Corporate governance is a topic that in recent years has been related to fraud and economic crises, which could be reasons for pessimism; however, this study views it as an opportunity to improve the organizational environment. Therefore, this exploratory study is conducted with the purpose of identifying the context in which corporate governance occurs and potential international trends. The review of the literature indicates that corporate governance codes based on the model of insider information are gradually being replaced by American and British models, which are characterized by democracy, transparency, and accountability. Similarly, there is emphasis on the importance of bringing organizations and interest groups closer together and building consensus to develop activities that are in the common interest and that provide benefits to all. Finally, further studies are recommended to improve national and international standards concerning corporate governance with the aim of balancing the interests of organizations and their stakeholders.


Design changes in practice and education challenge the status quo, and call for postgraduate education in design disciplines to make changes, and promote the cultivation of talents in universities to meet social needs and industry development. The problems, that postgraduate training in design disciplines is disconnected from the needs of social enterprises, and the theory and practice are separated, restrict the cultivation of graduate students in design disciplines. Therefore, the construction of postgraduate schoolenterprise workstations is needed to make up for this shortcoming. The establishment of postgraduate workstations is the main way to coordinate the relationship between theoretical research and practice ratios of postgraduate training programs. Providing more projects for postgraduate students is an important way for schools and enterprises to coordinate education. With the resources of schools, enterprises and governments, it has far-reaching significance for promoting the in-depth development of postgraduate workstations. This paper takes the school-enterprise workstation as the research object, analyzes its implementation background and teaching training mode, and then constructs the operational mechanism suitable for the postgraduate


Background material on private suits and county flood control authority, state liability immunity for property damage caused by control measures, and the state engineer's activities focus on the impact of flooding in the Great Salt Lake area. Appropriate management of Utah's water resources is linked to the state's economic future and its immunity for damage caused by flood control activities. The author concludes that the state had no legal obligation to control the Lake's rising level, although the situation made some governmental intervention necessary. Unless the state has immunity, it faces potential liability for any incidental property damage.


This paper presents an inter-turn short-circuit of permanent magnet synchronous machine (PMSM) operating under the direct field oriented control. A new simple method to detect stator windings incipient damage and to classify the fault severities is proposed for PMSM. This strategy is based on a fault indicator defined as the sum's square of the stator currents values in phases a, b and c. To show the effectiveness of the proposed fault indicator some simulation results using LabVIEW are presented.


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Honesty is the Chinese traditional virtue. The honesty is strictly and urgently demanded in constructing our socialist market economy. Nevertheless, we are facing the serious crisisin honesty. Lacking of honesty in university student deserves more of our attention. So, the appropriate countermeasure should be taken to strengthen the honesty education for university student.


The conversion efficiency of an RF energy harvester is studied at 868 MHz as a function of temperature on a printed circuit board charge-pump, based on off-the-shelf diodes and capacitors. Extensive experimental measurements are presented in the temperature range from 25°C to 85°C, showing that the harvested power may significantly degrade with T, in particular at the lower incident power regimes. It is shown that the rectifiers quality, and precisely the temperature dependent rectification ratio of silicon Schottky diodes commonly used for this application, has the strongest impact of the harvester performances.


Channel coding and multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) antennas are two key technologies in the modern communication system. For MIMO detection, the expectation propagation (EP) detector has been proved to outperform classical and advanced solutions. Merging with the parity constraints of channel coding, a novel EP detection with linear programming (LP), named EPLP, is proposed to change the common initialization that the symbols are equiprobable by formulating an LP optimization problem. Furthermore, we apply the EPLP detector to a polar-coded MIMO system with an iterative detection and decoding (IDD) scheme. For a (128, 64) polar-coded <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$16\times 16$ </tex-math></inline-formula> QPSK configuration, the EPLP outperforms the state-of-the-art detectors by 1 dB at the bit error rate of <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$10^{-3}$ </tex-math></inline-formula> and the IDD scheme with the EPLP achieves 0.5 dB gain at the frame error rate of <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$10^{-5}$ </tex-math></inline-formula> with a reduced number of EP iterations.


In response to a reader query, the column traces the origins of the polymer concept and how its meaning has changed over time.


Current virtual keyboards are known to be slower and less convenient than physical QWERTY keyboards because they simply imitate the traditional QWERTY keyboards on touchscreens. In order to improve virtual keyboards, we consider two reasonable assumptions based on the observation of skilled typists. First, the keys are already assigned to each finger for typing. Based on this assumption, we suggest restricting each finger to entering pre-allocated keys only. Second, non-touching fingers move in correlation with the touching finger because of the intrinsic structure of human hands. To verify of our assumptions, we conducted two experiments with skilled typists. In the first experiment, we statistically verified the second assumption. We then suggest a novel virtual keyboard using our observations. In the second experiment, we show that our suggested keyboard outperforms existing virtual keyboards.


An analytical theory is presented which demonstrates the timing jitter induced by amplifier noise in ultrahigh-speed dis- persion-managed soliton systems when the Raman effect and third- order dispersion (TOD) are considered. The analysis indicates that Raman jitter remains a potential problem for picosecond and sub- picosecond pulses. Positive residual TOD can enhance the timing jitter caused by the combined action of TOD and Raman effect, while vice versa for negative residual TOD. Index Terms—Dispersion-managed soliton, Raman effect, third- order dispersion, timing jitter, ultrahigh bit rates.


Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is a well-established, scientifically proven treatment for patients with depression. For family physicians to take full advantage of this treatment, they must be able to understand the nature and application of CBT; access professional resources that support effective collaboration with patients and consultants; and incorporate CBT into organized systems of depression care, such as the patient-centered medical home.


Interest in glycerol dehydratase (GDHt) has increased beyond academic circles in the past few decades because of its role in the fermentation pathway for producing industrial 1,3- propanediol (1,3-PD). This paper introduces the research progress of GDHt with special emphases on its property and structure, gene cloning, mechanism of inactivation and reactivation as well as irrational design and rational design


In the late twentieth century, a wide range of misfortunes are classified as accidents, yet there has been little sociological research on how these classifications are made. This thesis contributes to an understanding of the social construction of accidents. It is first argued that a discourse about accidents emerged in the West in the early twentieth century, in which the accident was definitive of rationalist modernity. Accidents were the misfortunes on the margins of determinist and stochastic explanatory systems; events caused by coincidences that were inexplicable at the level of personal misfortune, if predictable in general. With the fracturing of any consensus about rationality by the middle of the twentieth century, the place of accidents shifted radically. Accidents became the point of articulation of a new discourse: that of risk and its calculation. As it became possible to construct the accident as a preventable event which should not happen, 'accident prevention' could emerge as a discrete professional activity. Accidents became the paradigmatic challenge for risk assessment and, as individual misfortunes, merely evidence of a failure of such assessment. A case study of a coroner's court and data from qualitative interviews suggest that accidents are produced through a moral enquiry in which they are separated from other, more culpable misfortunes. An accident is defined not by what it is, but by what it is not. Such classifications are inevitably provisional, pending (potentially) infinite further enquiry. An 'ideal' accident, one which is unmotivated and unpredictable, only happens in abstract or hypothetical contexts. In practice, accidents are constructed, understood and prevented through the analysis and mapping of risks. Accidents remain a key element in our classifications of misfortune but, as ambiguous and negotiable outcomes, they are inscribed with a range of other contemporary concerns of uncertainty, responsibility and culpability.


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Fransiskus Asisi I.D., 2016; The Effect of Service Quality and Tarif towards Airline Image and Its Impact on Passenger Loyalty of Low Cost Carriers Airline Citilink Indonesia, Jakarta: Concentration of Marketing Management, Study Program of Management, Department of Management, Faculty of Economics, State University of Jakarta. Advisory: Dr. Mohamad Rizan, MM & Andrian Haro, S.Si., MM.

This study was conducted to determine the descriptive and empirical effect of service quality and tariFf on passenger loyalty by the airline image as a mediator variable. The respondent of this study is the passenger of Citilink Indonesia airline which at least has used its service twice. A total of 201 respondent data were collected through questionare using purposive sampling method. Analyzing method using Structural Equation Modelling (SEM) and helped by SPSS version 20 and Lisrel Version 8.7. The results of descriptive research describe that service quality and tariff of Citilink Indonesia has good enough and might create a good airline image, although it couldn't form a loyalty yet. The result of hypothesis testing describes that service quality and tariff influence positive and significantly towards airline image. Airline image influence positive and significantly towards passenger loyalty. Service quality has direct and indirect positive and significant influence towards passenger loyalty. Tariff has no direct influence towards passenger loyalty, but it has indirect influence towards passenger loyalty through airline image.

Keywords: service quality, tariff, price, corporate image, loyalty, airline


Fixed point theorems in metric spaces involving implicit relations were introduced by Popa. We modify such a theorem by Berinde so that it applies to pairs of self mappings in multiplicative metric spaces. An illustrative example is given on the use of the theorem.


Indonesia is a country that has the fourth largest population in the world. According to data (kemendagri.com, 2021), it is recorded that Indonesia's population in 2020 is 272 million people and will continue to increase, especially with the prediction of a population spike (demographic bonus) in 2045. This increasingly massive population increase is feared to cause problems in more diverse countries in the years to come. In the process of solving problems, of course, it requires multi-sectoral roles from various parties, including the community. This research will explain the importance of collaboration and strengthening of NGOs/NGOs as a form of community participation that will be shaded by the concept of collaborative governance. This type of research is descriptive research using a qualitative approach related to the phenomenon raised. Based on the urgency of the problems that have been summarized from this research, it is found the urgency of the need for an applicative solution. The innovation is the GARUDAApp which is a manifestation of the principles of collaborative governance that is here to help answer various challenges in society that might occur in 2045 and in the years to come


Quality of water is an important criterion for evaluating the suitability of water for drinking and irrigation.Concern over agricultural diffuse pollution sources in integrated water has been growing recently .The term diffuse essentially point to this feature of the discharge of such pollution leads which makes them somewhat difficult to notice, monitor or control. In the present the study of seasonal variation in inorganic content as well as physicochemical parameters, monitoring was done during summer, rainy and winter season year 2013 to 2014. The parameters like pH, dissolved oxygen (DO) biochemical oxygen demand (BOD), chemical oxygen demand(COD), fluoride, MPN Index by bacterial load and heavy metals have taken for water analysis . The study revealed that the water sources in the area are heavily polluted. The heavy metals concentrations were found more than the permissible limits during all the seasons. It was found that some of the water quality parameters were above the permissible limit and some were not.


Plotter is a common concept used in many manufacturing appliance such as the
printer. There a various types of plotter and the one of them is pen plotter. Pen plotter is
basically used to plot or draw by line while printer print a dot. The X-Y Table Plotter is
a designed mechanical device which a pen is applied to the plotter in order to produce
handwriting onto a paper. Detail of the project development will be explained in next
chapter of the report. It contain the study of literature review which focusing on the parts
that going to be used in the project and the development of the fabricating the X-Y Table
Plotter with it function capability.


Abstract In this work, an assistant system is presented for the automatic assessment of falling and belaying in sport climbing. Both climber and belayer are equipped with inertial measurement unit (IMU) sensors. Forces as well as movements in the form of multi-dimensional accelerations on the legs and torso are captured. It can be shown that forces can be estimated by means of IMU sensors, thus eliminating a complex force measurement unit in the safety chain. Furthermore, the data can be used to assess both falling and belaying by automatic segmentation and evaluation algorithms. The sensor data should later be evaluated automatically in order to objectively measure faulty behavior by climber or belayer (for example wrong jump-off behavior, too hard protection, etc.). The overall goal is to provide quantified feedback in fall training for injury and accident prevention.


Optimizing compilers are essential to the performance of parallel programs on multi-core systems. It is attractive to expose parallelism to the compiler letting it do the heavy lifting. Unfortunately, it is hard to write code that compilers are able to optimize aggressively and therefore tools exist that can guide programmers with refactorings allowing the compilers to optimize more aggressively. We target the problem with many false positives that these tools often generate, where the amount of feedback can be overwhelm-ing for the programmer. Our approach is to use a filtering scheme based on feedback from multiple compilers and show how we are able to filter out 87.6% of the comments by only showing the most promising comments.


Purpose: The purpose of this study was to establish the effect of the regulatory environment on the relationship between strategic transport integration and sustainable mobility of Matatu Saccos in Nairobi County, Kenya.
Materials and Methods: The study was guided by Positivism philosophy while descriptive research design was adopted. The target population was 177 Sacco Managers and two representatives, one from MOT and other from MVOA respectively.  The whole population of 179 respondents was used in the study hence; the study employed the census approach. The questionnaire was pilot tested on 18 respondents who were selected randomly. The study applied Cronbach's alpha and the results displayed a high level of internal consistency hence infers that the research tool used in the study was reliable. The data collection instrument was a semi-structured questionnaire, which were dropped and picked later. A semi-structured interview guide was also used. Data was analysed using descriptive and SPSS Version 24.
Results: The findings indicate that there exists a statistically significant, positive effect of strategic integration on sustainable mobility of Matatu Saccos in Nairobi County, Kenya. The R square in the moderated models changed from 71.3% to 80.9% indicating 9.6% increase in variation as a result of the regulatory environment moderating effect. Further, the increase was statistically significant; this implies that regulatory environment does significantly moderate the effect of strategic integration and sustainable mobility of Matatu Saccos in Nairobi County, Kenya.
Unique contribution to theory, practice and policy: The study recommended that both the Ministry of Transport and Sacco management develop a punitive measure to curb corruption. The other recommendation is that they should also develop regulatory policies to ensure that vehicles are regularly inspected to confirm their minimum road worthiness to increase safety and increase passenger comfort. This will also promote green environment that will reduce the health hazards of vehicle emission. Additionally, the policy can enhance traffic discipline which is poorly enforced.  and also provide basic statistics on transport system.


OBJECTIVE To investigate the situation of nosocomial infection in synthetic wards. METHODS A total of 2 602 in-patients from Apr 1998 to May 2000 in synthetic wards were investigated by prospective approach. RESULTS 1. The nosocomial infection rate was 6.42%,of which 77.25% of the patients were over 60 years old. The nosocomial repeated infection rate was 8.15%, of which 80.66% of the patients were over 60 years old. 2. Nosocomial infections occurred mainly in respiratory tract (66.04%),gastrointestinal tract (12.26%) and urinary tract (8.49%). 3. The patients were easily infected after 20 days stay in the wards. 4. The primary basic diseases are tumors,heart and cerebral vascular diseases. 5. The common pathogens are Pseudomonas aeruginosa (34.65%) and P. maltophilia (11.81%), et al. CONCLUSIONS To nosocomial infection in synthetic wards that most of the in-patients are middle-old age must be paid attention.


The abrupt shift to online teaching and learning during the COVID-19 pandemic put a strain on the education sector the world over. Using the social constructivist theory, this study postulates that face-to-face teaching and learning does not seamlessly translate to online instruction both in terms of pedagogical practice and learner experiences. This study explores students' experiences with the quality of online learning during the pandemic. Data were collected through focus group discussions with undergraduate students across seven faculties. A thematic analysis of the responses reveals that participants mostly reported negative experiences with online learning arising from factors such as lack of compatible digital devices and conducive virtual class learning spaces. This study provides rich data that contributes to an understanding of students' experiences with online teaching and learning during the pandemic and thus, provides insights into how lecturers' online pedagogical practices influence students' perceptions on the quality of online learning.


protein families to generate structural and functional novelty. The DUF784 and DUF1278 domains were initially identified by automatic processing by the Pfam database. Recently, using genome-wide expression profiling, Jones-Rhoades et al. have shown that many members of these two domain families are functionally involved in plant embryo sac development or fertilization. Firstly, they are downregulated in ovules of determinate infertile 1 (dif1) mutants, which represent a genetic ablation of the entire embryo sac. Secondly, DUF784 and DUF1278 genes are found to be expressed in synergid cells and also subjected to the regulation of the Myb98 transcription factor. In the ovules of myb98 mutants, many DUF784 genes are downregulated whereas many DUF1278 genes are upregulated. However, since both DUF784 and DUF1278 domains lack homology, biochemical and structural information, their specific function is still unclear. In the current study, as an effort to define the putative function for the uncharacterized domain families (for example, domains of unknown function, DUFs) in the Pfam database, the evolutionary and functional predictions about DUF784 and DUF1278 domains are presented. For these two domains, the sensitive PSI-BLAST program could not retrieve any sequence other than their own members. We then used fold recognition strategy via meta server (http://meta.bioinfo.pl/) to identify their remotely related sequences. Meta server assembles various state-of-the-art fold recognition programs including FUGUE and FFAS03, and has been approved powerful in protein fold assignment. An Arabidopsis thaliana (At) DUF784 domain (GI: 145332721) was firstly used as a query in the meta server, which returned several structural hits identified by FFAS03 and FUGUE programs with the consensus scores between 37 and 41. Domain or structural fold annotation for the retrieved hits revealed that they all belong to the prolamin superfamily. Similar structural hits belonging to the prolamin superfamily were also retrieved for the DUF1278 domain by these programs. Although these 3D-Jury scores are below the cutoff of 50 (corresponding to confident prediction), previous studies have shown that relatively low scores between 30 and 45 still could successfully assign remote homology in some cases. Multiple sequence alignment (upper row in Fig. 1) has shown that all the members of the prolamin superfamily contain eight conserved Cys residues which are spaced as follows C 1 ...C 2 ...C 3 C 4 ...C 5 XC 6 ...C 7 ... C 8 (C, Cys). These Cys residues can form four pairs of disulfide bonds: C 1 -C 5 , C 2 -C 3 , C 4 -C 7 , C 6 -C 8 , which have shown to be critical for maintenance of tertiary structure folded by four central helices. In contrast, both DUF784 and DUF1278 domains are characterized by the six conserved Cys residues. Although there is very low sequence similarity between DUF784, DUF1278 and the prolamin superfamily, sequence profile alignment guided by secondary structure information has assigned the conserved Cys residues of both DUF784 The prolamin superfamily (also called protease inhibitor/lipid-transfer protein/ seed storage 2S albumin family; Pfam ID: PF00234) represents one of the most wide-spread protein superfamilies in plant genome and comprises 2S albumin storage proteins, non-specific lipid transfer proteins (nsLTPs), alpha-amylas/trypsin inhibitors (AAI/ATI), prolamins, indulines, grain softness proteins, Hageman factor inhibitor (HFI), and Arachis hypogaea 6 (Arah6) allergen. The members of the prolamin superfamily are involved in seed storage (2S albumin and prolamins), natural defenses of plants against insects and pathogens such as fungi and bacteria (nsLTPs, AAI/ATI), and also constitute major source of food allergens to humans (AAI/ATI, nsLTPs, Arah6). In the present study, by using sequence analysis and fold recognition methods, functionallyunknown families DUF784 (Pfam ID: PF05617) and DUF1278 (Pfam ID: PF06915) were classified into two unique versions of the prolamin superfamily. In contrast, to most members of the prolamin superfamily that contain eight conserved cysteine (Cys) residues forming four pairs of disulfide bond, these two new domains only contain six Cys resides whose counterparts in canonical prolamin members can form three typical pairs of disulfide bonds. Thus the gain or loss of Cys-Cys paris and the associated changes of disulfide bonding patterns among and between the prolamin superfamily, DUF784 and DUF1278 domains represent a typical evolutionary manner for


This report presents a preliminary, nonexhaustive experimental comparison of the relative latency induced by NewReno, CUBIC, Vegas and 'CAIA DelayGradient' (CDG) TCP algorithms under FreeBSD when run over a variety of home network links. While inducing less additional latency, CDG generally performs as well as NewReno and CUBIC over ADSL1, 802.11g WiFi and HomePlug AV links. All tests utilise FreeBSD-CURRENT as of May 2011.


The title compound [Na(15-crown-5)][C6H 5—C(N SiM e3)2SnCI3F] is synthesized by the reaction of sodium fluoride with Ph —C(N SiM e3)2SnCl3 in acetonitrile solution in the presence of 15-crown-5 as white, moisture-sensitive crystals. The complex is characterized by its IR spectrum as well as by an X-ray structure determination. Space group P 2 12 )2 ), Z = 4. 4897 observed independent reflexions, R = 0.094. Lattice dim ensions at 20 °C: a = 1065.7(2), b = 1431.0(2), c = 2325.6(3) pm. The compound forms ion pairs with a bent Sn —F —Na bridge (bonding angle 119.0(5)°) and distances Sn —F of 196(1) and N a—F of 232(1) pm. The tin atom is in a distorted octahedral environment defined by the two N atoms o f the symmetrically coordinated amidinato ligand, by three chlorine atoms, and by the fluorine ligand; the latter is in a fram--position relative to one of the nitrogen atoms.


Patient self-management is an important component in improving quality of chronic disease healthcare. The promising benefits of the Interactive Behavior Change Technology (IBCT) on diabetes patient self-management are increasingly recognized. In this paper, we describe development of a knowledge portal prototype designed for enhancing self-management support among patients with type-2 diabetes. The portal focuses on personalization of the provided services: self-regulation, self-monitoring and evaluation, social support, virtual home visit and reminder. One of the development challenges is in designing a core framework that coordinates the related data, knowledge, interactions and personalized services in facilitating patients' self-care.


Ubc13 is a critical ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme involved in the nuclear factor-κB (NF-κB) signalling pathway. The Shigella flexneri effector OspI targets the host Ubc13 and modifies this enzyme by deamidation of Gln100 into Glu100. This modification inhibits the tumour necrosis factor (TNF) receptor-associated factor 6 (TRAF6)-catalyzed ubiquitination and diacylglycerol-CBM (CARD–Bcl10– Malt1)-TRAF6-NF-κB signal activation. We have previously reported the wild-type OspI crystal structure, but the catalytic triad does not form the canonical active site. Here, the crystal structure of OspI with a C62S mutation was determined at a resolution of 2.2 Å. This C62S mutant structure provided the active site conformation with the catalytic site of OspI.


Nursing  Students'  Drug  Dose  Calculation  Skills  And  Drug  Administration  Errors Objective: The  study  was  conducted  to  analyze  nursing  students'  drug  dose  calculation  skills  and  drug  administration errors. Method: The population of this study with a descriptive nature consists of 237 students in total studying at the first, second, third and fourth grades in Department of Nursing at Vocational Health High School of Duzce  University.  The  sample  consists  of  158  students  who  were  studying  and  agreed  to  participate  in  the  study  at the time of research conduct. As for data collection tools, a data collection form prepared by researchers was used. In order to evaluate data, number and percentage distributions were used. Results: It was found out in students' statements regarding drug dose calculation skills that the  percentage of students who reported to know how to calculate drug dose was 45.2 % and that of those who considered their drug dose calculating skills sufficient was 38.9 %. The percentage of those who calculated drug dose flawlessly was 16.7 %. Students were found to have made at least one mistake in drug dose and the most frequent one was about oral drug administration. Conclusion: In terms of patient safety, it is found to be significant that the students did not make any other administration errors other than frequency of administration errors and drug proportion.


The read and write transfer rates for large image files are studied as a function of various system parameters and file sizes for a magneto-optic (MO) drive/microcomputer system. In particular, the transfer rate performance of two erase strategies are explored as a function of parameters accessible to the image application developer. Empirical studies have shown that a feature within the magneto-optic (MO) device called pre-erase used in conjunction with the Erase command can increase performance (through-put) by almost a factor of two.


Abstract:John Donne's angry portrayal of Jesuits in England, different from his usual generous posture toward a wide variety of Christian confessions, is focused in Ignatius His Conclave (1611) on what he perceives to be an abuse of spiritual authority for political ends. The portrait Donne draws in his satire is a caricature of a Jesuit, one who stands apart from spiritual matters, a character clothed almost wholly in political cloth. Many cultural conditions contributed to Donne's perception, from the English response to the Gunpowder Plot to King James's attempt to define a difference between loyal and disloyal Roman Catholic English.


Peripherally inserted central catheters (PICCs) provide reliable access for pediatric patients requiring infusion therapy. Our multidisciplinary team includes nurses, physicians, child life specialists, and radiology technicians. In preparing and educating the patient and parent for the procedure, cultural and developmental levels are assessed and planned accordingly.


This work studies a dialogue strategy aimed at building people's motivation for talking with autonomous conversational robots. Even though spoken dialogue systems continue to develop rapidly, the existing systems are insufficient for continuous use because they fail to motivate users to talk with them. One reason is that users fail to realize that the intentions of the system's utterances are based on its values. Since people recognize the values of others and modify their own values in human-human conversations, we hypothesize that a dialogue strategy that makes users saliently feel the difference of their own values and those of the system will increase motivation for the dialogues. Our experiment, which evaluated human-human dialogues, supported our hypothesis. However, an experiment with human-android dialogues failed to produce identical results, suggesting that people did not attribute values to our android. For a conversational robot, we need additional techniques to convince people to believe a robot speaks based on its own values and opinions.


Relevance: The backwardness of domestic football prompts a critical analysis of the entire system of training football players and the search for new, innovative approaches to the educational and training process.
Purpose: To theoretically and experimentally justify a new approach to the process of teaching technical and tactical actions of children 6-7 years old based on the development of game intelligence.
Material and methods: Young football players (n=26) took part in the experiment. We studied indicators that, in our opinion, are components of gaming intelligence (physical, aesthetic and spatial intelligence). A battery of motor and mental tests was used.
Results: based on the theory of H. Gardner, researches of M. Bernshtein, V. Platonov formulated a new concept - "game intelligence of a football player", which is considered as a synthesis of manifestations of bodily-kinesthetic and spatial types of player's intelligence. According to the results of the one-year experiment, the advantage of the holistic process of teaching technical and tactical actions based on the use of specially developed simulation games and game tasks was proven. Thus, at the end of the study, the experimental group had a statistically significant advantage in manifestations of bodily- kinesthetic intelligence, in particular, in the Lyakh test and the Pavlik-Mykota test. The advantage in terms of spatial intelligence was as follows: in the Kern- Irasik test, the Bartashnikov test, and the Venger test.
Conclusions: the results of the conducted experiment provide certain grounds for making changes in the methodology of teaching technical and tactical actions based on the accented application of developed simulation games and game tasks.


Main subject of my work is to point on quality of farmacology therapy alongside woman after surgery of gynecologic neoplasm. Theoretical part is characterising specifity of pain, etiology, patogenesis, diagnosis and above all farmacology treatment of pain, rest of theoretical part is focused on oncogynecology and specifity of gynecologic neoplasms of surveyed pacients. Practical part consist of development focused on pain therapy and than is aimed on aspects which are influenced by pain, especially biological, psychical and social point. Aspects influenced by pain are focused on acute postoperational.


In the last decade there has been rapid growth in the availability and use of on-line databases both overseas and in Australia in 1979, 400 databases were listed in the American CUADRA Directory of Online Databases; in 1986, over 3000 were listed. In 1984 there were 67 Australian publicly available databases; by 1986 this had grown to 160 with a further 22 planned (Directory of Australian Databases, 1986). Extensive Australian use of overseas databases became practicable in 1979 when OTC introduced MIDAS, which allowed more economical direct access to the major US systems. Since then large overseas vendors have established offices and agents in Australia: DIALOG in 1979, SDC/ORBIT in 1981. Permagon Info-line and Mead Data Central in 1985.


Theslime polysaccharides produced byPseudomonas aeruginosa isolated from a variety ofhumaninfections were investigated. Slimeproduction inculture seemedoptimal whenadequate amountsofcarbohydrate were present andunder conditions ofeither highosmotic pressureor inadequate protein supply. The polysaccharides produced bytheorganisms were similar toeachother, tothe slimeofAzotobacter vinelandii, andtoseaweedalginic acids. Theywere composed ofp3-1, 4-linked D-mannuronic acidresidues andvariable amountsof its5-epimer L-guluronic acid. Allbacterial polymers contained o-acetyl groups which areabsent inthealginates. Thepolysaccharides differed considerably in theratio ofmannuronic toguluronic acidcontent andinthenumberofo-acetyl groups.Theparticular composition oftheslime was notfound tobecharacteristicforthedisease processfromwhichthemucoidvariants ofP.aeruginosa were obtained. Pseudomonas aeruginosa, anorganism occurringubiquitously, isgenerally nota primary pathogen. However, secondary infections dueto strains ofthis organism, whichproduce apartic


A computational scheme is outlined for reducing certain atomic integrals involving products of rij terms to closed form. Atomic s‐type Slater orbitals are used throughout, together with certain correlation factors which are functions of r12, r32, and r42.


This prospective, randomized, multicenter trial evaluated the risks of death, increased surgical site bleeding, gastrointestinal bleeding, acute renal failure, and allergic reactions, with ketorolac vs diclofenac or ketoprofen administered according to their approved parenteral and oral dose duration of treatment. Patients were followed for 30 days after surgery. It was concluded that ketorolac is as safe as ketoprofen and diclofenac for the treatment of pain major surgery.


Abstract Objectives. In this study we tried to determine the values of the left atrial (LA) strain in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) and set a parameter that could be a predictor of sinus rhythm (SR) maintenance. Study population. We included 60 patients with left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) ≥50% - 33 (55%) of them were known to have in their personal history AF (newly diagnosed, paroxysmal and persistent) and they were examined at SR. The second group was represented by 27 (45%) patients that were examined in AF. Using two dimensional speckle tracking echocardiography (2D STE) it was quantified the strain of the 3 functions that characterize the physiology of the LA - reservoir, conduct and pump in the apical sections, mentioning that the pump was absent in patients examined in AF. Results. The average of the reservoir (R%) for all sections had a significantly higher value in patients with SR (20,2±6,225%) compared to patients examined in AF (6,505±2,66%): P<0.001. With the help of the logistic regression model was observed that only systolic LA strain had the highest predictive power of maintenance of SR. The cutt off value of ≥13,25% of the R% has a sensitivity (Se) and a specificity (Sp) of 90,9%, respectively 100% for maintenance of SR. Conclusions. In the present study, after analyzing all the parameters that were associated between the 2 groups, it was found that only R %, as the only variable, has the highest predictor power for maintenance of SR.


In the current paper, we have assimilated fuzzy techniques and optimization techniques, namely differential evolution, to put forward a modern archive-based fuzzy evolutionary algorithm for multi-objective optimization using clustering. The current work account for the application of a cluster associated approach. Specific quantitative cluster validity measures, i.e., J-measure and Xie-Beni, have been referenced to carry out the appropriate partitioning. The proposed algorithm introduces a new form of strategy which attempts to benefit the feasible search domain of the algorithm by minimizing the analysis and exploration of less beneficial search scope. This clustering method yields a group of trade-off solutions on the ultimate optimal pare to front. Eventually, these solutions are united and maintained in an archive for further evaluation. The current work summarizes and organizes an archive concerned with excellent and diversified solutions in an effort to outline comprehensive non-dominated solutions. The degree of efficiency is revealed with respect to partitioning on gene expression and real-life datasets. The proposed algorithm seeks to reduce the function assessment analysis and maintains a very small working population size. The effectiveness of the proposed method is presented in comparison with some state-of-art methods.


In order to overcome the drawbacks of poor mechanical strength and too fast degradation of chitosan films,poly(lactic acid-co- malic acid)(PML) was prepared by an "one-step" method,and the carboxyl content and hydrophobicity of the copolymers could be adjusted by changing the molar ratio in feed. The copolymers were added to chitosan for complexation in aqueous solutions,and the modified complex films were prepared via a casting/solvent evaporation technique. The composite films were characterized by FT-IR and TGA,and their mechanical properties,degradation and vitro cytotoxicity were investigated. The influence of molar ratio between MA and LA in feed on the structure and properties of the films were studied. The results showed that in the molar ratio of nMA∶nLA= 1∶1.5,the tensile strength of the film is 54.8MPa,breaking elongation is 10.7%,mass loss is 50% after 28 days and the 3T3 cell viability profiles are 98.7%. It is concluded that the composite film can be formed by polyelectrolyte interaction between chitosan and PML. The flexibility of the composite film is improved and degradation time is extended compared to pure chitosan film. The film properties can be adjusted by changing components in the copolymers. The composite films arenon-cytotoxic,biocompatible,and have potential applications as tissue adhesion prevention materials.


Abstract Background Fidaxomicin is a narrow spectrum macrocyclic antibiotic used for the treatment of Clostridium difficileinfection (CDI). The objective of this study is to compare the recurrence and mortality rates of patients with CDI who received either vancomycin or fidaxomicin at Stony Brook University Hospital. Methods A retrospective chart review was performed to identify all hospitalized patients who received fidaxomicin and vancomycin for CDI for the period 2011–2015. Inclusion criteria included patient age ≥18 years, stool positive PCR test for C. difficile and being treated ≥10 days of either fidaxomicin or vancomycin orally. Clinical recurrence was defined as a return of diarrhea, a positive test for C. difficiletoxin B and a need for retreatment for CDI within 90 days of cessation of therapy. Results A total of 55 (52.7% male) and 74 (51.4% male) cases met inclusion criteria in the fidaxomicin (F) and vancomycin (V) groups, respectively. The mean age was 65.9 ± 1.88 and 63.7 ± 1.86 years in group F and V respectively (P = 0.4). Median length of hospitalization was 14 and 9 days for F and V respectively (P = 0.6). Both groups had similar proportions on the following variables: immunosuppression (V 36.5% vs. F 36.4%; P = 0.9), ≥ 1 prior episode of CDI (V 59.5% vs. F 61.8%; P = 0.8), sepsis on admission (V 29.7%, F 36.4%; P = 0.4), the use of any antibiotic during the last 30 days (V 74.3%, 71%, P = 0.7), and treatment with additional anti-CDI therapy (V 24.3%, F 29.1%; P = 0.5). CDI recurrence rate was 24% (V) and 40% (F, P = 0.057). The 90-day mortality rate was 4.1% in the vancomycin group and 10.9% in the fidaxomicin group (P = 0.13). Conclusion Fidaxomicin had a higher recurrent CDI than vancomycin in this tertiary medical center. Disclosures All authors: No reported disclosures.


A five-year review (1979 to 1983) of 41 patients with active tuberculosis at the time of death was performed to determine the cause of death. Twenty deaths (49 percent) were directly attributed to tuberculosis. Overwhelming tuber. culous disease was the cause ofdeath for seven patients, and among them the majority had strildngly low serum levels of albumin. Ten patients died of either massive hemoptysis or respiratory failure. Only two patients died due to progressive drug-resistant disease in an area where drug resistance is common. The majority ofpatients (21/41; 51 percent) died of common medical problems unrelated to tuberculosis. Eleven patients died from cardiopulmonary disease (five pulmonary emboli, one respiratory failure due to chronic


Since the War on Poverty in the 1960s, the U.S. social safety net has shifted away from direct cash assistance for the lowest-income households and toward tax-based transfers targeted at working families with children. Previous research has assessed this shift by evaluating its effect on the national poverty rate. Doing so, however, overlooks how it may also have led to increased inequality among low-income households. We apply a decomposition framework to measure how changes in taxes/transfers and composition have affected trends in inequality below the poverty line from 1967 to 2019. Income inequality among the poorest households has been volatile since the 1960s, and changes to the American welfare state played a decisive role in expanding or reducing inequality below the poverty line. Unlike in previous decades, after the mid-1990s, the policies that most reduced poverty were also those that most increased inequality among the poor. These findings challenge standard theories regarding the effectiveness of income transfers in reducing poverty by revealing that recent state-led antipoverty efforts have placed the near poor and the deeply poor on divergent paths.


Information stored in the memory system can affect visual search process. Foreknowing features of distractors could facilitate target selection. Previous studies found that after sufficient practice, participants learned to ignore fixed feature representations in working memory (WM) when they reappeared as distractors. However, varied WM representations would automatically capture attention, suggesting that we could not voluntarily inhibit varied WM representations. Current studies investigated whether active-maintained varied representations could be suppressed as those fixed representations. In study 1, participants were requested to find a specific shape (target) in the search array and indicate the location of a dot inside the target. The fixed color-cue in each trial indicated that target would not be among shapes in the cued color. Meanwhile, there was a constant color, which would never be the target (and never appeared as cue color) during the entire experiment. In negative-cue condition, distractor color in search array was the cue color, while the target color was randomly selected. In constant color condition, distractor color was the constant color which was a long-term memory (LTM) representation. In neutral condition, both target color and distractor color were randomly selected with the restriction that they would never be the cue color nor the constant color. We found that, compared to neutral conditions, both fixed WM representations and LTM representations could facilitate visual search. In study 2, we varied the cue in each trial. Results showed that reaction time (RT) of negative-cue condition was significantly shorter than neutral condition when reaction speed was slow. Importantly, even in fast RT condition, there was no capture effect. In all, our results indicated that participants could voluntarily suppress both fixed and varied WM representations when they reappeared as distractors. However, facilitation of varied representation only happened when cognitive control process had sufficient time to execute.


This is a system prototype for joint vocal improvisation between two people that involves sharing embodied sensations of vocal production. This is accomplished by using actuators that excite two participants' rib cages with each other's voices, turning a person's body into a loud speaker. A mircophone transmits vocal signals and the players are given a Max Patch to modulate the sound and feel of their voice. The receiver hears the other person's speech and effects through their own body (as if it were their own voice), while also feeling the resonance of the sound signal as it would resonate in the chest cavity of the other. The two players try to re-enact and improvise a script prompt provided to them while not knowing what the other person can hear, of their voice. The game may or may not turn collab-orative, adversarial, or artistic depending on the game play.


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(1.7.31) in tones denoting the very opposite, and Lady Macbeth then inexplicably ventured to boost his spirits and to rebuke him for being "afeard" (1.7.39) (Fig.6). More pressing, Chin's interpretation gave the characters little room to grow and made, quite simply, for dull theater. In the aforementioned interview, Chin argued that the play is essentially about a nation in the grips of a tyrant and that the psychological processes of the characters must not be allowed to overshadow this theme. Though academically admissible, this view of Macbeth did not translate well onstage. Familiar with the plot, as most modern audiences are, and confronted with a onedimensional hero and heroine, my companions and I concurred during the intermission that our interest had flagged. Despite the introduction of swordplay and increasingly elaborate costumes, the second half did not revive it. Leaving the theater, I wondered if a promising production had fallen prey to a perceived need to recreate the Bard. As a stalwart of the local theater scene and director of several Shakespearean productions, including a previous version of Macbeth in the 1970s, Chin may have particularly felt the pressure to bring something new to the Malaysian stage. Still, it was ironic that the play's recurrent image of "borrowed robes" (1.3.107) and "strange garments" (1.3.143) more aptly described the interpretation Chin had imposed on the text than his use of Chinese Opera costumes for the Scottish play.


Abstract Organophotocatalytic C–H bond functionalization has attracted a lot of attention in the past several years due to the possibility of catalyzing reactions in a metal- and peroxide-free environment. Continuing on these lines, an organophotoredox-catalyzed C–H functionalization of imidazo[1,2-a]pyridines and related heterocycles with bromomalonates under mild conditions is reported, providing excellent yields of the products at room temperature. This is the first report involving malonates as coupling partners leading to the synthesis of a range of functionalized products including total synthesis of zolpidem, a sedative-hypnotic drug molecule.


Numerical simulation is considered to be an important method to study the inner characteristics of metallurgical processes, thus providing effective strategies for practical smooth operations. A three-dimensional full scale mathematical model considering mass, momentum, energy transfers and chemical reactions under steady state is developed in the present work to describe the characteristics inside the pre-reduction shaft furnace of COREX smelting reduction ironmaking process. The uneven gas and solid flow distributions in both radial and axial directions not only restrain the gas utilization but also cause the difference in the solid metallization between the center and near wall to reach as high as 0.4. Predicted by the established model, the CO–CO 2 –H 2 –H 2 O reducing gas with the temperature 1050–1 100 K, the volume fraction of CO+CO 2 around 70%, the ratio of CO to CO 2 5–7, as low as possible H 2 O content, and the reasonably matched burden solid charging rate to control the top gas consumption per ton burden solid (TGC) in the range of 800–1000 Nm 3 /t, are the optimal operation conditions to further improve furnace efficiency.


An attempt was made to determine how accessibility affects aspects of long-term and short-term travel behavior. The accessibility indices that were used represent the ease with which opportunities for engagement in activities can be reached from a geographical zone in an urban area. The behavioral aspects examined include engagement in activities, automobile ownership and use, and travel patterns as represented by the number of trips, number of trip chains, and total travel time expenditure. Data from the Kyoto-Osaka-Kobe metropolitan area of Japan and the southern California coast are used to examine the following conjectures: time availability is more closely associated with engagement in activities than accessibility; accessibility no longer affects automobile ownership or use in the metropolises of industrialized countries where motorization has matured; and given automobile ownership and use, travel patterns are conditionally independent of accessibility.


This study aims to determine the direct and indirect effects of product knowledge, brand image, brand love, and word of mouth as intervening variables on purchase decisions. The population in this study were all JimsHoney bag consumers in Semarang. Sampling was carried out using the purposive sampling technique, the number of samples was 116 respondents. The data collection method used a questionnaire and documentation. Methods of data analysis using classic assumption tests and hypothesis testing with the IBM SPSS Statistics 25 program. The results of this study indicate that product knowledge and brand love have a positive effect on purchase decisions. The brand image does not effect on purchase decisions. As well as product knowledge, brand image, and brand love have a positive effect on purchase decisions through word of mouth. Word of mouth has an important role in influencing purchase decisions. Therefore, companies must be able to create and maintain good word of mouth among consumers to attract attention and win consumers' heart. Article Information Article History: Received September Approved October Published December


The present study investigates relationship of conventional Russian color metaphors with a group of directly embodied basic colors and a group of colors of secondary embodiment for twelve color domains categories within the boundaries of one cognitive system. The tallying of the metaphor data allowed to sort all color metaphors into six groups based on the presence in the mapping as a source or target domain of a particular component (concrete objects, fabrics, materials, abstract, philosophical ideas, moral qualities, names of the animals, emotions, and embodied components. The results of the study suggest that color metaphors of the primary embodied color group were more numerous and more diverse in meanings and emotional implications than that of the secondary embodied color group. Many metaphors in all six color domains in the first group were embodied, while metaphors in only one group of colors were embodied for the second group. Finally, metaphors in the group of primary embodiment were equally diverse in mappings with that of the color metaphors in the group of secondary embodiment.


Ferroelectric and dielectric properties of the PbZr0.38Ti0.62O3(PZT) multilayer with a unique structure were explored.Compared with the uniform PZT thin films,the PZT multilayer with alternating dense-PZT and porous-PZT layers exhibits an enhancement both in ferroelectric and dielectric performances.The PZT multilayer has an average remanent polarization of 42.3C/cm2 and an average coercive field of 43kV/cm under an applied voltage of 100V.The large value of remanent polarization is attributed to the effective relaxation of the tensile stress in film due to large film thickness and porous structure.The apparently relative dielectric constant of the PZT multilayer is more than 2000 at room temperature and low frequency limit.More interestingly,two distinct dielectric relaxations have been observed in the PZT multilayer in the investigated frequency range.The low-frequency loss peak originates from space charge polarization,while the high-frequency dielectric response following an Arrhenius-law is expected to be related to the dipolar defect complexes associated with oxygen vacancies VO¨.


We adjusted the conductivity of a poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene)/poly(styrene sulfonate) (PEDOT/PSS) electrode and an injection barrier between the PEDOT/PSS source/drain (S/D) electrode and a pentacene semiconductor by adding HAuCl4 to a PEDOT/PSS solution. Gold in the PEDOT/PSS S/D electrode was synthesized by a redox reaction between PEDOT/PSS and Au ions. This reaction enhances the conductivity of the PEDOT/PSS S/D electrodes and reduces the injection barrier between the PEDOT/PSS S/D electrodes and the pentacene semiconductor, and causes the field-effect mobility to increase by about 230%. As such, it is considered a very useful method of making high-performance organic thin-film transistors (OTFTs).


. We explore the connection between p -regular operators on Banach function spaces and weighted p -estimates. In particular, our results focus on the following problem. Given finite measure spaces µ and ν , let T be an operator defined from a Banach function space X ( ν ) and taking values on L p ( vdµ ) for v in certain family of weights V ⊂ L 1 ( µ ) + : we analyze the existence of a bounded family of weights W ⊂ L 1 ( ν ) + such that for every v ∈ V there is w ∈ W in such a way that T : L p ( wdν ) → L p ( vdµ ) is continuous uniformly on V . A condition for the existence of such a family is given in terms of p -regularity of the integration map associated to a certain vector measure induced by the operator T .


Green supply chain management is an increasingly recognized practice among companies that are seeking to improve environmental performance. Of particular concern is how to arouse organizational awareness and put green activities into practice in order to enhance manufacturing performances. This paper investigates the correlation of green supply chain practices and manufacturing performances in Malaysian certified MS ISO 14000 manufacturing firms. The findings shows that green supply chain practices which that can be denominated product recycling,environmental compliance and optimization have significant influence to some of the manufacturing performances.


Spanish legislation on insurance and reinsurance mediation stipulates that intermediary can only receive commissions and fees for the management of their policies and prohibits any other form of remuneration. However, it is possible that financial intermediaries who manage larger risks wait until the end of the legal deadline to settle with insurance companies. This common practice in the insurance market hides additional remuneration in defiance of the law. It also means that the risk is not covered within the prescribed period and would, involve a commercial payment to the client, and, on the other hand, affect sustainable claims management.


-Data from 37 sites in the Transverse Ranges in southern California were used to assess the influence of a variety of environmental variables on among-site variation in riparian vegetation. Ordination and regression analyses indicated that elevation, unit stream power, fire history and valley width all have significant impacts on the composition of this vegetation. TWINSPAN classification generated four species groups: a Baccharis glutinosa/Salix laevigata group that appears related to low elevations, high stream power and recent fire; a Populusfremontii/Alnus rhombifolia group associated with high stream power, but longer time since burning and higher elevations; a Salix lasiolepis/Rosa californica group typically found at high elevation sites with low stream power; and a Platanus racemosa/Adenostoma fasciculatum group that did not show a clear environmental preference.


(57) The invention provides an electrically switchable improved polymer in a liquid host-based liquid crystal and polymer birefringence flakes and optical devices utilizing it. Flakes or platelets of A polymer suspended in a liquid host medium liquid crystal (PLC) or other birefringent polymer (BP), the suspension is a pair of rigid substrates having been subjected to the transparent conductive coating it contains between, when dispersed as microcapsules flexible host polymer body, electrically constitutes an operable system as an active element in a switchable optical device. The optical properties of these flake material, long effective optical distance, various polarization state include high angular sensitivity in the selective reflection or birefringence. Flakes or platelets of these devices, in order to achieve Switching Characteristics obtained by conventional apparatus using a particle rotation or translation, and requires only the rotation of only 3 to 20 ° from the standard to the cell surface.


Abstract— The photoreaction of 8‐methoxypsoralen (8‐MOP) with thymidine in solid film state yielded two 4′, 5′‐monoadducts (a pair of diastereomers) and three 3,4‐monoadducts. The stereochemistry of two 4′, 5′‐monoadducts was found to be cis‐syn and trans‐syn and one 3,4‐monoadduct was cis‐anti. In addition to these monoadducts, 3,4‐, 4′, 5′‐biadducts were also formed during the reaction, but the isolation of each isomer of these adducts was not successful; however, the formation of these biadducts was confirmed by UV, IR, TLC and photosplitting experiments.


Aspirin is widely used for treatment or prophylaxis of many diseases. Although aspirin is used chronically for preventing cardiovascular diseases especially, liver function is rarely monitored because of unpredictable and uncommon hepatotoxicity induced by aspirin. We evaluated changes in liver function indicators and compared to acetaminophen and NSAIDs. We retrospectively analyzed EMR data (n=28788) of patients who took study drugs and had liver function tests (LFT) during study period from 2009.7.1 to 2010.6.30 at a tertiary hospital and evaluated the above information. Patients not having LFT results at these three standard points of time (baseline, during medication, and after finishing medication) were excluded. During medication, mean changes of Alanine transaminase (ALT), Aspartate transaminase (AST), Total Bilirubin (TB) were increased and that of serum albumin (Alb) was decreased, with the largest effect from aspirin (n=461; 16.8, 14.9, 0.28, -0.24) and the smallest from celecoxib (n=127; 3.4, 5.2, 0.11, -0.16). In addition, aspirin caused more changes of blood liver function indicators in patient group with liver disease (n=128, 27.4, 26.9, 0.53, -0.3) than those in patient group without liver disease (n=357, 12.5, 13.1, 0.23, -0.24). Taking low dose aspirin for prophylaxis purpose with long-term medication may be associated with liver injury. Our study is just a signal regarding the possibility of hepatotoxicity among patients taking low dose aspirin in a hospital setting, and thus it needs to be further investigated.


The study aims to analyze the resilience of corporate tourism in the last three years. Interviews were conducted with industry professionals, and a questionnaire was applied to corporate clients. The results show that adaptation was achieved through short-term planning, bleisure tourism, digitalization, and sustainability. The main conclusion is that resilient companies have changed their line of business, accepted to operate in the short term, and offered more flexibility in pricing.


A new admixture increasing the density of cement-base composites and hence preventing the penetration of chloride ions is developed and investigated. The new admixture is the combination of traditional mineral admixture and steel bar inhibitor. The composition of the admixture is optimized using water absorption tests. Then the effect of the new admixture on the workability of freshly mixed cement paste as well as the pore structure and SEM analysis of hardened cement paste is experimentally investigated. The results show that the new admixture is effective to increase the density of cement-based materials.


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A 50 Yrs male person working in stone crusher factory as a helper staff and one unfortunate morning he went to check the levels of stone dust in the dust collecting unit as his regular work. But even after 30 min when the person didn't come back, the security person got the doubt about his return, he went and checked the tank where he got shocked to see the person found dead in the tank. The information was given to the Hosakote police station. The inquest was made and the body was subjected for PM Examination on the next day in the afternoon between 12.00 to 1.00 pm. PM Examination


The reduction in CO2 emissions has become an important issue as global environmental problems have become more serious. The replacement of conventional petroleum- and mineral-derived raw materials for building materials with local plant-based resources is expected to reduce CO2 emissions. This study examined the possibility of using compression-molded boards made from plant-based resources as sound-absorbing materials in rooms. Among plant resources, few studies have conducted detailed measurements of the sound absorption properties of boards compressed from reeds. When measuring the normal incidence sound absorption coefficient, a material layered with a reed compressed board, wood fiber insulation, and an air layer showed a peak in the sound absorption rate at approximately 850 Hz. This indicates the potential to effectively absorb noise in the frequency band of human voices (500–1000 Hz). By changing the layering of multiple sound-absorbing materials, the presence or absence of an air layer behind them, and the installation conditions of the sound-absorbing materials, and then measuring the sound absorption rate, variations were observed in the sound absorption rate and the frequency at which the peaks were observed. This provides guidelines for material configurations that exhibit sound absorption at specific frequencies.


In this paper,Leray-schauder theorem is used to study the existence of solutions to the following fourth-order ordinary differential equation boundary value problem {y(4)=f(t,y,y′,y″,y″′),t∈(0,1);y(0)=y(1)=y″(0)=y″(1)=0.where f∶×R4→R is cont-inuous.It is proved that the problem having at least one solution as nonlinearity satisfies certain sign conditions.


Figure 1: Illustration of a hypothetical device for studying the quantum Hall effect in 4-D systems. Two 2-D Hall bars (left/right) the geometry used by Klaus von Klitzing for the first measurement of the 2-D quantum Hall effect—are combined in orthogonal subspaces to form a 4-D quantum Hall system (center). This 4-D sample is depicted by encoding the fourth dimension in the colour of a surface in three spatial dimensions with red depicting positive values and blue negative ones. Credit: LMU/MPQ


The paper proposes an energy consumption model for energy constrained devices in Machine-to-Machine communication system. The model specifies generic tasks that are executed on M2M devices. It was implemented on devices on Waspmote and Arduino hardware platforms. Power consumption was calculated for the states of the proposed model. The model with calculated consumption values is applicable for testing algorithms and techniques for achieving higher energy efficiency. Furthermore, the paper presents a basic operating cycle in which tasks from the specified model are executed on M2M devices and M2M gateway in an energy efficient way. Energy consumption during 24 hours by using the suggested operating cycle is compared on Arduino and Waspmote hardware platforms.


A Diels–Alder reaction of 6,7-dioxabicyclo[3.2.2]nona-3,8-dien-2-one (2) with cyclopentadiene gave the cis-endo-[4+2] adduct and the trans-endo-[4+2] adduct. Their yields were improved when the reaction was carried out under high-pressure conditions. The reaction of 6,7-diethoxycarbonyl-6,7-diazabicyclo[3.2.2]nona-3,8-dien-2-one (3) gave the cis-endo-[4+2] adduct. Reactions of 2 and 3 with isobenzofuran and its 1,3-diphenyl derivative gave the thermodynamically-controlled exo-[4+2] adducts.


The title compound, [Ru(C12H7Br2N2)2(CO)2], possesses a distorted octahedral environment about the Ru atom, with two cyclometallated 4,4′-dibromoazobenzene ligands and two mutually cis carbonyl ligands. The donor atoms are arranged such that the N atoms are mutually trans and the aryl C atoms are trans to carbonyl ligands.


Plasma tomography [1] consists in reconstructing the 2D radiation profile on a poloidal cross section of the fusion device. Such reconstruction is based on measurements of the lineintegrated radiation along multiple lines of sight. However, since these lines are sparse, the problem is under-determined, and a solution must be found by employing regularization methods [2]. Typically, such regularization is implemented by enforcing smoothness along the magnetic flux surfaces [3] or by using prior knowledge from other diagnostics [4]. In addition, an iterative procedure is needed to find the optimal regularization parameters [5]. As a result, tomographic reconstructions are computationally expensive and have extensive knowledge embedded.


The conceptual system of legal ideal-types in Max Weber's essay "Sociology of Law" "formal/substantial irrationality" and "formal/substantial rationality" is to some degree related to Kantianism. It is this relationship that tends to make Weber's four dimensional conceptual system of law's "rationality" into what is actually a stark dualism of "formal rationality" and "substantial irrationality". Through clarification of key concepts in Weber's "Sociology of Law", namely, the types of "legal thinking", this chapter has sought to reveal how key concepts in German idealist philosophy deeply influenced Weber's thinking and writing. This ingrained influence even turned Weber's supposed empirically based conceptual system into an almost purely idealist system. This philosophical thinking in turn affects Weber's selection, analysis, and judgment of materials in legal history. The tool of idealism is even used by Weber to describe and define practical class struggle. Keywords: German idealist philosophy; Max Weber; Sociology of Law


Background:
 We previously reported that egg consumption was related to age-adjusted serum total cholesterol (TCH), and all-cause mortality in the 1-2-eggs/wk group was significantly lower than that in the 1-egg/d group in women, whereas no such relations were noted in men, using 14 year follow-up of NIPPON DATA80. Re-evaluation of these relations in a different cohort is needed.

 Methods:
 We analyzed the relations of egg consumption to serum total cholesterol (TCH) and cause-specific and all-cause mortality by using the NIPPON DATA90 database with a 15-year follow-up. At the baseline in 1990, a nutritional survey was performed by using the food-frequency method, and data were collected on study participants, ages 30 years and over, from randomly selected areas in Japan. We followed 4,799 female participants without history of stroke or myocardial infarction (mean age 52.8 y) for 15 years.

 Results:
 The participants were categorized into 5 egg consumption groups on the basis of their responses to a questionnaire (seldom, 1-2/wk, 1/2 d, 1/d, and ≥2/d). There were 218, 1507, 1622, 1409, and 43 women in each of the 5 groups, respectively. Age-adjusted TCH was not related to egg consumption (206.4, 206.3, 207.0, 207.7, and 203.8 mg/dL in the 5 egg consumption categories, respectively, P=0.737, analysis of covariance). There were 199 cardiovascular disease (CVD), 221 cancer, and 642 all-cause mortality during follow-up. Cox analysis, adjusted for confounding factors, found that all-cause and cancer mortality in the ≥2/d group were significantly higher than that in the 1-egg/d group (HR in the ≥2/d vs the 1-egg/d group: all-cause, 1.88 [95%CI: 1.12-3.16]; cancer, 2.77 [1.32-5.80]), and that cancer mortality in the 1-2-eggs/wk group was significantly lower than that in the 1-egg/d group (0.70 [0.50-0.99]). Egg consumption was not associated with CVD mortality.

 Conclusions:
 Loss of the relation of egg consumption to TCH might be due to that hypercholesterolemic individuals avoided eating eggs. Positive association of egg consumption with cancer and all-cause mortality needs further evaluation, and it may indicate that limiting egg consumption has some health benefits, at least in women in Japan.


A legality condition is derived theoretically for any given mapping relations to be learned collectively by a two-layered perceptron. When the mapping is legal and the number of mapping relations to be learned is not greater than the number of input nodes, a simple one-step method can be used to reach the goal of collective learning. This legality condition can be generalized to be used in the design of a 'universal' multilayered learning machine.<<ETX>>


Energy demand of the world is increasing exponentially every year. Gas turbine power plants are playing the key role in meeting the energy demands either alone or in combined mode. In the present work mathematical modelling of Gas turbine power plant is carried out in the computer programming tool EES (Engineering Equation Solver). From the results it is found that as the air intake mass flow rate is increased from the 80 kg/s to 115 kg/s then cost of equipment purchase is increased by 43.75%. Higher mass flow rate requires the air compressor of bigger size. Therefore, the cost of air compressor is increased. If compression ratio of air compressor is increased from 8 to 20 then cost of air compressor is increased by 2.59 times. Efficiency of air compressor has most dominating effect on the cost of air compressor. The ratio of cost for the compressor with efficiency 88% to 80% is four. The increase in cost of equipment is justified by comparing it with saving in cost of fuel due to decrease in exergy destruction.


Objective:To establish a method for the determination of isorhynchophylline on rat great vessels.Method:The rat great vessels were removed after intragastric administration of Uncariae Ramulus Cum Uncis decoction and liquid nitrogen grinding.The tissue samples which were drawn and treated by adding ethanol and the supernatant were dried by N2.After redissolving in carbinol,the supernatant were detected by HPLC directly.The analysis was carried on an analytical column RP18 WatersTM(4.6 mm × 250 mm,5 μm).The mobile phase consisted of carbinol-water(70∶ 30),triethylamine to adjust pH 8.0 and the flow rate was 0.8 mL·min- 1.The UV detection wave length was at 254 nm and the column temperature was kept at 30 ℃.The retention time of isorhynchophylline was about 12 min.Result:A good linearity was obtained from 0.04 mg·L- 1to 20.0 mg·L- 1for isorhynchophylline.Regression curve was Y=4.644 1X+0.161 2 with a correlation coefficient(R2) of0.999 2,the average recovery was 99.34%,and the RSD was less than 8.0%.Conclusion:The method is simple,stable and easy for operation.It is shown to be suitable for determination of isorhynchophylline in rat great vessels.


Hydrology is fundamental to wetland establishment and maintenance of wetland processes (Cole et al. 2002). Hydrology has been shown to affect, if not control, many aspects of wetland ecology, including litter decomposition and the accumulation of organic matter and sediment (Barlocher et al. 1978), the composition and productivity of pool fauna (Paton and Couch 2002), and amphibian diversity (Burne and Griffin 2005). Vernal pools are a type of wetland that normally experiences drawdowns and dry periods. Tiner (2003) notes that although alternating wet and dry periods occur in most wetlands, vernal pools experience extreme fluctuations in moisture conditions. This hydrologic variability, both within- and between-year, is a primary factor influencing species composition and productivity (Paton and Couch 2002).


In trials in 1970-2 with sorghum in the rabi [winter] season under rain-fed conditions, application of 12.5 kg N/ha at sowing and 12.5 kg/ha in 2 foliar sprays gave average grain yields of 1.3 t/ha in the E. dry region of Dharwar district and 1.46 t/ha in Bijapur district, compared with respective yields of 1.24 and 1.29 t/ha with 25 kg N/ha applied at sowing


In the twenty-first century, public policies face an increasingly complex and intractable problems. It leads to the so called policy failure . Taking that situation as a starting point, the article explores how public policies can adapt to this new context, giving them a renewed combination of collective deliberation and exercise of public authority. The argument, in addition, is tested with two cases that exemplify how to articulate a policy against complex problems as water and the location of prisons in the territory.


A MAJORITY of critics have viewed the title character of Melville's "The Lightning-Rod Man" (1854) as a symbol of evangelical Christianity,' and one can easily see why. He not only accuses the unreceptive narrator of "profanity" and "infidelity"2 but also has the habit of incorporating biblical language into his sales pitch. "Mine is the only true rod," he soberly maintains (p. 277). There is a problem, however, in treating Melville's "lightning-king" as an allegorical peddler of religion, for rather than relying chiefly upon pious accusations and scriptural allusions, the lightning-rod man typically fills his conversation with technical assertions regarding the phenomenon of lightning and the practical precautions most helpful in avoiding its dangers. In an allegorical assault on hard-core Protestantism, such remarks various and continual -would seem curiously out of place. Perhaps those critics who have dubbed the salesman "religious," minimizing his obsession with matters of electricity, should reconsider the question of who that salesman "is." One significant clue to his allegorical identity is a probable Melvilleian source-Benjamin Franklin's Letters and Papers


Solid pseudopapillary neoplasm of the pancreas is a type of tumor that, since its initial description, in 1959, by Virginia Kneeland Frantz, caused a series of controversies regarding its biological behavior. Several names have been used to describe this singular disease in publications, among them, Frantz tumor, as a tribute to the eminent American pathologist. This fact, associated with the rarity of the disease, was one of the contributing factors for its true epidemiology to remain unknown in past decades. It was, without a doubt, the progress of imaging methods associated with a better knowledge of histopathological techniques and, fundamentally, immunohistochemistry that made its diagnosis more frequent in recent years. Although its clinical presentation is not pathognomonic, it is usually a result of the neoplasia mass effect and, not rarely, its diagnosis is incidental. It affects mostly young women, although it has been described in different age groups; however, it rarely occurs in males. There does not seem to be any controversy regarding the treatment of choice, which consists of surgical resection with margins. More recently, the need for lymphadenectomy has been discussed due to the description of ganglionar metastases in approximately 15% of cases. Despite the advances regarding the knowledge about this neoplasia4, which is mostly from retrospective studies of series and case reports due to the low incidence of the condition, there are still gaps in respect to its cellular origin, etiopathogenesis, and, fundamentally, about the true biological behavior of the tumor.


Background: Focal Axonal Swellings arise in several leading neurodegenerative diseases of the central nervous system and are hallmark features of concussions and traumatic brain injuries. Recent theories mapped how the shape of each swelling affects the propagation of spike trains and consequently the information encoded in them. Spikes can be selectively deleted, have their speed affected, or blocked depending upon the severity of the swelling. New method: Our computational toolbox extracts meaningful geometrical parameters from sequential images of injured axon segments. The algorithm provides a principled approach for dealing with imaging distortions caused by experimental artifacts in order to extract the cross-section of an axon by detecting local symmetries, turning points and turning regions. Results: Our characterization of the Focal Axonal Swelling allows for an assessment of its impact on spike propagation, leading to a color coding of the axon that highlights problematic regions for information propagation. Comparison with existing methods: Many theoretical works reported distortions in spike propagation related to axonal enlargements. Such estimates, however, were not incorporated to a toolbox that could classify axonal swellings directly from experimental images. Conclusions: Our MATLAB toolbox thus highlights potential trouble spots of axonal morphology, and similar to car traffic maps, identify blocked or impaired routes for information flow. This computational framework is a promising starting point for diagnosing and assessing the impact of axonal swellings implicated in concussions, Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease, Multiple Sclerosis and other neurological pathologies. © 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. ∗ Corresponding author. Tel.: +1 206 543 5493. E-mail addresses: firstname.lastname@example.com (P.D. Maia), email@example.com (M.A. Hemphill), firstname.lastname@example.com B. Zehnder), firstname.lastname@example.com (K.K. Parker), email@example.com (J.N. Kutz). ttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jneumeth.2015.06.022 165-0270/© 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.


Measurements of the fractional undeflected intensity of a HeNe laser beam (632.8 nm) incident upon crazed acrylic at varying angles provide an indication of how an aging acrylic D^O vessel at the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory might scatter Cerenkov radiation produced within the vessel. It is found that while the degradation in transmission varies strongly with the degree of crazing, the variance of degradation as a function of incident angle is universal in form. Transmission is maximal for normal incidence, dropping sharply to a minimum within as 200 , then rising steadily to full transmission at WQQQ. 1 INTRODUCTION The Sudbury Neutrino Observatory (SNO) [I], scheduled to begin operation in 1995, will employ D^O as the primary medium with which solar and other extraterrestrial neutrinos will interact. From the Cerenkov radiation produced by the secondary particles, the kinetic energy, direction of approach, and type of incident neutrino can be ascertained. The spherical vessel designed to contain the heavy water will be contructed using thermo-formed acrylic, chosen for its strength, transparency, and radioactive purity. Cerenkov photons produced in the D^O must pass through the transparent tank to be detected in photomultipliers suspended outside the vessel. When acrylic is placed under tensile stress, cracking, or a condition refered to as ^crazing" develops. Crazing is characterized by parallel crack-like damage zones running transversely to the direction of the applied stress [4]. The damage zone consists of voids (40-50%) and material which has a lower density than the bulk acrylic. With the continued application of stress to the acrylic, the crazing develops into easily visible cracks and seriously weakens the acrylic [2]. Because of the difficulty in distinguishing between the two, we use the terms "cracking" and "crazing" interchangeably throughout the report. Since cracking and crazing are visible to the unaided eye, it is clear that light transmission in crazed acrylic differs from that in unaffected acrylic and that this may have serious consequences on the reconstruction of events in SNO. The goal of our observations is to develop an. understanding of the effects that cracked and crazed acrylic has on incident light.


The problem of adaptive, prepathological and pathological reactions of the body to the action of exogenous chemicals is closely intersected with the assessment of the norm and its fluctuations. The imbalance of chemical elements in the human body directly affects the functioning of almost all organs and systems, causing significant stress of adaptation mechanisms. In this article we study the elemental state of the human body depending on the physiological state (endocrine pathology and professional contact with heavy metals), analyze the correlation between macro- and microelements and assess the degree of adaptability of the body. In the work the elemental state of the human body, taking into account not only the absolute values of the concentrations of elements in the hair and whole blood was studied, the adaptability of the body according to the indicators of elemental imbalance in the blood and hair of volunteers, individuals with endocrine pathology (autoimmune thyroiditis and type II diabetes mellitus) and for those working in conditions of contact with heavy metals (for jewelers, welders and batterymen) is analyzed. The results of the study indicate that various non-specific adaptation reactions are accompanied by changes in the elemental state of a person. Under the prevailing pathology of the endocrine system (diabetes mellitus or autoimmune thyroiditis), the adaptation of the body was determined as a stage of tension and is associated with the duration of the disease. In persons exposed to professional contact with heavy metals (Mn, Cr, Pb, Ag), adaptation depended on the nature and duration of professional contact with them: the highest tension of adaptation processes was found in jewelers, and the least in welders and batterymen, which is associated with the duration of professional contact with these metals. The high number of connections between the elements indicates the tension of adaptive reactions in people with endocrine pathology and especially in jewelry workers. Adaptation to the high content of metals in the air of welders and batteries due to the longer experience of these workers and adaptation to production conditions with a decrease in the number of correlations between the elements, as a means of reliable operation.


The environmental impact of construction, green building, and sustainable construction has captured the attention of building professionals across the world. Building professionals are now faced with the task of understanding and translating "strategic sustainability objectives" into "concrete action" for their projects. Many countries have developed their own assessment tools and green building guidelines. The purpose of this paper is to overview and analyze the current sustainable building guidelines in different countries in terms of their components and development characteristics. Forty guidelines were investigated and analyzed, which were developed in U.S., Europe, and Australia. The primary role of most sustainable building guidelines was to provide principles and implement strategies of green building technologies. The frequent types of target buildings are residential building and public building. Guidelines were usually distributed in the form of pdf files, online web-sites, and downloadable stand-alone programs.


A theory is presented for the radiation at the third to fifth harmonics of the plasma frequency observed upstream from the Earth's bow shock: the radiation is produced by the process L + T′ → T in the foreshock, with the initial T′ radiation being the frequently observed second harmonic radiation (generated by another process) and the L waves being products of the decay L′ → L + S of L′ waves generated by a streaming instability. (Here L, S, and T denote Langmuir, ion acoustic, and 'transverse electromagnetic waves, respectively.) The theory can account for the observed radiation when unusually large levels (electric fields in excess of 10 mV/m) of suitable L waves are present. Such levels of L waves are possible, in principle, but have not been reported before; the radiation is observed quite infrequently, thereby implying a requirement for unusual foreshock conditions. Predictions for the characteristics of the source regions (one to each wing of the foreshock) and the bandwidth of the radiation are given. Potential problems for the theory, relating to the large levels of L waves required to account for the radiation, are discussed.


This paper presents a study on the determination of thermal stability of highly thermally stable polyaniline-dodecylbenzenesulfonic acid (PANI-DBSA) salts using thermogravimetric analysis. This technique was also used to calculate energy of activation (Ea) for the degradation of polymer using Horwitz & Metzger, Coats & Redfern and Chan et al. methods. The results showed that the synthesized polymer is highly stable even upto 500 C0 (so far highest reported temperature for stability of polyanile). Previ-ously the synthesis of PANI-DBSA was carried out via inverse polymerization following a novel pathway. Further characterization of the synthesized materials was done with the help of UV-Vis spectroscopy and XRD.


Cordyceps sinensis, a parasitic fungus in the alpine regions, is highly valued in the traditional medicinal system of China, Nepal and India. The cost of one kg of wild collected fungus in the market varies from 30,000 to60,000 Nepali Rupees in Nepal, and about Rs 1 lakh in India. This study explores the collection, trade route, market price at various stages of trade, and linkages in the region. Market price, trade and channels of Cordyceps collection are not transparent in the Indian subcontinent. Collection from wild habitats is a new income-generation opportunity in the remote locations of the Central Himalayan region. Among the stakeholders, conservation and sustainable harvest is the issue of debate. There is need for scientific exploration and research on biological screening of the Indian strains of this fungus, status in natural habitats, and artificial cultivation to harvest timely the prospects. Highlighting this species as a Chinese herb and its substances as anti-aging, pro-sexual, anti-cancer and immune boosting, now Cordyceps and its products are present in the market of the Western countries as over-the-counter medicine/tonic; however, the primary source is Tibet. For the past few years, there has been large-scale harvesting of the wild material from Nepal and India. This study highlights the importance of the fungus as medicine, a case study of collection and trade in the Central Himalayan region, and research needs in the Indian context.


During follicular dynamic, the Follicular Stimulating Hormone (FSH) and Luteinizing Hormone (LH) works over somatic cells (theca cells and granulose cells), activing a signaling way through cAMP, responsible of citoplasmatic maturation, meiotic competence and ovulation of an oocyte able for sustain the embryo early development. This oocyte is arrested in prophase of meiosis I,


The authors present analysis and performance improvement in digital control using a novel discrete time operator. The properties of the low-pass filter operator rho are examined as compared with the q or delta operator. It is shown that, with the appropriate choice of the design parameters c/sub 1/ and c/sub 2/, the rho -model is superior to the q-model or the delta -model in nonadaptive and adaptive digital control applications.<<ETX>>


Using eight months of online comments on New York Times articles, we find that only 28% of commenters of identifiable gender are female, but that their comments receive more recommendations from other readers. Comments from women are more common on forums about parenting, fashion, and health, and on articles written by women. The number of recommendations comments from women receive is positively correlated with the percentage of men on a forum, and the number of recommendations men receive is negatively correlated with the percentage of men on a forum. Female commenters are more likely to remain anonymous and anonymous commenters receive fewer recommendations. Male and female commenters differ in their choice of topics to emphasize, backgrounds, and language; we find three specific examples in responses to articles about sexual assault, contraception, and farm subsidies. We discuss the implications of these gender differences for democratic discourse and suggest ways to increase gender parity.


Receiver and electromagnetically coupled balanced transmission line device including (106), the balanced antenna device for a communication device. Symmetric dipole antenna element (105) is operable in a first frequency by balanced transmission lines. Symmetry loop antenna, shares a dipole antenna element is operable at a second frequency by the transmission line. Preferably, the antenna device may be arranged at the inside a flip portion of the device housing (102).


Summary Infiltration of amyloid in various organs of female and male mice of strain BL has been recorded. It was observed to occur frequently in spleen, duodenum, ileum, cervical lymph node, liver, kidney, ovaries, and uterus; less frequently in heart, vagina, adrenal, lung, and tongue; and only occasionally in pancreas, salivary glands, bladder, and testis.


In addition to the previously known clathrate complexes with aromatic hydrocarbons and certain of their derivatives, the β-phases of MII(4-methylpyridine)4(SCN)2(where MII is a transition metal such as Co, Ni, or Mn) have now been found to sorb numerous other guest species. The β-phases behaved, like the zeolites, as crystals permanently porous in the absence of guest molecules, and the sorption isotherms were reversible.Sorption was investigated, often over a range of temperatures, for the following guest molecules: O2, N2, Ar, Kr, Xe; CH3Cl, CH2Cl2, CHCl3, CCl4; C1 to C6 n-paraffins; C6H6, toluene, ethylbenzene, and o-, m-, and p-xylene; cyclohexane; isopentane and 2,2,4-trimethylpentane; C1 to C6 primary alcohols derived from n-paraffins; CO2, CS2, and C2H5·O·C2H5. Sorption is related to size, shape, and polarity of the guest molecules.Isotherms were of Types I, IV, and V in Brunauer's classification. Isosteric heats of sorption were found to correlate with heats of vapourisation of the liquid sorbates, or their b.p.s, thus emphasising the physical nature of the sorption. For small molecules stepped isotherms or isotherms showing upward inflections were often observed. It is suggested that this behaviour arises from the reversible generation of extra sorption sites above certain threshold pressures.Of ligands other than 4-methylpyridine, 4-ethylpyridine gave a complex which sorbed benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, and o- and p-xylene, but not m-xylene, CO2, Xe, or aliphatic compounds. Other pyridine-based ligands gave complexes which did not form clathrate phases.


To enhance the teaching quality of wireless sensor network in the major of detecting and control and obtain the firsthand material about PBL. Two classes of PBL and LBL from detection and control in my college were randomly selected and offered the wireless sensor network course respectively. Evaluated by means of the final exam, usually performance etc, PBL teaching of students achievement in wireless sensor network is better than the LBL teaching students.PBL teaching method can better develop students' innovative spirit, team spirit and overall quality than LBL method.


The gentle tune of Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star brings back nostalgic feelings even for adults. Nursery Rhymes are often defined as "A short, rhymed poem or tale for children", and are considered as traditional songs for young children in Britain and many other English speaking countries. Though the tradition of nursery rhymes as a primary source for teaching English language to children began as early as in the seventeenth century, its influence upon English language teaching remains pivotal.


This paper presents a panel of the ways of reading the literature intended for children and youth in contemporary Brazilian literary studies, from the analysis of dissertations and theses presented in the last five years (2006-2010) in six Brazilian higher education institutions (PUC-RS, USP, UNICAMP, PUC-RJ, UFRJ and UFMG), and the Theses Database available at Capes. For that, we initially delineate a genealogy of the concept of childhood and the emergence of literature for children/youth in the West. Then, we approach in a panoramic mode, which are the main subjects studied in the surveyed institutions, as well as which critical and theoretical perspectives are activated to read the literary genre at issue. At last, we outline, in three chapters, the movements that are recurrent regarding the methods suggested for the use of children/youth literary texts in school, the ways of reading Monteiro Lobato, the main author studied by the academic works mapped and, finally, the functions conferred on children/youth literature for a considerable part of its scholars.