In this work the development of a dynamic 2-dimensional Methyl-Methacrylate polymerization mathematical model able to predict conversion rates, polymer temperature and molecular weight distributions is addressed. The polymerization process is carried out in a sheet reactor that is heated by forced circulating air. The conduction heat transfer part of the model is casted in terms of a 2dimensional partial differential equation which is discretized using the numerical method of lines. The resulting set of ordinary differential equations, representing heat, mass and polymerization kinetic, are then solved by standard ODE solvers. A comparison of the model prediction capabilities against experimental data is also presented.


Objective:To explore the 'hoodwinks nature'of dampness evil by detecting the expression of TCRVβ subfamilies in peripheral blood mononuclear cell of chronic hepatitis B ( CHB) patients with dampness syndrome and healthy people by F-Q PCR technique. Method:Three patients with dampness syndrome and one healthy person were included,Three patients with dampness syndrome were treated by clearing dampness method (modified Huopuxialing decotion). The symptoms,signs and TCRVβ subfamilies expresssion were determined before and after being treated. Result:The liver function of three CHB patients with dampness syndrome recovered to normal levels after treatment,and the symptoms were improved in the same time. The levels of TCRVβ1,TCRVβ6. 1,TCRVβ7,TCRVβ8 were increased while the levels of TCRVβ12,TCRVβ14 were decreased after treatment. Conclusion:The expression quantities of TCRVβ subfamilies of CHB patients with dampness syndrome were disordered,and the expression quantities of these subfamilies could be adjusted to a certain extent after clearing dampness treatment,which hinted that the abnormal expression of TCRVβ subfamilies'might be the cause of decreased immunity of CHB patients with dampness syndrome.


A dual-mode low pass sigma-delta (ΣΔ) modulator at clock rates respectively with cascaded integrators is presented for wireless sensor and communication applications. One of key features is that cascaded integrators with feedback as well as distributed input coupling (CIFB) topology erase a summation amplifier and reduce consumption by wake up receiver. In near feature is that only one set loop filter is designed by switching capacitors to achieve a dual-mode function and greatly optimized layout placement. The multi-charging proposal has built in near-infrared laser-driven (NIRLD) might be a promising wireless electrical power source. The proposed breathing analog to digital converter of modulator senses CO2 concentration detecting instruments on chipset. Oxygen generator will fast to support when sensor monitor and wireless send bio-signal to health cloud and big data.


In a wireless communication system in which a high power base station and the low power base station coordinated to control inter-cell interference, to appropriately control the downlink transmission power of a large power base station. The radio base station of the large power performs radio transmission to the user terminal using the same resources as the resources used by low power radio base stations located within the cell of the radio base station. Transmission power control section of the radio base station, the first resource with the first downlink transmission power, the second resource using a lower second downlink transmission power. Transmission power control unit, the number of user terminals and can execute interference rejection combining, the traffic of the downlink to the user terminal is capable of executing an interference rejection combining or interference rejection combining executable to allocated downlink depending on the number of resource blocks, adjusts the second downlink transmission power.


The 2024 ELECTION is a big event that involves many officers as event organizers, including PPK, PPS, and Pantarlih. Citizen data collection activities as prospective voters throughout Indonesia have various problems that are quite complicated, so there is a need for a system in the form of an application that helps simplify and expedite the data collection process. The application that is applied is E-Coklit. The e-Coklit application contains many opinions among users; for this reason,n it is necessary to analyze the perceptions of application users. This study aims to measure the acceptance of e-cockpit applications based on user perceptions based on the instruments used in the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM). The method used is a quantitative research method, based on the variables EOU (Ease of Use), UO (Usefullnes of Use), BIU (Behavioral Intention to Use), and ATU (Attitude toward using) as independent variables and ASU (Actual System of Use) is a variable dependent. Based on the results of the analysis test, it can be concluded that the use of the E-Coklit application for citizen data collection as prospective voters in the 2024 ELECTIONS fulfils the criteria because it can simplify and expedite officer activities so that they are more effective and efficient.


Abstract A method for the synthesis of oligotetramethylene oxides with terminal amino groups is presented. Its use as a hardener for urethane-containing oligomers has been demonstrated. The diamines were synthesized by a two-stage method based on oligotetramethylene oxide diol. The compounds can be used for the production of non-toxic, biocompatible and biodegradable segmented urethane-containing elastomers. The oligotetramethylene oxide diol with an average molecular mass of 1008 was chosen as a typical precursor component. Its dibromide was formed using a quasi-phosphonium reagent in various solvents. The corresponding amine was obtained by high-pressure amination. The compounds have been identified by 1H and 13C NMR spectroscopy, IR spectroscopy, and elemental analysis.


Virhtal and augmented environments have been applied primarily to visualization and entertainment in the past. They are now being explored for goal-directed human activities like surgery, training and collaborative work. For these applications, we are pursuing augmented environments where there are both physical ("real world") objects, and virtual (computer-generated) objects. These environments may be rendered through graphics, haptics, audio or even olfactory displays.


This article is a review of the Fourth Water-Reactor Safety-Research Information Meeting, sponsored by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's (NRC's) Division of Reactor Safety Research, held at the National Bureau of Standards, Gaithersburg, Md., Sept. 27 to 30, 1976. This meeting consisted of parallel technical presentations in the morning, followed by several smaller workshops or discussion sessions in the afternoon. The technical sessions were (1) Loss-of-Coolant Accident Studies, (2) Analysis Development Program, (3) Metallurgy and Materials Research Program, and (4) Fuel-Behavior Research Program. Summaries of the work in each of these four major areas are presented here. 13 references.


ABSTRACT :Recently, with developments in the automotive industry, sound and vibration damping have a considerableattraction with a diversified customer needs and advanced automobile. In general, among various materials, textile materials,such as felt and glass fibers, polyurethane foam, and PET fiber materials were used to reduce sound and vibration ofthe automobile. These materials were located in various main parts of the automobile to block sound and vibration, resultingin a comfortable ride. In addition, to improve fuel economy, weight reduction and cost saving for the automobile werealso being considered together as well as the reduction of sound and vibration of the automobile. Therefore, in this paper,we focused on the need of interior sound and vibration absorption materials in the automobile and absorption materials-relatedtechnologies. Keywords : automobile, comfortable ride, sound and vibration damping, absorption materials † 대표저자 E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com Ⅰ. 서 론 자동차에 있어서 차량의 흡/차음재 역할은 자동차 산업의 발전과 더불어 수요자의 요구가 다양화, 고급화됨에 따라 자동차의 성능 중에 가장 큰 현안으로 대두되고 있는 문제 중 하나이다. 즉, 차내의 안락감이나 쾌적, 정숙성 확보를 위해서는 엔진소음, 타이어 소음, 거리소음 등 차내외에서 발생하는 다양한 소음을 감소시킬 필요가 있다.


The present invention for imparting good bonding strength at the same time as the diffusion suppressing between relates to a hydrogen separation membrane, and a method of producing the porous substrate and the separation membrane of the palladium based metal. A hydrogen separation membrane according to the present invention is formed on the buffer layer, and a buffer layer of a ceramic material formed into a plurality of columns on a porous support of a metal or a ceramic material, a porous support, and comprises a metal of the palladium-based membrane to separate hydrogen. The buffer layer MO


Primary cutaneous lymphomas in children are rare and constitute a heterogeneous group in regard to histological subtype, clinical course and prognosis. Here, we present the clinical characteristics and outcomes of two children with primary cutaneous lymphoma with different histopathologic subtypes. They had been diagnosed as a skin abscess initially but had not responded to systemic antibiotherapy and dressing. After a biopsy and metastatic work up, one patient was diagnosed as primary cutaneous peripheral T-cell lymphoma, unspecified, and the other as primary cutaneous CD30 positive ALK negative anaplastic large cell lymphoma.


In this paper the nonparametric identification of state-space linear parameter-varying models with dynamic mapping between the scheduling signal and the model matrices is considered. Indeed, we are particularly interested on the problem of estimating a model using data generated from an LPV system with static dependence, which is however represented on a different state-basis from the one considered by the estimator.


The hatchability of eggs laid by D. simulans st and D. melanogaster Or-R-C in consecutive 12-hour periods was measured for the first seven days post eclosion in a replicated experiment where adult density at six levels, species frequency at two levels, and 32P tissue content at two levels were varied factorially. A similar experiment was done for D. simulans st and D. melanogaster yw. In both experiments, all unhatched eggs were classified as either dead or infertile. Least-squares analyses of variance on arcsine-transformed percentage data indicated that the three strains produced significantly different proportions of hatched, dead, and infertile eggs. Increased adult density significantly decreased the proportion of hatched eggs (and increased the proportion of dead eggs) for D. simulans st and D. melanogaster Or-R-C, but not for D. melanogaster yw. Effects of strain frequency were not significant for D. simulans st or D. melanogaster Or-R-C, but for D. melanogaster yw higher hatchability and lower proportions of infertile eggs were obtained in pure populations. Hatchability varied between periods; changes in hatchability being random (but significant) for D. melanogaster yw, and consistent (but not significant) for D. simulans st (a decrease in hatchability with time) and D. melanogaster Or-R-C (an increase with time). The competing strain of D. melanogaster did not influence the proportions of hatched, dead or infertile eggs from D. simulans st.


The invention relates to a composite component for a vehicle, comprising a core layer (10) made of a thermoplastic synthetic foam and at least one with the core layer (10) connected to the cover layer (12, 14) which are pressed together, wherein the composite component (in at least a first portion 20) on which plastic (40) is injection-molded, is compressed more than in at least one neighboring (to the first portion 20) the second portion (22), and a method for manufacturing such a composite component.


Anthracene-mono- and disulfonyl derivatives of polystyrene and poly (N-vinylcarbazole) have been prepared and the thermal stability, dielectric, and conductivity of these polymer pendant sulfones have been evaluated. The anthracene-based benzene, naphthalene, anthracene, and biphenyl copolysulfones have also been prepared and characterized in regard to the above-cited properties. Interesting variations in these properties between these two classes of polymers carrying pendant and backbone sulfonyl groups have been noted and rationalised from structural considerations.


Feng Menglong putting forward setting up feeling religion means creating a kinol of religion taking feeling as religious doctrine. Feeling that he spoke have three meanings, feeling between man and woman, all feelings in human being, the origin and the tie of all things in the world. Feng Menglong said that the literature was the expression of true feeling when he touched upon literature. This idea had meaning that cannot be ignored in the historical condition at that time, it also exerted positive influence to Feng Menglong's literature activity.


After years of colonization, oppression, and resistance, American Indians are making clear what they want from the heretofore compromised technology of writing. Rhetorical sovereignty, a people's control of its meaning, is found in sites legal, aesthetic, and pedagogical, and composition studies can both contribute to and learn from this work.


In this paper we propose Bayesian Gaussian Background Model (BGBM) for anomaly detection problem on hyperspectral images. BGBM is used in a local window for learning the background. BGBM gives better results than existing methods on real hyperspectral images in the estimation of covariance matrix in case of limited number of samples.


Background: T lymphocytes play a crucial role in the pathogenesis of inflammatory bowel disease. Achieving stable T-cell lines, rather than continuous bleeding of patients, is desirable in order to dissect their implication in the disease. Methods: Long-lasting T-cell lines from patients with Crohn disease and ulcerative colitis and from healthy volunteers have been obtained by transformation of T lymphocytes using the lymphotropic Herpesvirus saimiri. Lines were subjected to phenotypic and functional analyses, and the results compared with freshly isolated peripheral blood mononuclear cells. Results: Fresh cells revealed only minor differences between patients and controls, with regard to phenotype and proliferative capacity. In contrast, the use of T-cell lines showed that cells from Crohn disease patients, but not ulcerative colitis patients, over-responded to several membrane or cytoplasmic stimuli when compared to control T-cell lines. Thus, higher responses were found when stimulated with αCD3 and IL2, αCD3 and αCD28, IL2 alone, phorbol esters (PMA) and αCD3 and, finally, PMA and αCD2 (P < 0.05 in all instances). Further, lines from patients with Crohn disease responded more vigorously to αCD3 and αCD28 or αCD3 and PMA when compared to ulcerative colitis (P < 0.05 in both instances). Conclusions: The data obtained with these lines suggest that T cells from patients with Crohn disease differ in vivo in their proliferative capacity, as compared with those from ulcerative colitis patients, a finding that may reflect the clear Th-1 phenotype found in the former and absent in the latter.


An anchor integrated retaining wall and the construction method are provided to secure the long-term stability, to construct a retaining wall easily, and to couple a retaining wall and an anchor body stably. An anchor integrated retaining wall comprises an anchor support bracket(30) installed to anchor an anchor body(2) to the front of an H-pile(1) and attached with a C-shaped retaining wall bracket steel reinforcement(35) connected to a main reinforcement of a retaining wall, a retaining wall(8) provided with a retaining wall bracket projected to the rear side of a retaining wall to include the anchor support bracket, a retaining wall foundation(7) installed at the bottom of the retaining wall, and a rear plate(10) formed in a space except the retaining wall bracket between the retaining wall and the sheathing wall.


The studies of the generalized Einstein Lagrangian densities without torsion are extended to those of the more generalized Lagrangian densities with torsion. The properties of the more generalized Lagrangian densities are studied systematically and thoroughly. The dynamical laws of a gravitational system such as the gravitational field equations, the conservation laws of the energy-momentum tensor densities, the conservation laws of the spin densities and the equations of motion for test particle are all derived from the Lagrangian densities. The differences between the more generalized Lagrangian densities and the generalized Einstein Lagrangian densities are discussed.


This article explores Mary Robinson's use of the "legitimate" sonnet form as a means of establishing specifically poetic authority for women writers in general, but for herself in particular. Appropriating both the voices of Sappho and of Petrarch, Robinson portrays the passion that stifled Sappho's art, but simultaneously reclaims the female voice through the sonnet sequence itself. Redirecting attention from biographical readings of Robinson's work, the essay sets the cultural and literary contexts for Robinson's use of the sonnet sequence, and then provides a detailed reading of the work, demonstrating her use of male-dominated tradition in order to challenge and redefine that tradition.


This paper describes how Stone-Crete is one of the tools that make Concrete Bridges not only an element of transportation, but also a complete marriage of aesthetics and durability. The high cost of labor and material has made the use of genuine stone or rock in construction prohibitively expensive. As a result, relatively inexpensive polymers and concrete have become popular in the manufacture of artificial stones and rocks. However, the production of aesthetically appealing artificial stone is difficult, specifically related to the replication of real stone texture and color. Stone-Crete is an Architectural Concrete System that creates deep relief stones with a variety of available textures and colors. It is a system that produces a surface of cementitious material including a plurality of surface areas each produced by a form liner to simulate the appearance of natural stone or rock. The construction process involves, but is not limited to, attaching the Stone-Crete liners to forms. The liners are then set for a normal concrete wall pour and concrete is then poured between forms (either plain or integrally colored concrete can be used). Next, forms are stripped away and a final coloring process is applied to the concrete to produce a look of natural stone.


The author examines the effectiveness of how information gathered by sophisticated measuring trains monitoring infrastructure conditions with great precision is used and integrated into maintenance strategies. This new generation of measuring equipment can track the status of every aspect of infrastructure, from catenary and structures to track and formation. A growing body of thought, however, suggests it is not being used effectively. Issues including enhanced infrastructure maintenance through technology, erroneous data, and data interpretation, validation, analysis and correlation.


In Chapter 4, we described the fundamental characteristics of debt instruments and the wide range of such investment vehicles available in the market. In this chapter and the one to follow, we discuss the analytics used to evaluate bonds and assess their potential performance. Although we focus on bonds, the bond analytics described here apply equally to other debt instruments. There are special considerations in the case of residential mortgage-backed securities…


In today's global competitive economy, companies should create value for customer and create value for environment to protect their competitive strengths and/or obtain competitive advantages. Creation of value depends on developing strategic approaches like determining carbon emission level to consider environmental effects. Furthermore, the financial incentives and governmental pressures on companies to reduce their emissions force companies to change and optimize their internal and external processes in order to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions. In this paper, a carbon emission based facility location problem is discussed. A new hyrid method that aims to reduce the amount of CO2 emission in distribution network is presented. Fuzzy C-Means and Gustafson-Kessel algorithms are used to perform clustering analyses. This is followed by the selection of appropriate facility location through the minimization of CO2 emission levels resulting from transportation activities between the facilities and customers by using the emission based center of gravity method which is a new method developed from classical center of gravity method


The furnace process of pulverized coal boiler is a complex nonlinear process. Based on the fractal theory,taking a 1 000 MW Ultra Supercritical Units as an example,an R /S analysis is made of a large amount of furnace pressure sequence which is classified into 8 typical conditions,the Hurst index is computed,the relationship between the furnace pressure fluctuation and its Hurst index is analysed. These researches could provide useful guidance for the adjustment and optimization of boiler combustion.


A method for estimating the condition of gravel roads forms an important part of a management system which is intended to lead to effective maintenance activities. The Swedish National Road Administration makes use of a method abbreviated VVMB 106 for rating gravel roads. The method considers roughness, loose gravel and dust. Roughness is rated as a single variable, including potholes, crossfall, corrugations and rutting. On the other hand, loose gravel and dust are rated separately and then combined as a single variable termed aboratorybinding abilitylanning. Representative 100 m long sections of the gravel road network are randomly selected for the actual measurement of distresses. The condition of each 100 m. section is rated as class 1 (good), class 2 (acceptable), or class 3 (poor). The condition is considered satisfactory if the section belongs to class 1 or class 2 regarding roughness and binding ability; otherwise, it is judged unsatisfactory. The primary purpose of this thesis is to analyse VVMB 106 in order to determine its weaknesses and thereby develop a new and improved method. The thesis is based on a four-year research project and consists of five papers and appendixes. (A)


https://doi.org/10.1177/0019793919864557 ILR Review, 72(5), October 2019, pp. 1278 –1288 © The Author(s) 2019 Journal website: journals.sagepub.com/home/ilr Article reuse guidelines: sagepub.com/journals-permissions Dying for a Paycheck: How Modern Management Harms Employee Health and Company Performance— and What We Can Do About It. By Jeffrey Pfeffer. New York: HarperCollins/Harper Business, 2018. 272 pp. ISBN 9780062800923, $29.99 (hardcover).


The device (1) comprises at least one ball (2) air, an implantable chamber and a conduit (3) for connecting the balloon (2) and the implantable chamber in a sealed manner, the ball (2), this chamber and conduit (3) being filled with fluid; the pressure of the fluid is such that the ball (2) is normally inflated but can be compressed, temporarily keeping said implantable chamber pressure, for circulation of the fluid in said conduit (3). According to the invention, the device (1) further comprises: - a catheter (5) wherein the balloon (2) is adapted to be placed in the deflated state and wherein said ball and said conduit (3) are adapted to slide; - at least one anchoring member (6) to the pulmonary artery or a heart wall, connected to an actuating wire (7) slidable in the catheter (5), said anchoring member (6) being movable independently of the balloon (2), between a withdrawal position in the catheter (5) and an anchoring position in which it is out of the catheter (5) and makes the anchor, and -means (15-18) connecting said duct (3) and said actuating wire (7) to the catheter (5), allowing, in an active position, to block the sliding of the conduit (3) and the wire relative to the catheter (5) , and in an inactive position, to release this sliding.


Cervical Cancer (CC) is one of the most preoccupied cancers in the medical midst, particularly affecting the vulnerable category of women in undeveloped and developing countries due to lack of screening programs and sensitization campaigns. The cervical cancer does not reveal any symptoms during its growth until it reaches advanced stages where by a simple visual diagnosis it can be detected. However, it is too late to be healing; early stage detection cannot be picked up. Thereby, there is a need of precise and reliable diagnosis will help radiologists to give proper and effective treatment. This paper contributes toward an achievement of a cervical cancer detection system based on Deep Learning (DL) dealing with axial and sagittal T2-weighted MRI images to determine the pathological stage of the tumor. Deep learning has presented significant potential in medical image analysis that allows gaining more importance in computer-aided detection system. In this paper, eight deep-learning-based approaches applied to cervical cancer are studied and compared. The proposed pipeline based on two pre-trained Convolutional Neural Networks (CNN) for automatic cervical classification consists of two main steps: Data Augmentation and Transfer Learning. The Sensitivity, Specificity and Accuracy of the best classification model to differentiate malign cases from benign ones were 100%, 100% and 100% respectively, with an AUC of 1.


The data suggest the metabolic demand of adoptively transferred CAR T cells may drive a hypophosphatemia state that is associated with commonly observed neurological symptoms. This study may provide clinicians with a way to monitor for ICANS development.


The new generation of photon detectors for satellite based mm/submm and X-ray astronomical observations require cooling to temperatures in the range 60 to 300 mK. At present Adiabatic Demagnetization Refrigeration (ADR) is the best proposed technique for producing these temperatures in orbit due to its inherent simplicity and gravity independent operation. For the efficient utilization of an ADR it is important to realize long operational times at base temperature with short recycle times. These criteria are dependent on several parameters; the required operating temperature, the cryogen bath temperature, the amount of heat leakage to the paramagnetic salt, the volume and type of salt and the maximum obtainable magnetic field. For space application these parameters are restricted by the limitations imposed on the physical size, the mass, the available electrical power and the cooling power available. The design considerations required in order to match these parameters are described and test data from a working laboratory system is presented.


A diaryl-substituted polyacetylene, poly[1-(trimethylsilyl)phenyl-2-phenylacetylene] (PTMSDPA), provided nanoporous, honeycomb-structured network fibers by electrospinning the chloroform solution with about 1.6 wt % polymer. The PTMSDPA fibers formed a nanoporous, honeycomb-network structure. These fibers emitted an intense yellowish green light. The main axis of yellowish green emission in the fiber appeared to be perpendicular to the fiber axis. The polarization ratio (I⊥/I∥) in fluorescence (FL) attained a value of ∼4.7 and the FL peak band of the perpendicular axis (λmax = 548 nm) was slightly red-shifted by 9 nm compared to that of the parallel one (λmax = 539 nm). The ultrahigh Mw of 8.0 × 105 and the relatively high α value of 0.765 were responsible for the lyotropic liquid crystallinity of PTMSDPA. The weak charge separation within the repeat unit of PTMSDPA was assumed to be responsible for the unique optical anisotropy of strong emission perpendicular to the fiber axis.


Various reconstruction methods have been used to enhance the spatial resolution of scatterometer data. Most of the image reconstructions are two-dimensional problems, which combine multiple passes of overlapping data over the temporally homogeneous surface, and thus are only suitable for land and ice applications. This paper attempts to address the one-dimensional reconstruction to enhance the azimuth resolution of scatterometer data using a single pass of observations. Since the range resolution determined by the on-board dechirping technique is generally up to several hundred meters, the one-dimensional reconstruction is adequate for certain near real-time ocean applications, such as the development of coastal scatterometer winds. Three well-known reconstruction algorithms, including additive algebraic reconstruction technique (AART), multiplicative algebraic reconstruction technique (MART), and scatterometer image reconstruction (SIR), are evaluated. The spatial resolution and the reconstruction precision resolved by each algorithm are separately analyzed using the local impulse response and Monte Carlo methods. The dependence of the spatial resolution and the reconstruction precision on a variety of parameters, such as the mean backscatter coefficient and its variance, the beamwidth of spatial response function (SRF), and the SRF function type, is evaluated using a simulation framework. In particular, the tradeoff between the spatial resolution and the reconstruction precision is examined for three algorithms. The results show that SIR offers the quickest convergence and lowest noise.


In this paper we shall investigate the occurrence of almost-primes in arithmetic progressions and in short intervals. These problems correspond to two well-known conjectures concerning prime numbers. The first conjecture is that, if (l, k) = 1, there exists a prime p satisfying


Ever since the general structure of Ty elements was determined and partial sequence data were available, molecular biologists have commented on the similarities of Ty and retroviral proviruses. The logical consequence of these comparisons has been a long-standing expectation that Ty would transpose via an RNA intermediate which would act as a template for a reverse transcription reaction prior to integration of a newly synthesised doublestranded Ty DNA molecule at a new site. Recent data have shown that these early hypotheses were correct and that Ty has remarkable structural and functional similarities to retroviruses and other mobile elements, such as the copia-like sequences of Drosophila. However, as the analysis and comparisons are extended, it is becoming clear that the interrelationships of these various elements are complex. In this brief review we will restrict our comments to the relatively recent developments that shed light on the organization, expression strategies and functions of Ty elements.


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The invention belongs to the food field and especially relates to honey grape juice. The honey grape juice comprises following raw materials in parts by weight: 8-15 parts of honey, 20-30 parts of grape juice, 3-5 parts of rock candy, 1-3 parts of ginseng, 1-3 parts of radix astragali, 1-3 parts of Angelica sinensis, 1-3 parts of jujubes, 1-3 parts of wolfberries, 1-3 parts of longan, 1-3 parts of honeysuckle flowers and 1-3 parts of white peony roots. The preparation method of the honey grape juice comprises the following steps: adding water into the rock candy, the ginseng, the radix astragali, the Angelica sinensis, the jujubes, the honeysuckle flowers and the white peony roots and mixing the mixture, and then, carrying out boiling to obtain filtrate; adding the honey and the grape juice into the filtrate, and carrying out uniform stirring; and carrying out tinning and sterilizing and sealed refrigeration. The preparation method of the honey grape juice is simple; and the prepared honey grape juice is good in taste and rich in nutrition and has the functions of clearing heat and detoxifying and tonifying Qi and nourishing blood.


This study was carried out to investigate the toxicological effects of carbofuran on the histological and fine structures in the kidney, liver, and brain of rat and also to clarify compensatory effects of phenobarbital sodium (PB) and 3-methylcholanthrene(3-MC) on the carbofuran toxicity. SPF albino rats were treated with carbofuran(3.8mg/kg), PB(60mg/kg), 3-MC(60mg/kg), carbofuran+PB, carbofuran+3-MC and subjected to the light microscopic study. In the kidney of rat, hemorrhage and extremely atropic change of renal corpuscles were frequently observed at 48 hrs after carbofuran treatment. Combination treatment groups of carbofuran and PB or 3-MC showed atrophic changes were largely recovered at 6 hrs, and the tissue findings of the kidney became similar to those of control group at 48 hrs after treatment. In the liver of rat treated only carbofuran, the degenerative and necrotic changes of hepatic lobules were frequently observed at 48 hrs after carbofuran treatment. Combination treatment of carbofuran and PB or 3-MC showed the hepatic lobules were similar to those of control groups at 6 hrs after the combination treatment. In the brain of rat treated with carbofuran alone, degenerative changes and dilation of capillary vessel of cerebral cortexes were observed at 48hrs after treatment. Combination treatment of carbofuran and PB or carbofuran and 3-MC showed the cerebral cortexes were similar to those of control groups at 6 hrs after the treatment. These results suggest that PB and 3-MC could regenerate the toxicity of carbofuran to the tissue of kidney, liver and brain of rat.


1. IntroductionThe basic concepts of sufficiency economy will lead to self-reliance education that based on the principles of Thai life styles. By depending on the aim of this sufficiency economy, it will channel the Thai people for their holistic development. Therefore the implementation of the sufficiency economy should become guidelines for school management. This mentioned concept is known as 'The philosophy of sufficiency economy'. The ninth and tenth National Economic and Social Development Plans (2002-2011) have included the sufficiency economy which was granted by His Majesty the King since 1974 as guideline philosophy for governing and developing the country. Owing to the major emphasis is on 'moderation', applying the philosophy of sufficiency economy will lead the country to overcome the economic crisis and further stabling the system. Additionally, it will help to improve quality of the society with sustainability under the rapid changing of globalization. The people will become more considerate of economic well being, reasonableness and keep up to the changing world.One of the important components that complementing integrated management is the learning organization that focusing on team learning and the development of learning leadership. This team learning would encompass the transfer of knowledge as well as the exchange of experiences and skills among the personnel. Therefore it would lead to the continuity in organizational development that assists the organization being able to keep up the momentum to change and being competitiveness. The establishment of leaning organization will create the system for the personnel learn to work effectively and efficiently. At the moment the personnel being able to transfer their working experience into learning process and gain some understanding, their readiness to cope with the change will be established. This approach will provide the opportunities for the team grows by gaining the empowerment. This will motivate personnel to be initiative and innovative. Consequently, the philosophy of sufficiency economy will lead to strong and self-reliance organization when facing competitiveness situations (Senge, 1994).The main principle of the integrated management model is the benefits of the customers. The key factor that included specifically in the mentioned model is the leaders' management style. Therefore, the school leaders need to take the full responsibilities and play their specified roles to ensure that all the tasks can be achieved from the beginning stage until the end stage of accomplishment. In other word, they have to utilize their leadership skills, meaning to say that they must react fast, their actions are based on good information, thus they must have their own opinion, good team work complemented with the monitoring and evaluation teams. Under the integrated management model, strategic approach is employed along the administrative work. There are four key supporting factors that need to consider by the leaders in order to accomplish the task. The key supporting factors are update data for decision making, specify main strategies and sub-strategies, management with good governance and follow and evaluate in management work continuously (Thuan Thongkaew, 2010).2. Problem Statement:The current school management needs to be developed continuously under the assisting changing society and thus identify an appropriate model as reference. Due to the school as a prime teaching and learning organization under the administration of the school director, therefore the school leaders have to develop their capabilities in every aspect in order to successfully managing the schools in the rapid changing world whereby the changing situation are encompassing all aspects, namely materials, society and environment.At present, there are some problems specifically faced by the small school which have their students' enrollment below 120, reported by the Office of National Primary Education Commission (1996). …


:  Two different positions prevail in the recent discussion on the impact of education on economic growth: those who support a positive correlation between schooling and economic growth rates and those who claim that the impact of schooling on growth has been overstated. What is intriguing about this discussion is that both positions are based on theory and the results from empirical studies. We examine the long-term effects of increased school enrollment (and effective attendance) on economic growth in Tanzania using a dynamic computable general equilibrium (DCGE) model. We find that an increase in human capital formation in the long run leads only to a moderate increase of economic growth rates but to a substantial improvement of factor incomes to low-education households, while overall income effects are Pareto efficient.


Heart diseases can be considered as the most occurring long-lasting diseases in modern times. In this paper a standalone smart healthcare device is developed and implemented. The device can monitor the heart condition based on the measured electrocardiogram (ECG) signal and send/save updated report for the patient, doctor or health care center (HCC). This collected data is also processed and analyzed inside the device by using multi-layer perceptron to predict any abnormal behavior. In case of any abnormalities, the device will send an alarm to the patient, and also sort of data could be submitted through the cloud to the health care center. In case of an emergency, the system has the capability to send a call/SMS with location information to the emergency department for an action.


Drawing from the social crowding literature and life-history theory, this research examines the effect of social crowding on consumer risk taking. The results of two experimental studies and a correlational study show that the effect of crowding on risk taking depends on a non-intuitive individual-level moderator: childhood socioeconomic status. For individuals who originate from relatively poor early-life environments the experience of crowding leads to a significant increase in risk taking, in terms of rejecting a safe reward and gambling for a larger one. For individuals from relatively wealthy early-life backgrounds, however, the experience of crowding leads to lower levels of risk taking. The results of this research further indicate that people who grew up in relatively poor environments are less likely to take risk when they experience a moderate level of crowding than when they experience a low or a high level, thus pointing to a non-linear functional relationship. In summary, these findings contribute to a better understanding of consumers' reactions to social cues and elucidate the role of childhood socioeconomic status as a novel moderator for the effects of crowding.


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Abstract The rising incidence and optimization of management of nodular goiter and thyroid cancer are actual problems for many countries. In last decade radiofrequency ablation (RFA) is becoming more useful treatment option helping to avoid an overtreatment and surgical complications. This technique was developed in 2002 in South Korea and many European countries (Italy, Denmark, Spain, Germany, Austria) are offering RFA in special thyroid clinics. The first study of the effectiveness and feasibility of thyroid nodule RFA in the USA was conducted at Mayo Clinic in 2013, however number of patients and experience until now are very limited. Currently both monopolar and bipolar RFA techniques are used. To ablate small thyroid nodules (less than 2 cm in diameter), in 2017, in framework of american-belarusian clinical trial we started to use a new, originally developed, and patented, low-cost device for bipolar RFA - «Thyrablator». In comparison to a conventional monopolar electrode for RFA, Thyrablator, was designed as a sterile, disposable needle for the fine needle biopsy (20-gauge). It can be used with any type electrosurgical unit, operating in bipolar mode, attached to the generator with a removable connector and no need for a grounding pad. Thyrablator can also be used for drainage of cysts and for injection of liquids to enhance the ablative effect or for anesthetic instillation. Methodically ultrasound-guided percutaneous bipolar RFA was performed with local anesthesia, "moving-shot" technique, with the power of 3 to 5 Watt for duration of 30 to 60 seconds. It requires less time and power for successful ablation of nodes than stated in reports for monopolar electrode. An average reduction of nodule volume was approximately up to 60% after 3 months of follow-up. Conclusion. The first clinical trial showed a promising methodical approach of the new low-cost bipolar RFA device - Thyrablator. More studies are needed for active implementation bipolar RFA in clinical practice in the USA and training programs should begin preparing experienced interventional thyroidologists to treat patients, achieving good results and low complications rate. Unless otherwise noted, all abstracts presented at ENDO are embargoed until the date and time of presentation. For oral presentations, the abstracts are embargoed until the session begins. Abstracts presented at a news conference are embargoed until the date and time of the news conference. The Endocrine Society reserves the right to lift the embargo on specific abstracts that are selected for promotion prior to or during ENDO.


Filaments are ubiquitous structures in molecular clouds and play an important role in the mass assembly of stars. We present results of dynamical stability analyses for filaments in the infrared dark cloud G14.225−0.506, where a delayed onset of massive star formation was reported in the two hubs at the convergence of multiple filaments of parsec length. Full-synthesis imaging is performed with the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array to map the emission in two hub-filament systems with a spatial resolution of ∼0.034 pc. Kinematics are derived from a sophisticated spectral fitting algorithm that accounts for line blending, large optical depth, and multiple velocity components. We identify five velocity coherent filaments and derive their velocity gradients with principal component analysis. The mass accretion rates along the filaments are up to and are significant enough to affect the hub dynamics within one freefall time (∼105 yr). The filaments are in equilibrium with virial parameter αvir ∼ 1.2. We compare αvir measured in the filaments, filaments, 870 μm dense clumps, and 3 mm dense cores. The decreasing trend in αvir with decreasing spatial scales persists, suggesting an increasingly important role of gravity at small scales. Meanwhile, αvir also decreases with decreasing nonthermal motions. In combination with the absence of high-mass protostars and massive cores, our results are consistent with the global hierarchical collapse scenario.


Recent evidence shows that institutions figure prominently in explaining the 'Lucas paradox'. Using a threshold regression model, we extend this evidence to a situation where institutions index the relationship between foreign capital inflows and economic growth. We find strong and robust evidence that portfolio equity (including foreign direct investment) and debt inflows have positive effects on growth only in countries with high‐quality institutions. Countries that fall below the threshold level of institutional quality record either insignificant or negative effects. This paper provides a possible explanation on the so‐called Lucas paradox. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.


Occasioned by a principled disagreement with some of Wang Xi-jie's published viewpoints on rhetoric, this paper undertakes to clarify the meaning of key concepts and topics in rhetorical studies, such as rhetorical action, class and rhetoric, encoding/decoding, reception rhetoric, aesthetic dimension of language and speech, appropriateness, and effectiveness. These are terms as crucial to a general understanding of rhetoric as they remain contentious and confusing. Their clarification in this paper, though necessarily tentative, would help to provoke much-needed discussions among rhetoricians and to bring to a sharper focus many of the central issues in the field.


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The systemic importance of a financial institution is generally assessed by the effect on the banking system conditional on the bankruptcy of this financial institution and the creditworthiness of other financial institutions. This paper proposes a new systemic risk measure based on a multi-way analysis. The systemic risk is composed of two different components: the time and the crossdimension. The first refers to the accumulation of banking risk and their interaction with the business cycle, while the second concerns the high-level concentration of the specific risk on relevant financial institutions. Then, we have empirically evaluated and compared Marginal Expected Shortfall, SRISK measure, and CoVaR on the basis of a representative sample of Eurozone institutions listed on the stock exchange for the period from June 2005 to May 2018. Our results show how these estimation methods produce very different systemic risk classifications for the same bank. The results, therefore, highlight the fragility and structural dependence of these measures, which may not be used for the estimation of a stable rank. Applying a three-way factorial analysis, we show how our measure gives a more stable score. Moreover, our index is the first one to be composed of both the cross-section and the temporal components, essential elements for a proper assessment of systemic risk. Finally, Regulatory authorities usually claim that one of the main reasons for regulating financial markets is precisely to reduce systemic risk. Thus, only the central banks, in their role of lender of last resort, would be able to remedy it when it materializes. But in reality, the regulation leads to a uniformity of practices which greatly increases the systemic risk.


The design of a control storage system of 90 nsec access time and 200 nsec cycle time with permanently stored microinstructions is described. The storage medium used is the capacitive coupling between two groups of orthogonal conductors forming an information plane and a sense plane. There are 2816 words of 100 bits each, divided over two gates. The selection of an address line in the information plane is achieved through a transistor selection matrix. The output signal is sensed differentially at the mid-point of the sense line, which is matched at both ends. The sense amplifier output plus a "strobe" pulse set a latch for a portion of the cycle time and this provides the necessary inputs to the central processing unit. The major contributions to noise, such as sneak-path noise and select noise, are discussed and evaluated. The timing of the different pulses necessary to drive the array and the resulting outputs are explained and the marginal effects of time and amplitude variations are considered. Information can be changed off-line by replacing bit planes. Transcription of information in the bit planes is fully automated and can be speedily accomplished.


Concurrency and complexity are major obstacles to understanding application performance in high-performance systems. We advocate end-to-end event tracing as the correct way to expose performance information for both human and automated analysis. We describe its advantages over traditional performance counter data, and illustrate its uses in performance visualization, prediction for capacity planning, and anomaly detection. We conclude with a look at opportunities and challenges presented by a widespread deployment of end-to-end tracing.


Purpose. This review gives an overview of the current state of research regarding the effectiveness of mirror therapy in upper extremity function. Method. A systematic literature search was performed to identify studies concerning mirror therapy in upper extremity. The included journal articles were reviewed according to a structured diagram and the methodological quality was assessed. Results. Fifteen studies were identified and reviewed. Five different patient categories were studied: two studies focussed on mirror therapy after an amputation of the upper limb, five studies focussed on mirror therapy after stroke, five studies focussed on mirror therapy with complex regional pain syndrome type 1 (CRPS1) patients, one study on mirror therapy with complex regional pain syndrome type 2 (CRPS2) and two studies focussed on mirror therapy after hand surgery other than amputation. Conclusions. Most of the evidence for mirror therapy is from studies with weak methodological quality. The present review showed a trend that mirror therapy is effective in upper limb treatment of stroke patients and patients with CRPS, whereas the effectiveness in other patient groups has yet to be determined.


Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) has been exploring methods of maximizing coilgun electrical-to-kinetic energy transfer efficiency by optimizing the geometries of wire-wound drive coils and armatures. The optimum geometry of a coilgun is heavily dependent on the application, which may include unalterable variables, such as projectile design and weight, exit velocity, source power (voltage, capacitance, and so on), and physical size requirements. However, during the course of this effort, NSWCDD has theoretically observed and applied common design trends to all geometries, resulting in increased efficiencies. To date, NSWCDD has used the optimization design trends to design, build, and test a single-stage coilgun achieving an efficiency up to 12.18% with a stored energy of 5 kJ. This achieved efficiency is 150% greater than efficiencies presented in the literature at the respective stored energy.


It is very important for understanding the mesopause and lower thermosphere region to study the sodium layer. The atomic Na layer can be a tracer for the atmospheric dynamical process, such as, the tidal wave and gravity waves. Therefore, the observation of Na layer is one of the important method to study the dynamical process in the mesopause region. In this paper, we combine a time-dependent photochemical model, the International Reference Ionosphere model (IRI-95) and a photochemical model of sodium to develop a time-dependent sodium photochemical model. The diurnal variation of the sodium layer is studied by this model. The results indicate that there is no obvious diurnal variation near the peak of sodium layer. However, at upper and lower parts of the sodium layer, there are diurnal variations. The results are consistent with the observations.


Abstract To assess the efficacy and safety of maraviroc (MVC) administered once-daily in routine clinical practice. A retrospective multicenter study (27 centers in Spain) was conducted. Data were collected from the records of patients starting a regimen with MVC. Laboratory and clinical data were recorded every 3 months the first year and every 6 months thereafter. Data are presented as median and interquartile range. Among 667 patients treated with MVC, 142 (21.3%) received MVC once-daily: 108 (76.1%), 150 mg and 34 (23.9%), and 300 mg. Age was 47 (42–45) years, there were 76.1% men, and 81 (57%) patients had baseline HIV-RNA <50 copies/mL. Viral tropism was R5 in 118 (83.1%) patients. Reasons for prescribing MVC: salvage therapy (36.6%), drug toxicity (31.2%), simplification (16.9%), and immunodiscordant response (7.1%). Median follow-up was 13 (9–16) months. In 95.8%, a PI/r was part of the regimen (67% on dual therapy). At months 12 and 24, 73.3% and 68.2% of patients had HIV-RNA <50 copies/mL, respe...


As the first envoy abroad in modern China ,Guo Songtao made a complete investigation into the West society in all-round way in his tenure . Apart from that, he referred his investigation to the reality of China, thinking deeply about how Western ideology is related to the Chinese traditional culture in the following such as "Debate over the Issue whether China should learn from the West or not", the order of the significance, customs to achieve an unique and transcendent thoughts over China in the process of pursuing strength and prosperity.


The positive and negative energy solutions of the Dirac equation for a free electron are completely decoupled using the method of small components. It is shown that this separation is formally equivalent to that obtained with the Foldy-Wouthuysen transformation but that the separation is achieved much more economically with the method of small components. The method may also be used to relate operators in the relativistic and nonrelativistic representations.


Neural network is one of the independent control methods,which need not the given priori knowledge and diagnosis function.Neural network has a good adaptability to the changing environment(including disturbance and noise signal,etc).RBF neural network is a three layers feedforward network with one single hidden layer.The mapping from the input to the hidden layer is nonlinear and the mapping from the hidden layer to the output is linear.RBF neural network has a quick convergence rate,the uniqueness optimal approximation and will not fall into local minimum.Spiking neural network adopts time encoding to process data,which is more closed to the real biology nervous system.RBF neural network based on Spiking coding has a remarkable effect in forecast accuracy and error control.


Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the virus driving the ongoing coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, continues to rapidly evolve. Because of the limited efficacy of vaccination in prevention of SARS-CoV-2 transmission and continuous emergence of variants of concern (VOCs), orally bioavailable and broadly efficacious antiviral drugs are urgently needed. Previously, we showed that the parent nucleoside of remdesivir, GS-441524, has potent anti–SARS-CoV-2 activity. Here, we report that esterification of the 5′-hydroxyl moieties of GS-441524 markedly improved antiviral potency. This 5′-hydroxyl-isobutyryl prodrug, ATV006, demonstrated excellent oral bioavailability in rats and cynomolgus monkeys and exhibited potent antiviral efficacy against different SARS-CoV-2 VOCs in vitro and in three mouse models. Oral administration of ATV006 reduced viral loads and alleviated lung damage when administered prophylactically and therapeutically to K18-hACE2 mice challenged with the Delta variant of SARS-CoV-2. These data indicate that ATV006 represents a promising oral antiviral drug candidate for SARS-CoV-2. Description ATV006 is an orally bioavailable antiviral with efficacy against SARS-CoV-2 infection in preclinical models. An oral antiviral Antiviral therapeutics have become an essential component of the response to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, the antiviral treatment remdesivir requires intravenous administration, limiting its clinical utility. Here, Cao et al. developed 24 modified versions of the parent nucleoside of remdesivir, GS-441524, to identify a version with qualities favorable to oral administration. The authors found that one candidate, ATV006, was orally bioavailable. Further, ATV006 was effective at reducing viral load and disease severity in three preclinical models of SARS-CoV-2 infection. Together, these results support further development of ATV006 and other similar antiviral drug candidates.


Prostate cancer (CaP) metastasis to bone results in mixed osteolytic and osteoblastic lesions associated with high morbidity and there is mounting evidence that the urokinase-type plasminogen (uPA) system is causatively involved in the progression of CaP. Adult mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) are promising tools for cell-mediated gene therapy with the advantage of osteogenic potential, a critical issue in the case of osteolytic metastases. In this study, we evaluated the therapeutic use of engineered murine MSCs for in vivo delivery of the uPA antagonist amino-terminal fragment (hATF) in order to impair osteolytic CaP cells progression in bone and to repair bone lesions. Bioluminescence imaging (BLI) revealed that both primary MSCs (pMSCs) and MSC line C3H10T1/2 (C3) expressing hATF (MSC-hATF) inhibited significantly intra-tibial PC-3-Luc growth following co-injection in SCID mice. Furthermore, micro-computed tomography (microCT) imaging of vascular network clearly demonstrated a significant decrease of tumor-associated angiogenesis and a protection from tumor-induced osteolysis in MSC-hATF treated mice. Importantly, the osteogenic potential of MSC-hATF cells was unaffected and area of new bone formation was evidenced in 60% of animals. Altogether, these data support the concept of MSC-based therapy of tumor osteolysis disease, indicating that MSCs may combine properties of vehicle for angiostatic agent with osteogenic potential. ______________________________________________________________________________ Author contributions: V.F.: Conception and design, Collection and/or assembly of data, Data analysis and interpretation, Manuscript writing, Final approval of manuscript; D.N.: Conception and design, Collection and/or assembly of data, Data analysis and interpretation, Manuscript writing, Final approval of manuscript; C.Bouquet: Provision of study material or patients, Data analysis and interpretation, Manuscript writing, Final approval of manuscript; P.O.: Data analysis and interpretation, Final approval of manuscript; R.V.: Data analysis and interpretation, Final approval of manuscript; F.A.: Conception and design, Manuscript writing, Final approval of manuscript; P.L.-P.: Conception and design, Manuscript writing, Final approval of manuscript; C.Bouffi: Data analysis and interpretation, Final approval of manuscript; H.D.: Conception and design, Data analysis and interpretation, Manuscript writing, Final approval of manuscript; C.X.: Collection and/or assembly of data, Data analysis and interpretation, Manuscript writing, Final approval of manuscript; M.P.: Final approval of manuscript; R.M.: Conception and design, Data analysis and interpretation, Final approval of manuscript; E.S.: Conception and design, Manuscript writing, Final approval of manuscript; C.J.: Conception and design, Financial support, Data analysis and interpretation, Manuscript writing, Final approval of manuscript.


The methods of dividing assessment units of gas station are described, and the process flow is studied. It is considered that the occurrence of accidents in gas station contributes to the existence of hazards and the imperfection of control measures on the one hand, and also to the valid deviation and deviation transfer of system node parameters (such as flow rate, pressure and temperature ) of the process flow on the other hand. Considering the two aspects, the system is firstly divided into five parts, and a qualitative safety assessment is made on each part by use of the method of safety checklist. Then, the whole process flow is divided into six nodes, and a quantitative system safety analysis is respectively made on the valid deviations of each node by use of fuzzy HAZOP (hazard and operability study). Thereby, the semi-quantitative result is obtained and the whole system safety assessment of gas station is completed.


It is a significant problem in the south-west of Taiwan that the area of bald mudstones increases due to the poor condition of soil-physical and microclimate. The ground datum、mudstone spectral characteristics、spatial characteristics and so on are considered to discuss how to interpret the mudstone using remote sensing datum. To interpret the distribution of mudstone, it applies the methods of supervised classification and knowledge-based classification, and combines the GIS and GPS information to improve classification accuracy.


Abstract Soils and plants (grass and barley) were sampled in and around a lead (Pb)‐zinc (Zn) mine in the province of Soria (Spain), from sites including the mine dumps and nearby cultivated areas along two transects: N‐S and E‐W. Total metal contents in soils ranged widely from background levels to gross pollution, which decreased with distance from the mine source in different dispersion patterns along the two transects, mainly due to topography and geological structure. The distribution of metals in a soil profile revealed a relative accumulation of the total contents in the surface layer, which apparently did not depend on the other major chemical properties of the soil. The distribution of cadmium (Cd) among the different forms or speciation revealed that the greatest amounts were in exchangeable form. By contrast the highest amounts of Pb and Zn were found in the residual and oxide fractions. This different pattern may be a consequence of a lower input of Cd in soils than Zn and Pb. The Cd contents ...


Parents make choices that shape children's preferences and long-term outcomes. This paper presents the first experimental study of how parents make choices for their children in the domain of competition. A representative sample of more than 1600 Norwegian parents and adolescent children took part in an experiment where parents could choose if their child is to perform a task for a competitive or a noncompetitive pay scheme. The paper establishes a number of novel facts on parents' choices for children. First, parents choose more competition for boys than for girls. However, the gender gap in parents' choices is smaller than the gender gap in children's own choices. Second, two main mechanisms explain the gender gap in parents' choices: their beliefs about children's preferences and paternalistic behavior. Third, parents are more responsive to the ability for boys than girls, which implies that many high-ability girls do not enter into competition. Fourth, parent gender matters: fathers are more likely to enter their child into competition than mothers. Finally, children are unaware of the gender bias in parents' choices and believe that parents will make the same choices for boys and girls. The set of findings shed new light on the role of parents in determining children's long-term outcomes and on the intergenerational transmission of preferences. ∗Department of Economics, UC Berkeley. Email: firstname.lastname@example.com. I thank my exceptional advisors Ned Augenblick, Stefano DellaVigna, Shachar Kariv and Edward Miguel for their advice and encouragement. I am also grateful for comments at various stages from Sule Alan, Ingvild Alm̊as, Eric Avis, Björn Bartling, Tamas Batyi, Dan Benjamin, Kjetil Bjorvatn, Zarek Brot-Goldberg, Alexander W. Cappelen, Fred Finan, Judd Kessler, Nicholas Li, Ulrike Malmendier, Tom G. Meling, Don Moore, Muriel Niederle, Ingar Haaland, Johannes Hermle, Hans K. Hvide, Matthew Rabin, Gautam Rao, Henrik B. Reigstad, Al Roth, Chris Roth, Kjell G. Salvanes, Daniel Schunk, Øiving Schøyen, Avner Shlain, Erik Ø. Sørensen, Dmitry Taubinsky, Bertil Tungodden, Lise Vesterlund, Chris Walters, and many others, including audiences at UC Berkeley, SITE: Session in Experimental Economics,and Norwegian School of Economics. Benjamin Bjorvatn, Sigurd Berstad, Daniel Floknes, Oda Hemmer, Ada Hetland, Rune Ingebrethsen, Hanna I. Løyland, Fredrick T. Mortvedt, John Mukaya, Elin Nordheim, Nicholaas Ruan Jooste, Åsmund Røyset, Maria Seidel, Runa E. Solberg, Oda Tungodden, Thea Marie Øybø and in particular Julie Burn Bjørkheim, provided excellent research assistance. Funding for this project was given by Norges Bank, the Research Council of Norway, the Russell Sage Foundation and Xlab at UC Berkeley.


We present the algorithm for a fast calculation of the Kohn-Sham response function in a localized basis set. Examples of spectra are given and parallelization approach is outlined.


Zdenka Mansfeldova & Heiko Pleines (eds) Stuttgart: Ibidem Verlag, 2011, 311pp., €34.90 p/b The turbulence of institutional power is one of the most challenging and critical issues transitional soc...


4-Substituted coumarins were efficiently and rapidly synthesised via Pechmann condensation of phenols with ethyl acetoacetate catalyzed by P 2 O 5 /molecular sieves in satisfactory yields.


This Instruction Sheet is for testing of any combination of the following drugs: AMP/BAR/BZO/BUP/COC/THC/MTD/mAMP/MDMA/MOR/OPI/OXY/PCP/PPX/TCA/EDDP/6-ACM/COT /K2/KET/FEN/TRA/ETG/ALCO Including Adulterant Tests (Specimen Validity Tests) for: Oxidants (OX), Specific Gravity (S.G), pH, Creatinine (CRE), Nitrite (NIT) and Glutaraldehyde (GLU). A rapid, one step screening test for the simultaneous, qualitative detection of multiple drugs and drug metabolites in human urine.


An algorithm is reported for soft failure detection and estimation which has very modest computational requirements. Soft failures manifest themselves as deviations from the expected statistical behaviour of system inputs. The detection scheme utilizes only one Kalman filter and requires the implementation of a Wald Sequential Detector (WSD). The algorithm consists of applying the Sequential Probability Ratio Test (SPRT) to the nonwhite Kalman filter innovations for rapid failure detection. The Average Sample Number (ASN) is used for estimating failed parameters. Some computer simulation results are presented.


The process of teaching and learning activities (KBM) during the Covid-19 pandemic in schools cannot be done in the classroom, but along with technological developments it can be applied through online media. The use of e-learning using google classroom functioned as an online media with many benefits, so it is very suitable for its application in schools. The use of e-learning with google classroom is a means to complement class learning which aims to improve the competence of students. The application of this media is certainly very helpful for educators in providing material both in the form of assignments, discussions that can be carried out outside of classroom learning activities. The research conducted aims to measure the effectiveness and satisfaction level of educators in the implementation of learning through e-learning using google classroom which is applied in schools. The method of calculating the effectiveness of using the Likert scale is based on the respondent's data obtained from the questionnaire. The Importance Performance Analysis (IPA) method is used to measure the level of importance, and the Customer Satisfaction Index (CSI) is used to measure the level of satisfaction. The use of e-learning with googles is a means of learning in schools to get very effective results. The results of the calculations are obtained based on indicators of learning planning, making teaching materials, delivery, student interaction, and learning evaluation. The level of suitability and the level of user satisfaction gets a figure above 80%, so it means that the application of e-learning is very satisfactory.


Clinical vignette A 68-year-old man with Parkinson's disease (PD) had bilateral GPi DBS placed for management of his motor fluctuations. He developed stimulation-induced dyskinesia (SID) with left dorsal GPi stimulation. Clinical dilemma What do we know about SID in PD patients with GPi DBS? What are the potential strategies used to maximize the DBS therapeutic benefit and minimize the side effects of stimulation? Clinical solution Avoiding the contact implicated in SID and programming more ventral contacts, using lower voltage, frequency and pulse width and programming in bipolar configuration all appear to help minimize the SID and provide appropriate symptomatic motor control. Gap in knowledge Little is known about SID in patients with PD who had GPi DBS therapy. More studies using volume of tissue activated and diffusion tensor imaging MRI are needed to localize specific tracts in or around the GPi that may be implicated in SID.


A quality control circle(QCC)organization was established to analyze and improve clinical problems for new operating room nurses with the help of modern video image tools and multimedia techniques following the QCC method.Through comparison of implementation effects before and after the QCC activities,it was found that QCC activities can improve the effects of video teaching and clinical practice for new operating room nurses and enhance their professional competence and work quality.


A common view of theory and practice as domains is that it is difficult, if not impossible, to traverse the epistemological chasm between them. After all, theories are ways of organising our world abstractly in ideas and concepts. Practice is the world that we inhabit empirically. It is a tangible world that we can see, feel, act on, act in, and so on. So, how can one even begin to argue that these apparently disparate worlds can be unified or that they are in the first instance not separate at all? My stance on this is that we, the educators of teachers, are party to the separation. In fact, we teach students that they should 'apply' theory to practice. Working with our own struggle at the university where I am based, I will argue that there may be ways of opening the borders between what is, on the one hand a philosophical question, and on the other, a purely empirical question. How do we teach and how do we teach the doing of teaching? My argument explores one way we might begin to restore; to whatever extent this is possible, the unity of theory and practice in teacher education.


In 2015, the American Heart Association and European Resuscitation Council updated the guidelines for cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and emergency cardiovascular care according to the International Consensus on Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care Science with Treatment Recommendations (1-3). The guidelines recommend administration of amiodarone for sustained ventricular fibrillation (Vf) and ventricular tachycardia (VT) refractory to CPR, defibrillation, and vasopressor in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. Lidocaine is recommended as an alternative to amiodarone. However, these recommendations remain weak and are based on the two previous randomized controlled trials (RCTs) performed more than 10 years ago. In these trials, compared with both placebo and lidocaine, amiodarone improved the rate of return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC) but not the survival to hospital discharge and neurological outcome (4). However, these studies were not statistically powered to investigate survival and neurological outcome, so the actual efficacy of amiodarone therapy remains undetermined.


Reflecting a complicated subduction and collision history on the eastern Eurasian margin, central Hokkaido has been a site of various types of basin formation. Thick piles of the Cretaceous and Paleogene sediments (Figure 1; [1]) buried a regional forearc basin subducted by the Izanagi/Kula and Pacific Plates. Paleomagnetic studies of the Cretaceous Yezo Super‐ group [2,3] showed that the present forearc is divided into some basins developed in different areas. Sedimentary system and forearc basin architecture in the Paleogene was studied in detail by Takano and Waseda [4] and Takano et al. [5].


Robot Operating System (ROS) is an open-source framework for the development of modular robotics applications. It provides a component-based middleware and interface abstraction to standardize the integration of distributed applications using the DDS standard. However, ROS in its current version is not suitable for safety and real-time systems. It does not support QoS policies for dynamic reconfiguration and fault recovery. This work starts by identifying the relevant QoS policies in the DDS standard related to fault-tolerant to integrate them in ROS-2. Second, these QoS policies are completed by the specification of timing constraints, and then an approach is proposed for seamless integration of fault tolerance and real-time capabilities in ROS-2. A typical case study of a real-time geo-localization application has been developed to evaluate the proposed approach for autonomous vehicle.


Text Recognition in natural scene images is becoming a prominent research area and is promoting several new applications such as; car plate recognition, reading aid for the blind, tour guide systems and many more. Text recognition at word/character level is one of the key steps for development of such applications. In this work, a novel method for recognizing Kannada characters in scene images is proposed. The proposed method uses zone wise horizontal and vertical profile based features. The system is efficient and insensitive to variations in size and style, noise, blur and other degradations. Keywords— Zone wise features, Scene Images, Pre – Processing, Character Recognition, Neural Network Classifier.


Rohinton Mistry is one of the award winning Indian Writers. He is now living in Toronto. His famous novels are: "Such a long Journey", "A Fine Balance" and "Family Matters". Being a Parsi writer, he probes deep the problems of Parsi community in his novels. The present paper focuses on one of his novels "Family Mattters" It is a typical Parsi novel. Like other Parsi writers, Mistry's work is guided by this experience of double displacement. As a Parsi, Mistry finds himself at the margins of Indian society and hence his writing challenges and resists absorption by the dominating and Hindu glorifying culture of India This novel is Rohinton Mistry's hard to be suppressed presently to return home and reintegrate into the Pari community in India. Bombay to be specific. He exposes the general Parsi features through all the main characters of this novel. To be specific, the protagonist Nariman Vakeel is presented as an embodiment of Parsi community SMART MOVES JOURNAL IJELLH ONLINE ISSN: 2582-3574 PRINT ISSN: 2582-4406 Vol. 7, Issue 12, December 2019 26 www.ijellh.com Born and raised in Bombay, where the majority of the Parsi community live, Rohinton Mistry is a critically acclaimed, award winning, and internationally famous author. He now lives in Toronto where he moved to in the early 1970s and he uses his pen to explore and highlight the eccentricities, the culture, the heritage, and the legacy of his own race. The Parsi's are a small yet united, religious community in India, devoted to Zorostrainsism whose ancestors fled Islamic persecution in Iran (ancient Persia) during the eighth century. Today about, 1,50,000 people follow the faith originally propagated by the prophet Zoraster. The largest Parsi community is now in Bombay. During India's colonial period, the Parsi were particular favourities of British rulers. Both parties cooperated well together and this entente has often been dubbed 'the psychological diaspora' of the Parsi found themselves toeing 'the line of discontent' between two warring regions. This situation provoked many departures to England and America; making western diaspora of the Parsi. Like other Parsi writers, Mistry's work is guided by this experience of double displacement. As a Parsi, Mistry finds himself at the margins of Indian society and hence his writing challenges and resists absorption by the dominating and Hindu glorifying culture of India. Here I would like to quote Narendrakumar: The Parsi prefer the West since it offers unlimited scope for Parsi's growth and prosperity. Dislocation is part of the Parsi's Psyche. Exiled twelve hundred years ago, they came to India. Now they are migrating to West in search of greener pastures. Then there is 'double migration' in the case of Parsi's. Mistry has so far published four novels such as "Such a Long Journey", "A Fine Balance", "Family Matters" and "The Scream". The novel for our present study is "Family Matters". It is a typical Parsi novel. Mistry's backward glance at his native land reveals his diasporic consciousness tactfully. SMART MOVES JOURNAL IJELLH ONLINE ISSN: 2582-3574 PRINT ISSN: 2582-4406 Vol. 7, Issue 12, December 2019 27 www.ijellh.com The novel is set in the city of Mumbai and tells the story of middle class Parsi family living through a domestic crisis. At the centre of the book is Narimn Vakeel, a retired English Professor, a Parsi with Parkinson disease. He has become bedridden after breaking his ankle in a fall. Nariman has bequeathed separate apartments to the two branches of his family. His step children, Jal and Coomy, occupy the larger portion in a building called Chateau Felicity. His daughter, Roxana and his son-in-law, Yezad and their two children Murad and Jehangir live in a smaller apartment in a block named Pleasant Villa. Nariman is living with Jal and Coomy in Chateau Felicity. Coomy is terribly put upon having to deal with her step father's excretions. She sent Nariman to Roxana's tiny flat. Roxana's family struggles with financial crisis. Coomy dies in a terrible accident that occurs when she is working on the ceilings in her flat. After Coomy's death, Jal calls Roxana's family and Nariman to stay with him in Chateau. The story ends with an epilogue that shows what happens after five years. This novel is Rohinton Mistry's hard to be suppressed presently to return home and reintegrate into the Pari community in India. Bombay to be specific. He exposes the general Parsi features through all the main characters of this novel. To be specific , the protoganist Nariman Vakeel is presented as an embodiment of Parsi community. Nariman's sense of isolation and his ailments that are essentially typical of the Pari community, the tragic death of his beloved Lucy and his wife, he neglect by the step children and his wife and his final resolution to seek shelter I Zorostrian and its rituals clearly indicate that "Family matters" is a typical Parsi Novel. Nariman suffered mental agony in his young age, for his parents did not allow him to marry Lucy, a non-Parsi girl. Under compulsion he had to marry a Parsi widow. He could not forget his lady-love even in his old age. He, in fact, leads a miserable life until his death. One can interpret Nariman's life as the rise and fall of Parsi community. Parsis came to India in fear of Arab invaders but in India, though they are treated well, they as a community SMART MOVES JOURNAL IJELLH ONLINE ISSN: 2582-3574 PRINT ISSN: 2582-4406 Vol. 7, Issue 12, December 2019 28 www.ijellh.com are slowly because of late marriage, low birth rate, declining population etc. Nariman came to Pleasant Villa from Chateau Felicity to suffer a lot and finally dies. His death symbolically indicates the fall of Pari community. Emigration is one of the themes of this novel. Parsis in India emigrate to foreign countries in search of money. Mistry, being an emigrant to Canada, vividly depicts Yezad's dream of emigrating to Canada. Thus, Mistry gives autobiographical touches to his portrayal of Yezad. Expatriate Parsis are thrice removed; at first they fled from Iron to India, then from India to foreign countries and there they do feel attracted. That Mistry regrets his alienation as an emigrant, is expressed through Yezad's dream and musings. Yezad's wish for emigrating to Canada is symbolic of his quest for prosperity. It also indicates the thirst of Parsi community to achieve economic status with a view to ensuring security in life. Yezad is eager to emigrate to Canada for he wants "Clean cities, Plenty of water, trains with seats for every one" (137). To Nariman, however, emigration is an 'enormous mistake'. In the end wisdom dawns on Yezad and he decides not to emigrate to Canada. He is so resolved that he destroys the letters, forms and photcopies related to his intended emigration. When he is tearing the papers Roxana comes in and asks what he is doing, he answers "getting rid of garbage". Most of the Parsi writers use Mumbai as their locale. In fact, Mumbai is their home and their darling. The Parsis feel free and secure only when they are in Mumbai. The primary setting of "Family matters" is Mumbai. Mistry's favorite site, Mumbai pulsates in all its variety and flavor in this novel. They city Mumbai , in a way, is the real protagonist of the novel. Mr. Kapur and his family (Yezad's employer) and had to flee from Punjab in 1947 to Mumbai and were received by the city happily. He says thus to Yezad, we had to run and we SMART MOVES JOURNAL IJELLH ONLINE ISSN: 2582-3574 PRINT ISSN: 2582-4406 Vol. 7, Issue 12, December 2019 29 www.ijellh.com came here. But Bombay treated us well. My father started over, with zero and became prosperous. Only in this city in the world where it is possible."(151) Mistry praises Mumbai for giving shelter to each and every one. The Parsi writers express their fears through their writings so as to caution their community about their falling population. In "Family Matters" Mistry expresses his apprehension about the downfall of the community. Inspector of Masalavala, Jal and Dr. Fitter discuss the future of the Parsi community. They agree that the factors contributing to the downfall are 'dwindling' birthrate and our men and women marrying non – Parsis and the heavy migration to the West". (412) Inspector Masalavala expresses his fear thus: "The experts in demographics are confident that fifty years hence, there will be no Parsi left. " (412) Parsis are apathetic to Indian politics in "Family Matters", Yezad, aware of the terror tactics of Shiv Sena, decides to send Goutham, and Bhaskar disguised as Shivsainiks to threaten his employer Kapur. The minor character Hussain expresses his anguish over Babri Masjid incident in which his wife and three sons were burnt to death. Mistry digs at the Shiv Sena and feels sorry for Mumbai for "it is being raped by politicians" (157). He calls Shiv Sena "the greatest urban manace (202). Rohinton Mistry thus in his "Family Matters" has explored the relationships at the heart of his community, their cultural identity, and the uniqueness of their community living thereby showed the diasporic Parsi experience he has possessed. SMART MOVES JOURNAL IJELLH ONLINE ISSN: 2582-3574 PRINT ISSN: 2582-4406 Vol. 7, Issue 12, December 2019 30 www.ijellh.com Work Cited Narendra kumar V.L.V.N., Westernization and Expatriation, Parsi Novel, ed V.I.,V.N. Narendrakumar, New Delhi Prestige books, 2002.


This paper presents a robust software package for practical advanced analysis of space steel framed structures. The preand post-processors of the presented software package are coded in the C++ programming language while the solver is written by using the FORTRAN programming language. A user-friendly graphical interface of the presented software is developed to facilitate the modeling process and result interpretation of the problem. The solver employs the stability functions for capturing the second-order effects to minimize modeling and computational time. Both the plastic-hinge and fiber-hinge beam-column elements are available in the presented software. The generalized displacement control method is adopted to solve the nonlinear equilibrium equations. Keywords—Advanced analysis, beam-column, fiber-hinge, plastic hinge, steel frame.


In this study I explore a lack of cohesion between two Alberta government policy documents that are intended to address the problem of early school leaving of disenfranchised urban Aboriginal youth. The research explores the question of whether this lack of cohesion is reflected in educational practice for this population of learners. This issue is further examined through exploration of an inner-city high school that is designed to meet the needs of a disenfranchised urban population generally while meeting the specific educational needs of Aboriginal students who constitute most of its student population. The need for this analysis is given context by the relatively few disenfranchised urban Aboriginal youth who complete high school in Alberta. Although this study focuses on an Alberta inner-city school, the low completion rates for this population are in evidence throughout Canada and elsewhere across the globe.


e20611Background: Lung adenocarcinoma in never-smokers (LANS) is a disease largely defined by targetable oncogenic mutations. High frequency of actionable genomic alterations has been reported in c...


Colored Petri Nets is a graphical oriented language for design, verification and validation of systems. It is mainly used in systems where concurrency, communication and synchronisation are important. This paper is an attempt to review colored petri nets along with their various properties and applications. A brief introduction to Protocol Engineering and at what stage Colored Petri Nets are used in Protocol Engineering is also presented.


The problems of formulation and application of various kinds of public policy concerning energy and environment are wicked' and highly complex ones, with multiple and conflicting objectives and many stakeholders with different views, values and concerns. For this reason a deliberation among stakeholders and argumentation approach using advanced information and communication technologies (ICT) is the best way for addressing such problems. The use of eparticipation technologies and methods can be very useful for this purpose. This paper describes an advanced ICT platform that has been developed for supporting and facilitating such deliberation and argumentation approaches, as part of the FEED (Federated e-Participation Systems for Cross-Societal Deliberation on Environmental and Energy Issues) project. This platform aims to support and enhance deliberation among all stakeholders and argumentation for the formulation and application of public policy concerning environment and energy, by providing i) federated content from various sources, ii) efficient mechanisms for accessing it based on ontologies and maps, and ii) stakeholders' interaction capabilities through forum and petition functionalities. Also, a usage scenario of this platform is described.


Hepatotoxic plants are important cause of economical losses in farm animals in Brazil. This report concerns an outbreak of acute hepatic toxicosis, in which ...


Abstract Emissions of ozone precursors are expected to multiply the next 20 years in China, and the levels of photo-oxidants may increase substantially. Increased surface ozone gives cause for concern regarding the prospects for Chinese agricultural production. We show that crop production may be substantially reduced in the future due to elevated ozone concentrations, and that productivity may already be affected for some crops. However, crop-yield loss estimates obtained by using alternative exposure-response functions vary substantially. Spring wheat, soybean, and corn may be especially vulnerable to future ozone increases, due to a likely concurrence of peak levels of ozone and the growth season of these crops.


The petal-like structures are heartworm oocytes (red), each with a large nucleus (green). Wolbachia parasites (green flecks) have started to invade. In the center is actin (blue), a protein that forms cell filaments. Image courtesy of Frederic Landmann and William Sullivan.


This article aims to invite further debate by suggesting that the format in which formulations are presented will impact upon the way the formulation is understood, reasoned with and used to negotiate meanings in therapy. It is also suggested that thinking about how formulations are presented may be a useful starting point when thinking about formulation in more general terms.


This Insight on the Issues assesses Medicare Options Compare, a Web site maintained by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to help beneficiaries choose among available Medicare Advantage (MA) plans. The findings show that the site helps beneficiaries identify the health plan choices specifically available in their zip code, and provides them with an extensive amount of information on these choices. But beneficiaries also could likely have trouble interpreting or be misled by some of the information. Though the site limitations partly reflect the complexity of the program, CMS could enhance the usefulness of the site by restructuring some of the information to better support beneficiary choice.


The concept of asymmetrical thermal blooming (ATB) effect of intense laser beam propagation through atmosphere is presented. The numerical simulation results for simplified cases are given. Some analyses of the ATB effect have been done.


COVID-19 pandemic has impacted all facets of society, including students, as daily learning activities were severely affected while the face-to-face classes were forced to be held online. As a result, students underwent tremendous stress and were exposed to severe mental health conditions. Thus, this study investigates how the integration of casual video games into online learning can relieve stress among science students. An online survey was designed and disseminated to students via social media. The respondents were pre-assessed for stress and emotional conditions during their online learning. Then, the respondents were instructed to watch a tutorial video from YouTube and play a quiz-like casual video game that we had developed. The respondents were then reassessed for stress and emotional level (post-assessment) to understand how casual video games can relieve their anxiety in online learning. All questionnaires in this survey were tested for the Likert scale, with one being strongly disagreed and five strongly agreed. Similar pre-and post-survey questionnaires were designed and tested against academicians for their perceived efficiency of casual video games in online learning. The outcome from this study has shown significant improvements in students' stress and mental emotional levels when casual video game is introduced as part of their online lesson. On the other hand, the academicians perceived that online teaching alone is as effective as casual video games during online learning. However, the academicians also perceived that casual video games could significantly reduce students' stress and emotional during online classes. We propose that casual video games are considered an integral tool for online teaching and learning as they can significantly reduce students' stress in online learning during the Covid-19 lockdown.


Batch furnace and continuous kiln used in electric ceramic productions were introduced.Structure advantages and technical index of two model elevator furnaces of wide chamber kiln and nitrogen protecton sealed kiln were reviewed.In addition,some improvement opinions of above-mentioned equiments were given.


The article introduced artificial neural network to the field of real estate appraisal according to the characteristics of real estate appraisal,and created real estate appraisal model based on neural network. On the basis of analysis on the training and validating results,comparatively analyzed the two neural network models,and pointed out advantages and disadvantages of each network and improvement measures.


Present situation of temperature sensor experiment in college physics course was analyzed.Basis for the selection of temperature sensor parts was also discussed in detail.To solve the problem that some circuit parameters could not be determined in the set class time,a Mathematica program to rapidly select the parameters was written.Furthermore,students were guided to adjust the experiment circuit with the optimum parameters gotten from an Origin program.The experiment that was carried out with the calculated optimal parameters show that the results of the program are reliable.


The variation in maximum body size of striped dolphins, Stenella coeruleoalba, was studied in various areas of the Mediterranean Sea. Animals inhabiting the southern part of the Mediterranean are larger than those inhabiting the northern fringe. Although a number of ecological factors affecting maximum body size in mammals has been identified, their role in causing the variation observed is difficult to determine because of the lack of appropriate data. However, the southern fringe is characterized by stronger seasonality and lower density of dolphins, both factors likely to favour larger maximum individual body sizes in a population. The variation observed may reflect population stratification leading to a degree of genetic isolation within the western Mediterranean Sea.


Objective To examine a textual research on the medicinal historical evolution and the original resource of drugs of poria including poria,white poria,red poria,poria peel,poria with pine and pine among the poria. Methods Herbal literature throughout the different ages and modern literature were checked for this study. Results The medicinal historical evolution of Poria as well as its original resource was cleared. Conclusion Poria was used as medicine as a whole before East Han Dynasty. Poria peel used as medicine was recorded firstly in Zhong Zang Jing. The distinction between poria and poria with pine began with East Jin Dynasty,white poria and red poria were mentioned firstly in Ben Cao Jing Ji Zhu. The properties of them were clarified in Tang and Song Dynasty,the channel tropism of them was illuminated by physicians in Jin and Yuan Dynasty,developed in Ming and Qing Dynasty. Pine among the poria used as medicine was recorded firstly in Yao Xing Lun. The morphological description and attached figures of the plant in herbal literature throughout the ages were in accord with the plant of Wolfiporia cocos( Schw.) Ryv. Gibn. The research could provide the basis for the further development and utilization of drugs of poria.


Objective To observe the effect of weightlessness simulation on the ultrastructure of rabbit femoral vein, and to find out the changes of vascular remodeling of femoral vein. Methods The head down tilt (-20°)(HDT) rabbit weightlessness simulation models were set up. Twenty four healthy male New Zealand rabbits were randomly divided into HDT 21 d group, HDT 10 d group and control group,with 8 in each. The ultrastructure of femoral vein was observed with transmission electron microscope(TEM). Results As compared with those from rabbits of control group, cell organelles in endothelium cell of femoral vein from rabbits of HDT group decreased, mitochondria dissolved or disappeared, vacuolar denaturalization in endothelium cell increased and phagolysosome in endothelium cell could be found; internal elastic membrane became thinner and broken down; the smooth muscle layer became thinner, some smooth muscle cells became degenerated; cell interstitial substance were increased. The changes in rabbits of HDT 21 d group were more obvious than those in rabbits of HDT 10 d group. Conclusions The vascular remodeling of femoral vein happened and atrophy appeared during weightlessness simulation. The longer the duration of simulated weightlessness, the more obvious the structure change of femoral vein.


The historical evolution of Teachers' Salary Level in Chinese Colleges and Universities since 1900s could be divided into four stages.In the twenties and thirties of last century,teachers' salary was at the highest level,and then gradually declined,before and after reform and opening-up it reached the lowest level,followed by gradually improving.Compared with the knowledge intensive industry workers at present,the teacher's salary level is still low.Teachers' salary level does not depend solely on the economic development level,but depends on the degree of importance of government and society.The high level salary system is very important to improve the teachers' level and international status of a college or university,so we need maintain their salary level in a leading position in the society.