The word craniofacial is derived from the word cranium, referring to the skull, and facial, referring to the face. Data of craniofacial is needed in many fields (Chong et.al., 2004). Measurement or anthropometric of the surface of the human head and face is necessary to design personal protective items (respirators, eyeglasses, and other head/face gear), identify missing persons in forensic, and help predict growth patterns and evaluate patients in craniomaxillofacial surgery. Anthropometric data of the 'normal range' group (Farkas, 1994) of the population are needed to plan craniofacial reconstruction of malformation patients because the normal data are often used as the correct dimension for surgery. The step to achieve this goal is to build a database containing sets of "normal" craniofacial data which allows for a comparison of the current shape of a patient with a typical "normal" shape which taking such factors as age and sex of the patient into consideration (Brief et.al., 1999). In addition, the normal data are required for the forensic applications.


In this study, eco efficiency analysis is performed to analyze Neodymium (Nd) containing permanent magnet recycling process. Life cycle assessment (LCA) and life cycle costing (LCC) are used to apply eco efficiency analysis. In the environmental aspects, global warming potential (GWP) of 1kg permanent magnet is 1.25E + 00 kg eq. and abiotic resource depletion potential (ADP) is 1.10E - 02 Sb eq. This recycling process costs about 2130 KWR. Environmental efficiency of GWP is at 6.43 and ADP is at 5.32 when compared with vigin metal. Economic efficiency is at 6.74. This study confirms that Nd containing permanent magnet recycling process is sustainable system because of environmental and economical improvement.


In this manuscript, we present a summary and analysis of research papers about microwave heating for microfluidics starting from its beginnings to the most recent publications. We summarize the used technology, frequency, power, and heated volume. Based on the analysis, we draw conclusions of the most employed technology and frequency that achieve the best results with respect to the heating rates.


This report deals with electrical insulation investigation of quasi-stationary high-current relativistic E-beam (REB) injectors (electron energy up to 400 keV, current up to 250 A, and pulse lengths of 250 msec). They were accomplished during REB injectors development and exploitation including regime of REB releasing into the atmosphere.


The Yanqi Basin is a coal-bearing basin in Western China. In order to determine the hydrocarbon generation potential of the Jurassic source rocks in this area, the organic matter composition of coal-measure mudstone, carbonaceous mudstone and coal rocks, the yields of liquid and gaseous hydrocarbons, and the comparison of hydrocarbon sources were studied by means of hydrocarbon-generating thermal simulation experiments. The results showed that the micro-composition of the Jurassic coal rocks in the Yanqi Basin showed the characteristics of rich vitrinite-inertinite and poor chitinite + saprolite components; however, the micro-composition of the mudstone showed the characteristics of poor inertinite and rich vitrinite–chitinite + saprolite components. The Jurassic mudstone has a wide distribution range of hydrogen and oxygen indexes, among which the hydrogen index is distributed between 2 and 266 mg/gTOC, and the oxygen index is distributed between 3 and 183 mg/g TOC. The organic matter in the mudstone belongs to Type II2-III kerogen. The hydrogen index of coal is distributed in the range of 100–300 mg/gTOC, which is obviously larger than that of mudstone. The total liquid hydrocarbon yield of the coal rock is the highest (43.2 mg/gTOC), followed by mudstone (16.4–20.4 mg/gTOC), while that of the carbonaceous mudstone is the lowest (5.36 mg/gTOC). In addition, mudstone has the highest yield of gaseous hydrocarbons, followed by coal, while that of carbonaceous mudstone is the lowest. The oil-source comparison showed that the Jurassic crude oil has a certain affinity with its main source rocks (mudstone, carbonaceous mudstone, and coal). At the same time, the comparison results of steroid and terpene biomarker parameters with crude oil showed that the Middle and Lower Jurassic mudstone, carbonaceous mudstone, and coal rock in this area are all source rocks and the Badaowan Formation mudstone is the main hydrocarbon source.


In order to localize the Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) accurately in the reactor pool of the nuclear power plant, an underwater matching correction navigation algorithm based on geometric features using sonar point cloud data is proposed. At first, an Extended Kalman Filter (EKF) is used to compensate the motion induced distortion after the preprocessing of the sonar point cloud data. Then, the adjacent scanning point cloud data are fitted to be four different straight lines using Hough Transform and least square method. After that, the adjacent straight line is modified based on geometric features to get a standard rectangle. Since the working environment of the ROV is a rectangular shape with all dimensions known, it is used as a priori map. The matching rectangle is then used to compare with the a priori map to calculate the accurate position and orientation of the ROV. The obtained result is then applied as the measurement for the second EKF to obtain better localization accuracy. Experiments have been conducted in man-made water tank which is similar to the reactor pool of the nuclear power plant, and the results successfully verify the effectiveness of the proposed algorithm.


New Physics can show up in various well-known processes already studied in the Standard Model, in particular by modifying decay rates to some extent. In this work I examine leptonic decays of Υ resonances of bottomonium below BB̄ production, subsequent to a magnetic dipole radiative structural transition of the vector resonance yielding a pseudoscalar continuum state, searching for the existence of a light Higgs-like neutral boson that would imply a slight but experimentally measurable breaking of lepton universality. IFIC/02-23 FTUV-02-0617 PACS numbers: 14.80.Cp, 13.25.Gv, 14.80.-j


Information is missing from the Funding section. The correct funding information is as follows: This work was supported by the Qatar Foundation through the Qatar National Research Fund (grant programs NPRP4-640-1-096 and JSREP4-011-1-003) and the Qatar Science Leadership Program. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.


The paper presents the technique of production and characterization of polymer composites based on plasticized PVC and rubber powder from vulcanized nitrile rubber waste. The new polymer composites have lower hardness, higher elongation at break, a better tensile strength, and better ozone resistance, and the blend suitable for irrigations pipes for agricultural use was selected. The selected polymer composites have a good behavior under accelerated aging, repeated flexion at room temperature and at low temperature (−20°C), a very good behavior for immersion in water, concentrated acid and basis, animal fat, soya, and sun flower oil, proving their suitability for gaskets, hoses, protection equipment, rubber footwear, and so forth. The resulted thermoplastic polymer composites can be processed by injection, extrusion, and compression molding.


An incremental but increasingly fast-paced revolution is taking place in our complex world: Automation capabilities of vehicles and development speed are growing, amplified with an even stronger push towards sustainability. As in these progressively more cooperative systems, humans, technical co-systems, organizations, society and environment all play their role to solve complex scenarios, a structured and integrated design is one of the keys to successful cooperation between automated vehicles and humans (as drivers, passengers and road users). This development not only carries risks, but also opens the opportunity to design systems, which are capable of dynamic cooperation instead of merely completing predefined tasks. In this workshop, we provide an introduction to the human systems integration approach to structured interaction design for cooperative vehicles by providing tools and methods needed for a successful design process that integrates and balances the needs of experts, users and other stakeholders.


The software monitoring system measurement of water content in wood using Borland Delphi 7.0 has been fabricated. This software used to display the value of water which content in wood in the form of graph. Besides that, record of
the measured can be saved in database system which connect into Ms. Access. Borland Delphi 7.0 is a windows application which used the language of object pascal. It's content many componen can be used to made a many kinds of
application. The working system of this program is only received data was sent by the microcontroller and displayed the value in a form of graph. In addition, record the measurement results can be stored in a database that is connected with Microsoft Access.


This paper investigates cooperative radio resource management for multiple cognitive radio networks in interference environments. The objective of this research is to manage shared radio resources fairly among multiple non- cooperative cognitive radio networks to optimize the overall performance. We emphasize the underlying predictability of network conditions and promote management solutions tailored to different interference environments. A multi-agent-system- based approach is proposed to achieve information sharing and decision distribution among multiple cognitive radio networks in a distributed manner. We address the distributed constraint optimization problem (DCOP) in cognitive radio networks and study the effectiveness of DCOP algorithms to find the optimal radio resource assignment through communications between distributed agents.


The development of resistance to trastuzumab in HER2‐positive gastroesophageal cancer remains a problem. The use of dual HER2 blockade to overcome this is a therapeutic strategy that should be researched more extensively.


To investigate the involvement of PML and apoptosis in the pathogenesis of aplastic anemia (AA), the expression of PML protein and apoptosis in lymphocytes were measured with western blot and immunofluorescent staining after incubation for 24 hours with serum of healthy individuals (controls, n=10) and of patients with severe AA (SAA, n=10). It was shown that after incubation with serum from SAA patients PML protein was overexpressed in both peripheral lymphocytes from a normal donor and in a B cell line established from cells of the same individual. The normal lymphocytes a greater proportion of cells showed apoptosis after incubation with serum from SAA patients than that of controls, which was correlated to the serum induced expression of PML. In addition, the induction of PML expression and apoptosis in lymphocytes by the serum was partly blocked by caspase 8 inhibitor, whereas no significant difference was found before and after caspase 3 inhibitor being added. These data suggested that some potential components in the serum of SAA patients affected lymphocytes not only upregulate PML protein, but also activate selectively caspase 8, causing apoptosis.


Date approved by Chairman To my parents Acknowledgments I would like to beginby extending my most sincere thanks to my advisor Professor Mary Ann Ingram for her invaluable guidance, inspiration, suggestions, support, and patience throughout this work. Also, I would like to thank those who served on my dissertation defense committee: and other Taiwanese students at Georgia Institute of Technology for the friendship and support. I would express my love and appreciation to my grilfriend, Su-ching Sung. Without her love and support, it would be very diicult for me to nish this journey. Finally, I would like to thank my parents and my family for their endless support through my life.


Theory of linguocultural types, shaped in Volgograd research school, today is successfully developing: there is a great variety of reports related to this problem. Scientific novelty of the paper lies in emphasizing ethno-linguistic type "native bilingual" and in identifying its value characteristics. Among lingvocultural types, this type takes a special place because it is characterized by linguistic uniqueness (ethnic belonging and natural bilingualism). The following official documents served as the material for research: the Universal Declaration of Linguistic Rights; the Constitution of the Russian Federation, etc.


An novel analytical method consisting of flow‐injection sampling and chemiluminescence (CL) detection for determination of anticancer drug hydroxycamptothecinum (HCPT) is described. It is based on the CL reaction of potassium permanganate–formaldehyde‐HCPT system. The formaldehyde‐sensitized CL emission mechanism was proposed for HCPT‐potassium permanganate (KMnO4)‐HCOH systems by comparing the fluorescence emission with CL spectra. Illuminant was the single‐state bimolecular oxygen, 1O21O2(1Δg1Δg), which was from 1O2(1Δg) produced in the reaction system, and emits CL spectra at 639 nm. The presence of formaldehyde can sensitized CL emission, because it may be to accelerate the generation of 1O2 (1Δg). The optimum conditions for CL emission were investigated and optimized. The CL intensity was correlated linearly with concentration of HCPT in the range of 0.010–60.0 mg L−1. The determination limit is 0.006 mg L−1. The relative standard deviation is 1.6% for 11 parallel measurements of 0.20 mg L−1 HCPT standard solution. The proposed method has been applied for the determination of HCPT in pharmaceutical preparations, serum, and urine. The results of the quantitative analysis for HCPT studied using the developed method showed a good agreement with provided by using an official method. J. Clin. Lab. Anal. 21:356–362, 2007. © 2007 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.


The modern university more and more go deep into the social centers,and it is playing an increasingly important impact on the social development.Under the influence of the human capital theory,the responsibility sense of the economic crisis times,as well as the needs and interests of market-driven,its social service functions expanded blindly.However,the functions of the University of social services are restricted;the unrestricted expansion of the University made they lost themselves,lost its original functions.University should serve to the economic,political,scientific and technological services,but should not be commercial,political,and utilitarianism.


Women and children are the fastest growing segment of the homeless population and the United States has more homeless women than any other Industrialized nation (Committee on Health Care for Underserved Women, 2013). Many homeless women experience lifelong trauma and are increasingly at risk for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) (Goodman et al, 1995). Although Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is a gold standard treatment for PTSD, homeless women face a variety of barriers when trying to access this type of care including cost, stigma, and geographic inaccessibility (Dutton et al, 2013). Mindfulness may be a good treatment alternative because once learned it can be used in a variety of circumstances regardless of whether homeless women have access to housing, health insurance, mental health treatment, or income. The overall goal of this capstone was to develop a brief trauma-informed mindfulness intervention for PTSD that is tailored specifically for homeless women who have been and continue to be exposed to trauma. The development of the intervention was based on a comprehensive review of the literature, validated by a professional expert panel and a group of homeless women and piloted at the Tillary Street Women's Shelter. In addition, a brief interview developed by the author and Dr. Joan Kearney was used with all shelter residents to further inform and refine the intervention. Running head: Trauma Informed Brief Mindfulness Training 3 TABLE OF CONTENT Chapter


The process of direct reducing smelting by electric furnace was adopted to extract ferronickel from laterite.The effect of reductant(coke) and flux(limestone) ratio on nickel grade in ferrous-nickel alloy and metal recovery were studied,effect and mechanism of slag component on sulphur and phosphorus distribution ratio(LS,LP) were analyzed.Comprehensively considered nickel grade and metal recovery,determined the optimum coke proportion was 11% and the optimum flux proportion is 11%.Under the optimal smelting conditions,nickel recovery was 97.6% and nickel grade was 22.8%,LS,LP was 0.024,0.145 respectively.


Multi-level Inverter (MLI) has higher voltage and larger power handling capability along with low Total Harmonic Distortion (THD) compared to a two-level inverter. Neutral Point Clamped (NPC) and Flying Capacitor (FC) based MLIs are the popular ones among the various MLI topologies. Combining the features of NPC and FC based MLIs, an Active NPC Inverter (ANPCI) is proposed in the literature. This paper presents the operation and control of a Single-Phase Five-Level ANPCI (1P-5L-ANPCI) in stand-alone mode. Two different Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) techniques, viz., Alternate Phase Opposite Disposition (APOD) and Phase Disposition and Shifting (PDS) are explained for the IP-5L-ANPCI and their performance is compared. An algorithm for FC voltage balancing and Neutral Point Potential (NPP) balancing is incorporated in the PWM control. The closed-loop control of the inverter is performed in Synchronous Reference Frame. The stationary frame signals are transformed to synchronously rotating dq reference frame using a Modified Second Order Generalized Integrator (MSOGI) that is capable of rejecting DC offset in the measured signals. The performance of the converter is verified using PSCAD/EMTDC both in open-loop and closed-loop. The results are presented for R-load, RL-load and step changes in the DC-link voltage, reference load voltage and load. The results also verify the effectiveness of the FC voltage balancing and NPP balancing algorithm.


Given the wealth of literature on appearance manipulation generally, it is, perhaps, surprising that cosmetic usage receives so little empirical attention, and perhaps reflects a patriarchal approach to "appropriate" research areas. Incorporating a postfeminist approach, the current study aims to address, in part, this lacuna by providing a contemporary synopsis of the various and diverse motivations for cosmetic usage. Online, written responses to a semi-structured questionnaire were collected. In response to six broad questions, for example, "Why do you currently use cosmetics?", respondents were encouraged to write, in as much detail as they liked, on their motivations for using cosmetics. Thematic analysis, using deductive and inductive approaches, revealed four main themes: "Multiple selves"—Conformity, Impression Management, and Judgment; Enhancement and Confidence; Fun, Creativity and Well-being; and Signification and Identity. Whilst some of these themes had been anticipated and, indeed, sign-posted in prior literature, the weight of interest in particular areas was unexpected (e.g., in terms of Fun, Creativity, and Well-being), whilst other areas did not receive the expected attention (e.g., in mate attraction). Additionally, and worthy of future research, entirely new areas also emerged (e.g., cosmetics for fun and creativity).


In this Progress in Human Geography annual lecture I reflect on geographical contributions to academic and policy debates about how we might forge civic culture out of difference. In doing so I begin by tracing a set of disparate geographical writings — about the micro-publics of everyday life, cosmopolitanism hospitality, and new urban citizenship — that have sought to understand the role of shared space in providing the opportunity for encounter between `strangers'. This literature is considered in the light of an older tradition of work about `the contact hypothesis' from psychology. Then, employing original empirical material, I critically reflect on the notion of `meaningful contact' to explore the paradoxical gap that emerges in geographies of encounter between values and practices. In the conclusion I argue for the need for geographers to pay more attention to sociospatial inequalities and the insecurities they breed, and to unpacking the complex and intersecting ways in which power operates.


Highway builders and rehabilitators throughout the United States use asphalt plug joints (APJs) in bridge expansion joints according to manufacturers' recommendations. Joint performance varies widely, as indicated in recent surveys. State departments of transportation are installing joints in unsuitable sites or are overlooking other sites where APJs may work well. Rational design guidelines for APJs have been developed. The research suggests suitable applications, material characterization, design guidelines, and validation procedures. Two critical material properties are required to qualify APJ material: relaxation and glass-transition temperature. Both properties may be obtained by using a slight modification of the AASHTO standard thermal specimen, restrained specimen asphalt test. This modified standard test was conducted, and the results were compared with those of the near-full-scale test. Design guidelines are based on field observations, material tests, near-full-scale testing, analytical evaluations, and a survey of the experiences of state departments of transportation. Design recommendations are provided, and joint design changes are proposed to help mitigate the present shortcomings.


It is well‐known from the literature that locational externalities influence the price formation of residential property. This effect is usually studied empirically with the hedonic price models, by including various neighbourhood and proximity variables in the model. These regression based techniques have, however, been criticised for a number of reasons. The arguments pertain partly to technical issues such as model flexibility, functional discontinuity and nonlinearity, and data quality, and partly to more fundamental problems regarding the nature of the value formation process. The criticism has attracted experiments with new modelling approaches, each of which adds something substantial to the hedonic approach. The study comprises two parts: it first highlights the rationale behind each broad approach composed of specific modelling techniques currently available, and then demonstrates an improvement of the demand side analysis by applying the analytic hierarchy process. This method enables quantification of qualitative expert judgements, and may lead to conclusions that go beyond the purely economic value framework.


The efficiency of water purification by two different mollusks was determined under same algae biomass in 24 hours.The results indicated that there were twice higher elimination efficiency of suspended substances in Cristaria plicata than that in Bithynia fuchsiana,but Bithynia fuchsiana had as twice high elimination efficiency of chlorophyll-a as Cristaria plicata after 24 hours cultivation.


ions more difficult than those represented in a typilcal course of study for eighth grade pupils, that the large majority of high-school graduates are drawn from the best 25 per cent. of the population, and that the typical university graduate ranks in intellectual endowment wvell within the top 10 per cent. K is stupid only by contrast. Only occasionally does an individual of his moderate ability manage to graduate from high school or enter college. Only an exceptional combination of dogged persistence and parental encouragement or other favoring circumstances can accomplish it. But the introduction of intelligence tests is sh,owing that the majority of colleges and universities do unknowingly enroll a few students of K's intellectual caliber. How this happens and how it may be p,revented are questions with which w-e are


This paper attempts to identify the segmentation of online consumers during the purchases and difficulties faced were identified in the study. The online consumers were segmented based on their personalities and life styles can be understood through their behaviour which may differ in product preferences and their way of choosing products. Data were collected from 205 samples from Coimbatore city in which respondents who have purchased online were taken for the study to find out their personalities, values and life styles. The results show that the significance of online segmentation of consumers can further understand the internet market to a greater level and can target the online consumers to a greatest extent.


This article based automotive brand 2004–2010 crisis. It was using the gray correlation analysis method to qualitative analysis of internal and external factors about the crisis caused by the Auto manufacturing enterprise brand and to calculate the correlation of Auto manufacturing enterprise brand crises, as well as, the associated discharge order. It provides guidance and reference to prevent Auto manufacturing enterprise brand crises.


List of figures and tables Acknowledgments Glossary Abbreviations and conventions 1. The criminal law in early modern England 2. The setting 3. Judicial power and cooperation in eastern Sussex 4. From crime to criminal accusation 5. From accusation to indictment 6. From indictment to conviction 7. Becoming a criminal 8. The common peace Appendixes Bibliography Index.


In this paper, the effects of chamfer dimension at the Lundbergs profile needle roller end and the grinding undercut of raceway on the pressure distribution, which are used in the oscillatory applications, are discussed. The frame of numerical method for the crown drop evaluation considered these two effects is presented, which makes it possible to profile the needle rollers axially until the longitudinal pressure distribution is neither any edge effects nor high-pressure concentration at the center part of contacts. And the crown drop designed by this method is larger than that by Lundbergs theory. The comparison results of accelerated rolling contact fatigue experiment show that the width of grinding undercut and radius of the chamfer must be considered in determining the crown drop of the needle rollers.


Mirikizumab (miri), an anti-IL-23p19 monoclonal antibody, demonstrated efficacy and was well-tolerated in a phase 2 randomised clinical trial in patients with moderate-to-severe ulcerative colitis (UC; NCT02589665). After 12 weeks (W) of treatment, miri was shown to down-regulate several transcripts correlated with increased UC disease activity as well as anti-TNF resistance. Here we show W52 gene expression analysis from the induction responder cohort at W12 for both miri and PBO treated patient biopsy samples to identify sustained changes in gene expression.

 Miri-treated patients who achieved clinical response (decrease in 9-point Mayo subscore [rectal bleeding, stool frequency, endoscopy] of ≥2 points and ≥35% from baseline [BL] with either a decrease of RB subscore of ≥1 or an RB subscore of 0 or 1) or better at W12 were re-randomised to miri 200 mg administered subcutaneously (SQ) every 4 weeks or every 12 weeks through W52. Patients given placebo (PBO) in induction who achieved clinical response continued on PBO in the maintenance period. Colonic biopsies were obtained at W0, 12, and 52 from the most affected area at least 30 cm from the anal verge (miri N=31, PBO N=7). Transcript changes at W12 from BL in the PBO and miri arms were clustered into differentially expressed genes (DEGs) using the Bayesian Limma R-package. Among these DEGs, similarly expressed genes (SEGs) were identified as those which maintained their W12 expression level through W52.

 Analysis of transcript changes in W12 responders who continued to maintenance identified a profile of DEG-SEGs in responders (Fig 1A). Of these genes, 63 (70.8%) were present only in miri responders, 5 (5.6%) were present only in PBO responders, and 21 (23.6%) were present in both groups (Fig 1B, C). The magnitude of transcript changes was greater at W12, and more consistent through W52, in the group of miri responders compared to PBO responders (Fig 2). A separate cluster of DEG-SEGs correlated with to disease activity indeces (Robarts Histopathology Index [RHI], modified Mayo; both r>0.5) were shown to be sustained in the miri treated patients but not in the placebo patients.

 In this limited sample of W12 PBO and miri responders, miri responders showed broader, larger, and more sustained magnitude of changes at W52 compared to PBO responders. The qualitative description of transcripts suggests a distinct molecular healing pathway associated with miri treatment, as compared to the spontaneous healing that occurred in PBO responders. A cluster of transcripts that correlated with disease activity indices was identified, demonstrating consistency across molecular, endoscopic and clinical indices of healing in UC.


Social Cohesion, Social Inequalities and Health. A Comparison of Neo- Durkheimians, Neo-Weberians and Neo-Marxians Approaches - The aim of the article is to introduce a wide bibliography in the field of social epidemiology concerning the social determinants of health in developed societies. The key point is about the role that the concept of social cohesion held inside the research program of Richard Wilkinson, the main author of the neo-durkheimian approach to the socio-economic determinants of health. Wilkinson, analysing a huge amount of data from several international surveys, suggests a causal relation between level of income distribution, degree of social cohesion and health status of a population. This relationship is consistent with a variety of indicators: life expectation, death rate, specific death rates, infant mortality, etc. To Wilkinson, the more egalitarian societies (societies with less income inequalities and with high level of social cohesion) are the one that show the higher levels of healthy population. Bassi analyses the works of the authors that criticize the neo-durkheimian approach and that adopt neo-marxian or neo-weberian approaches. The former give a central role to the social stratification e to class differences, the latter giving emphasis to the socio-economic status and the self-perception of personal well-being. Finally, the Author presents the researches of those scholars that follow Wilkinson's analyses with the intention to improve it and to add new variables in the process of explanation. Keywords: social cohesion; social inequalities; health; social theory.


Pylopagurops is lemaitrei, new species, is described from French Polynesia. It closely resembles P. lewinsohni McLaughlin & Haig, 1989, in having three longitudinal sulci on the lateral face of the propodus of the right third pereopod. The new species is eas ily distinguished from the latter by the coloration and morphology of the che- lipeds, ambulatory pereopods and tel- son. Coloration of the chelipeds and ambulatory pereopods of the new species is very similar to that of P. kei jii McLaughlin & Haig, 1989. However, coloration of the ocular peduncles and antennas and morphology of the right third pereopod separate the new species from P. keijii.


The use of a series resonant circuit for the measurement of the resistance of coils and capacitors at high frequencies is discussed. The circuit is tuned with the unknown in circuit and with it removed, introducing sufficient resistance to keep the current constant. From the condition of constant current, and the circuit constants, the constants of the unknown are derived. The derivation of the expression for the resistance of a capacitor involves certain assumptions which are shown to be justified for frequencies at which coils and capacitors are now generally used. Sources of error are pointed out and discussed. In the measurement of resistances of the order of two ohms and larger, the precision of the method is of the order of one per cent. A change of circuit resistance of approximately 0.02 ohm can be measured.


Hippocrates: a) recognized natural causes for disease and eliminated superstition and deities as potential origins, b) was a master of careful observation, comparison, prognosis and prediction and c) was very cautious and prudent with therapeutic intervention, is widely agreed upon. These gentle ideals form the basis of the Hip-pocratic Oath which is undoubtedly the most famous masterpiece of moral and ethical beauty in medicine. Although we must point out the irony in that the Oath was taken in the name of mythological deities (Apollo and As-clepius, Hygieia and Panacea). Further, to avoid over-ro-manticizing, in my opinion and if I were to give a frank assessment, the Hippocratic collection as a whole is con-voluted, in places self-contradictory and on occasion inaccurate. Nevertheless, as is explored in this essay, apart from the Hippocratic Oath, there are medical gems that can be distilled from the Hippocratic works that remain relevant. The Hippocratic Corpus (Corpus Hippocraticum) consists of approximately 70 treatises and given the time span of the collection (between 100 and 300 are thought to separate the early treatises from the later works) we may be certain that more than one author is responsible [3]. For this reason the Corpus has been viewed as a Hippocratic collection rather than works produced exclusively by Hip-pocrates. The treatises have been the subject of extensive analyses, translation and annotation most notably by Galen. A more recent and quite well known translation is that of Émile Littré in the 19th century and here we rely predominantly on the translation and thoughts of William Henry Samuel Jones who produced a series of Volumes for the Loeb Classical Library in the 1920s and 30s [3-5]. To align with the 2 nd Medical Olympiad held in 2013 in Thes-saloniki, Greece, this work was inspired by a lecture and accompanying limited edition manuscript distributed by Prof. Ph. Grammaticos entitled "Neohippocratic Medicine", who has also co-authored a related review recently [6]. In the present essay no attempt is made to reanalyse the works of professional historical scholars, including those from the Loeb Classical Library in relation to, a) ac-Abstract At a time when superstition and deities were thought to be responsible for health and disease, Hippocrates of Kos emerged as a rational thinker assigning disease to natural causes. His insights, which principally arose from what may be considered almost compulsive examination and comparison , formed the basis of Hippocratic Medicine. There are …


A mathematical model for meso-structured perovskite solar cells is derived and calibrated towards measured intensity dependent current-voltage characteristics. This steady-state device model describes the transport of free carriers, carrier recombination and optical generation. The optical part considers internal transmission, reflection, and absorption of light, using a transfer matrix approach. The carrier recombination in the form of radiative, Auger and Shockley-Read-Hall mechanisms is accounted for inside the perovskite capping layer, as well as interfacial recombination between the perovskite and electron/hole-transporting layers. After calibration by best-fitting the unknown parameters towards intensity dependent current-voltage measurements of an in-house fabricated meso-structured perovskite solar cell, we identify the dominant recombination mechanisms and their locations inside the cell. A subsequent loss analysis indicates that, in our fabricated solar cell, the interfacial recombination betwee...


ABSTRACT Since the 1980s, Japanese dancers have won top prizes at some of the most demanding international dance competitions, and several have been promoted to the top ranks of major dance companies around the world. In this article, I explore the interplay between Japanese dancers and Western centers of dance, focusing on the paths and decisions dancers took as they went abroad to further their careers. As part of this movement, Japanese dancers are sometimes identified as such though their numbers have grown and they have become part of a globalized dance scene. At the same time, the paper explores the relationship between the development of a bodily habitus necessary to become a dancer and the artistry involved in communicating a message or emotion through the body. I argue that dancers understand their movement and growth as artists in relationship to their technique and artistry.


In a previous paper (Fujita, 1955), the author found that the percentage of spontaneous alternation in a T-maze with the reward at both ends decreased as the period of food deprivation increased. From this result and other related facts, the author concluded that the reinforcement seemed to be the cause of this repetition tendency. However, there is another possibility that food deprivation itself might have decreased the percent alternation. Hence the same experiment under the non-rewared condition remained to be performed to check the effect of reinforcement on alternation.Moreover, the author's paper was followed by several experiments and theories on the relationship between alternation and reinforcement, among which two (Fowler, et al, 1959; Thompson, 1960) agreed with, and two (Iwahara, 1956; Walker, 1956) opposed to the author's result.From above reasons, the main porpose of the present experiment was to find the effect of food deprivation and reward on alternation behavior to add another datum on this problem. The effect of the intertrial interval was tested too.Seventy-two rats were subjected to the following feeding and experimental schedule of five weeks. The first week was the five days of the continuous satiated period and two days of the continuous deprivated period. The same feeding schedule was repeated in the second week, and then the rat were randomly divided into three equal groups (Gr. I, II and III).On the third week, while the feeding schedule was the same as before, the test of alternation began. The Gr. I was tested on the last day of the satiation period, i.e., 0 hour of food deprivation. For the Gr. II and Gr. III, the test were after the deprivation of 24hr and 48hr, respectively. Half the Ss of each of these groups were given the food reward in both goalboxes, and half were not given. Each S runs 11 successive free choice trials per test. This schedule continued for the 4th and 5th week. Three kinds of inter-trial intervals, i.e., 0, 60 and 300sec, were used for all rats in different orders on three weekly tests.It was found that a) under non-rewarded condition, there was a tendency to increase the percent alternation with an increment of the hours of food deprivation. This tendency, however, was not significant. b) Under rewarded condition, an increment of hours of deprivation significantly decreased the frequency of the spontaneous alternation as found in the previous experiment. c) Compared with the non-rewarded condition, reward significantly decreased the percent alternation in the group of 48hr food deprivation, d) The longer the inter-trial intervals, the lower was the percent alternation in all conditions. e) The running time was significantly decreased by the increment of the hours of food deprivation in both the rewarded and non-rewarded conditions.From above results, an increment of food deprivation itself did not seemed to be the cause of the decrement of the alternation, but the interaction with the presence of reward seemed to be more determinative factor on this phenomena.


Case Study of French Creole Lexical Retentions in Beausejour, Diego Martin, Trinidad July Joseph The University of the West Indies French Creole studies in Trinidad have attempted to explain the grammatical features. Different scholars have variously focused on the syntactic, morphological and phonological features of French Creole such as Goodman (1958). Even though, there have been attempts to create a table glossary of French Creole lexical items, there has been no attempt to explain the distribution and use of these lexical items in Trinidad. Additionally, there have been some studies that have focused on the language revitalization such as the factors necessary for the possible revival of the language, Ferreira and Holbrook (2002). While these studies are stimulating, they tend to focus on areas where French Creole is currently spoken. Still it is necessary to explore the idea of language revitalization in those areas where French Creole is not spoken as it is crucial to garner the support of the entire community. In this study, we would like to use a table glossary to describe the use and retention of French Creole terms in a non-French Creole speaking community. Additionally, their language attitudes will be explored and the implications this may have on any possible language planning initiatives aimed at the revitalization of French Creole in Trinidad. Once the language of Diego Martin, French Creole has largely been displaced. This is evidenced in other areas where French Creole is currently speaking. The number of French Creole speakers has decreased and continues to do so due mainly to the social mobility afforded to English. Furthermore, French Creole was once the language of many different domains, from


Quantification of the residual nuclear material remaining in process equipment has long been a challenge to those who work with nuclear material accounting systems. Fortunately, nuclear material has spontaneous radiation emissions that can be measured. If gamma-ray measurements can be made, it is easy to determine what isotope a deposit contains. Unfortunately, it can be quite difficult to relate this measured signal to an estimate of the mass of the nuclear deposit. Typically, the measurement expert must work with incomplete or inadequate information to determine a quantitative result. Simplified analysis models, the distribution of the nuclear material, any intervening attenuation, background(s), and the source-to-detector distance(s) can have significant impacts on the quantitative result. This presentation discusses the application of a generalized-geometry holdup model to the low-enriched uranium fuel pellet fabrication plant in Ust-Kamenogorsk, Kazakhstan. Preliminary results will be presented. Software tools have been developed to assist the facility operators in performing and documenting the measurements. Operator feedback has been used to improve the user interfaces.


Objectives: To determine symptomatology, clinical class, and topographic patterns of varicose veins in a consecutive series of patients with venous complaints. Methods: We performed clinical examination and duplex scanning of 498 lower limbs in 317 patients with obvious varicose veins for whom no previous treatment had been undertaken. Results: Classes of chronic venous insufficiency (CVI) in 498 legs: grade 0: 117 (23.5%); gr 1: 310 (62.2%); gr 2: 47 (9.4%); gr 3: 24 (4.8%). Duplex-detected venous reflux was found in the greater saphenous vein territory (junction or trunk or related perforator or main tributary) in 423 limbs (85.3%) the sapheno-femoral junction was incompetent in only 342 legs (68.7%). Reflux was found in the lesser saphenous vein territory in 100 limbs (20.1%) and in sapheno-popliteal junction in 92 (18.5%). Strictly non saphenous origin of varicosities was found in 31 limbs (6.2%). Deep venous incompetence was found in 48 legs (9.6%). Conclusions: These findings yield data on the distribution and occurence of lower limbs venous lesions in patients with varicose disease.


Sir Francis Galton was the first scientist to study heredity and human behavior systematically. The term "genetics" did not even appear until 1909, but the study of heredity always has been at its core, the study of biological variations. Fluman behavioral genetics, a relatively new field, seeks to understand both the genetic and environmental contributions to individual variations in human behavior. Generally the question comes in our mind that do we inherit our behavior? Or does it depend on our upbringing? There is little doubt that genes do have some influence on our personality. But how much? Research to find out how our genes influence our behavior is complex and controversial. There are concerns both about the science itself and the potential applications. Researchers such as Peter J. Bowler, William Bateson, Moore & John, Carey and many more in the field of behavioral genetics have asserted claims for a genetic basis of numerous physical behaviors, including homosexuality, aggression, impulsivity, and nurturing. A growing scientific and popular focus on genes and behavior has contributed to a resurgence of behavioral genetic determinism-the belief that genetics is the major factor in determining behavior. No single gene determines a particular behavior. Behaviors are complex traits involving multiple genes that are affected by a variety of other factors. In other words, scientists assure us, that before we are bom our fate has been predetermined, not by God but by our genetic make-up. Nonetheless, the debate flares a new idea after every few years, reigniting in response to genetic analyses of traits such as intelligence, criminality, or homosexuality, characteristics freighted with social, political, and legal meaning. This fact often gets overlooked in media reports hyping scientific breakthroughs on gene function, and, unfortunately, this can be very misleading to the public. It has long been observed that certain human behavioral characteristics tend to "run in families," but these characteristics might be caused by either genes or environments, or some combinations of the two. For much of this century, some investigators have attempted to demonstrate and quantify genetic contributions to human cognition and behavior, most notably l.Q. by examining identical twins and applying questionable interpretations. More recently, some researchers have taken advantage of new techniques for manipulation of DNAto attempt to locate individual genes that either determine or convey a propensity to behavioral characteristics. The appropriate statistical methods for concluding that there is genuine linkage to a complex human characteristic are a matter of considerable debate within the field. In order to calculate the probability of linkage to a complex human trait, researchers have usually proposed a "model" for genetic transmission of the trait which includes values of several parameters that cannot be measured independently. These parameters include the frequency of occurrence of each form of the gene of interest and the probability that a person carrying the gene will in fact exhibit the trait (this probability is often less than 100%, even when a single gene is linked to the trait). Researchers estimated or assumed values for these parameters in the families they studied. The calculated probability of linkage, as well as its interpretation, depends importantly on the validity of these assumptions. Scientists assure us that our DNA explains why some of us become political leaders, entrepreneurs, liberals, or conservatives. Our genetics is even supposed to explain whether we will spend our lives being happy or miserable. Thus, genes are just one factor-not the only factor-in our careers. Our fate is not predetermined by our heredity. It's not as if we are destined from birth to be limited to one career over another or to start a business or not. But we're more likely to be successful in certain fields or certain roles than in others - due to our genes. …


The inelastic neutron scattering spectrum of dodecatungstophosphoric acid hexahydrate shows the presence of at least one type of H5O2+ ion, and most of the normal co-ordinates of a near-planar H5O2+ ion can be fitted to the observed spectrum, except that in the spectral region of the terminal HOH deformations, there is disagreement between the observed and calculated profiles; this is taken as evidence of disorder of the oxygen atoms about the planar positions.


An embodiment of the present invention is a method that includes the steps of: incorporating at least one light source in an upper part of a shoe, wherein the at least one light source that comprises at least a light emitting source that is capable of illuminating, wherein the shoe comprises: 1) the upper part, 2) at least one bonding strip, and 3) a shoe bottom sole part, assembling at least the upper part with the at least one bonding strip and the shoe bottom sole part to form an assembled unit; and c) applying sufficient heat to vulcanize the assembled unit so as to result in securing the upper part to the at least one bonding strip and the shoe bottom sole part to form the shoe having the at least one light source that is capable of illuminating.


I need a thought translator! It can be so challenging and time-consuming to decipher what my husband, kids, and patients are actually trying to tell me.


THE INTERDEPENDENCE OF PRECISE GROUND SURVEYING, AERIAL TARGETING, AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY, ANALYTICAL AERIAL TRIANGULATION, AND MAP COMPILATION ARE DEPICTED IN REPORTING THE RESULTS OF AN 83-MILE, CONTINUOUS, LARGE-SCALE MAPPING PROJECT. THIS PROJECT WOULD HAVE BEEN CONSIDERED IMPOSSIBLE WITHOUT THE IMPLEMENTATION OF AERIAL PHOTOGRAMMETRY, SPECIFICALLY WITHOUT THE AID OF AERIAL TRIANGULATION. THE OPERATIONS PERFORMED FROM PROJECT INCEPTION TO THE COMPLETED MAP MANUSCRIPT INCLUDE SURVEYING PROCEDURES, TARGETING, COMPARATOR OPERATIONS, AND MAP COMPILATION. THE WORK WAS PERFORMED ON A PRODUCTION BASIS AND NOT AS A RESEARCH PROJECT. /PE/


Review(s) of: Teaching and Learning High School Mathematics, by C. E. Beckmann, D. R. Thompson and R. N. Rubenstein John Wiley and Sons, Hoboken NJ, 2010 Soft cover, 531 pp. ISBN 978-0-470-45450-3.


We measure the clustering of quasars of the final data release (DR16) of the extended Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey (eBOSS). The sample contains $343\,708$ quasars between redshifts $0.8\leq z \leq 2.2$ and covers $4699\,\mathrm{deg}^2$. We calculate the even Legendre multipoles (up to $\ell=4$) of the anisotropic power spectrum at the effective redshift $z_{\rm eff}=1.480$ and perform a BAO and a Full-Shape (FS) analysis. For both measurements, the errors quoted are dominated by statistics and include systematic errors that amounts to one third of the statistical error. For the BAO analysis, we measure the transverse comoving distance $\dmr{} = 30.60\pm{0.90}$ and the Hubble distance $\dhr{} = 13.34\pm{0.60}$. This measurement is in agreement with the analysis performed in configuration space and the consensus analysis yields: $\dmr{} = 30.69\pm{0.80}$ and $\dhr{} = 13.26\pm{0.55}$. In the FS analysis, we fit the power spectrum in the range $k=[0.02,0.30]\hMpc{}$ using a model based on Regularised Perturbation Theory, that includes Redshift Space Distorsions (RSD) and the Alcock-Paczynski effect. The results for this analysis are $\dmr{} = 30.68\pm{0.90}$ and $\dhr{} = 13.52\pm{0.51}$ and we constrain the linear growth rate of structure $\fse{} = 0.476\pm{0.047}$. Our results are in agreement with the configuration space analysis. The consensus analysis of the eBOSS quasar sample yields: $\dmr{} = 30.21\pm{0.79}$, $\dhr{} = 13.23\pm{0.47}$ and $\fse{} = 0.462\pm{0.045}$ and is in agreement with a flat $\Lambda {\rm CDM}$ cosmological model using Planck results.


Sea surface temperature (SST) and salinity (SSS) are essential variables at the ocean and atmosphere interface when considering risk factors for disease in farmed and wild fish stocks. Ecological research has witnessed a recent trend in use of digital and satellite technologies, including remote-sensing tools. We explored spatial coverage of remotely-sensed SST and SSS data and compared them with in situ measurements of water temperatures and salinity, which led to suggested adjustments to the remotely-sensed data for its use in aquaculture research. The in situ data were from farms and wild surveillance sites in coastal British Columbia, Canada, from 2003 to 2016. Concurrent SST and SSS values were extracted from remotely-sensed products and compared with 20,513 and 20,038 in situ records for water temperature and salinity, respectively, from 232 different sites. Among nine SST products evaluated, the UKMO OSTIA SST (UK Meteorological Office) had the highest retrieval, and highest concordance correlation coefficient (0.86), highest index of agreement (0.93), fewest missing values, and smallest mean and SD values for bias, when compared to in situ measurements. A mixed linear regression model with UKMO OSTIA SST as the predictor for in situ measurements estimated an adjustment coefficient of 0.89 °C for UKMO OSTIA SST. None of the three SSS products evaluated provided appropriate corresponding values for in situ sites, suggesting that spatial coverage for the study area is currently lacking. This study demonstrates that, among SST products, UKMO OSTIA SST is currently best suited for aquaculture studies in coastal BC. The near real-time availability of these data with the estimated adjustment would allow their use in forecast models, surveillance of pathogens, and the creation of risk maps.


Hypersomnia or excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS) is a sleep disorder in which the person has difficulty staying awake during the day, but it is not due to insufficient sleep (sleep deprivation), disturbed nocturnal sleep, insomnia, circadian rhythm disorders, sleep-related breathing (sleep apnoea) disorders or medical issues. Hypersomnia could be considered as one of the major signs of neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder (NMOSD), a unifying term of neuromyelitis optica and related syndromes. It is a relapsing inflammatory demyelinating disease that most commonly affects the optic nerves and the spinal cord and may also target other parts of the brain, especially the brainstem and the hypothalamus, causing signs and symptoms such as severe and persistent vomiting and hiccups, or sleeping and eating disorders. This disease could be confirmed by the detection of a sensitive and highly specific serum auto-antibody, anti-aquaporin-4 immunoglobulin G. We report the case of a female patient experiencing isolated excessive sleepiness and whose clinical and laboratory investigations revealed NMOSD. The patient was a 45-year-old woman, without any previous medical complaints, who had been suffering from EDS for 15 days. The patient's score on the Epworth sleepiness scale was at 21, but otherwise she was clinically asymptomatic: motor and sensory functions were intact, reflexes were present and symmetrical, cranial nerves as well as visual acuity, coordination and gait were all normal. An electroencephalogram showed diffuse slow brain activity. Brain magnetic resonance imaging revealed bilateral hypothalamic lesions (Fig. 1) without optic nerve damage, while spinal cord magnetic resonance imaging was normal. Cerebrospinal fluid analysis showed a cell count of 10/mm, mostly lymphocytes, without protein or glucose abnormality. Routine laboratory investigations


The major protonation sites of six cardiotonic isomeric 2‐aryl‐n‐methoxy‐1H‐imidazo[4,5‐b]‐ and ‐[4,5‐c]‐pyridines (n = 4–7) were determined by 1H and 13C NMR methods. All the 1H‐imidazo[4,5‐c]pyridines and the 7‐methoxy derivative of sulmazole were found to protonate at the pyridyl nitrogen. Protonation occurred at the imidazo nitrogen, however, for the 5‐ and 6‐methoxy derivatives of sulmazole.


All contracts for beef and lamb (an example is shown in Table 5.12.1), irrespective of carcass type (fatness and conformation) or weight, contain conditions other than those relating to price which need consideration when making comparisons. These conditions can be as important in determining producer net returns as to how well his slaughter profile matches a contract in terms of weight, fatness and conformation. These conditions reflect the particular circumstances of the purchaser and often introduce benefits unique to him.


Wireless sensor networks (WSNs) have become a highly active research area because of their potential of providing diverse services to a broad range of applications. The explosive growth of applications for the current and emerging user services creates a number of issues in WSNs. Emerging technologies and application services have posed various challenges to both academic and industry people, especially for the development of efficiency, scalability, and reliability in WSNs. These challengesmotivate us to design and develop new protocols, architectures, and services for futureWSNs. The goal of this special issue is to publish both state-of-the-art and prospective papers that present advances towards the performance enhancement of WSNs. The call for papers for this special issue attracted 15 submissions from different areas and countries covering a wide range of topics in the field of WSN. Each paper was carefully evaluated by at least two reviewers. This careful evaluation process has allowed us to select four high quality research papers. We strongly believe that the selected papers will make a significant contribution to researchers, practitioners, and students working in this field. The first paper, 'Secured Flooding Time Synchronization Protocol with Moderator' by Ding-Jie Huang et al., addresses the security vulnerability of the flooding time synchronization protocol (FTSP) and proposes several technologies to reinforce the structure of FTSP. Simulation results show that, by combining the root selection mechanism with the global time blacklist filter, the proposed mechanisms successfully defend against traitor attacks on FTSP. The second paper, 'On The Impact of Temperature on Path Selection for Wireless Ad-hoc Sensor Networks' by Chih-Cheng Tseng et al., takes the impacts of the temperature on the utilization of battery of mobile nodes into the problem of selecting paths in wireless ad hoc sensor networks. To address this issue, the authors propose a three-step systematic method to calculate the battery's utilization under different temperature of a mobile node's battery. Simulation results show that the battery's temperature is critical to the lifetime of ad hoc sensor networks if we let the method be applied to the power-aware source routing algorithm and the maximum path lifetime routing algorithm. The third paper, 'Performance Analysis of S-MAC Protocol' by Li-Wei Chang et al., investigates the design of energy-efficient medium access control (MAC) protocol for WSN. In this paper, the performance of the proposed sensor-MAC (S-MAC) is mathematically analyzed and verified by conducting extensive simulations. In addition, as compared with the conventional carrier sense multiple access/collision avoidance protocol, the simulation results show that the S-MAC protocol performs better in terms of power consumption, delay, and collision rate. Sensor nodes are usually unevenly distributed in real situations. Efficient spatial index is essential for querying spatial sensor nodes in the context of smart city. In this setting, R-tree and its variants may cause large overlap and coverage among branch nodes, which impact the query efficiency greatly. Hence, the last paper, 'Skewness-aware Clustering Tree for Unevenly Distributed Spatial Sensor Nodes in Smart City' by Jine Tang et al., proposes a novel skewness-aware clustering tree (SWC-tree) that uses the clustering method to construct an index tree for spatial sensor nodes in the skewed distribution. Experimental results show that the SWC-tree has a better index performance than that of the traditional R-tree, especially when sensor nodes are unevenly distributed.


Dysmenorrhea is a common gynecological complaint among adolescent girls and women of reproductive age. It refers to any degree of perceived cramping pain associated with menstruation. Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) therapies are widely used in the general population. CAM therapies may be adopted as interventions to prevent or alleviate dysmenorrhea. A pre-experimental study was conducted to assess the effectiveness of acupressure therapy (Sp6 point) on dysmenorrhoea during the first day of menstruation among nursing students at S R Nursing Colleges of Gwalior. The study used the pre-experimental approach with Two group pre-test post-test pre-experimental Research Design. Purposive sampling technique was taken up to select 60 respondents of dysmenorrhoea during their first day of menstruation in selected S R Student Nursing Hostel, Gwalior as per predetermined inclusion criteria. Data was collected with the help of Numerical Pain Intensity Scale for assessing the intensity of dysmenorrhoea and the pain intensity was recorded by the tool. Participants received acupressure therapy, in Group I at every 4 hourly for the first day of menstruation alternating between each leg at the Sanyinjiao (SP6) acupoint whereas those in the Group II received acupressure therapy at every 8 hourly for the first day of dysmenorrhoea by the researcher. Two complete 5 – minutes cycles of pressure will be performed on each leg for a total of 20 minutes in both the Groups. For each pressure cycle on each side, SP6 pressure point will be rotated clock wise & anti-clock wise with the help of thumb/index finger of the Researcher. In each session of acupressure, the researcher took pre – test & post – test by giving a Numeric Pain intensity Scale to the respondents experiencing dysmenorrhoea. For Group I participants it was total 6 sessions in a day & whole total there was12 readings in a day as acupressure was given every 4 hourly for the first day of menstruation and for Group II participants, it was total 3 sessions in a day & whole total there was 6 readings as acupressure was given at every 8 hourly for the first day of menstruation. Out of total number of acupressure therapies, initial two pre therapy observations were recorded for data analysis to assess the intensity of dysmenorrhoea from both the groups. The data analyzed in terms of the objectives and hypotheses using descriptive and inferential statistics. Finding of the study related to intensity of dysmenorrhoea revealed that there was a significant difference in pain intensity assessed by Numerical Pain Intensity Scale of Group I and Group II at t58 = .002 at the level of p<0.001. Hence it was inferred that acupressure therapy (SP6 point) in Group I was effective in reducing the intensity of dysmenorrhoea. Here, H2 was accepted. Thus it was concluded that, acupressure therapy (SP6 point) in Group I significantly reduces the intensity of dysmenorrhoea.


At least one vegetable protein, for example, a powdered nutritional formulation comprising pea protein, wherein at least part of the vegetable protein is spray-dried, are dry blended into the nutritional formula, powdered nutritional formula There has been disclosed. The powdered liquid derived and reconstituted from the nutrient formulation showed no undesirable mouthfeel no or little has improved viscosity characteristics.


While multiple studies have shown that a woman's control over land is positively associated with bargaining power outcomes, few have succeeded in highlighting successful methods for increasing this control. We report on a policy experiment in an unplanned settlement in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, that provided access to formal land titles to informal settlers at randomized prices, with additional price discounts conditional on designating a woman as owner or co-owner of the land in question. Results show that the household's are highly responsive to price incentives, as households o↵ered a small conditional discount are roughly 30% more likely to co-title their land. Despite these large di↵erences, households o↵ered conditional discounts are just as likely to purchase a formal land title as those o↵ered general discounts. We discuss the implications of these results for the expected bargaining power impacts of the intervention. ⇤World Bank †University of Oxford ‡Center for Global Development §We gratefully acknowledge funding from the Department for International Development, UK government, through the International Growth Centre (IGC) (http://www.theigc.org/), specifically via the IGC Research Award "Economic Impact of Urban Property Rights and Tanzania: The Role of Infrastructure" led by the Department of International Development, University of Oxford.


The formation of the Flints. —If it were possible to give a satisfactory explanation of the formation of the flints, a difficult and interesting problem would have been solved ; and though a complete solution has not yet been attained, it is nevertheless certain that the observations of the past ten years have brought us remarkably near to it. In this part of the paper (which was not read at Swansea) I propose to offer a brief general discussion of the subject, arranging our inquiries under the four following heads : —


The extrinsic and intrinsic factors are essential in glioma initiation. Many extrinsic factors (UV, radiation, food, etc.) and intrinsic factors (proteins, hormones, ageing, DNA and RNA damages, etc.) was reported to being responsible for glioma initiation and progression. However, the cell responsible for glioma origin is still unknown. Many research papers have reported that glioma stem cells, senescent cells, injured cells, and death neurons are the cells of glioma origin. However, gene mutation and oncogene protein overexpression doesn't occur only in cancer but during life evolution. The source of genetic mutations has become a fundamental issue in understanding its role in the initiation of glioma. The glioma is the precise coordination of several distant factors that work together in the initiation and development of glioma. However, the role and effects of the genes (GDNF and SOX1) on cancer cells are well known, but their gene mutation origin is controversial. Several models and theories have been proposed to explain the origins of GDNF and SOX1 genetic mutations and epigenetic modification related to cancer. Our aim in this review Preprints (www.preprints.org) | NOT PEER-REVIEWED | Posted: 24 May 2020 doi:10.20944/preprints202005.0388.v1 © 2020 by the author(s). Distributed under a Creative Commons CC BY license. is to clear that incertitude about glioma origin (gene mutation and epigenetic modifications) and those factors involved in glioma initiation and recurrence.


The role of working memory (WM) in language acquisition has been widely reported in the developmental literature, but few studies have explored the role of sentence recall in the way WM and related linguistic abilities evolve. This study seeks to explore the organization and development of the memory architecture underlying language using a longitudinal design. A total of 104 children were assessed on verbal WM, phonological short-term memory (pSTM), vocabulary, and sentence recall skills at age 6 and 1 year later at age 7. Structural equation modeling analyses revealed a robust direct predictive effect of pSTM and vocabulary on sentence recall at Time 1 and of verbal WM on sentence recall at Time 2, supporting Baddeley's WM architecture. Additionally, pSTM and sentence recall abilities at age 6 predicted verbal WM and vocabulary at 7 years, respectively, regardless of autoregressive effects. These results support the notion of the dynamic nature of the language system and suggest a key role of specific memory abilities underlying sentence recall in language development during childhood.


In this paper we propose a method for planning military scenarios in the Military Scenario Definition Language (MSDL) which is based on the concepts of grammatical engineering, abstract and concrete syntax and semantics and language processors.


The present and under development processes of producing manganee sulfat by low-grade pyrolusite ore and their pros and cons is summarized in this paper.It is of some significance to exploit low-grade manganese ore.


Due to its diverse applications in the adsorption process, the activated charcoal encourages the manufacturing technology to produce highquality
products. In present study, an industrial-scale activated charcoal was prepared in activated charcoal manufacturing companies using
coconut shells waste as raw material. The process of making activated charcoal begins with preparation, carbonization and activation of
charcoal into activated charcoal using the addition of steam as an activator. The resulting activated charcoal products meet the quality
requirements of the Indonesian National Standard (SNI). The best-activated charcoal product from PT Nui Hia Prima produces iodine
adsorption reaching 876.2 mg/g with the surface area of 504.306 m2/g and a total pore volume of 0.298 cm3/g. After some treatment with
steam addition, the best product resulting in iodine and methylene blue adsorption are 973.9 mg/g and 121.25 mg/g, respectively. The
development of the activated charcoal products expected to adjust with a technology that is more capable of producing better quality activated
charcoal.


One of the most significant factors to organizational effectiveness is the presence of highly committed employees. Highly committed employees embrace the objectives and values of their organization, exert high levels of effort for the organization, and thus intend to stay longer in the institution. Many studies reveal that high levels of employee commitment help an organization survive, remain competitive and grow. On the other hand, the literature review obtain different results which show that there exist a number of factors affecting employees? organizational commitment and that which ones of these factors have more effect on organizational commitment.This study aims to determine the relationship between employees' organizational commitment and their demographics information. The three-component model of organizational commitment developed by Allen and Meyer was conducted as the topic is highly relevant to the mentioned method. Affective commitment, as one of these three components, suggests that an employee is contented to be a part of the corporate and tends to have a positive emotional attachment to the organization. Continuance Commitment reflects one?s desire to continue his organizational membership after he considers his economic losses if he leaves the organization. Normative commitment reflects an employee?s commitment to the organization based on perceived obligation towards the organization, which may be particularly derived from the norms of ethics. The participation rate is 6.2% in the survey out of the whole target group of 608. The data obtained was analyzed in Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS). Such specific statistical methods as correlation analysis, T-test, variance analysis, and Scheffe Test were also administrated to determine the relation between the variables. Besides, some descriptive statistical tools were employed to describe the main features of the study.As a result of the analysis of the collected data, the study reveals that the employees? affective and continuance commitment levels are high, while their normative commitment levels are low. Some significant relationships have been discovered between job location, marital status, age, and tenure. As for Continuance commitment, the study finds that there is a significant correlation between gender, age, and tenure, while normative commitment, the last component of organizational commitment, has a significant relationship only with gender. On the other hand, tenure has no significant statistical relationship with any of the three components of commitment. Finally, there is no significant relationship detected among the three components of organizational commitment.According to the research results, some recommendations have been made in order to increase normative commitment and to keep up the levels of affective and continuance commitment. Furthermore some suggestions have been offered to the unit managers in order to increase the employees? current commitment to the organization. Key Words: Commitment, Organizational Commitment, Affective Commitment, Continuance Commitment, Normative Commitment, Three-Component Model of Organizational Commitment.


Changed engineering activities from conventional methods in descriptive product representations to self adaptive contextual lifecycle configured product models needed continuous and relevant changes of higher education curriculums and programs. Currently, change between old and new generations of industrial engineering technology brings need for teaching of new problem solving process both structurally and thematically. The structural change is forced towards more project and virtual solution centered lectures and laboratories. Thematic changes must serve the integrated appearance and application of disciplines. This paper introduces a latest result in research for new approaches and concepts in order to change higher education engineering programs in accordance with the changes in theoretical, methodological, and systemic background of leading engineering technology. Including major advances from the area of lifecycle product engineering during the first decade of this new century in course programs is emphasized.


Sequencing batch biofilm reactor(SBBR) was tested for simultaneous nitrification and denitrification(SND) for municipal wastewater.Results showed that the dissolved oxygen(DO) present in SBBR was an important factor in achieving a higher degree of SND, with TN removal efficiency above 67% at DO of 2.8~4.0mg/L.The mechanism of SND in SBBR was analyzed on the basis of DO diffusion model within biofilm and observation of scanning electron microscopy.It was found that SND in SBBR was caused by anoxic microenvironment which existed in the biofilm under aerobic conditions.DO concentration directly affected the proportion of aerobic fraction and anoxia fraction in the biofilm, which led to an effect on efficiency of nitrification and denitrification.With increase of DO concentration, the speed transfer efficiency of oxygen was enhanced to make microenvironment convert from anoxia environment to aerobic environment.Microenvironment inclined to convert from aerobic environment to anoxia or anaerobic environment with decrease of DO concentration.


In this paper, a recently proposed method for Fourier analysics of sawtooth heat pulse propagation is applied to the HL-1 data. Not only can the method be used to calculate the incremental heat diffusivity, but also to obtain information on the amplitude and the phase of harmonis inviolved. A comparison with other method shows good agreement between the heat diffusivity determined by the arrival time of peak and that estimated by using energy confinement scaling. An isotope effect of improving confinement in the HL-1 tokamak has also been observed.


Corresponds to the rapid growth of online learning, the personalized learning environment (PLE) is becoming a trend in the education field. Most of the website focuses on students' personality, interests and behaviours in order to provide the personalized environment. This paper attempts to describe generally the important and uses of PLE in education. This is because many researches prove that PLE is important in order to enhance the achievement and the quality of learning among students. This paper emphasizes the implementation of PLE in order to solve the difficulties and misconceptions in chemical bond subtopic. The web will develop to provide students learning environment via visualization learning style but the flow of the content are provided in two modes which are refer to the students cognitive styles (wholist-analytic). Otherwise, this paper also discusses the mental model as the impact of learning process.


The aim of this work was to select and characterize the most toxic Bacillus thuringiensis strains, from the Germplasm Bank of Bacillus spp. of Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuaria, against Plutella xylostella. Strains were characterized by morphological, biochemical and molecular methods. It was observed that seven out of the 203 strains tested showed high toxicity compared to the standard used B. thuringiensis subsp. kurstaki (HD-1), which showed 100% mortality. Selected strains showed features described for lepidoptera regarding the protein of 130 kDa and 65 kDa; profile and features were obtained through the PCR reactions, making possible to identify the presence of cry1 and cry2 genes. Moreover, the scanning electron microscopy showed the bipiramydal, cubed and round crystal forms. The selected strains offer new perspectives to control P. xylostella.


The realisation of singlemode rib waveguides in silicon-on-insulator (SOI) having a width and height of several micro-metres is reported. Measurements at a wavelength of 1.3 and 1.55 μm yield waveguide losses below 0.5 dB/cm and an excellent agreement of the near field intensity distribution with the one predicted by a BPM simulation.


The aim of the article is the research of time perspectives in the professional activity of specialists of economic sphere. It is established that specialists with experience more than twenty years have largely focused on past and present, and specialists with experience of up to ten years on the future. The methodological basis of the research was the concept of time perspective. This methodology has been approved by researchers in the study of adaptation disorders, anxiety, innovation. The representatives of the professional group of specialists with experience up to ten years may be more tend to strategic planning and the search for emotional support in difficult situations; and specialists with experience of 10-20 years – to a proactive and reflexive overcome. It is found that men are more express for temporal focus of the "Future," and women – for "Transcendent future" (p≤.05). Women have a more expressed tendency to emotional immersion in the events of the present, and men – structuring of current events and planning future events (p≤.05). The received results should be used in psychological counseling and estimation of staff.


Religious and ethnic identity clashes laid the structure of the Nigerian state in 1914, which transmogrified into and characterized the struggle for control of power and distribution of national resources. This paper explores the nature and manifestation of these conflicts since 1999. It seeks to find out if ethno-religious struggles led to the emergence of major conflicts in Nigeria since 1999, their impact on human insecurity, and the influence of politics on the conflicts. This inquiry is designed in line with a one-shot case study, while literature survey and ex post facto methods were adopted as methods of data collection. Trend analysis is adopted for data analysis. Analysis reveals that ethno-religious struggles were the primary progenitor of conflicts in Nigeria since 1999, and have debilitating consequences while politics exacerbated ethno-religious conflicts. Upholding Nigeria's circular state and implementing the National Political Reforms Conference Report is the panacea for ethno-religious conflicts in Nigeria.


This paper is concerned with the elastic buckling of circular plates with internal elastic ring support and elastically restrained edge against rotation and translation. The classical plate theory is used to derive the governing differential equation for circular plate with internal elastic ring support and elastically restrained edges. This work presents the existence of buckling mode switching with respect to the radius of internal elastic ring support. The buckling mode may not be axisymmetric as previously assumed. In general, the plate may buckle in an axisymmetric mode but when the radius of the ring support becomes small, the plate may buckle in an asymmetric mode. The optimum radius of the internal elastic ring support for maximum buckling load is also determined. The percentage of increase in buckling load capacity by introducing concentric elastic ring support is determined for the first time. Extensive data are tabulated so that pertinent conclusions can be arrived at on the influence of rotational and translational restraints, Poisson's ratio, and other boundary conditions on the buckling of uniform isotropic circular plates. The numerical results obtained are in good agreement with the previously published data.


The study was conducted to evaluate the effect of feeding graded level of Acacia saligna leaves on dry matter intake, milk yield and milk composition of crossbred dairy cows. Four treatments namely grass hay + 3.00kg wheat bran as a control (T1), control + 2.50Kg A. saligna leaves per day (T2), control + 3.75kg A. saligna leaves per day (T3), control and 5kg A. saligna leaves per day (T4). The experiment lasted for 120 days at four periods (each period containing 20 days) following 10 days adaptation through cross over design using four lactating cows. Feed offered, refused and milk yield were measured daily. For milk composition, milk samples were analyzed from each treatment during the second and last week of each period using lactoscan milk analyzer. CP contents were 6.55, 16.2 and 14.8 for native grass hay, wheat bran and dried A. saligna leaves, respectively. The milk fat contents were 5.2, 4.24, 5.1 and 4.6 for T1, T2, T3 and T4, respectively. The protein contents were also 3.0, 3.97, 3.10 and 3.06 for T1, T2, T3 and T4, respectively. The average milk yield for the treatments was ranged from 6.26-6.61 lit/day. The results showed that there was no significant difference (P>0.05) in daily dry matter intake and milk compositions but there was significant difference (P<0.05) in milk yield.  Supplementation of lactating cows with dried A. saligna leaves increased milk yield. Hence, dried A. saligna leaves can be used as alternative feed sources for dairy farming. Keywords: Dry matter intake, Feed intake, Milk quality, Supplementation.


Abstract Arana, M.D. (2018). New synonyms, typifications and excluded species in the Lycopodiaceae family of the flora of Paraguay. Candollea 73: 245–248. In Spanish, English and Spanish abstracts. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15553/c2018v732a8 The typification of 4 names described in the Lycopodiaceae family from Paraguayan collections in the genus Lycopodium L. is presented. Three lectotypes are designated for: Lycopodium alopecuroides f. integrum Hassl., Lycopodium alopecuroides f. intermedium Hassl., Lycopodium carolinianum var. paraguariense Hassl. Four new synonyms are proposed. Eight species are excluded from the flora of Paraguay.


Analyses of the molecular basis underlying allergenicity and allergen cross‐reactivity, as well as improvement of allergy diagnostics and therapeutics, are hampered by the lack of human monoclonal IgE antibodies and knowledge about their epitopes. Here, we addressed the consecutive generation and epitope delineation of a human monoclonal IgE against the prototypic allergen Bet v 1.


The issues of branding, co-branding and sponsorship are critical aspects of marketing management studies. The fundamental problem surrounding co-branding and sponsorship in soccer is that professional soccer clubs hold a short-term view to relations with sponsors, whereas sponsors themselves hold a long term view to co-branding. The study explores the applications of co- branding through soccer in KwaZulu-Natal, more specifically, whether parties to sponsorship agreements appreciate the magnitude of investment in marketing where co-branding is pursued with an intention of enhancing the image of both the sponsor and the club. A qualitative research approach was used in the study as it is often conventional for studies of this nature. Soccer fans were interviewed through focus group sessions whilst club officials, sponsorship officials, and professional soccer players were personally interviewed. Similarly, NVivo as a qualitative data analysis tool was used. It emerged that players did not appreciate the link between their performance and the image of the sponsor. Again, soccer clubs as well sponsors did not rigorously evaluate the impact of sponsorship and that soccer clubs and sponsors did not internalize the objectives of co-branding in terms of its mutual benefit. This is an important highlight on the findings for professional management of soccer clubs to enhance co-branding related issues. As a critical contribution to understanding negotiating and concluding sponsorship agreements, a framework has been proposed that will guide executive managers of both soccer clubs and sponsorship organizations in managing sponsorship programmes.


A power-compensated, 3×3 reconfigurable, multiwavelength and bidirectional optical cross-connect (RMB-OXC) for all-optical networks is proposed using strain-tunable fiber Bragg gratings (ST-FBG) and several optical circulators. The paper presents the experimental study for the induced crosstalk due to the OXC. The RBM-OXC operation and performance are experimentally demonstrated and crosstalk is determined to confirm the low penalty incurred. In overall the selective RBM-OXC offers high reconfigurable capability, flexibility and survivability in an optical network.


The demand for goods and services in North America has increased dramatically over the past few decades. This demand increase resulted in an associated increase in truck traffic on North American highways, escalating congestion, operation, and safety concerns. This in turn has led to increasing interest in strategies to reduce interaction between trucks and cars, including truck restrictions and dedicated truck lanes. The purpose of this paper is to implement algorithms for evaluating safety measures for different scenarios of truck lane restrictions and dedicated truck lanes using microscopic traffic simulation. The measures of performance calculated in this study are lane changing, merging, and rear-end conflicts. These measures are analyzed for truck-restricted lanes and dedicated truck lanes on the Gardiner Expressway in downtown Toronto, Canada. Simulation scenarios are developed by varying lane strategies and truck percentage. Simulation results showed that implementation of a single truck-restricted lane makes little difference to most conflict measures. Restricting trucks from the leftmost two lanes results in more substantial reductions in lane changing conflicts, but causes some increased freeway merging conflicts involving trucks. Dedicating the leftmost lane only to trucks also reduces lane changing conflicts but increases lane merging conflicts. Because lane changing conflicts are far more frequent than merging conflicts, there appears to be a net safety benefit by either restricting trucks from the left two lanes or dedicating the left lane to trucks. Relationships between lane strategy and rear-end conflicts are weak. Truck lane strategies are most effective when truck percentage exceeds 15%.


Objectives: Pogostemon quadrifolius (Benth.) is a medicinal aromatic shrub in family Lamiaceae which is used as folk medicine in India and reported to possess anti-proliferative and anti-oxidant property. Present study aims to evaluate the cytotoxic potential of the plant in a simple plant model system and chemical profiling of the crude extract by spectroscopic studies. Methodology: Cytotoxicity of aqueous and other two solvent extracts; methanol and hexane was evaluated in vivo by Allium chromosome aberration assay. Cytotoxicity of the extracts was evaluated by calculating mitotic index (MI) and occurrence of chromosome aberration (CA) in root meristematic cells of Allium. Phytochemical analysis of two solvent extracts; methanol and hexane was evaluated by UVVis spectroscopy and FT-IR. Results: Plant extracts showed significant toxicity in meristamatic cells of Allium in the higher concentration (100μg/ml). All the extracts had a significant effect on MI and induced CA thus revealed significant effect on the genetic material by inducing a spectrum of clastogenic as well as non-clastogenic CA. Among the tested extracts, hexane extract showed higher toxicity in terms of induction of CA and decreasing MI. Phytochemical screening of both solvent extracts showed a wide spectrum of bioactive compounds like phenolics, alkenes, alcohols, aromatic compounds etc. Conclusion: Cytotoxicity of extract apprises the necessity of further studies in other in vivo systems. Spectroscopic analyses indicated the presence of bioactive compounds. Further isolation and characterization of the extract may lead to some pharmacologically important compounds that might pave a new avenue to drug research.


Nature and Put-pose of the Study. This paper will deal with the consequences of delayed response, or inertia, on the level of macro-sociological variables. In general the behaviour subjected to analysis can be studied also on the level of individual variability, and the question can be raised why some individuals (or other small units) react one way, and others in another way, or not at all. This will be referred to as micro-analysis, while marcro-analysis, as here understood, treats the average behaviour characteristic of the society, varying from one society to another, or in time. In the case of a response which is &dquo;quantal&dquo; (all-or-none) on the individual level the macrovariable is a proportion and it is this situation many of the subsequent examples relate to.. ~ ~ ~ _


By Any Other Name I am writing about the squib that appeared in my local ACM newsletter about Council planning once again to discuss changing the name of the ACM. God help us that the same yahoos did not belong to the Congress of the United States about 100-150 years ago or we might be known as the United Colonies or the States Rights Federation or some other name equally appropriate for the time. but basically stupid. I am a believer in the adage, " If it ain't broke, don't fix it! " Anyone who wants to change the name of ACM clearly does not have enough serious work to do. The name is not the thing: it is what the Association does. I am more convinced than ever that the only good thing ACM does is its publications. We are a technical society, not an advertising agency or something else equally frivolous. A new name is not what we need. Better focus, maybe, but not a new name. A name change committee was formed to report to Council on possible alternatives. The discussion took place in the Council meeting in Cincinnati in February and will be reported on in a future issue-Ed.1342). prompts me to write to share a relevant insight. It is quite obvious that file compression is a matter of adding processing to save space. It is a space/ time trade-off. This notion is intuitively satisfying: it is also incorrect. Compression indirectly causes processing savings that are hard to measure. Compression (usually) means a reduction in physical in-put/output operations. Input/output does not occur in a processing vacuum. Every input/output operation requires instructions to be executed in its support. And CPU time accounting can be expected to miss much of this, because such processing tends to be included in " system overhead " (this does not mean jobs necessarily escape paying for system overhead-it is factored into rates and may be reflected in input/out-put transaction charges instead of CPU time charges). There may be other system overhead savings from compression, although I do not expect these to have significant effect. For example, in a time-slicing environment, adding compression processing and reducing input/output activity will make a job somewhat more compute-bound: its time slices will tend to be used more fully: it will use fewer slices; and this will mean a reduction in overhead for both process-switching and job …


The ongoing emphasis in literary studies on the work of literature as cultural artifact, or as one in a number of "texts," literary and otherwise, that derive meaning only from their interdependence, has had surprisingly little impact on Restoration and eighteenth-century theater studies, particularly the discussion of plays themselves. Since the playwright's script is but one factor in any performance, concern for intertextuality should lead to exploration of the mutability of any durable play's meaning, especially in a theater world that constantly evolves, as this one did. Yet, whether located in aesthetics, in political or social issues, or even in the circumstances or personalities around which a play is written, the meaning or significance assigned to that play is almost invariably a fixed one. This critical tendency neglects two remarkable features of drama in the so-called long eighteenth century: the extent to which audiences dictated the content and mood of plays, and the extent to which audiences, theaters, and new plays differed from each other. In prologue after prologue as well as in critical commentaries, playwrights and theater connoisseurs lament that the tastes of audiences--on which a play's success depended--debase the fare proffered. Such objections (and the sheer number of them) point to the subordination of the playwright's aesthetic concerns to audience expectations about a play. (l) This raises interesting questions about those plays that had any longevity during this period but that do not have a readily apprehensible universality of the kind generally attributed to, say, Shakespearian drama. If, as they did, audience demands kept pace with the rapidly changing political and cultural milieus and theater personnel and atmospheres, then in order to appeal to these ever-changing demands the durable plays of this period must be endowed with qualities that are incompatible with the fixed meanings sought for them. An outstanding example of a play with a critical history as remarkable as its endurance on the eighteenth-century stage is one that in fact kept a Shakespearian play from the boards throughout the entire period. John Dryden's All For Love (also known in its own time as Antony and Cleopatra) replaced Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra until 1813. (2) Howard Weinbrot long ago showed the futility of looking to Shakespeare for the key to All for Love, leaving critics still pondering the reason for the endurance of this starkly neoclassical play--one formal to a degree that even Dryden himself expressed nervousness about. (3) The critical dilemma has been confounded by the doggedly traditional approach, however: attention has focused not on those qualities that allowed it to survive chameleon stages and fickle audiences from the Restoration to the Regency, but on uncovering a particular moral, aesthetic, historical, or political meaning. (4) The red herring was perhaps thrown out by Dryden himself: the "excellency of the Moral" promised in the preface (10). Pursuit of this moral, or at least of some pinpointable meaning that makes sense of it, has led to titles like "The Significance of All For Love" (1970) and to assurances that "the value system of the play" lies in a circumscribed historical context (2000). (5) The result of such searches for a single encompassing meaning is that the only consistency amongst the criticism of All for Love is, as Harry Solomon notes, its inconsistency. (6) The play's elusiveness is itself, however, the key to its durability. In light of its stage history, All For Love clearly has an openness and flexibility that, even as they have remained resistant to critical analysis, allowed the play to adapt to quite different theaters and audience needs. It was able to please audiences of the 1670s and 1680s who were directed in their responses by Charles II, his libertine courtiers, and the political and philosophical issues that riveted the Restoration. …


ABSTRACT We promote a simple, reversible temporary tarsorrhaphy technique and describe how to place a 4/0 polypropylene suture, on a round-body needle, into the upper and lower tarsal plate to create a strong suture tarsorrhaphy. This technique has been found to be extremely effective over 20 years' experience with minimal patient discomfort or complications. The eyelid margin anatomy is not disrupted and maintains its normal architecture and contour following release of the tarsorrhaphy. This temporary suture tarsorrhaphy technique is inexpensive, safe and easy to learn and above all comfortable for the patient. It can be performed in most clinical settings, without the risk of lid margin damage and subsequent lash growth distortion. It is appropriate for both for short- and medium-term eye protection.


The conclusion addresses how morphology, semantics, motivation, and context relate to the borrowing chronology of turkisms in seventeenth- and eighteenth-century Bosnian and Bulgarian texts, how these areas differ from language to language—as well as from genre to genre—and directions for further study in Slavonic–Turkish, language contact.


The present invention relates to a method and apparatus (1) for avoiding or reducing in electrical components (2) in or on condensation status, including the cooling device (3) for cooling electrical components (2), at least the temperature of the device for detecting or determining a cooling device (3) of a cooling medium (4), at least one electrical component to determine the detection or (2) a temperature (Ti) and at least one device for the at least one characteristic field with the evaluation and control unit (8), which can be estimated based on the probability of condensation characteristic field based on the detected or determined temperature (TK, Ti), which is greater than the chance of condensation when a predetermined threshold value, the evaluation and control unit ( 8) to improve the cooling medium (4) temperature (TK) and / or the decrease of electric components (2) power output.