid b-diethoxyphosphoryl nitrones derived from PBN on the basis of the improved ESR characteristics (increased reaction rates and stability of nitroxide adducts) of P-containing spin traps [2-5] and the expected benefits of introducing an antioxidant moiety found in naturally occurring phenolic acids (Fig. 1). Data will focus on (a) antioxidant properties in standard assays, (b) lipophilicity and cytotoxicity, and (c) ESR studies of PPNs spin adducts formed from a wide array of biologically-relevant FR, and intrinsic nitric oxide releasing properties. PPNs showing the best overall performance in the above assays were then tested as vasorelaxant and antioxidant FR detectors in rat aortic rings treated either with phenylephrine for vasoconstriction or in presence of the superoxide generators pyrogallol or NADPH for oxidative stress induction. Protection by PPNs was assessed by measuring vascular response preservation and biochemical indices in aortic tissue, i.e., protein carbonyls, lipid peroxides and antioxidant depletion.


Immunization is the process whereby a person is made immune or resistant to an infectious disease. In recent years, Child health and Immunization is an important topic or problem for debate or discussion. Childhood immunization for child health very nearly gagedefense from many serious diseases. The present study aimed to assess the influential factors that affect health and immunization under five year's children in Bangladesh. We have attempted to estimate the relationship between associated variables by using the Pearson Chi-Square test. It also show that how important an individual variable is by itself. The study also employed a statistical technique namely, logistic regression analysis. Logistic regression analysis has been used to find out the effects of the selected demographic and socio-economic factor on health and immunization. Qualitative findings indicated that mothers reported benefits of immunizing children that appeared to be a major reason for their children's immunization. We observed that 86% mother's who are illiterate, they have highly unconscious about child health and 93% poorest have also unconscious about child health, also place of delivery and size of child at birth are more important significant factors for this topic. From the logistic regression analysis technique the variables Current age of children, Mother's education, Mother's occupation, Father's education, Wealth index, Place of delivery, Source of drinking water, Size of child at birth, No. of living children, and No. of household member are significant effect on child health and Immunization.


Increasing usability of internet is creating huge data which should be managed by the industries, but this should not affect the processing time which may create inconvenience to end user. As cloud is emerging as back bone of IT industry there are much enhancement needed in it Many companies are switching their data from small storage location to Cloud, The migration is done such that the companies do not have a burden to purchase the Infrastructure they merely have to rent out the Infrastructure but the migration should not cost on the speed of storage or retrieval of the data from the server. Load balancing is one of the major issue in cloud computing, but these problems are Tractable There are many algorithm for load balancing which has advantage over the other in this paper Ant colony algorithm is studied .


Background and Objectives: Type 2 diabetes is a chronic metabolic disease and a major global health problem. Individuals with this disorder commonly suffer from feelings of failure and despair. Therefore struggling with this illness and treatment procces affects their mental and social well-being. This study aimed to determine the relationship between self-esteem and quality of life in people with type 2 diabetes. Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional study was performed on 280 type 2 diabetes patients admitted to clinic of diabetes in Imam Khomeini Hospital at Ardebil, Iran in 2011. The questionnaires were composed of socio-demographic information , Farrell & Grant and Rosenberg's Self -Esteem questionnaires. The data were analyzed using SPSS and descriptive analysis, Chi-square test was used. Results: This study showed that 106 patients with type 2diabetes, (37.4%) had low self-esteem and 123 (43.9%) had low quality of life level. But the results of the chi-square test (P=0.001) and Pearson correlation (r=o.89) indicated that there was a significant statistical relationship between quality of life and self-esteem in these patients. Conclusion : Our study showed that quality of life and self-esteem have direct and positive relationships. It is suggested that whit educational programs and upgrading the quality of life for these patients, the level of self-esteem will increase and it can prevent the complications of low self- esteem such as lack of follow-up treatment, lack of blood sugar control and inadequate care in these patients.


The MBD3, a methyl‐CpG‐binding domain (MBD)‐containing protein, is a core subunit of the Mi‐2/NuRD complex. Recent reports show that MBD3 recognizes both methylated CG (mCG)‐ and hydroxymethylated CG (hmCG)‐containing DNA, with a preference for hmCG. However, whether the MBD3‐MBD indeed has methyl‐CG‐binding ability is controversial. In this study, we provided the structural basis to support the ability of MBD3‐MBD to bind mCG‐containing DNA. We found that the MBD3‐MBD bound to mCG‐containing DNA through two conserved arginine fingers, and preferentially bound to mCG over hmCG, similar to other methyl‐CpG‐binding MBD proteins. Compared to its closest homolog MBD2, the tyrosine‐to‐phenylalanine substitution at Phe34 of MBD3 is responsible for a weaker mCG DNA binding ability. Based on the complex structure of MBD3‐MBD with a nonpalindromic AmCGC DNA, we suggest that all the mCG‐binding MBD domains can recognize mCG‐containing DNA without orientation selectivity, consistent with our observations that the sequences outside the mCG dinucleotide do not affect mCG DNA binding significantly. DNA cytosine methylation is evolutionarily conserved in most metazoans, and most invertebrates have only one MBD gene, MBD2/3. We also looked into the mCG DNA binding ability of some invertebrates MBD2/3 and found that the conserved arginine fingers and a conserved structural fold are required for methylated DNA binding by MBD2/3‐MBDs in invertebrates. Hence, our results demonstrate that mCG‐binding arginine fingers embedded into a conserved structural fold are essential structural features for MBD2/3s binding to methylated DNA among metazoans.


The aim of this study was to investigate the removal of Escherichia coli and heavy metals (Pb, Cd 2+ and Zn ) from wastewater using silver-modified clinoptilolite under different experimental conditions through the combined disinfection of pathogenic microorganisms by the silver ions and sorption of heavy metals on clinoptilolite. Batch experiments were conducted to look at the effects of initial metal concentration, pH and contact time on the disinfection, ion exchange and sorption mechanisms involved in the removal process. Silver-modified zeolites were suspended at 10g/l in single and bicomponent synthetic solutions containing Escherichia coli (10-10 CFU/100ml) as an indicator of faecal contamination and metals (Pb, Cd 2+ and Zn) at concentrations ranging from 0.1 to 5mg/l. The silver-modified zeolites exhibited good antibacterial activity with complete elimination of Escherichia coli in the single and bi-component solutions occurring within the first 30 minutes of contact and high metal removal efficiencies of up to 99% in the single component metal solutions at pH 5. In the bi-component solutions the presence of metals at 0.5mg/l did not significantly influence the rate of disinfection. However there was a slight decrease in the metal removal efficiencies in the presence of Escherichia coli. The results of this study show that silver-modified zeolites could potentially be applied in the treatment of complex wastewater effluents while highlighting the need for further studies to understand the mechanisms occurring in multi-component solutions with a view to optimizing the system.


. Green Open Space serves indirectly to improve the level of public health. One of the sub-districts in South Jakarta is Jagakarsa is a potential area in the development of Green Open Space. Therefore, in this study, an analysis of the relationship between Green Open Space and carbon was carried out. Determination of the relationship between the area of Green Open Space and CO was carried out using the correlation analysis method. The data used in this study is secondary data in the form of air quality data for five years in South Jakarta Area. Data were processed with SPSS to get the correlation between CO and land used.The results have proven that there is a very strong relationship between Green Open Space and CO with a correlation value of -0,865. Where every decrease in the existing area of Green Open Space/ Ruang Terbuka Hijau (RTH) greatly affects CO levels. Based on Law No. 26 of 2007 concerning spatial planning, the minimum proportion of green open space in a city is 30% of the city area, but in Jagakarsa, it is decreased to 10,33


The most widely used concrete versatile building material extensively used for the wide range of residential and industrial applications. It is a combination of three basic components: Portland cement, water and aggregates (gravel, rock or sand). Inappropriate mixing, unsuitable humidity and variations in the temperatures may lead to poor quality in concrete resulting to cracks Premature concrete cracking is a major issue in structures under working conditions, which is mainly depending on the nature of the material, hydration intensity, treatment atmosphere and healing conditions. This comprehensive review article will assist in identifying the common causes and Impact of early cracking of concrete and future prevention steps. Furthermore, the various types of early-age cracking, factors causing cracks such as temperature, thermal expansion, and tensile strength are discussed with simulation and identification of early-age cracking.


The theory"rule by virtue"presented by CPC General Secretary JIANG Ze min is of vital importance for present socialist construction.For ruling by virtue,we must be strict with our Party and try to strengthen our traditional virtues and the moral training which reflect the epoch feature.


The utility model relates to a torsional impact transmission device which consists essentially of a driver, a sliding block, a sliding block convex anvil, a transmission shaft, a transmission shaft convex anvil and transmission pins, wherein the sliding block and the transmission shaft are provided with convex anvils with certain inclined angles, a ratchet mechanism is formed by the sliding block and the transmission shaft, the driver is connected with external power equipment through threads and conducts fixed-axis rotation around the transmission shaft, the middle section of the driver is crescent, two ends of the driver are respectively provided with two blind holes for placing the transmission pins, the lower end of the driver is provided with steps used for placing the sliding block, the driver is connected with the sliding block through the transmission pins, two sides of the sliding block are respectively provided with an annular groove and a strip-shaped groove, the strip-shaped groove is used as a track for the motion of the transmission pins, and the whole motion process of the sliding block comprises the fixed-axis rotation and eccentric rotation. The torsional impact transmission device is simple in structure, can convert continuous torsional force into high-frequency instant torsional impact, and is applicable to the exertion of low-amplitude high-frequency torsional impact on a drill bit in drilling, so as to improve mechanical drilling rate.


In cutting earth works in the slope areas, it is considered that one of the design principles is to minimize the cutting volume of soil mass. It is possible, the steel bar reinforcement slope stabilization method described in this paper, is to be able to keep the stability of a steep cut slope by using the least reinforcement steel bars. The authors collected and analyzed 23 execution examples and the fundamental thoughts on the application and the design method were summarized. In this paper, the application slopes are classified into 6 types, and the reinforcement steel bar effects for each slope type are described.


New Homes from Old Buildings, by H. Dalton Clifford and R. E. Enthoven. 119 pp. Country Life, Ltd. London, 1954. 18s. Od. The authors are to be congratulated in compiling essential information upon the subject of conversion of existing buildings into modem accommodation, in such a comparatively short book, from so many aspects, and in such a simple and direct form. The fourteen chapters indicate the scope of the work in the general principles of conversion of non-domestic dwellings, small town and country houses, and large houses. &dquo; House-hunting &dquo; for suitable property precedes practical, financial and legal investigations, and the chapter on raising the


ABSTRACT How can feminist epistemological methods contribute to the task of intelligence analysis? Feminist work widens the lens of what constitutes politics, enabling analysts to incorporate new variables and events into their analysis. In addition, feminist epistemology's emphasis on reflexivist methods can help to provide a '360-degree view' of problems by incorporating the insights of those who are the subject of analysis. Knowledge is co-created by considering how participants themselves attach meanings and labels to their actions. This approach helps to guard against researcher bias and aids researchers in identifying their blind spots. Feminist methods are also helpful when asking 'queer questions' where either the subject of an inquiry or the answer to a query might be poorly specified, ambiguous, or resistant to labeling. They are thus of utility when exploring 'mysteries' rather than puzzles, in the words of Gregory Treverton. This essay expands on these three arguments regarding the utility of feminist epistemological methods and finally provides a case study, showing how feminist epistemological methods are of particular utility in examining the phenomenon of female suicide bombers, including making predictions about this activity and describing the motivations of those who participate in it.


In this letter, design and characterization of an antenna fabricated using the three‐dimensional star used in the epaulets of defense personnel are presented for its use in sub‐6 GHz 5G communication. Initially, the star antenna is designed and simulated using CST Microwave Studio by choosing its dimension in accordance with those in the epaulets. The star antenna is placed over a single‐sided copper‐clad substrate and is excited via a coaxial probe, where an attempt to achieve the optimum feed position is made via simulation. This is followed by simulation of a two‐star array antenna where the element separation commensurate with the arrangement as that on the epaulets. Subsequently, a single‐ and two‐star array antenna is fabricated and their return loss and free space radiation pattern measurements are carried out. Measured results reflect a good comparison with that of the simulated one.


Concerning the Imperial Japanese land politics in Korea, researchers have not paid attention to the introduction of land certificate system and its significance. The lack of materials may explain such a situation. But, more importantly, it is due to the fact that they approached the relation between the temporary attestation system during the Residency-General's regime and the registration system under the Imperial Japanese rule from the viewpoint of a break, rather than a continuation. In this article I could, on the base of newly discovered materials, elucidate the processes concerning the appearance and disappearance of the land certificate system, which made possible to trace the gradual conversion of Attestation into Certificate and Registration. The attestation system, which was adopted by the Residency-General to assure the Japanese persons' land ownership and mortgage, came to be absorbed into the certificate system. And in May 1909, Land Readjustment Law was enacted requiring land survey to issue land certificates. This law, by prescribing the land owner's declaration and spot presence, issue of land certificate, etc., became the model of the Land Survey Law(August, 1910). Thereafter the Torrens' System, which had been applied mainly to European colonies starting from Australia in 1858, was investigated to issue land certificate. But the Certificate System stopped to work by the Joseon Civil Act(March, 1912) which, invoking the Japanese Civil Law, prescribed the Registration System. Land law system in Korea under the Imperial Japanese rule was a result of duplication which was proceeded in certain time lag. A series of Japanese land law system, that is the purchase attestation under the late shogunate, the land certificate of the early Meiji Reform period, registration in the Terrier(1889), registration of real estates by the Civil Law(1899) predetermined the course that Korean land law system was to follow right after the Residency-General's rule. Such an assimilation of law system led by the Imperial Japanese authorities much lessened the disparity in civilization level between Japan and Korea, but in fact it just meant the acceleration of the latter's colonization.


Phospholipase A2 is the enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of the sn-2 fatty acyl bond of phospholipids, liberating free fatty acids and lysophospholipids. These enzymes are found in mammalian tissues, insects, reptiles, urochordates, invertebrates and echinoderms. Some of the PLA2 are toxic in nature. Venom from snakes and insects is largely composed of melittin, which is a stimulant of PLA2. In this study, Phylogenetic relationship of Phospholipase A2 were compared, tertiary &secondary structures of PLA2 in different species like Apismellifera, Najaatra, Varanusscalaris, Asterinapectinifera, Mesobuthustumulus, Rophilemanomadica were predicted. INTRODUCTION: Phospholipase A2 is commonly found in mammalian tissues as well as in insects, reptiles, urochordates, invertebrates and echinoderms. Venom from both snakes and insects is largely composed of melittin, which is a stimulant of PLA2. Due to the increased presence and activity of PLA2 resulting from a snake or insect bite, arachidonic acid is released from the phospholipid membrane disproportionately. As a result, inflammation and pain occur at the site. The venom of the bee has a very complex mixture of active peptides, enzymes and amines. The Major components of the bee venom are melittin, histamine and phospholipase A2. The effects of bee venom on humoral and cellular immune responses have been tested in different reports. QUICK RESPONSE CODE DOI: 10.13040/IJPSR.0975-8232.6(2).636-44 Article can be accessed online on: www.ijpsr.com DOI link: http://dx.doi.org/10.13040/IJPSR.0975-8232.6(2).636-44 Hadjipetrou-Kourounakis et al (1984) 1 showed that bee venom treatment significantly reduces the number of plaque-forming cells found in the spleens of rats immunized with sheep red blood cells (SRBC's) as well as the splenocytes responses to T cell mitogens.Both suppression and enhancement of immune reactivity was seen using bee venom when assayed on the splenic lymphocytes 2 .Varanid venom was revealedby toxicological analyses to be as complex. Liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry showed that the varanid secretions to be rich in proteins. The varanid PLA2 inhibits the platelet aggregation. Snake venom is highly modified saliva that is produced by special glands of snakes. Snake venom contains many enzymes, proteins and substances with cytotoxic, neurotoxic effects. More than 20 enzymes are found in snake venom and 12 enzymes are common to all venom. Enzyme levels of Viperid and Crotalid venom fall in the range 80 to95% of the dry matter, whereas for


In this essay, the reader receives a presentation of the legal tools, which shareholders in closely held companies could use to ensure that the company is represented according to the rules of the Swedish Company Act. The author, has through its interest in entrepreneurship, small business and start-up ventures wanted to focus on how the shareholders of such closely held companies may use company law in order to achieve effective governance. The purpose of the paper is to show how the preferential representation may be affected by rules in the Articles of Association and the General Meeting as well as by regulation in a shareholder agreement. The law is further analyzed from the perspective of economic efficiency.


Sodium bicarbonate (Bicarb) therapy for metabolic acidosis is a mainstay of current NICU care. Why? Bicarb undoubtedly raises pH -- so what? Specifically, does Bicarb produce any beneficial hemodynamic changes in either the systemic or pulmonary circulations in either healthy or ill organisms?


A linearized translational rate system for near hover flight was optimized on a large motion simulator under the constraints of no disturbances and limited control power. Both lateral and longitudinal modes were considered with the primary variables of investigation being control sensitivity and response stiffness and secondarily system damping. Yaw and height control characteristics were represented by an angular rate and acceleration system, respectively. General regions of desired sensitivity and stiffness for the longitudinal and lateral modes were determined under VFR conditions for both the rapid maneuver task and the station keeping/mild maneuver task.


This chapter presents six articles written by E. Preobrazhensky published in the newspaper Ural'skii rabochii between March and May 1918. In the first article, Preobrazhensky presents the main outlines of the disagreements that took shape in the Party on the question of war and peace. In the second, he examines the motives of those who supported signing the counter-revolutionary peace, and endeavours to demonstrate that, in the existing circumstances, this peace cannot be anything other than counter-revolutionary, both on an international scale and in terms of all its consequences for the Russian Revolution. The third says that for the Soviet authority, signing a peaceful agreement with Germany, and implementing it under the sharp eye of the Hoffmann executioners, will not mean the possibility of salvation, but simply execution by the Greek method. The subsequent articles relate Preobrazhensky's detailed defence of the position in favour of revolutionary war. Keywords:E. Preobrazhensky; Hoffmann executioners; peace; revolutionary war; Russian Revolution; Ural'skii rabochii


Rooted in the earth - a Van Gogh primer Les Donnees Bretonnantes - La preire de representation reactions to Renoir keep changing Van Gogh and Holland - nationalism and modernism cloisonism? don't take the Pissarro - but take the Monet and run! or memoirs of a not so dutiful daughter avant-gardes and partisans reviewed Jackson Pollock, painting and the myth of photography action, revolution and painting footnote one - the idea of the Cold War killing men and dying women - a woman's touch in the cold zone of American painting in the 1950s.


Abstract Fine suspended solids from coal mine drainage were treated in the treating plant, using two different pilot-scale inclinedclarifiers: radial and lamella types. Suspended solids in the mine drainage were monitored along with other geochemicalfactors, and metal contents. Fe and Mn are the main chemical components in the drainage, which exist predominantly astotal metal forms, whereas dissolved portion is negligible. The raw mine drainage is subject to physical and chemicaltreatment using CaCO 3 and NaOH ,therefore the suspended solids are thought to be composed of Fe and Mn precipitates,possibly Fe(OH) 3 , along with carbonate precipitates. The elemental composition of precipitates are confirmed by SEM-EDS analysis. As nearly all the dissolved ions were precipitated in the primary process by CaCO 3 , no further aeration orprolonged oxygenation are of necessity in this plant. Adoption of inclined clarifier proved to be effective in treating finesuspended solids in the current plant. Successful application of the inclined clarifier will also be beneficial to improve thecurrent treating process by excluding the current application of chemical agent in the first stage. The final effluents fromthe pilot plant meet the national standards and the low dissolved Fe and Mn contents are expected not to cause secondaryprecipitation after discharge. Key words :Coal mine drainage, Suspended solids, Fe precipitates, Sand bed, Inclined clarifier


The invention relates to a thermal insulating material for buildings, and in particular relates to a fibre concrete sandwiched thermal insulating decorative plate which comprises a panel, a back plate and a core plate. Holes are correspondingly formed on the panel, the back plate and the core plate; the core plate is bonded between the panel and the back plate; a broken bridge component penetrates through the holes to be fixed in the middle of the core plate; a broken bridge shearing-resistant connecting component is formed by a poured anchor plug and the broken bridge component; and the panel, the back plate and the core plate are fixedly connected into one to form the main body of the thermal insulating decorative plate. A hole-containing hanger is fixed in the main body of the thermal insulating decorative plate; the hanger is sleeved to the broken bridge shearing-resistant connecting component; seals are fixedly attached to the four sides of the main body of the thermal insulatingdecorative plate; and a veneer is fixedly attached to the panel of the thermal insulating decorative plate. The materials used for the fibre concrete sandwiched thermal insulating decorative plate all are incombustible materials, so that the fireproof performance of the thermal insulation system is obviously improved. Besides, the integrated space stress of the plate is scientific, safe and reliable, and the thermal insulation system is prevented from creeping.


Shared leadership sets leaders free from individual monopoly,realizing the theoretical reform from focusing on individuals to depending on collective;and shared leadership theory involves more team members in the decision-making process,providing the organization with more impetus sources.The shared leadership in public organizations means two kinds of power decentralizing,one is to the market,the other to the society.In international affairs,shared leadership reflects in global governance.The conversion from essentialism to pluralism,the transition from unilateralism to the harmonious world theory,and the process of secularization of civic culture would provide impetus to shared leadership.


Background: The androgen testosterone plays a critical role in many aspects of sexual differentiation. Also, it is thought to induce aggressive behaviours or to play a role in social dominance.


A novel statistical method for the retrieval of atmospheric temperature and water vapor profiles has been developed and evaluated with sounding data from the Atmospheric InfraRed Sounder (AIRS) and the Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit (AMSU) on the NASA Aqua satellite and the Infrared Atmospheric Sounding Interferometer (IASI) and AMSU on the EUMETSAT MetOp-A satellite. The present work focuses on the cloud impact on the AIRS and IASI radiances and explores the use of the stochastic cloud clearing methodology together with neural network estimation. A stand-alone statistical algorithm will be presented that operates directly on cloud-impacted AIRS/AMSU and IASI/AMSU data, with no need for a physical cloud clearing process. The performance of this method was evaluated using global (ascending and descending) EOS-Aqua orbits collocated with ECMWF fields for a variety of days throughout 2003, 2004, 2005, and 2006. Over 1,000,000 fields of regard (3×3 arrays of footprints) over ocean and land were used in the study. The method requires significantly less computation than traditional variational retrieval methods, while achieving comparable performance. Retrieval accuracy will be evaluated using ECMWF atmospheric fields as ground truth. The accuracy of the neural network retrieval method will be compared to the accuracy of the AIRS Level 2 (Version 5) retrieval method.


10.1128/JVI.75.17.7840-7847.2001. 2001, 75(17):7840. DOI: J. Virol. Betbeder, Jean-Luc Davignon and Christian Davrinche Céline Jacquier, Nicolas Gibert, Emmanuelle Le Roy, Didier Jocelyn Vaz-Santiago, Jacqueline Lulé, Pierre Rohrlich, Chimeric Protein, IE1-pp65 Donors by Using a Soluble Recombinant Cytomegalovirus-Seropositive Blood Blood Mononuclear Cells of Human T Cells from Peripheral + and CD8 + CD4 Ex Vivo Stimulation and Expansion of both