The invention provides a cotton fiber and pollen specific expression promoter FPSP-1 and application thereof. The promoter is provided with a nucleotide sequence shown by SEQ ID NO.1. The promoter can be applied to preparing transgenic cotton and is used for controlling a target gene to be specifically expressed in transgenic cotton fibers and pollen. According to the cotton fiber and pollen specific expression promoter FPSP-1 and application thereof, cotton fiber and pollen specific expression genes are successively separated through the genetic engineering technology, it is verified that the FPSP-1 sequence has fiber and pollen expression specificity in cotton, a reporter gene can be instructed to perform specific expression in the cotton fibers and the pollen, and a possible and effective way is provided for increasing the yield of cotton and improving quality through genetic engineering.


According to Borg (2011), foreign language teacher development during the last century was already an active field of practice. However, research into the area only emerged about 20 years ago. Lately, research into foreign language teacher development has mostly focused on the knowledge, beliefs and practices of language teachers. This paper aims to contribute to the understanding of how teachers learn to teach, that is, how they acquire teaching knowledge, through a case study of a beginning English teacher and her perceptions of her own classroom context. Taking into account that research in the area of language teaching has not yet provided enough evidence that reflection may contribute to teachers' development (Borg, 2011), this paper reports on a research project that applied a well-known reflective model of teacher education (Wallace, 1991) in search of insights into the participant teacher's reflective process and whether the reflective model and the research methodology have actually helped the participant improve classroom practice.


The average size of spiny lobsters (Decapoda; Palinuridae) has decreased worldwide over the past few decades. Market forces coupled with minimum size limits compel fishers to target the largest individuals. Males are targeted disproportionately as a consequence of sexual dimorphism in spiny lobster size (i.e. males grow larger than females) and because of protections for ovigerous females. Therefore, overexploitation of males has led to sperm limitation in several decapod populations with serious repercussions for reproductive success. In the Caribbean spiny lobster, Panulirus argus, little is known about the effect of reduced male size on fertilization success or the role that individual size plays in gamete and larval quality. We conducted a series of laboratory experiments to test the relationship between male size and spermatophore production over multiple mating events and to determine whether spermatophore reduction and female size affected fertilization success or larval attributes in P. argus in the Florida Keys, FL (USA). We found that over consecutive matings, larger males consistently produced spermatophores of a greater weight and area than smaller males, although size-specific differences in sperm cell density were undetected and probably obscured by high variance in the data. Where spermatophores were experimentally reduced to mimic the decline in spermatophore size with declining male size, fertilization success (the number of fertilized eggs/total number of eggs extruded) declined, indicating that sperm availability is indeed limited. No maternal size effects on egg size or quality (C:N ratio) or larval quality (size, swimming speed, mortality) were observed. Our results demonstrate the importance of maintaining large males in populations of P. argus to ensure fertilization success and caution against their overexploitation through fishing, which may severely reduce reproductive success and thus population sustainability.


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Male American redstarts (Setophaga ruticilla) exhibit two modes of singing: repeat mode, characteristic of the early stages of breeding prior to arrival of females and before nesting; and serial mode, which prevails later when nesting has commenced and thereafter. Repeat mode consists of the repetition of a single song type, usually a song that has an "accented" ending such that the terminal phone is not repeated. The remainder of a male's repertoire is sung serially without much immediate repetition, and these songs usually do not have unrepeated endings ("unaccented"). Two examples of each mode were presented to territorial adult ( 2 years old) males, both early in the season when most often they were singing repeat mode, and later in the breeding cycle, when males more often sang serial mode. Earlier studies hypothesized different functions for these modes and one study claimed a difference in response during playback. In the present study, there were no distinguishable differences in responses by males to either singing mode, nor between the two modes at either time during the breeding season. We discuss the results relative to the earlier claims and to alternative functional hypotheses.

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Mannliche Schnapperwaldsanger (Setophaga ruticilla) haben zwei Singformen: Wiederholungsgesang (WG), in dem Wiederholung vorherrscht und der einen markanten Schlus hat, sowie der Reihengesang (RG), der ohne auffallige Wiederholungen Themen aneinanderreiht. WG ist typisch fur die Zeit vor der Ankunft der Weibchen, RG fur die Zeit ab dem Nestbau. Revierbesitzenden Mannchen (uber 2 Jahre alt) wurden beide Singformen vorgespielt, sowohl wenn sie selbst WG wie wenn sie RG sangen. Entgegen den Erwartungen fanden sich keine Unterschiede in den Reaktionen auf die jeweils vorgespielten Gesange.


In this paper, we present a new position-based routing algorithm for mobile wireless networks, such as ad hoc networks and sensor networks. The proposed algorithm minimises the effect of inaccurate location information on routing, which is caused by periodical updates of node location information in the network. The algorithm achieves low communication complexity of O(√n), compared to other existing position-based algorithms with O(n) complexity, where n is the number of nodes in the network. In addition, unlike some existing routing algorithms, the new algorithm is insensitive to the mobility of mobile nodes and consistently performs well for various mobilities.


A 879 nm diode-laser end-pumped diffusion-bonding composite YVO4/Nd:GdVO4 crystal was firstly demonstrated at the emission of 1063 nm. Simulation results showed the temperature and stress intensity were lower in YVO4/Nd:GdVO4 crystal. A maximum continuous wave (CW) output power of 14.8 W was obtained, corresponding to the slope efficiency of 54.4% and optical-optical efficiency of 48.1%. Better laser performances are expected with the improvement of YVO4/Nd:GdVO4 crystal quality.


New steel products,corresponding welding materials and welding process developed by Nippon Steel Corporation in recent years are introduced.For special properties of these materials used in the fields of shipbuilding,building construction,bridge construction,automobiles,home appliances,construction and industrial machinery,tanks and pressure vessels,pipelines and power equipment,Nippon Steel Corporation has also developed corresponding welding materials and welding technologies so that these steel products abovementioned can match well with newly developed welding materials and welding technologies and meet special requirements for all kinds of applications.And finally this paper points out that continuous developments on top quality steel products,new welding materials and welding technologies are increasingly important with the serious requirements for these properties of steel materials such as strength,toughness,fatigue property,corrosion resistance and heat resistance.


For dismantling heavy structure under special environment in radioactivity, there are many problems which should be tele-operated and feedback a cutting force for cutting a thick structure such as concrete. When operator dismantles a thick heavy concrete structure, it is in sufficient to judge whether robot is contacting or not with environment by using only vision information. To overcome this problem, force feedback and impedance model based bilateral control are introduced. The sliding mode control with sliding perturbation observer (SMCSPO) based bilateral control is applied and surveyed to a single rod hydraulic cylinder in this paper. The sliding mode control is used for robustness against a disturbance. The sliding perturbation observer is used for estimation of a reaction force such as cutting force. The bilateral control is executed using the information of reaction force estimated by SMCSPO. The contribution of this paper is that the estimation method and bilateral control of the single rod hydraulic cylinder are introduced and discussed by experiment.


In the face of current global warming conditions, temperate forest ecosystems are expected to be strongly affected by temperature increase and more frequent and intense water shortage. This leads to severe stress for forest vegetation in many temperate systems. Therefore, understanding the vegetation water use in temperate forests is urgently needed for more effective forest management strategies. Root water uptake (RWU) is a species-specific trait (tree physiology and root architecture) and its spatio-temporal patterns are controlled by a range of site-specific (e.g., topography, geology, pedology) and meteorological factors (e.g., temperature, soil humidity, rainfall.

In the present study, we use stable water isotopologues as ecohydrological tracers combined with continuous measurement of hydrometeorological (weather variables, groundwater levels, soil moisture, streamflow) and physiological (sap flow, radial stem growth) parameters to investigate the spatio-temporal dynamics of water uptake for beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) and sessile oak (Quercus petraea (Matt.) Liebl) trees along a hillslope in a Luxemburgish catchment.

Fortnightly field campaigns were carried out during the growing season (April-October) 2019 to sample water from xylem, soil water at different depths, groundwater, stream water, and precipitation. Soil water isotopic composition and xylem water were extracted via cryogenic distillation. Grab sampling was performed for the other water pools. The isotopic composition was determined through laser spectroscopy and mass spectrometry (for xylem samples only).

From preliminary results, the isotopic composition of xylem water shows a marked seasonal variability suggesting a plasticity in RWU or a change in the isotopic composition of the water pools over the growing season. Moreover, beech and oak trees exhibit different uptake strategies when water supply is low. Within the range of observed groundwater variation topography does not play a statistically significant role on RWU.


The book describes both mathematical and computational tools for energy and power risk management, deriving from first principles stochastic models for simulating commodity risk and how to design robust C++ to implement these models.


Cells of the B lymphoblastoid cell line JY attach to substrata made of antibodies to the transferrin receptor. Many of these attached cells migrate considerable distances. JY cells also attach to an anti‐integrin substratum (anti LFA‐1), but on this surface they do not migrate. These results suggest that a circulating receptor‐‐the transferrin receptor‐‐can be used for locomotory purposes, whereas LFA‐1, which is not endocytosed in these cells, cannot be used for locomotion. This indicates that the endocytotic cycle can drive cell locomotion.


Composition of fixed-dose pharmaceutical, oral, solid, stable, as a pharmaceutically acceptable monolayer tablet quecomprende irbesartan, amlodipine besylate and excipients, wherein the separate irbesartanesta physically amlodipine besylate and wherein the irbesartan in the form of coated granules estaembebido in an extragranular matrix comprising amlodipine besylate.


The utility model relates to a miniaturized chiller for producing a resin lens, which is used for providing low-temperature cooling and low-temperature heat preservation when stirring, prepolymerization, vacuum defoamation and pouring during production processes, comprises a water tank and water in the water tank, and is characterized by also comprising an air compressor; the water tank is internally provided with cooling pipes which are circularly arranged by rows and connected with the air compressor; and freon flows in the cooling pipes, and a controller is also arranged and used for controlling the water temperature of the water tank. The miniaturized chiller solves the problems that the miniature equipment lacks of cooling, and low-temperature equipment during the production processes, and has simple structure, convenient operation, timely cooling and obvious insulation effect.


Abstract : The contents of this monograph give, within the limits considered desirable, a brief record of some of the history of accidents in filling factories, the methods adopted to satisfy the safety principles laid down, and the results achieved during the War period. Some notes of future lines of development are also given. The main inclusions cover safety from Fire or Explosion, but ordinary industrial safety, with figures for all accidents, is all dealt with briefly. References are given in the appendices to accident reports, Instructional Memos. etc.


Abstract A prospective observational pilot study was conducted in the Netherlands between October 12, 2013 and February 21, 2014 to measure the effectiveness and safety of three immunisation options against influenza, as well as changes in participants' well-being. It appears that vaccination against influenza may not be the most effective and safest option and that the use of homeoprophylaxis against influenza should be studied in larger cohorts.


It is demonstrated that a real-analytic 3-manifold with Riemannian conformal metric is naturally the conformal infinity of a germ-unique real-analytic 4-manifold with real-analytic Riemannian metric satisfying the self-dual Einstein equations with cosmological constant — 1. Moreover, this result holds if 'Riemannian' is replaced in the first case by 'Lorentzian' (i. e. signature + - - ) and in the second case by 'pseudo-Riemannian with signature + + - - ', or if 'real-analytic' is replaced by 'complex-analytic' and 'Riemannian' is replaced by 'holomorphic'. This provides a cosmological-constant analogue of Newman's ℋ-space construction (Newman 1976, 1977).


This study examined the toxicity of two pesticides (carbaryl and diquat dibromide) and one polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (fluoranthene), both singly and in mixture, to grass shrimp larvae (Palaemonetes pugio). These three chemicals are all present in coastal environments and can easily enter estuarine ecosystems. Fluoranthene was the most toxic chemical with a 96-h LC50 value of 32.45 μ g/L, followed by carbaryl (43.02 μ g/L) and diquat dibromide (1624 μ g/L). In the chemical mixture tests, the binary carbaryl/diquat dibromide mixture and the ternary carbaryl/diquat dibromide/fluoranthene mixture had additive results.


This paper presents an optimization model for calculating the available transfer capability(ATC)of hybrid AC/DC systems.The hybrid systems can include either two-terminal DC systems or multi-terminal DC systems.The nonlinear primal-dual interior point method is used to solve this model.To increase calculation efficiency,a reduced correction matrix is derived.By exchanging its rows and columns,a data structure convenient for storing and writing programs is constructed.A modified IEEE 30-bus hybrid system is used as test case.Simulation results show that the proposed model is feasible,and that the ATC can be enhanced via reactive power compensation at the converter station.


Plastic waste can be handled with several traditional waste management strategies, including landfilling, incineration, and recycling. Several novel strategies for recycling plastic waste have been proposed and researched for practical use, however the sustainability of the novel processes have not been analyzed in detail. This paper outlines a strategy for recycling polyethylene terephthalate (PET) waste through pyrolysis. A sustainability assessment of the process is conducted to analyze the environmental, economic, and social performance of recycling PET waste into crude oil. Environmental performance is evaluated using life cycle assessment, and the ReCiPe, cumulative energy demand (CED), and cumulative exergy demand (CExD) impact assessment methods. Net present value analysis is used to assess the economic impacts of the process. To complete a holistic sustainability assessment, social benefits and impacts are presented through a qualitative review of the process. In addition, an environmental impact analysis of the production of virgin PET using the recovered crude oil is presented and compared with traditional virgin PET production in terms of sustainability performance metrics. CED and CExD impact results emphasize the conceivable evidence of plastic waste as an energy source. The research highlights the use of standardized impact assessment methods to realize the environmental, economic, and social benefits of recycling PET into crude oil. Furthermore, a review of various process improvements broadens the potential for optimization of the novel process to further elucidate the benefits of plastic recycling.© 2015 ASME


In this paper we propose a method to detect meaningful changes between two images. By meaningful changes we refer to those due to variations in the visual content of the images, rejecting illumination changes as non-meaningful. The method has been devised in order to assure a low number of wrong detections and it depends on a few parameters. These parameters can be tuned once and for all for any input images, which makes the method virtually automatic.


Abstract Background Facial nerve paralysis (FNP) in equids is not well described in the veterinary literature. Objective To investigate the causes of FNP and associations among clinical variables, diagnosis, and outcome. Animals Sixty‐four equids presenting with FNP between July 2000 and April 2019. Cases of postanesthetic FNP were excluded. Methods Medical records were retrospectively reviewed. Variables were evaluated for associations with outcomes (diagnosis and case outcome) using logistic regression. Results The most common cause of FNP was trauma (n = 20). Additional diagnoses included central nervous system (CNS) disease (n = 16), idiopathic (n = 12, 4 of which had adequate diagnostic investigation and were considered "true" idiopathic, and 8 of which were considered "not investigated" idiopathic), temporohyoid osteoarthropathy (n = 10), otitis media‐interna (n = 3), lymphoma (n = 1), iatrogenic as a consequence of infiltration of local anesthetic (n = 1), and clostridial myositis (n = 1). Follow‐up was available for 55 (86%) cases. Twenty‐nine (53%) equids had full resolution of FNP, 14 (25%) were euthanized, 6 (11%) partially improved, and 6 (11%) were unchanged or worse. Conclusions and Clinical Importance If FNP is the consequence of CNS disease, successful treatment of the primary disease likely leads to resolution of FNP. Most cases of FNP in equids are traumatic in origin. True idiopathic cases are uncommon.


In this study, a new optimal control law associated with the sliding mode control is developed on the basis of the Bolza-Meyer criterion. The salient characteristics of the controller proposed in this work is to have adjustable gains. This leads to the enhancement of control performances with the given cost function. After formulating the proposed optimal control law for nonlinear systems, two examples are simulated to validate some benefits of the proposed approach. It is demonstrated that the controller proposed in this work requires less power, but provides more stronger stability than conventional optimal controller.


Developing active brake systems such as ABS. TCS and ESC decrease a death rate in vehicle accident. In this paper a new HBS(Hybrid Brake System) which is composed of the hydraulic brake system for front wheel and the EMB(Electro-Mechanical Brake) for rear wheel was introduced. The HBS is an environment-friendly system because it doesn't need any brake oil for rear wheel. In respect of failsafe the HBS has the hydraulic brake system in front wheel as a backup brake. So even in case of failure of rear electro-mechanical brake the HBS can guarantee the basic braking performance. A newly designed electro-mechanical brake installed in rear wheel reduces the required motor power dramatically by transferring the kinetic energy of a vehicle into the braking force. A cascade control that is composed of position control and current control is used in EMB system. In addition this paper also provides a vehicle test result with HBS to show the feasibility of CBS braking performance.


Abstract The paratabulation and morphology of the Jurassic dinoflagellate cyst species Dinopterygium absidatum Drugg 1978 are demonstrated to be substantially different from that of the type species of Dinopterygium, D. cladoides Deflandre 1935. Dinopterygium absidatum defines a morphotype that is sufficiently distinctive to justify the erection of a new, as yet monotypic genus, Limbodinium Riding. A revised diagnosis for the species Limbodinium absidatum is given on the basis of new observations on its morphology. The removal of D. absidatum from Dinopterygium means that the geological range of unequivocally quinqueform dinoflagellate cysts is now confined to the late Early Cretaceous to Neogene. The eight known quinqueform cyst genera are preceded stratigraphically, and dominated numerically, by sexiform types; this sequence does not conform to a recently postulated evolutionary pathway.


The steel wire quality of steel wire rope is very important.Whether the planning of steel-wire pulling process is the factor for the quantity of the steel wire rope.Analyze the process of steel wire pulling.Research the model of CAPP for steel wire pulling design.Give the preliminary research of optimal design of wire rope process planning also.Develop the program of steel wire pulling process,and apply in CIMS of Xianyang Petroleum Steel Tube and Wire Rope Co.


We model the political economy for the provision of public long-term care services in an economy where the demand for privately-provided and publicly-provided long-term care services are jointly determined with the demand for long-term care insurance. We make use of Salop's circular-city approach with randomly determined search costs and free entry in the supply of private long-term care services. We introduce a central supplier (government) for which the travel cost is also random. We show that in a market without insurance, it is possible to have a multitude of consistent market equilibria such as having all the market catered by the private sector, all the market serviced by the government, partial government-provision of services, and perfectly segmented market whereby agents that have relatively low (resp. high) travel cost to the government opt for government-provided (resp. privately-provided) services. The paper concludes with a number of comparative static results and recommendation to public policy makers.


Objectives: To see the risk factors, clinical presentations and radiological profile of acute hemorrhagic stroke in young subjects in a tertiary-care hospital of North India. Methods: This study was carried out among 50 acute hemorrhagic stroke patients (clinically and radiologically confirmed) irrespective of sex within the age group of 15-45 years admitted to Department of Medicine after getting clearance from Institutional Ethical Committee (IEC). A proforma for each of the acute hemorrhagic stroke patients was maintained where all clinical information in brief including particulars of the subject, chief complaints, past history, general physical examination and systemic examinations etc were recorded in a systematic way. Plain CT (computed tomography) scan brain was done for all the subjects on admission for radiological confirmation and to localize the site and side of lesion in brain. Results: Hypertension (74%) was common among acute hemorrhagic stroke in young adults. Majority of the acute hemorrhagic stroke patients presented with hemiplegia (66%). Beside, imaging findings confirmed left sided brain lesion in majority of the patients (56%) and lobe as the most common site involved in the brain. C onclusions: Hypertension is very common among the young acute hemorrhagic stroke patients. Most common clinical presentation is hemiplegia. Thus, the proper knowledge of the risk factors, clinical presentation and radiological profile of acute hemorrhagic stroke in young adults can help in prevention, understanding the patho-physiology and the disease management.


This study investigates intraday relations between price changes and trading volume of options and stocks for a sample of firms whose options traded on the CBOE during the first quarter of 1986. After purging the price change series of the effects of bid/ask spreads, multivariate time-series analysis is used to estimate the lead/lag relation between the price changes in the option and stock markets. The results indicate that price changes in the stock market lead the option market by as much as fifteen minutes. The analysis of trading volume indicates that the stock market lead may be even longer. THE INTENSE TRADING ACTIVITY in and, in fact, the very existence of organized stock option markets attest to the economic benefits that these financial contracts provide. Reduced transaction costs and increased financial leverage are two reasons why trading in the stock option market may be more attractive than trading in the market for the underlying stock. In addition, these cheaper and more flexible trading opportunities attract new and differently informed investors to the marketplace. The resulting increase in trading activity, together with the inextricable arbitrage linkage between stock and option prices, imply an increase in market efficiency. This study investigates empirically the intraday price change and trading volume relations between stocks and options for a sample of firms whose options were actively traded on the Chicago Board Options Exchange during the first quarter of 1986. In particular, intraday call option price changes are translated into implied stock price changes using the American call option pricing model. These intraday implied stock price changes are then compared with the actual stock price changes to identify which, if either, market leads the other. In perfectly functioning capital markets, there should be complete simultaneity between the series, that is, new information disseminating into the marketplace should be reflected in the prices and the trading activity of both securities simultaneously. Institutional factors, however, may make the stock option market more attractive to information traders. This may cause price changes and trading activity due to new information to be observed in the option market first, followed by price


"Professional Guiding Standards for Advanced Education Architecture in University Undergraduate Students" (2013 edition) indicates that the education system of architecture should include a section on "environment and site." It should involve six learning components which are concepts of site and environment, site terrain classifications, environment of two tendencies, elements involved in the sites, elements of environmental impact, and site design. As site design (drawing) has become a significant topic in the examination of registered architects, many domestic architecture colleges have set up site design courses as independent ones. After more than ten years of exploration and research in developing the education system of site design courses, teaching experiences and achievements have been acquired. Site design courses have been gradually integrated with general plan design, registered architect examination, and architectural programming. Teachers have specified relevant learning goals in the regular daily curriculum in addition to the basic and vocational education of architecture. In this way, the site design course would be more in line with the educational goals of architecture. This paper aims to analyze the education of site design courses in hope of developing the future architectural education.


The direct-current resistivity of high-density polyethylene/graphite nanosheet composites above the percolation threshold has been measured and fitted to a power law, which gives a conductivity critical exponent (0.10 ± 0.01) and a percolation threshold (2.97 ± 0.03). These fitted parameters are in disagreement with universal theoretical predictions, and plausible explanations of the observed discrepancies are given. The sample-to-sample fluctuations in the relative resistivity seem to obey a power law. This fluctuation behavior, if interpreted in terms of correlation-length fluctuations, yields a correlation-length critical exponent, 0.52 ± 0.06, that is consistent with the mean-field value of 1/2. Interpretations of these experimental results imply that nonuniversal transport behavior in disordered composites is caused by composites being in a nonuniversal scaling regime. © 2006 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part B: Polym Phys 44: 1846–1852, 2006


Objective To investigate the analysis of Emergency Pharmacy unqualified prescriptions,which aims to improve prescription quality,promote the rational use of drugs to provide reference.Methods In our hospital in Jan.2009 ~ Dec.2011 prescription were investigated,with" prescription management method(try out)" as the basis,analysis of unqualified prescriptions written not standardized and rational drug use.Results Emergency Pharmacy in our hospital in Jan.2009 ~ Dec.2011 22387 prescriptions were,among them unqualified prescriptions of 958,a failure rate of 4.28%.Unqualified reason includes the writing is not standardized in 571 cases,accounting for 59.60%;irrational drug use in 387 cases,accounting for 40.40% of.Conclusion The emergency department of our hospital pharmacy prescription exist certain problems,clinicians,pharmacists still needs to continuously improve the operational level,standard of prescription writing,reasonable use of antibiotics should be strengthened.


A multi-access radio network that efficiently utilizes radio resources is a promising approach to flexible, reliable, high-capacity communication. Regarding cooperative controlling functionality in a heterogeneous radio network, two schemes are considered to be applicable to the efficient usage of multi-radio systems: link selection and link aggregation. This paper focuses on link selection and its improvement of Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) throughput with an Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) algorithm in comparison with two conventional algorithms of the fixed priority scheme (Priority) and the maximum transmission rate scheme (MaxRate). Because the characteristics of transmission delay influence the behavior of the TCP protocol, the impact of three kinds of delay (RTT: round trip time, DL delay: downlink delay, and UL delay: uplink delay) are compared to find which delay is suitable for a metric of the AHP algorithm. According to the simulation results, using RTT as a metric shows 22% and 400%, at maximum, better improvement in throughput compared to MaxRate and Priority, respectively.


The ester-hardened sodium silicate sand technology was adopted to produce qualified,safe and reliable steel castings for localized high-speed electric multiple units(EMU),such as couplers,clamps,etc.,which created considerable social and economic benefits.This paper discussed the selection bases of casting technology,raw materials and properties of ester-hardened sodium silicate sand.The application status was presented and the economic benefit was analyzed.


High weight retention after pregnancy is related to an increased risk of future obesity. The objective was to evaluate whether an antenatal intervention, compared with standard care, could reduce postpartum weight retention (PPWR).


A reflection plate joining structure of an illumination lamp is provided to reduce manufacturing cost by simplifying constituent components and enhance productivity by improving workability according to an assembly process. A reflection plate joining structure of an illumination lamp connects a lamp-side reflection plate adjacent to the illumination lamp and a reflection plate having an inclination angle different from the lamp-side reflection plate. The reflection plates are connected to each other through connection plates(10) so as to secure a wide valid illumination range by improving reflectance of a light source emitted from the lamp. The connection plates are formed in a plurality of locations of the bottom of the reflection plate at regular intervals.


Given the collective trauma caused by COVID-19 global pandemic, it is more important than ever that schools look for ways to create safe, trauma-sensitive, and restorative learning environments. This article presents implementation science, readiness assessments, and ongoing evaluation as central and integral to all efforts that seek to transform punitive schools into restorative schools. The author first presents five elements of a school's relational ecology as a framework for comparing a punitive school to a restorative school: structure, leadership, staff, students, and response to behavioral incidents. Then, the author calls upon school administrators, as well as restorative justice trainers who work with schools, to utilize a systems change approach that supports whole-school change. Without a full commitment to systems change, restorative justice in education (RJE) will continue to fall short of expectations and the educational system itself will continue to cause the same harm to marginalized students as it did prior to the pandemic.


Augsburg's app includes a Study Version, but has little material to expand the user's knowledge or understanding. Neither app includes links to corresponding passages in the Large Catechism or to relevant scripture passages for users who want to delve deeper. Both might have included games for help in memorization. Concordia already has a file available to create flashcards with the Tinycards app for memorizing the Catechism. A similar feature would have been a distinct advantage here. All in all, we ought to be grateful for the catechetical crumbs that have fallen from the tables of these venerable publishing houses. But in spite of the nearly six hundred years since Gutenberg, we treat the digital world as a mere variation on movable type. Luther's explanation of the Third Petition of the Lord's Prayer says that God's kingdom comes "whenever God strengthens us and keeps us steadfast in his word." Our age offers innovative possibilities for doing that. Yet these apps tell us we still need await the church's full use of the delivery vehicles of the digital age as a way to proclaim the word that Luther was so urgent to provide in 1529. Grand View University Ken Sundet Jones Des Moines, Iowa


As a proponent of the narrative Tree of Life, it is encouraging to see it being discussed within the context of work with older adults (e.g. Elias & Field, 2018; Sinden, Field & Elias, 2018). This article aims to continue raising its profile as a tool for clinical work. Specifically it outlines the principles of narrative therapy and its relation to the Tree of Life before reflecting on its utility in clinical work with older adults.


Callus from stem pieces of the juvenile (seedling) and adult stages of Hedera helix L. were grown for up to 17 passages on a medium containing mineral salts, vitamins, sucrose, and coconut water and for fewer passages on media which lacked coconut water. Seedling callus differed in its growth in culture from adult. It was less stable than the adult; i.e., it developed vigorous variants earlier and more freely than the adult callus. The tendency of seedling callus toadapt to unfavorable media was greater. On low salt media root formation by callus was infrequent. Adult calluses formed roots more freely on high salt media than seedling calluses did. IN THEIR normal ontogeny from seed to flower many kinds of plants, both herbaceous and woody, evidence more or less well defined juvenile and adult stages which are distinguished by differences in morphology and physiology. The morphology and physiology which characterize the juvenile and adult stages originate in the apical meristem. Its activity changes or is changed with the age of the plant. What causes the change in the activity of the apical meristem? The explanations which have been offered fall into two more or less distinct categories. O(ne assumes that the kind of structures produced by the meristem is determined by the materials which come to it from the balance of the plant or by the eff ect of changes in the external environment; the meristem itself does not change during the life of the plant; it does not age. Another hypothesis assumes that the meristem ages; it changes in character during the life of the plant. There are young meristems and adult or old meristems. Although the activity of each is affected by the internal and external environment, the response differs because the juvenile meristem differs in character from the adult meristem (Brink, 1962; Robbins, 1964). Stoutemyer and Britt (1963, 1965) reported that calluses from pieces of stem (explants) of seedling Hedera helix grew in tissue culture more rapidly than those from stems of adult Hedera. Calluses from reversion stages were intermediate in vigor. These reports suggested that meristems of adult and juvenile stages of H. helix are different. We realize that the juvenile and adult stages arise from the apical meristem, not from the callus, although the tissues from which the callus is derived originate in the last I Received for publication 15 August 1969. This investigation was supported in part by a grant from The Conservation and Research Foundation and grant GB-3007 from The National Science Foundation. analysis from the apical meristem. We recognize also that a meristem in culture may not act as it does in situ. Nevertheless, differences in the development in tissue cultures of callus from adult stages would support the second of the hypotheses summarized above. MATERIALS AND METHODS-We have compared the growth of callus of stem explants from four shrubby plants of H. helix grown in the greenhouses of The Rockefeller University, and of callus from explants of seedlings derived from each of the four plants. The plants were labeled for convenience A, B, C, and D. Seeds from the four adult plants were planted 6 January 1965. Explants were made from adult plant C and its seedlings 26 August 1966. Callus from the explants was removed when explants were 35 days old. Explants of seedlings and of adult plants, A, B, and D were made 20 October 1966. Callus was removed when the explants were 36 days old. Explants were taken from more than one branch of an adult plant and from more than one seedling of each plant. Each of the adult plants had produced reversion shoots and some branches had characters intermediate between adult and juvenile, for example, adult foliage and phyllotaxy but aerial roots. Care was taken to select branches which showed no juvenile characters for explants from the shrubby plants. Stem pieces were sterilized by dipping in 95 % ethanol, washing in sterile water, treating with 1 % Clorox for 5 or 10 min, washing in sterile water, and flaming after dipping in 95 % ethanol. Explants were about 5 mm in length. Pieces with nodes were usually discarded. The explants were placed on the (B-) medium (see below) to which 100 mg/liter of casein hydrolysate (Edamin, Sheffield) was added. This medium (eB -) permitted the detection of contaminants more


Media coverage of immigration has played an important role in the creation of national imaginary and identity. However, since immigration and asylum policies are increasingly shifting to supranational decision making in the European Union, the issue should also be analyzed from the perspective of Europeanization. What are the old and new ethnic and cultural identities and versions of community that are being constructed in news coverage of African "illegal migration" to Europe? What types of positions are offered for various social agents? This paper aims to make sense of the representations and identities that are being constructed in the Finnish news stories of African migration to Europe. The coverage of a Northernmost European newspaper of a Southernmost event offers an opportunity to analyze discourses of Europeanization and identity constructions of Europe and Africa.Previous research on news of asylum seekers and undocumented migrants stresses frame of illegality. However, a closer textual analysis shows the diversity in news journalism. Illegality is no doubt the most recurrent frame, but the migrants are also framed as victims and as heroes – particularly in reportages made in Africa where the migrants have names and social status compared to the routine news coverage where they are left as "non-persons". Divisions are made firstly between "poor Africa" and "rich Europe". Africa is presented dirty and diseased, and since Europe is imagined as the opposite, it is loaded with good qualities. However, Europe is not understood as one entity, but distinctions are made between the "organized" North and "inefficient" South.


Velocity dispersion profiles and rotation curves have been determined for a sample of 13 brightest duster galaxies (BCGs) in order to study their internal stellar kinematics and investigate their relationship to ellipticals. We find that BCGs generally display velocity dispersion profiles with gradients similar to those found in normal bright ellipticals. A rising velocity dispersion profile is found for the BCG IC 1101, the dominant member of Abell 2029, confirming Dressier's (1979) result. No other rising velocity dispersion profiles are found in our sample suggesting that they are not a feature common to brightest duster galaxies. Significant rotation is found in only two of the galaxies, a result in agreement with previous studies showing the declining importance of rotation with increasing luminosity for elliptical galaxies. Our data suggest that environment plays a role in the kinematic characteristics of BCGs. We find a correlation between the rotation of BCGs and the velocity dispersion of their parent clusters in the sense that very slowly rotating galaxies (V-m/(sigma))(not asymptotic to) 650 km s(-1)) clusters. This relation between the internal stellar kinematics of BCGs and the cluster velocity dispersion is in the sense expected if ellipticals formed by merging. Brightest duster galaxy mass-to-light ratios derived from photometric and kinematic modeling are found to be similar to normal elliptical M/L values. For the galaxy NGC 4073, the dominant galaxy in the poor cluster MKW 4, we find that it contains a counterrotating stellar core suggestive of the occurrence of an accretion event(s).


The present invention discloses a solar panel frame, with closed cold-formed steel sections, cold-formed steel section comprising a said side panel and three horizontal baffles, at front and rear ends of the side plates are provided with a first transverse baffle and third horizontal baffle, the baffle between the first and third transverse cross-baffle position close to the third cross baffle is provided with a second transverse baffle, the second baffle transverse, horizontal baffle plate and the third plate latching slot is formed in the solar panel, the support plate is provided between the first and the second transverse cross baffle plate baffle, the support plate and the second baffle plate connected to a first transverse horizontal baffle plate. Advantage of the invention that the coefficient of expansion of glass close to the steel, to avoid changes of hot and cold, solar panels from the loss occurred; to avoid electrochemical corrosion of the solar panel frame; low energy consumption, high utilization of materials; better mechanical properties.


Studied the mixed culture medium,conditions and growth relationships of Bac licheniformis,Candida sp and Rsp capsulata which could improve water quality respectively.The results showed that the optimum mixed culture medium of three strains was: per liter water contains glucose 10g,yeast extract 10g,peptone 6g,NaCl 20g,MgSO4 0.2g,KH2PO4 0.5g,K2HPO4 0.3g with pH value 6.5;the sequence of inoculation and culture conditions of mixed culture of three strains were: Candida sp and Rsp capsulata with 3% inoculation volume respectively were inoculated in the medium,and mixed cultured for 48h under the conditions of 35℃,200r/min,then Bac licheniformis with 4% inoculation volume was inoculated and mixed cultured until 60h.The growth relationships of mixed culture of three strains were: the relationship between the Bac licheniformis and the other two strains was neutralism and the relationship between the Rsp capsulata and the Candida was synergism.


The blueprint of the cosmic temple -- Ancient temples and the canon of sacred number -- Sacred number and the New Testament -- Architects of the New Testament -- The Spirit and the Law -- Deciphering the book of Revelation -- Gematria and the apocalypse-- The turning of the age -- The holy name of Mary.


We study public goods game where the contribution efforts are observable. When the players are observed, they contribute more and free-riding diminishes significantly. On the other hand, presence of an audience does not affect the performance of players if there is no strategic aspect of the game, i.e. when they play private goods game. The findings are in line with the predictions of the social image theory where a player's contribution is also a signal to an audience regarding how much she cares about contributing to the public goods.


472 Lung India • Vol 33 • Issue 4 • Jul Aug 2016 et al. Systemic therapy for stage iv non‐small‐cell lung cancer: American Society of Clinical Oncology clinical practice guideline update. J Clin Oncol 2015;33:3488‐515. 13. Singh N, Aggarwal AN, Kaur J, Behera D. Association of graded folic acid supplementation and total plasma homocysteine levels with hematological toxicity during first‐line treatment of non‐squamous NSCLC patients with pemetrexed based chemotherapy. Am J Clin Oncol 2014. (Epub ahead of print). doi: 10.1097/COC.0000000000000111. 14. Le Chevalier T, Scagliotti G, Natale R, Danson S, Rosell R, Stahel R, et al. Efficacy of gemcitabine plus platinum chemotherapy compared with other platinum containing regimens in advanced non‐small‐cell lung cancer: A meta‐analysis of survival outcomes. Lung Cancer 2005;47:69‐80. 15. Toschi L, Cappuzzo F. Gemcitabine for the treatment of advanced nonsmall cell lung cancer. Onco Targets Ther 2009;2:209‐17. 16. Singh N, Aggarwal AN, Behera D. Management of advanced lung cancer in resource‐constrained settings: A perspective from India. Expert Rev Anticancer Ther 2012;12:1479‐95. 17. Singh N, Aggarwal AN, Behera D, Jindal SK. Intercycle delays during chemotherapy of non‐small cell lung cancer in a health care resource‐constrained setting and their effect on overall survival. J Thorac Oncol 2010;5:236‐9. How to cite this article: Kaur H, Sehgal IS, Singh N. Chemotherapy regimens for metastatic nonsmall cell lung cancer: Generating good quality data is important before challenging evidence. Lung India 2016;33:470-2. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as the author is credited and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.


In this new work, David Hansen extends and deepens a line of inquiry he set forth in his popular book, The Call to Teach. Hansen examines why the most important factor in the practice of teaching is the person who occupies the role of teacher. Drawing on classroom research, teachers' testimony, and a rich, historical tradition of philosophical reflection, Hansen crafts an original, highly accessible account that takes us to the moral heart of teaching. His is a straightforward, compelling vision of why teaching is essential in human life and why its rewards are special and distinctive. In an era of considerable political attack on teachers and teaching, this book vindicates the importance and vitality of what teachers do.


Since its inception, the U.S. government has strongly promoted the expansion of White wealth. These past policies have created the current wealth gaps in which White households typically hold >10 times the wealth held by Black or Latinx households. The tradition continues today. Using nine tax deductions, the federal government currently supports household wealth accumulation by nearly $640 billion annually. Although they make no overt mention of race, these tax exemptions are designed specifically to help wealthier households. Using evidence from the Survey of Consumer Finances, this article estimates the racial shares of these tax benefits and shows a clear pattern of racial favoritism. In addition, repeated efforts to eliminate the estate and gift taxes mean more intergenerational wealth is tax-exempted. As in the past, our current federal wealth policies are promoting White supremacy.


Since the turn of the century, Information and Communications Technologies have expanded their circle of influence through the so-called digital convergence. Relentlessly, this process has been transforming many economic activities, with the paper, printing, postal delivery, publishing, and broadcasting industries feeling the pinch from shrinking markets and volatile customers' choices. As a result, increasing organizational changes have rendered several job routines and labor skills obsolete. Although technology change has produced declining employment rates, average wages have nonetheless kept on growing. In this paper, we carry out trend analysis to test the following hypotheses: 1) digital convergence has altered traditional routines and skills, resulting in a shrinking rate of employment in sectors related to the communications industry. As a result, 2) productivity has grown, and firms have recruited more skilled workers with higher wages. To test these hypotheses, we analyze employment and wage tendencies in these five sectors by comparing historical data in each industry from 2004 to 2018. In this endeavor, we take advantage of the Occupational Employment Statistics (OES) Survey produced for the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor.


There are inherent problems in measuring possible causation effects of aircraft noise: 'causation' may often mean an increased probability of an effect. . There are generally large variations in individual responses and 'statistical confounding factors' are often present (Hill, 1965). Confounding covers possible alternative explanations and mechanisms that produce modifications to the nature or scale of people's responses. Examples of confounding airport-related health factors are:


The presence of industrial revolution 4.0 brought various changes and shifts that occurred in industry and had an impact on vocational secondary education which was closely related to industry. This study aims to analyze the curriculum for vocational secondary education in middle of industrial revolution 4.0 era. The method used is literature review through scientific articles indexed in the last 10 years and focus group discussions with teachers, practitioners in tourism sector and curriculum experts. The findings of this study indicate the adaptive curricula as a modified curriculum model that adapts to situations, conditions, and needs in the field. It is necessary to reconstruct curriculum content in Vocational Secondary Education by optimizing cooperation with industry and the world of work. In addition, strengthening the ability of Literacy, Language and Numerical (LLN), Employability Skills (ES), transferable skills (TS) that are integrated in a comprehensive range of subjects are the main assets for vocational secondary education students to be more adaptive in facing and winning the competition for various changes, shifts that occur in the industry and world of work that a very massive.


This study is focusing on Pondok community participation in a sustainable solid waste management programme. Besides that, the factors that influence Pondok community participation, such as knowledge and awareness, were explored. This study adopted a stratified sampling technique with 99 respondents from Pondok Pasir Tumboh, Kota Bharu, Kelantan were participating in this study. The data was processed SPSS software with descriptive and inferential analysis. This study revealed that Pondok community has excellent knowledge and awareness regarding sustainable solid waste management practices. However, the exercise of Pondok community in sustainable solid waste management is still moderate. Besides that, this study also found out that the different groups of age, marital status, and education level significantly influence Pondok community's participation in sustainable solid waste management practices. The findings of this study are crucial in providing the preliminary data of Pondok community readiness and willingness to practice sustainable solid waste management like recycling and composting.


Sponsored annually by the Indiana University Southeast Faculty Senate International Programs Committee for students, staff and faculty. Photographs are on display during International Education Week.


This study aims to determine whether the Maze educational game tool is effective in improving the cognitive development of children aged 5-6 years. Cognitive aspect is one aspect of development in children that is important to be developed, which this aspect refers to the stage of the child's ability. The cognitive ability of children aged 5-6 years is where children can know numbers, so that children can determine the picture of numbers, can deal with problems seen in everyday life, children have understood the conditions and consistent results, and children can show exploratory exercises. The method used in this research is systematic literature or literature study, the literature used in the past 6 years. This research consists of 6 stages including: determining the title, exploring information, determining the direction of the research, collecting data, presenting data, and compiling reports. Based on the results of the literature above, it can be concluded that the effectiveness of the Maze Educational Game Tool (APE) is quite effective in helping to improve the Cognitive Development of Adult Children 5-6 years. It can be concluded that APE maze is able to help children's cognitive development well, such as helping children to practice problem solving skills, recognizing and knowing numbers, recognizing and mentioning number symbols and children can know various alphabets.


R eading and discussing primary literature is central to communicating science. Students need practice in reading the literature for purposes beyond gaining information. Literature can be used to both increase knowledge and comprehension and to engage students in higher-level thinking (Bloom 1956; Levine 2001; Gillen et al. 2004; Finelli et al. 2005). Because science is also about making predictions and testing models, using information gained from reading to construct models allows students to develop problem solving skills (Starfield et al. 1994). Ellison et al. (pp 479–486) provide information on how the removal of foundation species has affected the structure and function of a wide range of forest communities. In this article, we show how the Ellison et al. paper can be used to help students make connections between their prior knowledge and new information. Students explain the causes and effects of forest decline and the ecological processes involved by developing an explicit model that interconnects the data presented in the paper. They confer with their peers to explain and refine their models and then use the knowledge represented in their models to make predictions about novel situations. In this way, students actively develop their understanding of science and practice their ability to solve problems. Student goals • Demonstrate expertise in reading and interpreting scientific literature to solve problems. • Analyze and apply information to design models that explain changes in ecosystem processes. • Transfer understanding of ecosystem processes in forests to other ecosystems. Instructor goals • Use a jigsaw assignment as an effective way to analyze literature. • Use group and individual instructional strategies to enable students to actively construct understanding of foundation species effects on ecosystem function by building descriptive models. • Assess understanding of ecosystem functions by giving students novel examples to apply their understanding and test predictions. Engage students by showing them the photographs in Figures 1, 2, and 4 in Ellison et al. Students then describe the changes they see in hemlock, whitebark pine, and American chestnut forests and predict why these changes occurred (think individually, then share with their neighbor, ie " think–pair–share " ; http://tiee.ecoed.net/ teach/tutorials/neighbor.html). Select several pairs to report to the class; both individuals from the pair should be prepared to speak. Follow with a discussion of how scientists often synthesize and condense data into descriptive models that integrate processes. Show and discuss the components of several examples of such models, including …


This study was conducted at Um Kaddada, North Darfur State, Sudan, at two sites (closed and open) for two consecutive seasons 2008 and 2009 during flowering and seed setting stages to evaluate range attributes at the locality. A split plot design was used to study vegetation attributes. Factors studied were management systems (closed and open) and growth stages (flowering and seed setting). Vegetation cover, plant density, carrying capacity, and biomass production were assessed. Chemical analyses were done for selected plants to determine their nutritive values. The results showed high significant differences in vegetation attributes (density, cover and biomass production) between closed and open areas. Closed areas had higher carrying capacity compared to open rangelands. Crude protein (CP) and ash contents of range vegetation were found to decrease while Crude fiber (CF) and Dry matter yield (DM) had increased with growth. The study concluded that closed rangelands are better than open rangelands because it fenced and protected. Erosion index and vegetation degradation rate were very high. Future research work is needed to assess rangelands characteristics and habitat condition across different ecological zones in North Darfur State, Sudan. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/ije.v3i3.11093 International Journal of Environment Vol.3(3) 2014: 332-343


E.F. Toro and A. Chakraborty The development of a Riemann solver for the steady supersonic Euler equations 325 D. Ambrosi, L. Gasparini and L. Vigevano Full Potential and Euler solutions for transonic unsteady flow 340 R.B. Green and R.A. McD. Galbraith Phenomena observed during aerofoil ramp-down motions from the fully separated state 349 C.R. Mclnnes Compact analytical solutions for a decaying, precessing circular orbit 357


With the explosive growth of Web and tremendous development of digital image processing technologies, the applications of Web image have attracted much attention, such as the Web image retrieval. Since the Web images are often with some related text tags, making use of both visual and textual features of Web image will help improving the accuracy of the Web image clustering. Researches show that Web image clustering methods, such as graph partitioning models and hyper graph partitioning models, didn't make use the relations between texts and image simultaneously. In this paper, we explore to take both visual and textual features into account for Web image clustering by building a graph model and develop a novel iterative clustering method. With K clusters initialized, we calculate the occurrence frequency of each visual/textual feature over the j-th cluster (j = 1, 2,⋯, K), which is used to measure the significance of the feature for the j-th cluster. Then the likelihood of each image, which belongs to the j-th cluster, can be determined accordingly. Furthermore, a mixture model is built for the predicted feature linked to each image and the EM algorithm is adopted to get K component parameters which describe posterior probabilities of all clusters for each image. Then two K-dimensional vectors consisting of component parameters will be used to describe the image and adjust the cluster index of it. Several experiments have been performed with MIR-Flickr25K and IAPR TC-12 Benchmark datasets and the performance of the proposed Web image clustering algorithm is superior to that of the compared algorithm.


ABSTRACT The exotic aura surrounding Bali was embraced as a teaching and learning opportunity in the four-week, faculty-led study abroad programme at the centre of the present inquiry, which asked: how might a place-based pedagogical intervention shape student experiences of an exotified cultural environment? Grounded within sociocultural psychology and the philosophy of place-based education, we developed an intervention using Balinese arts and aesthetics as a pedagogical entry point. In this article, we conduct a longitudinal comparative case analysis of two Bali cohorts, one of which received the intervention. Data include three weekly narratives and one-year post-programme interviews. Findings suggest the intervention functioned as a cultural tool that mediated not only how students related to the Balinese cultural environment, but also their participation with the arts one-year later. How the intervention functioned as a cultural tool is discussed alongside pedagogical implications for study abroad futures, including the imagining of a 'virtual turn.'


Detecting paraneoplastic syndrome is important for the diagnosis of renal cancer. We present an incidentally detected case of renal cancer during the investigation of new-onset hyperglycemia in a 68-year-old woman. The patient presented with palpitations and weight loss; her laboratory findings showed hyperglycemia, anemia, and elevated C-reactive protein and alkaline phosphatase levels. Computed tomography revealed a right renal cancer. Following tumor removal, her glycemic control improved, and insulin therapy, which was needed preoperatively, was not needed anymore. Clinicians should suspect renal cancer in patients with new-onset hyperglycemia occurring simultaneously with interleukin-6-associated paraneoplastic syndrome.


In this paper we address the problem of fault resilient estimation for largescale systems, where the measurements are possibly corrupted due to low-cost sensors faults. As toy application, we consider the problem of localization in Sensor Networks (SN). We propose a distributed solution based on a recently developed generalized descent algorithm. To cope with real-world applications, the algorithm we propose is suitable for an asynchronous implementation and is numerically robust to non ideal communications, i.e., packet-losses. Under mild assumptions, theoretical convergence of the algorithm is shown. The algorithm is compared with a recently developed ADMM-based algorithm for robust state estimation.


The invention discloses a shock-absorbing yarn frame for textile use, comprising a support plate. The shock-absorbing yarn frame for textile use is characterized in that the bottom end of the support plate is provided with grooves, a support is hinged to the middle of each groove, two elastic members are arranged on two sides of each support in the corresponding groove, the lower portion of each support is provided with a connecting post, and each connecting post is embedded in a concave support leg. According to the shock-absorbing yarn frame for textile use, two elastic members are arranged on two sides of each support in the corresponding groove; when yarns are stretched, side-to-side swinging strength of the yarn frame can be reduced effectively; shaking strength of the yarn frame can be further reduced through springs at the lower ends of the support legs and springs between the concave support legs and the supports, and yarn wear and end breakage are decreased. The shock-absorbing yarn frame for textile use has the advantages of simple structure, convenience of use, low cost and the like.


The twin "peaks" of achievement in Thailand are economic growth and de mocratizing uplift, which according to modernization theorists go together. The "shadows" cast by the twin peaks refer, on the down side, to the social conse quences of rapid industrialization and the political consequences of the spread of capitalism. Drawn from the combination of these two features, three con nected themes emerge: the (contested) scope for political action in dealing with economic and social problems; the subversive effect of "money politics" on the democratizing process; and the challenge of (non-elected) technocratic "efficiency" to parliamentary representation, with its frequent lack of coherence. Two significant events in 1993 ? the disastrous fire in the Kader toy factory and the "Anand affair" ? illustrate the importance of these themes. Finally, in the context of this complex pattern of "assets" and "liabilities" (the economic and political peaks and shadows), particular issues as they appeared in 1993 are considered: government policies and opposition attitudes, relations with the military, labour, rural concerns, infrastructure and the environment, civil society (including the question of human rights), and foreign affairs.


We propose a novel technique to probe the expansion history of the Universe based on the clustering statistics of cosmic voids. In particular, we compute their two-point statistics in redshift space on the basis of realistic mock galaxy catalogs and apply the Alcock-Paczynski test. In contrast to galaxies, we find void auto-correlations to be marginally affected by peculiar motions, providing a model-independent measure of cosmological parameters without systematics from redshift-space distortions. Because only galaxy-galaxy and void-galaxy correlations have been considered in these types of studies before, the presented method improves both statistical and systematic uncertainties on the product of angular diameter distance and Hubble rate, furnishing the potentially cleanest probe of cosmic geometry available to date.


The paper presents a design of 2 × 1 microstrip patch array antenna for 5G C-band access point applications. The array uses the element of rectangular microstrip antenna with U slot on parasitic patch for 5G C-Band (3.4 – 3.8 GHz) application. A microstrip feed network is used to feed the antenna array is also implemented in the design. The antenna is two layered antenna array and low profile is a good candidate of antenna for 5G C band access point applications. the paper shows results of analysis: such as return loss, efficiencies, radiation pattern, etc of both single element and array antenna.


The colchicine content of lily in supercritical carbon dioxide fluid extraction was determined by high performance liquid chromatography.Pure colchicine was separated from the extracts through thin-layer chromatography and was identified by using spectral techniques of(nuclear) magnetic resonance and infrared spectrum.The results show that colchicine content is increased to 6.4% in extract.The recovery of colchicine is 88%,and spectral diagram of colchicine from lily is the same as that of colchicine standard sample.The method of extraction-detection-separation colchicine from lily is applicable and it has a preferable selectivity.


Abstract Family is the first and the prime environment for children. In a family, children learn about norms, habits, responsibilities, and how to respect others. Children's growth and development depends on how parents taking care and guiding their children in their home, certainly with the implementation of parenting method. By the right parenting methods, it would give positive impact towards children's general motor ability. Those, is very important things that need to be concerned for supporting daily activities and making more dynamic life.This research is purposed for knowing the influence of parenting method toward the general motor ability in student on 11th grade in SMAN 1 Probolinggo. The type of this research is descriptive research with quantitative approach. Research design which is used for this research is correlational design. The population in this research is students of the eleven graders in SMAN 1 Probolinggo. Sampling by using cluster random sampling: sampling is not the individual but the group. The instrument that is used for knowing of parenting method is by using questionnaire whereas Barrow Motor Ability Test is used for knowing student's general motor ability. Data analysis which is used is contingency coefficient.Based on the research, it can be concluded that among 35 students as a sample, 1 student got authoritative education, 6 students got permissive education, and 28 students got authority education. Results of the data calculation using SPPS 20.0 showed 0,584 result value and sig 0,021. It's showed that sig (0,021) < alpha 0, 05 that is means Ho is rejected and H1 is accepted. In conclusion parenting method is influential towards the general motor ability in student on 11th Grade in SMAN 1 Probolinggo, that reaches 34,1%. Keywords: Parenting Method, General Motor Ability


The exploration of virtual environments in wireless mobile media devices has attracted the attention of researchers and developers mainly due to its potential applications in a variety of areas including entertainment, training, security, e-learning, etc. However, current technology of mobile devices lack the proper resources to handle complex and realistic 3D virtual environments. There has been a number of proposed ideas to solve this issue. The existing approaches use techniques that either employ limited user navigation modes or do not perform satisfactorily for interactive applications. In this paper, we propose a new protocol that offers the user a richer navigation by pre-streaming the necessary imagery data to generate new views as the user wanders within the 3D environment. We introduce the idea of key partial panoramas, i.e., panorama segments that cover movements in any direction by simply strafing from an appropriate key partial panorama and streaming the amount of lost pixels. We have implemented our ideas and evaluated it against two well-known approaches. Experimental results show that our solution outperforms the selected approaches by minimizing the delay between image updates and by allowing a more complex navigation scheme than previous works.


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Consumers are showing a growing tendency to reject foods containing additives, an attitude which applies without qualification to meat products, too. Moving within the framework of legal regulations, meat manufacturers are therefore searching for alternatives. The study in hand makes clear that vegetable proteins (in our cases: SUPRO proteins) can in fact help to produce boiled ham without using phosphates. Those products manufactured with the aid of proteins showed better sensory properties than those products where phosphates had been added. The use of innovatives technologies, like the one described in the following article, can help manufacturers open up new markets.


This paper presents experiments comparing character-based and byte-based neural machine translation systems. The main motivation of the byte-based neural machine translation system is to build multi-lingual neural machine translation systems that can share the same vocabulary. We compare the performance of both systems in several language pairs and we see that the performance in test is similar for most language pairs while the training time is slightly reduced in the case of byte-based neural machine translation.


Entrainment is the process whereby miscible fluid is exchanged across a density interface bounding a region of turbulent flow [17]. It is of central importance in governing the dynamics of the atmospheric boundary layer (ABL) top. In the exchange process, relatively quiescent fluid is engulfed by turbulent motions penetrating across the interface and is subsequently mixed into the turbulent region. Smaller-scale motion is damped so that a relatively sharp interface is maintained which advances into the quiescent layer causing the turbulent layer to thicken.


This paper introduced a determination method of the soil thermal parameters which was related to the cold and hot source design of the machine room in the cultural center of Shaoxing city.Addition,combined the reality of the limited available area,we used a combination of indoor and outdoor to layout underground pipe.Precautions about wells under the building were also described.


Abstract The use of DNA probes within or near disease genes is becoming increasingly important in clinical medicine. Probes are available for prenatal and carrier diagnosis for several of the more than 100 genetic diseases of the gastrointestinal tract and liver. These include familial adenomatous polyposis, haemochromatosis, cystic fibrosis, α1‐antitrypsin deficiency and the hereditary porphyrias. This review uses examples drawn from such diseases to show the relevance of these approaches to the clinician.


Cyclodextrin (CD) is applied as an exfoliating agent to recover bitumen from oil sands. The effectiveness of CD agent is confirmed by bitumen recovery higher than that by conventional process, which applies sodium hydroxide as an exfoliating agent.Sedimentation rate of clay in the waste solution is also higher with CD than with sodium hydroxide. It is further confirmed that waste solution of CD can be repeatedly recycled as agent.An addition of a small amount of kerosene to the solution has improved the recovery of bitumen.The effectiveness of raw CD in a large scale unit suggests that CD is highly potential for application in commercial scale plant as an exfoliating agent to recover bitumen from oil sands.


Interference mitigation between femtocells and the surrounding macrocells is one of the major challenges in femtocell deployment. This paper proposes a system architecture of using TV White Space (TVWS) in LTE femtocell networks, which includes: (i) a Geo-location database to obtain locally available TVWS information, and (ii) a new resource allocation scheme using the locally available TVWS to mitigate the downlink cross-tier interference between macrocell users and nearby femtocells. A two-tier multi-femtocell simulator is established to demonstrate the system performance. Simulations at different scenarios are conducted to compare the performance of the traditional all-shared resource allocation scheme, dynamic resource partitioning scheme and the proposed scheme. Simulation results show that the proposed scheme has better downlink interference mitigation performance in comparison with the other two schemes.


Deep Packet Inspection (DPI) module in Intrusion Detection Systems (IDSes) consists of two components: Pre-filter and Rule Verification (RV). Pre-filter adopts Multi-Pattern Matching (MPM) engine to filter out the vast majority of benign packets and then leave a few suspicious packets with false positives into RV component. These false positives are due to the scanning process in the pre-filter: it detects the traffic in a single pass against a set of fingerprints, which are extracted from the given ruleset by selecting only a small portion of the patterns in each signature. RV component precisely checks the suspicious packets and eliminates these false positives. The performance of DPI module is related to the extracted fingerprint set. An efficient fingerprint set should improve the pre-filter throughput, and at the same time decrease the count of checking activities in RV component. We show in this paper that these two requirements cannot be simultaneously satisfied in the existing fingerprint extraction strategies. Pre-filter performance greatly benefits from smaller fingerprint set because of the more compact MPM engine. But RV component suffers from the higher rate of false positives caused by the smaller fingerprint set. We optimally trade off these two requirements with a new extraction method in this work. Through analysing a small amount of training traffic in the initial phase, our strategy gives each fingerprint candidate an empirical weight for the subsequent extraction. Experimental results obtained by integrating our proposed method into the Snort IDS show that our strategy improves the IDS average throughput by at least 69% over the latest real ruleset and real traffic.


BradyGames Enemy Territory: QUAKE Wars Signature Series Guide includes the following: A comprehensive walkthrough of the entire game. Detailed area maps pinpointing critical locations. In-depth listing of all available weapons and equipment. Expert strategies for all modes of gameplay. Signature Series guide features bonus foldout and more! Platform: PS3 and Xbox 360 Genre: ShooterThis product is available for sale worldwide.


Sexual and somatic Brassica napus hybrids produced from the same parental plants were compared. Sexual crosses between a white-flowered, self-compatible broccoli selection (B. oleracea var. italica, cc genome) as the maternal parent and a flowering pak choi accession (B. chinensis, aa genome) yielded one unique spontaneous hybrid and four hybrids through embryo rescue. Thirty-nine somatic hybrids were recovered from a protoplast fusion experiment. Hybridity was confirmed by morphology, isozyme expression, flow cytometry, and DNA hybridization. Sexual and somatic hybrids exhibited differences in leaf morphology, flower colour, flowering habit, and organellar inheritance. Sexual hybrids were all fertile amphidiploids (2n = 38, aacc) following spontaneous chromosome doubling. All somatic hybrids had high nuclear DNA contents; most were probably hexaploids (aaaacc or aacccc) from the fusion of three portoplasts. Two initially sterile hexaploid (aaaacc) regenerates eventually set selfed seed after the loss of the putative extra aa genome following regrowth from axillary buds. A bias toward inheritance of B. chinensis chloroplasts was observed with somatic hybrids.


Recently,the excessive use of chemical fertilizer,especially nitrogen and phosphorus fertilizers,and unreasonable application of organic manure led to degradation of soil fertility,alarming environmental risk of fertilization and decreasing safety of vegetable products in main vegetable production regions in China.This study was conducted to determine the effects of combined application of organic manure and chemical fertilizers on yield and quality of tomato,and accumulation and leaching loss of soil nitrate under greenhouse condition.The field experiment consisted of six treatments of 1(No N),2(4/4 CN,all nitrogen in chemical fertilizer),3(3/4 CN+1/4 ON,ON denotes nitrogen in organic manure),4(2/4 CN+2/4 ON),5(1/4 CN+3/4 ON),and 6(CF,conventional fertilization).Equal NPK was designed for treatments 2,3,4,and 5.Rates of P2O5 and K2O application were respectively equal for each of treatments 1,2,3,4 and 5.The results showed that:(1) compared with the conventional fertilization with much higher rates of N,P2O5 and K2O,there were not significant differences of tomato yields under the different combined application patterns of organic manure and chemical fertilizers with proper rates of N,P2O5 and K2O.The average income of the combined application patterns of organic manure and chemical fertilizers was significantly increased by 19 127 RMB yuan·hm-2,with the highest income for the combined application pattern of 3/4 N in chemical fertilizer and 1/4 N in organic manure.(2) Compared with two treatments of the all NPK applied with chemical fertilizer and the conventional fertilization,the combined application patterns of organic manure and chemical fertilizers respectively decreased nitrate contents in fruit of tomato by 5.4% and 7.0%.Whereas the combined application patterns of organic manure and chemical fertilizers increased Vc contents in fruit of tomato by 9.4% than that in treatment of all NPK applied with chemical fertilizer.(3)Soil nitrate contents generally tended to increase in surface soil layer(0~20 cm) and decrease in deep soil layer after tomato harvest compared with the stage before tomato planting.Soil nitrate content in each soil layer for treatments of the combined application patterns of organic manure and chemical fertilizers were significantly lower than that in corresponding soil layer for conventional fertilization treatment.(4)Compared with the chemical fertilizer application pattern and the conventional fertilization,the NO-3-N leakage rates in the leakage water significantly decreased by 35.5% and 55.1% under the combined application patterns of organic manure and chemical fertilizers.The proper pattern of combined application of organic manure and chemical fertilizers based on yield,income and environment was the pattern of combined application of 3/4 N in chemical fertilizer and 1/4 N in organic manure under this experimental condition.


In this paper, I provide new evidence from High School and Beyond (HSB) on the effects of compulsory attendance on high school completion and future youth unemployment. I develop Bayesian estimation approaches to the simultaneous equation model with ordered probit and two-limit censored regression and the bivariate duration model, accounting for the heterogeneity in returns to education and the nonlinearity in the effects of compulsory attendance. I find substantial variability in returns to education across schools and evidence of diminishing marginal effects of compulsory attendance on high school completion. The simulation results suggest that increasing the compulsory attendance age raises the probability of completing high school and reduces the proportion of time the individuals are unemployed. These effects are much more pronounced for disadvantaged students but less pronounced for advantaged students, suggesting the potential effects of compulsory attendance on reducing the inequality in education and employment. Copyright © 2005 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.


After hot rolling,the tested steel was firstly cooled to different temperatures ranging from M s temperature to M f temperature using ultra fast cooling system,and then cooled room temperature using furnace cooling. The influence of coiling temperature on microstructure and mechanical properties of DQP steel was investigated. The results show that the volume fraction of ferrite is slightly increased and the volume fraction of retained austenite is increased from 5. 9% to 12. 1% as the coiling temperature is increased from 200 ℃ to 360 ℃. The volume fraction of retained austenite for the coiling temperature of 200 ℃ remains unchanged after tensile deformation,however,the volume fraction of retained austenite for the coiling temperature of 360 ℃ is lowered to 8. 5% after tensile deformation. The better mechanical properties with the elongation of 23. 9%,product of strength and elongation of 20 GPa·% and lower yield ratio of 0. 79 can be gained at the coiling temperature of 360 ℃.


Aim: The aim of our study was to evaluate and establish the role of diagnostic laparoscopy (DL) in unexplained/nonspecific abdominal pain (NSAP) in this era of therapeutic laparoscopy, and thus to analyze and support the theory of minimal access surgery in diagnosing and treating abdominal conditions. Materials and methods: In this prospective study included patients with abdominal pain of (i) more than 6 hours and less than 6 days duration (acute) and (ii) more than or equal to 6 months duration (chronic) were included whether presen ting as a surgical emergency or coming to surgical outpatient department (OPD) in whom a DL was performed after failure to achieve a diagnosis with conventional methods. The study included a total of 168 consecutive patients who fulfilled our inclusion criteria and underwent DL for NSAP. Their demo graphic and clinical data, admission dates and dates of sur gery were noted. Outcome of surgery was recorded and the data were analyzed to ascertain the role and diagnostic yield of laparoscopy in our department, both in acute and chronic abdominal pain of nonspecific nature. Patients were followed postoperative for 3 months for any recurrence of symptoms. Results: Laparoscopy yielded diagnoses in 161 of these patients giving a diagnostic yield of 95.8%. Appendicitis (39.2%), gynecological pathology (16%) and abdominal tuber culosis (8.9%) were the major findings. Therapeutic procedures were performed in 112 cases (66.6%) where peroperative pathology was identified. In 38 cases (22.6%) where there was strong clinical suspicion of appendicitis and no pathology could be identified peroperative, an appendectomy was performed. Twentyeight (73.6%) of these appendix specimens were found inflamed on subsequent histologic examination. There were no complications in this series. Conclusion: This study establishes the role of early DL as a safe procedure with high efficacy. Hence, it is an effective investigative tool in undiagnosed abdominal pain of both acute and chronic nature.


The author discusses the relationship between construction project management and construction project supervision from aspects of concept,business scope,corresponding policy,law and regulation,points out that the construction project management represents the future development direction of project supervision,it should encourage and supports conditional supervision enterprise transition to construction project management enterprise.


Exploring cyclic permutation matrices on a space of N q‐state spins, novel arithmetical polynomials in q of degree N are introduced, which satisfy interesting relations (especially congruence relations zero to modulus N. i.e., generalization to an arbitrary integer of Fermat's little theorem) and provide a natural representation of spectral properties with much physical significance.


Managing funds for venturing into a new business is a very challenging task for women. The goal of the study is to recognize congenial sources from where they can easily get funds to start their business and after starting a business which financial strategy they follow to expand their enterprise. To perform this task, primary data collection was carried out through a well-designed questionnaire and a total of 180 women entrepreneurs from different parts of the country took part in this program spontaneously. It is observed that usually women do not get bank loans easily, but they discovered that semiformal and informal sources of funds are available for their business and these loans help them to achieve the entrepreneurial goal. Although the interest rate is much higher, to be self-employed women must collect funds from these sources. 77 percent of women withdraw profit and their business follows the start small and stay small characteristics, but others save and re-invest their profit to expand the business operation. Despite the great loss caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, it is a light of hope that some women are doing very well by using the digital platform and providing home delivery services. From this paper, the new women entrepreneur can perceive what should be done and they will go through the right way. By following former entrepreneurs, they should take the right decision and bring success assuredly.


Linear dynamical systems with transport lags are characterized by linear differential-difference equations. The task of identifying unknown parameters in such systems from the input-output data is difficult due to mathematical complications associated with differentialdifference equations. This paper presents a method which solves the identification problem. The method is digitally oriented and shows how a continuous-time system can be identified by discrete techniques. The solution is based on Kalman's least square method. The identification procedure essentially involves two steps: 1) discretizing the continuous system via finite difference approximation, and 2) estimating the parameters through the identification of the resulting discrete model. Experimental results have verified the validity of the proposed method.


Case Report Intestinal helminthiasis is a rare cause of gastrointestinal bleeding. In this article, we report the case of a 22-year-old patient who was admitted for intermittent melena associated with iron deficiency anemia. While oeso-gastroduodenal fibroscopy and colonoscopy did not show abnormalities, capsule endoscopy revealed a large number of parasites infesting the small intestine. The patient was successfully treated with Albendazole. Endoscopy capsule has proven to be an important tool in the diagnosis of intestinal parasitosis. Keys words: Intestinal helminthiasis, obscure gastrointestinal bleeding, capsule endoscopy. Copyright @ 2019: This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution license which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium for non-commercial use (NonCommercial, or CC-BY-NC) provided the original author and source are credited.


Prostate cancer and its treatments, particularly androgen deprivation therapy (ADT), affect both patients and partners. This study assessed how prostate cancer treatment type, patient mood, and sexual function related to dyadic adjustment from patient and partner perspectives.


The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for treating heart diseases such as angina pectoris and / or congestive heart failure. Diseases such as angina pectoris caused by improper blood flow to the coronary arteries, in the present invention are treated by transplantation of wound smooth muscle tissue around the ascending aorta. Smooth muscle is electrically stimulated by implanted stimulator, it shrinks at a time interval that is determined to correspond to the cardiac cycle. Contraction to assist in the blood flow to the coronary vessels. .FIELD 1


We show how to characterize Markov equilibria in a class of models of unilateral debt default by means of analytical functional equations. By treating equilibrium conditions as constraints in the decision problem of the agent,the equilibrium turns into a game between the borrower and its future selves. Given the time-inconsistent nature of the decision problem, the Generalized Euler Equation includes derivatives of decision rules as its arguments. The functional equations give insights into and explicitly identify the various economic relevant margins. The computational method relies on Hermitian splines to provide controlled accuracy. A comparison with the functional equations for the problem under commitment provides additional insights into the environments without commitment. We apply this approach to several problems from the recent literature on sovereign debt with incomplete markets.


X-ray diffraction experiments in pulsed magnetic fields were performed to study the giant magnetic-field-induced strain in the martensitic phase of ordered Fe3Pt alloy. The field dependence of the arrangement of the variants (crystallographic domains) was observed directly in pulsed magnetic fields for the first time. The variants with the c axis perpendicular to the magnetic field are transformed into variants with the c axis nearly parallel to the magnetic field. Moreover, we found that the reorientation behaviors are different for different variants with the same crystallographic direction. The results demonstrate the crucial importance of microscopic investigation, such as x-ray diffraction analysis, of the martensitic transition. We also found that the magnetic-field-induced strain associated with the rearrangement of the variants occurs even in a very fast sweeping pulsed field of up to 1.9×103 T/s at 1 T.


Graphical/Tabular Abstract  The effect of wood density difference on laser processing  Effect of wood cutting direction on laser processing  Effect of wood anatomical structure on laser processing In this study , a total of 6 different tree species, 3 types of deciduous trees and 3 types of coniferous trees, were used. The effects of laser cutting directions, density and anatomical structure perpendicular to the fibers, parallel to the fibers and transverse to the fibers on the laser processing performance of each wood species were investigated. In the study, the samples were cut in 3 different ways. The section parallel to the fibers is shown in Figure A. (a) below, the perpendicular section is shown in Figure A. (b) below, and the section transverse to the fibers is shown in Figure wood ring and low cell wall thickness in the direction perpendicular to the fibers.. Conclusion: Density differences, cutting direction differences and anatomical structure differences of wood species, respectively, affected the Article Received: 23.08.2021 Accepted: 11.02.2022 DOI: In this study, CNC laser processing performances of some native wood species grown in Turkey, which are frequently used in the manufacture of industrial products, were investigated. In line with the findings, suggestions were made for the industrial wood product manufacturing sector. In the study, 70% watt laser power and 5 mm/s laser cutting speed were applied to the experimental samples with a CNC laser working with a 130 watt carbon dioxide gas tube. A total of 6 different tree species, 3 types of deciduous trees and 3 types of coniferous trees, were used. The effects of laser cutting directions, density and anatomical structure perpendicular to the fibers, parallel to the fibers and transverse to the fibers on the laser processing performance of each wood species were investigated. As a result, the highest laser processing performance was obtained from laser cutting of wood materials with low density, summer wood participation rate in the annual ring and low cell wall thickness in


Treatment effects of using the coagulative precipitation and RO to treat high hardness and high sulfate-resistant(HSR) mine water were described in this paper.The author points out that the removing rate of total hardness and sulfate-resistant and coagulative precipitation were 54.5% and 39.6%;membrane technology are more than 99%.


For the Greeks and Romans, dedications were a way of winning the favor of the gods. Anything could be consecrated, but the word "dedication" generally indicated a permanent gift. Whatever was dedicated belonged to the gods forever. However, people knew how to escape an accusation of sacrilege when they used offerings for the well-being of the community.

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The relevance of this study is conditioned upon the prevalence of pulmonary oedema in cats and special approaches to their therapy. In this regard, this paper is aimed at identifying aetiological factors, breed predisposition, clinical manifestations, haematological parameters, and radiological signs. Leading in the study of this issue is an integrated approach, which includes consideration of the aetiology, pathogenesis, diagnosis of cardiogenic and non-cardiogenic pulmonary oedema and treatment of cats. It was found that in the conditions of the "Vet House" Veterinary Centre (Vinnytsia), cats of the British Shorthair, Sphinx, Maine Coon breeds and their hybrids were most often registered with this pathology. 68 cats were diagnosed with cardiogenic pulmonary oedema due to hypertrophic, restrictive, and unclassified cardiomyopathy. 42 animals were found to have non-cardiogenic pulmonary oedema due to traumatic brain injury, toxic substance poisoning, anaphylactic reaction, airway obstruction, and electric shock. It was found that the most informative during the differential diagnosis of pulmonary oedema in cats are the results of echocardiography and X-ray examination. It was established that for the differential diagnosis of cardiogenic and non-cardiogenic pulmonary oedema, clinical indicators and results of haematological examination of animals are low in information. It was discovered that therapeutic measures for pulmonary oedema are effective in considering aetiological factors, although at the first stage, for both forms of pulmonary oedema, they are aimed at reducing and eliminating the manifestations of acute respiratory failure. The materials of this paper are of practical value for veterinary doctors of general practice and intensive care on differential diagnosis, prediction of the development of the disease and effective treatment of cats


The following triblock–comb copolymers of isoprene (I) and styrene (S)—PS-b-(PI-g-PI)-b-PS, PS-b-[PI-g-(PI-b-PS)]-b-PS, and (PS-g-PS)-b-(PI-g-PI)-b-(PS-g-PS) (where PS is polystyrene and PI is polyisoprene)—with PS contents of 20–30% were synthesized with high-vacuum techniques and the anionic copolymerization of styrenic-tipped macromonomers with I and S. The macromonomers, prepared by the reaction of living PI or PS with 4-(chlorodimethylsilyl) styrene, were used without isolation. Molecular characterization by size exclusion chromatography, size exclusion chromatography/two-angle laser light scattering, and NMR spectroscopy indicated that the triblock–comb copolymers had high molecular and compositional homogeneity. © 2005 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part A: Polym Chem 43: 4030–4039, 2005