The electrodynamics of the plasmasphere has been a topic of considerable interest. Models predict a space charge buildup, or Alfven layer, at the inner edge of the ring current which opposes the dawn-dusk convection electric field in the magnetosphere and thus shields the plasmasphere from the convection electric field. The current study has the objective to present data from the ISEE 1 double cylindrical probe instrument. All measurements reported were made in the plasmasphere with electron densities of the order of 30-50 or greater per cu cm. The average electric field pattern for quiet conditions is found to be qualitatively consistent with previous average results from whistler measurements and radar backscattering measurements. The magnitudes and gross patterns are in qualitative agreement with representative ionospheric dynamo models. The basic convective flow vectors from the penetration of the magnetospheric electric field tend to follow contours which are parallel to those of the average plasmapause boundary on the nightside.


Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to raise awareness of the role and nature of team coaching.Design/methodology/approach – The paper undertakes a review of research and practical experience in team coaching.Findings – Team coaching has multiple definitions and is only now emerging as a clear area of practice that requires specialist knowledge, skills, experience and supervision.Practical implications – The paper provides a pragmatic view of how organizations can approach the development of team coaching as part of their coaching strategy.Originality/value – This is a relatively unexplored field, with only three books so far in English.


A series of ferrocenyl palladacycles with polydentate ligands were conveniently prepared by the Suzuki coupling reactions of a halide-containing ferrocenyl palladacycle [PdCl({(η5-C5H5)}Fe{(η5-C5H3)N2C4H2Cl})(PPh3)] (1) andarylboronic acids without additional palladium catalysis. In the absence of additional base, amination also occurred in high yield. This new protocol was successfully applied to the Suzuki coupling reactions of the analogous halide-containing palladacycle [PdCl({(η5-C5H5)}Fe{(η5-C5H3)NC5H3Br})(PPh3)] (15) and Buchwald–Hartwig amination of the analogous complex [PdCl({(η5-C5H5)}Fe{(η5-C5H3)NC5H3Br})(DCPAB)] (32), where DCPAB = 2-dicyclohexylphosphanyl-2′-(N,N-dimethylamino)biphenyl. The halide-containing palladacycles act as efficient catalysts and substrates in the coupling reactions. 37 new examples have been fully characterized by elemental analysis, IR and 1H NMR spectroscopy, and ESI-MS. Additionally, the molecular structures of eight compounds were determined by single-crystal X-ray diffraction, and many types of intermolecular C–H···Cl (O, N, π) interactions and π–π interactions were found in the crystal structures of these palladacycles.


In this chapter we consider the challenges associated with managing risk within complex and extended enterprises, how they are changing and how they impact senior managers and risk practitioners working within the public and third sectors. We look at the key features, attributes and shapers involved in the various collaborative arrangements which affect authorities in these sectors. We also consider the behaviours and culture that support collaboration, whilst delivering effective public services in partnership with third parties. The chapter will explain why developing trust, ensuring clear, effective lines of communication and the management of relationships is vital.


I N AN EARLIER PAPER I lhave described the work of the American physicist Henry Augustus Rowland (1848-1901) concerning the nature of electric currents. ' The following analysis attempts to construct the hitherto-unknown account of Rowland's early experimental and theoretical researches in magnetism.2 These investigations, carried out largely in his mid-twenties, again reveal his capacity to make productive use of models and analogies, elaborating them mathematically to describe physical phenomena. This skill was practiced by few of Rowland's American contemporaries. The series of experiments which Rowland began in 1870 at his mother's Newark home had been designed originally to determine the distribution of magnetismn in several iron and steel bars. He soon found it difficult, however, to interpret his measurements. In the early 1870s little was accurately known of the effects of various media and geometric configurations on the transmission of magnetic forces. By mid-century the experiments of investigators such as Harris, Sturgeon, Joule, Lenz, Jacobi, Dub, and Henry had drawn attention to several specific configurational factors affecting the behavior of electromagnets.3 However, their experirnents had produced no single model of magnetic action which simultaneously took the shape of the core, its material composition, and the arrangement of the energizing coil into account. In the winter of 1870, as an ardent home experimenter and recent graduate in civil engineering of Rensselaer Institute, Rowland was well aware of the researches 4 of these established electricians.


Natural movement is clearly related to health, however, it is also highly complex and difficult to measure. Most attempts to measure it focus on functional movements in humans, and while this a valid and popular approach, assays focussed on particular movements cannot capture the range of natural movement that occurs outside them. It is also difficult to use current techniques to compare movement across animal species. Interspecies comparison may be useful for identifying conserved biomechanical and/ or computational principles of movement that could inform human and veterinary medicine, plus several other fields of research. It is therefore important that research develops a system for quantifying movement in freely moving animals in natural environments and relating it to length and quality of life (LQOL). The present text proposes a novel theoretical framework for doing so, based on movement ability (MA). MA is comprised of three major variables – Movement Quality, Movement Complexity, and Movement Quantity – that may represent the most important components of movement as it relates to LQOL. A constrained version of the framework is validated in Drosophila, which suggests that MA may indeed represent a useful new paradigm for understanding the relationship between movement and length and quality of life.


UV technology has become popular as a way to improve air and water quality within commercial aquatic venues. The benefits of UV are twofold; controlling chloramines (primarily a concern for indoor facilities) and, for all aquatic facilities, disinfecting pathogens which are resistant to chlorine treatment. Chlorine resistant pathogens are responsible for two‐thirds of the Recreational Water Illness (RWI) outbreaks reported to the CDC. There are critical concerns in regards to water quality and equipment options to assure consistent performance of a UV system. This article will detail how UV works and review important distinctions in regards to lamp and equipment options. It will also review some misconceptions sometimes seen in the market.


Research background: Many scientists have researched the economic competitiveness of agriculture. At the same time, considerably less attention is paid to the so-called green competitiveness. Considering a global trend searching for solutions to reduce the environmental impact of the agricultural sector, it seems reasonable to explore the overlap between economic competitiveness and green competitiveness.
Purpose of the article: This study aims to answer the following questions: What is the level of economic and green competitiveness of agriculture in respective countries? What is the level of the comprehensive competitiveness of agriculture in EU member states?  Do the economic competitiveness outcomes of respective countries coincide with their green competitiveness rankings?
Methods: Taxonomic methods were applied to design synthetic indices of economic, green and comprehensive competitiveness of 27 member states of the European Union, based on multi-criteria sets of specific indicators from 2018.
Findings & value added: The results of analyses imply that, in general, the level of green competitiveness of agriculture is higher than the level of its economic competitiveness in EU member states. Simultaneously, the developed rankings show that respective countries' economic and green competitiveness are not linked. In other words, economic competitiveness outcomes do not match green competitiveness outcomes for EU agriculture. This work is a genuine contribution to studies on the methods for measuring and evaluating the competitiveness of agriculture as it designs separate synthetic measures for economic and green competitiveness and confronts both types of competitiveness in EU member states. The research findings for the first time provide clear answers to questions about the mutual relationship between economic and green competitiveness in agriculture. Furthermore, an added value of this study is that it introduces and attempts to define the notion of green competitiveness.


Frankfurt/M., Berlin, Bern, Bruxelles, New York, Oxford, Wien. Philosophie und Geschichte der Wissenschaften - Studien und Quellen. Bd. 46 Herausgegeben von Hans Jorg Sandkuhler und Pirmin Stekeler-Weithofer. The philosophy of mind is one of the most alive research sectors in the field of philosophical studies nowadays. But there is no universal agreement on what exactly naturalism in the philosophy of mind is, and there is even less agreement on how naturalism in the philosophy of mind relates to naturalism as a general philosophical outlook. At the most general level, naturalism is often characterized by slogans such as « Everything that exists is part of the natural order, or « The methods of natural science provide the only avenue to truth, or « There is no place for a first philosophy prior to natural science. Naturalistic theories of mind explicitly or tacitly accept or presuppose the following principles: Minds (as well as consciousness, spirit or subjectivity) are part of the real world. Nature is the whole real world. Therefore minds, consciousness and subjectivity are part of the nature. Nature can be known only by empirical sciences. There is no knowledge a priori (or obtained by methods that are different from the methods of empirical sciences) of any part of nature. Therefore minds, consciousness and subjectivity, as part of the nature, can be known only by means of empirical sciences. Contents: Dirk Koppelberg: Forms of Naturalism in the Philosophy of Mind - Harald Schmidt: Trying to make an unfriendly take-over look like an offer for cooperation or: Never try to jump on a train that is pulling out of the station - some objections to Dirk Koppelberg'scooperative naturalism - Dirk Koppelberg: Why Opt for Cooperative Naturalism? - Response to Harald Schmidt - Sandro Nannini: Cognitive Naturalism in the Philosophy of Mind - Jurgen Hanken: Some Objections to Sandro Nannini's « Naturalism in the philosophy of mind - Sandro Nannini: Response to Jurgen Hanken - Domenico Parisi: The Naturalization of Humans - Jacob Bosenberg: Comment on D. Parisi's « The naturalization of humans - Domenico Parisi: Response to Jacob Bosenberg - Jurgen Schroder: Naturalizing Consciousness by Reductive Explanations - Carlo Cecchetto/Luigi Rizzi: A Naturalistic Approach to Language - Achim Stephan: Reductionism and Naturalization - Geert Keil: Naturalism in the Philosophy of Mind - and what is wrong with it - Jochen Holzner: Abstract and three Questions - Geert Keil: Replies - Hans Jorg Sandkuhler: Naturalism in the Philosophy of Mind? For a Philosophical Alternative - Christine Haler: Some Critical Comments on Sandkuhler's Philosophical Alternative to Naturalism in the Philosophy of Mind - Hans Jorg Sandkuhler: Response to Christine Haler.


The reaction pd → dpsp is studied within the Bethe–Salpeter formalism. Under special kinematical conditions (slow backward spectator proton psp and fast forward deuteron) relevant for forthcoming experiments, e.g. at COSY, the cross section and a set of polarization observables are shown to factorize in the contribution of the pure subprocess pn → d and a contribution stemming from deuteron quantities and kinematical factors. This provides a theoretical basis for studying threshold-near processes at quasi-free neutrons.


The physical education of merger-end classroom that is one kind of teaching model of integrating all classes at the same time to one,has obvious characteristics compared with the closed-end classroom.Practices have shown that the physical education teaching of merger-end classroom has strong operability,it is not only beneficial to the development of the students' individuality,arouse teachers and students' enthusiasm and improve the teachers and students' comprehensive quality and ability,moreover promote the teaching effect,but also it is very effective physical education teaching communication,so it can be widely used into practical teaching.


The principle of three noncolinear points can determine a circle is utilized in this study.An apparatus is designed such that there is a movable measuring rod,which has three sensors mounted on it。As the measuring rod moves,the surface sensors work together to get information on the displacement of each tested cross section.Via digital signal processing,assessment to the straightness of a deep hole could be made.Measurement errors are analyzed to testify the accuracy of the apparatus.Furthermore,the deep hole's straight-ness error such as cylindricity and eccentricity can be effectively acquired.


Using finite-field calculations at the unrestricted coupled-cluster level, researchers characterize dipole of H2-H system with high accuracy.Using finite-field calculations at the unrestricted coupled-cluster level, researchers characterize dipole of H2-H system with high accuracy.


Study Design. The clinical data, magnetic resonance imaging, intraoperative findings, and functional outcome were reviewed for three patients under anticoagulant therapy who experienced acute nontraumatic spinal subdural hematoma. Objectives. To draw attention to this rare complication of anticoagulant therapy and to assess the magnetic resonance findings and clinical outcome of patients with spinal subdural hematoma after surgical evacuation. Summary of Background Data. Among intraspinal hematomas, spinal subdural hematomas are by far the least common. Magnetic resonance findings have been demonstrated in only a few cases of spinal subdural hematomas. The timing of the operation and the anatomic location of the hematoma essentially determine the functional outcome. Methods. Three case reports of spinal subdural hematomas in patients receiving anticoagulant therapy are presented. Particular interest was given to the clinical and magnetic resonance data, the intraoperative findings, and the functional outcome. Results. The three patients each had a complete preoperative neurologic deficit. Sagittal T1- and T2-weighted magnetic resonance images of the spine proved to have high sensitivity for defining the type of bleeding and delineating the craniocaudal extension of the hematoma. Surgical evacuation was performed within 26 hours after the onset of symptoms. Intraoperative findings showed the hematoma to be confined between the dura and the arachnoid in two patients, and to be associated with rupture into the subarachnoid space in one patient. Postoperative recovery was incomplete in two patients, and did not improve in the remaining patient. Conclusions. Spinal subdural hematoma must be considered in patients under anticoagulant therapy with spontaneous signs of acute spinal cord or cauda equina compression. Magnetic resonance imaging with sagittal T1- and T2-weighted images were adequate and reliable for diagnosis of spinal subdural hematoma. On the basis of previous studies and the authors' intraoperative findings, spinal subdural hematomas could be viewed as spinal dural border hematomas. The level of preoperative neurologic deficit seemed to be critical for recovery despite prompt surgical evacuation.


Swimming and synchronized swimming are two similar sports, different in required patterns of movements, but with similar predispositions in important motor abilities, functional capacities and morphology. First goal in this study is to determine the differences between female girls in two age groups, actively engaged in classic and synchronized swimming in chosen health and morphological parameters, as well se to forecast body mass index (BMI) in overall sample of active athletes with same parameters as the predictors. The data are collected from routine medical examinations of the athletes in the Polyclinic for Occupational Health and Sport in Zagreb, including sample of female athletes: swimmers (N=46) and synchronized swimmers (N=15), in two age groups: 7-13 years and 13-15 years. The results showed that the differences between swimmers and synchronized swimmers are not found, except in the age group 7-13 years, where diastolic blood pressure and hematocrits showed higher mean values in synchronized swimmers, as compared to the swimmers. BMI could be successfully predicted on the base of only one statistically significant predictor (hemoglobin). Results offer the guidelines for improving the training process for both sports.


SUMMARY Maize yields were significantly affected by the nature of the previous crop. Maize following groundnuts significantly outyielded maize following cotton, which in turn significantly outyielded maize following sorghum or cowpeas, and this order was largely independent of the nitrogen fertilizer regime applied to the maize. Analyses of soil and crop showed that groundnuts increased nitrogen availability in the topsoil, but there was little evidence of any similar advantage after cowpeas.


.........................................................................................................................................v CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION................................................................................................................................1 CHAPTER 2: REVIEW OF LITERATURE..............................................................................................................3 BRIEF HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES JUVENILE JUSTICE SYSTEM......................3 BRIEF HISTORY OF THE LOUISIANA JUVENILE JUSTICE SYSTEM................................6 CHILDREN HOUSED WITH ADULTS.....................................................................................14 THEORIES ASSOCIATED WITH DELINQUENCY....................................................................15 RESEARCH QUESTION.................................................................................................................20 CHAPTER 3: METHODOLOGY........................................................................................................................21 PARTICIPANTS.................................................................................................................................21 MEASURES........................................................................................................................................21 VARIABLES.......................................................................................................................................22 DATA ANALYSIS.............................................................................................................................22 CHAPTER 4: RESULTS...........................................................................................................................................24 DEMOGRAPHICS..............................................................................................................................24 CHI-SQUARED ANALYSIS.......................................................................................................25 CHAPTER 5: DISCUSSION.....................................................................................................................................29 RESEARCH QUESTION.............................................................................................................30 LIMITATIONS...................................................................................................................................31 CHAPTER 6: CONCLUSION.................................................................................................................................33 REFERENCES.................................................................................................................................35 VITA.................................................................................................................................................39


The Society for Information Display's Display of the Year Awards committee has selected six award winners that advanced the state of the art of electronic‐display products and technology during 2010 in the categories of Display of the Year, Display Component of the Year, and Display Application of the Year. All of this year's winners are either mobile displays or components for mobile displays.


This article presents a case study of the University of Minnesota (UMN) Libraries collaboration with the UMN Carlson School of Management's (CSOM) Holmes Center for Entrepreneurship (HCE) to create an innovation hub in our most heavily trafficked undergraduate library. During the same time that academic libraries have added makerspaces and have routinely invited partners into their buildings, entrepreneurship support has become a strategic priority for universities, business schools, and business libraries. The story of our innovation hub represents a confluence of these trends, and illustrates some of the challenges and benefits brought on by inviting a new kind of partner into the library space.


The mixed solvents technique is a suitable way to study components of polyvinyl chloride (PVC)rnaterials [1]. In this study, cyclohexanone or N,N-dimethylformamide (DMF) Is used as a basic solvent to completely dissolve polymeric materials of PVC. The separation of Dioctylphthalate (DOP)which is used as a plasticizer is obtained by the pretreatment method of the analysis of PVC compound. IR spectroscopy is used to characterize the plasticizer . It is shown that a perfect separation is achieved by changing the ratio of the mixed solvents .


With its emphasis on cost minimisation, transaction cost economics (TCE) predicts that as asset specificity and uncertainty increase, thereby making transaction management more difficult, the use of hierarchy for managing transactions will also increase. It follows that as a hierarchical mechanism for managing transactions, management accounting will also be positively associated with asset specificity and uncertainty. Roy and Spraakman (1996) tested those propositions with evidence from the Hudson's Bay Company. The evidence supported those propositions for the 1821 to 1860 period when the Company had extensive asset specificity and uncertainty. Compared to that frontier period, between 1860 to 1914 the Company experienced a decrease in uncertainty as communications and transportation modernised. During this later period, the Company's transportation network became worthless. The transportation network's devaluation was equivalent to a decrease in asset specificity. With less asset specificity and uncertainty, TCE predicts decreases in hierarchical governance and the use of management accounting information. Evidence for the 1860 to 1914 period was largely consistent with those predictions.


We have demonstrated an 820 nm cutoff CdTe nBn photodetector with ZnTe barrier layer grown on an InSb substrate. At room temperature, under a bias of −0.1 V, the photodetector shows Johnson and shot noise limited specific detectivity (D*) of 3 × 1013 cm Hz1/2/W at a wavelength of 800 nm and 2 × 1012 cm Hz1/2/W at 200 nm. The D* is optimized by using a top contact design of ITO/undoped-CdTe. This device not only possesses nBn advantageous characteristics, such as generation-recombination dark current suppression and voltage-bias-addressed two-color photodetection, but also offers features including responsivity enhancements by deep-depletion and by using a heterostructure ZnTe barrier layer. In addition, this device provides a platform to study nBn device physics at room temperature, which will help us to understand more sophisticated properties of infrared nBn photodetectors that may possess a large band-to-band tunneling current at a high voltage bias, because this current is greatly suppressed in the la...


Kakadu2.2 is the efficient open-source system by JPEG 2000 algorithm nowadays.The complexity of Kakadu is largely simplified by using the three-tier architecture.JPEG2000 codec is efficiently implemented by taking data processing subsystem as the system's engine.Since interface-oriented style is used,Kakadu is a good reusability system.It is very useful for developers who will develop the image / video processing software based on Kakadu by in-depth analysis and research on the system architecture,core system library and applications methods.


The paper is a contribution to the analysis of change processes within the multiple forms of youth transitions in the mobility field. To this end, a new conceptual framework is proposed based on the link between the Bourdieusian approach and that of intersectionality. This approach creates the opportunity to study the intersections between the categories of gender and socio-economic status with the Bourdieusian field, habitus and cultural/feminine capital, showing the dynamism of the intersections, mainly due to dysfunctional asymmetries between categories, which make the change in transition possible. The theoretical proposal was verified through empirical research carried out in London in 2019 which highlights how the change processes outline different transition metaphors (step by step, up and down, stop and go, up and down and then constantly increasing) characterized by non-linear trajectories, which are, however, almost always positive and increasing. The findings are based on an analysis of 51 in-depth narrative interviews with young Italians, aged between 18 to 35, who have been living in London for about 5 years on average.


The Jupiter InfraRed Auroral Mapper (JIRAM) aboard Juno observed the Jovian South Pole aurora during the first orbit of the mission. H3+ (trihydrogen cation) and CH4 (methane) emissions have been identified and measured. The observations have been carried out in nadir and slant viewing both by a L‐filtered imager and a 2–5 μm spectrometer. Results from the spectral analysis of the all observations taken over the South Pole by the instrument are reported. The coverage of the southern aurora during these measurements has been partial, but sufficient to determine different regions of temperature and abundance of the H3+ ion from its emission lines in the 3–4 μm wavelength range. Finally, the results from the southern aurora are also compared with those from the northern ones from the data taken during the same perijove pass and reported by Dinelli et al. (2017).


A New relativistic and singularity free baryon form factor for crossing channel study is proposed. This new form factor satisfies the crossing symmetry law of strongly interacting particle scattering amplitudes transfered from t-channel to s-channel or the inverse.


In this paper, the framework of distributed fault detection for trusted computing is designed, and the operation process of fault detection system is drawn. Aiming at the requirement of distributed fault detection, a distributed fault monitoring mode based on self-organizing network is designed, which solves the key problems of entity monitoring coverage, real-time message dissemination and survivability of monitoring function. In view of the coverage of message dissemination in self-organizing monitoring domain, theoretical analysis and experimental verification are carried out.


The flood simulation in flood detention basin is the basis of non engineering measure such as risk analysis and resident hazard prevention. In this paper, the flood simulation method in flood detention is reviewed from the following aspects: the necessity of flood simulation, hydrologic model, hydraulic model, numerical method of two dimensional flood routing model and the solution of some problem.


In the article affected the problems of the effects of globalization on the development and changes of modern traditional family education. It describes the features and problems of family education in modern society and are determined by their causes. Also, given the conclusions argued for accurate statistical facts. For the proper organization of education in the contemporary family patterns of development in the history of family education explained estimated personalities and views.


OBJECTIVE To investigate the value of ultrasonography in diagnosis of carotid body tumor. METHODS We retrospectively analyzed the sonography imaging data of carotid body tumor in 29 cases(32 nodules). RESULTS There were 29 cases with 32 nodules in total. Of them, 26(89.7%) cases were single, the other 3(10.3%) were bilateral. All of these nodules were detected by ultrasonography, 31 were diagnosed as carotid body tumor, and the other one was misdiagnosed as schwannoma. The diagnostic accordance rate of the ultrasonography was 96.9%(31/32). Twenty-seven(84.4%) nodules were located at the carotid artery bifurcation, and 5(15.6%) nodules were located posterior to the bifurcation. As for the margins, 30(93.8%) nodules were well-circumscribed,and the other 2(6.2%) were ill-def ined. Thir t y one(96.9%) nodules were regular shapes,and one(3.1%) nodule was irregular with a lobulated shape. All nodules were hypoechoic with heterogenic texture, and 29(90.6%) nodules had tortuous tubular structures inside. The angles of the carotid artery bifurcation were enlarged caused by compression of the tumors in 27(84.4%) nodules, while the angles presented nor mal in 5(15.6%) nodules. Internalcarotid artery and external carotid artery were found pass though the nodules in 23(71.9%) lesions or along their margins with encasement in 9(28.1%) lesions. All nodules showed abundant vascular supply. CONCLUSION Sonography imaging has certain characteristics on carotid body tumor, and could be used as valuable method for diagnosis of carotid body tumor.


The inversion results of seepage problems are usually not unique.Combing with the Yunleng Reservoir in Yunnan Province,we discuss the causes of un-uniqueness.By integrating it with numerical optimal method,we transfer the inverse problem to forward problem.First,the calculation domain of dam seepage is divided into several sub-domains,in which the permeability coefficient is assumed to be a constant.Then the results of in-situ water pressure tests provide basis for determination of seepage initial value.By optimally fitting the measured values with observation hole water level calculated by 3D FEM,we obtain the inversion results.The applicability and accuracy of the presented method is proved by the calculation samples.


The effect of quenching temperature, tempering temperature and tempering time on grain size, impact toughness and hardness of pre-hardening plastic-used die steel is researched. It is showed from the test that the best pre-hardening heat treatment parameters should be oil-quenching of 860℃×2h and tempering of 660℃×(0.5~5)h.


The main features of intrusion related gold deposits system are: 1 A tectonic setting is the inboard of convergent plate boundaries,where contiental magmatism commonly formed coeval intrusion of alkalic,metaluminous calcalkalic,and peraluminous compositions; 2 Intrusion formed during the phauerozoic, especially hercynian and yanshanian is best for intrusion related gold system A best location in magmatic provinces for intrusion related gold system is the known tungsten and/or tin deposits 3 Intrusion is metaluminous,subalkalic intrusions of intermediate to felsic composition that lie near the boundary between ilmenite and magnetite series 4 An ore formed fluid is the carbonic hydrothermal fluids 5 A metal assemblage is characterized by variably combinations of gold with Bi,W,As,Mo,Te,or Sb and low concentrations of base metals 6 A low sulfide mineral content commonly 5%Vol,with a reduced ore mineral assemblage,that typically comprises arsenopyrite,pyrrhotite,and pyrite and lacks magnetite or hematite 7.Except the gold formed at hypabyssal condition hydrothermal alteration of the gold deposit system is relatively weak with muscovite sericite chlorite carbonate assemblage as common alteration production


Scrub typhus, caused by Orientia tsutsugamushi, is endemic in the so-called tsutsugamushi triangle. There is a wide spectrum of presentation of the disease ranging from uncomplicated febrile illness to life-threatening sepsis with multiorgan dysfunction. We are presenting a case of scrub typhus causing myocarditis and acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) in an adult female with no previous comorbid illness who recovered fully with prompt treatment in spite of prolonged ventilator support, emphasizng the need for early diagnosis and prompt treatment with antirickettsial antibiotics in a patient presenting with features of scrub typhus.


Emotional Intelligence (EI) is emerging as an important factor in high performance at work, at school, collage, or at home. Learner performances depend on the external conditions or circumstances that exist when learning occurs. Recent research results indicate that cognitive processes are related to emotions and it play a powerful role in cognitive processes. Since emotions are omnipresent in any kind of interaction it can be advantageous to take them into account, particularly in the context of an intelligent tutoring system (ITS). In traditional learning environments, the teacher attempts to ensure the best conditions for learning and especially the emotional conditions. For Example, he introduces a joke in the classroom, in order to change the current emotions of the learners, if they are bored or frustrated. Whereas the existing Intelligent Tutoring Systems (ITS) are lacked of considering the emotional conditions of learning that should exist in order to motivate the learners and to facilitate the achievement of learning.In the present paper we propose a way to detect and manage learner's emotions in order to improve the learning process and the emotional conditions of learning that should exist in a learning activity according to the cognitive process activated. Also, we demonstrate that adding an emotional charge to a learning content additionally helps the learning process, in particular the memorization process, which is known to be of central importance in any form of learning. These mark a significant step towards Intellectual Intelligent Tutoring Systems that are emotionally intelligent and hence cope in a beneficiary w ay


The article presents the main provisions of valuation techniques and zoning of river basins due to the degree of anthropogenic stress. The factors and indicators defining the value of an integrated assessment of anthropogenic stress are allocated factor of territory urbanization (factor «A»); factor of transport infrastructure development (factor «T»); factor of industry influence (factor «P»); factor of agriculture contribution (factor «S»). The article introduces the concept of aggravating indicator for each factor, allowing more objectively to assess the contribution of a specific factor in the overall level of negative influence. The main indicator of the factor «A» is accepted as a value of the population density, and as aggravating indicator the proportion of the urban population is taken. The Factor «T» indicator is estimated by length of roads and the proportion of paved roads. The Factor «P» includes emissions of harmful substances into the atmosphere, and the density of air pollution sources. The main indicator of the factor «C» is the area of farmland, and aggravating indicator is agricultural production. The positive aspects of using GIS for simplification of an anthropogenic stress assessment on land whose boundaries do not coincide with the boundaries of municipal districts. As approbation of a methodic zoning of the Upper Amur basin within the territory of Transbaikal region, inside the 26 municipal regions, located in the basin of the Amur River is presented. For the assessment of anthropogenic stress GIS «Water resources of the basin of Upper Amur» is used. As a result of these calculations integrated scores of anthropogenic load for municipalities and water use areas located within the study area are found. The greatest human-induced pressures are Chita (5.07 points) and Krasnokamensk (4.78 points) areas, and the lowest Tungokochensky area (1.01 points)


BACKGROUND: Vascular calcification is a highly prevalent complication in end stage renal disease patients and is associated with increased morbidity and mortality. Measurement of aortic arch calcifi cation (AoAC), as assessed by chest X-ray (CXR), is a simple method to evaluate vascular calcifi cation. The clinical signifi cance of AoAC in non-diabetic peritoneal dialysis (PD) patients remained unknown. METHODS: 272 non-diabetic PD patients were enrolled into this study. Baseline geographic and biochemical data were obtained as well as CXR were assessed for the AoAC. The factors determining higher AoAC and infl ammatory marker as denoted by high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hsCRP) were analyzed. Cox proportional hazards models were used to investigate the risk factors of all-cause mortality. RESULTS: Patients with high-AoAC had a trend of higher corrected calcium, log hsCRP, log intact parathyroid hormone, and lower serum albumin level. Using multivariate logistic regression analysis, corrected calcium and log hsCRP remained associated with high-AoAC independently. After follow-up for 54 months, 31 patients (11.4%) died. Kaplan-Meier analysis showed that patients with high-AoAC had a signifi cantly higher all-cause (P < 0.000001) and cardiovascular mortality (P < 0.001) than those with low-AoAC. Likewise, subgroup analysis for patients younger than 55 years old showed similar results, suggesting a premature death with higher AoAC. Cox proportional hazards model demonstrated that age, serum albumin and high-AoAC signifi cantly predicts all-cause mortality in chronic non-diabetic PD patients. CONCLUSION: Our data demonstrate that AoAC not only may reflect disturbed mineral bone metabolism and inflammation status but also predict all-cause mortality in non-diabetic PD patients even in young age group. These data suggest that AoAC by CXR is a cost-effective method to provide prognostic information in this population.


A few years ago, Gettysburg College changed their wordmark. The previous college logo featured the words "Gettysburg College" topped with a line art version of the flag flying from the cupola of Pennsylvania Hall. The logo explicitly acknowledged the sense of place, referencing the 34-star flag which flies above the Civil War era field hospital both night and day. The logo acknowledged the Civil War inherently. [excerpt]


Rocking podium structures (RPSs) refer to a wide class of structural systems in which the base storey consisting of freestanding columns that can uplift during seismic excitations. Due to the rocking response, the base storey can be considered as a base isolation system on the condition that a rocking overturn is prevented. In the present study, the seismic response of RPSs is assessed within a probabilistic framework. For this purpose, synthetic pulse‐like acceleration records are generated. The performance of several ground motion intensity measures in predicting the rocking response of RPSs with different superstructure's fundamental period, lateral displacement profiles and rocking column configuration are examined. The effect of these structural parameters on the rocking response is evaluated in terms of seismic fragility. Finally, the seismic behaviour of the rocking storey, as a seismic isolation technique, is evaluated by examining both the rocking stability and the seismic demand reduction of the superstructure simultaneously.


A model potential relativistic method is used to calculate the energies of the lower levels with configurations 4s4p, 4p2, 4s4d, 4p4d in the Zn I isoelectronic series for nuclear charges Z=36-50. The calculation is made in the first order of perturbation theory with the effective inclusion of higher corrections. The role of various correlation effects is evaluated: core polarisation due to outer electrons, superposition of configurations, mutual screening of the outer electrons. As a zeroth approximation the authors obtain the wavefunctions of the outer electron in the field of the core model potential; the model potential parameter being determined from the empirical energy levels of Cu-like ions. An extrapolation procedure for model potential parameters is used for the calculation of energy levels of Cu-like ions. Energy levels 4lj and 5lj of Cu-like ions for Z=36-60 are given with an accuracy of about 0.1%. The accuracy of the energies of Zn-like ions is within 1%.


Pancreatic cancer is among the most aggressive and lethal of all forms of cancer. Developing novel treatment strategies against pancreatic cancer can lead to increased survival time and increased chances for surgical removal of pancreatic tumors. Gastrin, a stomach hormone that is also produced by pancreatic cancer cells during the early stages of pancreatic cancer development, is a growth-stimulating factor that contributes to pancreatic cancer growth through binding to the cholecystokinin-2 receptor. Because of its growth-stimulating effects, gastrin is a potential target for therapeutic strategies. For that reason, lowering gastrin production could possibly also inhibit the growth of pancreatic cancer. To examine this possibility, we have developed a nanoliposome-based delivery system to deliver anti-gastrin siRNA to pancreatic cancer cells. These liposomes have been taken into various different pancreatic cancer cell lines in vitro and have also successfully encapsulated siRNA molecules targeting positions 90 and 286 of the gastrin mRNA. Liposome-encapsulated siRNAs have also been successfully transfected into the AsPC-1-Luc and BxPC-3-Luc cell lines, and have been able to down-regulate gastrin mRNA in both of these cell lines (determined via endpoint and quantitative real-time RTPCR analysis). SiRNA targeted to position 286 of the gastrin mRNA has also downregulated gastrin peptide via immunocytochemical analysis. SiRNA targeted to position 90 of the gastrin mRNA was then found to inhibit the growth of the BxPC-3-Luc cell line in vitro over a 10-day period. Finally, to determine the in vivo effectiveness of the liposome-mediated transfection system, liposome-encapsulated siRNAs against positions 90 and positions 286 of the gastrin mRNA were administered three times a week via


Based on the physical model and mathematical model,the simulation of magnetic field in the metallurgical furnace is reviewed. Through comparison and analysis, it is indicated that the simulation should be based on the magnetic field generated by the current and also the influence of the ferromagnetic shield.


Steering law describes pointing devices motion based on trajectory tasks, such as drawing and writing. Current studies on steering tasks focus on effect of system factors (i.e., path width and amplitude) on the movement time and its related applications. We attempted to conduct a series of experiments to further explore the effect of different operational biases (bias speed or accuracy) on steering completion time and standard deviation for two steering shapes, i.e., a straight steering task and a circular steering task, and then, establish a new model accommodating system and subjective factor in steering tasks. Empirical results showed that the new model is more predictive and robust than the traditional steering law.


A fully integrated 0.3 THz antenna-coupled plasma-wave detector with 10 GHz (measured) bandwidth is presented. Fabricated in 130nm CMOS technology, the chip is formed of an E-shaped patch antenna, plasmonic based Field Effect Transistor (FET) detector and a wide bandwidth amplifier employing inductive shunt peaking. The open drain mode of operation of the detector achieves an absolute responsivity of 10 V/W with a minimum signal to noise ratio (SNR) of 40 dB over the entire bandwidth. With a drain current of 0.24 mA, the responsivity increases by 10X with a decrease in bandwidth to 3 GHz. The detector is also characterized without the on chip amplifier for imaging applications and shows a measured absolute responsivity of 150 V/W for a drain current of 5 μA at 0.3 THz.


Patients with NAFLD are characterized by insulin resistance (IR) and hyperinsulinism. However, prior studies have been unable to predict NAFLD based on IR measurements. The aim of this study was to explore the application of a newly validated measurement of intact insulin by mass spectrometry to predict NAFLD in patients without diabetes. Ninety-eight patients were recruited and underwent: a 2-hour OGTT with measurements of insulin every 30 min, and a liver magnetic resonance spectroscopy (1H-MRS) to measure liver fat and diagnose NAFLD. A mass spectrometry method was used to measure intact molecules of insulin. A total of 62 patients had NAFLD (48±11 yr, 66% male, BMI: 34.4±4.6kg/m2, A1c: 5.8±0.4%); and 36 did not have NAFLD (52±12 yr, 56% male, BMI: 30.5±6.8kg/m2, A1c: 5.5±0.4%). Fasting insulin levels were higher in NAFLD patients (17±10 vs. 7±3 μU/ml, p Conclusions: In patients without diabetes, accurate measurement of fasting intact insulin levels by mass spectrometry constitutes an easy and non-invasive strategy to predict presence of NAFLD. Disclosure F. Bril: None. M. J. Mcphaul: Employee; Self; Quest Diagnostics. S. Kalavalapalli: None. R. Lomonaco: None. D. Barb: None. E. Godinez: None. K. Cusi: None. Funding The Obesity Society; University of Florida


1. Introduction Throughout the history of numerical weather prediction (NWP), computer resources have increased to enable NWP models to run at progressively higher resolutions over increasingly large domains. using convection-allowing [no convective parameterization (CP)] configurations of the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model with horizontal grid spacings of ~ 4 km have demonstrated the added value of these high-resolution models as forecast guidance tools for the prediction of heavy precipitation. Additionally, these experiments have revealed minimal adverse effects from running the WRF model at 4 km without CP, even though this grid spacing is too coarse to fully capture convective scale circulations. Given the success of these convection-allowing WRF forecasts, ~ 4 km convection-allowing models have become operational at the United States National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP) in the form of " high-resolution window " deterministic forecasts produced by the Environmental Modeling Center (EMC) of NCEP.


Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a progressive and incurable motor neuron disease. Some ALS patients are affected by a level of cognitive or behavioural decline that meets the criteria for frontotemporal dementia (FTD). ALS and FTD share genetic and pathological features; for example, the deposition of phosphorylated 43 kDa TAR DNA-binding protein (pTDP-43) in the brain. Spreading of pTDP-43 pathology in ALS towards brain areas that connect via the Papez circuit is a possible indicator of progression towards FTD. For example, pTDP-43 aggregates in the granule cells of the hippocampus correlate well with clinically manifest FTD. Here, we test the hypothesis that white matter degeneration of the perforant path – as part of the Papez circuit – in the hippocampus is a feature of ALS, even in the absence of fully developed FTD or deposition of pTDP-43 inclusions in hippocampal granule cells. We used diffusion MRI (dMRI), polarized light imaging (PLI) and immunohistochemical analysis of hippocampus sections from controls (n=5) and ALS patients (n=14) to perform an in-depth study of white matter in the perforant path. The dMRI results show a significant decrease in fractional anisotropy (p=0.01) and an increase in mean diffusivity (p=0.01), axial diffusivity (p=0.03) and radial diffusivity (p=0.03) in the perforant path in ALS patients compared to controls, possibly indicating a loss of white matter fibres. Myelin density (measured with PLI retardance) was lower in ALS patients compared to controls (p=0.05) and correlated with dMRI fractional anisotropy (r=0.52, p=0.03). The dMRI and PLI results were confirmed by the immunohistochemistry; both myelin (proteolipid protein, p=0.03) and neurofilaments (SMI-312, p=0.02) were lower in ALS patients. The activated microglial (CD68) density was similar in ALS and controls. Only two out of the fourteen ALS cases showed pTDP-43 pathology in the dentate gyrus; however, while these two ALS-FTD cases showed reduced myelination in the perforant path, the values were comparable to other ALS cases. We conclude that degeneration of the perforant path occurs in ALS patients and that this may occur before, or independent of, pTDP-43 aggregation in the dentate gyrus of the hippocampus. Future research should focus on correlating the degree of clinically observed cognitive decline to the amount of white matter atrophy in the perforant path.


Focusing on the notion of 'green clothing', this article shows how a sartorial aesthetic informs group cohesion for environmentalist activists. Using qualitative data gathered through open-ended qu ...


The author introduces electrical system design of JIEFANG diesel tractor,describes the electrical configuration definition,battery capacity determination,static current provision,power circuit design and wiring harness design of the vehicle;also introduces briefly the principle of harness ground.


Controlled conveyor is used in long distance transport, the occasion of the high torque, It can be controlled that is the speed of the output with conveyor controllable hydraulic control system,through the output characteristics of the controlled conveyor hydraulic control system simulation, the simulation results obtained the curves and controlled conveyor measured approximation of the actual data, and thus has been widely used in practice.


We consider some peculiarities of personal pronouns' semantization in K. Balmont's and Ya. Kupala's poetry. Particular attention is paid to syntactic constructions where the personal pronoun acts as a subject and the substan-tive acts as a predicate.


The popular methods of detecting the thickness of retinal nerve fiber layer(RNFL) are Heidelberg retinal tomography,optical coherence tomography,scanning laser polarimetry and so on.Glaucoma can be easily diagnosed according to RNFL thickness testing.While the RNFL of myopia becomes thinner as glaucoma does.Misdiagnosis always happens and glaucoma often delayed to treat when there is myopia combined with glaucoma.So we must distinguish myopia and myopia eyes combined with glaucoma.This article summarizes many different opinions about whether the detection of RNFL thickness can differentiate myopia and myopia combined with glaucoma around the world.


Recycling rates for precious, specialty, and toxic metals from e-wastes are very low. Most e-wastes are sent to landfills and waste dumps. Much is sent abroad where precious metal content is retrieved, often using unsafe procedures, and the remainder discarded. Small amounts are sent to smelters for recovery of the metal content. In all of these cases, serious health and environmental problems result. Because of the precious metal content, the economic value of e-waste is large and is increasing as product sales grow. Many specialty and toxic metals, e. g., Co, Cu, In, Pb, and Cd are not recovered with resulting potential health and environmental damage when the e-waste is discarded. IBC's Molecular Recognition Technology (MRT) process provides an economic, environmentally safe, and minimal carbon footprint means for selective separation of all of these metals from e-waste streams at the mg/L to μg/L concentration levels. MRT has significant economic and environmental advantages over competing metal recovery processes.


A simple, gradient RPHPLC method has been developed and validated for Clobetasol propionate in bulk and ointment formulation. The successful estimation was carried out of the drug product is developed on C(18) column reversed-phase using Acetonitrile: Methanol: Phosphate buffer (16:20:80 v/v) as mobile phase composition. The flow rate was adjusted to 1.5mL/minute and the absorption maxima were observed at 250 nm utilizing Shimadzu SPD-20A Prominence UV-Vis detector. Clobetasol propionate showed a good and precise linearity in the range 20100μg/mL. The HPLC, assay shows the purity ranging 99.95 to 102.27% for ointment formulation. The mean percentage purity is 101.11%. The chromatographic retention time of Clobetasol propionate was found to be 5.12 minutes. The statistical analysis shows the method accuracy. Various forced degradation studies was conducted on Clobetasol propionate ointment to examine the stability of the drug. The developed method validated according to the ICH guidelines.


Safflower seeds which contains large amounts of conjugated linoleic acid and glyceride, are known to have effect on osteoporosis, bone fracture, and cholesterol metabolism. In this study, the 13-week repeated oral dose toxicity study of Safflower seeds was performed using F344 rats. In 14-day repeated dose study to determine the adequate dosage of safflower seeds administration, no other important changes were observed except statistically significant decreases in the mean absolute weights of the liver and the mean liver weight relative to body weight. It was dose-related finding at groups higher than 0.015 g/㎏ body weight (B.W.) in males and 0.045 g/㎏ B.W. in females. Based on preliminary test, safflower seeds was orally administered five times per week, weekday only to 5 groups of 6-week-old 10 male and 10 female F344 rats at dosage levels of 0.003, 0.016, 0.08, 0.4 and 2 g/㎏/day. The control group, also consisting of 10 males and 10 females, received the vehicle, 1% methylcellulose (MC), on a comparable regimen. One male and a female in the 0.4 g/㎏/day group, and a female in the 2 g/㎏/day group were found dead but the death could not be related to test article toxicity. No test article-related effect was observed on clinical signs and water consumption. For the 2 g/㎏/day males, there were significant decrease in body weight changes and food consumption from 10th week to study termination. The statistically significant decreases in the mean absolute weights of liver and the mean liver weight relative to body weight of the 0.003, 0.016 and 2 g/㎏/day group males and 0.003, 0.016 and 0.08 g/㎏/day females showed no dose related pattern and considered not to be test article related. There were no dose-related changes in hematology, biochemistry parameters, sperm morphology and vaginal cytology of all animals treated with safflower seeds. Gross and histopathological findings revealed no evidence of specific toxicity related to safflower seeds. These results suggest that no-observed adverse-effect level (NOAEL) of the test substance was considered to be 2 g/㎏/day for male and female rats under the conditions in this study.


In this paper, we investigate a three-dimensional (3D) positioning algorithm for a millimeter wave (mmWave) system, where the reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RIS) are leveraged to enhance the positioning performance of mobile users (MUs). We propose a two-stage weight least square (TSWLS) algorithm to obtain the closed-form solution of the MU's position. In the first stage, we construct the pseudolinear equations based on the angle of arrival (AOA) and the time difference of arrival (TDOA) estimation at the RISs, then we obtain a preliminary estimation by solving these equations using the iterative weight least square (WLS) method. Based on the preliminary estimation in the first stage, a new set of pseudolinear equations are obtained, and a finer estimation is obtained by solving the equations using the WLS method in the second stage. By combining the estimation of both stages, the final estimation of the MU's position is obtained. Further, we study the theoretical bias of the proposed algorithm by considering the estimation error in both stages. Simulation results demonstrate the superiority of the proposed positioning algorithm. Furthermore, it is also shown that the proposed algorithm still have good positioning performance with low SNR.


Selectivity of benzo�12�crown�4 (Bz12C4) to bind a Zn2+ cation was analyzed
based on computational chemistry calculations using Post�SCF/MP2 method using
LanL2MB as a basis set. The substituent effects of �CH=CH2, �OH, �COOH, and �Br on
Bz12C4, interaction between substituted Bz12C4 with Zn2+ cation, and interaction
between [Zn2+. Bz12C4] complexes with water were evaluated using computational
chemistry calculations. The structure of crown ether, crown ether�cation complex,
and crown ether�cation complexes in the microsolvation system has been optimized.
Interaction of the crown ether�cation and microsolvation system was discussed in
term of the structure parameter of crown ether, atomic charges, and energy
interaction.
Selectivity of the crown ether to bind cation depends on the compatibility of
the diameter cation of cation and cavity of crown ether. Any substituent on the
benzene in crown ether which supports the symmetrical form of the crown ethermetal
cation complexes would increase the selectivity of the crown ether to bind the
cation. The electron donating groups would increase the capability of crown ether to
bind cation by means of induction effect, while electron withdrawing groups reduce
the ability of crown ether to bind cation. There was just one addition of water
molecule that can be used to modeling in the microsolvation system. The MP2
method gave [Zn2+.Bz12C4] complexes unplanar conformation between Zn2+ and
the oxygens on the 12C4.


sure that K. treats them in consistent fashion throughout. There are no indices of any kind, and when K. promises a later treatment of some particularly difficult question or refers back to points allegedly established, it is often without page references to help the reader check the demonstration. This does not mean that K. does not provide demonstrations, much less that he is wrong; it only means that his book reads very slowly and is hampered in its task of imparting conviction. Nonetheless, this reviewer found the literary analysis of Ar. 1-2 persuasive in the end. The shifts from caustic description of what are alleged to be Arian positions, to reproaches directed at the heretics, to firstperson-plural expositions of what Athanasius knows that he and his Church believe do seem to function as K. suggests. That there was a stage of the work in which Athanasius' target was Arianism expressed orally and another stage at which written documentation became more significant seems very plausible. On the other hand, the contrast which K. wishes to draw between a supposed chronological, salvation-history approach which characterized Athanasius himself and a timeless, metaphysical concentration on the divine unity in Ar. 3 is more impressionistic and not fully convincing. The author of Ar. 3 argues in extended fashion against his opponents' metaphysical reading of scriptural texts, and in some of the very passages adduced by K. in favor of his theory there is salvation-history language reminiscent of Ar. 1-2 which K. overlooks. He may be right about the difference in authorship, but the evidence will have to come from a more exact and sympathetic reading of Ar. 3 and from the lexical studies which K. admits (351) are lacking. One may wish also to see if the scriptural texts themselves do not demand a more metaphysical approach, and if ep. Serap. uses similar arguments for the divinity of the Spirit. Misprints exceed two dozen, and there are blocks of text misplaced: the latter part of 25 belongs on 29; the end of 95 has been lost and 96 begins with a doublet of several lines; a note is missing on 115; and one of K.'s glosses is printed as part of a quotation on 330, displacing some words of text. K. translates much of Ar. in the course of this book, giving us a preview no doubt of his forthcoming edition in Sources chrétiennes.


In order to study the mechanism of the second harmonic generation (SHG) effect in borophosphates, two large ultraviolet nonlinear optical crystals, SrBPO5 and BaBPO5, have been successfully obtained using a top-seeded solution growth method. Optical and thermal properties have been measured, and SrBPO5 and BaBPO5 are shown to display large experimental gaps (6.44 eV and 6.14 eV, respectively) and moderate SHG coefficients (0.57 and 0.43 times that of KH2PO4). More importantly, based on a further understanding of the relationship between nonlinear optical properties and crystal structure within density functional theory (DFT), we have demonstrated that BO4 groups and metal cations play an essential role in the SHG effect of SrBPO5 and BaBPO5, but not PO4 groups as anticipated. Indeed, PO4 groups play a counteractive role in BaBPO5 due to the indirect influence of metal cations.


Efficient conversion of furfural to valuable chemicals is attracting attention because it is one of the bulk feedstocks in biomass refinery.


This memo examines some of the issues associated with the current management practices of the Internet IPv4 address space, and examines the potential outcomes of these practices as the unallocated address pool shrinks in size. Possible modifications to the management practices are examined, and potential outcomes considered. Some general conclusions are drawn, and the relevance of these conclusions to the matter of formulation of address management policies for IPv6 are noted.


W ith the recent publication of The Jung–White Letters (2007), which was the first volume of the Philemon Series that is continuing the publication of C. G. Jung's writings, it is appropriate to write a little on this new source of psychotherapeutic writing. In London over the weekend of May 27–28, 2006, the Philemon Foundation presented a seminar to its donors on its forthcoming publication of new books by Jung. Given the importance of this event for the Jungian community, the C. G. Jung Analytical Psychology Club sent along an observer. The foundation1 is a nonprofit institution established in 2003 for the purpose of preparing for publication all of Jung's work in English and German after the Bollingen Foundation stopped printing new works. For this endeavor the Philemon Foundation has the advantage of the support and contractual collaboration of the heirs of C. G. Jung.2 The purpose of the 2-day seminar was to brief sponsors on what had been achieved so far as well as to provide a welcome opportunity for those sponsors, scholars, and analysts present to make contact with those at the forefront of primary research into Jung's work. One of the humbling surprises of the weekend was the number of American donors who had made long journeys to support the meeting, and as the seminar unfolded it became apparent why the work merited such support. The day began with an address by the president of the Philemon Foundation, Dr. Stephen Martin, a Zurich-trained analyst and former editor of Quadrant, who has been the driving engine of the foundation's organization. After the introduction, Dr. Sonu Shamdasani, Reader in Jung History at the Welcome Institute and the general editor of the Philemon Foundation, began to explain the context of the foundation's work. He described the erratic evolution of the Collected Works and how much material had


The aim of our study was to induce changes in the plasma elimination half‐life (t1/2 elim), rate and extent of urinary excretion, and biodistribution of a model macromolecule, poly‐l‐lysine, in rats following complexation with heparin. Male Sprague‐Dawley rats were dosed intravenously with either unfractionated [3H]heparin, FITC‐labelled poly‐l‐lysine, or an [3H]heparin:FITC‐labelled poly‐l‐lysine complex. Serum and blood concentration vs time and urinary excretion profiles were determined as well as the resulting patterns of biodistribution to liver, spleen, kidney, and muscle tissue. While the mean values for the total body clearance of poly‐l‐lysine and the complex were not significantly different, the volume of distribution and the half‐life associated with elimination from the serum were increased greater than 2‐fold for the complex compared with free poly‐l‐lysine. The rate and extent of elimination in the urine followed the relative rank order; heparin >poly‐l‐lysine> heparin:poly‐l‐lysine complex. Thirty minutes following intravenous administration, there was significantly more tissue deposition/uptake of the complex in the liver, kidney, and muscle, but not the spleen, when compared with poly‐l‐lysine administered alone. Complexation of heparin to poly‐l‐lysine effectively increased the fraction of an administered dose of poly‐l‐lysine that was deposited in liver, kidney, and muscle tissue. Due to the macromolecular complex being nontoxic and uncharged, potentially it might serve as a suitable carrier for both conventional and peptidic drugs to increase drug distribution to liver, kidney, or muscle tissue.


Between December 2013 and February 2014, an extreme storm surge, a series of intense storms, and the cumulative effects of heavy and persistent rainfall caused widespread flooding throughout the UK, prompting renewed public and scientific debates on who, or what, might be to blame. The public divided fairly evenly into two diametrically opposed groups, the first blaming the government (who initially responded by trying to shift blame to their expert advisors), attributing the mounting flood losses and prolonged misery to lack of investment in flood defences and river dredging. The second group blamed farmers for over-intensive agriculture in upstream catchments, inappropriate development in floodplains, and poor judgement on the part of the victims in choosing to live, work or farm in areas vulnerable to inundation. The floods resulted from a protracted sequence of deep, Atlantic depressions that followed a more southerly track than usual due to the position and configuration of the planetary jet stream. This prompted a second, no less polarised, scientific debate concerning whether the meteorological characteristics of the floods provided evidence that climate change has started to influence not only the probability of UK flooding, but also its nature, spatial distribution and duration. Both debates are intrinsically geographical, and this commentary sets out how understanding the geographies of flooding can help frame and inform them. This is addressed through consideration of these geographies, characterised as physical, rural, urban, social, economic and political. While an individual event (or even a sequence clustered of floods) cannot alone prove anything, the winter floods reinforce the conclusions of the Government's Flood Foresight study, which was commissioned in response to the 2000 (Millennium) Floods and updated following nationwide floods in summer 2007.


Full finite-range calculations, including recoil effects exactly, have been performed for single-proton-transfer reactions on $^{62}\mathrm{Ni}$. Projectiles of $^{16}\mathrm{O}$ and $^{12}\mathrm{C}$ are considered. It is found that the ratios of cross sections leading to the ground and first excited states in $^{63}\mathrm{Cu}$ are in good agreement with experiment. This is not true when recoil is neglected.


The invention relates to a method for producing an at least partially profiled, fiber-reinforced plastic profile, comprising the following process steps: - providing a plurality of first reinforcing fibers, preferably long and / or continuous fibers, - feeding the first reinforcing fibers of a unit for combining the first reinforcing fibers to produce a uni-, bi- or tridirectional fiber bundle, - feeding the fiber bundle unit for impregnating the fiber bundle with a first plastics matrix, - feeding the impregnated fiber bundle unit for at least partially forming or a unit for at least partial shape and for at least partial or complete curing of the first plastic matrix to generate a fiber reinforced plastic base body, in particular under heat, - providing second reinforcing fibers to at least partially applied to the fiber reinforced plastic base body, - feeding said provided with the second reinforcing fiber fiber-reinforced plastic base body of a unit for at least partially fiber-reinforced profiling and / or shaping to produce an at least partially profiled, fiber-reinforced plastic strand, especially under pressure, - trimming of the at least partially profiled, fiber-reinforced plastic strand for generating an at least partially profiled, fiber-reinforced plastic profile. Further, the invention relates to a profiled, fiber-reinforced plastic profile comprising a uni-, bi- or tridirektional fiber-reinforced plastics main body with a connected fiber reinforced profiling as well as a corresponding use.


Purpose – Curriculum design is often a challenge. It is particularly so when the subject is sustainability, which is an aspirational but contested concept, draws on a range of disciplinary insights and is relatively new to university curricula. There is no single "right way", or even agreement across the disciplines that inform the collective enterprise about general approaches to sustainability curricula. The likely content is ill‐defined and spans departmental units and budget areas in most traditional universities. Like other societal and institutional attempts at realising sustainability, curriculum design for sustainability is beset by difficulty, yet an essential intellectual activity. This paper aims to focus on these issues.Design/methodology/approach – The paper compares actual curriculum development processes for "sustainability" in two very different Australian universities, as studied using participant observation and qualitative interviews.Findings – The paper draws out some of the common cha...


Exposure to higher air pollution levels and greater population density during the early months of life may be associated with an increase in children's body mass index (BMI). By contrast, living in areas with greater exposure to green space and a more favorable land use mix (a measure of the variety of building types and services in an area) could be associated with the opposite effect. These are two conclusions reached by a study undertaken by the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal), a center supported by the 'la Caixa' Foundation, in which data from nearly 80,000 children living in urban environments in Catalonia was, for the first time, analyzed to explore relationships between BMI growth trajectories and multiple urban exposures.


Ⅰ. INTRODUCTIONSince the diamond thin film on Si substrate was synthesized for the first time by Derjaguim et al., the research on diamond film, particularly that on its functional properties, has attracted more attention and has been developing quickly. Because of its excellent optical


Employing the econometric model of panel,this paper measures whether grain productivity can in-crease continuously based on 30 region of China panel data.Empirical analysis proves that technology,which most benefit to improve grain productivity,is continuously going down,meanwhile efficiency of both labor and fertilizer are getting lower.So,the most method of increasing grain productivity is not to misuse fertilizer,but to add the input of research in grain.


In communication we often find that every speech always involves to feeling.
Because sometime every individual does not realize that his or her speech can inflict
other such occures among staff of SMA Muhammadiyah 4 Andong. Every individual has
own characteristic in communication. As communication which is done by principal, vice
principal of curriculum, vice principal of student consultant, teacher, and administration
staff (TU), the speech as follow. After studyng the principal's speech toward description table, the result is that
90% of principal's speech is in the form of command, while 10% is persuading form. It
can be said that the realization of modesty by the principal of SMA Muhammadiyah 4 of
Andong is relatively low. Vice principal of curriculum's speech is relatively medium. It means that he uses
almost all form of speech, it can be command, asking, persuading and showing. It can be
calculated as follow; 40% command, 30% asking speech, 20% asking, and 20 % showing.
The speeches of teacher of SMA Muhammadiyah 4 of Andong is 90% persuading, while
10% is in the form of asking. In conclusion, the realization of teacher's speech of SMA
Muhammadiyah 4 of Andong is relatively high.
Administration staff (TU) speech is 90% in the form of persuading, and 10% is
questioning form. It can be pointed out that the realization of speech of administration
staff is relatively high. The speech of vice principal of curriculum and vice principal of
student consultant is realtively same. But vice principal of student consultant speech tends
to command comparated to vice principal of curriculum. It can be said that the realization
of modesty which is expressed by vice principal of student consultant is only 49%. In
conclusion, vice principal of student consultan's communication is not modest yet. It's
based on data reduction from the result of speeches which are expressed.


Objective
To evaluate the clinical effect of a heparin surface-modified acrylate intraocular lens (IOL).

Methods
Prospective bilateral randomized controlled study. Twenty age-related cataract patients (40 eyes) with the same bilateral nuclear hardness were enrolled. After phacoemulsification, one eye from each patient was randomly chosen for implantation with a heparin surface-modified acrylate IOL, as the trial group, and the other eye for implantation with a traditional IOL as the control group. One day preoperatively and 1 day, 1 week, 1 month, and 3 months postoperatively, routine examinations were performed, and the flare value was measured by a laser flare meter. Paired t test was used to analyze the between-groups difference in visual acuity and flare. Repeated measures analysis of variance was performed to analyze the difference at each time point.

Results
The average patient age (means±standard deviation) was 67.9±8.3 years old. The differences in the preoperative best corrected visual acuity, intraocular pressure, axial length, and corneal curvature were not statistically significant between the two groups. There was no significant difference in total phacoemulsification power (t=-0.37, P>0.05). At 1 day preoperatively, flare values in trial and control groups were not significant different (P>0.05). At postoperative day 1, trial eye flare values were lower than the control eye (P 0.05 each). Compared with the baseline, the flare value in the trial group was increased at 1 day (P<0.05), and recovered at 1 week. The flare value in control group was increased at 1 day and 1 week (P<0.05), and recovered at 1 month.

Conclusion
Compared with the traditional acrylate IOL, heparin surface-modified acrylate IOL effectively reduced the short-term inflammation in the anterior chamber after cataract surgery.

Key words:
Heparin surface-modified; Acrylate; Intraocular lens; Inflammation; Anterior chamber flare


Despite significant improvements in therapeutics, acute kidney injury (AKI) is still associated with high morbidity and mortality. One of the main reasons is delayed detection and initial therapy. There are some novel biomarkers which can help in dignostics of AKI. The most promising among them is neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin (NGAL). This article discusses the role of NGAL and means of its measurment in various clinical samples which cause AKI. It is important to validate sensitivity and specificy of these biomarkers in future clinical studies.


Modellers of plant canopy photosynthetic production make the assumption that there is no influence upon a leaf of the angle of incidence of parallel light it receives other than that arising from the geometrically reduced surface irradiance. This assumption was tested using attached leaves of Sorghum almum. Gas exchange measurements indicated that at oblique angles of incidence there was a marked reduction (up to 50% at 70°) in net photosynthesis rate below that expected on the basis of the reduced leaf surface irradiance. This 'angle effect' was shown to be at least partially the result of increased leaf reflectivity at oblique angles of incidence of light. The inclusion of this effect in a canopy model indicated that the common assumption tested could lead to a maximum overestimation of daily canopy production by about 7%.


The effect of genistein, a natural soy isoflavone, on pharmacokinetics and intestinal toxicity, or late‐onset diarrhoea, of irinotecan hydrochloride (CPT‐11) was examined in rats.


A new innovation called wearable assistive robotics has the potential of assisting those with sensorimotor disabilities in doing routine tasks. A lot of research is done on soft robots because of its adaptability, deformability, and flexibility. In contrast to soft robots and rigid robots, face obstacles in control, calibration, and modelling because the properties of soft materials which result in complex behaviors due to hysteresis and non-linearity. The use of deep learning techniques in real-time poses additional challenges for researchers when it comes to accuracy and equipment cost. Recent research has used various deep learning algorithms to address these constraints. This paper gives deep insight and analysis of existing deep learning techniques in the area of assistive soft wearable robotics and classifies their applicability in various soft robotic applications. The current constraints in the study field, along with an analysis of various deep learning models with regard to various types of assistive soft wearable robot applications, are provided, followed by a description and implementation of the available deep learning techniques for assistive soft wearable robotics.


Marjolin's ulcers commonly arise on chronic wounds, irritated skin areas and have a potential to transform into squamous cell skin cancer (SCC). These lesions have a poor prognosis and differentiation when transformed into squamous cell cancer. When transformed to squamous cell cancer this malignant skin tumor can cause recurrent metastasis and death. This condition had shows a variety of curative treatment modality. Amputation can be a surgical treatment in cases that have positive lymph node and bone invasion. Herein, we present two cases with skin squamous cell cancer involving the left cubital area and posterior thigh arising from the burn scar leading to extremity amputation.


A procedure was developed to use solder technology in the assembly of a single-crystal quartz accelerometer. 87.5Au-12.5Ge (wt. %) solder films 0.5X lop6, 1.0X10-6, and 2.0X m thick were formed by the electron beam deposition of individual layers of Au and Ge with thicknesses so that the bulk film composition equals the eutectic composition. Interdiffusion of the Au and Ge formed the solder; thermal-physical measurements showed the multilayer films to behave similarly to bulk 87.5Au-12.5Ge solder in process thermal cycles. The 2.0X m thick quartz/Au-Ge/ quartz bonds had an adhesive tensile strength of 17 f 2 MPa. The strength increased to 29 f 3 MPa and 27 f 12 MPa after thermal shock and thermal cycle exposures, respectively. The 1.OX m thick bonds exhibited strengths of 16 k 3 MPa, 16 MPa, and 15 f 8 MPa in the as-fabricated, post-thermal shock, and post-thermal cycled samples, respectively. The 0.5 x m joints produced a large degree of scatter in the strength values. Accelerometers assembled with the 2.0X10-6 m thick joints demonstrated a significant improvement in temperature performance as opposed to units fabricated with a polyimide adhesive.


In situ ellipsometric film thickness measurements, FT-IR external reflectance spectroscopy, and potentiometric measurements indicated that the amphiphile pentamidine (PAM), a bisbenzamidine, associated by self-assembly with a preformed self-assembled monolayer of a mercaptoalkanoic acid on gold. The structural properties of PAM and the nature of the substrate were ideal for the formation of a densely packed monolayer. This process was fully reversible, as demonstrated by changing the pH of the surrounding medium. Thus, disassembly−reassembly occurred when the pH was cycled between 8.7 and 3. The bilayer structure, featuring a positively charged amidinium surface, was subsequently used for selective adsorption of phosphate biomolecules. Thus, selective binding of adenosine and inositol phosphates (Ka = 5 × 104 M-1 for ATP) to the surface, as well as strong binding of DNA−oligonucleotides, was monitored by in situ ellipsometry. This system suggests a new approach to chemical sensing, based on the reversible...


THE CRISIS OF AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY Wilsonianism in the Twenty-first Century G. John Ikenberry, Thomas J. Knock, Anne-Marie Slaughter, and Tony Smith Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2009. 157PP, US$24.95 cloth ISBN 978-0-691-1396-2Speaking before the United Nations general assembly on 22 September 2009, American President Barack Obama recognized that he took office "at a time when many around the world had come to view America with skepticism and distrust." "Part of this," he said, "was due to opposition to specific policies, and a belief that on certain critical issues, America has acted unilaterally, without regard for the interests of others. And this has fed an almost reflexive anti- Americanism." Determined to change those "specific policies," Obama has pledged to open a new era of multilateral cooperation. In fact, he stressed that "we've also re-engaged the United Nations. We have paid our bills. We have joined the Human Rights Council. We have signed the Convention of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.. .and we address our priorities here, in this institution - for instance, through the Security Council meeting that I will chair tomorrow." Moreover, given the contested attempt to export democracy to Afghanistan, Iraq, and the Middle East more broadly, Obama adamantly affirmed that "democracy cannot be imposed on any nation from the outside." The contrast with George W Bush's administration is obvious. Obama differs with Bush not only in his approach to the management of international issues, preferring multilateralism over his predecessor's unilateralism. He also advances an alternative vision of American internationalism. Whereas Bush espoused what might be called "imperial internationalism," Obama champions "liberal internationalism."The book under review is a formidable contribution to the understanding of the differences between these two internationalisms. It tackles a crucial question: was Bush's foreign policy consistent with the main features of the Wilsonian tradition or was it a deviation from it? If the answer is the former, then the bloody failure of Bush's foreign policy implies the demise of the liberal internationalism that Woodrow Wilson elaborated and practiced during the difficult years of the First World War and its immediate aftermath. If the latter, Bush's failure not only leaves Wilsonianism unscathed, but also creates an opportunity for its revival. The debate is not academic in nature at all. As Thomas J. Knock argues in his informative chapter, Wilson may be considered the founder of American internationalism. Wilson's predecessors had brought America to the world stage, but Wilson aimed radically to transform the basic institutional structure of the international system. Notwithstanding the domestic debacle over the League of Nations, his legacy inspired Franklin Roosevelt's proposal to create a multilateral international system after the Second World War. That system was a departure from the centuries-long tradition of great power politics, whose survival depended on the maintenance of the balance of power. When that balance tipped in one direction or another, war was the inevitable result.After 1945, thanks to American leadership, the balance of power system was superseded by a new rules-based international system centred on the UN. Although the Cold War froze the potential of the UN system to "constitutionalize" relations between states, the end of the Cold War offered an extraordinary opportunity to expand the Wilsonian system to encompass the entire world, not just the west. However, 9/11 and George W. Bush's administration radically changed the American approach. As G. John Ikenberry explains, Bush's international vision, as defined in the national security strategy of September 2002, was grounded in American exceptionalism. One of its core ideas was that it was up to America, not multilateral institutions, to make the world safe for democracy. In Bush's view, the multilateral system was either outdated or of secondary importance, and constrained the US's capacity to guarantee its own security and that of its allies. …


Several pharmaceutical drugs, such as alprazolam, ibuprofen, acetaminophen, activated carbon and others, and caffeine-containing foods were tested using terahertz (THz) time domain spectroscopy in the range from 0.3 to 2 THz. The dry powder of pharmaceutical drugs was mixed with HDPE and pressed into the pellets using hydraulic press. The coffee grounds were also pressed into the pellets after ball-milling and mixing with HDPE. The caffeine containing liquid foods were dried out on the paper strips of various stacking. Experiments allow one to determine characteristic spectral signatures of the investigated substances within THz range caused by active pharmaceutical ingredients, like in the case of caffeine, as well as supporting pharmaceutical ingredients. Spectroscopic THz imaging approach is considered as a possible option to identify packaged pharmaceutical drugs. The caffeine spectral features in the tested caffeine containing foods are difficult to observed due to the low caffeine concentration and complex caffeine chemical surrounding.


The report objectives were to document 1) a number of problems experienced with the simple beam diaphragm test; 2) present solutions found to be useful for one series of tests; and 3) make recommendations for revisions to EP-484, Diaphragm Design of Metal-Clad, Post-Frame Rectangular Buildings (ASAE, 1990). Three problems were identified: compression buckling of the rafters, failure of the fasteners at the center rafter when transferring the load into the test panel, and out-of-plane movement of the panel resulting from the applied load. In order to use smaller rafters for test purposes, it is recommended that rafters may be doubled and provisions be added to EP-484 to allow this practice. It was concluded that the problem of load transfer into the panel should be addressed in the next revision of EP-484. Screws added at the center rafter prevented failure when the purlins were on top of the rafter, and adding screws and shifting the seam (position relative to the center rafter) between sheets were necessary for the case of recessed purlins. Lastly, 1.78 kN (400 lb.) weights at six locations on the test panel were needed to prevent out-of-plane movement.


Progress has been made in laser speckle contrast imaging (LSCI) of microcirculatory blood flow for biology and medicine. However, the underlying reason for occurrence of movement artefacts (MA) that compromises effective use of LSCI remains largely unexplored. Here, employing a dual-camera setup for both speckle imaging and movement tracking, we validate our analytical model that is based on optical Doppler effect for predication of speckle contrast drop as a function of applied translational speed. We perform both motorized and handheld experiments where planar and scrambled wave illumination schemes have been examined. Experimental data points fairly match the theoretical predictions. These findings indicate that the vision-based movement detection during handheld LSCI is a preferable option. Moreover, the proposed analytical model is promising for further exploration of MA in order to realize a reliable handheld LSCI.


We propose an extension of the Hollenbeck, Beersma, and Schouten team context model to include a fourth dimension: virtuality—the distance between team members. Based on an analysis of 29 unique approaches to conceptualizing virtuality and a critical comparison of these approaches with the Hollenbeck et al. framework, we recommend that virtuality be measured, along with skill differentiation, authority differentiation, and temporal stability when conducting team research. We conclude that the addition of this redefined construct, virtuality, is warranted based on the following: (a) its uniqueness versus the other dimensions, (b) its impact on team outcomes, and (c) the moderating or interaction effects between virtuality and the other contextual dimensions.


Model-based development of systems, especially embedded systems, requires technology for transforming models. Implementing model transformation tools by hand is an error prone process, and even newer technologies, like XML transformation scripts (XSLT) are difficult to use and inefficient on large and complex models. Example GReAT Program GReAT is a graph-transformation based language that supports the high-level specification of complex model transformation programs. In this language, one describes the transformations as sequenced graph rewriting rules that operate on the input models and construct an output model. The rules specify complex rewriting operations in a concise, yet precise manner, in the form of a matching pattern and a subgraph to be created as the result of the application of the rule. The rules (1) always operate in a context: a specific subgraph of the input, and (2) are explicitly sequenced for efficient execution. The rules are specified visually using a graphical model builder tool.


A crosscorrelation method for pitch extraction from speech signals is proposed. The crosscorrelator has two inputs: the actual speech signal is fed to the first input and synthesised voiced speech signals with different values of fundamental frequency are fed to the second input. The maximum crosscorrelator output indicates the estimated value of the fundamental frequency. The crosscorrelator method has been tested with real speech signals, and the results are discussed for clean and noisy speech signals.


This study is designed to determine the prevalence and drug sensitivity of bacteria isolated from wound infection in Kwara S tates H ospitals. The results obtained from Civil Service H os pitals , C enter Igbor o and State Specialist H ospital Alagbado show that Pseudomonas aeruginosa , Klebsiell a spp and S taphylococcus aureus ar e the most frequent isolates which sensitive to some antibiotic such as Gentamicin, Ciprofloxacin, C eftazidime etc. and they also resistant to some a ntibiotics such as Ampicillin, C hloramphencol etc. ( A.B. Opalekunde, Y.S. Adesiji,Y.D. Bukoye, Ajao, A.T. Prevalence And Drug Sensitivity Pattern Of Isolates From Wound Infection In Some Selected Hospitals In Kwara State, Nigeria . Rep Opinion 2014;6( 8 ): 55 - 59 ). (ISSN: 1553 - 9873). http://www.sciencepub.net/report .


OF THE honorary degrees which UCT has conferred in the last hundred years, many have been awarded to lawyers. Yet more LLDs (Honoris causa) have been conferred on those who have played a valuable role in society, often through participation in politics of all kinds. In December 2006, UCT was proud to honour four distinguished lawyers, all of whom have used the law both to emphasize its intimate relationship with justice and its capacity to bring people together through critical engagement with each other. 'Two of the honorary graduands, Justice Albie Sachs & Judge Dennis Davis, are alumni of the Faculty and very much household names in South Africa,' comments Professor Hugh Corder, Dean of Law. 'Justice Sachs suffered greatly from the effects of a car bomb placed by apartheid operatives in Maputo in 1988, but recovered sufficiently to play a leading role in the constitutional negotiations which led to the birth of a democratic South Africa in the early 1990s. He is renowned as a committed, creative, courageous and outspoken man of the law and the arts, as well as for being one of the first people appointed to the Constitutional Court in 1994.' 'Outstanding lecturer, researcher and commentator (writing a regular column in the Cape Times, with Gerald Gordon QC, during the states of emergency of the late 1980s), Davis writes prolifically across a broad spectrum of the law. As a judge he has delivered a number of groundbreaking judgments, while at the same time continuing to teach at both LLB and LLM levels at UCT, always after hours and without material reward. He is probably best known, however, to the general public for his pioneering use of television to bring the critical issues of law and justice into homes across the country.' 'Sir Bob Hepple QC is the honorary graduand with the least strong connection to UCT: indeed, he is a graduate of Wits! Bob Hepple, like Albie Sachs, went to the Bar after graduation, and took cases which placed him firmly on the left of the political spectrum. He went into exile in 1963, as a consequence of the Rivonia Trial, and followed an academic career in England. Since his unbanning in 1990, Hepple has had strong links with the faculty and his contributions have enriched the study of labour law not only at UCT but more broadly in South Africa'. 'The fourth honorary graduand is Reinhard Zimmermann who was appointed at the remarkably young age of 29 to succeed the legendary Professors Ben Beinart and JC de Wet as the W P Schreiner Professor of Roman and Comparative law. He left for Regensburg in 1988 but did not lose either his interest in South African law or his contacts with its lawyers, however, and has played host to successive generations of bright young graduates and established legal academics in pursuit of his passion, the harmonisation of the two great legal systems of the developed world, the civil law and the common law. The Law of Obligations: Roman Foundations of the Civilian Tradition, led to UCT conferring on him the LLD for distinguished published work.' 'It is entirely fitting that UCT should have honoured these four lawyers who have in common, not only their status at some time as an Honorary Professor of the Faculty of Law, but also distinguished careers in the pursuit of justice through the law,' said Corder. The oration at the ceremony was given by Emeritus Professor Francis Wilson and is reproduced in full on page 6. Law


A physicochemical model based on the modified classical heterogeneous nucleation theory was proposed to analyze the ice formation inside biological cells during freezing. According to this model, intracellular ice formation (IIF) may be catalyzed either by the plasma membrane via the effects of the external ice on the plasma membrane, called surface‐catalyzed nucleation (SCN), or by the intracellular particles, called volume‐catalyzed nucleation (VCN), depending on the freezing conditions. The model for IIF was coupled with the model describing the kinetics of water transport to predict the thermodynamic state of the cytoplasm.A method to estimate the nucleation frequency from the observed probability of nucleation was suggested. This method was based on the assumption that each cell has the same heteronucleating particles with identical properties to alter the nucleation kinetics in an identical way. This allowed the correlation of the experimental probability of IIF with the nucleation rate. It was sugg...


With the growing popularity of whole slide scanners, there is a high demand to develop computer aided diagnostic techniques for this new digitized pathology data. The ability to extract effective information from digital slides, which serve as fundamental representations of the prognostic data patterns or structures, provides promising opportunities to improve the accuracy of automatic disease diagnosis. The recent advances in computer vision have shown that Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs) can be used to analyze digitized pathology images providing more consistent and objective information to the pathologists. In this paper, to advance the progress in developing computer aided diagnosis systems for renal direct immunofluorescence test, we introduce a new benchmark dataset for Detecting Glomeruli on renal Direct Immunofluorescence (DGDI). To build the baselines, we investigate various CNN-based detectors on DGDI. Experiments demonstrate that DGDI well represents the challenges of renal direct immunofluorescence image analysis and encourages the progress in developing new approaches for understanding renal disease.


A new simple efficient calcium ion selective electrode has been prepared using simple ester. A heterogeneous precipitate has been used as ion carriers for the preparation of Ca (II) selective membrane sensor. The sensor exhibits a near Nernstian response for Ca(II) ion over a concentration range of 1.0 x 10 -4 M to 1.0x10 -1 M. The proposed sensors revealed relatively good selectively and high sensitivity for Ca(II)over a mono and divalent cations and anions . It can be used within the pH range of 3.42 to 6.24. The effect of medium and the selectivity coefficient values were evaluated using fixed interference method found to give a better response. It was also successfully used in the analysis of concentration of calcium in various real samples.


Abstract : A 2 millimeter wavelength gas parametric amplifier using DCN15 as the active medium has been constructed and tested. Operating at room temperature, it has a measured noise figure of 25 dB. The difference between the measured value and the theoretical noise figure of 8 dB is attributed to the klystron oscillator that 'pumps' the medium. An analysis of the effect upon the amplifier's noise output of by slow but large random phase fluctuations of the pump field is presented, as well as circuits to cancel this effect. In preliminary tests 8 dB of cancellation has been achieved. (Author)