azole (1) (1'E,4'S)-4-(3'-oxo-4'-ltydroxypentenyl)oxazole (2) and 6-pentyl-oc-pyrone (3) were isolated from an ungdentified fungal metabolite. These compounds, especially noyel oxazolyl compound 2, inhibited the bacteTicidal effect of the Fenton reagent tovvard BaeilZtis subtifis. They ftnd their acetylated compounds (diAc-1 and Ac-2) also showed inhibitory actiyity against linoleate autoxidation. Furthermore, 1・-3 inhibited


BACKGROUND
Mental imagery, or 'seeing with the mind's eye' (Kosslyn et al. ), provokes strong emotional responses (Ji et al., ). To date, there is a lack of data on the content and clinical characteristics (e.g. vividness, likelihood, emotional effects) of spontaneous mental images (MI) in people with bipolar disorder (BD) according to their thymic states.

AIM
The current study sought to assess the characteristics associated with the contents of MI in people with BD.

METHOD
Forty-two euthymic individuals diagnosed with BD (American Psychiatric Association, ) were asked to self-report their MI during depression, (hypo)mania and euthymia. Participants also rated levels of vividness, likelihood and emotional activation related to MI (i.e. valence, arousal, type of emotion).

RESULTS
The contents of the MI revealed phenomenological aspects of BD. Different themes were associated with each thymic phase. In (hypo)mania and in euthymia, the mental images were assessed as being as vivid as probable (p>.05). (Hypo)manic and euthymic-related MI activated more pleasure than displeasure (p<.001) and were mainly associated with joy. In depression, MI were assessed as more vivid than likely (p<.05). In depression, MI activated more displeasure than pleasure (p<.0001) and induced mainly sadness.

DISCUSSION
Overall, a congruence between the contents of images and the three thymic phases was found. The content of the MI was related to self-reported emotional effects that were congruent with the thymic phases concerned. The results add new clinical information for the use of imagery-based cognitive therapy in individuals with BD.


In order to clarify changes in properties of starch irradiated with microwave, irradiation was carried out upon starch suspension, the water content of which was controlled by the addition of either sucrose or triethyleneglycol. In addition to physicochemical measurements, starch granules were observed under opticaland scanning electronemicroscopes. Results : 1. Extractability of amylase increased. 2. While suspensions being kept below 80•Ž during irradiation, swelling capacity of starch stood small; while, above 80•Ž, starch granules suffered a drastic destruction, and swelling capacity showed a sudden increase. 3. Destruction of starch granules seemed to proceed in specific styles. 4. Starch paste thus obtained proved to be of multiple phases, that is, a mixture of non-swellen starch granules and of their specific fragments.


The image of true warlike prowess is more frequently evoked through direct expressions connoting stout-heartedness in Beowulf. These expressions are normally made by the form of adjective plus noun or the present participle of the verb hycgan as in swiðhicgende, 'strong-minded', heardhicgende, 'brave-minded'. This kind of word formation is evolved into more delicate word formation or formulaic expression as we see in the use of heard under helme, 'bold under his helmet', ahyrded heaþoswate, 'hardened with battle blood' and waepen(meca)wundum heard, '(sword) hardened with wounds'. At three crucial stages, Beowulf is introduced with the formula heard under helme, which evokes a warrior ready to act with undaunted resolve. Beowulf's tragic resolution to risk his life for the sake of his people, and thus his heroic value, seem to be implicit in heard under helme. In this context heard under helme works as a metaphor for true warlike prowess. This kind of word formation is the outcome of the poet's creative effort to combine the archaic words with heroic ideal. (Hankuk University of Foreign Studies)


Our recent study has demonstrated the rapid adaptation of the Red Sea phytoplankton to ocean warming, with associated constraints of physiological performance. However, the possible tradeoff between thermal adaptation and the organism's tolerance to other environmental drivers in a warmer future scenario remains understudied. Here, we designed an evolutionary selection environment where the Red Sea diatom Chaetoceros tenuissimus was adapted to ambient (26 oC) and warming (30 oC) temperature scenarios for over 2000 generations. These strains were subsequently exposed to a range of copper (Cu) dose over three assay temperatures (26 oC, 30 oC, and 35 oC), to assess whether the adaptation to experimental warming is accompanied by a reformed tolerance to toxic pollutants. Most previous studies on Cu toxicity in marine phytoplankton were conducted within a small range of temperature (20−25 oC), indicating the need for further assessments to reveal the potential complex interactive effects between pollutants and more significant warming in the future. The acute Cu toxicity was estimated in terms of reduction in cell abundance (cells mL−1), growth rate (μ) and PSII photosynthetic efficiency (Fv/Fm), with 48 h median effective concentration values (EC50) varying from 2.22−20.19 μg L−1. We found a statistically significant interaction between assay temperature, selection temperature, and Cu doses in all the criteria tested. However, under extreme warming scenario (35 oC), the Cu sensitivity was significantly reduced, indicating cumulative antagonistic effects between these factors. Adaptation of phytoplankton to higher temperatures may help maintain their heavy metal tolerance, although a shift in temperature during the tests clearly altered their sensitivities. We conclude that selection for warming having made cells more resistant to Cu at the selection temperature in comparison to ambient-adapted population tested at 26 oC. However, in warming-adapted cells, this was traded off against cupper resistance at 26 oC.


Thesis (M.S.)--American University of Beirut. Department of Food Technology and Nutrition, 1994.;"Advisor: Nahla Baba, Associate Professor, Nutrition -- Members of Committee: Raja Tannous: Professor of Food Technology and Nutrition, Coordinator of Grad


The inhibition of calcium phosphate precipitation by homo- and copolymers containing different functional groups has been examined in aqueous solution. It has been found that polymer performance as calcium phosphate inhibitor depends upon polymer architecture. The influence of iron oxide (Fe2O3, rust) on the performance of calcium phosphate inhibitors has also been investigated. Results show that addition of small amount (10 mg to 100 mg) of Fe2O3 to the calcium phosphate supersaturated solution exhibits marked antagonistic effect on inhibitor performance. Various mechanism(s) have been proposed to explain the negative impact of Fe2O3 on inhibitor performance.


Elongation studies are very important for validating the constitutive equations that describe the rheological behavior of fluids. The relaxation of a stretched polymer chain in the flow field has not been investigated in detail thus far. We extended the constitutive equations for predicting the start-up behavior and the power law relationship between the steady-state elongational viscosities and the strain rate. We also determined the steady-state elongational viscosity by fitting the calculated results with the measured values. The calculated results show the power law relationship between the steady-state elongational viscosities and the strain rate. Furthermore, we used these constitutive equations to predict the overshoot of the viscosities and stresses at initial stages of the steady elongational or shear flows by considering only one parameter, the stretch relaxation time.


Eleven years have passed since the Constitutional Court of Colombia began to evident procedural excess (Case T-1306, 2001).In this figure, the work presented here argues that there are two variants, one of which is directly related to the evidentiary issue. In this sense, i.e., when evident procedural excess is preached as an error of the trial judge related to the topic of evidence, and more accurately when reviewing writ he is forced to practice a certain number of them it is hard not to conclude that with regard to evident procedural excess we are taking over guardianship to a form of last resort in terms of proof, and not only for the protection of fundamental rights. Moreover, it can be argued that the Constitutional Court, under the idea that the judge has a duty to pursue the truth, and above all find it, he ventures into the relevant facts of each case which involves evident procedural excess or, at least, suggests precisely the way forward for the trial judge to give the fundamental right to a party. However, It be must be said that this incursion by the constitutional judge in matters of the ordinary headquarters, is due to, in part, and within the strict limits of the figure discussed here, the fact that in Colombia on matter of evidence we share two systems : the inquisitorial and regulatory system; equally, to the way some rules of procedural law (especially related to the duty of judges to decree evidence) are expressed, but above all, to an understanding of what the process itself means in relation to the protection of fundamental rights and the prevalence of substantive law.


We discuss reinforcement learning-based strategies for provisioning OTN leased-lines including all-optical provisioning and strategic aggregation subject to stochastic traffic in metro/regional networks. We show benefit in transceiver count and reduction of OTN cross-connect capacity. © 2022 The Author(s).


We use the quantile regression model to explore the impact of the crude oil price,the Dow Jones Index,the dollar exchange rate,the Shanghai Composite Index and the interest rate on the domestic gold price.Empirical analysis results indicate that these factors influence the domestic gold price differently at different quantile level.The quantile regression can dig up more information from historical data,so investors can know better the factor for the fluctuations of gold price and make better decisions.


We present a new method of investigating the so-called quasilinear strongly-damped wave equations in this paper, we concerned with the Controllability in a steady state for the Quasilinear Wave Equations with weak decay, and we use a so-called energy perturbation method to establish weak controllability of solutions in terms of energy norm for a class of nonlinear functions. This method allows us to establish the existence and uniqueness of energy solutions. We also established the existence of finite-dimensional global and exponential attractors for the solution semigroup associated with that equation and their additional regularity. We show the controllability in a steady state with the help of differential inequalities by estimating the relationship between energy inequalities and attenuating property of weak solutions. We determine a small positive number and derive differential inequalities by using a perturbation of energy.


This paper presents a new formulation for the delay estimation problem in which the delay parameter becomes the unknown frequency of a sinusoidal sequence. Many standard techniques of frequency estimation can thus be applied. From the real and imaginary components of the cross-spectrum of the two received signals, two different estimates are available; and their difference can be used to decide if the estimates are anomalous. Simulation results are given to support some of the derivations.


Route planning is a demanding task for travelers visiting unknown destinations. Initially travelers should limit their choices to a subset of the available points of interest (POIs) and afterwards to take into account a number of factors such as the personal interests, the available time, and the means of transportation. Despite the wide variety of available ICT systems for the planning of the points of interest, to our knowledge there is not a complete solution, which involves social networking features while providing an easy and fast way to find touristic routes with filtering. Thus, the development of an ICT system of touristic routes is introduced, integrating social networking features. In the developed system, users can choose touristic routes based on reviews from other users and a series of technical features are shown in detail, including touristic route and POIs profiles. The ICT system was developed with Isomorphic MVC architecture and Microsoft ASP.NET technology.


Results from a concerted Hubble Space Telescope (HST) survey of nearby white dwarfs for substellar objects are presented. A total of seven DAZ white dwarfs with distances of <50 pc had high-contrast and high spatial resolution NICMOS coronagraphic images taken to search for candidate substellar objects at separations ≲10″ away. Limits to unresolved companions are derived through analysis of Two Micron All Sky Survey photometry of the white dwarfs compared to expected fluxes based on the white dwarf's effective temperature, distance, and gravity. Our HST survey of seven DAZ white dwarfs identified candidate companions for four of the white dwarfs. For three of these, HST and ground-based second-epoch observations showed the candidates to be background stars. The fourth white dwarf, which is close to the Galactic plane, has seven candidate companions at distances of 2″–4″, which remain to be followed up. We find that for four of the white dwarfs we are sensitive to planetary companions of ≳10MJ. For all the targets, we are sensitive to companions of >18MJ. The lack of significant near-IR excesses for our targets limits any kind of unresolved companions present to be substellar. In light of these results we make several comments on the possibility of determining the origin of metals in the atmospheres of these white dwarfs.


Ethnozoology is the study of the relationship between humans and animals. Ethnozoological studies are closely related to culture and local knowledge and their interactions with the surrounding environment. The Sumba people with the marapu belief are known to have close relationships with various types of animals. This study aims to identify the types of animals used by the people of three villages in Sumba. The results showed that 23 species of animals were identified as part of the ethnozoology of the three villages. Species of animals related to ethnozoology can refer to several species scientifically. The forms of utilization by the community are as part of traditional and religious rituals (five species), traditional medicine (five species), consumption (six species), artistic values (seven species), and mystical values and omens (seven species).  Ethnozology in Sumba society is closely related to Marapu beliefs.
 Keywords: Etnozoology, Marapu, traditional rituals, Sumba


The effects of high voltage,frequency,pressure and injection of gases on plasma generation were investigated by measuring the spectra of the plasma.It is found that the relation between light intensity of plasma and the supplied voltage is linear whereas the effect of frequency is not distinct.The variation of light intensity in chord wise direction accords with Gauss function.In lower pressure the light intensity of plasma is enhanced and injection of helium could have the same effect.These results have established necessary basis for further experiments and numerical simulations.


The aim of the study was determination and verification of the diagnosis in patients with liver hemangiomas already detected by ultrasonography. Scintigraphy was performed in 92 patients after equilibration of marked erythrocytes with tin pyrophosphate (Sn-PYP) scintigraphy and a static scintigram of the liver (early and late after 2-3 h) were obtained. The clinical treatment of all patients involved classical scintigraphy of the liver with 99mTc colloid. After the treatment fragmentary accumulation of radioisotopes was detected on early scintigrams and were markedly evident on late ones in areas presenting vascular formations manifested as foca-coll zones on classical scintigram.


One of Dong Son Culture product is bronze vessels where found in some areas of Indonesia that is Kerinci, Madura, Lampung, Kalimantan dan Subang. Study about bronze vessels is limited on form and ornament description, and analysis. Ornamental study used structrulism approach on bronze vessels was not done. the purpose of this research is to know about bronze vessels structure and to give new meaning about it with Levi-Strauss structuralism approach. From the data and reference study was known that ornament on bronze vessels is an abstract of ideology/ way of life and ideas of their belonging community. These ideas formed a dualism, suchas, about upper world-under world, men-women, feminin-masculin, stability and harmony of universe, fertility and strength.


The solid state structure of the C70 buckminsterfullerene, crystallized from the vapor phase, was determined quantitatively at room temperature from electron diffraction intensity data and high-resolution electron microscope images. The molecules pack in space group Fm3m with a = 14.76 ± 0.11 A and are, therefore, randomly rotated around the molecular centers. Despite this rotational disorder, the molecular packing is much more regular than in the form crystallized from solvent, which had been demonstrated previously to be highly susceptible to shear forces.


Port Authority Transit which serves Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, including Pittsburgh and its suburbs, is modernizing its South Hills Light Rail Line. The portion of the line which is in the Pittsburgh Central Business District will become a subway, removing the last street cars from CBD streets. The modernization will be carried out in two stages. State I which is under construction is described in some detail. Stage II is briefly outlined. Stage I modernization includes supervisory control, alarms, communications and signals which have been integrated into a single system which is described in the paper. The State I system is designed anticipating the addition of State II with allowance for later expansion. These provisions for growth are described.


The COBRA/CFTL code has been developed by Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) for thermal-hydraulic analysis of simulated gas-cooled fast breeder reactor (GCFR) core assemblies to be tested in the core flow test loop (CFTL). The COBRA/CFTL code was obtained by modifying the General Atomic code COBRA*GCFR. This report discusses these modifications, compares the two code results for three cases which represent conditions from fully rough turbulent flow to laminar flow. Case 1 represented fully rough turbulent flow in the bundle. Cases 2 and 3 represented laminar and transition flow regimes. The required input for the COBRA/CFTL code, a sample problem input/output and the code listing are included in the Appendices.


The utility model discloses a forecast system for flow difference, well kick and lost circulation. The forecast system comprises an alarming device, a logging instrument, a controller, an inlet pipe, a slurry pump and a slurry pool, wherein the alarming device and the logging instrument are respectively connected with the controller; one end of the inlet pipe is inserted into a well casing; the other end of the inlet pipe is communicated with the slurry pool; an inlet flowmeter and the slurry pump are arranged on the inlet pipe; and the inlet flowmeter is connected with the controller. Through the adoption of the forecast system, flow rate forecast, volume forecast and well kick and lost circulation judgment can be realized; early forecast of well kick and lost circulation can be realized; forecast can be carried out in time; and time to start well killing can be guided.


The article deals with the value backgrounds to ensure the innovative potential of the higher school. Based on the methodology of socio-cultural determination, the authors propose to apply large-scale axiological dimension for understanding the higher school's innovative mission. This dimension encompasses a number of central ideas in the history of the development of higher school within the bosom of major socio-cultural domains, such as: social-focused, theology-focused, anthropocentric, profession-focused, scientific-focused, ideology-focused and market-focused. Each of these models is defined by influence of a certain cultural dominant which sets priorities for education and innovative practice. The strengthening of higher school innovative potential can be promoted by the simultaneous presence and interweaving of different domains. Meanwhile, the key role has to belong to person-focused domain which gives the chance for self-fulfillment of the personality and for carrying out fruitful innovations. The authors analyze destructive influence of a tight monopoly of the consumer dominant on innovative viability of Russian higher school. The main positive way that provides this viability is connected with restoration of the civilizational corps of higher school on the basis of recognition of its poly-cultural status and development of the values of personal knowledge and innovative experience.


This paper examines how the Buddhist Tzuchi organization's promotion of body donation for medical use is able to challenge the Chinese tradition of "keeping the cadaver intact." Researching on Master Chengyen and Tzuchi volunteers' appeals, case stories, and memorial rituals for body donors, the study finds that apart from economical and convenient reasons, donors and their relatives accept the damage to the corpses as a result of the "sanctification" of the donors by Tzuchi's rituals and narratives. The corpses are transformed into three symbols, namely, the body of ecology, the body of morality, and the body of bodhisattva, each connoting to "recycling of resources", "fulfillment of moral personality", and "practice of the Bodhisattva's way". These meanings represent the elevation of physical existence to spiritual existence and the crossing of life and death from limitation to infinity. They become persuasive in preparing not only for the funeral, but also for the death. Their appearance in Tzuchi's socio-religious field is very much motivated by cultural habitus, for example, the value of "moral personality" and the hope for good incarnation in next life for the Chinese. Religious belief is not necessary a factor for body donation. The helping aura in Tzuchi community and personal networks often brings about "mimesis of practices". The echoing of individuals and the group to the meanings of donation makes death not formidable. The body donation establishes a norm of "biding farewell to life," different from the tradition, for modern Chinese.


An important aim of behavioural ecological research is to develop a unified model to explain the determinants of the great variety of animal social groups, including their maintenance and evolution. Social reptile species, lizards in particular, are increasingly used to systematically test social behaviour theory, expanding its application beyond the usually studied birds, mammals and social insects and better describing the natural variability of sociality. I contributed to this important expansion by investigating the ecological and evolutionary processes that drive the social behaviour in the unusually social Australian sleepy lizard, Tiliqua rugosa.


In some ways, I suppose, I have always had a fascination with exile. On the wall of my office is an Acadian flag, a reminder of some of the heritage of my own county. But what is my country? I have been struggling with that in the past few weeks. I was born in Pakistan. I came to Canada when I was four years old and became a Canadian citizen seven years later at age eleven. All of my education—kindergarten to Ph.D.—was in Canada. In 1997, after living twenty-seven years in Canada, I moved to Los Angeles and began my professorship in the Religious Studies Department at California State University, Northridge. I have lived in Los Angeles for almost seven years now— or three years longer than I lived in Lahore. Does that make me more of an Angelino than a Pakistani? Of course, I have always considered myself a Canadian, proud of my home and, er, native land. But my last name is Hussain. And I am Brown. And a Muslim. And I have a beard. And I teach about Islam. Am I a "real" Canadian? If not, who is? Perhaps ...


A framework for navigation using cellular code division multiple access (CDMA) signals is studied in this paper. Theoretical lower bounds on the navigation performance using pseudorange measurements drawn from the cellular CDMA base transceiver stations (BTSs) are derived. Moreover, the navigation performance for a mapper/navigator framework is studied in the presence of timing discrepancies between the mapper and navigator. In this framework, a mapping receiver (mapper) estimates the stochastic dynamic clock biases of the BTSs and shares these estimates with a navigating receiver (navigator). The optimal navigation performance of the mapper/navigator framework in the presence of timing discrepancies is analyzed, and a practical upper bound on the resulting position error is derived. Experimental results for a ground vehicle and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are presented. The ground vehicle results show a mean distance difference of 5.51 m between the cellular CDMA-only navigation solution and a GPS navigation solution in the absence of clock bias discrepancies. The UAV results show an improvement of 10.57 m in the root-mean-square error of the cellular CDMA navigation solution, when the sector clock bias discrepancies are accounted for utilizing the statistical model relating observed clock biases from different sectors of the same BTS cell.


Many errors in coreference resolution come from semantic mismatches due to inadequate world knowledge. Errors in named-entity linking (NEL), on the other hand, are often caused by superficial modeling of entity context. This paper demonstrates that these two tasks are complementary. We introduce NECO, a new model for named entity linking and coreference resolution, which solves both problems jointly, reducing the errors made on each. NECO extends the Stanford deterministic coreference system by automatically linking mentions to Wikipedia and introducing new NEL-informed mention-merging sieves. Linking improves mention-detection and enables new semantic attributes to be incorporated from Freebase, while coreference provides better context modeling by propagating named-entity links within mention clusters. Experiments show consistent improvements across a number of datasets and experimental conditions, including over 11% reduction in MUC coreference error and nearly 21% reduction in F1 NEL error on ACE 2004 newswire data.


Brownian dynamics simulations can be made more efficient by incorporating the idea of importance sampling. By introducing and compensating a bias in favor of those configurations which mainly contribute to the average of a given quantity of interest, one can considerably reduce the variance of the stochastic simulation results. This idea can be applied to general stochastic differential quations of Motion and is hence not restricted to Brownian dynamics simulations. The construction of variance reduced Simulations requires an approximate understanding of the dynamics described by the underlying stochastic differential equation. The basic procedure is first developed in general and then illustrated for the example of a Hookean dumbbell solution in start up of steady shear flow. Particular emphasis is put on the development of a clearly structured formulation of the procedure which immediately allows for variance reduced simulations of nonlinear models. Possible applications in polymer kinetic theory and in the flow calculation of viscoelastic liquids are discussed.


This chapter provides a comparison between the results for the shunted PZTs and the active PZTs. The shunted PZTs refers to the application of PZTs with electrical shunt circuits, whereas active PZTs indicates the use of PZTs with the positive position feedback method, as was discussed in the previous chapter. First, the results obtained in the shunted and active PZT tests are compared in terms of how much piezoelectric material was used to damp the resonant frequencies. Next, the two methods are compared in terms of the vibration reduction in the frequency range of interest. It is worth noting that the shunted PZT test results were obtained in an earlier study performed by Kristina Jeric [1]. In addition, the particular shunt circuit used for the shunted PZT tests was a parallel resistor-inductor shunt circuit, as described in Chapter 2.


Despite the great advances made on image superresolution (ISR) during the last years, the performance has solely been evaluated perceptually. Thus, it is still unclear how useful ISR is to other vision tasks in practice. In this paper, we present the first comprehensive study and analysis of the usefulness of ISR for other vision applications. In particular, five ISR methods are evaluated on four popular vision tasks, namely edge detection, semantic image labeling, digit recognition, and face detection. We show that applying ISR to input images of other vision systems does improve the performance when the input images are of low-resolution. This is because the features and algorithms of current vision systems are designed and optimized for images of normal resolution. We also demonstrate that the standard perceptual evaluation criteria, such as PSNR and SSIM, correlate quite well with the usefulness of ISR methods to other vision tasks, but cannot measure it very accurately. We hope this work will inspire the community to evaluate ISR methods also in real vision applications, and to deploy ISR as a preprocessing component for systems of other vision tasks if the input data are of relatively low-resolution.


Neurologic complications of childhood brucellosis are rarely seen. Increased intracranial pressure is a rare presentation of neurobrucellosis. A 15-year-old girl patient was admitted with complaints of blurred vision, diplopia, fatigue, headache, nausea and vomiting. She had a history of systemic brucellosis diagnosed 2 months earlier. Bilateral papilledema was established in neurological assessment. Standard tube agglutination test titer was elevated in serum. We diagnosed increased intracranial pressure and neurobrucellosis on the basis of symptoms and signs of increased intracranial pressure, findings on neuroimaging and cerebrospinal fluid analysis, and substantially increased cerebrospinal fluid pressure. After 8 weeks of treatment with acetazolamide, the headaches and papilledema resolved. The patient was successfully treated using streptomycin, doxycycline and rifampicin therapy for three months. The aim of this case presentation is to draw attention to the importance of neurobrucellosis in the differential diagnosis of papilledema, especially in endemic regions such as in our country.


On the life of Poseidonios there is but little reliable information elucidating the theme of this paper. The probable years of his birth and death are 135 and 51 B.C. About his background nothing is known except that Apameia in Syria was his place of origin. In view of the mixed population of that country one might surmise the presence of non-Hellenic ethnical components in his ancestry, but nothing is known about this. He was a disciple of the stoic philosopher Panaitios of Rhodes, probably at Athens; afterwards he became himself the head of the stoic school in Rhodes, where he must have acquired the citizenship, for he acted as a magistrate ('prytanis') and as an ambassador of the city. Strabo's praise of the exemplary social-welfare work at Rhodes (14, 653) seems to be derived from Poseidonios; in any case it is characteristic of Poseidonios' interest in social problems (see below p. 48).


The present invention relates to a light emitting device array, a method for manufacturing a light emitting device array and a light emitting device package. The light emitting device array comprising: a first support member; at least two bonding layer is disposed on the first support member; a second support member, the second support member is arranged in at least two binding layers on each; a light emitting structure, the light emitting structure is disposed on the second support member, the light emitting structure comprising a first conductive type semiconductor layer, and is disposed between the first conductive type semiconductor layer and the second conductive type semiconductor layer of a second conductivity type semiconductor layer the active layer; and a first electrode, the first electrode is disposed on the light emitting structure.


The fast compressed sensing (CS) reconstruction for natural image processing aims to infer the original pixel vector from randomized measurements as correctly as possible. Current first-order proximal mainstream schemes, including alternating direction methods of multipliers (ADMM) and the iterative shrinkage thresholding algorithm (ISTA), have advantages in convergence and stability at the expense of computing speed and complex tuning strategy. This paper proposes the deep iterative shrinkage network for real-time applications, where network layers replace the iterative optimization steps. The hyperparameters associated with shrinkage thresholds and step sizes are adjusted by standard deep learning updates. Numerical results suggest that the proposed method has flexibility and effectiveness in image reconstruction with different compression ratios while preserving the computational simplicity of end-to-end methods.


A study was made to investigate the effects of various binders on the physical properties of acetaminophen granules and tablets prepared by wet and fluidized bed granulation methods. The binders used were povidone (K-90), hydroxypropylcellulose (HPC-L) and gelatin. The fluidized bed granules were mo...


Firms in emerging economies exhibit dangerously low rates of compliance with government regulations aimed at protecting society from the negative externalities of their operations. This study build...


..................................................................................i ABSTRAK ......................................................................................ii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ................................................................iii TABLE OF CONTENTS ................................................................... v CHAPTER I: INTRODUCTION A. Background of the Study ............................................................ 1 B. Identification of the Problem ........................................................ 5 C. Limitation of the Problem ............................................................ 5 D. Formulation of the Problem ......................................................... 5 E. Purpose of the Study ................................................................... 6 F. Significances of the Study ........................................................... 6 CHAPTER II: THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK A. Literature Review 1. Comparative Adjective ................................................... 7 2. Pictures ..................................................................... 13 3. Teaching Comparative Adjective through Pictures ................... 18 B. Thinking Framework ............................................................... 19 C. Previous Related Studies .......................................................... 20 D. Hypotheses of the Study ........................................................... 21 CHAPTER III: RESEARCH METHODOLOGY A. Place and Time of the Study ...................................................... 22 B. Method and Design of the Study ................................................. 22 C. Population and Sample ............................................................. 22 D. Instrument of the Study ............................................................ 23


The ethical dimension in relations between people, in their mutual communication and business remains popular and necessarily despite the temporary destructions, overturns and dilemmas through the centries. Business ethics is a form of applied ethics that examines ethical principles and ethical problems that arise in companies. It applies to all aspects of business conduct and largely determines the long-term operation of companies. However, the way companies operate and make their decisions has a critical impact not only on their long-term survival and development but also affects the lives of many people, their families and the society as a whole. Ethics is a fundament upon which civilized society is built. An individual, company, business sector or society that ignores ethical norms and values is doomed to failure, sooner or later. If companies want a surrounding, in which they could operate profitably in the future, then they must take concrete efforts that will ensure long term sustainability. It's in their long-term interest to include social responsibility in their business decisions, practices and activities. Key words: employees, consumers, investors, ethical leadership, corporate social responsiveness, corporate social performance, corporate citizenship.


Transmission of forces and movements Functionally the leg prosthesis is a mechanical extension of the amputated leg and it serves as a component in the locomotion system. When standing and walking, considerable forces are involved. The prosthesis therefore has to be designed and aligned to be able to accept these forces and to stabilize and respond to the needs of the amputee. The normal leg is connected to the rest of the locomotion system by the skeleton. As it is not possible to fit a prosthesis in a similar way, the prosthesis has to be connected to the skeleton via the soft tissues of the stump. These soft tissues can be deformed and displaced due to external forces. This decreases the stability and rigidity of the fixation of the prosthesis. The result is loss of energy, discomfort and distortion of the gait pattern. It is therefore not possible to utilize the qualities of the prosthesis and its alignment if the fixation to the stump is not optimized. The prosthesis is fitted to the stump by means of a rigid socket, or rather to the deformable and mobile soft tissues covering the remaining skeleton (Fig. 1). The stability of the transmission of forces and movements therefore depends on how successfully the soft tissues can be utilized to reduce relative movements between the femur and the socket. Fig. 1. Left. above-knee socket fitted. Right, aboveknee stump with prominent soft tissues.


ABSTRACTOrbital angular momentum is crucial for the description of several process at largemomentum transfer in the impulse approximation in perturbative QCD. We reviewthe mechanism of independent scattering which makes violation of the helicity con-servation rule possible at leading order - and without any need to flip a quark helic-ity - in exclusive hadron-hadron reactions. We argue that helicity flip form factors,which violate the factorization assumptions of conventional approaches and are clas-sified as "higher-twist," are nevertheless calculable to leading order in perturbativeQCD when information on non-zero orbital angular momentum is incorporated. For a long time the hadronic helicity conservation rule, 1 λ A +λ B = λ C +λ D (1)for reactions of hadrons (A–D) with helicities λ i , has been considered to be a firmprediction of perturbative QCD. The rule is important because it is very general,as general as the factorization of the quark-counting procedure. The fact that thisrule is badly violated in almost every case in which it has been experimentallychecked suggests two alternatives: that the momentum transfer (Q


In disturbed rain forests, large, living remnant trees may be of significant importance for postdisturbance reorganization either directly, by producing large quantities of seeds, or indirectly, by attracting vertebrate seed dispersers. In addition, remnant trees may also be important in providing a favorable microhabitat for seedlings of http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol5/iss2/art10/ (1 of 17) [9/16/2008 3:32:16 PM] Conservation Ecology: Tropical forest reorganization after cyclone and fire disturbance in Samoa: remnant trees as biological legacies late-successional species. This study focused on the role of large remnant trees (> 40 cm dbh) in patterns of regeneration after cyclone and fire damage in the Tafua and Falealupo Rain Forest Preserves, Savaií, Samoa. At Tafua, 10 large trees at each of two sites (one site burned in 1990) were investigated with regard to numbers of species and densities of plants from three different size classes at different distances from remnant trees. At the burned site, both species richness and the densities of plants < 1cm dbh were significantly higher inside the canopies of remnant trees than outside of them. At the unburned site, no or only marginally significant differences were observed. At Falealupo, two burned sites (burned in 1993 and 1998) were investigated using seed traps. At both sites, the seed rain from vertebrate dispersers was disproportionally higher under the canopies of remnant trees than in outside areas. No differences in soil characteristics were found when comparing samples taken from inside and outside canopies. Our results are congruent with the prediction that large remnant trees surviving in severely disturbed rain-forest areas represent biological legacies and serve as nuclei for reorganization. Based on this study and our previous work, we suggest that three factors represent essential components of the spatial resilience of tropical forest ecosystems and should be targeted for active management in tropical forests exposed to large-scale disturbances, particularly fire: remnant trees, refugia, and vertebrate dispersers.


SLAM can be categorized into two groups: laser-based SLAM and visual-based SLAM. They are used to identify surrounded objects of a robot. This paper proposes a combination of visual-based SLAM algorithm and laser-based SLAM. The purpose is to reduce effort but still provides the high quality 3D-reconstructed map. First, this paper presents visual-based SLAM and laser-based SLAM separately. Then, two techniques are integrated into one system. In addition, bi-direction RRT* path planning algorithm is developed to create a feasible and optimal trajectory. A self-tuning Fuzzy-PID controller also is introduced for driving the robot to follow the trajectory precisely. The simulations and real experiments are conducted in order to illustrate the superiority of the proposed approach.


A systematic investigation of the steady-state discharge to wells that partially penetrate a homogeneous and isotropic non-leaky artesian aquifer was made using an electrolyte-tank model. The experimental results were compared with the discharge calculated by methods developed by several previous writers. This comparison showed that the formula of Li, Bock, and Benton (1954) gave the most reliable results over the widest range of the appropriate geometric variables.


Magnetically controlled capsule endoscope robot has developed rapidly. A key problem of robot is how to precisely control its movement in human body. Thus, the position and orientation parameters of the robot should be detected in real time. This paper proposes a novel localization method based on simulated annealing-particle swarm optimization (SA-PSO) algorithm. A localization system with 4×4 Hall sensor array is designed and used to test the accuracy of the localization method. Static experimental results show that the average total position error is 1.64 mm, the average total orientation error is 1.08°. The total position error and the total orientation error at the center of the working space can reach 1.31 mm and 1.03° respectively. The localization method in real-time localization experiments also has great accuracy. When the localization system is applied in the magnetic levitation capsule robot control system (MLCRCS), the position error and orientation error can reach 1.61 mm and 1.5°.


A method for creating 3D texture coordinates for a sequence of polygon meshes with changing topology and vertex motion vectors.


Objective: to systematize the meta-evaluation methodology in its conceptual and operational aspects to facilitate its use in health management practices.
Methods: this is an essay on meta-evaluation. The theoretical bases were searched in books and articles, published between 1991 and 2018, that approached the conceptual, methodological and operational aspects of the meta-evaluation.
Results: the meta-evaluation consists of a process of delineating, obtaining and applying descriptive information and judgment about the usefulness, feasibility, adequacy and precision of an evaluation in its systematic nature, based on standards and criteria proposed and validated. There are several ways or approaches to the meta-evaluation. However, the standards commonly follow the guidelines of the Joint Committee on Standards for Educational Evaluation, which proposes 30 standards grouped into five principles: utility, viability, ownership, accuracy / precision and accountability, being these essential and determinants for the quality of an evaluative study.
Conclusion: the meta-evaluation contributes to the judgment of the quality of the evaluation processes, in the adequacy and usefulness, and can be useful, especially when it comes to themes and contexts that have already been evaluated and therefore is also described as "an evaluation of an evaluation".


Correspondence Yingzhu Fu, Nanyang Business School, 50 Nanyang Avenue, Block S3, Singapore 639798, Singapore. Email: email@example.com Abstract Research Summary: This article investigates the conditions under which investors preferentially evaluate fast follower business model copycats (BMCs)—less novel, imitative ventures—over novel ventures. Employing a conjoint experiment, we find that venture investors prefer fast follower BMCs when the venture team has major capability advantages in exploitation (compared to exploration). Further, we find that investors' experience reduces their preference for fast follower BMCs when the team's capability advantage is in exploitation, and reduces their preference for novel ventures when the team is strong in exploration. These findings provide important theoretical and managerial implications. Managerial Summary: Business model copycats represent a popular phenomenon in the global market. Fast follower BMCs are especially influential as many of them received millions of dollars of investment, and achieved billions of dollars in evaluations, both resulting in worldwide recognition. But although fast follower BMCs have the potential to conquer any market, they are not always highly valued by investors when initiating their businesses. We investigate when this is the case and find that team exploration– exploitation capabilities influence investors' evaluation preference toward novel ventures and fast follower BMCs. If entrepreneurs are skilled in exploitation, creating a fast Received: 26 July 2018 Revised: 25 July 2019 Accepted: 2 August 2019 Published on: 3 October 2019


This thesis is about the relevance of interior design to our complex and fundamental relationship to place, by defining placeness and its significance to self. Environmental psychology asserts that it is inaccurate to talk about a person outside of his or her context. Designers are essentially striving for a meaningful "personenvironment fit" and creating a womb with a view, therefore nurturing and reflecting who we are and our priorities, positively (Gallagher, 2006). The study of home and place is entwined with several areas including: sociology, anthropology, psychology, human geography, history, architecture, and philosophy (Mallett, 2004). This study is about creating a sense of place through interior design that reflects self through innate needs related to Maslow's hierarchy and preferences, related to portrayed self. Through this creation of placeness, we create the tools for an individual's higher self and their environmental communication of that self with themselves and others. Environmental cues are meant to elicit appropriate emotions, interpretations, and behaviors, therefore communicating through the setting the most appropriate choices to be made for the situations and contexts (Rapoport, 1982).


The effect of wtlitc light on unaeraten growth of Baker's yeast and the accompanying ethanol production has been studied in a batch process at 27. Over the 80-hour period of the Champagne yeast process without pH control, the cull growth was inhibited by the fluorescent light. Another observed difference between the runs is that the drop and subsequent rise in redox potential occurred much sooner in the fermentation with light than in the fermentation without light. This preliminary study indicated that ethanol production could be enhanced by light as the cell concentration is repressed. The possible pathway, shift of the sugar substrate toward ethanol and away from cells was manifested by another difference as well. As observed under the microscope, many of the yeast cells grown under light budded without dividing by the normal fission process as they did in the dark. Furthermore, the undivided and branched (light grown) cell did not agglutinate at the end of the fermentation process as did the distinct spherical (dark grown) cells.


Background: Since of January 2010 vaccine against human papillomavirus (HPV) is a part of the Swedish child vaccination program. The decision to vaccinate can be difficult for the parents to make. Purpose: The purpose of the study was to describe parental knowledge and attitude towards vaccine against human papillomavirus and how that influenced their decision to vaccinate their children. Design: Mixed methods research with integrated design. Method: A descriptive literature review. A systematic search was performed in the databases PubMed and CINAHL and 12 studies were identified. The studies had quantitative and qualitative design. Results: Parents were positive towards the HPV-vaccine. Many parents lacked knowledge and felt they didn´t have enough information about the vaccine. There was concern about the safety and side effect. Many got their information from media but the preferred source of information was caregivers. Parents who had gotten information from caregivers were more positive towards the vaccine. The recommended age for vaccination was considered too low and there was concern that a vaccination would have an effect on their daughter's sexual behavior. Among the parents who had made the choice to vaccinate that concern was lower. Social norms and religion affected the parents in their decision to vaccinate. Lower education was a predictor in the decision to vaccinate. Experience of abnormal pap-smears or cervicularcancer also affected the intention to vaccinate. Search words: MeSH-therms accept*, attitudes, behavior, beliefs, decision, HPV-vaccine, intent*, knowledge, parents.


Tomasz Zylicz's book is an important contribution to the debate on how to finance sustainable development in transitional economies. Using Poland as an example, the author shows how sustainable development may be possible if the economic value of natural capital is accounted for.


This research was funded by GAIA Project (G110-17003-0007-0) and BK21. Nano-pore adsorbents were supported by the center for resource processing of solid wastes (CRP-SW) at Kyonggi University.


This article reports about efficacy of comprehensive stepwisearranging multidisciplinary teamwork contribute to a better quality oftreatment and rehabilitation model for neurotic patients. Analysis oftreatment of psychogenic mental disorders and the patients' shorter staythe data obtained in the course of comprehensive psychological andin the clinic. psychotherapeutic treatment shows the importance of differential


UV−visible spectra, emission spectra, and RuIII/II reduction potentials have been measured for cis-[Ru(bpy)2(py)(CN)]+ (bpy is 2,2'-bipyridine; py is pyridine), cis-Ru(bpy)2(CN)2, [Ru(tpy)(CN)3]- (tpy is 2,2':6',2''-terpyridine), [Ru(bpy)(CN)4]2-, and [Ru(MQ+)(CN)5]2- (MQ+ is N-methyl-4,4'-bipyridinium cation) in twelve solvents. The shifts in the metal-to-ligand charge transfer (MLCT) absorption (Eabs) or emission (Eem) band energies with solvent increase linearly with the number of cyano ligands and correlate well with the Gutmann "acceptor number" of the solvent. Intraligand π → π* band energies also correlate with acceptor number, but with only ∼30% of the shifts for the MLCT bands. The solvent dependence arises through mixing of the π → π* transitions with lower energy MLCT transitions. MLCT absorption and emission spectra are convolutions of overlapping vibronic components, and a Franck−Condon analysis of emission spectral profiles for cis-Ru(bpy)2(CN)2* has been used to evaluate the energy gap, E0,...


Service companies can invest in executing positioning and human capital strategies so that employees can have the ability to deal with potential variations in customer demand, according to the company's positioning strategy. Therefore, service companies that have a matching strategy for positioning and human capital will get a greater increase in performance. So it can be concluded that the positioning strategy and human capital have a significant effect on company performance. efforts to improve company performance are by measuring the level of the positioning strategy used by the company, namely: Customer Co-Production, namely implementing a different strategy from competing companies; Customer Contact, namely identifying customer desires by way of interaction; and Service Customization, where companies must be able to change their products according to specific consumer needs


Nonunion is one of the challenges faced by orthopedics clinics for the technical difficulties and high costs in photographing interosseous capillaries. Segmenting vessels and filling capillaries are critical in understanding the obstacles encountered in capillary growth. However, existing datasets for blood vessel segmentation mainly focus on the large blood vessels of the body, and the lack of labeled capillary image datasets greatly limits the methodological development and applications of vessel segmentation and capillary filling. Here, we present a benchmark dataset, named IFCIS-155, consisting of 155 2D capillary images with segmentation boundaries and vessel fillings annotated by biomedical experts, and 19 large-scale, high-resolution 3D capillary images. To obtain better images of interosseous capillaries, we leverage state-of-the-art immunofluorescence imaging techniques to highlight the rich vascular morphology of interosseous capillaries. We conduct comprehensive experiments to verify the effectiveness of the dataset and the benchmarking deep learning models (e.g. UNet/UNet++ and the modified UNet/UNet++). Our work offers a benchmark dataset for training deep learning models for capillary image segmentation and provides a potential tool for future capillary research. The IFCIS-155 dataset and code are all publicly available at https://github.com/ncclabsustech/IFCIS-55.


Pooling second-order local feature statistics to form a high-dimensional bilinear feature has been shown to achieve state-of-the-art performance on a variety of fine-grained classification tasks. To address the computational demands of high feature dimensionality, we propose to represent the covariance features as a matrix and apply a low-rank bilinear classifier. The resulting classifier can be evaluated without explicitly computing the bilinear feature map which allows for a large reduction in the compute time as well as decreasing the effective number of parameters to be learned. To further compress the model, we propose a classifier co-decomposition that factorizes the collection of bilinear classifiers into a common factor and compact per-class terms. The co-decomposition idea can be deployed through two convolutional layers and trained in an end-to-end architecture. We suggest a simple yet effective initialization that avoids explicitly first training and factorizing the larger bilinear classifiers. Through extensive experiments, we show that our model achieves state-of-the-art performance on several public datasets for fine-grained classification trained with only category labels. Importantly, our final model is an order of magnitude smaller than the recently proposed compact bilinear model [8], and three orders smaller than the standard bilinear CNN model [19].


Background_Autophagy is critical in the maintenance of cellular protein quality control involved in the cell growth, survival and death. Cathepsin L (CTSL) is a key member of the lysosomal protease family that is expressed in the murine and human heart, and may play an important role in dynamic protein control. We hypothesized that CTSL is important in regulating protein processing in the heart, particularly under pathological stress. Methods and Results_Phenylephrine-induced cardiac hypertrophy in vitro was significantly more pronounced in CTSL deficient neonatal cardiomyocytes compared to controls. This was accompanied by a significantly increased accumulation of autophagosomes, increased levels of ubiquitin-conjugated protein, impaired protein degradation and increased cell death. These phenomena were rescued with Ctsl1 replacement via adeno-associated virus mediated gene transfer. In the in vivo murine model of aortic banding (AB), CTSL deficiency (Ctsl-/-) markedly exacerbated cardiac hypertrophy, wo...


Introduction: So far, the association between a longer sleep duration, state of health, and the risk of obesity and the influence of gender on the association between sleep duration and the risk of obesity has not been fully explained. Aim of the research: To examine the relationships between self-reported sleep duration, body mass index (BMI), and body fat percentage (%BF), and also to determine whether such associations are the same in men and in women. Material and methods: This study included 10,367 participants aged 37 to 66 years. Logistic regression was applied for risk assessment of the prevalence of abnormal BMI values and %BF in groups of sleep duration. Sleep of 7–8 h per night was adopted as a reference level. Results: In men, the risk of obesity was significantly greater only in the group sleeping ≤ 6 h (OR = 1.18, 95% CI: 1.08–1.28; p < 0.05); however, in women, only among those sleeping ≥ 9 h (OR = 1.14, 95% CI: 1.02–1.26; p < 0.05). The risk of obesity, determined on the basis of %BF, was higher only in individuals sleeping ≥ 9 h. In the adjusted model, it turned out to be significant in the general study population (OR = 1.28, 95% CI: 1.07–1.53; p < 0.05) and in women (OR = 1.14, 95% CI: 1.03–1.27; p < 0.05). Conclusions: In women, a greater risk of obesity was related to a longer sleep duration (≥ 9 h), whereas in men, the tendency of obesity occurrence along with shorter sleep (≤ 6 h). Thus, the physiological consequences of sleep duration may be different in women than in men.


The article by El Halabi et al highlights the economic burden of test over‐utilisation.1 Inclusion of non‐routine tests in laboratory test panels and inconsistent adherence to clinical guidelines leads to un‐ necessary testing in patients where no benefit is gained. It is often considered 'safer', for both the requester and patient, to request the test than not. The authors consider serum lipase, at a cost of $27/ test, to be over utilised in their Emergency Department. The main indication for measurement of serum lipase is in pa‐ tients presenting with abdominal pain where acute pancreatitis is clinically suspected. The diagnosis of acute pancreatitis can be es‐ tablished if at least two of the following three criteria are met2:


The economic benefits are the basis for survival and development of the enterprises. Although the high-speed railway enterprise has many professions with exquisite division of labor, enormous organizations, complex calculation of economic benefits and other features, studying the economic benefits calculation for the high-speed railway enterprises, analyzing the operation costs and income conditions of high-speed railway and clarifying the economic benefits of high-speed railway enterprises are still the basis to realize the sustained operation of high-speed railway. Based on the analysis of influencing factors of economic benefits in the high-speed railway enterprises, this article sets up a model for economic benefits calculation based on activity based costing and takes the Beijing-Shanghai high-speed railway as an example to calculate its enterprise costs and economic benefits, and finally provides some advice on development policy of high-speed railway. This article may provide a reference for the management and decision-making department of high-speed railway.


My thesis will be the study to assess the efficiency of the production yeast factory unit and pastry.
In the food industry, the production requires the continuous operation of the production line equipment. An interruption due to a fault, beyond the reduction in yield may result in quality problems and products.
The quality of products is stopped by failure worsens with time. If these products stay longer than a critical threshold then the quality is degraded and should be rejected. (Tsiotras,1995)
Our aim is to describe a methodology for analysis of reliability of a production line of the repair-damage data system applicable to the food industry. Also, at work we can develop a methodology to increase production, improve quality and ensure better safety and health conditions in the workplace to the analysis of reliability data, which can lead to a cycle of continuous improvement. (Ponis 2008) .
Research objectives of the study :
I. To investigate the current efficiency and effectiveness of industrial plant equipment using total AIF equipment effectiveness as a performance measurement tool.
II. To identify the factors that determine the AIF in industrial facilities.
Also expected conclusions and the study itself to provide a possible directive or a proposal under study production processes so as to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of the production process and whether further study be used as a source for measuring relevant AIF sectors.


Ultrawideband (UWB) systems, which combine bandwidths in excess of 1 GHz with very low power spectral densities (PSDs), are currently attracting growing interest as a means of wresting additional capacity from the already heavily utilised store of wireless bandwidth. If the emissions from UWB devices are regulated to avoid causing significant interference to licensed services, then it becomes possible to allow UWB systems to operate on an unlicensed basis, enabling UWB technology to support a diverse range of applications. As yet, there are no regulations for UWB devices. However, the US is in the process of setting up a regulatory framework, while within Europe, where matters are not quite so far advanced, possible approaches to UWB regulation are under consideration. The author describes the basic principles and the role of regulation in determining the UWB devices destined for commercial deployment.


This article focuses on the construction and development of ideas and the corresponding functions which the smart meters should have contained or achieved.Combining with the needs of electricity market application,all the functions and performances of intelligent instruments in the Smart grid are analyzed and elaborated.


AS POLYMER TECHNOLOGY evolves, the disciplines of the broadly termed Rubber and Plastics Industries continue to cross and intermesh. The Polymer Industry can be broken down more readily into two areas Thermoplastic Organics and Thermoset Organics. See Figure 1. The use of fillers and inorganics are common to both areas. Coupling agents provide a means for making inorganics compatible and functional in organic systems by attaching the organics built into the coupling agent's molecule onto the interface of the inorganic. In the Introduction, we will cover the following areas: Coupling Mechanism ·


Faisalabad is third most populous and industrial city, known as Manchester of Pakistan. Most of the people working in the industries of this city are exposed to highly polluted and toxic environment. Lead is a natural metal found in the environment and its contamination exceeds the range of normal limits by human activities causing a lot of health hazardous. An effort is made to assess the association of anemia and cholesterol with the development of IHD among industrial workers who are exposed to the lead polluted environment. For this purpose the study was conducted during a period of one year (2006-7) and the respondents were the patients from industrial area coming to the hospitals visiting at DHQ Hospital Faisalabad. Only those patients were selected for this study who were diagnosed with clinical symptoms of lead toxicity. The demographic features of the respondents regarding their age, gender, marital status, family size, education, income, duration on job, working place and nature of work were considered. The data of this study was categorical nature and this measures the associations among exposure to the environment with lead toxicity and causative risk factors i.e., cholesterol level, Hb level (anemia) causing ischemic heart disease (IHD) were studied.


To perform a detailed quantity takeoff for a building project, experience and judgment are required. Hence, it may be difficult for students to learn quantity takeoffs because of this. Typically in performing quantity takeoff, a keen understanding of geometry along with a plan reading ability and fundamental mathematics knowledge is required. Without well-developed spatial skills, construction drawings become abstract, not tangible. The importance of using visualization tools is well recognized by both academia and industry today. In many construction projects, 3D tools are used to effectively communicate with project participants. This paper reports an exploratory effort to measure the potential effect of stereoscopic visualization on student's educational experience in an entry-level core class. The main objective of this study is to investigate if this type of visualization can be used to support and facilitate student spatial skills in construction engineering and management education. For this, the potential impact of stereoscopic images is gauged in terms of students' understanding level of course materials. The findings of this exploratory study can be used to direct future research on a visual approach to construction engineering and management education.


Abstract This book forms the fourth volume of an ongoing series on 19th-century French musical life, under the general editorship of Robert Cohen and Yves Gerard, published by Pendragon in collaboration with the Centre for Studies in 19th-century Music. The majority of the volumes already published or in preparation are volumes of source materials, such as selected facsimile stage manuals for Parisian operatic premieres, and the reproduction. of musical engravings in L'Illustration. One of the most exciting ventures of the Centre is RIPM (Repertoire International de la Presse Musicale), the publication by UMI of indexes for music periodicals from the late 18th century to the early 20th century.


Agro ecology project for France is defined by law for the future of agriculture, food and forestry at national scale since 2014. In agricultural education, this law has been turned into the strategically focus of "Teaching to produce differently". Which one impacts both "What to teach" and "how to do it". This article comes from a doctoral research project that aims to understand how "ordinary" teachers take hold of the "teaching to produce differently" prescription, what they do with it and what it produces, or not, on student learning. Epistemological aspect of the knowledge taught in these situations with particular professional stakes is highlighted.


An image processing apparatus includes: a calculating unit that sequentially selects pixels as a target pixel, on binary image data composed of plural color plates for each printing color after having been subjected to halftone-dot processing, and calculates a characteristic amount in each of plural preset areas around the selected target pixel on the basis of states of pixels in the areas; a determination unit that determines, on the basis of the characteristic amount in each of the areas calculated by the calculating unit, whether or not the target pixel is a pixel to be subjected to overlay processing; a decision unit that decides, for each of the color plates, a position of a pixel to be referred to when changing a pixel value of the target pixel, on the basis of a halftone-dot processing attribute for each of the color plates; and a changing unit that, if it is determined by the determination unit that the target pixel is the pixel to be subjected to the overlay processing, changes the pixel value of the target pixel of the image data of the color plate for a printing color to be changed in pixel value in the overlay processing, to a pixel value at the position decided by the decision unit.


The typical distribution systems have the power flow from distribution substations (sources) to customers (load) only as one direction. However, in the case where new energy power sources are connected to distribution systems, the output variations of new energy sources to distribution systems, which is so called reverse power flow, may cause the bi-directional power flow. So, the reverse power flow has severe impacts on typical power system, for example power quality problems, protection coordination problems, and so on. Therefore, this paper proposes the algorithm for Multi-functional protection devices in distribution systems in the case where new energy sources are interconnected. The proposed algorithm is verified to show the effectiveness by simulating and experimenting the prototype systems.


External windows of a building are weak points of the fender structure, playing an important role in energy-saving design of building. Technical measures for window energy saving include adoption of appropriate energy-saving window glass with favorable thermal insulation performance, control on air permeability, installation of movable thermal insulation device and development of "intelligent window".


Dosidicus gigas (the Jumbo flying squid) supports a major fishery in the Eastern Pacific. The commercial fishery consists of a multinational jigging fleet, and the emission of light from these vessels can be observed using satellite-derived imagery obtained by the United States Defence Meteorological Satellite Program - Operational Linescan System (DMSP-OLS). Using a Geographic Information System (GIS), the location of the fleet (derived from DMSP-OLS data) was examined for the region 20°N to 20°S; 75 to 100°W, covering the central part of the species' distribution. Satellite imagery of the light-fishing fleet revealed fishing grounds to be situated off the coast of Peru (2 to 10°S), with fishing on the high seas observed off both Peru (3 to 18°S), and Central America (5 to 10°N). The distribution of the fleet was not associated with bathymetry or proximity to coastal regions, but is likely to be linked to upwelling events in the Eastern Pacific. DMSP-OLS data can be used to provide synoptic imagery of the fleet for time periods from a single day to several years, and enables the study of fleet activity across management and political boundaries.


Pakistan's constitutional history witnessed many civilian and military dictators who assumed de facto powers by refusing to act under the Constitution as ceremonial heads. It created hurdles in the evolution of democratic parliamentary culture in the state. Parliamentary democracy collapsed four times in Pakistan due to escalating political aspiration of military Generals, mismanagement and unstable institutional development. The varying constitutional models (Parliamentary to Presidential and Quasi Presidential) and then amendments in 1973 Constitution (8 th and 17 th ) had distorted parliamentary democracy, diluted parliament's sovereignty and denied people's rights. After transition of power from military to civilian rule in 2008, it was imperative to correct the democratic course by restoring 1973 Parliamentary Constitution. Apart from this, it was also aimed under historic Charter of Democracy to reinforce parliamentary democracy, ensure provincial autonomy, independence of judiciary and Election Commission and to ensure a tangible socio-economic development of the state. The present paper seeks to study the attempts made by Pakistan People Party's lead government to restore the parliamentary spirit of the Constitution under landmark 18 th Amendment.


In this paper, by using Krasnoselskii's fixed point theorem in a cone, we study the existence of single and multiple positive solutions to the three-point integral boundary value problem (BVP) u′′(t) + a(t)f(u(t)) = 0, 0 < t < T, u(0) = 0, u(T ) = α ∫ η 0 u(s)ds, where 0 < η < T , 0 < α < 1 η , are given constants.


A new fiber optic baseband analog transmission plan is proposed. It arranges the original signal into a pulse train for driving the laser diode to generate baseband components at the transmitter. The receiver can be just the same as those used in conventional direct linear intensity modulation systems using light emitting diodes (LED). Advantages of this new plan are (i) potentially cheap fibers can be used, since the plan requires neither an extra wide bandwidth nor special light acceptance conditions, (ii) long repeater spacings can be attained, since abundant light can be coupled into fibers using laser diodes and also the simple structures required for fibers are suitable for realizing low transmission losses, and (iii) the transmitter and receiver can be quite simple. Some candidate pulse arranging plans for generating baseband components are investigated. A pulse frequency arranging plan and pulse width arranging plan seem to be promising for efficient picture transmissions. An experiment using pulse frequency arrangement proves the theory developed here to attain a color TV transmission using a 10 km long step index low-loss fiber for a signal to noise ratio of 44 dB. Future improvements are expected by redesigning the transmitter and receiver and also by improving the mode stability of laser diodes.


Glutenin subunit alleles at the Glu-D3 locus and their effects on dough properties, pan bread, and dry white Chinese noodle (DWCN) qualities were investigated using 106 winter and facultative wheat cultivars and advanced lines. Allele Glu-D3c (42.5%) was the most frequent glutenin subunit, followed by Glu-D3b (25.5%) and Glu-D3a (23.6%). Glu-D3d and Glu-D3f occurred in only three and six cultivars, respectively. The effect of Glu-D3 was significant forDWCNquality, accounting for up to 16% of the variation, but there were no significant differences between individual Glu-D3 alleles on dough properties and qualities of DWCNand pan bread. Interaction effects Glu-A1 × Glu-D3 and Glu-B1 × Glu-D3 were significant for DWCN quality and loaf volume. More work is needed to understand the effects of Glu-D3 variation on the determination of dough properties and end-use quality.


A country's degree of remoteness in many ways determines its ability to fully participate in the world economy. Norway is located in the periphery of Europe, placing Norwegian industry far away from the main European marketplaces. Traditionally, Norwegian industry is perceived to experience a competitive disadvantage due to excessive transport costs compared to more centrally located competitors. Norwegian industrial exports are to a large extent raw materials and semi finished products. This production structure puts Norwegian industry as parts of bigger international supply chains where the competition for contracts is hard. In addition, the relative cost level in Norway compared to other countries is high, giving Norwegian export industry a drawback in the price competition. The disadvantage of geography in a competitive environment enhances the importance of cost-efficient logistics. The costs of logistics are in many ways a country's real cost of trade. This paper calculates the costs of logistics in Norway and compares the findings three different ways: (i) on industry level through a survey of Norwegian manufacturing and wholesale trade, (ii) on the macro level by aggregating the survey results up to a share of Norwegian gross domestic product (GDP), and (iii) by applying the Norwegian national freight transport model. Finally the results are compared with similar international studies on the cost of logistics.


In order to facilitate international comparisons, since national definitions of cities vary considerably, the author presents the concept of the continuity of built-up areas. Using the proposed definition, the 100 most-populated cities are listed. The author notes that the four largest, in descending order of population size, are Tokyo, the New-York-Philadelphia conurbation, Sao Paulo, and Mexico City. The rapid increase in the population of very large cities since 1950 is noted. (SUMMARY IN ENG AND SPA)


A better understanding of the relationship between land surface temperature (Ts) and near-surface air temperature (Ta) is crucial for improving the simulation accuracy of climate models, developing retrieval schemes for soil and vegetation moisture, and estimating large-scale Ta from satellite-based Ts observations. In this study, we investigated the relationship between multiple satellite-based Ts products, derived from the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) and the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) onboard Aqua satellite, and Ta from 204 meteorological stations over Brazil during 2003–2016. Monthly satellite-based Ts products used in this study include: (1) AIRS Version 6 with 1° spatial resolution, (2) AIRS Version 7 with 1° spatial resolution, (3) MODIS Collection 6 with 0.05° spatial resolution, and (4) MODIS Collection 6 with 1° spatial resolution re-sampled from (3) for a direct comparison with AIRS products. We found that satellite-based Ts is lower than Ta over the forest area, but higher than Ta over the non-forest area. Nevertheless, the correlation coefficients (R) between monthly Ta and four Ts products during 2003–2016 are greater than 0.8 over most stations. The long-term trend analysis shows a general warming trend in temperatures, particularly over the central and eastern parts of Brazil. The satellite products could also observe the increasing Ts over the deforestation region. Furthermore, we examined the temperature anomalies during three drought events in the dry season of 2005, 2010, and 2015. All products show similar spatio-temporal patterns, with positive temperature anomalies expanding in areal coverage and magnitude from the 2005 to 2015 event. The above results show that satellite-based Ts is sensitive in reflecting environmental changes such as deforestation and extreme climatic events, and can be used as an alternative to Ta for climatological studies. Moreover, the observed differences between Ts and Ta may inform how thermal assumptions can be improved in satellite-based retrievals of soil and vegetation moisture or evapotranspiration.


Background: The genera Piper belong to the family Piperaceae. About 2000 species of Piper are extended all over the world and 52 species are found in different part of India. Piper longum Linn, P. retrofractum Vahl, P. betel, P. nigrum, and P. cubeba are some important species which are utilized for the medicinal property in traditional as well as modern system. Fruits stem and root parts are generally used both of the species in spices. Materials and Methods: Plant species (Piper longum Linn. and Piper retrofractum Vahl) were collected from wild as well as cultivated sources. Plant specimens made into Herbarium following Jain and Rao, (1977), given accession numbers and have been identified by the Botanical Survey of India, Dehradun (BSD). Microscopical studies were conducted following standard methods of Pharmacognosy. Results: In the T.S of stem and roots of Piper longum and Piper retrofractum some key features have been noticed and which will be key identification of the individual species too. The stellar region are mostly appears in penta and hexagonal wedged shape. In root the vascular system appears in single layer while as in the stem parts of both species it would be appearing in multi layered. Single layer of vascular system in root parts and double layer of vasculum in stem parts must be key identification of the individual species. Discussion: An adulteration, either intentional or unintentional reduces potency of herbal drugs. Keeping the above facts in mind the present study was designed and to carry out revamp gap of misidentification and adulteration of the species. Conclusion: Detailed taxonomical history along with etymology of the concern species has been discussed and emphasized to mitigate the gaps of misidentification of plant parts.


ABSTRACT Integral horsepower pulsating field reluctance motors are treated when operating in dc-supplied, fixed voltage, thyristor controlled variable speed systems. A thyristor controller with two operating modes is described. Exciting MMF differential equations are put into normalized forms, simplifying their solutions, which are given. Three parameters Q, p and xrs concisely character= rize motor, MMF differential equations and torque. For typical speed/torque curves thyristor control angles are determined. Optimum pole- and gap dimensions are investigated on the basis of published permeance charts.


Organizers of the Workshop on High Performance Computing for Smart Cities (WHPCSC 2019) are proud to present the selected papers in the current proceedings. This edition of the event is part of Creating City initiative, a group formed in 2016 by worldwide researchers focused on cutting-edge solutions for modern cities. The terms Smart and Digital Cities have been used to describe recent advances towards more accessible, self-adaptive and information-based cities. The building blocks of a Smart City are technological devices capable of communicating, processing information and becoming part of the decision-making, but this requires high-performance computing together with computational intelligence capabilities. With these ideas in mind, previous events were organized by the group focused on Computational Intelligence field, such as the 1st and 2nd Workshops on Computational Intelligence and Smart Cities, while this workshop finally touched the fundamental aspects of High Performance Computing (HPC) together with Smart Cities.


While Saunders Mac Lane studied for his D.Phil in Göttingen, he heard David Hilbert's weekly lectures on philosophy, talked philosophy with Hermann Weyl, and studied it with Moritz Geiger. Their philosophies and Emmy Noether's algebra all influenced his conception of category theory, which has become the working structure theory of mathematics. His practice has constantly affirmed that a proper large-scale organization for mathematics is the most efficient path to valuable specific results—while he sees that the question of which results are valuable has an ineliminable philosophic aspect. His philosophy relies on the ideas of truth and existence he studied in Göttingen. His career is a case study relating naturalism in philosophy of mathematics to philosophy as it naturally arises in mathematics. 1. Introduction2. Structures and Morphisms3. Varieties of Structuralism4. Göttingen5. Logic: Mac Lane's Dissertation6. Emmy Noether7. Natural Transformations8. Grothendieck: Toposes and Universes9. Lawvere and Foundations10. Truth and Existence11. Naturalism12. Austere Forms of Beauty Introduction Structures and Morphisms Varieties of Structuralism Göttingen Logic: Mac Lane's Dissertation Emmy Noether Natural Transformations Grothendieck: Toposes and Universes Lawvere and Foundations Truth and Existence Naturalism Austere Forms of Beauty


In order to determine prevalence of Echinoccocus and other intestinal helminths infection one hundred stray dogs were examined in Mashhad area, Khorasan province of Iran. Helminths were collected from intestinal contents obtained at the time necropsy. Ninety one percent of the dogs were infected by different helminths. The prevalence of Echinococcus granulosus was (22%). Eighteen (81%) of infected dogs had (1-100) worm burden and 3(13%) and 1(4%) had (100-1000) and (>1000) worm burdens, respectively. The most heavily infected dog had 10,000 worms in the intestinal contents. Dogs were divided into three age group of 3 months-2 years, 2-6 years and > 6 years. The prevalence of Echinococcus infection was not significant by sex and age factors. Other intestinal helminths infections were as follow: Dipylidium caninum (41%), Taenia hydatigena (37%), Taenia ovis (8%), Mesocestoides lineatus (6%), Taenia multiceps (3%), Joyeuxiella echinorhyncoides (1%) and observed nematodes were Toxocara canis (37%), Toxascaris leonina (6%) and Ancylostoma caninum (1%). There was no significant difference in parasite prevalence between male and female dogs. The highest prevalence of Toxocara canis and as Dipylidium caninum infection were observed in 3 months to 2 years of dogs and in as contrast, in Taenia hydatigena was in 6> years. (p


1,1′-Di(nitroxymethyl)-3,3′-dinitro-5,5′-bis-1,2,4-triazole(BNNMT)was synthesized via cyclization,diazotization,hydroxymethylation and nitration reactions,using oxalic acid and aminoguanidine bicarbonate as starting materials,giving a total yield of 31.2%.The structure of BNNMT was identified by IR,NMR and elemental analysis.The thermal stability of BNNMT was studied by differential scanning calorimetry(DSC).Its optimized geometry was obtained and its theoretical density(ρ)and enthalpy of formation(ΔfHm)were calculated by the quantum chemical method.Its detonation velocity(D)and detonation pressure(p)were predicted by VLW formula.Results show that the optimized synthetic conditions of hydroxymethylation reaction are:ethyl acetate as the solvent,n(HCHO)∶n(DNBT)=8∶1,reacting time 16 hours and reaction temperature 20℃.The peak temperature of DSC curve at a heating rate of 10℃/min is 180.8℃,indicating that BNNMT has good thermal stability.The calculated values ofρ,ΔfHm,Dand pfor BNNMT are 1.882g/cm3,68.76kJ/mol,9.01km/s and39.60 GPa,respectively.Its detonation performance is better than that of TNT and similar as RDX.


Abstract : This report describes the progress accomplished during the first year of research on luminescence and electroluminescence properties of Nd, Tm, Yb doped GaAs and some II-IV compounds. The photoluminescence study of GaAs:Yb shows no 4f emission. The PL spectra of CdS:Nd were recorded and about 20 sharp emission lines were observed. This indicates that in CdS, Nd3+ occupies different symmetry sites. The PL of CdS:Yb at 9.3 K reveals five sharp lines in the 985 nm - 990 nm range and a strong broader line at 998.3 nm. Electroluminescence of ZnS:Tm embedded in a Boric matrix was observed for the first time. Strong emission was observed at room temperature as well as at low temperature revealing only five groups of strong sharp lines which are assigned to transitions within the 4f shell of Tm3+. EL intensity was investigated as a function of voltage, temperature and frequency. The voltage dependence of the EL intensity shows that the direct impact excitation mechanism is a dominant one. Photoluminescence spectra of InP:Yb at different temperatures consist of sharp peaks related to Yb3+ transition.


Introduction In 2010, a widely used metal-on-metal hip implant was voluntarily recalled from the market by the manufacturer. Our lab performed detailed retrieval analysis of 548 of the explanted de...


The reduction of nitric oxide (NO) by alkali impregnated activated carbon was investigated in the presence of oxygen. Temperature programmed reaction (TPR) and isothermal experiments, conducted in a fixed bed reactor, were used to identify the temperature range in which the reaction between carbon and NO was sustained. High temperature (750--1000 C) was required to sustain the reaction between pure carbon and NO. However, sustained NO reduction by carbon occurred in the presence of oxygen at a lower temperature. The reaction temperature between carbon and NO was further lowered by the incorporation of alkali metal impregnants on the carbon surface. This was probably due to the enhanced gasification of carbon at low temperature in the presence of alkali metal impregnants leading to the creation of more active sites.


We had at our disposal a double precision version (all real variables are declared to be of type double precision) for the IBM 360/50 of the algorithm 343 [1] with logical IF statements converted to arithmetical ones. In the following three modifications which we found to be of practical value are to be discussed.


The complex industrial environment of the 21st century is equipped with the Internet of Things platform, with the objective of real-time operational visibility, improved device management and predictive maintenance. To unleash the focused importance of its policy, a secure connectivity must be realized through a range of existing and dissimilar devices and data sources. During the conceptualization phase, the authors aimed to compel the following: (a) that restriction of access should be based on the presence of unexpected device actions that may point to a security breach, and (b) ensure the safety of the system by constant tracking of connected devices and data. In this paper, a policy-driven, zero-trust defense model is proposed to address numerous vulnerable entry points, validate device access to legitimate enterprise functions, quarantine unsecure devices, and trigger automated warnings and policy validation for hardware, software, network connectivity and data management. To handle active scanning, bots, passive auditing, outbound threat management, and device interconnections, an experimental environment was put up. This environment provides holistic visibility and a persistent view of all resources, including those that were previously unknown. A steady stream of reliable and authenticated data has helped to develop and adjust a scalable implementation strategy by avoiding recognized anomalous traps. Actual data was aggregated and analyzed to assess the proposed methodology. Comparative analysis of 'device exposure view, attack path analysis, controlled view of devices, comprehensive vulnerability evaluation, and effective communication of cyber risk' has proved the effectiveness of the proposed methodology.


We present a phase-stable, multi-mJ 3-channel parametric synthesizer generating 2-octave-wide waveforms (0.52-2.4 μm). After two amplification stages, the combined 125-μJ output supports 1.9-fs waveforms. The energy is scaled to 2 mJ after three amplification stages.


The anamnestic response to Leptospira canicola and infectious canine hepatitis (ICH) virus was studied in beagles exposed to90 Sr by aerosol inhalation and intravenous injection. In addition to untreated controls, two groups of dogs, exposed by inhalation 1-3 days before being given the test secondary immunizing stimuli, received mean initial body burdens of 35 and 220 μCi/kg, respectively, and a third group given intravenous injections received an average initial body burden of 69 μCi/kg. The responses in both control and exposed animals reached peak titer for each antigen in 10 days, but titers in all exposed groups were partially depressed. The percentage of depression of titer as compared to controls was directly related to the initial body burden and to the cumulative absorbed beta doses to the skeleton. Dogs with the lower body burdens recovered their ability to produce antibodies after 5 months. Data from this and earlier investigations indicate that an initial body burden of 35 μCi/kg from inhalat...


Temperature dependencies of the Seebeck coefficient, electrical conductivity, heat conductivity and the dimensionless thermoelectric figure of merit ZT of p-Bi2Te3, n-Bi2Se3 and Sb2Te3 doped by Fe or Cr have been investigated in the temperature interval 7 < T < 300 K. At T=4.2 K the Shubnikov-de Haas and Hall effects have been measured. By increasing the Fe content, the hole concentration decreases in p-Bi2-xFexTe3, while the electron concentration increases in n-Bi2-xFexSe3. The hole concentration decreases in Sb2-xCrxTe3 with Cr doping. This demonstrates that Fe or Cr act as donors. The Seebeck coefficient increases in p-Bi2-xFexTe3 and Sb2-xCrxTe3 with increasing Fe or Cr content, while it decreases in n-Bi2-xFexSe3.


The present invention provides a cosmetic composition for lip tattoo pack comprising one or more skin moisturizers selected from a group consisting of allantoin, dipotassium glycyrrhizate, and butylene glycol, polyvinyl alcohol, coloring pigments, ethanol, organic acids, and purified water, and allowing a lip to be colored when a film formed by being applied in a lip and being dried is removed.


Primary Examiner-C. Davis Attorney, Agent, or Firm-G. R. Baker (57) ABSTRACT A method for dehydrogenating an alkyl aromatic com pound, particularly, ethylbenzene or ethyl toluene, to its corresponding vinyl aromatic derivative, styrene or methyl styrene, respectively, in which the alkyl aro matic compound and its normally attendant diluent, stream or water, are preheated to a temperature below which any substantial thermal reaction temperature of the alkyl aromatic compound occurs, viz., 450 to about 500 C., and introduced into a catalytic bed of a reactor and thereafter contacted and mixed in said catalytic bed with a quantity of steam in an amount and at a tempera ture to raise the alkyl aromatic compound to the cata lytic dehydrogenation temperature. The steam intro duced into the catalyst bed, in a ratio less than 3 to 1 to about 0.7 to l, steam to hydrocarbon passes through the bed in heat exchange relationship to the catalyst and the reacting gases prior to contacting and mixing with the alkyl aromatic compound in the bed. 2,461,331 2/1949 Leesemann ...................... 260/669 R 2,683,180 7/1954 Amos et al....................... 260/669 R 5 Claims, 2 Drawing Figures


The rapid modernization and globalization over the past few decades has put pressure on organizations, both in the third world and the developed world to embrace ethical practices in their operations in order to gain good will and acceptance from their publics and stakeholders. Although studies have shown that public relations tools have frequently been employed by organizations in their engagement in corporate social responsibility programmes, the interplay between the two concepts o f PR and CSR has not been adequately researched. It is against that background that this study sought to examine the similarities and connections between public relations and corporate social responsibility with a focus on the social involvements of Kenyas national flag carrier, Kenya Airways in Kajiado County. In examining the perceptions amongst the Airlines publics regarding it's involvement in social responsibility programmes, the research involved surveys through questionnaires and interviews with the employees of Kenya Airways and the it's publics in Kajiado County. The study also sought to examine the main fields of social involvement where corporate social responsibility initiatives have been developed by the Airline


The history of dengue since the beginning of World War II has been one of unremitting and challenging expansion, both from the standpoint of human health and science. Key events were the independent recovery of type 1 virus by Japanese and U.S. scientists. Although Sabin and Schlesinger are generally credited with having made the first laboratory isolation of dengue type 1 from patients in the Honolulu outbreak of 1943, the publication by Kimura and Hotta of the recovery of virus in mice from patients bled during the 1943 epidemic in Nagasaki preceded the report by U.S. workers.2 The wartime unavailability of the Japanese medical literature has long obscured this point. Human sera collected from U.S. forces on New Guinea in 1944 led to the isolation of a different virus in mice which was called dengue type 2, the New Guinea B and C strains.3 A number of important scientific observations on dengue had been made prior to the first isolation of the virus and without serological evidence. The


Scratching the surface: Formation of a monolayer of 2H-tetraphenylporphyrins (2H-TPP) on Ag(111), either by sublimation of a multilayer in the range 525-600 K or by annealing (at the same temperature) a monolayer deposited at room temperature, induces a chemical modification of the molecules. Rotation of the phenyl rings into a flat conformation is observed and tentatively explained, by using DFT calculations, as a peculiar reaction due to molecular dehydrogenation.


A new power transformer fault diagnosis method based on set pair analysis(SPA) and association rules was presented. Via analyzing the associativity of fault symptoms, the set of fault types could be built up. Via computing the support degree and confidence degree of the association rules, and introducing variable weight formula, the constant weight coefficients of fault symptoms were got. The subjective problem of the expertise or experience was effectively avoided. According to the scalability of set pair analysis, this paper used 5-element connection degree. It could improve the accuracy of uncertainty factors in power transformer fault diagnosis. The analysis results of an example transformer showed that the presented method had to SPA and association rules and it excelled in multi fault diagnosis.


Abstract A plant-growth–promoting rhizobacterial mixture comprised of Bacillus subtilis A13 + Bacillus amyloliquefaciens IN937a (A13 + IN937a), and a chemical plant activator, acibenzolar-S-methyl ...