The
  sprinkled
  water
  on
  the
  campus
  of
  Pepperdine
  University
  is
  primarily
  reclaimed water
  from
  sinks,
  toilets
  and
  showers
  on
  campus.
  The
  water
  is
  treated
  with
  micro
  bacteria and
  sand
  rocks
  to
  remove
  larger
  par=cles,
  smaller
  nitrogen
  containing
  compounds,
  excess nutrients
  and
  human
  pathogens.
  The
  Mediterranean
  weather
  in
  Southern
  California
  is characterized
  by
  dry
  summers,
  and
  watering
  plants
  by
  reclaimed
  water
  helps
  relieve
  the water
  stress
  in
  the
  community.
  However,
  the
  reclaimed
  water
  might
  distort
  the
  normal physiology
  of
  na=ve
  plants
  on
  campus.
  We
  hypothesize
  that
  because
  nitrogen
  containing compounds
  cannot
  be
  efficiently
  removed
  by
  micro
  bacteria,
  higher
  nitrogen
  content
  in the
  soil
  would
  result
  in
  fewer
  nodules
  and
  a
  decrease
  in
  photosynthe=c
  rates. We
  randomly
  placed
  twelve
  pots
  of
  Ceanothus
  spinosus
  into
  two
  groups
  and
  treated them
  reclaimed
  water
  or
  dis=lled
  water.
  They
  were
  watered
  every
  three
  days
  (twice
  a week).
  We
  measured
  the
  rate
  of
  photosynthesis,
  stomatal
  conductance,
  and
  electron transport
  rate
  weekly.
  By
  the
  end
  of
  the
  third
  week,
  we
  pulled
  out
  the
  roots
  of
  each
  pot and
  counted
  the
  number
  of
  nodules
  on
  their
  roots.
  When
  we
  pulled
  out
  the
  roots
  at
  the end
  of
  third
  week,
  we
  did
  not
  find
  any
  nodules
  in
  either
  group.
  From
  the
  data,
  we
  can
  only conclude
  that
  there
  is
  no
  difference
  in
  the
  nodula=on
  or
  photosynthe=c
  rates
  between plants
  treated
  with
  reclaimed
  water
  and
  ones
  treated
  with
  dis=lled
  water.
  Therefore watering
  plants
  with
  reclaimed
  water
  does
  not
  do
  harm
  to
  the
  na=ve
  vegeta=on,
  and
  can be
  encouraged
  for
  use
  in
  areas
  with
  stressful
  water
  condi=ons. Introduc.on Pepperdine
  University
  in
  Malibu,
  California
  is
  situated
  in
  a
  landscape
  that
  is
  irrigated with
  reclaimed
  water.
  Reclaimed
  water
  is
  not
  allowed
  to
  be
  deposited
  in
  the
  ocean
  and therefore
  this
  water
  is
  recycled
  from
  the
  sewage
  systems
  on
  campus
  and
  reused
  to decrease
  water
  consump=on
  and
  reduce
  costs.
  Naturally
  this
  water
  is
  not
  safe
  for consump=on
  by
  animals
  or
  humans.
  This
  begs
  the
  ques=on,
  can
  we
  con=nue
  to
  use
  this water
  without
  harming
  the
  local
  plant
  life?
  The
  reclaimed
  water
  used
  is
  recycled
  from bathrooms,
  kitchens
  and
  other
  facili=es
  on
  campus.
  As
  a
  result,
  the
  water
  is
  contaminated with
  many
  chemicals
  present
  in
  shampoo,
  soap
  and
  detergents.
  Furthermore
  there
  are also
  organic
  compounds
  from
  humans
  found
  in
  the
  reclaimed
  water
  such
  as
  urea.
  On campus,
  there
  are
  plants
  that
  carry
  out
  nitrogen
  fixa=on
  in
  nodules
  on
  their
  roots.
  The number
  of
  nodules
  on
  the
  root
  varies
  depending
  on
  the
  nitrogen
  concentra=on
  and
  water found
  in
  the
  soil.
  Nitrogen
  present
  in
  reclaimed
  water
  may
  increase
  the
  nitrogen concentra=on
  in
  the
  soil,
  which
  may
  then
  eliminate
  the
  need
  for
  nodules
  in
  the
  root
  of
  the plant.

  In
  addi=on,
  there
  may
  be
  a
  decline
  in
  produc=vity
  and
  efficiency
  of
  the
  plant
  in
  its photosynthe=c
  processes
  as
  well
  as
  other
  normal
  func=ons. In
  our
  conducted
  experiment,
  our
  hypothesis
  is
  that
  Ceanothus
  spinosus
  will
  have fewer
  nodules
  on
  the
  plant
  when
  given
  reclaimed
  water
  in
  comparison
  to
  dis=lled
  water. This
  is
  due
  to
  the
  higher
  nitrogen
  concentra=on
  present
  in
  reclaimed
  water.
  Our
  method of
  tes=ng
  is
  to
  irrigate
  twelve
  plants
  with
  either
  reclaimed
  or
  dis=lled
  water
  twice
  a
  week for
  three
  weeks.
  At
  the
  end
  of
  the
  three
  weeks
  we
  will
  uproot
  the
  plants
  and
  count
  the number
  of
  nodules
  on
  the
  plant.
  We
  will
  also
  measure
  photosynthesis
  rate,
  electron transport
  rate
  and
  stomatal
  conductance
  of
  the
  plants
  every
  week
  to
  observe
  if
  there
  are any
  significant
  differences
  due
  to
  the
  type
  of
  water.
  This
  is
  important
  because
  if
  the reclaimed
  water
  is
  damaging
  plant
  ecosystems,
  then
  it
  will
  further
  damage
  the
  rest
  of
  the ecosystem,
  for
  example
  the
  animals
  that
  are
  ea=ng
  the
  plants.
  If
  this
  is
  the
  case,
  water treatment
  facili=es
  should
  find
  other
  ways
  to
  use
  the
  water
  appropriately.
  Addi=onally, reducing
  the
  amount
  of
  nitrogen
  in
  plants
  could
  diminish
  the
  nutri=onal
  benefits
  of consuming
  plants. Materials
  and
  Methods In
  order
  to
  test
  our
  hypothesis,
  we
  set
  out
  to
  control
  all
  outside
  variables
  with
  the independent
  variable
  being
  type
  of
  water
  given.
  First,
  twelve
  young
  C.
  spinosus
  plants were
  bought
  from
  the
  Theodore
  Payne
  Founda=on
  in
  one-‐gallon
  pots.
  These
  plants
  were numbered
  one
  through
  twelve,
  then,
  randomly
  assigned
  dis=lled
  or
  reclaimed
  water
  for the
  length
  of
  the
  experiment.
  Also,
  a
  mark
  was
  placed
  10
  cm
  from
  the
  =p
  of
  a
  growing limb
  on
  each
  plant
  with
  a
  pen.
  All
  of
  the
  plants
  were
  kept
  in
  a
  wired
  area
  outside
  of
  the Stauffer
  Greenhouse
  on
  Pepperdine
  University's
  Malibu
  campus.
  This
  was
  to
  control
  for sunlight
  received,
  water
  or
  dew
  accumulated,
  and
  weather
  effects
  such
  as
  wind
  or humidity.
  Twice
  per
  week,
  they
  were
  given
  250
  mL
  of
  water.
  The
  "dis=lled"
  group
  was given
  water
  from
  a
  filtered
  spout
  in
  the
  plant
  biology
  laboratory,
  while
  the
  "reclaimed" group
  was
  given
  water
  transferred
  from
  Alumni
  Pond
  on
  campus.
  The
  pond
  holds
  a
  large collec=on
  of
  filtered
  sewage
  and
  runoff
  that
  is
  used
  to
  irrigate
  Pepperdine's
  landscape. Thus,
  it
  was
  a
  natural
  choice
  for
  a
  source
  of
  reclaimed
  water.
  A]er
  two
  weeks,
  we
  began to
  take
  measurements
  using
  the
  LI-‐6400XT
  gas-‐exchange
  system.
  Four
  measurements
  of photosynthesis,
  stomatal
  conductance,
  and
  electron
  transport
  rate
  levels
  were
  recorded. O]en,
  the
  leaves
  were
  too
  small
  to
  cover
  the
  en=re
  area
  provided
  by
  the
  gas-‐exchange system.
  Such
  leaves
  were
  removed
  and
  labeled
  a]er
  the
  measurements
  were
  taken.
  Then, their
  areas
  were
  determined
  with
  a
  light
  area
  machine
  in
  the
  student
  projects
  lab
  on campus.
  The
  areas
  were
  used
  to
  normalize
  our
  data
  so
  that
  leaves
  with
  unequal
  areas
  can be
  compared
  sta=s=cally.
  At
  the
  conclusion
  of
  the
  project,
  the
  plants
  were
  uprooted
  in search
  of
  nodules.
  Growth
  was
  recorded
  from
  the
  10
  cm
  mark,
  and
  the
  roots
  were separated
  from
  the
  stems
  and
  leaves
  (shoots).
  The
  plants
  were
  dried
  in
  an
  oven
  for
  two days
  at
  60°C,
  then
  the
  mass
  of
  each
  root
  and
  stem
  system
  was
  recorded
  individually
  using an
  electronic
  balance.
  All
  data
  was
  collected
  in
  a
  field
  notebook
  and
  inpuced
  for
  sta=s=cal analysis. Discussion At
  the
  conclusion
  of
  our
  data
  collec=on,
  we
  examined
  the
  roots
  of
  our
  poced
  C. spinosus
  plants
  to
  discover
  that
  none
  had
  nodules.
  We
  speculate
  that
  this
  is
  due
  to
  the fer=lizer
  present
  in
  the
  soil
  provided
  by
  the
  Theodore
  Payne
  Founda=on.
  The
  nitrogenous soil
  may
  have
  overcome
  any
  difference
  provided
  by
  the
  reclaimed
  water.
  In
  addi=on,
  a]er analysis
  of
  our
  normalized
  data,
  we
  found
  that
  there
  was
  no
  significant
  difference
  in
  the photosynthesis
  rate,
  stomatal
  conductance,
  or
  electron
  transport
  rate
  between
  C. spinosus
  plants
  watered
  with
  reclaimed
  versus
  dis=lled
  water.
  With
  such
  a
  brief
  period
  to collect
  data
  on
  our
  young
  plants,
  there
  was
  a
  smaller
  amount
  of
  informa=on
  in
  line
  with our
  hypothesis
  than
  we
  hoped
  for.
  It
  has
  been
  proven,
  however,
  that
  full
  satura=on
  of
  the soil
  prevents
  accumula=on
  of
  salt;
  this
  woul


In this paper, the effects of H2 as additive in the CO/CH4 laminar mixtures premixed flames on the flame propagation velocity was numerically investigated. The numerical simulations were conducted by using PREMIX code with the detailed chemical reaction mechanism (GRI-Mech. 3.0) of methane. The simulated results showed that the H radicals plays an important role for the oxidation process of CH4 and CO mixtures, and the addition of H2 increased the flame propagation velocity as the results of the increasing H radicals.


System faults may result in voltage dip due to large proportion wind power in the system. And the system stability is influenced severely when wind farms exit. So the low voltage ride through (LVRT) characteristic of wind turbines is necessary to keep wind turbine units connected to the grid after system failure. This paper analyzes the prin- ciple of LVRT in doubly fed induction generators (DFIG) and control strategy of LVRT based on rotor crowbar protec- tion, and builds the DFIG and LVRT model in the software PSCAD/EMTDC. Analyzing the inputing or not of crowbar protection on the influence of rotor current, it is concluded that crowbar protection makes the rotor current attenuation affect on fault, protection of the inverter, and reduces the fault current of the impact of wind turbines.


Traditional similar matrix of spectral clustering is dependent on vector space model,which regards index word as independent unit and ignores a large number of synonyms and polysemy existing in natural language.To solve this problem,the paper comes up with a new method of extracting semantic information implicit in the text and constructing the similar matrix based on Probabilistic Latent Semantic Analysis(PLSA),which takes into account the similarities of the texts.Experiments indicate that such similar matrix built by PLSA can greatly improve categorization precision,and bring better results than traditional way like spectral clustering,further proves the availability of PLSA.


Magnetisation transfer contrast (MTC) has been widely used for over a decade as one of the most important MRI contrastgenerating mechanisms. Most MTC research to date has been performed at medium or high magnetic field strengths, typically at 0.5 T or above. Nevertheless, there is value in implementing MTC at low field, although this presents technical challenges not encountered at higher magnetic fields. In this work, we have implemented MTC at very low magnetic field, 0.059 T, corresponding to 2.5 MHz proton resonant frequency. The key technical aspect of MTC is the ability to apply off-resonance irradiation, in order to saturate protons in the bound pool, without directly affecting protons in the free pool; the basic method employs continuous-wave (CW) off-resonance irradiation [1]. In order to study MT effects a range of offset frequencies is needed, from 0.01 kHz to around 50 kHz resonance offset. This presents the main technical difficulty of MTC at low field, because the larger offset frequencies are likely to be outside the bandwidth of the RF transmit system (amplifier and RF coil), causing the applied B1 RF magnetic field to vary with the frequency offset. With increasing frequency offset, a higher CW amplitude is required to maintain a desired constant B1 field strength. To counter this effect, B1 calibration curves were measured (Fig. 1) and the results incorporated into the pulse program via a look-up table. In this study, seven B1 values (5, 7.5, 10, 15, 20, 30, and 40 μT) were used and 32 frequency offsets were chosen from 0.01 kHz to 49 kHz. The frequency offsets were distributed on a logarithmic scale in order to cover a wide range of offsets, with high frequency-resolution close to resonance (zero to 1 kHz offset range). A home-built MRI scanner operating at 59 mT was used in this work [2]. Experiments were carried out using samples composed of Agarose gels (1 %, 2 % or 4 %) doped with MnCl2 (0 mM, 0.03 mM or 0.3 mM). T1 and T2 can be controlled by altering the concentration of the gel and of MnCl2, respectively [3]. Two phantoms, each containing 7 samples, were also prepared for imaging experiments, combining Agarose gels with either MnCl2 solutions or distilled water. In addition, samples containing aqueous solutions of MnCl2 (without agarose) were used as a control. In order to estimate the extent of the direct effect, T1 and T2 values were measured using Inversion Recovery and Spin Echo pulse sequences. The MT effect was studied as a function of CW duration, with the optimum being around 2 seconds. The MT effect was also measured as a function of frequency offset at a range of B1 values. From these data, conditions for the maximum MT effect with each sample were determined: these were typically B1 = 20 μT and approximately 10 kHz offset frequency. Finally, the phantoms were imaged using an interleaved (CW-off and CW-on) MTC Gradient Echo imaging pulse sequence, and the magnetisation transfer ratio (MTR) was determined [4]. Fig. 2 shows the MT effect observed in a control sample and in 1, 2, and 4 % Agarose gels under the conditions of 10 kHz frequency offset, 20μT B1, and 2s CW duration. Due to the absence of macromolecules in the control sample, the MT effect was zero while MT effects increased with increasing concentration of macromolecules, as expected. In conclusion, MTC has been implemented on a 59 mT home-built MRI scanner. Initial results from Agarose gel test objects compare well with those in the literature, obtained at higher fields. We intend to use the scanner to measure MT effects as a function of magnetic field, using magnetic field-cycling.


472 All Rights Reserved © 2016 IJARECE Abstract— The Automatic Face Recognition system is widely applied in new technologies. The basic purpose of face recognition system is to compare the image which is stored in a database with the real time image. Many techniques have been used in face recognition system. An Efficient method for face recognition using Pattern matching technique. The Pattern matching has been extensively employed for face recognition algorithms. It is one of the most popular representation methods for a face image.


ABSTRACT. Based on kernel density estimation methods, this paper introduces an alternative approach of fire occurrence modeling that addresses the inherent positional inaccuracies of recorded wildland fire ignition points. These observations, recorded in longitude and latitude using only degrees and first minutes, contain positional inaccuracies of about ± 700 to ± 925 meters in x and y axes. Kernel density estimation was applied to these historical fire observations recorded between 1985 and 1995 in Halkidiki peninsula, Greece, as well as, to simulated inaccurate points into which positional inaccuracies of the same magnitude were randomly introduced. Substantial differences were observed when a regular grid of quadrants was superimposed over the two point distributions. Although, at higher grid resolution these mismatches were minimized, the problem of generalization appeared. Contrar‐ily, the concept of "moving window" assisted to retain high grid resolution and minimize the effect of inaccurate point observations. In addition, the kernel approach, which considers also the relative position of points within the "moving window," produced more realistic estimates.


Any decision regarding the design and construction of transportation infrastructure should be prompt and linked to the entire transportation system infrastructure. Transportation networks typically span a large geographical area and have a modular structure that consists of many subsystems with actors and sensors, while involving both continuous and discrete dynamics that evolve over different time scales. The difficulty in such a case arises from the fact that most often the available information is quite intensive; in a network-level thinking, a large amount of transportation assets should be taken into consideration that, many times, may impose conflicting design and construction goals. In transportation infrastructure design and construction problems there is the need to jointly consider information that may be measured and quantified and other information that is subjective and should be qualitatively assessed. Artificial intelligence (AI) provides methodologies for developing flexible multivariate models for solving difficult approximation and optimization problems. The flexibility of AI methods [e.g., knowledge-based systems, expert systems, pattern recognition, machine learning, neural networks, genetic algorithms (GAs) and evolutionary computation, fuzzy systems, etc.], as well as their performance in various interdisciplinary applications are well suited for the complexity and variety of transportation systems. AI has been applied to various fields of transportation engineering. AI has also played a critical role in solving many infrastructure problems related to design and construction (including maintenance). Some of the AI techniques that are most popular in infrastructure design and construction are GAs, simulated annealing, ant algorithms, and fuzzy logic.


In their recent article [1], Chari et al. call attention to the important subject of setting National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) to provide requisite protection for public health, including the health of sensitive groups, as specified under the Clean Air Act (73 FR 66965) [2]. The authors focus on consideration of susceptibility to inform policy choices, using lead (Pb)-related neurocognitive effects and children from low socioeconomic status (SES) families in the context of alternative Pb standard levels. Our comments focus on the authors' analysis of the scientific evidence and not on policy. We agree with the authors that the health effects evidence for Pb indicates a role (or roles) for SES-related factors in influencing childhood Pb exposure and associated health effects. We disagree, however, with the authors' interpretation of the literature on SES influence on the shape of the concentration-response (C-R) relationship between children's blood Pb and IQ (e.g., steepness of the slope). We further address aspects of the scientific evidence that are important to the consideration of sensitive populations in the context of the Pb NAAQS, and how the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) considered this evidence in setting the Pb NAAQS in 2008.


According to the data from the eld, the lter in Tamara tends to perform better than the laboratory lter in Cornell. Therefore, we would like to examine the reason behind it, and possibly come up with a performance model. The main focus of our experiment is to understand the ow distribution of the lter column, as well as the self-healing properties of sand media, therefore to better understand the ltration mechanism. Detailed Task List The experiment will be conducted with two 2.5cm-columns with alum and clay feed to the system, backwash, and ow sensor and turbidity meter for measurement. As a rst experimental goal, we would like to re-examine the ow distribution between two lter columns, since according to the previous experiments, uneven ow distribution between two lter columns has been observed. After we have made any needed changes to our experimental apparatus, we will start the experiments with clay and alum. Part I. Experiment to Approach an Equal Flow Based on the previous experimental apparatus (Figure 1), we will run the experiment with clean water, equal amount of same sand media, with approach velocity as 1.8mm/s, which is similar to the approach velocity in the eld, to study the ow distribution among the two lter columns and try to gure out the reason why the previous experiment did not obtain an even ow distribution, then modify the apparatus so that equal ow can be obtained from both lter columns. Part II. Flow Distribution Study We will study the ow distribution between the two lter columns when the ow contains suspended clay dosed with coagulant. We will consider parallel columns with equal media properties (grain size and bed depth) and unequal properties. In both of these cases we will evaluate the e ect of upow or downow on ow distribution.


The general and specificcombining abilities and the reciprocal effects of seven hybrids and two open pollination varieties of green corn were evaluated, aiming the formation of base populations to be used as a source of superior inbred lines. For the purpose of this study, two experiments were carried out in Maringa/PR and Sabaudia/PR, during the crop season of 2014/15. The experiments were evaluated in incomplete block design alpha lattice, with three replications. The parents AM811, HTMV1, Cativerde 02 and AL Piratininga were selected based on their ĝi and the following hybrid combinations AM811 x CD316, AM811 x AG1051, AM811 x HTMV1, AM606 x Cativerde 02 and Al Piratininga x AG4051 presented the most desirable ŝij effects. Regarding the reciprocal effects, the genotype AM811 is recommended to be used as male parent in further hybrid combinations


There is a lack of knowledge about Celso Furtado's ideas, main works and the rest of his intellectual activities he conducted for over five decades. This article attempts to sketch a guide for understanding Furtado's ideas, expressed on his books and at certain periods of his intellectual career, that still provide relevant insights for the study of Latin American development problems.


The action potentials of normal extraocular muscles of a man were induced, and the discharge intervals of a single motor unit were observed during fixation of the gaze. 1. During fixation of the gaze on a point, the discharge frequency of a single unit is constant, but, if the gaze is moved to another point, it varies with the degree of contraction of the muscle in experiment. 2. When the average rate of discharge is over 30 per second, the variation of discharge interval is very small and the patterns of interval diagrams are uniform. 3. When the average rate of discharge falls below 30 per second, the variation of discharge interval increases and the patterns of diagrams give various types. 4. When the average rate of discharge is below about 10 per second, regularity of the discharge is scarcely found.


Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is a malignant brain tumor that is resistant to existing drug and radiation-based therapies. As a result of this resistance, 90% of patients diagnosed with GBM succumb within two years, highlighting the urgent need for new treatment strategies. In a previous study, Ding, et al. (2013), reported a kinase-specific shRNA screen that identified BUB1B/BUBR1 as a requirement for GBM cell proliferation but not for normal cells. In the current study reported inGenes & Development, graduate student Christopher G. Hubert (Molecular and Cellular Biology Program), and Drs. Robert K. Bradley (Public Health Sciences and Basic Sciences Divisions), James M. Olson (Clinical Research Division), and Patrick J. Paddison (Human Biology Division), along with a team of collaborators, expand this approach to a genome wide shRNA study, identifying the spliceosome component PHF5A as a novel viability requirement for glioblastoma stem cells (GSCs), which may prove to be a candidate therapeutic target for GBM.


4 UFLA - Depto. de Biologia. *Corresponding author ABSTRACT: Onion is the third most grown vegetable crop in Sao Paulo state, Brazil. Organic onion farming is expected to increase in the state due to the increasing demand. Pest management in organic onion farming is based on plant extracts with insecticide effects. However, the efficacy of such plant extracts has not been proved yet, and it was observed that they do negatively affect natural enemies. Plants surrounding onion fields, and that are attractive to natural enemies, may be a good option to farmers, since they may lead to increased diversity of arthropod species and, consequently, the natural control of pest populations. This study deals with the effect of marigold plants as a resource plant to natural enemies in onion fields. The experiment was set in a certified organic farm using marigold rows at a center of an onion field. Samples were taken from marigold and the onion plants 5 m (near) and 30 m (far) from the flowering strips. Higher numbers of arthropod pests were observed in onion plants 30 m from the marigold strip, while higher numbers of predators and parasitoids were found at 5 m distance. Species richness and Shannon's diversity index were higher at 5 m from marigold. Therefore, marigold rows next to onion fields resulted in higher number of entomophagous species, potentially enhancing the natural control of onion pests. In the study field, marigold strips may be an alternative to crop sprays for organic control of onion pests.


The objective of this paper is to present a dynamic simulation of foundations on Winkler subgrade. The analysis is based on a direct simulation procedure. The structures have been modeled by finite elements. The analysis is provided with a detailed algorithm. Illustrative examples include beams and plates resting on elastic foundations.


the existing law; the silly story told and re-told of an unfair trial, Gourlay's outburst of maniac laughter, etc., has not a vestige of foundation in fact. Nicholas Hagerman was not "a charter member of the Law Society of Upper Canada"--it had no "charter members"; 1806 was not in the eighteenth century; Simcoe did not fix upon Newark as the capital of Upper Canada as a consequence of his western trip, nor did he tender his resignation because of the non-concurrence of Lord Dorchester in his military schemes; he did not leave Upper Canada to become governor of San Domingo--it was when he returned from San Domingo in 1798 that he resigned the lieutenant-governorship of Upper Canada along with his San Domingo command; Joseph Willcocks was not "impeached" in 1806 or at any other time, and "impeachment" was not a weapon in the hands of the government for disciplining members of the legislative assembly; the real reason for Barnabas Bidwell leaving Massachusetts is not given--nor need it be; "the first bill ever introduced in the legislature for the purpose of extending to Methodist preachers the right of marrying" was not introduced in 1823. While Mr. Rogers was refused by a vote of eight to two, in 1799, the right to introduce a bill for that purpose, in 1802, such a bill was introduced and passed in the assembly, but received the "six months hoist" in the council; the subsequent history of this measure is well known. The author seems often to have taken tradition instead of contemporaneous documents as his basis of information.


Objective:To explore a new and compound type of material through tissue engineered bone prefabricated with combination of calcium alginate gelatin and autogenous micromorselized bone,in order to provide a new method and theoretical support about the repair of clinical bone defect.Methods:36 Japan white big ear rabbits were divided into 4 groups randomly,then bone defects were created on the bilateral radius.A group was implanted the autogenous micromorselized bone of the calcium alginate gelatin as the carrier;B group was implanted the autogenous micromorselized bone;C group was implanted the calcium alginate gelatin;D group was implanted nothing.The bone defects were observed by gross examination,X-ray examination,histological examination at 4w,8w and it were determined by biomechanics at 8 w.Results:The results of gross examination,X-ray examination,histological examination showed that defects treated with A,B and C implantation were repaired at 4w and 8w,but the defects treated with A implantation regenerated much more new bone,bridged earlier and were repaired more quickly than that of B and C.The results of biomechanical examination were as below at 8 w:three points bent test showed that A group was better than B group and C group according to the anti-bending degree and max stress.The results had the significant statistic difference(P0.05).While D group couldn't get osseous tissue healing.Conclusion:The calcium alginate gelatin may be the better carrier of the autogenous micromorselized bone.The autogenous micromorselized bone of the calcium alginate gelatin as the carrier formed more bone whose quality and biomechanics is excellent,and has better capability on repairing the bone defect than the autogenous micromorselized bone or the calcium alginate gelatin along.


The speed range and machine tools technology of high-speed machining was analyzed,and tool system and numerical control system was studied.It was pointed out that high-speed machining can improve the machining lever.


A new method is suggested for determining the stability constant of ternary surface complexes (TSC) at liquid-solid interfaces in natural water. Its basic principle is based on the rule of left-right shift (RLRS) of S-shaped curve, from which the peak-type curve of E (%) with the concentration of organic matter is obtained. The peak-type curve is further used to obtain the ( K SAM / K SM ) values by using respectively the method of equality of E (%) when [H 2 A] = [H 2 A] 0 (1) and the method of [H 2 A] max (2). From the known KSM,the stability constant K SAM of liquid-solid interfacial ternary surface complexes can be obtained.


Growth Pole Determination Analysis for Regional Development of North Labuhanbatu Regency, North Sumatra Province. The gap between sectors and the unstable economic growth rate indicate that North Labuhanbatu Regency needs a regional development program. The research objective is to identify the classification of the economic sector in North Labuhanbatu Regency, determine the districts that are the growth poles, and interaction between areas known as growth poles with the surrounding areas. This study uses primary data with interview methods and secondary data with documentation methods. The indicators used are the Gross Regional Product (GRP) of North Labuhanbatu Regency and North Sumatra Province in 2015-2019, the population of each social and economic facility, the population of each sub-district, and the distance between sub-districts. The analysis was conducted using the typology classification method, the schalogram analysis and the centrality index, as well as the gravity analysis. The results show that the advanced and fast growing sector in North Labuhanbatu Regency is only the manufacturing industry sector. Districts that have the opportunity to become centers of economic growth in North Labuhanbatu Regency are Kualuh Hulu District and Kualuh Selatan District. Kualuh Hulu District has the closest interaction with other sub-district that is also a center of economic growth, namely Kualuh Selatan District.


The invention discloses an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (EISA) for measuring the content of lincomycin hydrochloride in food. The method is characterized in that a novel hapten modification method is used to synthesize a modifier of lincomycin hydrochloride, and the modifier is linked to the protein to prepare an immunogen and an envelope antigen. A polyclonal antibody of rabbit anti-lincomycin hydrochloride is acquired by an immune animal. The antibody is used for the immunoassay of lincomycin hydrochloride; the concentration range of a standard curve is 1-1000ng/mL, IC50 is 23.7-29.3ng/mL, the cross reactivity of the antibody and the lincomycin hydrochloride is 18.9%, and the antibody and other seven popular antibiotics or hormones hardly have cross reaction. Six kinds of market-sold foods are extracted by using 0.01mol/L HCL after being labeled; an extract is properly diluted and measured by ELISA, the labeling recovery rate is 76.6-117.6%, and the relative standard deviation is 1.7-34.6%. The seven labeled samples are analyzed by using the HPLC and the ELISA methods which have better pertinence (R2=0.9756 and n=7). The EISA established in the invention has reliability, high sensitivity and strong specificity and can be used for detecting the content of lincomycin hydrochloride in food.


| Transonic Flow Around Rotor Blade Elements J. P. GOSTELOW. The authors are to be congratulated on this exposition of their interesting time-marching theory. The use of the MacCormack difference scheme without smoothing appears basically sound with the method of characteristics employed on the boundaries. An unusual and intriguing feature, however, is the author's claim of solving the Navier-Stokes equations although the flow on the boundaries is treated as inviscid. The increased levels of viscosity deployed to give shock stability are reminiscent of the artificial viscosity used in some other methods. Unfortunately it is difficult to judge the adequacy of shock resolution because the test case of Fig. 7 had insufficient experimental readings in the vicinity of the shock. The agreement is good in general but if shock predictions are to be relied upon test cases having clearer shock definition (i.e. more pressure taps backed up by schlieren visualization) must be used. In general the efficacy of adjusting the viscosity coefficient in order to obtain a stable shock transition is questioned. In order to justify such a practice more information should be given on the physical basis combined with a more general numerical demonstration. The conclusion that more research on leading and trailing edge bluntness effects is required is endorsed although the solution to the trailing edge problem must ultimately be a fully viscous and unsteady one. Since the author's reference [1] was published the accurate (4 decimal places) hodograph solutions of Hobson have come to


As a part of a larger study, the Psychopathy Checklist-Revised (PCL-R) was used to assess psychopathy in 203 individuals from three UK National Health Service settings for offenders with intellectual disabilities (ID): a high security hospital, a medium and low security hospital and a community based service. The PCL-R was rated from file review combined with a clinician interview. Internal consistency and inter-rater reliability were acceptable, and broadly comparable to that reported for other offender populations. The instrument was also associated in largely expected ways with level of security, and with measures of antisocial personality disorder, risk, and current behavioural functioning, providing some preliminary indications of convergent validity. However, further empirical investigation is required before the PCL-R can be used with confidence to make clinical and risk-based decisions in this population.


Objective:To observe the hemodynamic influence of vertebro-basilar artery and improvement of symptoms by the treatment of(cervical spondylotic arteriopathy)CSA with heat-sensitive moxibustion therapy and Banxia Baizhu Tianma decoction.Method:The patients were randomized into a 40-case control group treated with Flunarizine Capsule and a 40-case treatment group with heat-sensitive moxibustion therapy and Banxia Baizhu Tianma decoction.Individually transcranial doppler(TCD) check was done and symptomatic change was noted.Result:Heat-sensitive moxibustion therapy and Chinese herbal medicine significantly improve the systolic peak of vertebro-basilar artery(P0.05),which differ significantly from the control group(P0.05);in treatment group the total effective rate of symptomatic improvement was 92.5%,while in control group was 77.5%.The significant difference existed(P0.05).Conclusion:Heat-sensitive moxibustion therapy and Banxia Baizhu Tianma decoction can significantly improve the systolic peak of vertebro-basilar artery and the therapeutic effect of CSA.


In this study, two new microsatellite loci from a library of Cyprinodon beltrani from Laguna Chichancanab, Mexico, were characterized. Additionally, cross-species amplification with primer pairs developed for other Cyprinodon species was performed. The 11 markers show moderate to high levels of polymorphism (two to 33 alleles) in six species of the Cyprinodon flock from Laguna Chichancanab and in their sister species Cyprinodon artifrons. These loci were characterized for population genetic study to detect gene flow between the different endemic pupfish species.


The main objective of this article is to analyze how refugee women from the Global South are treated by the International System and the International Refugee Regime. The hypothesis starts at the systemic level and concludes that refugee women are excluded politically, socially and economically from both spheres and this exclusion is also reflected in host societies. This marginalization occurs due to the colonial power relations that shape the globe in multiple hierarchies of gender, race, ethnicity, nationality and migratory status, which categorize women who seek refuge in the South as well as in the Global North as inferior beings. The article made a bibliographic review on the hierarchical and dichotomous construction of the International System based on the exploitation and inferiorization of the Global South; on the contradictions of the International Refugee Regime and the construction of "myths of difference" that portrayed and continue to represent refugee people as "threats" to national security and culture; on the categorization of women on the move as vulnerable, and; finally, on the need to incorporate an intersectional lense into the analysis of forced migration processes.


The local quasi-geoid model up to centimeter precision has became the basic requirement for the development of modern surveying and mapping science. There are a variety of models can be used for the quasi-geoid refinement, including the spherical cap harmonic model (SCH). This paper studies the theory of SCH to get the spherical cap harmonic expression to fit the height anomaly in the least squares sense, which is to achieve the transformation between the geodetic height and the normal height. We also discuss the selection of the maximum model degree in local region. The practical case is studied to refine the local quasi-geoid model with SCH using GPS/leveling data at 85 points. The results indicate that the local quasi-geoid model can reach 3 centimeter-level at the internal and external fitting precision.


Areas of profound metasomatic changes (silicification, carbonatization) of productive coal-bearing deposits were revealed. The deposits are confined to the Nizhnevartovsk arch located within the Western-Siberian plate. Areas of metasomatic changes occur in fracture and decompactification zones. Fractures and voids contain liquid hydrocarbons and residual bitumens. Profound metasomatic changes are caused by influence of deep fluids saturated with carbonic acid on organic matter and aluminosilicates. Carbon releases from high-carbon rocks and due to its mobility participates in migration processes occurring in the Earths crust.


Dwindling carbon (C) and nitrogen (N) levels in paddy soils decreases rice production and threaten human food security globally. The efficient maintenance of C and N fluxes in soil-rice systems is a crucial prerequisite for agricultural and environmental sustainability. Herein, we examined the C and N fluxes from 63 rainfed rice paddy fields under conventional farming (CF) and organic farming (OF) systems in Thailand. The C and N fluxes were measured based on a detailed analysis of relevant influxes (fertilizer, manure, and biomass addition) and effluxes (biomass harvest and greenhouse gas emission). The results demonstrated that the harvested grain and straw contributed to the most abundant C and N effluxes for both farming systems. The CH4 effluxes were moderate, whereas the N2O effluxes were meager relative to their total effluxes. Stubble incorporation and animal manure addition to soil were the most extensive C influxes. However, the primary N influxes were stubble incorporation and animal manure addition for the OF system, and chemical-N fertilizers for the CF system. Net C depletions were observed in both the CF and OF systems. However, net N was depleted and accumulated in the CF and OF systems, respectively. Straw incorporation to soils could restore the net C accumulations for the CF and OF systems and elevate the net N accumulation for both systems. This study highlighted that complete straw removal has exacerbated the C and N stock in soil-rice systems, inducing insecurity for the environment and the agricultural systems. Effective straw management is a simple approach for sustaining paddy rice production.


This paper deals with a network frequency measurement. It summarizes network disturbances with frequency oscillations. The frequency waveforms provoke questions about the frequency relay behavior. Simulated network disturbance was played back to the relay and the relay response was observed.


When equally spaced points on the skin of a blindfolded human individual are stimulated in rapid succession, stimuli separated by a shorter temporal interval are perceived as closer together in space than stimuli separated by a longer temporal interval. This perceptual illusion is known as the tactile variant of the tau effect. Here, a specific case of extinction of this phenomenon is discussed in the light of current theory. Psychophysical data of two blindfolded observers, tested under conditions of successive tactile stimulations of two points on the skin of the lower arm, with constant spacing and separated by two randomly varying temporal intervals, show that the tau effect occurs in the first trial blocks, and then vanishes over time. The data are discussed in the light of long-range interactions between somatosensory cortical neurons which, over a certain period of time, achieve a stable and reliable representation of tactile space independent of temporal variations. A neural state observer model for neural integration with temporal bias reduction is exploited to account for the individual data, and discussed in the light of previous explanations. The conclusions call for research into the conditions under which perceptual illusion may vanish, based on the hypothesis that such extinction studies could generate an even deeper insight into adaptive brain mechanisms than previously considered.


A system and a method for providing an integrated search service are provided to classify search results into a plurality of groups, which are expressed by an image, based on contents, and adjust the size of each image according to more than one property such as importance or popularity of the group among the groups provided as the search result. A clustering engine(120) groups resources stored in a database into a plurality of clusters respectively including the resources related to a common topic. An image extracting engine(124) selects a representative image of respective clusters. A web server(140) provides an array of the representative image of the clusters. The size of the representative images is adjusted according to more than one property of the clusters. The characteristic includes the number of resources. The size of the representative image is proportion to the number of resources. The representative images are selected from the images related to image resource locators included in the resources and titles related to the resources. A category search system determines a category of the resources stored in a database. A sensory search system extracts a sensory word from the resources stored in the database.


Abstract Educational expectations are a key predictor of educational attainment. Throughout adolescence, friends increasingly function as 'significant others' and, thus, can affect the development of these expectations. Although scholars often interpret the clustering of students with similar expectations within friendship networks as the outcome of peer influence, a similarity of friends can also be a result of friendship selection processes and preselection due to ability tracking. We apply multilevel social network models to panel data of adolescents from Germany (1,992 ninth-grade students in 91 classes) to disentangle these mechanisms. Beyond selecting similar friends (homophily), we find that adolescents adapt their expectations towards the average expectations of their friends (social influence) but only in secondary-school tracks that support diverse educational paths. We conclude that peer socialization is important for the development of students' educational expectations in contexts that are sufficiently heterogeneous to allow for the emergence of distinct peer milieus.


The career of Giovanni Antonio Dosio (1533–1610) spanned the entire second half of the sixteenth century and included major commissions in Rome, Florence, and Naples. Although we may place Dosio in the second rank of artists of the period, his patrons, the Farnese, the Gaddi, the Niccolini, and the Medici among others, were distinctly first class, and thus his works are likely to tell us a good deal about the taste, style, and attitude of the late cinquecento.


In this paper we propose a new concept of scale fractal dimension for the fractal characterization. We point out that scale fractal dimension can supply more information and give a more accurate description for fractal in nature than the usual used fractal dimension dose. The variation of scale fractal dimension for different kinds of images is analyzed and a new metric based on scale fractal dimension for edge detection is defined. After that, the algorithm for edge detection based on scale fractal dimension is given and its performances for edge detection are discussed.


The utility model provides a reflective lifting belt which comprises a belt body. The belt body is made of flat belt leather, polyester fibers are woven to form the flat belt body, a reflecting film is wrapped on the surface of each polyester fiber, a reflecting layer is fixedly and integrally connected with the belt body, joints of the belt body are sewed in an overlapped manner. The belt body is annular. A ring in the shape of a needle hole is arranged at each of two ends of the belt body, and the flat belt leather is arranged in the middle of the belt body. The reflective lifting belt has a reflecting performance, and is simple in structure, convenient to use and applicable to lifting operation at night.


Autonomous navigation involves solving problems of perception, localization, planning and control. Based on how these problems can be solved it is possible to have a deliberative, reactive or deliberative-reactive (hybrid) navigation. Additionally, navigation must meet security requirements for both the robot and humans operating in the same workspace. Thus, a navigation system for differential hybrid mobile robots in structured environments was designed, which integrates the advantages of a high level deliberative planner with a reactive low-level control and easing some of its weaknesses. For this, a fuzzy logic controller was implemented. The proposed system was tested with a simulated robot Amigobot with a Kinect sensor using V-REP and ROS.


Abstract The free jet millimeter wave spectrum of 1,3-dioxolane–argon has been investigated in the 60–78 GHz frequency range. The argon atom is located over the center of mass of the monomer, roughly perpendicular to the 1,3-dioxolane ring. Very high values of quartic centrifugal distortion constants, compared to those of similar adducts, suggest a relatively weak linkage of Ar to the ring.


The polar Diels–Alder reactions of nitrosoalkenes with enamines have been studied using DFT methods at the B3LYP/6-31G* level of theory. These Diels–Alder reactions are characterized by a nucleophilic attack of the enamine at the conjugated position of the nitrosoalkene with concomitant ring-closure. The reactions present a total regioselectivity and a large endo selectivity. The analysis, based on the global electrophilicity of the reagents in the ground state, the natural bond orbital (NBO), and the topological analysis of the electron localization function (ELF) in the endo transition state (TS) and "halfway" along the IRC between the TS and cycloadduct, correctly explain the polar nature of these cycloaddition reactions. The large electrophilic character of nitrosoethylenes together with the large nucleophilic character of enamines are responsible for the large acceleration found in these polar Diels–Alder reactions. (© Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, 69451 Weinheim, Germany, 2006)


Background: Foot problems are common complications in diabetics; fortunately they can be prevented. Aim of the study: to detect prevalence and categorization of diabetic foot in diabetics in Beni Suif, Egypt from 2010 to 2012. Subjects and methods: A cross-sectional study of 1000 diabetics who underwent thorough history and examination. Results: Peripheral neuropathy (PN), was found in 73.7% of patients. High levels of HbA1c, creatinine, cholesterol, triglycerides, FBS, 2hPPS, BMI, SBP, albumin and insulin therapy were predictors of PN. Peripheral arterial disease (PAD) was found in 49.3% of patients. Duration of DM, HbA1c, creatinine, cholesterol, FBS, 2hPPS, BMI, BP, albumin and insulin therapy were predictors of PAD. Foot ulcers were found in 4.1%, while only one case had amputation. 19% of cases were categorized as high, 20% as moderate, and 11% as low risk while 50% had no risk. High risk cases had more advanced age, higher BMI, higher BP. Neuropathy, age > 55, insulin therapy and high HBA1c, creatinine, cholesterol and TGs were considered the most significant predictor of risk to diabetic foot ulcer. Conclusion: About fifth of cases had high risk for development of diabetic foot ulcers in Beni Suif hospital from 2010-2012. PN is the major cause, while PAD was found in minority. [Nagwa Saad, Khaled Elhadedy, Nagwa Ramadan, Osama Mohmady and Mahmoud Farid The prevalence and risk categorization of diabetic foot complications in cohort group in, Beni Suif, Egypt, 2010-2012. Life Sci J 2013;10(3):933-942] (ISSN: 1097-8135).http://www.lifesciencesite.com. 137


The paper proposes a mathematical model for describing the movement of the working body of the plow, taking into account the vibration effect. The model is used to simulate the movement of the working body of the plow with an uneven speed of the traction unit. It was found that when accelerating, a stationary displacement of the working body of the plow occurs, as well as a decrease in the amplitude of oscillations and an exit to a stationary mode with a small amplitude of several millimeters. The specific power also reaches a stationary value over time. The parameters of steady oscillations depend on the stationary value of the speed of movement and the properties of the soil.


in this paper the rewlts of specialized constant-voltage power spply design for processes separated manufactures are presented. Output voltage of the power supply is stabilized and controlled at each level. Analysis of source operation is realized with simulation models.


The present study examined the interaction between bilinguals' native (L1) and second (L2) languages as a function of the perceived similarity between L1 and L2 segments. Two hypotheses were proposed. The first hypothesis was that segments that are "similar" in the L1 and L2 would influence each other (and would thus "interact") to a greater extent than those that are "dissimilar" in the L1 and L2. The second hypothesis was that the extent to which similar and dissimilar L1 and L2 segments interact would also depend upon bilinguals' age at the time of L2 learning. Results provided support for both of these hypotheses. The findings of the present study thus provide insights into the dynamic and often complex nature of the interaction between L1 and L2 phonetic systems.


To teach in primary schools in Aotearoa-New Zealand means to encounter students from diverse backgrounds. A significant proportion of those students are M a ori and a significant proportion of M a ori students are not achieving to their potential in school. There are several reasons for this under-achievement, which this thesis explores, and there is substantial research evidence as to what will turn this situation around, which is also explored. Some argue that the answer is for M a ori learners to be taught by M a ori teachers, and in M a ori medium contexts. This approach has achieved considerable success for a small number of M a ori learners; however, the demographic data tell us that for now, the significant majority of M a ori learners are in English language medium classrooms, taught by non-M a ori teachers. At present, there are not enough M a ori teachers to teach all M a ori learners. The New Zealand Ministry of Education has goals for improving the achievement of M a ori learners through providing "high-quality, culturally responsive education that incorporates the identity, language and culture of M a ori students, and engages their parents, families and wh a nau" (Ministry of Education, 2008). The Ministry and the New Zealand Teachers Council expect all teachers to be 'culturally competent', that is, to teach in culturally responsive ways. The Ministry of Education's research and development project, Te K o tahitanga, continues to provide evidence of 'what works' for M a ori learners in New Zealand secondary schools. The effective teaching profile that was developed as part of this project informs this thesis. The thesis describes qualitative, social justice-based case study research undertaken between late 2004 and 2006 with four effective P a keh a primary teachers of M a ori children, and with children from those classes and their parents/wh a nau. The study sought to glean insights about what characterises effective P a keh a primary teachers of M a ori students.


To determine the prevalence, and sociodemographic and clinical factors associated with combined fecal and urinary incontinence in adults living in Pouso Alegre, Minas Gerais, Brazil.


Sculptures of Shiva Nataraja, dancing in his ring of flame, may be the best-known objects of Indic art. Their fame and their academic interpretation derive in large part, however, from an essay by Ananda K. Coomaraswamy that oversimplifies the visual icon's links to written documents and that represents texts composed in the thirteenth century as contemporary with this image type, although sculptures of Nataraja survive from the early tenth century. Evidence from the tenth century suggests his significance rather as the wild lord of the cremation ground and as an emblem of the Chola dynasty.


The result of a measurement of the proton structure function F 2 (x; Q 2) is reported in an extended kinematic domain at low Q 2 (Q 2 > 0:2 GeV 2) and intermediate Bjorken-x (x < 0:0032) using deep inelastic events with a photon radiation collinear to the incident electron, collected in 1996 by the HERA experiment H1. The rise of F 2 with decreasing x is found to be less steep towards low Q 2 values. Abstract: 535 Parallel sessions: 4 Plenary sessions: 6


Most conventional route guidance systems select the optimal route on the basis of the minimum expected route travel time. However, as a result of the inherent variation in driving conditions, the route travel time that drivers will experience may be longer or shorter than the expected mean travel time. Drivers are likely to have a lower tolerance for experiencing travel times that exceed their expectation and as a result, drivers may want to select routes that provide them with smaller travel time variation. While this is clearly desirable it is not clear whether the paths providing the minimum average travel time, are also the optimal paths for other levels of travel time reliability. This paper examines the impact that routing strategy has on route selection. Specifically, the proportion of paths that change when drivers alter their route selection criteria from selecting the minimum travel path computed on the basis of the average travel time to that computed on the basis of say the 95th percentile travel time is computed. The analysis, conducted using simulation results from a network of a portion of Seattle, Washington, indicates that if a routing system selects routes on the basis of the 95th percentile travel time, then approximately 15% of all routes would be different than the minimum mean travel time routes. The results indicate that there may exist opportunities for improving the reliability of trip travel times by changing the route selection strategy to directly consider travel time variability


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PURPOSE
To present the successful results of the single-bone reconstruction technique in the forearm in a patient who sustained an ulnar fracture and underwent multiple osteosyntheses and failed grafts.

CASE
Male patient, agricultural worker, who at age 39 sustained a left ulnar fracture. After 13 years and 5 surgeries involving different types of osteosyntheses and failed grafts, which resulted in infection of the left ulnar pseudoarthrosis, we decided to do a single-bone reconstruction of the forearm. He did well and achieved good function. His current status is: 20° of forearm supination, full elbow and wrist flexion and extension, appropriate muscle strength, and he returned to his job without functional limitations.

CONCLUSION
The single-bone forearm reconstruction technique is, in properly selected cases, an excellent surgical alternative when reconstruction or salvage of the thoracic limb is required.


【Objective】 To contrast temperature changes in patients with different ages following artificial joint replacement.【Methods】 Totally 114 cases patients with artificial whole joint replacement were selected.Temperature was measured on the day before operation and the day of operation to the seventh day after operation at 6 AM,10 AM,2 PM and 6 PM.The patients were divided into the younger group(≤60 years) the elder group(60 years).The mean temperature and the highest temperature were compared.【Results】 There was a significant difference in the mean temperature on the second and the third day after operation between the younger group and the elder group(P 0.05).There was a significant difference in the amount of WBC on the third day after operation between the two groups(P 0.05).【Conclusion】 The mean temperature of the younger group is higher than that of the elder group on the second and the third day after operation.The amount of WBC of the elder group is higher than that of the younger group on the third day after operation.


This paper argues that there are three points showing Pre-Chin Confucianism has some similar ideas with Chaim Perelman in political ethics. First, the ideas of "rule of human" are same with Perelmanian and Postmodernism anti-Decartism. Second, the theory of "The doctrine of the mean" in Pre-Chin Confucianism has similar meanings, similar functions, and similar questions with Perelman's theory of "Universal Audience", both of them against the dehumanize and pure rational thinking of modern political-ethical thoughts and uphold reasonable discourse that accentuate the importance of situational and local thinking. Third, applying the theories of "starting point of argument" and "techniques of argumentation" in Perelman's "The New Rhetoric" to analyze the arguments of "Distinction between Righteousness and Profit" in Pre-Chin Confucianism, we found that Pre-Chin Confucianism philosophers, like Confucius and Mencius, often used "hierarchical value" as the starting point, and the "dissociation" of concepts" as major argumentative scheme to argue their ideas of "Distinction between Righteousness and Profit". According to the analysis above, author of this paper believes that Pre-Chin Confucianism and Chaim Perelman share the same postmodern political-ethical ideas, that is, to esteem the differences in people and diversity in society, and to treat humanity with optimistical deference.


Despite the importance of professional services to organisations, relatively little is known about the way they are purchased. This study details the risks perceived and risk‐reducing strategies employed by purchasers in local government and examines how these vary with buying‐phase and buy‐class. Risk varied little, but some of the 36 risk‐reducing strategies identified varied across the buying phases and were more useful in the modified‐rebuy situation. The results are discussed in the context of risk measurement and implications for purchasers and providers of professional services.


Interleukin (IL)‐8 is released both in visceral adipose tissue and in contracting skeletal muscles. In this study, we examined cellular pathways associated with muscle hypertrophy, chosen on the basis of microRNA profiling, in differentiating rat primary skeletal muscle cells (RSkMC) treated with IL‐8 (1 ng/ml) for 11 days. IL‐8 increased myocilin expression, Akt phosphorylation, FoxO3 dispersion throughout the cytoplasm, and reduced FoxO3 level. IL‐8 decreased the expression of atrogin and MuRF1 and increased myotube length and diameter. We concluded that IL‐8 present in extracellular environment of myoblasts induced to differentiation stimulates expression of myocilin, a protein important for skeletal muscle hypertrophy. This phenomenon was associated with: (a) activation of myogenic transcription, (b) increased phosphorylation and activation of PKB/Akt, leading to (c) cytoplasm distribution and degradation of a transcription factor FoxO3, (d) decreased expression of gene markers of proteolysis, atrogin and Murf1, and (e) increased myotube length and diameter. In this regard, IL‐8 affects skeletal muscle cells similarly to IGF‐I and can be considered as a potent anticatabolic factor for skeletal muscle.


METHODS: Over the course of a 6-year period, eighty-eight active subjects (age = 23.3 + 3.5 yrs, weight = 78.5 + 17.5 kg, VO2max = 42.4 + 5.7 ml/kg/min) completed a graded-exercise test on a cycle ergometer at sea level (SL1), upon acute exposure to 3417 m (ALT1), two weeks following acclimatization at 3417 m (ALT2), and upon return to sea level (SL2). Workloads were increased every two minutes following a two-minute warmup until volitional fatigue. Maximum oxygen consumption was measured using a Parvo TruOne 2400 Metabolic cart. Subject's activity levels were assessed during the 2-week period and were unchanged relative to sea level. RESULTS: Maximum oxygen consumption significantly declined (P<0.05) from SL1 to ALT 1 (3.48 + .39 l/min vs. 3.04 + .32 l/min). However, by ALT2 VO2max was not different from SL1(3.48 + .39 l/min vs. 3.31 + .51 l/min). Maximum oxygen consumption was slightly, but not significantly higher upon return to sea level (SL2 = 3.65+ .66 l/min). While body weight changes occurred in some subjects, overall there was no difference in average body weight between any of the testing points. CONCLUSIONS: These data suggest that exposure to acute altitude results in a reduction in maximum oxygen consumption. However, after two weeks of acclimatization maximum oxygen consumption returns to pre-sea level values in a large multi-year study.


Caffeic acid O-methyltransferase (COMT) and caffeoyl-CoA-3-O-methyltransferase (CCoAOMT) genes encode two methyltransferases at different substrate levels in lignin biosynthesis. We constructed two single antisense expression vectors containing the cDNA of COMT or CCoAOMT genes and one dual antisense expression vector containing cDNAs of both OMTs genes. The antisense constructs were transferred into tobacco mediated by Agrobacterium tumefacience. PCR-Southern analysis indicated that antisense cDNAs had been integrated into the genome of the transgenic tobacco. The antisense genes were also expressed at transcriptional level displayed by Northern dot analysis. Klason lignin assay of 3-month-old transgenic tobaccos showed that repression in COMT or CCoAOMT alone could result in reduction of lignin content, more reduction was caused by suppression in CCoAOMT than in COMT. Furthermore, simultaneous suppression of both COMT and CCoAOMT resulted in more reduction than that of single gene, which indicated the cooperation of COMT and CCoAOMT. Histochemical staining showed that downregulated COMT led to the remarkable reduction of syringyl lignin. These data demonstrated that repression of CCoAOMT was an effective way to alter lignin biosynthesis in transgenic plants for improving the property of pulping.


The Conundrum of SI traceability at Lmin for the VIIRS Day/Night Band by Changyong Cao, NOAA It is commonly accepted that any good measurements, including those from satellites, should ideally be made SI traceable, which is defined as the "property of a measurement result whereby the result can be related to a reference through a documented unbroken chain of calibrations, each contributing to the measurement uncertainty" (VIM). For the VIIRS onboard calibration, the pre-launch " reference"


In this study the effects of different salinities and algal diets on number of eggs produced by the copepods Pseudodiaptomus richardi and Notodiaptomus incompositus, were evaluated under controlled laboratory conditions. For P. richardi the development time from newly hatched nauplii to adults was compared for the three salinities under saturating food conditions. This species showed to be very tolerant to a wide range of salinities presenting the same growth rate from nauplii to adults when reared at salinities (S) 5, 15 and 30. The survivorship was 40,51 ± 7,6% in average, with a maximum of 49% at S = 15. The mean development time was 16 days (20°C), with no differences (ANOVA, p > 0,05) among the three salinities tested. The egg production values where in average higher (p 0.05) among the algae evaluated (Isochrysis galbana, Thalassiosira weissflogii, Chaetoceros muelleri and mixed diet). However the number of eggs produced found for P. richardi were in average twelve times higher than those observed for N. incompositus. The results of this study indicate that P. richardi is a very tolerant species, being well adapted for the constant fluctuating conditions of salinity and food composition usually found in estuaries and coastal areas.


Some bile acids (dehydrocholic, cholic, chenodeoxycholic, ursodeoxycholic, and deoxycholic acids), and some hypocholesterolemic agents (22, 25 diazacholestanol, 20,25-diazacholesterol, triparanol, and SKF 525-A) are the inducers of isovalthinuria in guinea pig. Administration of methionine appears to increase
the pool of sulfur compound which participates in the formation of isovalthine. Cholesterol appears to have no enhancing effect on the induction activity of isovalthinuria inducers. The mechanism of isovalthine formation and the role of sulfur amino acids in lowering blood cholesterol are discussed.


Comparisons previously drawn between the image of a field ion plane and a Fresnel zone plate are reexamined. It is shown that such images are more generally described as aberrated binary zone plates, and that the relationship between their focal lengths and the imaging parameters is more complex than previously believed.


This paper is devoted to the assurance of higher durability of hard coatings by using irregular method of laser cladding (LC). The purpose of this study was to demonstrate that by producing of keyhole mode LC coatings enables to create functionally graded structure in interface. This can contribute to decrease the gradient of trough-depth residual stresses of the coating-substrate system formed by dissimilar steels. Experimental work was carried out using precise LC system, which consists of industrial robot (KUKA) and 1kW Yb-fiber laser (IPG Laser). Experimental coatings were created on cold work tool steel substrate AISI D2 using high-speed steel (HSS) powder AISI M2. The properties of coatings produced by two different methods have been evaluated in the course of a comparative analysis by examination of morphology of transverse cross-sections, elemental composition, microhardness distribution inside coatings and tribological tests. Results showed that coating with keyhole mode in penetration had lower hardness due to a larger amount of dilution however the smooth transition of properties in the interface was obtained. Despite the significant difference in hardness both coatings demonstrated very similar tribological behaviour.


Analog to digital converters are Mixed signal devices. With the increasing popularity of these devices , it is important to get more faster and accurate device. Along with design, testing of ADC plays major role . Static and Dynamic methods are available for ADC testing. Ideal ADC itself has quantization error. A NonIdeal ADC consists many other errors like offset error, Gain error, DNL, INL,ENOB,SNR,THD,SINAD etc. In this paper various methods of dynamic testing of ADC are discussed.


The phase field equation is solved by using a meshless reproducing kernel particle method (RKPM) for the very first time. The 1D phase field equation is solved using different grid sizes and various time steps at a given grid size. The method can give accurate solutions across the interface, and allows a larger time step than explicit finite-difference method. The 2D phase field equation is computed by the present method and a classic shrinking of a circle is simulated. This shows the powerfulness and the potential of the method to treat more complicated problems. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.


This paper introduces the research and practice of a new teaching mode and harmonious classroom with taking student as principal part,taking teacher as dominant part.Harmonious classroom is constructed by adopting various valid teaching methods,stirring up the study aggressiveness,constructing interaction harmony of teaching atmosphere,raising the students' comprehensive character continuously.Work hard to make the main factors,such as the contents of course, teaching method,relation of teacher and students in the traditional classroom teaching and the classroom atmosphere,etc.placed in moderate harmonious state.


There is increasing evidence that a proportion of children with Conduct Disorder may have unidentified Autistic Spectrum Disorder (Gilchrist et al., 2001 Gilmour, Hill, Place & Skuse, 2004). This paper considers the argument that a subgroup of children with Autistic Spectrum Disorder are undetected and subsumed under Conduct Disorder or similar descriptors. Diagnostic criteria are described and issues relevant to Conduct Disorder discussed. This is followed by an examination of the similarities and differences between Autistic Spectrum Disorder and Conduct Disorder. The case for misclassification of Autistic Spectrum Disorder is explored through reinterpretation of the behavioural markers associated with Conduct Disorder. Sample definition in studies of children with Conduct Disorder is then critically examined. The paper concludes with a review of the literature on social information processing in children with Conduct Disorder exploring whether some findings could be better explained by an Autistic Spectrum Disorder presentation.


. Batok glutinous rice especially local varieties, is one of the agricultural commodities that can be used as a source of food. Besides having a good taste, batok glutinous rice is also not easily attacked by pests and rice seeds easily obtained. However, obstacles in the utilization of glutinous rice for local varieties are long harvest time and low production. Therefore, seed priming is carried out by utilizing biofertilizer derived from the rhizosphere fungus, Trichoderma spp . Trichoderma is a function that is classified as Plant Growth Promoting Function (PGPF) which is able to stimulate plant growth by producing growth regulators. This study aims to determine the response of the germination of batok glutinous rice seeds against of Trichoderma spp. This research is an experimental study using a completely randomized design with 7 treatments and 3 replications. The treatment given was soaking seeds with 6 types of Trichoderma spp . isolates and 1 control soaked with aquadest. The data obtained were analyzed statistically using ANOVA. If there are significant differences, further tests of DMRT are carried out with α = 5%. The results obtained indicate that Trichoderma spp . no significant effect on the percentage of germination and vigor index, but significant effect on the germination speed with RE isolates is the best isolate in increasing the seed germination speed .


1. List of contributors 2. Abbreviations 3. Impersonals and Beyond in Slavic (by Guiraud-Weber, Marguerite) 4. Section I: Morphosyntax 5. Binding and Morphology Revisited (by Franks, Steven L.) 6. Possessor Raising and Slavic clitics (by Zimmerling, Anton) 7. The Slavonic Languages and the Development of the Antipassive Marker (by Janic, Katarzyna) 8. Clitic SE in Romance and Slavonic revisited (by Marelj, Marijana) 9. Section II: Syntactical relations 10. The Lazy Speaker and the Fascination of Emptiness: Colloquial Russian from a Typological Perspective (by Weiss, Daniel) 11. Is the Polish Verb isc an Auxiliary to be?: A Corpus-Based Study of the Construction isc + Infinitive (by Sikora, Dorota) 12. Towards Evidentiality Markers in Albanian and Macedonian Bilingual Political Discourse (by Makartsev, Maxim) 13. A strange variant of Russian ctoby-construction: Irreality and tense-marking (by Letuchiy, Alexander) 14. Section III: Impersonal constructions 15. Impersonal Constructions in Serbian: A description within a Meaning Text linguistic model (by Milicevic, Jasmina) 16. Interpretation and voice in Polish SIE and -NO/-TO constructions (by Krzek, Malgorzata) 17. Dative-infinitive constructions in Russian: Taxonomy and semantics (by Israeli, Alina) 18. On the Nature of Dative Arguments in Russian Constructions with "Predicatives" (by Say, Sergey) 19. Russian Adversity Impersonals and Split Ergativity (by Schlund, Katrin) 20. Section IV: Lexical semantics 21. Morphological and lexical aspect in Russian deverbal nominalizations (by de Valdivia, Gloria) 22. Lexical synonymy within the semantic field POWER (by Dobrovol'skij, Dmitrij) 23. Collocations with nominal quantifiers: Semantics and combinability (by Beliakov, Vladimir) 24. Polysemy Patterns in Russian Adjectives and Adverbs: A corpus-oriented database (by Reznikova, Tatiana) 25. Language index 26. Name index 27. Subject index


Introduction Dysmenorrhea or painful menstruation is one of the most common problems of women (Diaz, 2006; Ryan KJ, 1999), and it is considered as the first reason for the absence of young women (Sheykh Hosseyni & Shahrjerdi, 2009). Dysmenorrhea is usually divided into two primary group and secondary group. Primary dysmenorrhea is painful menstruation in the absence of demonstrable pelvic disease and secondary dysmenorrhea is painful menstruation caused by pelvic pathological problems such as Endometriosis, inflammatory disease or uterine Leiomyoma (Ryan KJ, 1999). Pain starts with the menstruation or a few hours before it starts and lasts for 12 to 72 hours and it is reported to be similar to labor pains with pains above the pubic, nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea and, rarely fainting along with primary dysmenorrhea (Alan H, 2000). Although primary dysmenorrhea is not life threatening and it does not result in impairment, it can affect the women's quality of life, and in severe cases it can result in inability and inefficiency which occurs in the form of absence from school or work. On the other hand, dysmenorrhea could result in mental problems for some women and thus it results in isolation and absence of continuous active presence of these individuals at different levels of the society. In our country nearly half of the students are girls and women are a considerable part of workforce, and this trend is on the rise (Diaz A, 2006). The use of inhibitors of prostaglandin, contraceptives, calcium channel blockers, percutaneous electrical stimulation and massage are some of the common treatments and most of them are expensive and time-consuming and they are often associated with side effects which make some people prevent from using those methods (Marefati et al., 2012). Physical activity and sports as a non-pharmacologic method has found a special medical position. Although some researchers have not reported any relation between the severity of menstrual pain and primary dysmenorrhea and level of physical activity (Blakey H, 2010), in some studies it has been observed that participation in regular exercises reduces the primary dysmenorrhea (Demitruk F, 2008). Sports such as Pilates (Marefati et al, 2012), isometric (Shavandi et al., 2010), stretching (Shahrjerdi et al, 2009) and flexibility (Saadatabadi et al, 2010) could have positive effect on menstrual pain. Edward (2001) suggested that women suffering from dysmenorrhea who do regular exercises are dealing with contraction of the abdominal ligaments, and Edward suggested a series of continuous stretching exercises to them and it was observed that these exercises had a significant role in reducing the severe symptoms of dysmenorrhea. Decreased dysmenorrhea in women who perform exercises could be due to the effect of hormonal changes on the lining of the uterus and/or increased level of endorphins. It seems that exercise acts as a non-specific analgesic (Ortiz, 2010), and also by decreasing depression and stress, sports can result in decreasing the symptoms of primary dysmenorrhea. Also in a research (Jonathan, 2007) named the effect of high intensity exercise on menstrual irregularities it was shown that athletes have less problems related to the ABSTRACT Menstrual cycle is an integral part of women's fertility period. Although having a minor pain during menstruation is normal, severe pain could not be considered normal. During years of adolescence and youth having severe menstruation pains is the main reason for absence of women from work and school, thus it is important to pay attention to its reasons and solutions for reducing it. The current research general aim is comparing the effect of 12-week Kegel exercises and stretching exercises on pain and quality of life of females aging 18 to 25 suffering from primary dysmenorrhea. In this research which was a quasiexperimental study, 60 individuals (20.21 years±1.85) from single girls of Bandar Abbas who visited clinics because of severe pain of menstruation from 2012 to 2013 were chosen through completing Evaluation Form of Primary Dysmenorrhea, Visual Analogue Scale (NRS) and McGill Pain Questionnaire and they were randomly divided in to two groups of experimental group (Kegel exercises and stretching exercises) and control group. Exercises were 12 weeks long, 3 sessions per week, 2 times a day and each time for 10 to 15 minutes, and also after 12 weeks again the McGill Pain Questionnaire was distributed among 3 groups. Analysis results of repeating the measurements showed that Kegel exercise and stretching exercise are effective on reducing the severity and duration of menstrual pain. Also results showed that the effect of Kegel exercises on reducing severity and duration of menstrual pain is more than the stretching exercises. Based on these results, Kegel exercise and stretching exercise result in reducing the severity and duration of pain of primary dysmenorrhea. Thus perhaps it is possible to use Kegel exercises and stretching exercises for treatment of primary dysmenorrhea. © 2014 Elixir All rights reserved. A Comparison between the effect of Kegel exercises and stretching exercises on pain of females aging 18 to 25 suffering from primary dysmenorrhea Elaheh Karimi and Behnam Ghasemi 1 Department of Physical Education and Sport Science, Khorasgan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Isfahan, Iran. 2 Sport Rehabilitation, Shahrekord University, Shahrekord, Iran.


The article describes the professional competence of managers, as well as software products, which allow to form professional competence. Considered the issues of legitimization of these competences in the state standards, as well as the necessity of the development of the design-constructive abilities of managers as a condition for their successful employment.


To the Editor.— The passing of the well-beloved Charlie Dennie, although not entirely unexpected as he had not been well recently, was nevertheless a very real jolt to his many friends and colleagues. As an old friend, of many years, may I say how much I personally admired and liked him, both as a friend and an outstanding dermatologist. I first met him many years ago in Kansas City and have had periodical contacts with him off and on ever since. As a dermatologist he was in the top echelon and as a friend he was a "nonpareil." His work on syphilis is known worldwide and he has made many other contributions to dermatology not least of which is "Dennie's Solution" which I and others have found so useful over the years in the treatment of various keratoses. As a raconteur, I have yet to meet his equal, and have


The article deals with the explanation of an international verification's nature as a specific type of international legal relationship. An author critically analyses domestic and foreign doctrines as well as the international treaties' practice concerning the issues of international verification. An international verification institute is quite well-searched in the international law science. But the article author considers that traditional approaches to analysis of the international verification essence (investigation of subjects, matters and aims) are not sufficient. Practical value of this article flows from the new vision of the international verification as a specific international legal relationship. The legal matter, subjects and substance of the international verification are suggested to be searched in the article.


The purpose of this paper is to study particle collection and desulfurization performance by use of a modified axial flow cyclone. In order to increase particle and SO3 mist collection efficiencies, the modified axial flow cyclone, with additional air injection in the upper test section and down flow mist injection, was used in the experiment. The effect of negative ion injection in the feed gas on collection efficiency was also examined.It is found that particle and mist collection efficiencies increased by use of the proposed three methods.The new estimating equation, which includes centrifugal force, electrical force and mist scrubber effect on the particles, was newly proposed. The experimental data qualitatively agreed with the proposed new equation.


The present invention relates to a solution for smoothing a surface of a printed thermoplastic polyester object in three dimensions (3D), characterized in that it comprises a solvent or mixture of solvents, non-halogenated volatile at room temperature and which the total solubility parameter (DT) is greater than 18.5 MPa1 / 2 and the dispersive solubility parameter (Dd) is greater than 17.0 MPa1 / 2. The invention will find its application to reduce see demarcations remove layers on the surface of objects obtained by printing three-dimensional (3D).


The invention relates to a plant air purifier and a system thereof. The plant air purifier comprises a culture dish used for growing plants and provided with a top opening, a base used for mounting the culture dish, a fan positioned under the culture dish, a water pump and a PCB (printed circuit board) control board, wherein the base comprises an outer enclosure wall, an inner enclosure wall, a middle baffle and a bottom plate; the middle baffle is connected with the inner wall of the outer enclosure wall and the bottom edge of the inner enclosure wall; the inner enclosure wall is positioned in a space defined by the outer enclosure wall; the middle baffle, the outer enclosure wall and the inner enclosure wall are connected to form a water storage pool; the water storage pool is provided with a water pumping hole; a fan mounting through hole communicated with a space defined by the inner enclosure wall and the middle baffle is formed in the middle of the middle baffle; the fan is mounted in the fan mounting through hole; a water inlet of the water pump is connected with the water pumping hole of the water storage pool; a water outlet of the water pump is communicated with the culture dish; and an air outlet is formed in the outer enclosure wall and/or the bottom plate. According to the plant air purifier, plant roots are effectively utilized to absorb and decompose toxic gas and volatile matters.


For centuries, Juan de Vera Tassis y Villarroel's posthumous edition of Calderon's comedias have formed the basis for later editions. However, over the last 80 years, Vera Tassis has been severely criticized and accused of «censuring», «manipulting» and even «mutilating» the texts. This study aims at reevaluating his work. His edition of Amar despues de la muerte (1691) has been compared minutely with the only version of the play published in the author's life —but without his pemission—, titled El Tuzani de la Alpujarra (1677). The results show with almost absolute certainty that Vera Tassis worked from a manuscript which was much more trustworthy than the 1677 edition. This suggests he may have done the same in other cases, which would mean his editions are more reliable than is usually assumed.


The in-plane distribution of mass, or paper formation, of paperboard products is a critical property that influences strength properties, cockle and curl, as well as the surface uniformity and print quality. While generating the uniform distribution of fibers in the forming section is of paramount importance, imaging and subsequent analysis of the web structure has been difficult. Few formation analysis systems have sufficient beam energy to penetrate paperboards that have grammages values exceeding 120 g·m-2 with sufficient sensitivity to determine mass variation at the spatial dimensions useful for characterizing the flocked structures. The most common laboratory instrument that is used to map formation in paperboards is the AmbertecTM series of products that use point sources of 147PM β-radioisotope with sufficient energy to penetrate boards up to 350 g·m-2. In seeking a more precise imaging method with a higher spatial dynamic range, we investigated the use of 6 keV soft X-radiography with both film and storage phosphor screens to obtain images paper formation within a 70 mm square region of interest. While the soft X-radiography of paper was first introduced 60 years ago by Lambot [1], advancements in X-ray cabinet design and computational power have inspired the reconsideration of this approach. Beam artifacts and low image contrast can now be readily addressed by contemporary image processing of large data sets that can have spatial resolution to less than 10 microns.


Three enigmas confront Bloom near the end of "Ithaca." The first is "self-imposed" ("the cause of a brief sharp unforeseen heard loud lone crack emitted by the sentient material of a strainveined timber table"); the second is self-involved ("Who is M'Intosh?"); the third is self-evident ("Where was Moses when the lights went out?"). Only the self-involved enigma remains unsolved, by Bloom at least, leading us to suspect that there are certain mysteries that are—narratively as well as existentially—best left unanswered. This essay explores why this should be so.


OPTIMIZATION FOR METHOD IN DETERMINATION OF CHLOR CONCENTRATION IN PM 2,5 USING EDXRF EPSILON 5. Airborne particulate matter with aerodynamics diameter less than 2.5 µm, PM 2.5 , is one of air pollutant parameter which have adverse impacts for human health and environment. To minimize those adverse impacts, elemental composition of PM 2.5 needs to be characterized so that can be estimated their sources. One of instruments for characterize PM 2.5 is Energy Dispersive X-Ray Fluorescence (EDXRF) spectrometer. EDXRF was used for measuring the elemental composition of PM 2.5 in Indonesia. This study focused in determination of chlor concentration in PM 2.5 since the optimal condition of chlor quantification using EDXRF spectrometer has not been obtained yet, whereas chlor is one of key element which is needed for source identification of air pollution. Concentration of chlor were determined using calibration curve and sensitivity curve methods. Both of curves were performed using Micromatter standards. The multi-element International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) reference materials were used for evaluating the accuracy and precision of the procedure. Our measurements result showed good agreement between observed value and certified value. Their accuracy and precision are more than 90%, to ensure the reliability of analytical results, the comparison with the Particles Induced X-ray Emission (PIXE) results from the same samples were also carried out. The result showed that there was good correlation between EDXRF and PIXE results, this is evidenced by the value of R 2 is 0.9592. It can be concluded that calibration curve and sensitivity curve can be used to quantify of chlor in PM 2.5 accurately.


Radiotherapy(RT) is one the most commonly used treatment modalities for head and neck tumors.Despite the advances in treatment precision using 3-dimentional conformal radiotherapy,normal tissues in the head and neck region including the parotid,brain,spinal cord,cranial nerves and other adjacent normal tissues are often incidentally irradiated.As a result,radiation-associated normal tissue injury and long-term quality of life problems can be expected in some patients,especially for long-term survivors after curative therapy.Minimizing the volume and radiation dose is the key point to decrease the risk of normal tissue injury.The mechanisms and radiation dose-volume effects of these normal tissues injury would be reviewed in this article.


College moral education refers to ideological and political education as well as morality education among young students.As a major component element,it dominates the education for all-round development.In the new historical period,college moral education meets with many new circumstances and problems.The postmodern thoughts have had a profound impact on moral education with a lot of new enlightenment for the moral work of universities.This work must be enhanced and improved with pertinence and effectiveness increased so as to innovatively achieve new developments of moral education.


(a) Programa de PósGraduação em Educação, Faculdade de Educação, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul. Avenida Paulo Gama, s/n°, prédio 12.201, 7° andar. Porto Alegre, RS, Brasil. 90046-900. email@example.com After I discussed, concerning interprofessionality, the confrontation between connections (what the idea of interprofessionality sets in concatenation) and boundaries (what this idea sets in accommodation), and after I discussed the confrontation between form (solution of a problem, presentation of a response) and formation (activation of a construction, active apprehension of a "perturbation" in relation to oneself and the world) in order to defy the self stasis comfort, a technically adjusted finish line, and a permanent discomfort, the inexorable problematization of any kind of finish line (interprofessionality as the new ideal standard or as an ethical summoning, an openness to signs-in-motion on working), I received the debate of three brave readers: Márcio Florentino Pereira, Emerson Elias Merhy and Hugo Mercer. The text that was the object of the debate, "Connections and boundaries of interprofessionality: form and formation", aimed to present the terminology of interprofessionality, removing the connotation of a simple neologism. After all, to some extent, it is a notion that still faces efforts of objection and refutation, serving undefined, unpredicted or intangible reconfigurations (connections), but also consensual configurations in innovation agreements, contained in protocols and programs (like providing boundaries). I wanted to show interprofessionality as the form of the obvious (the multiprofessionality and interdisciplinarity that are inescapable issues in work due to integrality and humanization in healthcare), but also as the torment of form in professions (their mystical/mythical desire of private attributes). The obvious would be submitted to "ethical competence", not to the moral constraint from which it is impossible to escape in work-related rules and norms, recommendations given by international agencies, science standards and scholars' arguments. While I made my path, I brought authors who use this terminology in a conceptual way, as an epistemological construct. I barely addressed the categorical international recommendations supported by study standards and special formulation committees based on evidences from practical and theoretical knowledge. I reviewed the literature and enunciated the Brazilian experience related to that exact and precise question, without flooding towards a general overview of work in its living micropolitics. However, as a conclusion, I wanted to indicate the power of the affective or emotional experience in the DOI: 10.1590/1807-57622018.0535


In missions where high c ognitive and managerial requirements are placed on the p ilot, or where failures may significantly degrade one or more air- craft control axes, the pilot must divide his attention among several tasks. The pilot and sys- tem behavior in such divided attention conditions, and the combination of pilot ratings from single to multi-axis c onditions are treated using classical and optimal control models for the human in a com- plementary fashion. It is shown that the crossover frequency and closed-loop system performance for a given axis under divided attention will be less than full attention values while the remnant and the phase m argin will be greater, and that t he model-based trends are consistent with experiment. Also, the optimal control performance index used in the pilot and system behavioral modeling, when "calibrated" w ith s ingle-axis correlations, shows potential f or t he development of subjective rating estimates for multi-axis t asks.


Briquettes is one of the renewable energy alternatives that have uniformity of size, shape, density, and energy content. The purpose of this study was to examine the characteristics of briquettes consisting of a mixture of shells and midrib, and to determine the composition of the raw materials that can produce a briquettes with the best quality. The raw materials used were a mixture of shells and midrib with the proportion of 90%:10%, 80%: 20%%, 70%: 30%, 60%: 40%, and 50%: 50%. Types of tests performed on briquettes include crushing strength, moisture content, volatile matter, ash content, carbon bonded, and calorific value. The results of the tests showed briquettes crushing strength 3,54-6,07 kg/cm2, moisture content 3,24-4,14%, volatile matter 11,55-16,61%, ash content 4,94-5,23%, carbon bonded 74,01-80,25%, and calorific value 4181,04-6122,40 kal/g. The best quality of biopelet was in the percentage of shells and fronds was 80%: 20%.


This article provides a Shipping Information Service Platform based on Cloud Computing management system. The use of J2EE, C # and SQL Server2005 to develop, Around the ship and shipping logistics as the main clue,take an interactive ecommerce trading platform. The Yangtze River waterway advantage and local economic development organically, interactive guide water transportation, economy, industry.


In this paper, we discuss and characterise two variations on the dissimilar wavefront technique1 that give near-linearly and quadratically chirped gratings. This technique is advantageous over others that have been proposed for the fabrication of chirped gratings because of its simplicity and flexibility. A high level of bandwidth control is demonstrated for gratings of bandwidths in the range of 0.5-23nm.