Vocational congregational ministry presents several unique challenges that test a minister's fortitude and commitment. A considerable number of novice ministers who are gifted for the work and sense a calling from God embrace their first congregational positions with enthusiasm, but leave the ministry after only a few years. This raises an important question: What personal or communal practices and processes help support vocational ministry over a lifetime? This article addresses this question by considering specific challenges faced by congregational ministers and analyzing the stories of ministers who are flourishing in ministry over time. These stories are drawn from interviews with ten Texas Baptist ministers who have served in congregations for at least twenty years. The ministers spoke about personal and communal spiritual practices, lifestyle habits, vocational crises, the role of calling, relational dynamics, and characteristics of congregations. The author concludes that developing healthy relationships with God, family and friends, congregational members, and one's own self is an essential foundation for thriving in congregational ministry over the long haul.


Organic polymer based materials are becoming the workhorse in the area of photonics and optoelectronics. These materials are rapidly replacing their inorganic counter parts due to their flexibility in manufacturing combined with the ease in fabrication and manufacturing. Polystyrene, being a low cost commercial commodity plastic material has been utilized as one of the important polymeric material for various NLO active devices. Guest-Host systems based on polystyrene and NLO active chromophores have been extensively studied. As a host polymer it can easily accommodate the NLO guest molecules by simple modification by solution casting and other processes. Thus, polystyrene based NLO active systems offers a relatively cost-effective NLO active systems. Recent investigations have confirmed the suitability of disposable recycled polystyrene as a host polymer to accommodate NLO active chromophores that can lead to dirt-cheap NLO active device materials. This review summarizes the applications of polystyrene based materials in the area of Optoelectronics. The fundamental aspects pertaining to Guest-Host NLO chromophore is also discussed. Some of the recent investigation about the usage of recycled polystyrene system is highlighted.


Cotton constitutes a significant commercial crop and a widely traded commodity around the world. The accurate prediction of its yield quantity could lead to high economic benefits for farmers as well as for the rural national economy. In this research, we propose a multiple-input neural network model for the prediction of cotton's production. The proposed model utilizes as inputs three different kinds of data (soil data, cultivation management data, and yield management data) which are treated and handled independently. The significant advantages of the selected architecture are that it is able to efficiently exploit mixed data, which usually requires being processed separately, reduces overfitting, and provides more flexibility and adaptivity for low computational cost compared to a classical fully-connected neural network. An empirical study was performed utilizing data from three consecutive years from cotton farms in Central Greece (Thessaly) in which the prediction performance of the proposed model was evaluated against that of traditional neural network-based and state-of-the-art models. The numerical experiments revealed the superiority of the proposed approach.


An edible mixed oil is prepared from peanut oil, soybean oil, sesame oil, and 10 spices including Chinese prickly ash, anise, cinammon bark, clove etc through proportioning, mixing peanut oil with soybean oil, heating to 120 deg.C, frying said spices for 1-5 min, cooling, mixing with sesame oil, and filtering.


IN 1925 COLLIPW reported that in dogs, overdosage with parathyroid hormone resulted in death accompanied by high blood calcium. Associated with the hypercalcemia were "loss of appetite, dullness verging on coma, general atonia and a failing circulation". Subsequent observation in humans has not added greatly to the essential features of this clinical svndrome. Several early reports suggested an association between hypercalcemia and malignant disease2-5 but clinical interest was not aroused until the Gutmans,6 in 1936, emphasized the relatively common occurrence of hypercalcemia in patients with multiple myeloma. Since 1949, clinicians have become more aware of the relationship between malignant disease and hypercalcemia7-15 and in most of these patients the reason for hypercalcemia and hypercalcuria seems clear. If osteolytic lesions cause a release of calcium to the kidneys greater than can be excreted, hypercalcemia follows and with continuing hypercalcemia kidney damage and failure may also occur. It is the impression of the present writers, shared by others, that physicians still do not appreciate how frequently hypercalcemia appears as a complication of malignant disease. The purposes of this report are to stress again its relative frequency and to describe our clinical experience with the entity. About five years ago we became interested in determining how frequently disturbances in calcium metabolism might be occurring in a group of hospital patients suffering from malignant disease. Four hundred land thirty-eight patients were examined at the time of admission to the Toronto General Hospital for radiation therapy. Forty of these patienlts (9.1%) had serum calcium values above normal. In 1958 the major facilities for radiation therapy were moved to the Princess Margaret Hospital to which over 3000 new patients


Objective
The objective of this article is to examine the impact of Indian gaming on reservation conditions in the contiguous American states following passage of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act in 1988.

Methods
Utilizing 1990 and 2000 Census data for 330 Indian nations, a pretest/posttest design permits a comparison of nongaming nations to three different types of gaming nations on eight economic measures, while controlling for multiple tribal characteristics and considering the effects of certain state contextual factors confronting nations due to location.

Results
The analysis reveals (1) that the overall impact of gaming, while generally positive, is not as extensive after controlling for certain tribal features, (2) that there are differential effects evident across the three types of gaming nations, and (3) that the state context makes a difference in influencing the relationship between gaming and reservation conditions. The most substantial impacts are for a small subset of nations with Class III gaming and making per capita payments to their members in larger, wealthier states prohibiting non-Indian casinos.

Conclusion
These results challenge some of the core assumptions about Indian gaming radically changing the poor economic conditions endemic to Indian country.


Most studies on COVID-19 have been massively dedicated on how the disease was framed in the newspaper, its psychological effects, and its message or content disinformation. Research on the COVID-19 vaccination in newspapers and its acceptance among the masses is still quite scarce. The study adopted a corpus approach that involves wordlist, keyword list, collocates, and concordance analysis to analyse how 'COVID-19 vaccination' was framed in a focused and specialised English Malaysian newspapers corpus. #Lanscbox 5.0 corpus tool was employed in conducting the empirical analysis. The empirical analysis revealed that 'COVID-19 vaccination' was positively framed in different ways in the newspaper. The analysis of collocates and concordance lines revealed that the news reports mainly used Solution-oriented Frame which highlighted the Malaysian government's effort in combating the pandemic. The newspaper was also found to use Mathematical frame in the effort to convince the public with regards to the updates and statistics of vaccine takers. Nevertheless, the results also revealed the usage of sensational phrases that framed the COVID-19 vaccination negatively. These findings can enlighten newspaper practitioners on what should be done and avoided in framing such an issue in their writings as well as how the public will perceive it. Keywords: Corpus-based analysis, COVID-19, mass media, news article, vaccination.


This paper proposes an improved method for the control of switched reluctance motor drive (SRMD), with an application in light electric vehicles (LEV). A low voltage, three phase, switched reluctance motor (SRM) is used in LEV. The flux and torque characteristics are estimated using DC excitation technique. For the control of LEV using SRM, a fuzzy logic control (FLC) method is analyzed using MATLAB/Simulink® based simulation. The control of SRM using the FLC algorithm, takes less settling time for tracking the reference speed of the SRMD. Thus, the starting performance of the SRMD is improved with the use of FLC as compared with the traditional PI controller. Simulation results demonstrate the feasibility of the system using FLC algorithm for LEV.


(1) National Centre for Atmospheric Science, University of East Anglia, School of Environmental Sciences, Norwich, United Kingdom (firstname.lastname@example.com), (2) Centre for Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia, UK, (3) School of Biosciences, University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus, Malaysia, (4) Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, UK, (5) Institute of Ocean and Earth Sciences, University of Malaya, Malaysia, (6) Department of Atmospheric Sciences, National Central University, Taiwan, (7) Department of Chemistry, National Central University, Taiwan, (8) Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Air Chemistry Division, Mainz, Germany


The factorization method is a technique for recovering 3-D shape of an undeformable object without using camera parameters. The technique is extended to an efficient method in this paper for recovering 3-D motion of a deformable object, i.e., a human. The proposed system is composed of three fixed video cameras which take video images of a human motion. Three obtained image sequences are analyzed to yield measurement matrices at individual sampling times, and they are merged into a single measurement matrix to which the factorization is applied and the 3-D human motion is recovered at a time. Experimental results were satisfactory.


Abstract : A Fortran program for evaluating (1) the linear predictive complex filter coefficients and (2) the power density spectrum of a complex univariate process is presented, and its use is demonstrated. A pitfall of using this approach for estimating the cross-spectrum of two real processes is pointed out, and a limitation of the complex predictive filter for waveform estimation is considered. (Author)


In this paper we consider a system of spins that consists of two configurations $\vsi^1,\vsi^2\in\Sigma_N=\{-1,+1\}^N$ with Gaussian Hamiltonians $H_N^1(\vsi^1)$ and $H_N^2(\vsi^2)$ correspondingly, and these configurations are coupled on the set where their overlap is fixed $\{R_{1,2}=N^{-1}\sum_{i=1}^N \sigma_i^1\sigma_i^2 = u_N\}.$ We prove the existence of the thermodynamic limit of the free energy of this system given that $\lim_{N\to\infty}u_N = u\in[-1,1]$ and give the analogue of the Aizenman-Sims-Starr variational principle that describes this limit via random overlap structures.


ABSTRACT Objective: Voluntary and automatic orienting of attention enable proper processing of environmental information. Few studies have assessed how this process varies during development in children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Methods: This study analyzed voluntary and automatic orienting in 30 children with ADHD and 30 age and sex matched controls (Control group-CG). Two experiments assessed voluntary and automatic orienting by recording reaction times (RT) to conditions in relation to temporal interval, spatial position, cue validity and age. The RT medians calculated for each condition and participant were analyzed using ANOVA to compare ADHD and CG. Results: Children with ADHD exhibited globally higher RT than the CG group. They also showed prejudices during the reorienting process and demonstrated adequate voluntary orienting for shorter intervals. In automatic task, there was no group interaction, expressing early facilitation, but not inhibition of return. Conclusion: These results identify correlations of ADHD and the children's age in relation to voluntary and automatic orienting of attention.


As an instance of using IT to green non-IT domains, we consider the question whether lessons from computer networking can be applied in water distribution networks to improve their energy footprint and/or efficiency. Our contributions in this work are: (i) we identify several areas where principles from computer networking can be used to better water distribution; (ii) we focus on a specific infrastructure enhancement problem caused by increasing demands on a water utility network and present solutions (similar to those used in computer networks) that optimize both operational expenditure and total cost of ownership. We validate our solutions through simulations and compare their efficacy against techniques that are traditionally used in enhancing water networks. Our results show that lessons from computer networks can help in enhancing water networks.


[1] A quantitative model for a radially spreading, suspension-driven gravity current is used to interpret parent flow conditions of a volumetrically wide range of pyroclastic deposits known from the recent and ancient geologic records of explosive volcanism. The analysis, which requires no freely adjustable parameters, yields values of the solids concentration, time of duration (or, equivalently, a minimal estimate of eruptive flux of solids) and average speed for the ground-hugging, deposit-forming gravity currents. A consistent picture emerges in which the initial volumetric concentration of pyroclastic solids in the parent flows is of the order 10−2 or less, and the expanded flows travel with average speeds in the range 25–250 m s−1 to reach their farthest extent in a matter of only minutes. Further application of the model suggests that depositional structures in a widespread and thin ignimbrite are likely to reflect the intensity of mass flux in the parent flow, and thus the intensity and overall volume of the parent eruption. Conditions in small-magnitude pyroclastic currents of recent history can result in cross-stratified deposits. Primary sedimentary structures (or their absence) in some regionally widespread and massive deposits known only in the geologic record, in contrast, were probably emplaced under conditions of intense sheet-flow transport driven by the parent gravity currents.


The research in this thesis is a descriptive quantitative research, the author describes matters relating to the quality of service ticketing in PT. Syam Tour and Travel Pekanbaru. Data collection methods used in this study was a questionnaire in the form of written questions given to respondents that aims to determine the quality of service ticketing in PT. Syam Tour and Travel Pekanbaru and to know the efforts in improving the quality of service ticketing in PT. Syam Tour and Travel Pekanbaru. Known to the acquisition of the total score of each variable ticketing service quality research at PT. Sham Tour and Travel Pekanbaru as follows : Tangibles with a total score of 865 points, a total Empathy with a total score of 800 points, Reliability with a total score of 782 points, Responsiveness with a total score of 1,200 points, Assurance with a total score of 859 points. Thus the quality of service ticketing in PT. Syam Tour and Travel Pekanbaru considered still need improvement to the quality of ticketing services to customers of PT. Syam Tour and Travel Pekanbaru. Known quality of service ticketing in PT. Syam Tour and Travel Pekanbaru pretty good and less good. It is known from the acquisition of each of the variables that the authors describe in a research questionnaire that was distributed to the respondents / customers in PT. Syam Tour and Travel Pekanbaru. Keywords : Reliability, Responsiveness, Assurance, Tangible, Empathy


We present an improved spectral algorithm for Cauchy-characteristic extraction and characteristic evolution of gravitational waves in numerical relativity. The new algorithms improve spectral convergence both at the poles of the spherical-polar grid and at future null infinity, as well as increase the temporal resolution of the code. The key to the success of these algorithms is a new set of high-accuracy tests, which we present here. We demonstrate the accuracy of the code and compare with the existing pittnull implementation.


The present study describes the anti‐microbial activity of Terminalia chebula Retz fruit extract against microrgnism. Bacillus substils, Staphylococcus aureus, Staphylococcus epidermis, Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus flexineria and Pseudomonas aeruginosa. For this purpose aqueous extract of fruit were prepared and tested by "Disc Diffusion Method". As a result of this study it was found that the extract of fruit generally revealed anti‐microbial activity against both gram‐positive bacteria (B. subtils, S. aureous and S. epidermis) and gram‐negative bacteria (E. coli, S. flexineria and P.auriginosa).


This thesis advances that expounding systematically on historiography of science is one of academic contributions of Historicism Sect. Whose level division on history of science possesses the significance of methodology, which provided a new theoretical platform for researching the relationship between scientific history and scientific philosophy as well as inside history and outside history. The model of scientific development is the basic tool of analysis of history for researching on thinking history of science.


Nicholas Castricone, PhD, is a professor of special education, Georgia State University, 33 Gilmer Street, S.E., Atlanta, Georgia 30303. This column is coordinated by Audrey R. McMahon, 2991 Princeton Pike, Trenton, New Jersey 08638. THERE HAVE BEEN, from time to time, varying degrees of interest by Americans to examine foreign special education programs. At the present time, interest is exceptionally high, and is probably a result of our country's heightened activities in foreign affairs.


We present spectropolarimetric observations of the FK Com star HD 199178 obtained between 1998 December and 2003 August at the Telescope Bernard Lyot (Observatoire du Pic du Midi, France). We report the detection of a photospheric magnetic field and reconstruct its distribution by means of Zeeman–Doppler imaging. We observe large regions where the magnetic field is mainly azimuthal, suggesting that the dynamo processes generating the magnetic activity of HD 199178 may be active very close to the stellar surface. We investigate the rapid evolution of surface brightness and magnetic structures from a continuous monitoring of the star over several weeks in 2002 and 2003. We report that significant changes occur in the distribution of cool-spots and magnetic regions on typical time-scales of the order of two weeks. Our spectropolarimetric observations also suggest that the surface of HD 199178 is sheared by differential rotation, with a difference in rotation rate between equatorial and polar regions of the order of 1.5 times that of the Sun.


The purpose of this article is to describe and evaluate new hotel service innovations that deserve to be considered for implementation in hotel businesses. The paper is timely since hotel buildings are becoming increasingly interested in the development and deployment of new technologies, as well as the problems of improving the quality and competitiveness of services at hotel enterprises, the solution of which can be innovation. This article describes digital innovation advan be applied to hospitality businesses. The article also provides an aggregated calculation of the income and expenses of a hotel project using innovative technologies. In conclusion, it is said that innovations can and should be used to solve problems of attracting new and retaining existing customers, due to timely response to customer needs. The purpose of this article is to describe and evaluate new hotel service innovations that deserve to be considered for implementation in hotel businesses. The paper is timely since hotel buildings are becoming nterested in the development and deployment of new technologies, as well as the problems of improving the quality and competitiveness of services at hotel enterprises, the solution of which can be innovation. This article describes digital innovation advances that can be applied to hospitality businesses. The article also provides an aggregated calculation of the income and expenses of a hotel project using innovative technologies. In conclusion, it is said that innovations can and roblems of attracting new and retaining existing customers, due to timely response to customer needs.


Two pot experiments were conducted at the Experimental Farm, Faculty of Agriculture, Suez Canal University, Ismailia Governorate, Egypt during consecutive seasons of 2010 and 2011 to evaluate the morphological and chemical behaviors resulting from inducing salinity tolerant in stevia plant induced by salicylic acid foliar application at rates of 0, 50, 75 and 100 mgl under irrigation with different saline water 1 (0.4, 2.5, 5.0 and 10.0 dSm ). The obtained results indicated that increasing irrigation water salinity level from 1 0.4, 2.5 to 5.0 and/or 10.0 dSm induced significantly decrease in all studied growth characters at all cutting 1 in both seasons. On the other hand, saline water irrigation increased stevioside percentage at all cutting in both seasons. Foliar spraying with salicylic acid at 100 mg/l concentration gave the highest significant values for growth characters in two seasons. The effect of the interaction between salinity and salicylic acid was the most effective treatments for growth characters values when stevia plants irrigated by level of salt concentration 2.5 dSm with foliar salicylic acid at 100 mg/l at all cutting in both seasons. 1


The difficulties associated with the experimental determination of high-resolution, three-dimensional (3D) structures of G-protein−coupled receptors (GPCRs), make molecular modeling the only practicable technique to provide structural information at atomic resolution of these integral membrane proteins. However, these methods need to be critically evaluated to assess their predictive capabilities and their limitations. We have recently proposed a de novo method to construct 3D structures of the transmembrane domain of GPCRs. The procedure requires only the knowledge of the amino acid sequence and uses the helix spatial arrangement of rhodopsin deduced from its low-resolution electron density map. Models are refined using molecular dynamics. The aim of the present work is to apply this approach to construct and refine a 3D model of rhodopsin as a test case. Moreover, to assess the level of accuracy that can be expected of the models using our de novo approach, we constructed and refined a 3D model of bacte...


In this paper, we mainly study the limit of solutions to the two‐dimensional steady nonisentropic relativistic Euler flow onto a straight wedge. It turns out that the sequence of shock solutions tends to a delta wave adhering to the wedge surface when the velocity of the incident flow goes to the speed of light and the adiabatic index tends to 1 in turn. Meanwhile, it also verifies that the pressure coefficient in the limit case is consistent with the Newtonian sin‐squared law when the speed of light tends to infinity. To this end, we also derive the generalized Bernoulli equation, Taub adiabat (or the generalized Hugoniot adiabat) and a shock polar, and so forth. Furthermore, we give the construction of the delta wave by the definition of weak solution.


In October 2015 Alexandria (Egypt) experienced exceptional flooding. The flooding was caused by heavy rainfall in a short period of time in a city which normally does not receive a large amount of rainfall. The heavy rainfall caused a tremendous volume of runoff, which the city's drainage system was unable to drain off to the Mediterranean Sea. Seven people have died due to the flood, and there were huge direct and indirect damages. The city does not have a flood forecasting system. An analysis with rainfall forecast from the European Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecast (ECMWF) showed that the extreme rainfall could have been forecasted about a week back. Naturally, if a flood forecasting model was in place the flooding could have been predicted well in advance. Alexandria, along with several other Arab cities, are not prepared at all for natural hazards. Preparedness actions leading to improved adaptation and resilience are not in place. The situation is being further exacerbated with rapid urbanisation and climate change. The local authorities estimate that about 30000 new buildings have been (illegally) constructed during the last five years at a location near the main pumping station (Max Point). This issue may have a very serious adverse effect on hydrology and requires further study to estimate the additional runoff from the newly urbanised areas. The World Bank has listed Alexandria as one of the five coastal cities, which may have very significant risk of coastal flooding due to the climate change. Setting up of a flood forecasting model along with an evidence-based research on the drainage system's capacity is seen as immediate actions that can significantly improve the preparedness of the city towards flooding. Furthermore, the region has got a number of large lakes, which potentially can be used to store extra water as a flood mitigation measure. Two water bodies, namely the Maryot Lake and the Airport Lake, are identified from which water can be pumped out in advance to keep storage available in case of flooding.


A multichannel audio recorder/reproducer with a pulse-driven, digitally controlled, drive and control system differs radically in design from standard audio recorder/reproducer. The normal 3-phase synchronous motor is replaced with a pulse coincidence motor which will start or stop in less than 5 ms and thus offers new modes of control and interlock with either film cameras, projectors or videotape machines. The interface of the pulse coincidence principle is used in conjunction with film interlocking, automatic videotape editing and audio mixing facilities. Digital counters, coincidence circuits and comparators have been developed to provide automatic search and location presetting of prerecorded audio sequences as well as interface equipment such as Hall-effect heads.


While approaching to constructing a general history of Kabardino-Balkaria, the professional community of historians of the region should develop a general idea of the relationship between differentiating (ethnic) and integrating (socio-spatial) dimensions of the regional historical pro-cess. The proposed paper aims to create a preliminary idea of the relationship between "ethnic" and "spatial" in the history of Kabardino-Balkaria based on the systematization and analysis of data on the gene pool of modern Kabardians and Balkars. A review of the results of studies in phy-logenetic and gene geography showed that on the genetic map of the North Caucasus, they form a distinct inter-ethnic area or cluster of populations characterized by the internal heterogeneity of their gene pools and by the mutual proximity of genetic structures. Its formation results from the territorial proximity of ethno-social units and a dense network of regular social interactions be-tween them, which was reproduced over a long historical time. The historical narrative, having the formation of this area as its subject, should be guided by the identification of all factors and forms of social change that are not confined to the boundaries of the past and the boundaries of the eth-nic group. The first step in the entering of particular ethno-histories into the general historical space is their integration into the regional historical narrative. The spatial approach allows, more fully than the approach focused on ethnicity, to present in the narrative the peoples of the region as agents of historical changes in the internal and external milieu in which they exist. Because of the autonomous historical creativity of the Kabardian and Balkar peoples, Kabardino-Balkaria has developed as a historical region in which they carry out their livelihoods and streamline mutual relations. This is their contribution to the history of the North Caucasus, Russia, and the world.


From the perspective of the Input Hypothesis Theory and Transformational Play Theory,the educational online game Quest Atlantis(QA)has potential and unique values in improving Chinese undergraduates' English reading comprehension.After the implementation of QA among Chinese undergraduates in both in-class and after-class context,it is found that:1)QA has some real advantages of improving undergraduates' English learning no matter in-class or after-class,helps to increase their reading ability,vocabulary capacity and writing ability.2)To use QA more effectively,it should be integrated with English courses teaching,instead of students' self study after class without any course requirements.


The microscopic and macroscopic characters of the rhizome of Curcuma domestica Val. were studied. The behavior of the powdered drug in the presence of various chemicals was also studied. Preliminary phytochemical screening on the various extracts of the rhizome was done in order to ascertain the various chemical constituents present. These studies were carried out to identify this plant for future research work.


Among Igbo liturgical music composers of the last fifty years, Ezenduka has stood tall like a mountain peak in a range of many mountains. The popularity of his compositions has provoked unusual interest among sacred musicologists and ethnomusicologists. The search for the basic and unique elements of his compositional style has inadvertently led to the isolation of solemnity as an overriding characteristic. This work is an attempt to analyze both the intra-musical qualities of one of his best, "Lee Nnukwu Ukochukwu" as well as the extra-musical components and endowments that have shaped his style, transforming it into a veritable model for Igbo liturgical music.


Reform and opening up are the epoch-making events in the course of China's modernization.Without reform and opening up there would be no the new development of Marxism in contemporary China,and the new development of the theory of reform and opening up has further promoted adapting Marxism to Chinese conditions.


The separation between Humane Solicitude and scientific spirit results in the separation between "cultivating people" and "imparting knowledge". Humane Solicitude and scientific spirit can developed during the process of studying arts or science. And teacher's guidance is the key. "cultivating people as the foundation" shows "people as the foundation" in education. So the physics teaching should displaying its all-round function in cultivating people. it should serves society through fostering all-round development of student .


Abstract : Throughout a Ship's lifecycle, as systems are installed, modified, or removed, breaches of the technical requirement for proper installation of electrical and electronic cables occur. The majority of these deviations are a result of insufficient attention to cable installation requirements during ship design or production caused by shortcuts to reduce costs or meet schedules, and overall poor workmanship. In January l9S4 on the USS TATTNALL (DDG-l9) a fire originating in a locked compartment spread through electrical cableways. Before being contained, this fire caused loss of life, extensive damage to critical system and prevented the ship from completing her assigned mission. An investigation revealed that the fire started as a result Of cableway discrepancies. Further Surveys performed on various ships revealed findings which included: The cableway discrepancies found on the USS TATTNALL (DDG-l9) were not isolated, but common to the fleet in great numbers. Fifteen to Twenty percent of all dead-ended cables were found to be still electrically energized. To develop a systematic and trackable method of removing cableway discrepancies and reduce the risk of fire a program was developed to assist in correcting cableway discrepencies on all navy vessels. The program since displayed great success evidenced by Navy wide attention and expansion of the program to include aircraft carriers.


Since the global financial crisis in 2008, countries around the world have emphasized the activation of entrepreneurship and entrepreneurship as essential strategies for survival. In the case of developed countries, the United States, the European Union and China actively promote entrepreneurship and entrepreneurship. In Korea, on the other hand, the importance of entrepreneurship is emphasized by stagnating growth of companies and strengthening their competitiveness through convergence within companies or companies. The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship between entrepreneurship and learning orientation in order to enhance competitiveness of Korean companies and to be the basis of management strategy for growth of convergence companies based on this. For the progress of this study, the convergence companies were targeted and the hypothesis was verified through the questionnaire survey through the statistical program. The results of the study showed that Innovation influenced learning orientation. Second, Initiative was found to affect learning orientation. Finally, it is shown that risk sensitivity does not affect learning orientation.


In this paper, we establish coupled coincidence point results in probabilistic metric spaces with a partial order. The main theorem has several corollaries and is supported with an example. The corollaries are shown to be properly contained in the main theorem. By an application of a corollary we obtained a corresponding result in metric spaces which is also supported with an example. Some results in [Nonlinear Anal. 74 (2011) 6451–6458] and [Nonlinear Anal. 71 (2009) 1833–1843] are extended in this paper. The extensions are shown to be actual with the help of an example. We use Hadžic type t-norm in this paper. The methodology of the proofs in this work is a blending of analytic and order theoretic approaches.


This study determined the relationship between the social learning-related variables and the skills achievement in Mathematics of the 200 Grade 8 students in a public school in the Philippines. Descriptive research design was used through a self-constructed questionnaire and an assessment test. The data gathered were presented in a tabular mean while the relationship between variables was tested using Pearson r correlation coefficient. The students' social learning-related variables were highly manifested (WAM = 3.44, SD = 1.11). However, only 11.5% of the students have satisfactory performance in Mathematics. Among the demographic profile, only mothers' educational attainment has shown significant relationship with mathematics achievement in terms of estimation (r = 0.184). Among the social learning-related variables, attitude of the students indicated significant relationship with both estimation (r = 0.184) and problem solving (r = 0.196). Peer support also revealed significant relationship with both representation (r = 0.167) and estimation (r = 0.159). The mathematics teacher must find effective ways on how to overcome the students' difficulties and thus develop their mathematical skills. Efforts to thresh out problems in vocabulary development especially solving worded problems may be exerted. A parallel study may be conducted using variables not considered in this research.


Since the development of a satisfactory technic for the cultivation of Endamoeba histolytica in vitro 1 it has been shown 2 , 3 that such cultivation gradually reduces the virulence of this organism and renders it less and less capable of infecting experimental animals. On the other hand, the effect of its successive passages through the experimental host has remained a matter for controversy. Some workers 4 , 5 , 6 have claimed that the organism becomes less virulent with passage. On the other hand, Baetjer and Sellards 7 state that in 11 direct transfers of an active inoculum through kittens they increased the virulence of the amebæ. Dale and Dobell, 8 after 43 passages through kittens, concluded that evidence of increased virulence was lacking. Cleveland and Sanders 3 believed that the increased incidence of infection was due to an increased virulence in the bacteria accompanying the amebæ. All serious attempts to solve this problem have been carried out thus far on experimental kittens. The present study is based on the successful passage of a single human strain of Endamoeba histolytica through a direct line of 20 dogs and subsidiary infection of 40 additional dogs. The original inoculum, obtained in February, 1934, from a case of amebic dysentery contracted in Louisiana, contained an abundance of active amebæ which were immediately introduced intracecally into 2 young dogs according to the technic previously described. 9 One of the 2 became infected and from it adequate material was obtained to continue direct passage of the strain to the present time. All subsequent animals inoculated became infected. All were carefully studied during the course of the infection and all were carefully examined post-mortem.


Since leather chemicals could not permeate into the inner hides easily and the final products were stiff in yak-fur making,this paper presents a novel method for dispersing and splitting raw hides through acid-swelling.Firstly,six kinds of acid-swelling strategies were compared by their effects for swelling and deswelling on yak hides,and a better one(NaClHCH3-H2 SO4) was chose for a more detailed study.Also,the influence of temperature and time on the action of acidswellling was investigated.Lastly,the strength properties,softness and shrinkage temperature of final furs were examined.The results indicated that a mild acid-swelling by HCH3 and H2 SO4 with the presence of NaCl could remove interfibrillar substances and disperse collagen matrix effectively,which facilitated the process of splitting and brought a softer final fur.However,the strength and functional properties have not been significantly affected.


The possible use of Fourier transform infrared reflection-absorption spectroscopy (FT-IRAS) and Raman spectroscopy for surface studies of thin (<10 nm) corrosion products on Cu has been explored. Cu samples were exposed to 75% relative humidity and 25%C in flowing air, with additions of 0.25 ppm of SO 2 and NO 2


Chinese porcelain began to reach Europe in quantity in the late fifteenth century, Japanese in the mid seventeenth. Apart from a brief interlude in the mid seventeenth century, Chinese porcelain was imported until well into the nineteenth century, Japanese only until the 1740s. This porcelain was at first a rarity, to be mounted in precious-metal mounts or kept in the Cabinet of Curiosities. Soon it was to be displayed as part of the decorative effect in a room, while in some cases it became the decorative effect; the porcelain room. Porcelain was imitated in Europe and not much used until it was cheap enough. As the "China-mania" died, porcelain was kept as part of room decoration, often in the new china cupboards.


Extreme automation (EA) is a contemporary model encompassing the hyper-adoption of intelligent IT applications that automate tasks and the mechanism of these applications that operates seamlessly at high speed, at the user and technical level, respectively. The term EA is generally regarded as coined by Peter Adolphs, who suggested a model for representing extreme automation. The model was then adapted by Jinan Fiaidhi, and represents seamless communication between all levels of extreme automation, thus realizing a fully connected and distributed system. Within a connected computing system such as the Internet-of-things (IoT), continuous streams of data flow from connected operations and production systems, so that the system learns and responds to dynamic changes and stimulus.


AIM: To investigate the effect of tea-polyphenols (TP) on the lipoprotein lipase (LPL) and hepatic lipase (HL) activity in atherosclerosis (AS) rabbits. METHODS: The rabbits feeding lipodiet were taken in 200 (μg·g~(-1)·d~(-1)) TP through the experiment. The LPL and HL activity in the plasma of rabbits were detected. The LPL activity in the arteria tissue and HL activity in liver tissue were estimated with histochemistry technique. RESULTS: The LPL and HL activity in the plasma were not significantly different between premier and post experiment in AS rabbits (P0.05), between AS group and control group (P0.05). The LPL activity in the arteria tissue were not different between AS group and control group (P0.05). HL activity in liver tissue in AS group was significantly lower than control group (P0.05), but TP group was higher than AS group (P0.05). In TP group, the TC and LDL-c level in plasma were lower (P0.05), and the area of atherosclerosis plaque were smaller than those in AS group (P0.05). CONCLUSION: TP increased HL activity in liver tissue in AS rabbits, which correlated with decreasing the TC and LDL-c level in plasma and the area of atherosclerosis plaque.


The utility model relates to a 220KV isolating switch electrification direct-connection short jumper device consisting of a main rod, an isolating rod, a connecting line and a wire clamp, wherein the main rod is an expandable structure and is provided with a fixation clamp for fixing the insulating rod; the end of the main rod is provided with an O-shaped ring for fixing a cable loop; the insulating rod is positioned at the external part of a screw rod with threads and is matched with the screw rod, and the external end of the insulating rod is provided with a hand shank; and one end of the screw rod is provided with an adjustable part of the wire clamp. Compared with the prior art, the device has the advantages of reasonable configuration, reduced number of operating people, reduced working time and the capability of leading contact surfaces between the wire clamp and a lead to be tightly connected with each other.


Agenda 2030 presents a global ambition to transform our world into sustainability. In this study we seek to advance knowledge on how sustainable systemic change can be guided in practice, and how the keywords of Agenda 2030 can provide value in such work. We argue that the conception of sustainability and desire for positive change may form strong coalitions and motivators for realizing transitions challenging the status quo. This study seeks to make a practical contribution into some of the methodologies, processes, tools and techniques that may be useful in guiding systemic change: with an emphasis on backcasting and a multi-level model for transitions. The study is exploratory in its approach, building on a description, comparison and cross-case analysis of two lab methodologies and insights from their application in concrete cases: the Energy Futures Lab in Alberta, Canada and the Challenge Lab in West Sweden. The analysis is guided by a novel analytical framework operationalizing keywords of Agenda 2030 to shed light on how sustainability transition processes (including transition labs) may contribute to sustainability transitions. The framework itself, and the explorative comparison and analysis pose some questions that may inspire further development of transition lab methodologies to have a transformative impact across systems.


Abstract : The infrasonic acoustic array of Penas was installed for the purpose of detecting and investigating the microbarographic disturbances of the atmosphere produced by natural or artificial sources. Since the Penas installation was the first one to be operated in the Southern Hemisphere a special purpose of the array was to investigate in detail the numerous sources of infrasound located in this hemisphere. Another purpose of the research was to investigate the influence of the extraordinary conditions of the high Bolivian Altiplano on the reception of infrasonic signals.


CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Nov. 11, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -Surface Oncology (Nasdaq: SURF), a clinical-stage immuno-oncology company developing next-generation immunotherapies that target the tumor microenvironment, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Fast Track designation to SRF388 for the treatment of patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), or liver cancer, who have been previously treated with standard therapies, such as vascular endothelial growth factor targeted agents and programmed death-ligand (PD-L1) blockade.


Bacterial toxin-antitoxin (TA) systems are formed by a stable toxin and its cognate labile antitoxin, and exist almost in all bacteria. Recently, the chromosome-encoded II-type TA systems have been demonstrated to function as stress-response elements and help bacteria acclimate to different environmental stresses through the action of toxins to various cellular targets. Therefore, the modulation of toxin activities is crucial to II-type TA systems triggering bacterial response to environmental stresses. In this review, we describe the regulation mechanisms of II-type TA system activity, and briefly introduce our recent studies on the regulation of the II-type TA systems in the model cyanobacterium Synecocystis sp. PCC6803.


The ability to track, trace and control anything by anyone from anywhere on the planet has been mankind's unfulfilled desire. The usefulness of GSM and GPS has made them popular in their own context; integrating these technologies can prove to be a flamboyant solution for many unsolved problems. The idea of this paper is to integrate these two technologies into one system and provide an effective application for vehicle tracking as well as personal tracking. To implement a multi tracking system use of the following two technologies can be made, firstly GSM(Global System for Mobile) which is a set of standards to describe technologies for Second Generation (2G) and GPS(Global Positioning System) which is a satellite-based navigation system consisting several satellites revolving around the earth. The system will provide solution for tracking and tracing of multiple movable objects at a same time, so the name Multi-Tracking System. We can see the current location of the object and other add-on features, for vehicles there will be live tracing and tracking via GPS, controlling its subsystem parts via GSM network using SMS or GPRS. The whole system will be implemented in Microsoft .Net Technology, for system components C#.net will be used and for web based parts ASP.net will be used.


As a new kind of heritage type,the agricultural heritage and its dynamic conservation and adaptive management has been paid much more attention day by day.While up to now only a few researches on it were made because it is a quite new concept,especially for those minority areas in China.As an adaptive management approach to conserve agricultural heritage,tourism research need to be noticed.Based on the literature review of agricultural heritage tourism research,this article analyzed the tourism resources in Congjiang County of Guizhou Province and then put forward the "GIAHS+Minority Culture" pattern of tourism development,as well as the premise,principle,key points of tourism development in Congjiang.


Simultaneous air monitoring inside and outside of the selected Korean homes in an industrial area during winter (Jan--Feb) and summer (Jul--Aug) 1997 were performed for PM2.5 and acidic element using the annular denuder system (ADS). Eight homes were selected as part of the residential air monitoring program established for a study of risk assessment of air pollution conducted by the Korea Ministry of Environment (KMOE). The data set was collected on two different days with a 24h sampling period (from 10:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. the next day) during the sampling period. Chemical species including HNO{sub 3}, HNO{sub 2}, SO{sub 2}, NH{sub 3}, NH{sub 4+}, nitrate, and sulfate were available for comparisons of indoor and outdoor aerosol samples collected at the homes. The pattern of house-specific indoor mean concentrations, seasonal differences of indoor and outdoor concentrations, indoor/outdoor ratios, and probable sources of indoor aerosols are discussed. Preliminary results suggest that indoor aerosol appears to be affected by infiltration of outdoor air as well as by indoor generations. Heating and cooking practices, coupled with generally inadequate ventilation also were shown to influence indoor air quality.


This Opinion Statement of the CFE ECJ Task Force analyses the ECJ' s decision in Brisal and KBC Finance Ireland (Case C-18/15) of 13 July 2016. Following a Portuguese reference for a preliminary ruling, the Court' s decision provides further clarification on the permissibility of withholding taxation within the European Union. In relation to interest, the Court held that non-resident taxpayers may be subject to withholding taxes (even if comparable residents pursuing the same activity are not) but that non-residents may nevertheless not be taxed on gross income (when comparable residents are taxed on net profits) and are, therefore, entitled to deduct expenses directly connected to their business activity.


With his "true story" —that is to say, plausible— Cervantes pretends to discredit the magical literature of novels of chivalry like Amadis de Gaula and Palmerin de Inglaterra , which was totally out of favor in Baroque Spain. Too much credibility has been given to Cervantes' theory on "literary realism", as this essay will try to prove. Cervantes' novel is simultaneously encrypted in Arabic and Gothic letters; don Quixote seems to have died twice; Cide Hamete's pen speaks out loud while hanging from a kitchen rack; time and space are blurred by the strange interaction of innumerable narrators. Borges claimed that "intimately, Cervantes loved the supernatural", and we could not agree more.


Semantically related sentence may not have any word in common. However, identifying the semantic similarity between words at sentence level possess difficult challenges such as polysemy, synonyms, heterogeneity and sparsity of unstructured textual datasets. It is assumed that sentences with similar text or words in common are semantically related. It means that the standard Information Retrieval (IR) measure based on word co-occurrence are not appropriate to tackle the aforementioned challenges of identifying semantics in unstructured text documents. Many semantic similarity measures have been proposed to resolve this non-trivial issues, but many existing studies did not properly utilize the combination of Corpus and Knowledge-based approach to solve the syntactic construct and the roles of Part Of Speech in identifying semantic similarities in sentences. In this research, we aim at proposing a method for measuring sentence semantic similarity identification that combines two algorithms from the knowledge-based Word Sense Disambiguation algorithms with Latent Semantic Analysis to identify the semantic similarity of sentences and to compare results with human evaluation.


The quantitative trait loci(QTLs) for root traits,such as root number,the longest root length,the diameter of the longest root,root dry weight,ratio of root to seedling at seedling stage in rice under 12℃ cold water irrigation and natural condition was identified by using F_(2∶3) population including 200 individuals and lines derived from a cross of indica and japonica "Milyang 23/Jileng 1" with microsatellite markers.All of root traits at seedling stage showed a continuous distribution in F_3 lines,which were quantitative traits controlled by many genes.Seventeen QTLs on chromosome 1,2,6,11 and 12,which associated with root traits at seedling stage under cold water irrigation were detected,which explained the range of the observed phenotypic variance from 5.8% to 15.2%.Among them,qCRD2 and qCRD11 located on RM263-RM6 of chromosome 2 and RM21-RM206 of chromosome 11,respectively,which associated with the diameter of longest root could account for 15.0% and 15.2% of the observed phenotypic variation,respectively.qCRWT2 and qCRWT11 located on RM262-RM263 of chromosome 2 and RM229-RM21 of chromosome 11,respectively,which associated with root dry weight could account for 10.6% and 12.2% of the observed phenotypic variation,respectively.These gene actions were partional dominance,dominance or over dominance.


Hybrids between Phoxinus eos and P. neogaeus are common, can occur in the absence of one parent species, and are almost exclusively female. Analyses of hybrids from eight localities in eastern North America indicate that these hybrids constitute a unisexual hybrid species. Tissue grafts among diploid hybrids from East Inlet, Coos Co., New Hampshire are accepted, indicating these unisexuals are genetically identical, and must be the products of clonal reproduction. Chromosome counts and isozyme banding patterns reveal the presence of both diploid and triploid hybrids at all eight localities. Gene dosage shown by electrophoretic analysis indicates that both eos x eos x neogaeus triploids and eos x neogaeus x neogaeus triploids exist. The three hybrid biotypes, one diploid and the other two triploid, are designated P. eos-neogaeus, P. 2 eos-neogaeus, and P. eos-2 neogaeus, respectively.


Biological Synthesis and Characterization of Gold Nanoparticles (AuNPs), using Plant Extracts
This work, conducted biological synthesis and characterization of gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) through environmentally friendly technology using plant extracts: cactus (Opuntia sp.), onion (Allum sp.), pear (Pyrus sp.), coffee (Coffea sp.) and laurel (Laurus sp.), as a reducing agent and stabilizers. The methodology consists in merging Turkevich et al., 1951 and Rico-Moctezuma et al., 2010 techniques. The characterization with UV-Visible spectrophotometry determined maximum absorbance at 527-537 nm, corresponding with previously reported AuNPs absorbance, while transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) confirmed that the gold nanoparticles biosynthesis produced different shapes, including spheres, cubes, cones, cylinders and others with a size of 5-100 nm depending on the extract used, so that the proposed method is useful, eco-friendly, quick and inexpensive to synthesize AuNPs. Furthermore these AuNPs can be functionalized.


The invention relates to a machine for forming tubes, the tubes being formed from plates, for achieving ventilation ducts, mainly comprising a metal cylinder (1) connected to a transmission shaft (8), retaining means of the plate while rotating the metallic cylinder (1), means for flattening (4, 5) of the plate to the juxtaposition of said plate cylinder (1), means suitable to receive means for connection of the ends of the formed tube, disconnecting means (6) of the formed tube and the cylinder by reducing the diameter of said cylinder. The invention applies to the manufacture of ventilation ducts.


As the Clinton administration reels from the blow of November's election results and its science policy lurches forward into an uncertain future, a full-scale presidential review of US national laboratories is gathering momentum. Representing $18bn of the federal R&D budget, government labs at NASA, the Department of Energy and the Department of Defense are being asked to bare all before the President's National Science and Technology Council (NSTC), whose task it is to recommend changes to the federal lab system to bring it into line with post-Cold War national goals. Specifically the Council is taking a hard look at duplication of research and "appropriateness of mission" with an eye toward restructuring, redirecting, consolidating and even closing labs that don't measure up.


Aristotle's syllogistic is a modal deductive system, and his assertoric syllogistic is a narrow fragment of it only. This modal logical theory was objectionable from the point of view of Aristotle's ancient and medieval successors and commentators. Aristotle considered some "mixed" syllogisms with one apodeictic premise, one assertoric premise, and an apodeictic conclusion to be valid. His pupils Theophrastus and Eudemus introduced a principle that a conclusion always has the same modal character as a weaker premise, thereby they rejected all mixed modal syllogisms. In medieval logic, a distinction between de dicto and de re modalities was made. It was demonstrated that propositions with de dicto and de re modalities have different deductive characteristics. Aristotle's apodeictic syllogistic contains both reasonings which are valid under de dicto-interpretation of modalities (e. g. the law of i -conversion) only and reasonings which are valid under de re-interpetation (e. g. modus Ba rbara ) only. When we accept the "principle of the weakest premise", apodeictic syllogistic can be naturally interpreted as the one that contains de dicto modalities. The eminent Polish logician Jan Lukasiewicz suggested that both modal syllogistic versions were incorrect. In his opinion, all mixed modi formed from valid categorical syllogisms (e. g. Barba ra rejected by Aristotle) are also valid. Lukasiewicz justified these modi by means of his positive assertoric syllogistic and the four-valued modal logic which contains some theorems unprovable in normal modal calculi. We set out two translations of apodeictic and assertoric propositions into the modal first-order logic with equality (G. E. Mints's modal system T): the former provides the validity of all the laws of Aristotle's apodeictic syllogistic, the latter preserves the validity of all apodeictic syllogisms accepted by Lukasiewicz. So, an apparatus of modern quantified modal logic can be used for a "rehabilitation" of apodeitic fragments of Aristotle's syllogistic as well as of Lukasiewicz' syllogistic.


Continuous-time Delta-Sigma (CT- DR ) analog-to-digital converters have been extensively investigated for their use in wireless receivers to achieve conversion bandwidths [ 15 MHz and higher resolution of 10–14 bits. This paper presents the complete design-to-testing tutorial of a state-of-the-art high-speed single-bit CT- DR architecture and its circuit design details in 0.13 l m CMOS technology node sampling at 1.25 GS/s. The designed modulator achieves higher dynamic range of 60 dB in a wide conversion bandwidth of 15 MHz and consumes only 3.5 mW. The proposed modulator achieves a Figure of Merit of 154 fJ/level.


If securing the manpower required to carry out certain jobs and allocating the work are defined as the "employment portfolio," one has to say that the mechanism behind this has not been adequately identified. Previous studies present employment typologies using indicators such as skills, but determining the specific content of jobs (the scope of jobs or roles required) in advance is the prerequisite for this. However, the results of an analysis of Company A revealed the following: (i) Company A has a manpower calculation standard called "the man-hour standard," which is used to determine the number of personnel in stores and specific sales departments; (ii) this standard is constantly revised in order to achieve profit targets; (iii) as a result of the above, regular employees are allocated to each store as a given, but it is not possible for all jobs at the store to be carried out using these workers alone, so part-timers are also used within the scope of the budget allocated to each store; and (iv) the employment portfolio is organized based on the results of this, but the roles, scope of jobs and skills required of non-regular employees is determined after the fact. In other words, it is vital to construct a theory based on the actual situation, unlike existing studies, which explain the employment portfolio in terms of skills, etc.


Objective To explore the methods of large sample research for traditional Chinese medicine(TCM) symptoms of exercise-induced diseases and to define the main symptoms and the main symptom compositon of exercise-induced diseases.Methods The methods of TCM theory of differentiation of syndrome, epidemiology study and multivariable statistical analysis were properly combined. We investigated 518 cases of exercise-induced insomnia(EII) by using the clinical epidemiology program with the uniform diagnostic standard and data processing method.Results The asthenia of both the heart and the spleen(56 cases, 10 8%) was one of the primary syndrome of EII.Conclusions This study showed that main symptoms in differential diagnosis of asthenia of both the heart and the spleen might be sleeplessness, poor appetite, excessive dream, dizziness and weakness of limb.


In this work, we employ a semi-automatic method based on back translation to generate a sentential paraphrase corpus for the Armenian language. The initial collection of sentences is translated from Armenian to English and back twice, resulting in pairs of lexically distant but semantically similar sentences. The generated paraphrases are then manually reviewed and annotated. Using the method train and test datasets are created, containing 2360 paraphrases in total. In addition, the datasets are used to train and evaluate BERT-based models for detecting paraphrase in Armenian, achieving results comparable to the state-of-the-art of other languages.


Biometrics instead of traditional recognition methods have received more and more attention. In order to realize the portable embedded biometrics system, the status of biometrics at home and abroad was analyzed, Fingerprint, face and iris recognition were studied. The hardware and software structure of the embedded biometric system were designed to achieve the ARM and DSP dual-core microprocessor biometric. Using fingerprints, face and iris image carried out recognition experiments and then got a good recognition results.


Gastrointestinal lipomas are rare benign tumors and intussusception due to a gastrointestinal lipoma constitutes an infrequent clinical entity. Lipoma may develop as a benign tumor in all organs and rarely in large or small intestine ileal and colic lipoma. We reported two rare cases of bowel intusssception in adults. The invagination was diagnosed by computed tomography scan. Exploratory laparotomy revealed the intussusceptions secondary to a lipoma which was successfully treated with segmental intestinal resection. Since adult intussusception is frequently associated with malignant organic lesions, being aware of the differential diagnosis is important and timely surgical intervention paramount. The anatompatholy is essential for the diagnosis defintive and the search of malignitis signs.


Given the socioeconomic and environmental importance of the Guandu River in relation to the municipalities of the State of Rio de Janeiro, as well as its respective basin, the propagation of sustainable methodologies for its preservation becomes essential and indispensable for the continuous improvement of sustainable development and, consequently, of the quality of life of its population. Therefore, the present research shows methodologies that could be used in its surroundings, with the potential to provide the reduction or elimination of the practice of burning waste, promoting a Circular Economy, according to the principles predisposed in the Life Cycle Assessment. Works carried out by the company Ciclo Orgânico and the cooperative Coopideal were reported, which denote an excellent waste management, with the development of methodologies for selective collection, composting and recycling, enabling the increase in environmental awareness, social integration, source of income, providing vegetation composites, supporting the carbon footprint and maintaining a sustainable society. In addition, laboratory research was carried out in order to demonstrate a new way of managing organic waste, related to the use of biodigesters, making a 5.5 L benchtop (batch), having inside an elutriate of processed foods, added to waste of swine, in a ratio of 1:2 at the end of 30 days, there was a 70% methane contingent under ideal production conditions within 28 days and an amount of biofertilizer equivalent to the water ratio present in the biodigester, which is also an alternative source of income and enables the improvement of soil and flora quality.


AbstractIn this paper, we study the effect of κ-deformation of the space-time on the response function of a uniformly accelerating detector cou-pled to a scalar field. Starting with κ-deformed Klein-Gordon theory,which is invariant under a κ-Poincar´e algebra and written in commu-tative space-time, we derive κ-deformed Wightman functions, validup to second order in the deformation parameter a. Using this, weshow that the first non-vanishing correction to the Unruh thermaldistribution is only in the second order in a. We also discuss vari-ous other possible sources of a-dependent corrections to this thermaldistribution. 1 Introduction Different approaches to quantum theory of gravity suggest that the no-tion of space-time is modified at the microscopic level and the space-timecoordinates get quantized. This leads to the modification of the notionsof symmetry of the space-time. The symmetry algebra of certain quantumgravity models is known to be the κ-Poincar´e algebra and the correspondingspace-time is the κ-Minkowski space-time. Various aspects of κ-space-timeas well as construction and study of field theory models on this space-time


The present work focuses on the social phenomenon of bullying and also on its aspect as a matter of fundamental rights of the child, as it appears from the forms and consequences. The aim of the research was to explore the lived experiences of bullying among students, who have proved the secondary school teachers of Achaia. The study was based on a qualitative approach using semi-structured interview as a research method, through which we attempted to investigate the way teachers compose their narratives through their stories about bullying they have experienced. The qualitative analysis of data that derived from the narratives of teachers shows that although the speakers employ their socialization mechanisms of family, school and peers as classifier organization schemes phenomenon, their biographies constitute the resource that derives from to organize the intervention at the bullying phenomenon.


Most of the existing hazing algorithms are established on the assumptions of single scattering, but the multiple scattering is obvious and cannot be ignored. To obtain a better dehazing effect, we first analyze the multiple atmospheric scattering in detail and propose an image degradation model based on multiple scattering. Second, we propose a new improved method on the basis of dark channel prior. The proposed algorithm uses the semi-reverse algorithm to determine the foggy area, and then estimates the atmospheric light A from the most concentrated area; and then estimates transmission with the minimum channel of RGB; finally recover a clear image according to the multiple scattering model. Experimental results demonstrate that the proposed method achieves good restoration for contrast and color fidelity and has low computational complexity.


A "water weakening" function,Φ(ω),was proposed to predict the effect of water level on reservoir-induced seismic activity(RISA).Catastrophe theory was used to analyze the mechanism of strike-slip fault movement during RISA.A fold catastrophe model for the rock-fault system surrounding a reservoir was established.RISA was predicted by the model and a critical condition where the system becomes unstable was noted.This critical condition is given by the ratio,K,of the stiffness to(the absolute value of) softness in the surrounding rock.Water in the reservoir reduced stiffness and the softening region of the constitutive curve becomes steeper.This makes it easy for the critical condition,K1,to occur.Hence,RISA is induced in the rock-fault system surrounding the reservoir.


Much attention is given to preventing teen pregnancy in the adolescent years, but primary prevention can and should start at a much younger age. Prevention strategies should be targeted at pre-adolescents with parents as leaders in the effort; however, healthcare providers, school systems, trusted adults, and the media are also critical components of this prevention team. This chapter discusses pediatric brain maturation, emphasizes the importance of adult-youth relationships, briefly reviews the risk factors associated with teen pregnancy, and explores methods of prevention that can be applied throughout the pre-adolescent stage of development.


We analyze transport in a uniform electric field of arbitrary strength by using a gauge-invariant formulation of the Airy representation of the Baym-Kadanof-Keldysh theory of nonequilibrium quantum statistical mechanics. For a model electron-phonon interaction, experimentally relevant quantities can be extracted from a function of one variable; this function obeys a linear homogeneous integral equation. The quantum distribution function and the nonlinear drift velocity versus applied field characteristics are evaluated numerically. Many features of our nonlinear theory bear a formal resemblance to linear-response theory


Shandong Province has advantages to develop the seashore tourism,such as rich seashore resources,excel- lent location and transportation,pleasant climate,beautiful environment and developed economy.With the rapid devel- opment of seashore tourism,there also appear some problems,including the misuse of tourism resources,drastic tourism market competition,obviously off-season and midseason,single structure of tourism products,serious envi- ronmental pollution and degressive quality of tourism.The paper proposes the countermeasures to solve these problems in order to achieve the sustainable development of the local seashore tourism:clarifying the theme image of each city; develop tourism resources of coastal beaches and islands apart from big cities; harmonize international and domestic market;protect the marine ecological environment;seize the opportunity of the Olympics and cultivate famous tourism product,etc.


The analysis of the higher education in the sphere of sustainable development shows that there is a need to include the concept of sustainable and practical design thinking at all levels, starting from ideological level (stability as conceptual and ethical justification of architecture), methodological level (the principles and strategy for the solution of various subject matters), and finally, practical level, by introducing stability concerning programs for architectural education to impart abilities to critically analyze process and to creatively find sustainable solutions which can be developed for creation of the environment. The two-level programs implemented at the universities consisting of the system of architectural education and a subsystem of steady architectural design (consisting of the steady theoretical and design training/practical courses and cross-disciplinary courses connected with education in the field of sustainable development in the architectural training program) are presented in this article.


Simulation of data processing before receiving first experimental data is an important issue in high-energy physics experiments. This article presents the current Event Data Model and the Mock Data Challenge for the MPD experiment at the NICA accelerator complex which uses ongoing simulation studies to exercise in a stress-testing the distributed computing infrastructure and experiment software in the full production environment from simulated data through the physical analysis.


The spectra of optical vortices and orbital angular momentum of combined singular beams were investigated in the form of a superposition of Laguerre - Gauss or Bessel – Gauss modes with "resonant" amplitudes depending on a real parameter. If this parameter is an integer, then the orbital angular momentum of the singular beam is equal to this number. If the real parameter is fractional, then the orbital angular momentum can be either significantly greater or much less than the integer closest to the parameter value. For a non-integer value of the beam parameter, a large number of superposition beams with integer topological charges contribute to its amplitude. For an integer beam parameter, only one mode with a topological charge equal to the value of the beam parameter contributes to the amplitude.


It is known that silicon is an indirect band gap material, reducing its efficiency in photovoltaic applications. Using surface plasmons in metallic nanoparticles embedded in a solar cell has recently been proposed as a way to increase the efficiency of thin-film silicon solar cells. The dipole mode that dominates the plasmons in small particles produces an electric field having Fourier components with all wave numbers. In this work, we show that such a field creates electron-hole-pairs without phonon assistance, and discuss the importance of this effect compared to radiation from the particle and losses due to heating.


The wide distribution of digital images in recent years in social media and electronic devices invokes the research activities of developing different algorithms to enhance this type of multimedia. One of the recent research approaches was involving partial differential equations (PDE) on digital image processing operations to enhance the appearance of these images, removing noise, zooming and different other applications. In this paper, a description of the relation between image processing and derivatives is explained followed by a review of recent applications of PDE on digital images in addition to suggesting more possible aspects of research in PDE-Digital image studies.


PurposeIn the last 15 years, online sales of second-hand products have grown substantially due to changes in the economy, increasing interest in sustainability and the new opportunities offered by the alternative markets. However, little is known about the antecedents of customer retention in this particular online market. To this effect, the aim of this research is to bring new insights about what retains shoppers and creates loyal behaviour in this market by presenting a loyalty model based on expectancy-value theory and building on Olsen's satisfaction-loyalty model.Design/methodology/approachTo achieve the above-mentioned purpose, a survey comprised of 507 respondents who had purchased second-hand products via an online platform during 2020 was used to test the model.FindingsThe results validate both the satisfaction-loyalty model and the mediator role of the fulfilment of expectations between perceived quality and satisfaction. The results also indicate that customer fulfilment of expectations depends only on the perception of product quality. Perceived product quality was also the dimension that most influenced satisfaction, followed by perceived vendor quality. Last, the dimensions that contributed most to loyal behaviour were satisfaction with the vendor and with the website.Originality/valueThe originality of this research lies in the validation of the unique satisfaction-loyalty model for online second-hand purchases. The value of this research is that it adds knowledge about effective strategies for platform owners and sellers to enhance customer satisfaction and loyalty in online second-hand markets.


Figures present invention using the RFID tag, the file management system, and relates to its method, and more particularly, by attaching a RFID (Radio Frequency IDentification) tag, that the drawing information stored in the unit of parts constituting a mechanism or a structure drawing information the equipment for, and by being integrated management drawing information stored in the RFID tag to the database be able to synchronize the information of the drawing file stored in the drawing information, and a database stored in the RFID tag attached to the unit part, a drawing file stored in the database the figures relate to the very convenient and using RFID tags that can be efficiently integrated into the management file management system and method. According to the invention, an antenna for communicating with an RF signal of a memory area and a specific band of the drawing information of the unit components constituting an RFID tag comprising storage mechanisms and structure and; RFID scanner is that the communication to an RF signal of a predetermined band through the antenna of the RFID tag storing the drawing information in the memory area of the RFID tag, or to read the drawing information stored in the memory space; The connected to the RFID scanner computer or a portable terminal the drawing program for displaying the drawing file of the mechanism or structure in combination of stored and the unit part and the unit components by a drawing information captured read via the RFID scanner and modified, and on; This drawing file management system and method using the RFID tag consists of a main server to the computer or handheld device and a communication by integrating the drawing information captured is stored and read by the RFID scanner to the database manager, is provided. Drawing Management, RFID tags, RFID scanners, database, unit parts


In our previous work, the pristine sol-NiOx/Si based device did not exhibit reproducible resistive switching due to the presence of native interlayer oxide. To solve this problem, we investigated high-pressure hydrogen gas annealing at a stack of Al/sol-NiOx/Si to engineer the interface and bulk layer simultaneously. Different from the pure nitrogen high-pressure gas annealing which only affects the bulk properties of the system, we found that the high-pressure hydrogen gas can alter both the interfaces and bulk layers. As a result, the native interlayer oxide thickness at the NiOx/Si interface was reduced and the overall density of oxygen vacancies was increased due to the reduction of atomic hydrogen. Consequently, a good condition for less randomized generation of conducting pathways was secured which led to improved stability of high- and low-resistance states, as well as a larger ratio of high and low resistances regardless of a high free energy of formation at the bottom electrode (Si).


Korean possesses a rich onomatopoeic and mimetic vocabulary that may be augmented by partial reduplication and/or suffixation. This augmented category, which is referred to as partial extension in Jun (1993), is semantically characterised by a lengthening, or temporal extension of the base form:


The overall goal of this project was to develop reliable cost effective sensors for application in the down-hole environment. The physical parameters measured by these sensors were temperature, pressure, flow and acoustic signals. Sensor head configurations for each of the physical measurands were optimized to increase the sensitivity to the particular measurand of interest while decreasing the cross-sensitivity to the other physical measurands and to environmental influences. In addition, the optical signal demodulation electronics was designed to be insensitive to environmental influences while maintaining the required resolution, precision and accuracy of the parameter being sensed. The influence of potentially detrimental agents such as water in the down-hole environment was investigated as well as methods to protect both the optical fiber and the sensor from these detrimental effects.


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In this paper nonparametric simultaneous tolerance limits are developed using rectangle probabilities for uniform order statistics. Consideration is given to the handling of censored data, and some comparisons are made with the parametric normal theory.

The nonparametric regional estimation techniques of (i) confidence bands for a distribution function, (ii) simultaneous confidence intervals for quantiles and (iii) simultaneous tolerance limits are unified. A Bayesian approach is also discussed.


HEALTH CARE SERVICES IN THE KINGDOM OF MORROCO Kingdom of Morocco is located in Northwestern Africa on the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea. Its surface area is 710 850 km2. In 2001 the estimated population of Morocco was 29 800 000 people who are not equally distributed over the territory. Population growth rate is changing with a tendency toward levels similar to those in developed countries. The health care system created in 1959 has undergone several reorganizations including the most recent reform now in progress. At the present time the health care system is organized into approximately 60 medical districts. It is subdivided into two networks, i.e., an ambulatory action network and a hospital action network. The ambulatory action network provides basic health care s e rvices. It includes 2128 basic care units. Most of these units have medical equipment designed mainly for preve n t ive medicine. The hospital action network comprises 112 hospitals classified as zone hospitals, provincial hospitals, regional hospitals, and university hospitals. Both networks receive technical and scientific support from a network of institutes, laboratories, and specialized centers. Training for health care professionals in Morocco is provided by four medical schools and two health care institutes for paramedical care specialists. Morocco is in a period of ep i d e m i o l ogical transition ch a ra c t e ri zed by the coex i s t e n c e of patients with developed and developing country diseases.


Lithium–sulfur batteries (LSBs) are called to complement current state-of-the-art lithium-ion devices. However, despite the optimization of cathode and electrolyte, the usage of metallic lithium as anodic material is linked to several problems that give place to the constant degradation of the anode. These degradation processes become the main bottleneck for LSBs and their real application; therefore, solving these challenges related to lithium metal anode (LMA) becomes the priority. Recent investigations and development have advanced the protection of LMA with the formation of a mechanically stable and ionically conductive solid-electrolyte interphase on top of the LMA surface. In this perspective, we review the most promising recent in situ and ex situ lithium protection techniques, with our perspective on their potential scalability from laboratory to industry. Most importantly, the strategies to obtain a long-cycle-life, high-energy-density, and commercial LSBs are suggested.


The human adenovirus E4orf6 and E1B55K proteins promote viral replication by targeting several cellular proteins for degradation. The E4orf6 product has been shown by our group and others to form an E3 ubiquitin ligase complex that contains elongins B and C and cullin family member Cul5. E1B55K associates with this complex, where it is believed to function primarily to introduce bound substrates for degradation via proteasomes. In addition to p53, its first known substrate, the E4orf6/E1B 55-kDa complex (E4orf6/E1B55K) was shown to promote the degradation of Mre11 and DNA ligase IV; however, additional substrates are believed to exist. This notion is strengthened by the fact that none of these substrates seems likely to be associated with additional functions shown to be mediated by the E4orf6-associated E3 ubiquitin ligase complex, including export of late viral mRNAs and blockage of export of the bulk cellular mRNAs from the nucleus. In an attempt to identify new E4orf6/E1B55K substrates, we undertook a proteomic screen


This paper seeks to evaluate the usefulness of the E-Learning Acceptance Model (ELAM) in relation to the module TU100 My Digital Life which is offered by the Open University in the United Kingdom. TU100 is only offered as a distance learning module therefore students have no choice in their mode of interaction. A combination of printed and online material is provided with students offered both face to face and online support at regular intervals throughout the module. The ELAM model will be used to evaluate the attitude of students and staff to the use of technology that supports the delivery of the online aspect of the module. Synchronous online activity is supported by a Tutor requiring the student to commit to regular participation in online activities. Neither Face to Face nor online Tutorial attendance is compulsory but some students are regular attenders at both activities. In order to determine the reasons for student participation the ELAM model will be used to evaluate the factors, if any, which influence their engagement in online activities and to what extent Tutor interaction influences their willingness to participate. One mechanism utilised for delivering online tutorials to the student cohort is a branded version of Blackboard Collaborate called OULive. This provides a stilted environment which depends primarily on a whiteboard based application and audio technology to support the online tutorial process. Applying and evaluating the ELAM model will allow the identification of good practice in the provision of online tutorials helping fellow practitioners cope with the demands of online delivery. The paper will conclude by demonstrating that while the OULive tool is dependent on whiteboard and audio technology students who engage on a regular basis do constitute a community of practice and demonstrate that participation in online tutorials as part of their learning experience is a worthwhile exercise. This therefore illustrates a certain level of acceptance of technology in their learning activities. This paper will demonstrate that a good level of support early on in the module to use online material is essential in helping this community of practice to form.


The invention provides a manufacturing method for frozen breaded oyster. The frozen breaded oyster is characterized by comprising, by weight, 50 to 70% of oyster, 20 to 30% of water and 10 to 20% of breadcrumbs, wherein the weight ratio of coating breadcrumb slurry is 10 to 20%. The manufacturing method comprises the following steps: material selection; removal of shells; cleaning; grading; coating of the breadcrumbs; pre-frying; freezing; removal of a tray; and packaging, gold detection and refrigeration. The frozen breaded oyster industrially produced in the invention can retain moisture in oyster, so unique flavor of oyster is maintained and the frozen breaded oyster is convenient to transport.


Salivary glands implanted in adult milieu without simultaneous implantation of larval ring glands showed further development and differentiation. The development of the glands was tested by thymidine-H3 and uridine-H3 incorporation in the chromosomes and by proline-H3 incorporation in the cytoplasm. Differentiation was evaluated on the basis of the presence or absence of mucopolysaccharide synthesis in the cells.

Chromosomal thymidine incorporation was observed to proceed for a longer period in the adult milieu. DNA measurements revealed that at least in some cells of glands which were implanted at a mid third instar stage the level of polyteny is increased to a level which is never reached during normal development.

Glands implanted at a mid third instar stage showed chromosomal uridine incorporation until at least 18 days after implantation.

Comparison of the chromosomal puffing patterns in normal and implanted glands revealed that the chromosomes are still able to produce specific puffs after at least three weeks of implantation.

In general, glands which were implanted at younger stages of normal development showed a higher response to the adult milieu than glands implanted at a stage near to puparium formation. Also the individual cells of implanted glands showed obvious differences in their response to the adult milieu. It was concluded that the growth and differentiation of the gland cells proceeds but that the regulation and coordination of the processes are disturbed in the adult milieu.


Once one synthetic derivative of vitamin A is found to cause serious birth defects, can we assume that any others are safe?


The volume is the proceedings of the national
workshop organised by Asian Fisheries Society,
Indian Branch with joint sponsorship of the Andhra
Pradesh Agriculture University and Fish Farmers of
Andhra Pradesh at Eluru during September 2-4,
1988


The protein structure prediction problem continues to elude scientists. Despite the introduction of many methods, only modest gains were made over the last decade for certain classes of prediction targets. To address this challenge, a social‐media based worldwide collaborative effort, named WeFold, was undertaken by 13 labs. During the collaboration, the laboratories were simultaneously competing with each other. Here, we present the first attempt at "coopetition" in scientific research applied to the protein structure prediction and refinement problems. The coopetition was possible by allowing the participating labs to contribute different components of their protein structure prediction pipelines and create new hybrid pipelines that they tested during CASP10. This manuscript describes both successes and areas needing improvement as identified throughout the first WeFold experiment and discusses the efforts that are underway to advance this initiative. A footprint of all contributions and structures are publicly accessible at http://www.wefold.org. Proteins 2014; 82:1850–1868. © 2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.


http://www.e-kmj.org Ruxolitinib for Treating Steroid-Refractory Acute Graft-Versus-Host Disease in an Infant with Malignant Osteopetrosis Who Received Double-Unit Umbilical Cord Blood Transplantation Jie Hee Jue, Ye Jee Shim, Sung-Ae Kim, Hye Ra Jung Department of Pediatrics, Keimyung University School of Medicine, Daegu, Korea Department of Dermatology, Keimyung University School of Medicine, Daegu, Korea Department of Pathology, Keimyung University School of Medicine, Daegu, Korea


Yang, Zheng, "Betti sequences over local rings and connected sums of Gorenstein rings" Advisers: Luchezar Avramov This thesis consists of two parts: 1) Polynomial growth of Betti sequences over local rings (Chapter 2), 2) Connected sums of Gorenstein rings (Chapter 3). Chapter 1 gives an introduction for the two topics discussed in this thesis. The first part of the thesis deals with modules over complete intersections using free resolutions. The asymptotic patterns of the Betti sequences of the finitely generated modules over a local ring R reflect and affect the singularity of R. Given a commutative noetherian local ring and an integer c, sufficient conditions and necessary conditions are obtained for all Betti sequences of finitely generated modules to be eventually polynomial of degree less than c. When c ≤ 3 this property characterizes hypersurface sections of local complete intersections with multiplicity 2 b. This is joint work with Avramov and Seceleanu. The second part of the thesis studies a construction on the set of Gorenstein local rings, known as their connected sum. Given a Gorenstein ring, one would like to know whether it can be decomposed as a connected sum and if so, what are its components. We give a concrete description in the case of Gorenstein Artin local algebra over a field. We further investigate conditions on the decomposability of some classes of Gorenstein Artin rings. This is joint work with Hariharan and Celikbas. iii DEDICATION To my parents. iv ACKNOWLEDGMENTS First of all, I must give my deepest thanks to my thesis advisor, Professor Luchezar " Lucho " Avramov, for everything he has done. His teaching has been most important and influential through all steps in my graduate studies. Lucho first introduced me to algebra from his first year course on Galois theory and then to commutative algebra through his reading courses based on well-known textbooks by Atiyah-Macdonald and Matsumura. The first paper he handed me to read was on connected sums, which is the beginning of the story for Chapter 3 in this thesis. His deep knowledge and beautiful insights on infinite free resolutions has finally brought me into this wonderland. I hope Chapter 2 will give an idea of what we have found there and, I can only wish to present this thesis as an example to reflect his many ideas and teaching philosophies on mathematics. It is natural to give thanks to Ananthnarayan " …


Artificial neural network (ANN) has achieved great success in mechanical fault diagnosis and has been widely used. However, traditional ANN is still opaque in terms of interpretability, making it difficult for users to understand and trust the diagnosis results. This article proposes an interpretable neural network to provide high-performance and credible mechanical fault diagnosis results. The proposed network is mainly generated by unrolling the nested iterative soft thresholding algorithm (NISTA) for a sparse coding model and it is named NISTA-Net. Therefore, the network architecture of NISTA-Net has a clear theoretical basis, and users know how it is designed. Additionally, we propose a visualization method for NISTA-Net to examine whether the network has learned meaningful features. This method helps users better understand how NISTA-Net performs classifications. These two aspects of transparency/interpretability allow NISTA-Net to be more credible when applied for mechanical fault diagnosis. We carried out simulations and two experiments of fault diagnosis to verify the performance of NISTA-Net. The results reveal that NISTA-Net can well extract the fault features of the concerned bearings and gears. As a consequence, it achieves the best performance compared with other advanced networks. Given the success of NISTA-Net, a systematic approach is finally summarized to help design interpretable fault diagnosis networks, aiming to inspire more related research.


Functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) signals offer an interesting alternative to functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) when investigating the temporal dynamics of brain region responses during activations. The hemodynamic response function (HRF) is the object of primary interest to neuroscientists in this case. Making use of a semiparametric model to characterize the oxygenated (HbO) and deoxygenated (HbR) fNIRS time-series and a sparsity assumption on the HRF, a new method for non-parametric HRF estimation from a single fNIRS signal is derived in this paper. The proposed method consistently estimates the HRF using a profile least square estimator obtained using the local polynomial smoothing technique applied to estimate the drift and introducing a regularization penalty in the minimization problem to promote sparsity of the HRF coefficients. The performance of the proposed method is assessed on both simulated and fNIRS data from a finger tapping experiment.


Objective To investigate the effect of safflor injection on the level of serum interleukin-8 (IL-8) and the intestine ultrastructure during intestinal ischemia/reperfusion injury in rabbits. Methods Animal model of intestinal ischemia-reperfusion injury in rabbits were established. 30 rabbits were randomized into three groups: the sham operation (S) group, the ischemia/reperfusion (IR) group and the Safflor injection (SI) group. The blood specimens were collected via the neck artery 1 hour before and, 0, 1, 2 and 3 hours after the ischaemia/reperfusion. The assay of IL-8 level and the eletromicroscopy of the ultrastructure of the intestine were performed. Results The level of IL-8 showed a time-dependent increase in the IR group. The level of IL-8 levels were higher in groups IR and SI than in group S, but the IR group level was significantly higher than group that of the S group (P<0.01), the abnormal morphological changes of intestine cells were all alleviated markedly after treatment of safflor injection. Conclusions Safflor injection could effectively reduce the serum IL-8 and protect the intestine cells ischemia/reperfusion injury.

Key words:
Safflower;  Interleukin-8;  Ischemia-reperfusion injury


Huangbuling gold deposit is one of the main mining areas of Canzhuang gold deposit,and the exploitation of gold mining has been more than 1.6 t.The authors forecast deep seated orebody location for crisis mines using primary halo geochemistry to solve the problem of inadequate reserves.The study of correlation of indicator elements,elements combination,and spatial distribution charactrisitics of elements contents for primary halo geochemistry of vein No.7 in Huangbuling gold deposit shows that the high values of factor scores F4 and F5 can be used as the signs of the upper part of orebody.The high values of cumulative index(Hg/Ni) can be used as the sign for the upper part of orebody,and otherwise as the lower part.The study has also evaluated the ore-bearing of deep orebody,and blocked out three target areas.