The complication of total hip replacement surgery (K. Y. M. rotation type) were found in 7 out of 44 operated hips.2 cases of them were loosening of the cup which were found 1 year after and 4 years after surgery. Breakage of the C. O. P. femur stem was occured in one case at 1.5 years after operation.Wear of the neck of H. D. P. prosthesis, causing to ectopic ossification, was found in one case. Immediate postoperative dislocation of the prosthetic head were found in 3 cases. After reduction, they were fixed in plaster cast in 3 weeks. Thereafter, they were brought in succesful course.


It does not look good on a politician's CV to say he secured his job because a secretly homosexual Cabinet Minister was mugged at knifepoint on Clapham Common. Nor does it look good if his appointment came not because of his own professional qualifications or political interests, but because of a shared flat.


The present invention discloses a semiconductor optical amplifier module with a monitoring device. The amplifier module includes a housing having: a window on both sides of the opposite walls for forming a path for a first optical fiber and a second optical fiber; a semiconductor optical amplifier mounted in the housing for amplifying input optical signals and outputting the amplified optical signals; a first supporter for supporting the first optical fiber; a second supporter for supporting the second optical fiber; and a first optical detector for detecting non-coupled light, which is generated at the end of the first optical fiber.


For the implementation of poverty alleviation policies in underdeveloped areas, to achieve a comprehensive well-off society, is one of China's two hundred years goal. The implementation of financial poverty alleviation and development, through financing to promote the project construction and agricultural products in the field of system and market construction, innovation and policy-oriented financial instruments and financial products to promote the development of agricultural industrialization, the effective formation of a leveraged financial poverty alleviation model; Through the channels of financial poverty alleviation, optimize the allocation of resources structure, to achieve the benefits of financial poverty alleviation funds to maximize. This paper analyzes the current theoretical basis of financial poverty alleviation in China, and describes the current situation of China's financial poverty alleviation work. Taking Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region as an example, this paper analyzes the current progress and problems encountered in financial poverty alleviation work in Inner Mongolia, Summed up the current reality of China's financial poverty alleviation is still difficult, and put forward the financial precision poverty alleviation of several countermeasures.


The utility model provides a computer infrared sitting posture correction device and belongs to the field of distance detection of sensors. The computer infrared sitting posture correction device comprises two sensors and a control device, wherein the two sensors are respectively connected with the control device and an alarming device is installed on the control device. Compared with the prior art, the computer infrared sitting posture correction device has the advantages of being reasonable in design, simple in structure, convenient to use and the like. The computer infrared sitting posture correction device can alarm a user in time and treat alarms in stage.


Purpose: To report two cases of arteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy (AAION) caused by giant cell arteritis (GCA) that occurred sequentially in both eyes.Case summary: An 86-year-old man presented with decreased visual acuity in the left eye that had commenced 3 days earlier. The left eye visual acuity was hand motion, and there was chalky-white optic disc swelling. AAION was diagnosed based on the myalgia, temporal headache, and temporal artery wall thickening. After steroid treatment, the visual acuity had not improved, while the visual acuity in the right eye was stable. A 94-year-old man presented with decreased visual acuity in the left eye that began 3 days earlier. The visual acuity in the left eye was light perception, and a subretinal hemorrhage was diagnosed. Two weeks later, he returned with decreased visual acuity in the right eye, and had chalky-white optic disc swelling in the right eye and decreased optic disc swelling in the left eye. AAION was considered based on the temporal headache and jaw claudication, and GCA was diagnosed after a temporal artery biopsy. Although systemic steroid was given, the visual acuity did not improve.Conclusions: The visual acuity of the eye that first developed AAION did not improve, but the prognosis of the later-onset eyes differed. Although GCA is rarely reported in Korea, delayed treatment can cause permanent visual loss. Therefore, in older adults with rapid visual loss and optic disc swelling, the possibility of GCA and a temporal artery biopsy should be considered.


Chemoselective trimethylsilylation and tetrahydropyranylation of benzylic and primary and secondary aliphatic alcohols proceed efficiently in the presence of 1,3-dibromo-5,5-dimethylhydantoin (DBH) under mild and completely heterogeneous reaction conditions in excellent yields.


The seemingly unending cycles of violence in the Middle East conflict have all but dashed any hope for the genuine building of a more lasting peace. However, like Anees Jung's Olives from Jericho: Peace in Winter Gardens (Paris: Unesco Publishing, 1999), this book plants another seed of hope. It is a case study of an experimental school in a small village not far from Jerusalem called Neve Shalom/Wahat Al-Salam, meaning in Hebrew and Arabic, Oasis of Peace. The community has been committed to peaceful coexistence, and in this study its primary and secondary schools have been placed under a microscope.


Metal-insulator-semiconductor capacitors are investigated, in which the insulator is cross-linked polyvinylphenol and the active layer a blend of poly(3-hexylthiophene), P3HT, and the electron acceptor [6,6]-phenyl-C61-butyric acid methyl ester (PCBM). Admittance spectra and capacitance-voltage measurements obtained in the dark both display similar behaviour to those previously observed in P3HT-only devices. However, the photo-capacitance response is significantly enhanced in the P3HT:PCBM case, where exciton dissociation leads to electron transfer into the PCBM component. The results are consistent with a network of PCBM aggregates that is continuous through the film but with no lateral interconnection between the aggregates at or near the blend/insulator interface.


The highly competitive aircraft equipment industry must give more attention to the prestige of engineers in order to hold capable men for management as well as line organization.


The composites of multiwalled carbon nanotubes/polyamide 6(MWCNTs/PA6) were fabricated by liquid blending method.The effects of the modification methods and contents of MWCNTs on the thermal and crystal properties of MWCNTs/PA6 composites were studied.The composites were characterized by FESEM,FTIR,DSC,XRD and TG.The results show that the thermal stability of PA6 can be improved through adding MWCNTs,especially amino-functionalized MWCNTs(d-MWCNTs).When the mass fraction of d-MWCNTs reaches 7.5%,the crystallization degree of the MWCNTs/PA6 composites is improved from 48.09% to 56.62% and the entangled degree among polymer macromolecules is the lowest.


The inbred cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) line TMG-1 is resistant to three potyviruses: zucchini yellow mosaic virus (ZYMV), watermelon mosaic virus (WMV), and the watermelon strain of papaya ringspot virus (PRSV-W). In this study we sought to determine the genetics of resistance to PRSV-W. TMG-1 was crossed with WI-2757, an inbred line susceptible to all three viruses. Segregation data indicated that resistance to PRSV-W was due to a single dominant gene (proposed designation, Prsv-2). Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) data suggested that the mechanism of resistance to PRSV-W differs from that for ZYMV and WMV, and may be better described as tolerance. Although the plants were free of symptoms, high PRSV-W titers existed in young expanding leaves of the TMG-1 plants and the WI-2353×TMG-1 F 1 progeny


The fluctuation in the plasma current density is measured in the MIST reversed field pinch experiment. Such fluctuations, and the measured radial profile of the k spectrum of magnetic fluctuations, supports the view and that low frequency fluctuations (f ) demonstrates that radial particle transport from particle motion parallel to a fluctuating magnetic field is ambipolar over the full frequency range.


To accommodate the down-scaling electronic industry, the energy storage changes into micro-scale or even nano-scale. Therefore, development of new methods and materials that can provide microwattsis highly needed. We focus on using thin-film solid-state micro-batteries that are basically relied on electrochemical potential difference of metals. Zinc and Copper are used as the electrodes and paper as a separator with an electrolyte layer. Two different methods were developed for the fabrication of paper batteries, physical vapor deposition (PVD) of thin films and the chemical sintering of metal microparticles. Zinc and Copper were chosen as proof-of-concept electrodes because the fabrication methods are fairly straightforward. Paper has been chosen as a separator applications mainly thanks to its high porosity and robust chemical and mechanical stability [1]. The popular ink printing technology has been explored and the results are promising including carbon nanotubes to the metal nanoparticles. Dispensing an ionic liquid using a special printer with the electrodes, researchers from UC Berkeley have achieved good results [2, 3].


Constrained type-2 fuzzy sets have been proposed as a tool to model type-2 fuzzy sets starting from a type-1 generator set with uncertainty. This constrained representation only defines as acceptable the embedded sets that have the same shape as the generator set in order to process only membership functions that are considered "meaningful" when using fuzzy operators such as centroid defuzzification. However, the idea of "meaningfulness" has never been clearly defined; at the same time there are some contexts in which a given concept (e.g. medium height) can be reasonably represented by multiple shapes, such as triangular and Gaussian. The aim of this paper is both to formally define the idea of meaningfulness of shapes and to extend the formal definitions of constrained interval type-2 fuzzy sets in order to allow the presence of multiple shapes among the acceptable embedded sets.


The influence of the coil pitch on the laser oscillation parameters of copper ion lines using a helical hollow cathode design are reported. A rapid growth of the laser gain with increasing the coil pitch is demonstrated. Simultaneous oscillation on seven IR copper ion lines and two krypton ion lines from 15 cm active length is obtained. A new design of a laser tube with two helical electrodes is described.


In the context of carbon peak and carbon neutrality, digital green innovation development is becoming more and more important for enterprises. In order to effectively improve green competitiveness and increase profits, photovoltaic building materials enterprises must choose digital green innovation projects for investment. The purpose of this study is to build a reasonable investment project selection framework system and propose appropriate methods for photovoltaic building materials enterprises to help them correctly choose digital green innovation investment projects. This study firstly combines relevant theories and digital green innovation characteristics of target investment projects to build a framework system for photovoltaic building materials enterprises to select investment projects. Secondly, this study innovatively proposes a dynamic intuitionistic fuzzy multi-attribute group decision-making method considering the interaction between attributes. Finally, this study takes Yingli Group as the research object and conducts an empirical study on it to verify the scientific nature and reliability of the framework system and method selection. The results show that the framework system includes four aspects: external support system, commercialization expectation, project operation ability and project operation resources. Yingli Group should choose project A3 for cooperation. The framework system and method proposed in this study are feasible and can help Yingli Group correctly choose digital green innovation investment projects. At the same time, this study also brings positive enlightenment to other photovoltaic building materials enterprises in the world when choosing digital green innovation investment projects.


A process for preparing a Oxidhalbleiterelektrode with a conductive substrate and an oxide semiconductor layer provided on the conductive substrate, wherein the oxide semiconductor layer is a porous layer comprising a plurality of porous titanium oxide particles connected to one another to produce in communication between the particles pores and wherein the conductive substrate is formed of a light transparent resin film, said method comprising the steps of: Depositing a titanium alkoxide solution to the conductive substrate so that it, a coating is formed, and Applying ultraviolet light to the coating and heating the coating to a temperature between 200 ° C and 250 ° C, applying ultrasonic waves in a liquid on the coating and heating the coating to a temperature between 200 ° C and 250 ° C, or applying a high frequency in a region excluding a margin of 10 to 10


The invention discloses a sea cucumber medlar porridge, which is characterized by comprising, by weight: 100-150g of japonica rice, 10-20g of sea cucumber powder, 10-20g of superfine medlar powder, and 1-4g of protamine. With dual tastes of medlar and sea cucumber, the sea cucumber medlar porridge is natural and pollution-free, and after long-term eating, the sea cucumber medlar porridge can reach the efficacy of tonifying kidney, nourishing blood, stop bleeding, moistening dryness, resisting aging, resisting fatigue, and increasing the body's immunity.


To compare the conventional localized point‐resolved spectroscopy (PRESS) with localized 2D intermolecular single‐quantum coherence (iSQC) magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) and obtain in vivo MRS spectrum of rat brain using the latter technique.


In this paper, we investigate a structural parameters model with the trigonometric method in order to improve the measurement precision of the binocular stereo vision measuring system. We find the relationship between the accuracy of the optical locating and structural parameters through analyzing the baseline(X direction), the angle of view ω, and the convergence angle α which is formed by the baseline and optical axes. Finally, we will represent some simulation results under different structural parameters where the optimal range of the structural parameters can be obtained with a small error. Also, the correctness of the theoretical analysis is verified by experimental results.


Many problems in imaging reduce to a desire to identify physically significant components within a set of images gathered during the variation of a parameter. We present a new method to identify physically meaningful regions in a series of images through the application of Bayesian statistics within a Markov chain Monte Carlo sampler. The method finds the physically meaningful bilinear solution appropriate to the problem.


The introduction of a second wave of product quality GMOs has the potential to provide new momentum to the agricultural biotechnology industry. The challenge facing the industry is to generate innovations that will allow them to offer a large adoption incentive while capturing sufficient revenues to support R&D investment.


To determine the ascent of liquid near a corner is a well-known problem. It is known, that the sum of the opening angle and the contact angle is a dominating parameter. If the sum is equal or greater than 2π the ascent near the corner is bounded, and if the sum is less then 2π the ascent becomes unbounded. But if the liquid has a very low dielectric constant scarcely nothing is known. In that case the arising boundary value problem holds a disturbance term. This disturbance causes a very different behaviour which is a commonly observed result in physical chemistry. The key to solve this boundary value problem is to modify a Comparison Principle of Concus and Finn. The amazing conclusion is, that this modified principle combined with the disturbance term yields an asymptotic result of the problem. Contrary to the classical case the ascent is independent from the opening angle, it only depends on the distance to the boundary.


Italian Constitutional Court, development of re-centralised case law against the displacement of national constitutional courts – Italian Constitutional Court challenges the Simmenthal doctrine – Double preliminary questions – The Italian Constitutional Court's continuous need for legitimation – The Italian Constitutional Court's adaptation of its case law and doctrines to the legal and political context


The time evolution Schrodinger picture of the Dirac quantum mechanics is defined in charts with spatially flat Robertson–Walker metrics and Cartesian coordinates. The main observables of this picture are identified, including the interacting part of the Hamiltonian operator produced by the minimal coupling with the gravitational field. It is shown that in this approach new Dirac quantum modes on de Sitter spacetimes may be found analytically solving the Dirac equation.


The electrical connection of enzymes and microelectrodes is usually achieved through the direct deposition of biomolecules
at the electrode surface. Optimization of this interface can be achieved by using conductive nanomaterials such as carbon
nanotubes, by adding shuttles of electrons, and/or by tuning the geometry of the electrode. However, immobilized enzymes
remain essentially located at the outer surface of the electrode, thereby limiting the current density of the devices. A singlestep,
scalable wet-spinning approach that allows the fabrication of microfibers into which enzymes and carbon nanotubes are imbricated in the core of the fiber is reported in this work. The efficiency of these bioelectronics fibers is tested in the enzymatic reduction of O2 and glucose oxidation. The presented microelectrodes exhibit a significantly enhanced activity compared to surface-coated microelectrodes, while preserving all of the advantages of microelectrodes in terms of miniaturization and spatiotemporal resolution.


This paper characterizes the propagation of the information in one of the major OSNs, Google+ (G+). It extends previous works, which study information dissemination in other OSNs, based on two main contributions: (i) it is the first work that takes into account all publicly available information in a major OSN to perform such characterization rather than only use a limited sample of the network. (ii) To the best of our knowledge, this paper presents the most extensive head-to-head comparison of information propagation between two major OSNs such as Google+ and Twitter. We investigate the answer for two fundamental questions: First, how the information is propagated in G+ and how such propagation compares with the information dissemination in Twitter? Our results reveal that information is disseminated faster in Twitter, but it has more probabilities of being propagated and travel longer paths in G+. Second, are there influential users that play a key role in the information dissemination in G+? and, if so, who are them? Our results identify two type of influential users in G+ that we refer to as Disseminators and Leaders. The former are relatively popular users that publish a large number of posts that all together reach a large number of users. In addition, they use to publish entertainment content such as funny videos and animations, beautiful pictures and quotes with deep emotional messages. The latter are individual persons that publish few posts that engage a large number of users. Finally, it is interesting to notice that among the Top 50 Leaders we find 7 accounts associated to either Google employees or Google product.


The physiological response of cocoa plants under VSD infections is still limited because there is no method in artificial inoculation since Oncobasidium theobromae was reported as parasitic obligates. The investigation of correlation between cocoa responses and VSD attack becomes important information to figure out the effect of decreased productivity as the consequences of the physiological damages. The objective of this research was to describe the pathogen infection and the symptom of VSD through fungal staining method and to asses the changes of some physiological aspects (chlorophyll and gass exchange character) under VSD pathogen infection. This study was conducted in Kaliwining experimental station, ICCRI, Jember, East Java, Indonesia. The result of the study indicated that late infection stage caused chlorophyll degradation, decreasing transpiration rate, and increasing temperature in both tolerant clone (Scavina 6) and susceptible clone (TSH 858). The rate of photosynthesis, stomatal conductance, and concentration of CO 2 in susceptible clone (TSH 858) showed a drastic decrease when infected by VSD pathogen than that of in healthy plants. In resistant clone (Scavina 6), photosynthesis rate, stomatal conductance, and concentration of CO 2 showed no significant decrease when infected by VSD pathogen compared to that non-infected condition.


AbstractThe effect of soft additives (Pb, Bi) on the formation of built-up edge (BUE) and the effect of BUE on several aspects of machinability have been investigated in AISI 1200 series low carbon resulphurised free machining steels. The size of BUE was found to decrease with increasing Pb or Bi content, with Bi being more effective in reducing the size. It has been confirmed that the presence of BUE reduces the cutting force and protects tools from wear. It has been inferred that soft additives control tool wear mostly indirectly by affecting the form and stability of BUE, cutting force, and temperature. From observations made on large broken BUE segments on the chips, it is suggested that soft additives provide sites for easy shear and microfracture through the effect of liquid metal embrittlement. The observed reduction of BUE size with increasing soft additive content could be explained by this mechanism. Based on these observations, it is suggested that non-uniform microstructural distribution in th...


Background: Leukemia is the most common malignancy that occur in children. The disease indicated by abnormal accumulation of leukocytes. Cutaneous manifestations in leukemia may resulted from infiltration of the skin by leukemic cells, bone marrow dysfunction or chemotherapy. Objective: To determine association between leukocytes count with cutaneous manifestations in children with Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia and Acute Myelocytic Leukemia. Patients and method: This is an observational analytical cross sectional study involving 48 children with acute leukemia (ALL and AML) were hospitalized in RSUP H. Adam Malik Medan during April – September 2018. Subjects were performed interview, dermatology examination and recording leukocytes count. Result: Children with Acute Leukemia in this study most of them were girls (52.1%), age between 0 – 5 years old (39.6%). There was no significant differences between leukocytes count with cutaneous manifestations in children with acute leukemia (p=0.327). There was no significant association between leukocytes count with cutaneous manifestations in children with acute leukemia (p=0.968). Conclusion: There was no significant association between leukocytes count with cutaneous manifestations in children with acute leukemia.


1. The honeybee Apis mellifera is of huge worldwide economic importance in the pollination of crops for human consumption. In recent years, honeybee populations have declined under pressure from diseases and pests. Climate change is increasingly being viewed as an additional threat to honeybees and yet only limited research has been carried out in this area.


From the perspective of an arts-based discipline in need of curricular transformation, this paper examines certain fragilities within the university systems and calls for a transformational style of leadership. Recent events in higher education in South Africa have brought to light the crisis in leadership at its public universities, with critical focus on curriculum leadership. While universities may conceive of themselves as being under attack, with their legitimacy, traditions and values being called into question, current student opinion is that the issue of leadership in universities fails to be sufficiently transparent when compared to the public or private sectors. This research is located within an autoethnographic context and highlights the experience and challenges of an academic leader in the arts, and specifically, the music discipline. The experiential data affords insight into problems existing between leadership, management and more especially the academic leadership of the discipline. While arguing for a different role for curriculum leadership within the contemporary university, this paper goes further, contending that it is imperative for the music discipline to engage with its new media challenges in order to ensure its contemporary relevance.


The political crisis in Syria, which began in 2010 in North Africa and later spread to the Middle East under the name of the Arab Spring, has not changed for the better in 10 years. The crisis that began in the country has already become a regional problem in the local issue. The issue was followed by various issues that endangered Turkey's national security for Turkey, Syria's close neighbor. Such problems include refugees and wolves. The article describes the "Euphrates Shield", a cross-border military operation aimed at eliminating a number of militant groups that have been seen as a threat to Turkey's national security.


Heavy current transformers (HCTs) for large generators are intensively interfered by the stray magnetic field produced by heavy adjacent currents, and therefore, anti-interference testing is a crucial process to assure the robustness of HCT products. However, the generation of the interference involves multiphase heavy currents, which are difficult to produce in testing environments, and equivalent testing coils have become an emerging solution to the testing. In this paper, an improved parameter determination algorithm is proposed for the traditional two-segment testing coil configuration, and furthermore, a novel multi-segment testing coil configuration is proposed for better equivalence of the multiphase interference. The effectiveness of the two configurations are thoroughly analyzed by FEM-based simulations as well as physical experiments.


This paper analyzes small towns of redamation area in the particularity of formation and development,type,construction layout,urban and rural spatial layout,etc,put forward countermeasures and suggestions of some characteristic small towns planning in order to provide guidance and reference for the characteristics planning of small towns in redamation area and other places.


The number of programming languages is getting more and more and developers are facing a tough time in installing all the compilers, libraries and supporting files for the development activities. Most of the time they want to experiment with new technologies, where the efforts required creating a complete environment to run the programs may not be feasible. On the other hand, several companies have started recruiting developers through their online programming platforms. In such situations, it is essential to protect the resources of the server from malicious programs written by the users by purpose or inadvertently. The client environment has to be as lighter as possible and the server environment must be as secure and efficient as possible. There are several existing solutions to meet this objective with plenty of demerits. In this paper we propose a novel method which overcomes most of the problems in the existing solutions and we have experimented the effectiveness of the proposed solution. In our proposed method we develop a docker based sandbox to run the client programs and display the output. We have developed a complete web interface to test the solution and created a backend to manage the users, sessions, tested programs and the outcomes which can be used for analytics too.


In recent years, business theory has been developed very quickly with the introduction of game theory and information economic. But there is no common understanding of the nature of business in academic circles. A comparative study of two business theories, which are represented by Yang Shui long and Zhang Wei ying respectively, shows that there are some misunderstandings concerning the nature of business in Yang's article.


Sam Cox, Legal and Welfare Rights Knowledge Officer, looks at how a carer can have a needs assessment of their own.


The Historical Dictionary of Contemporary United Kingdom seeks to present the events, people, and trends of the last 28 years and to help explain the current state of the United Kingdom. Knowledge of this is vital to understanding the society, politics, personalities, and actions that are shaping the country right now. This is done through a chronology dating from 1979 to the present, an introductory essay, a bibliography, and over 700 cross-referenced dictionary entries on significant persons, places, events, institutions, and organizations, as well as the political, economic, social, cultural, and religious facets.


This article analyzes the influence of construction waste on the environment,and the current situation and problems of construction waste in Xuchang city.Finally the countmeasures for the management of construction waste reclamation are put forward.


In this paper we study some properties of conformal maps between equidimensional manifolds, we construct new example of non-harmonic biharmonic maps and we characterize the biharmonicity of some maps on the warped product manifolds.


This study evaluates the histological preservation of bone tissue architecture at varying temperatures and concentrations of Gooding and Stewart (GS) decalcifying fluid as the preservation of tissue architecture depends on the quality and velocity of the decalcification processes. In the present study, a decalcification methodology was adopted using household microwave oven to induce the decalcification rate of rabbit compact bone sample for microscopic analysis. Bone biopsy was obtained from rabbit limb and fixed immediately for 24hrs in 10% formalin. Traditional decalcification was carried out at RT (Room Temperature) with 5%-GS as control while microwave oven decalcification was conducted with 5%-GS and 10%-GS at 30 0 C, 40 0 C and 50 0 C respectively. The results showed that 5%-GS and 10%-GS gave excellent histological architecture at 30 0 C while at 40 0 C, the histological architectures were comparable to RT decalcification. But at 50 0 C, bone tissue architecture was completely destroyed being ghost-like in appearance. Of particular interest is the fact that the bone tissue treated with 5%-GS irrespective of the temperature presented excellent tissue architecture than that of 10%-GS. Thus 5%-GS gave the best result in this study. Key Words: Microwave Oven, Decalcification, Decalcifying fluid, Tissue architecture.


A large amount of glacier mass-balance data has been gathered during the last few decades. One of the ultimate goals with these data is to reveal changes in climate, recorded by the sensitive climatic gauges that glaciers are. How can we use the collected mass-balance data to retrieve knowledge of changes in climate and in the atmospheric circulation? One method is to examine the extremes of the summer and winter balance years from a glacier or a glaciated area, and from these reconstruct the mean synoptic situation for those years. We focus here on the long 50 year continuous mass-balance record from Storglaciären, northern Scandinavia, and analyze the extreme events in the data set. The results show that high net balance is favoured by stronger westerly air flow (more maritime influence) which increases accumulation in winter but reduces ablation in summer.


The excitation of the air column within a tube closed one end, placed in a uniform flow, was first presented by Vrebalovich. The air column oscillation was produced by means of mounting a tripping device, e.g., a ring or a wedge, at the front of the open end of the tube.. However, the resonable explanation about the oscillation mechanism of this resonator was not given by the author.In order to get a better understanding of the oscillation mechanism of the resonator with a wedge as a tripping device, the wedge wake coupling with the oscillating flow produced within the resonator is visualized by means of the hydrauric analogy using an open channel of water. The shadowgraph method-is applied to the observation of periodical flow, and the speckle method is applied to the quantitative visualisation of flow pattern at any instant.The results of flow visualization give well understanding of flow structure produced by periodic vortex-shedding from the wedge coupling with the resonator.(1) T. Vrebalovich, Jot Prop. Labo. TR-32-378(1962)


With the background that ILLLI can lower the viscosity of blood, improve the microcirculation, we investigated and compared the therapeutic effect of conventional drug therapy and ILLLI combined drug therapy for brain trauma. We found that ILLLI combined drug therapy could effectively alleviate some symptoms such as headache, vertigo, nausea, vomiting, blurred vision, anorexia caused by brain trauma. the therapeutic effect of treated group was prior to control group.


As with musical instruments, the final acceptance of a sound system is largely determined by its performance in a carefully conducted listening test before a sound jury. The judgments of the jury are usually expressed in terms suggestive of the subjective reactions produced by specific characteristics of the reproduced sound. Many of these terms are related to tactile sensations, while others may only be described by reference to the program material. Some of the terms will be discussed in the light of related objective characteristics, and tentative definitions will be offered as a preliminary to possible standardization.


Research posted today on ES&T's Research ASAP website (10.1021/es0509836) describes how, in one elegant step, selected bacteria can recover precious metals from industrial waste solutions and deposit them as nanocrystal catalysts on their cell surfaces. By using the metal-covered biomass to clean up toxic chromium wastes, the researchers demonstrated the approach's potential as a sustainable technology.


Slot waveguides are promising new nanostructures for confining light in low-index materials[1,2]. The most straightforward way to make vertical slot waveguides is to use the Silicon-On-Insulator (SOI) platform, which provides strong light confinement in vertical direction. The SOI platform can also used to fabricate microelectronic devices, so SOI photonic components can be monolithically integrated with electronic chips. Highly-nonlinear slot waveguide with polymer filling has already been demonstrated by Koos et al.[3]. Because of its excellent conformity properties, Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD) could be a very suitable method to fill vertical slot waveguides with inorganic materials. Intel has the ALD technology already in production in its new high-k silicon technology, so it would be a natural choice for enabling the integration of photonic components on the same chips.


Valid machining programs for three-dimensionally controlled EDM with a cylindrical electrode have been investigated in order to perform efficiently accurate contour machining.Wear length in the radial direction of the electrode was automatically measured and fed back to determine the optimum distance between the worn electrode and the objective contour surface.Inclined planes with various angles as well as cylindrical surface were successfully obtained with improved accuracy using the technique described above.


The structure of alignment system in machine vision with high precision for automatic chip mounter and the design method are presented. The relative modules of software system for computer control are developed. Pattern matching algorithms are detailed.


The AERMET/AERMOD (American Meteorological Society (AMS)/EPA Regulatory Model) dispersion modeling system constitutes a tool recommended by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) both for flat and complex terrain in a local scale with a distance of 50 km. This model requires several input data for pollutant prediction. As part of the research, the effectiveness evaluation of the AERMOD model was conducted based on two of the model evaluation databases (Martin's Creek and Lovett) depending on different available DEM sources. The analysis involved comparison of different modeling results obtained with the application of different DEM datasets, i.e. NED (National Elevation Dataset), ASTER (Aster Global Digital Elevation Model), SRTM (Shuttle Radar Topography Mission) and USDEM (US GeoData Digital Elevation Models). Achieved outcomes indicated, that the use of different elevation datasets did not influence the evaluation results of the AERMOD model in a local scale and complex terrain significantly. Regardless of the field experiment and DEM dataset, for each case the values of FB and FBRHC fell within the range of ± 0.33. The highest values of the model performance measures reached 0.89 – 0.91 for IOA and 0.78 – 0.81 for COE in the case using the NED dataset. Slightly worse model performance was observed for the SRTM data with IOA equal to 0.82 – 0.91 and COE reaching 0.64 – 0.83.


The purposes of this research are to determine whether the credit sales system has been running effectively, and to determine whether internal controls are able to minimize the threat. The result of the research shows that the procedure of credit sales system in the Engineering Division BPU. Rosalia Indah has been operated effectively, but still not perfect. This is because there are dual duties and responsibilities to the related functions. Based on the result of research, the researcher gives some suggestions for enterprises sector to make procedures and policy guidelines on the related functions written order granting the authorization, responsibility for all activities clearly in writing and to reduce the risk of any deviation from the party responsible for the procedures are handled. To create a good system, the researcher also provides advice to companies for adding employees to the receivable function.


atomic revolution and, after some heady days in the 1950s, declining budgets? The emphasis was on innovation, deriving proper battlefield lessons from Korea, crunching data, and experimentation. None of this effort came easily. Bureaucracies, both military and civilian, are notorious for being resistant to change. And there was change-a-plenty after 1945, thanks to the atomic bomb, guerrilla warfare and counterinsurgency, the doctrines of massive retaliation and flexible response, not to mention the creation of expensive but politically popular cradleto-grave welfare states in the West, including Canada. Perfection was hardly achieved, but there was progress all the same. Godefroy succeeds in making his point. The army did innovate and adapt and did so under some adverse conditions, even if the results were far from perfect. However, I do wish that this book had done three things that it did not do. It does not compare the effort made by Canada's army with those made by the armies of its allies. Nor does Godefroy's book go beyond 1968 to address the problems brought on by Trudeau's rethinking of Canadian military and foreign policies. Lastly, Godefroy barely discusses how a burgeoning peacekeeping role, popular with the politicians and the public but not with the generals, affected army plans after 1956. Still, this is a book that matters, and it should be read widely. galen roger perras, University of Ottawa


A compact polarization beam splitter (PBS) for silicon-based slot waveguides is proposed based on a multimode interference coupler, where an asymmetrical multimode waveguide (AMW), cut by a right angle at one corner, is employed to efficiently separate the TE and TM modes. With the unique modal properties of the slot waveguides and corresponding optimized designs, the input TE mode can almost pass through the AMW and then enter into the bar port, while a mirror image is formed at the cross port for the input TM mode due to the self-imaging effect. Meanwhile, tapered waveguide structures and S-bend are incorporated into the designed PBS for further enhancing the performance. According to the numerical results, a PBS with an AMW of 2.3 μm in length is achieved, where the extinction ratios are 16.6 and 20.9 dB, respectively, for TE and TM modes, and the insertion losses are 1.37 and 0.81 dB, respectively, at the wavelength of 1.55 μm. For keeping extinction ratios over 15 and 20 dB for TE and TM modes, the bandwidths are around 59 and 73 nm, respectively, both covering the entire C-band. In addition, field evolution along the propagation distance through the PBS is also demonstrated.


The process of sol‐gel synthesis was applied to obtain the LiMn2O4 nanopowders. The samples were characterized by the following methods: scanning electron microscopy (SEM/EDX), X‐ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), SQUID magnetometry and electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR). Chemical composition, oxidation state of manganese and magnetic properties were determined. The SEM images showed grains in the form of nanocrystals or larger conglomerates, depending on the synthesis process. From XPS analysis chemical formulas of the examined compounds were determined. Deconvolution of complex Mn3p lines was used to find the ratio of Mn3+/Mn4+. This ratio was observed to depend on the synthesis process. The C1s lines of the measured samples were intense and complex. The results of magnetic measurements and EPR showed the presence of some extra magnetic phases. (© 2012 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)


Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, 6027, Australia State Key Laboratory of Acoustics, Institute of Acoustics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China Beijing Engineering Research Center of Sea Deep Drilling and Exploration, Institute of Acoustics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China email: firstname.lastname@example.com


In statistical NLP, Semantic Vector Spaces (SVS) are the standard technique for the automatic modeling of lexical semantics. However, it is largely unclear how these black-box techniques exactly capture word meaning. To explore the way an SVS structures the individual occurrences of words, we use a non-parametric MDS solution of a token-by-token similarity matrix. The MDS solution is visualized in an interactive plot with the Google Chart Tools. As a case study, we look at the occurrences of 476 Dutch nouns grouped in 214 synsets.


A method has been devised for the study of the levels of the neuraxis at which drugs act and of the differential sensitivity of interneurons to certain compounds. The polysynaptic linguomandibular reflex has been shown to be very sensitive to the depressant action of mephenesin and 6-methyl-2-aminobenzothiazole. Polysynaptic motor pathways altering reflex activity were depressed by the compounds both at brain stem and spinal levels while monosynaptic arcs were totally resistant. In contrast to atrolactamide which selectively depressed polysynaptic pathways originating at the level of the caudate nucleus, mephenesin did not appear selectively to depress polysynaptic pathways originating from higher levels in the central nervous system.


This review examines the phenomenological approach as it might be used to explore environ mental and architectural issues. After discussing the nature of phenomenology in broad terms, the review presents two major assumptions of the phenomenological approach--(1) that people and environment compose an indivisible whole; (2) that phenomenological method can be described in terms of a "radical empiricism."


A ration containing 35% beef irradiated with 2.79 megarad fed to 12 male Sprague-Dawley rats caused the death of 9 rats because of hemorrhage. The mean reciprocal of the prothrombin time was 0.068 plus or minus 0.018 sec/sup -/. When 3 male cats and 3 male dogs were fed a ration containing irradiated bsef for 40 weeks, all gained weight and the prothrombin time of the blood remained normal. The amount of vitamin K in the ration was calculated to be 6 mu g/100 g of ration solids, which was adequate to prevent prolonged prothrombin times of the blood of cats and dogs, although it was inadequate for rats. Irradintion of beef with 2.8 megarad was previously shown to cause a 50--85% loss in vitamin K content. Rats fed a ration containing nonirradiated beef survived and there was no prolonged prothrombin time of the blood. (H.H.D.)


In clause influence of tangential fluctuations on a roughness of the processed surface is investigated. It is shown, that application combined державки a cutter leads to decrease in a roughness.


Hearing in 35 babies whose birth weight was below 1500 g were screened at the Akita Public Health Center between November 1991 to September 1995. Hearing screening was performed with a sheet of paraffin (baking) paper which produces at most approximately 44 dBnHL from 50 cm distance. The babies were first tested with the paraffin paper at four months of clinical age. Babies who demonstrated head turning toward the noise were considered to "pass" the hearing test. Those who showed no response, some reflex, or a change of facial expression only were recommended to be tested again several months later. COR (conditioned orientation response) audiometry was performed in 15 cases, ABR was performed in 9 cases mainly because of their high risk of hearing impairment. The results were as follows ; 1) No moderate to severe hearing impairment was found. 2) One boy seemed to show reduced hearing in the higher frequencies beyond 2 kHz. 3) The development of auditory behavior seemed to depend on maturation of the brain. These observations suggest that hearing development should be assessed by reflex age (the age calculated from the due date) rather than by clinical age. 4) After five months of reflex age, these infants turned their heads toward the sound. 5) It was difficult to evaluate the hearing of those infants who had cerebral palsy, mental retardation, or frequent episodes of serous otitis media. The evaluation of hearing impairment in low birth weight infants should be carried out very carefully.


The aim of this study was to assess whether seed coating with microbial consortium based on the arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungus Glomus intraradices BEG72, Glomus mossae and Trichoderma atroviride MUCL 45632 could improve seedling establishment, yield and grain quality (protein content and mineral composition) of wheat (Triticum durum Desf.). As a first step, a laboratory experiment was conducted in a growth chamber to verify the capability of seed coating with endophytic fungi to promote emergence and plant growth of wheat seedlings. Two additional experiments were carried out under open field conditions, to evaluate the effects of coating with beneficial fungi on SPAD index, chlorophyll fluorescence, yield, grain quality and mineral composition of winter wheat. In the growth chamber experiment, 17 days after sowing, the SPAD index, the number of leaves, shoot and root dry biomass of seedlings were significantly higher by 10.0%, 28.6%, 23.1% and 64.2%, in coated as compared to uncoated wheat seeds. In the open field trials, use of the uncoated seeds led to a significant reduction in grain yield by 24.3% and 7.7%, during the first and second growing season, respectively, compared to the coated seeds. Grain quality of wheat, in particular protein content, K, P, Fe and Zn concentrations were improved by AM fungi and Trichoderma inoculation. Uncoated wheat plants exhibited a strong variation of yield between the two growing cycles (2.8 and 3.6 t ha -1 for 2011-12 and 2012-13, respectively) in comparison to coated seeds (3.7 and 3.9 t ha -1 for 2011-12 and 2012-13, respectively). The increase in grain yield and yield stability


Meta-learning that uses implicit gradient have provided an exciting alternative to standard techniques which depend on the trajectory of the inner loop training. Implicit meta-learning (IML), however, require computing $2^{nd}$ order gradients, particularly the Hessian which is impractical to compute for modern deep learning models. Various approximations for the Hessian were proposed but a systematic comparison of their compute cost, stability, generalization of solution found and estimation accuracy were largely overlooked. In this study, we start by conducting a systematic comparative analysis of the various approximation methods and their effect when incorporated into IML training routines. We establish situations where catastrophic forgetting is exhibited in IML and explain their cause in terms of the inability of the approximations to estimate the curvature at convergence points. Sources of IML training instability are demonstrated and remedied. A detailed analysis of the effeciency of various inverse Hessian-vector product approximation methods is also provided. Subsequently, we use the insights gained to propose and evaluate a novel semi-supervised learning algorithm that learns to inductively weigh consistency regularization losses. We show how training a"Confidence Network"to extract domain specific features can learn to up-weigh useful images and down-weigh out-of-distribution samples. Results outperform the baseline FixMatch performance.


Summary. This study assessed the stability of identification of severe underachieving readers as a function of the tests used in the process of identification. The recognition of "stability of identification" over a number of tests would provide evidence to support the notion of severe underachieving readers being a "naturally occurring" group rather than being an artefact of the tests chosen to so identify. Three hundred boys and 278 girls, between the ages of 9 and 11 years, were given tests of non-verbal intelligence and reading. The regression approach, with chronological age and non-verbal intelligence as the predictor variables, was used to calculate 16 residual distributions. Multiple comparisons of the lowest 50 places over each paired combination of the 16 residual distributions offered qualified support for the notion that severe underachieving readers are indeed a "naturally occurring" group, rather than being test specific.


Objective To study the morbidity of Toxoplasma (TOX) and Cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection in in patient infants and their clinical character Methods The serum CMV IgG/IgM and TOX IgG/IgM ware measured by enzyme linked immunosorbant assay (ELISA) Results The positive rate of CMV IgG, CMV IgM, TOX IgG and TOX IgM were 86.7%, 5.2%,13.9% and 0.4% respectively in in patient infants. The main clinical manifestication of neonatal TOX and CMV infection were premature, small for gestational age, neonatal pneumonia, sepsis, encephalopathy, hepatitis syndrome Conclusion TOX and CMV infection were widely noticed in in patient infants, and their potential damage should be greatly considered in our clinical practice.


Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome is caused by the synthesis of a mutant form of prelamin A, which is generally called progerin. Progerin is targeted to the nuclear rim, where it interferes with the integrity of the nuclear lamina, causes misshapen cell nuclei, and leads to multiple aging-like disease phenotypes. We created a gene-targeted allele yielding exclusively progerin (LmnaHG) and found that heterozygous mice (LmnaHG/+) exhibit many phenotypes of progeria. In this study, we tested the hypothesis that the phenotypes elicited by the LmnaHG allele might be modulated by compositional changes in the nuclear lamina. To explore this hypothesis, we bred mice harboring one LmnaHG allele and one LmnaLCO allele (a mutant allele that produces lamin C but no lamin A). We then compared the phenotypes of LmnaHG/LCO mice (which produce progerin and lamin C) with littermate LmnaHG/+ mice (which produce lamin A, lamin C, and progerin). LmnaHG/LCO mice exhibited improved body weight curves (p < 0.0001), reduced numbers of spontaneous rib fractures (p < 0.0001), and improved survival (p < 0.0001). In addition, LmnaHG/LCO fibroblasts had fewer misshapen nuclei than LmnaHG/+ fibroblasts (p < 0.0001). A likely explanation for these differences was uncovered; the amount of progerin in LmnaHG/LCO fibroblasts and tissues was lower than in LmnaHG/+ fibroblasts and tissues. These studies suggest that compositional changes in the nuclear lamina can influence both the steady-state levels of progerin and the severity of progeria-like disease phenotypes.


The US current account deficit has been persistently large and has brought the country's ratio of foreign debt to GDP to 20%, a figure that is high by historical standards. This paper argues that while US solvency is not a near-term constraint on ongoing deficits, the sheer size of the US economy makes it likely that its current account will have to approach balance in the next five to ten years, if not sooner. The paper surveys a wide body of evidence suggesting that the US economy remains surprisingly closed to external trade in products and capital, and suggests that costs of international trade in goods can explain the evidence. Given the trade costs, a substantial real depreciation of the dollar will be needed to close the US current account gap. If current- account adjustment is gradual, then the medium-term depreciation of the dollar would be on the order of 12%. If the current account deficit is eliminated in a precipitous and disorderly fashion, and the Fed attempts to maintain full employment, the depreciation could be much bigger, even on the order of 40% to 50%.


There is a contradiction in selecting the running temperature for CFB boilers burning Fujian anthracite, in order to simultaneously satisfy the requirement of efficient combustion and high desulfurization efficiency. Based on numerical simulation and industrial experiments, the effect of the running temperature on the carbon content in fly ash and the desulfurization efficiency were analyzed for two types of CFB boilers with different capacities. It is found that, with the rise of running temperature, both decrease quasi-linearly. For the 75 t/h CFB boiler, when the running temperature is lower than 950 °C, the carbon content in fly ash is very high, causing a low burnout efficiency; maintaining the running temperature at 1000 °C is favorable for the fine char to be burned out, however, continuous raise becomes almost useless. For 440 t/h CFB boiler, a higher burnout rate of the fine char particles can be obtained when the running temperature is kept at about 950 °C, and further increase brings no evident benefit either. For the 75 t/h and 440 t/h CFB boilers burning Fujian anthracite, considering both the boiler efficiency and the combustion desulfurization efficiency, the optimal running temperature should be respectively about 980 °C and 950 °C.


Carcinoma of the larynx is the one of the most common malignant deaseases. Squamous cell carcinoma are 95% of the laryngeal malignancy, the other malignant neoplasms consist only 5% of them. In this study we present morphological and histopathological types of the SSC of the larynx, the clinical and histopathological menagement of the precancerous lesion and the treatment recomendations. © 2014 Polish Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery Society. Published by Elsevier Urban & Partner Sp. z o.o. All rights reserved.


In this paper we present a low Cost, low pressure Organic Vapor Phase Deposition chamber. The chamber allows multilayer deposition of organic materials in a same batch. The chamber was made on a very low budget, considering similar systems used in micro component fabrication. Anthracene, an organic material, was deposited onto Indium tin oxide (ITO) coated glass to test and characterize the chamber. Depositing was proved and analyzed regarding uniformity, adhesion and thickness.


We report on the effect of dopant concentration and substrate temperature on the electrical, optical and structural propertie of In-doped ZnO thin films via sol-gel method using spin coating technique to tackle the problem of high instrumental costs for film deposition. In particular, the effect of In dopant concentration will study at wide range (from 1% up to 10%) by using spin coating technique in this work. The result shows that the substrate temperature at 430 exhibited the lowest resistivity. The optimized condition for spin coating of IZO films at 5 at. % In doping which deposited 430 °C exhibited lowest resistivity (5.58 x 10 with films thickness about 258 nm. Additionally, the optical transmittance spectra for all IZO films show a very good transmittance, between 80 and 90%, with synthesized by low cost way via sol-gel method can be considered as the promising candidate for TCO in thin film solar cell


This paper illustrates the difference of two definitions of electrical quadrupole moment, analyzing the method of solving potential by making use of them. For concrete problems of solving potential, different electrical quadrupole moment may be used, therefore, it will be helpful tounderstand the meaning and application of solving electrostatic field by means of electrical multipole moments.


Introduction Follicular lymphoma (FL) is an indolent, yet heterogeneous, B-cell lymphoproliferative disorder. Although most FL patients respond well to treatment, few with specific traits have a poor prognosis; the latter are difficult to define. Patients and methods We retrospectively analyzed data from 143 FL patients treated at the University of Debrecen since 2009 and investigated prognostic factors that may influence the survival of FL patients. Results A maximum standardized uptake value (SUVmax) cut-off of 9.85 at the staging positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) (p = 0.0001, hazard ratio [HR]: 0.2535, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.1118–0.4878) and a lymphocyte/monocyte (Ly/Mo) ratio of 3.41 (p = 0.0027, HR: 2.997, 95% CI: 1.463–6.142), drawn at diagnosis, significantly predicted FL patients' progression-free survival (PFS). A staging SUVmax >9.85 with Ly/Mo <3.41 could delineate a high-risk group of FL patients (p<0.0001, HR: 0.0957, 95% CI: 0.03416–0.2685). Similarly, a significant difference was shown with an SUVmax cut-off of 3.15 at the interim PET/CT (p<0.0001, HR: 0.1614, 95% CI: 0.06684–0.3897). A staging SUVmax >9.85 in conjunction with interim SUVmax >3.15 predicted poor prognosis (p<0.0001, HR: 0.1037, 95% CI: 0.03811–0.2824). The PFS difference was translated into overall survival (OS) advantage (p = 0.0506, HR: 0.1187, 95% CI: 0.01401–1.005). Conclusion Biological prognostic factors, such as the Ly/Mo ratio, may improve the prognostic assessment of staging PET/CT. The survival advantage observed in PFS is translated into OS when determined using a combination of staging and interim SUVmax. We recommend investigating additional biological prognostic factors while highlighting the role of PET/CT in FL.


Now is not the time for members of professional scientific societies to be complacent or unengaged. The American Chemical Society Publications Division, as well as other learned society publishers, such as the Royal Society of Chemistry, may be overly confident that the obvious high quality of their journals will ensure their position against commercial competitors.

In addition, when they resist open-access efforts, society publishers appear to be more aligned strategically with commercial publishers' short-term perspective than with the research community's need to easily access all relevant content over the long term.

Societies need to adhere closely to their members' needs, even if that means a break with their for-profit counterparts. University faculty and administrators need to engage with librarians to ensure that the best decisions are being made for the long term.


The GDG acknowledged the paucity of evidence from the subgroup analysis to demonstrate comparative effectiveness of different classes and regimens of antibiotics used for prophylaxis in women with preterm prelabour rupture of membranes (PPROM). However, the choice of erythromycin was based on the findings of a study (the ORACLE I trial) with over 2000 women, which showed that erythromycin lessens the risk of necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) in the newborn compared to co-amoxiclav. The recommendation was made conditional because antibiotic choice may be dependent on local availability of the drug and sensitivities of prevalent organisms. For antibiotic prophylaxis in women with PPROM, oral erythromycin 250 mg four times a day for 10 days (or until delivery) should be used. The choice of this regimen was informed by the regimen used in the ORACLE I trial. The management of group B streptococcal colonization is outside the scope of this guideline. However, when considering colonization with group B streptococcus, management decisions should


The amount of textual data that is available for researchers and businesses to analyze is increasing at a dramatic rate. This reality has led IS researchers to investigate various text mining techniques. This essay examines four text mining methods that are frequently used in order to identify their advantages and limitations. The four methods that we examine are (1) latent semantic analysis, (2) probabilistic latent semantic analysis, (3) latent Dirichlet allocation, and (4) the correlated topic model. We compare these four methods and highlight the optimal conditions under which to apply the various methods. Our paper sheds light on the theory that underlies text mining methods and provides guidance for researchers who seek to apply these methods.


The utility model relates to a pipe fitting in the joint fitting technology field to realize fast, easy joint, comprising a joint fitting body and a screw cap. The interface unit of the body is equipped with a male screw thread; meanwhile the screw cap is provided with a female screw thread, and the screw cap can be screwed joint with the interface unit of the body, which is characterized in that: The inner side of the body is equipped with a cone; meanwhile, a metal seal socket is sleeved at the interface unit of the joint fitting, and the metal socket can be positioned between the interface of the body and the screw cap. The utility model has the advantages of fast joint together with convenience and firmness, allowing for widespread popularization in joint fittings.


Three molecular beacons(MBs) were synthesized to find a suitable probe to hybridize the expression of ING1 gene, a recently identified tumor suppressor gene. The loop sequences of MB1 and MB2 are the anti sense and sense sequence of ING1, respectively. The sequence of MB3 is a piece of ssRNA sequence in tobacco mosaic virus, which has no analogy to human gene. MB1 is the most suitable probe because MB1 has the highest fluorescence enhancement after hybridizing with RNA extracted from normal cell. A simple method has been built for the quantitative analysis of ING1 mRNA from nasopharyngral carcinoma(NPC) cell lines and normal cells. The results show that the concentration of ING1 mRNA in normal cells is higher than that in tumor cells. This result is consistent to that of RT PCR detection. ING1 plasmid was delivered into living human NPC cells with liposome and the expression of ING1 by plasmid was monitored by the selected MB.


The SVM-KNN algorithm combined with SVM and KNN performs better than SVM on accuracy.But in dealing with unbalanced corpus,the performance of SVM-KNN is not as good as SVM classifier.The basic principle of SVM-KNN classifier is as follows: for the data far away from the hyperplane,the SVM-KNN uses SVM to process them.Meanwhile,using the KNN classifier to process the data near the hyperplane.The KNN classifier is biased to the classification which has more data in processing the unbalanced corpus,thus makes the performance of the SVM-KNN classifier greatly reduced.This paper proposed an improved algorithm to overcome the shortcomings of the SVM-KNN: the new method used a way to add punishment which corresponds to the number of support vectors to make the bias be corrected.


Background: Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is characterized by impaired kidney function, progressive kidney damage, unbalanced gut microbiota and disrupted intestinal mucosal barrier function. The damaged intestinal barrier functions mediated mostly by urea, allows influx of toxic products such as indoxyl sulphate that cause systemic inflammation. Activated charcoal is a universal antidote for the majority of poisons. Activated charcoal was suggested as a supplementary treatment for patients with CKD to remove waste products such as urea, indoxyl sulphate and other toxins.
Objectives: This study was designed to investigate the possible role of activated charcoal in limiting the influx of intestinal bacterial toxins to systemic circulation to limit progression of CKD in albino rats.
Material and Methods: Forty male white albino rats were divided into 4 equal groups. Sham operated control group (Group I): rats in this group were subjected to all steps of 5/6th nephrectomy except for kidney removal and sacrificed after 6 weeks, 5/6th nephrectomised group (Group II): were subjected to 5/6th nephrectomy operation, early charcoal treated 5/6th nephrectomised group (Group III ): were subjected to 5/6th nephrectomy operation and charcoal treatment (4g/kg/day) started immediately after operation for 6 weeks, and late charcoal treated 5/6th nephrectomised group (Group IV): were subjected to 5/6th nephrectomy operation and charcoal treatment started 2 weeks after operation continued for 4 weeks.
     Body weight and arterial blood pressure were measured before scarification after 6 weeks. Level of creatinine, urea, indoxyl sulphate and C- reactive protein were determined in the serum. Histological studies of pieces of terminal ileum and colon stained hematoxylin and eosin were done. Renal fibrosis index was assessed in remnant kidney stained with Masson Trichome.
Results: Group II had elevated serum level of urea, creatinine, indoxyl sulfate and C- reactive protein, colonic erosions and renal fibrosis compared to control group.  Group III showed decreased level of serum creatinine, urea, indoxyl sulphate and C-reactive protein with partial restoration of the colonic mucosal integrity and reduction in renal fibrosis. Group IV had altered serum creatinine, urea and C- reactive protein but not serum indoxyl sulphate. Arterial blood pressure elevated in all studied groups compared to control group and was not affected by charcoal administration.
Conclusion: Activated charcoal has the ability to limit progression of CKD and the fibrotic changes in the kidney as well as to limit the associated intestinal barrier disruption, and the early therapy was more significant compared to late interference.


Where is God? Christian Faith in the Time of Great Uncertainty, Julián Carrón in conversation with Andrea Tornielli. McGill-Queen's University Press, 2020. 162pp. Hb. CDN$19.95. ISBN-13: 9780228000969.


A chiral Lewis acid catalyzed enantioselective Nazarov reaction affording α-alkoxy cyclopentenones has been developed. This is the first example for construction of an asymmetric quaternary center by using the monodentate coordinated divinyl ketones via the interrupted Nazarov reaction, which involves a nucleophilic attack of an alcohol on the α-position of the keto function.


Presidents yearn for greatness. They take heroic decisions against long odds to earn the reverence of later generations and cement their "standing in history." The modern presidential compulsion to demonstrate heroic mastery stems, in part, from Lord Bryce's adulation of "great men" in his 1888 masterpiece, The American Commonwealth (Bryce 1906), and his lament that so few of America's most talented rise to its highest office. Lord Bryce is credited not only with spotlighting a string of unimpressive nineteenth-century presidents during his time but also with anticipating (with exceptions) a half century "roll call of incompetence"--as Alan Wolfe (2002) put it--in which "mediocre ... [presidential] political leadership" by "undistinguished men" plummeted the country into costly, ill-advised adventures abroad and a bubble of financial speculation that set the conditions for an historic economic depression. Lord Bryce continues to cast a curse on modern presidents to prove him wrong and to dispel the suspicion that it was only their election that saved them from the deep recesses of historical obscurity. Lord Bryce's challenge to presidents to prove their personal greatness reinforces the power conundrum in contemporary American politics: presidents enter office with enormous expectations among voters to take responsibility for the economy, U.S. interests abroad, and American politics, and, yet, they reside in a constitutional system that hamstrings them. Most presidents and political observers focus on meeting expectations by augmenting the authority the U.S. Constitution bestows on them or by circumventing its checks. We disagree. Attempting to live up to inflated expectations by transcending entrenched constraints in an era of limits amounts to a kind of presidential Quixotism. The result is an abysmal track record as constitutional and political constraints grind through the conveyor belt of presidential aspirations. But is there a feasible alternative governing model? Without the intercession of presidential greatness, how can America avoid the ungovernability that pundits warn will result from Madison's system of deadlock in an era of partisan polarization? We argue for reverse-engineering America's power conundrum by seeking to moderate expectations and to work within constitutional boundaries. This approach drops the false and damaging standards of presidential greatness and properly values meaningful--if conflictual and incomplete--incremental progress on pressing challenges. This article approaches America's power conundrum by initially focusing on the customary approach of modern presidents--routine, extravagant public promotions of policy and person (Kernell 1993). Instead of cooing over the scope and means of White House efforts to court public support, we tally the costs of public promotions on presidential power as it manifests itself in the countermobilization of the opposition, the media's lavishing of attention on presidential rivals, and the public's exposure to potent messages that undercut White House communications. We begin by sketching the White House's reliance on public promotions to boost presidential power and satisfy voter expectations and then catalogue the limits and risks of White House efforts to "go public." To flesh out the downsides of public marketing, we analyze the responses of the opposition and the media since 1950 to the premier presidential promotion--the nationally televised State of the Union Address. We conclude by suggesting a more moderate--yet sustainable form of presidential public leadership that sheds the curse of Bryce and instead seeks to form sustainable coalitions that latch onto shared objectives. Presidential Exuberance and Its Costs How to augment the president's restricted constitutional powers to satisfy the high expectations of voters is the power puzzle that preoccupies modern presidents. …


Virtual communities have become hot topic in the popular press and MIS research. Community sites are one of the fastest growing categories of Web-sites, and the virtual communities themselves are growing. Understanding virtual communities is crucial to organizations that want to tap into their enormous information potential. By sponsoring and cultivating virtual communities that give customers the ability to interact with each other and with the company itself, businesses can build new and deeper relationships with customers. Businesses can obtain demographic information about their target market and likes and dislikes regarding products.
Since virtual communities are places where computer mediated communication takes place, they involve social exchange of information and social support. Trust has been found in the literature to be an essential ingredient in social exchange, and thus must be present in the virtual community. However, little empirical research exists to support theories of trust development in virtual communities and what motivates people to use virtual communities.
The purpose of this research is to study trust and the motivations to use a virtual community, and the interaction between these two concepts. The results gathered from 663 virtual community members suggest that trust has two dimensions, not three as had been found previously in some other settings. Trust was composed of trust in abilities, and trust in benevolence/integrity. Responsiveness, the degree to which others confide personal information and disposition to trust were found to build trust. Stability in the community was found to be negatively related to trust, meaning that new people in the community were associated with higher levels of trust. This may indicate that new people with new ideas and contributions add an element of confidence and faith to the community. Several measures of use, such as hours spent in the community and posting behavior, were found to be influenced by the desire to exchange information and exchange social support. Finally, the moderating effects of trust on the desire-use relationship were found to be significant in very few cases, suggesting that trust does not moderate the relationship. Implications and areas for further research are discussed.


It is shown that in a scalar quantum field theory at high temperatures we can compute even time dependent observables from an effective theory, which can be interpreted as a (nonlocal) classical statistical field theory. We examine the retarded Greens function in the local approximation, and define the classical self energy. Its imaginary part agrees with the quantum case in the leading order.


Two BASIC programs are described. The first program calculates the sample size per treatment group (n) required to achieve the desired power in any fixed effect ANOVA design. The second program calculates the power to five decimal accuracy when df 1, df 2, alpha, and phi are provided, and can be used to determine the power that will result when an investigator uses some arbitrary sample size.


3′-Deoxy-3′-isothiocyanatothymidine (4), 3′,5′-protected 2′-deoxy-2′-isothiocyanatouridine (8), and 2′,3′-dideoxy-2′-isothiocyanatouridine (14), respectively, have been prepared from the corresponding 2′- or 3′-amino derivatives. SnCl2, Bu3SnH, and dithiothreitol were employed to reduce the 2′- or 3′-azido derivatives to give the aminonucleosides which served as starting materials for the thiocarbonylation. Thiocarbonylation, by either a mixture of carbon disulfide and mercuric oxide or N,N′-thiocarbonyldiimidazole, leads directly to the target molecules in high yields. Furthermore, the direct transformation of azidonucleosides into the corresponding isothiocyanto derivatives via treatment of phosphanimine nucleosides with CS2 is described. Th activity of the isothiocyanate group is used for covalent coupling of different linking molecules or dyes to the carbohydrate moiety of the nucleosides.


For the past few years, South Asia has centred attention on the design and construction of singular structures, both bridges and buildings. This special edition of the SEI Journal is mainly dedicated to some of these key infrastructures, particularly in India, as a preview of some of the Technical Reports (TRs) and Scientific Papers (SPs) that will be presented in the upcoming IABSE New Delhi Congress on Engineering for Sustainable Development to be held on 20–22 September 2023.


Port throughput is an important indicator for port planning and operations. It is essential to improve the accuracy of throughput prediction. In this study, by using the dataset of Shanghai Port container throughputs in the period of 1995–2010, based on the framework of PMVF, the performance of traditional models such as cubic exponential smoothing, GM (1,1), and multiple regression analysis single models have been evaluated. Comparison with the observed dataset of port container throughput indicates that traditional models show their limitations respectively with unsatisfied predictions. Based on the advantages of traditional single models, the optimal combined forecasting model is proposed in this study by comparing different possible combinations. Comparison with observed data shows that the optimal combined model improves the accuracy of forecasting container throughput in Shanghai port. The further predictions on container throughput of Shanghai port from 2010 to 2011 can be served for the port's planning and operations.


Background
Skin bio-revitalization improves skin quality globally; it permits the rejuvenation of the skin by increasing hydration and by reconstructing an optimal physiological environment for the skin cells together with a micro-filling effect.

Objective
To assess the comparative efficacy of a non-cross-linked hyaluronic acid (NCHA) preparation (M-HA®10, FILLMED Laboratories, France) on fine lines reduction and on skin hydration, radiance and mechanical properties, after three sessions of multiple intradermal injections, active versus placebo, on the face of subjects presenting aging signs.

Methods
Thirty healthy subjects received filler injections on one side and a control solution (saline) on the contralateral side of the face. Fine lines depth, skin hydration, and mechanical properties were evaluated using instrumental methods. Skin radiance, cheek fold and crow's feet were scored clinically. In addition, Investigator and subject satisfaction rates were evaluated by the Global Aesthetic Improvement Scale and a subject self-assessment questionnaire.

Results
Ten days after the last multi-injection session, the following significant results were observed compared to the control: a reduction of both crow's feet wrinkle depth (in the 110 to 1000µm range, -10% for NCHA and +7% for control) and clinical scoring of cheek wrinkles, and increases in skin radiance and hydration (+35%) and also skin firmness (+27%). The Investigator found that NCHA either improved or much improved the aesthetic aspect on 82% of subjects whereas no improvement was found on the saline side. Subjects found that NCHA significantly reduced wrinkles and increased both skin firmness and elasticity.

Conclusion
Intradermal injection of NCHA can improve the quality of facial skin with aging signs by reducing fine wrinkles and improving hydration, firmness and radiance.


The Late Pleistocene sands in the Paleo-Tokyo Bay are compositionally rather immature and are very sensitive to the environmental differentiation controlled largely by depositional hydrodynamics. Fluvial sands contain more lithic fragments and have less quartz and feldspar than shallow marine sands, owing to the combined effects of abrasion, destruction and differentiation of sand grains by nearshore wave and tidal actions. Light minerals of quartz and feldspar are more stable than lithic fragments and were then transported offshoreward by storm-generated waves, accompanied by flood influx. During the offshoreward transport and sedimentation, relative ratio of quartz and feldspar was gradually increased by the differentiation of sand grains. Nearshore sands, on the other hand, are more quartzose and have fewer feldspar than shoreface-offshore sands. Continual wave and tidal actions in the nearshore consequently gave rise to abrasion and destruction of feldspar as well as lithic fragments. The nearshore sands then resulted in the most stable composition in the Paleo-Tokyo Bay. The nearshore sands, however, were probably generated from two major sources. One is the fluvial sands which were directly derived from provenances of the Paleo-Tokyo Bay sediments. The other is the recycled sediments which were eroded and transported from the older Paleo-Tokyo Bay sediments by waves and longshore currents. The recycling of the Paleo-Tokyo Bay sediments also contributed to the compositional stability of the nearshore sands. 1.は じめ に 堆積物 の鉱物組 成 の特徴 か ら,後 背地 の地 質 ある い は供給 源 を推 定す る研究 が,多 数行 なわれ てい る (た とえ ばCROOK,1974;DICKINSON and SUCZEK, 1979;VALLoNI and MAYNARD,1981).と ころが, 同一 の後 背 地 か ら供給 された堆 積物 で あって も,そ の鉱物組 成 は,(1)気 候 条件,(2)運 搬距 離,(3)堆 積環 境,(4)続 成 作用 な ど様 々 な因子 の影響 を受 けて変化 す る(た とえ ぼSUTTNER,1974)-従 って,鉱 物組 成 か ら堆積 物 の起 源,す な わ ち どの後背 地 か ら どれ だ けの量 の堆 積物 が もた らされ たのか,を 追 求 す るた め に は,各 因 子 が 鉱 物 組 成 の 変 化 に対 して どの 程 度 の 影 響 を与 え る の か を,検 討 して お く必 要 が あ る. これ まで に も,各 因 子 の 影 響 に 関 す る 研 究 が 行 な わ れ て 来 て い る(DAVIES and ETHRIDGE,1975; BASU,1976,1984 ETHRIDGE,1977,MACK,1978, SUTTNER et al.,1981;HELMOLD,1984;MCBRIDGE, 1984;WINN et al.,1984;GARZANTI,1986). 最 近,増 田 ・伊 藤(1986),ITO and MASUDA(1986) は,古 東 京 湾 の 堆 積 物 に認 め ら れ る様 々 な 堆 積 環 境 と砂 の 鉱 物 組 成(以 下 で は砂 組 成 と呼 ぶ)の 関 係 を,


In this study, serum FSH (follicle stimulating hormone) concentrations of prepubertal 48 female Norduz lambs born in Sheep Farm of Agricultural Faculty of Yüzüncü Yıl University were determined. Lambs were born in February, and within a month. After the parturition, live weights of ewes and lambs were recorded. The lambs were kept with their dams for three months. The lambs were fed adlibitum by crushed sainfoin hay (onobrychis viciifolia) containing 7.5% crude protein during research period. Serum FSH concentration was analyzed from blood samples collected at 3, 5, 7, 9, and 11 weeks of age for each female lamb. Serum FSH concentrations of female Norduz lambs were 5.471, 6.415, 6.625, 7.383, and 5.927 ng/ml at 3, 5, 7, 9, and 11 weeks of age, respectively. The sampling period and the live weight at sampling period significantly affected (p<0.05) serum FSH concentrations of female lambs while birth type, dam age, and birth weight did not affect (p>0.05). Results showed that serum FSH concentrations increased from 3 week to 9 week then decreased after 11 week post-natally in female lambs of Norduz sheep breed.


The generating capacity of the Solar Energy Photovoltaic Cell arrays is associated with the incidence angle of the sunnight, the power generation is the largest when rays being perpendicular to the vertical planes of photovoltaic arrays.Adapting automatic tracking rays techniques could always make solar panels perpendicular to sunlight, so as to increase the generating capacity of the Solar Energy Photovoltaic Cell arrays greatly.The dual axis tracking system control to track the sun which is introduced by the article, has many advantages,such as a simple structure,good stability, high accuracy, which is helpful in using prospect to its spread and popularity.


THERAPY by PAUL KABIRU (Under the Direction of George Majetich) ABSTRACT The phenomenon of DNA condensation has been studied for decades, often as a model of DNA packaging within viruses and chromosomes, due to its medical importance as a key step in gene therapy. The approach of using oligopeptides and low molecular weight natural polyamines as DNA packaging systems has received a lot of interest due to the biochemical knowledge that in vivo, DNA is usually associated with peptides composed of 5-20 amino acids in viruses and polyamines such as spermine and spermidine in chromosomes that facilitate DNA condensation and packaging. Amphiphilic polymers such as Poly(L-lysine)-b-Poly(ethylene glycol) and poly(ethylenimine)-alt-Poly(ethylene glycol) have also shown a lot of potential as DNA condensation and packaging systems. In this study, utilization of natural polyamines, oligopeptides, and ampiphilic polymers in DNA condensation, packaging and their potential application in gene therapy is explored.


The aqueous dispersion of silver nanoparticles have been obtained and studied by physicochemical methods. Maximum of size nanoparticles distribution in the aqueous dispersion determined by the small angle X-ray scattering technique was 2.5 nm. The composition on the basis of those nanoparticles can be used to create new nanomaterials, in particular for the modification of talc silver nanoparticles. The existence of nanoparticles at the talс surface is corroborated by the data of energy dispersive spectra and by X-ray diffraction spectra.


Purpose: The wound of a patient who has chronic venous insufficiency is easy to recur. Also they develop a complication even after the conservative therapy or skin graft. We have to diagnose the venous stasis ulcer correctly and remove the cause to improve the effectiveness of treatment. We operated endoscopic perforating vein ligation and splitt thickness skin graft on a patient with venous stasis ulceration on right leg. Methods: A 26 year old male patient who had a scalding burn on his right leg in July 2005 checked into our hospital in March 2008. Even though he got three operations-the split thickness skin graft-at different clinics, the wound did not heal. The size of the wound was 12 by 8 and granulation with edema and fibrosis had been formed. We kept observation on many collateral vessels and perforating vein through venogram and doppler sonography and firmly get to know that the wound came with chronic venous insufficiency. After a debridement and an application of VAC for two weeks, the condition of granulation got better. So we proceeded with the operation using subfascial endoscopic perforating surgery and split thickness skin graft. Results: Through the venogram after the operation, we found out that the collateral vessels had been reduced compared to the previous condition and the widened perforating vein disappeared. During a follow up of 6 months, the patient did not develop recurrent stasis ulcer and postoperative complications. Conclusion: Subfascial endoscopic perforator ligation is a relatively simple technique with a low complication rate and recurrence rate. Split thickness skin graft with subfascial endoscopic perforator surgery can be a valuable method for treating severe venous stasis ulcers.


This paper presents an Optimality-Theoretic (Prince and Smolensky 1993/2004) analysis of presentational focus on pre-nominal modifiers in Spanish. In particular, it argues that evidence from contexts putting focus on a pre-nominal number or other modifier should lead us to revise how we conceptualize constraints on stress-focus correspondence. I propose that, rather than an absolute requirement that stress and focus correspond, stress and focus must be aligned as closely as possible. The discussion is laid out as follows. Section 2 presents the puzzle and new data. Section 3 discusses previous approaches to focus in Spanish and highlights why a refinement is necessary. Section 4 presents the analysis, and section 5 discusses its implications.


Television reception is the next challenge mobile handheld terminals will face, which already receive FM radio and can access to Internet. User cases include relaxation at idle times during travels, video information services for business users, entertainment clips and cartoons. This paper introduces two different wireless technologies, DVB-H and MBMS, which can be used to receive digital television in handheld devices. The paper presents both technologies as feasible solutions for the video broadcasting scenario, compares their performance, and it finally tells about their limitations.


A case of anterior mediastinal lymphoepithelioma-like carcinoma successfully treated with radiation monotherapy Ryosuke Fujita, Yusuke Ajishi, Seiya Nishiyama, Tomoaki Kumabe and Tetsuro Yamaguchi Department of Internal Medicine, Miyazaki Prefectural Nobeoka Hospital Herein we describe the case of an 81-year-old woman with an anterior mediastinal tumor. The tumor was initially discovered at the age of 62 during a workup (computed tomography [CT] scan) for aplastic anemia. At the age of 77, she was referred to our department due to the anterior mediastinal tumor. A repeat CT scan revealed no change in tumor size. Subsequently, another CT image examination revealed lung lesions contiguous with the anterior mediastinal tumor as well as swelling of a right paratracheal lymph node. We diagnosed it as lymphoepithelioma-like carcinoma (LELC) by transbronchial biopsy. Due to her advanced age, performance status 2, and chronic renal disease, we performed only radiation therapy (RT). To the best of our knowledge, no study has reported the use of RT alone for mediastinal LELC; therefore, we believe this case will be valuable in evaluating a clinical course and image findings. 非常に良好な病勢コントロールが得られている.しかし, LELCに対する放射線単独療法の有効性に関する報告は なく,胸腺LELC全体でみると予後不良例が多いとされ ているため,今後も厳重な経過観察が必要と考える.高 齢者LELCに対する放射線単独療法は,PS低下や種々の 合併症を有している場合における治療法の選択肢の一つ になり得ると考える. 本論文の要旨は,第57回日本呼吸器学会学術講演会(2017


The invention relates to a master-auxiliary vane pump and a stator decompression method, being designed to solve the technical problems of the prior vane pump or master-auxiliary vane pump of inconvenient maintenance, large working pressure of vanes and short service life. The vane pump is characterized in that a second O-shaped ring is arranged at the joint of a front cover and a rear cover; a first O-shaped ring and a second polyfluortetraethylene retainer ring are arranged at the joint of a pump core and the front cover; the pump core is inserted in a pump body by a pin; a transmission shaft is supported in the pump body by a rolling bearing and a sliding bearing on a rear oil-distributing disc; and a front oil-distributing disc is in a taper shape and is in clearance fit with the front cover. In the stator decompression method, a middle pressure chamber is formed between the master vane and the auxiliary vane in a cavity between a rotor and a stator, and the width of the auxiliary vane is 1/3-1/4 of that of the master vane. The invention has simple structure, reasonable design, convenient maintenance, assembly and disassembly of the pump core, low working pressure of vanes, long service life, obvious effect of the decompression method and low pressing force of stators, thereby being suitable for transferring various fluids and improving like products.


Penetrating atherosclerotic ulcer of the aorta is a rare entity which usually occurs in the descending thoracic aorta. Herein, we report an unusual case of penetrating aortic ulcer which ruptured into the mediastinum. Interscapular back blows were performed on our patient in an attempt to dislodge an aspirin which she thought was lodged in her esophagus. Unlike previously reported cases of this entity, the penetrating aortic ulcer in our patient was located in the distal thoracic asending aorta. Diagnosis of penetrating aortic ulcer can be made by utilizing aortography, contiguous dynamic contrast‐enhanced computed tomography or magnetic resonance imaging. Treatment consists of adjunctive medical therapy until surgery can be performed.


Spraying composite microbial fertilizer to the leaf surface of konjac 3 times( 2 kg /667 m2) during the growth period,the plant height increased by 7. 50 cm compared with CK1 and the plant height increased by 6. 1 cm compared with CK1; the growth period extended by 18 days and 6 days; the incidence of soft rot disease reduced by 7. 85% and 24. 24%; production increased by 89. 58% and 102. 75%; dry matter content increased by 0. 2%; lead levels were lower at 0. 002 mg / kg. The result shows that the composite microbial fertilizer can significantly inhibit Konjac soft rot and increase the yield if Konjac.


Increasingly, human resource professionals are being challenged to manage organizational programs that have proliferated in the wake of continual pressure to respond to competition and environmental change. This research examines program commitment, that is, an employee's commitment to an organizational program, and investigates its association with important organizational outcomes and a set of potential antecedents in 2 longitudinal field studies. In the first study, program commitment was positively related to participation in the program and program-related performance. In the second study, organizational commitment, change efficacy, and teamwork orientation were supported as antecedents to program commitment.


The seed oil of Kydia calycina is found to contain the following acids (Wt%): Lauric 3.7, myristic 6.0, palmitic 4.9, stearic 11.4, arachidic 2.8, behenic 2.5, oleic 60.6, linoleic 5.3, and cyclopropenoid fatty acid content 2.9.

Der Gehalt an Cyclopropenfettsaure und anderen Fettsauren im Saatol vonKydia calycina

Das Saatol von Kydia calycina enthalt aufgrund der Untersuchungen folgende Fettsauren (Gew.-%): Laurinsaure 3.7%, Myristinsaure 6.0, Palmitinsaure 4.9%, Stearinsaure 11.4%, Arachinsaure 2.8%, Behensaure 2.5%, Olsaure 60.6%, Linolsaure 5.3% und Cyclopropensaure 2.9%


There is a vigorous debate now about whether oil, natural gas, and coal resources will be sufficient in the future. At the same time, there is an intense effort to predict the changes in climate that will result from consuming these fossil fuels. There has been surprisingly little effort to connect these two. Do we have a fossil-fuel supply problem? Do we have a climate-change problem? Do we have both? Which comes first? We will see that the trend for future fossil-fuel production is less than what is assumed in the United Nations climate-change assessments. The implication is that an understanding of producer limitations could help us do a better job of predicting climate change. We will also see that the time scale for exhausting fossil fuels is much smaller than that for global temperature change. This means that it is critical to reduce the total fossil-fuel production, not just slow it down. One possible approach for reducing total production would be to establish fossil-fuel preserves on federal lands that would be off limits for new leases for drilling and mining.


This study develops a new formal theoretical rubric for ranking of proxies for institutional factors that, conceptually, have taxonomy of either of facilitators of, or constraints on economic development. Illustrative implementations of the formal theoretical rubric reveal that spending on each of elementary or secondary education has taxonomy, not of social capital, but of `Productive Capability'. Conditional on optimal spending on primary and secondary education, stock markets are beneficial for welfare of individuals, and are shown to have taxonomy, not of investment capability, but of `Innovation Capability'. An hitherto unexplored factor shown to rank high as facilitator of economic development is `Policy Capability' that incentivizes export orientation within a domestic economy. Alongside spending on education, and stock market size, this policy capability is shown to be more important for realization of economic development than the stock of physical capital within an economy. All rank preferences are shown to satisfy the Strong Axiom of Revealed Preference (SARP). Empirical tests reveal importance of availability and application of formal theoretical rubrics to characterization and interpretation of effects of institutional factors that, conceptually, have taxonomy of facilitators of, or constraints on economic development.


The results of a survey concerning National Forest System prescribed burning activity and costs from 1985 to 1995 are examined. Ninety-five of one hundred and fourteen national forests responded. Acreage burned and costs for conducting burns are reported for four types of prescribed fire: slash reduction; management-ignited fires; prescribed natural fres; and brush, grass and rangeland burns. Rankings of impo&mce are presented for 9 resource enhancement targets, 14 potential barriers to burning, and 12 factors influencing burning costs. Survey responses concerning the presence and impact of Class I and nonattabent air quality areas are discussed. Anticipated burning levels over the next 10 years and burning levels needed to achieve desired management goals on National Forest System lands are also presented.


Objective To improve curative effect of aged benign prostatic hyperplasia(BPH)with high risk. Method 127 cases with BPH were treated by TVP. Results The hemorrhage amount was obviously reduced.All patients have been followed up for 3~12months with an average of 12.5 months. The curative effect was satisfactory. Conclusion Patients with advance age with high risk are not an absolute contraindication for TVP, TVP was claimed to be effective, safe, with least complication.


The Mu2e experiment being constructed at Fermilab will search for the coherent neutrino-less conversion of muons to electrons in the field of an atomic nucleus. Mu2e will probe for this charged lepton flavor violating process at a sensitivity of a few parts in 10−17, an improvement of four orders of magnitude compared to previous experiments, providing a unique probe for physics beyond the Standard Model up to the 104 TeV scale. This proceedings article addresses the underlying physics including the prospective sensitivity to physics beyond the Standard Model and the experimental setup.


By analyzing the recipes which commonly used by professor MAO De-xi to treat insomnia,this article summarized his thoughts of treatment according to syndrome differentiation and characteristic of using the Chinese herbs to treat insomnia.It will be helpful to some clinical doctors and researchers.