Circular fluorescent lamp of the present invention is equipped with a discharge medium sealed in the phosphor layer formed inside the pair of filament electrodes (9,10), the inner seal is installed respectively on both end portions (2a, 2b), in an annular shape between the end portions so as to face be connected to the formed annular bulb (2), a filament electrode of the pair, and outer leads (7a, 7b, 8a, 8b) extending respectively from both ends of the bulb to the outside, along the bulb outer surface over between the both ends of the bulb detention pin pivoting the hollow detention body of an empty cylindrical shape provided so as to be free (5), being installed on the outer surface of a nozzle body connected to an outer lead (5c, 5c, ...), in the radial direction of detention the outer lead in the custody unit Ivan to one another is installed as wound around, is provided with a detention with a lead wire regulating portion for regulating a rotation angle of the custody unit (14a, 14b, 15a, 15b). According to the configuration, it is possible to provide an annular fluorescent lamp and a luminaire that can regulate the rotation angle of the rotation detention detention as each regulating means without forming the restricting member of the projections such as the bulb-side in a predetermined range. Custody, annular fluorescent lamp, the main phase (柱狀) lead


In this issue, Prochazka, Ales, and Prachazkova reported their experience with intrathecal administration of midazolam for failed back surgery syndrome [1]. During the review process, there were disputes about this article between the referees and the authors. The referees welcomed the data but not the conclusions. The authors contend that they provide evidence of effectiveness of this intervention. In their correspondence, they cited other studies that also claimed effectiveness. However, the authors misunderstood the concerns of the referees. Post hoc , propter hoc is a common fallacy and illusion in clinical practice. Just because a patient improved after a treatment does not mean that they improved because of the purported effects of the treatment. In the present case, the authors contend that the improvements must have been due to the midazolam. Quoting others who make the same claim is not an evidence that midazolam is effective. Doing so only refers to others who suffer the same illusion.

For a drug to be regarded as effective, we need data on its attributable effect, i.e., …


To determine the body fluid shifts that occur with exposure to normobaric hypoxia (NH) and hypobaric hypoxia (HH) compared to normobaric normoxia (NN).


AA5083-H321 is an aluminum alloy commonly used in ship hull superstructures as it has a corrosion resistance which affords an excellent degree of protection in chloride-rich marine environments. Corrosion performance can degrade in a process called sensitisation, due to the precipitation of a β-phase onto grain boundaries with exposure to elevated temperatures over decades of service. Friction Stir Processing (FSP) has been evaluated as a method for locally reversing the degraded microstructure and removing a susceptibility to Intergranular Corrosion (IGC) in immersed and atmospheric conditions.
Both the mechanical stirring and heat input to the plate by an FSP tool have been shown to remove the β-phase from grain boundaries which had been precipitated by a sensitisation heat treatment. Sensitisation was shown to cause intergranular corrosion of the alloy; however this susceptibility was removed after microstructural modification by FSP.
A re-sensitisation treatment of the previously sensitised and FSP'd region was seen to precipitate coarser and more discrete β-phase particles onto grain boundaries, which corroded at a faster rate than the once-sensitised material under electrochemical testing. This indicates that corrosion resistance degrades more quickly with subsequent sensitisation.


━━ Background. Drug-induced lung injury, skin rashes, and diarrhea are known adverse effects of epidermal growth factor receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitors (EGFR-TKIs). Corneal epithelial disorder and herpes simplex are rarely encountered in association with EGFR-TKIs. Case. A 69-year-old woman was admitted to our hospital for further evaluation of an abnormal shadow on chest radiography. Chest computed tomography (CT) showed a nodule on the right S8. Adenocarcinoma with the EGFR L858R mutation was diagnosed via transbronchial lung biopsy. We made a diagnosis of cT1bN0M1b stage IV with brain metastasis and administered erlotinib. On the 5th day, she developed herpes simplex on the left lower jaw area. She was treated with valacyclovir. On the 11th day, her visual acuity deteriorated, and she was diagnosed with bicorneal epithelitis and bikeratitis. A detailed history confirmed a history of corneal detachment of unknown cause, suggesting corneal fragility. After the discontinuation of erlotinib, her corneal epithelial opacity gradually improved. When gefitinib was administered, her visual acuity deteriorated again in the afternoon of the same day. Herpes simplex recurred on her lips. On the next day, the ophthalmology department diagnosed a relapse of corneal epithelial opacity. After the discontinuation of gefitinib, her corneal epithelial opacity gradually improved. Conclusion. Corneal epithelial disorder and herpes simplex were considered to be adverse effects of EGFR-TKIs since re-administration caused the same disorder. (JJLC. 2021;61:125-129) KEY WORDS━━ Lung carcinoma, Epidermal growth factor receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitor, Corneal epithelial disorder, Herpes simplex Corresponding author: Shinichi Iwamoto. Received November 13, 2020; accepted December 28, 2020. 要旨━━背景.上皮増殖因子受容体チロシンキナーゼ 阻害薬(EGFR-TKI)の有害事象として,薬剤性肺障害や 皮疹,下痢はよく知られているが,角膜上皮障害や単純 疱疹に遭遇することは稀である.症例.69歳女性が胸部 異常陰影を指摘され受診した.胸部 CTでは右 S8に結節 を認め,経気管支肺生検で腺癌(EGFR L858R変異陽性) と診断された.脳転移があり cT1bN0M1b stage IVと診 断し,エルロチニブを開始した.投与 5日目に左下顎部 に単純疱疹を発症し,バラシクロビルで治療した.投与 11日目に視力が低下し,両角膜上皮炎,両角膜実質炎と 診断された.詳細に既往歴を再確認したところ,原因不 明の角膜上皮剥離の既往があり,角膜の脆弱性を疑った. エルロチニブを中止したところ,徐々に角膜上皮混濁は 改善した.次にゲフィチニブを開始したところ,同日午 後から再び視力が低下し,口唇に単純疱疹を発症した. 翌日に眼科で角膜上皮混濁の再燃を指摘された.ゲフィ 1国立病院機構松江医療センター呼吸器内科. 論文責任者:岩本信一. 受付日:2020年 11月 13日,採択日:2020年 12月 28日. (肺癌.2021;61:125-129) 2021 The Japan Lung Cancer Society EGFR-TKIs, Repeated Corneal Epithelial Disorder and Herpes Simplex―Iwamoto et al 126 Japanese Journal of Lung Cancer―Vol 61, No 2, Apr 20, 2021―www.haigan.gr.jp Figure 1. (a) Chest X-ray on admission showing a nodule in the right lower field. (b) Chest computed tomography showing a nodule measuring 17 mm in diameter in the right S8 peripheral area. a b チニブを中止した後,角膜上皮混濁は徐々に改善した. 結論.角膜上皮障害と単純疱疹は,再投与により再燃し たため,EGFR-TKIの有害事象であると考えた. 索引用語━━肺癌,上皮増殖因子受容体チロシンキナー ゼ阻害薬,角膜上皮障害,単純疱疹


This study tested whether visualization, an intervention designed to reduce communication apprehension, could be improved by tailoring it to the information processing characteristics of those using the procedure. Accordingly, people who reported relying on verbal processing, imagery processing, or combined processing were exposed to scripted visualization (i.e., verbal), pictorial visualization (i.e., imagery), or a combination of the two. Results indicate that visualization is more effective if it is tailored to the processing preferences of those using the procedure.


The setting of spat of the edible oyster Crassostrea madrasensis on different kinds of spat collectors like oyster shells, wooden pieces, concrete pieces, concrete slabs, tiles, bamboo frames and coconut shells kept in Vaigai estuary at Athankarai was studied. It was observed that there was spat fall on concrete pieces with irregular surfaces given lime coating, on oyster shells given a coating of cement or lime and lime coated curved tiles. Oyster spat set in stray numbers on bamboo frames, Mangalore tiles and coconut shells, spat fall took place between January and April and generally only small numbers of spat were seen to set on spat collectors in the other periods of the year. Oysters attained an average size of 86.7 mm and a maximum of 110 mm at the end of one year. Average and maximum sizes of 89.6 mm and 130 mm were attained at the end of 14 months and growth of oysters was very much retarded later


(57) Abstract: The present invention relates to a filter apparatus having a housing (10) having a coupling portion for liquid, the coupling portion includes at least one filter element which is fastened by a holding portion (18) and (20) It is fastenable to the filter container (16) having, with a closure to prevent leakage of unwanted liquids. Closure (22) has at least two sealing plates (36a, b), sealing plates (36a, b) at least a portion of a range of holes (40a, b) a sequence to two different surfaces from each other is, under the influence of the power storage unit (50), the following methods holes (40a, b) is capable of being moved together in order to open or close, and in that way, the filter container ( 16) When is removed from the housing (10), closure (22) is gradually closed and at least one of the coupling portion and / or the filter vessel (16) from the surroundings, the filter apparatus is economically be manufactured Yes, it requires only a small space inside the device, immediately activated, with a closure that can be used in all-purpose.


The relationship between the trading volume and changes in expected return is investigated in this research. Daily and weekly data are used to examine if trading volumes have predictive power for stock prices in the following days/weeks. Results suggested that stocks experiencing extreme higher (low) volumes are usually followed by relatively higher (low) returns for large firms in Australian market only for a short horizon. However, the volume-return premium cannot be found for small firms during the same time period. Possible explanations for this high volume return premium include: return autocorrelation, systematic risk and outliers.


1,2 Department of Power Electronics 1,2 Gujarat Technological University L.E. College, Morbi Abstract— This paper presents a new strategy single-phase Cycloconverter. In this strategy, Single phase cycloconverter generates half, one third and one fourth times of the input frequency using matrix converter topology. A cycloconverter is a device that converts AC, power at one frequency into AC power of an adjustable but lower frequency without any direct current, or DC, stage in between. It can also be considered as a static frequency changer. Single-phase Cycloconverters are used for AC-AC power conversion particular for speed control of AC drives. In this work the Single-phase matrix converter (SPMC) topology is used for cycloconverter operation are proposed. IGBTs are used for the power switches. The well-known sinusoidal pulse width modulation (SPWM) scheme is used in this instance.


Several statistical methods that can be used for forecasting the groundwater table regime are described in this paper. The choice of the method depends on: duration of observation period; hydrogeological conditions, especially degree of drainage and lithological contents of vadose and saturated zones; and duration of the lead period.


System, comprising: means (11), comprising: a first terminal on which a calibration signal can be input; and a second and third terminal to which the calibration signal can be output, whereby a semiconductor device testing apparatus (14) can be connected to the second terminal, and to said third terminal, a probe card for contacting by the test A device (14) to be tested semiconductor devices; wherein the first terminal via a corresponding line (18a, 18b) (17e) connected to a first switch means and is connectable, which is connected to the second port can be connected, and with a second switch means (17a) which is connected to the third terminal and connectable; and wherein the system further comprises: a - connected to the first terminal - calibration device with which - depending on the state of the first and second switch means (17e, 17a) - optionally, the semiconductor device testing apparatus (14), or that are probe card calibrated can ,


This paper entertains the hypothesis that human time preferences are in evolutionary equilibrium (i.e., that no mutation changing time preferences could be favored by natural selection). This hypothesis implies that the marginal rate of substitution (MRS) holding Darwinian fitness constant must equal the MRS holding utility constant. Furthermore, in a market economy, the latter must equal the MRS in exchange. Exploiting these principles, the author finds that the long-term real interest rate should equal ln(2) per generation (about 2 percent per year) and that young adults should discount the future more rapidly than their elders. Copyright 1994 by American Economic Association.


To solve the problem of information insufficiency in the analog circuit fault diagnosis and mine deep diagnosis knowledge,the analytical method for analog circuit fault propagation characteristics are proposed in detail. Taken the international standards circuit under test as an example,based on cloud theory,the fault sample set and numerical characteristics are obtained,the complex network model of fault propagation is established. The degree of distribution curve is described,clustering coefficient and average path length and other statistical parameters in the model are calculated. And finally,the potential function is introduced,the distribution of data potential filed is acquired,and the method proved to be accurate in characterizing the fault propagation situation and effi-cient in providing the deep diagnosis knowledge.


As grow up the social network services, so many people enjoy the cyber social life. In social network services, personal accounts are used for identifying specified one, but sometimes internet anonymity permit the personal Information used for stealing and impersonating of personal accounts. and sometimes make faking personal accounts and use the accounts for special objectives or criminals. In this paper, we analysis the personal accounts faking, stealing and Impersonating types in famous social network services.


By tracing distinct travel discourses in travel articles in popular magazines this paper seeks to reveal how travel journalists, as mediators of travel messages, construct and inscribe particular positions for tourists, places and host communities through specific narratives, images and commonly used codes. Sightseeing, the idea of the privileged tourist and the aesthetic beauty of a place are dominant and recurring themes in the magazine texts examined. Sightseeing is presented as the dominant way to access and know tourism places, as opposed to knowledge involving other senses or types of social involvement. An assumed relationship of power between tourist and place privileges and legitimates the interests of the Western tourist in a narrative of the 'independent and elite traveller', rather than the 'mass tourist'. 'Place' is prized while local inhabitants are diminished. Destinations are constructed as if they are tourists' playgrounds, inscribed as beautiful and romantic to seduce the tourist, while locals are constructed as submissive and compliant, as they facilitate and sustain travel myths and fantasies.


A quantitative method was developed for the determination of fluorinated alkyl substances in municipal wastewater influents and effluents. The method consisted of centrifugation followed by large-volume injection (500 μL) of the supernatant onto a liquid chromatograph with a reverse-phase column and detection by electrospray ionization, and tandem mass spectrometry (LC/MS/MS). The fluorinated analytes studied include perfluoroalkyl sulfonates, fluorotelomer sulfonates, perfluorocarboxylates, and select fluorinated alkyl sulfonamides. Recoveries of the fluorinated analytes from wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) raw influents and final effluent ranged from 77% – 96% and 80% – 99%, respectively. The lower limit of quantitation ranged from 0.5 to 3.0 ng/L depending on the analyte. The method was applied to flow-proportional composites of raw influent and final effluent collected over a 24 hr period from ten WWTPs nationwide. Fluorinated alkyl substances were observed in wastewater at all treatment plants and each plant exhibited unique distributions of fluorinated alkyl substances despite similarities in treatment processes. In nine out of the ten plants sampled, at least one class of fluorinated alkyl substances exhibited increased concentrations in the effluent as compared to the influent concentrations. In some instances, decreases in certain fluorinated analyte concentrations were observed and attributed to sorption to sludge.


Blends of NR and ethylene-vinylacetate copolymer (EVA), having different proportions of the components were prepared in an internal mixer and their vulcanizates evaluated for technological properties. The effect of precipitated silica on the properties and degradation of the blends was studied at different loadings


Objective To observe feature of clinic and imageology in patients with unstable angina pectoris after radiation therapy to chest. Methods The study enrolled 58 patients who had unstable angina pectoris. Twenty-eight patients were in the postradiation therapy to chest group, 30 patients were in the common unstable angina pectoris group. All patients underwent multislice spiral CT(MSCT) examination and coronary angiography (CAG). After one year follow-up, the levels of brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) and ventricular wall motion score index (WMSI) were measured , the incidence of cardiovascular events were observed in all patients. Results Calcific, multi-vessel, thrombotic disease and dissection were significantly different between the two groups, when one year follow-up , the levels of BNP were higher in the postradiation therapy to chest group than those in the common unstable angina pectoris group [ (234.31 ± 121.39) ng/L vs (124.74 ±37.81) ng/L] WMST, incidence of the first heart failure, angina pectoris recurrence and revascularization were significantly different too (P< 0.05 ). Conclusions The complex lesions are major in the postradiation therapy to chest. Moreover, because radiation injures the heart valves and myocardium,these patients' long-term prognosis are worst.

Key words:
Angina,unstable; Radioactivity; Heart diseases; Brain natriuretic peptide


We consider the singularities of the zero temperature renormalization group flow for random elastic manifolds. When starting from small scales, this flow goes through two particular points $l^{*}$ and $l_{c}$, where the average value of the random squared potential $ $ turnes negative ($l^{*}$) and where the fourth derivative of the potential correlator becomes infinite at the origin ($l_{c}$). The latter point sets the scale where simple perturbation theory breaks down as a consequence of the competition between many metastable states. We show that under physically well defined circumstances $l_{c} $ to negative values does not take place.


The adaptability and Increase yield were studied by year's compare testing among hybrid keng rice 1,hybrid keng rice2,hybrid keng rice3,hybrid 4,hybrid 5 and Hexi 22.For the variance comparative analysis on growth period,agronomic traits,yield,coefficient of variation,the result could provide scientific basis to select high-yielding resistant varieties in special environment.The results showed that hybrid keng rice 1,4,5 had better performance on yield,Traits and adaptability than Hexi 22,and it was suitable for local growing.


5 Silicon photodiodes are semiconductor devices responsive to highenergy particles and photons. Photodiodes operate by absorption of photons or charged particles and generate a flow of current in an external circuit, proportional to the incident power. Photodiodes can be used to detect the presence or absence of minute quantities of light and can be calibrated for extremely accurate measurements from intensities below 1 pW/cm to intensities above 100 mW/cm. Silicon photodiodes are utilized in such diverse applications as spectroscopy, photography, analytical instrumentation, optical position sensors, beam alignment, surface characterization, laser range finders, optical communications, and medical imaging instruments.


This paper examines long-run unconditional convergence of labour productivity in manufacturing across 48 contiguous U.S. states. For that purpose, we construct a detailed panel data set of stateindustry pairs with over 120 industries covering the period 1880-2007. We find that unconditional βconvergence in manufacturing productivity was pervasive and rapid – 7.6% per year in 1880-2007 – and that manufacturing accounts for most of the unconditional convergence contribution to overall productivity growth over the long run: 61% in 1880-1940 and 91% in 1958-2007. We also examined broad U.S. regions and found that in the South the contribution of unconditional β-convergence in manufacturing to aggregate productivity growth before World War II was weak not because of a slower convergence rate but a much smaller manufacturing sector.


Quantization is studied from a viewpoint of field extension. If the dynamical fields and their action have a periodicity, the space of wave functions should be algebraically extended `a la Galois, so that it may be consistent with the periodicity. This was pointed out by Y. Nambu three decades ago. Having chosen quantum mechanics (one dimensional field theory), this paper shows that a different Galois extension gives a different quantization scheme. A new scheme of quantization appears when the invariance under Galois group is imposed as a physical state condition. Then, the normalization condition appears as a sum over the product of more than three wave functions, each of which is given for a different root adjoined by the field extension.


At Baylor University Press, for example, director Carey Newman says he aims to publish books that transcend traditional divisions in Christianity: "For the longest time, categories like conservative, evangelical, progressive, or liberal had texture and rootage—but no more." He points to Shelley Rambo's Resurrecting Wounds: Living in the Afterlife of Trauma (out now), which centers on the spiritual impact and negotiation of trauma and does not fit neatly under the usual labels.


The reduction in forested land in the hills has already affected the Setapuk Besar community. When there were rains with high enough intensity, the Setapuk Besar area often experienced flooding and entered a flood-prone. One way to minimize flooding that occurs is to plant trees in the upstream area, which begins with preparing good seeds for planting. The training aims to provide practical knowledge and skills to the community, especially farmers in Setapuk Besar Village and vegetative agricultural and forestry plantations to plant in yards and hills. The method used the community development practice method, equipped with a participatory and educational approach. Through counseling and training, there are increase participant's knowledge, skill on plant propagation.  Plant propagation's expertise and skill positively impact land improvement efforts in hilly areas and community economic empowerment by opening nurseries, especially for superior species in the Setapuk Besar area.


IN FEBRUARY 2021, the Office of National Statistics released figures showing that only 22 per cent of adults with autism in the UK are in any kind of employment. Only 16 per cent work full-time, according to the National Autistic Society (NAS).


Phthalocyanines (Pcs) and azaphthalocyanines (AzaPcs) are analogues of porphyrin dyes where methine groups in bridge are replaced within nitrogens.1 Due to their promising spectral, photochemical, photophysical, and electrochemical properties, they are investigated for example as sensors, photosensitizers in photodynamic therapy or quenchers of fluorescence. Different cations coordinated in the center as well as different peripheral substitution of Pc and AzaPc influence significantly final spectral and photophysical properties.


: Within the academic community, several studies point out that working towards a PhD is a particularly sensitive time, causing significant stress for PhD students. While some actions are being implemented to support their mental and physical health, these resources are still limited and no program has been designed in order to implement different individual and collective support modules. This project aims to develop a well-being pilot-program for PhD students in a Participatory Action Research (PAR) perspective, The CRI ecosystem and the modules already proposed (MBSR, psychoeducation) will be at the heart of this pilot program. By using mixed-methods, this study will intricate different qualitative and quantitative phases and exploit the potential of digital technologies (hardware/software) to collect social, behavioral and physiological data. After a first qualitative phase aiming to co-design with various stakeholders the content of the program as well as the research protocol to assess it. The second phase will be mainly quantitative and will compare PhD students following modules of the program or not (control group) in order to assess the impact of such a program but also to identify new relevant markers. These results will be enriched by a last qualitative phase to reflect about the implementation and adaptation of this program in other context. In addition to the socio-pedagogical benefits, this study will explore innovative perspectives in cognitive sciences on mind/body interactions as well as in social sciences by developing interdisciplinary, open and data science practices grounded in strong ethical and social reflections. create an interface and translation between these team sharing different theoretical and technical background. We designed a project to identify MOOCs learners profile based on a mixed-methods (qualitative/quantitative) with the support of active learning and markov Decision Process for behavioral inference. This project also included reflections on ethical and legal issues related to open science and digital technologies in order to consider personal data protection, data storage, open access of articles and algorithms for a reproducible research.


Objective To investigate the neuroprotection and its mechanism of sodium butyrate(SB) on spinal cord injury(SCI) rat models.Methods Thirty-six SD rats were randomly divided into the SB treated group and control group.The SCI model was established by NYU impactor to impact spinal cord T8,and the rats in SB group were injected intraperitoneally with SB 600 mg/kg immediately,and once a day for 7 d.The score of Basso-Beattie-Bresnahan(BBB) were measured before and 1-6 weekend after SCI.Apoptosis and inflammation's cell in spinal cord were detected by immunofluorescence staining at 1 week after SCI.The nerve conduction function was performed at 6 weeks after SCI.Results The BBB scores in SB group were significantly higher than those in control group at 4th-6th week after SCI(all P0.05).Meanwhile,cells of apoptosis and inflammation of spinal cord in SB group were significantly less than those in control group at 1st week after SCI(all P0.05).The latency and amplitude of motor evoked potential in SB group were significantly shorter and higher than those in control group respectively at 6th week after SCI(all P0.05).Conclusion SB has neuroprotection for spinal cord injury rats,its mechanism may be related to antiapoptotic and anti-inflammatory effects.


Abstract After the method of infant observation, as developed by Esther Bick, and its significance for psychoanalytic training have been outlined, the method is critically assessed. The suggestion is then made that infant observation should be supplemented by video-analytic infant observation. Finally, thoughts on modifications of the process of infant observation are presented.


An array of piezoelectric ultrasonic transducer elements includes a plurality of superpixel regions. Each superpixel region includes at least two pixel sets, a first pixel set of the at least two pixel sets being disposed in a central portion of the superpixel region, and at least a second pixel set being disposed in an outer portion of the superpixel region. An electrical coupling may be provided between the array and transceiver electronics. The transceiver electronics may be configured to operate the array in a selectable one of a first mode and a second mode. In the first mode, the array generates a substantially plane ultrasonic wave having a first acoustic pressure. In the second mode, the array generates, from each superpixel region, a focused beam having a second acoustic pressure that is substantially higher than the first acoustic pressure.


The characteristics of protein-bound polysaccharides (PBP) which were isolated and purified from the sawdust mycelia of Agrocybe cylindracea were investigated. The yield of crude protein-bound polysaccharides (Fr.CB) extracted with boiling water and precipitated with 95% ethanol, was 0.74% based on the original sawdust mycelia. The Fr.CB was purified by the membrane filtration, ion exchange chromatography and gel filtration. The Fr.B fraction of which the molecular weight is over 300 KDa, was isolated from the Fr.CB using membrane filtration, and the yield was 38.6% based on the Fr.CB. This result indicates that high molecular protein-bound polysaccharides are the dominent components of the Fr.CB. Two fractions (Fr.B-1, Fr.B-2) were also isolated from the Fr.B using ion exchange chromatography, and the yields were 17.3% (Fr.B-1) and 10.3% (Fr. B-2), respectively. The Fr.B-1 was concentrated and gel-filtrated, and the single peak, thought to be nearly pure protein-bound polysaccharides, was obtained. The yield of final fraction was 42.5% based on the Fr.B-1. The molecular weight of was nearly 710 KDa. The monosaccharides' composition of was analized by HPLC, and glucose was the dominent component, and fucose and galactose were also detected. The result of amino acid analysis was that glutamic acid and analysis were detected to a significant level, and cysteine was not detected.


Temporal developments within a scene can be recorded by a video camera in the form of spatio-temporal grayvalue variations. The digitization and subsequent algorithmic evaluation of the resulting video sequence transforms, as a first step, the original signal into a geometric description which comprises the shape, position, and trajectory of bodies in the depicted 3D scene. In order to facilitate communication of this information to human users, it appears advantageous to transform such a geometric description as a second step into a fuzzy metric-temporal logic representation. This latter can be processed in turn by logic operations in order to extract the information of interest to a particular user at the time of his interaction with the system. This contribution discusses problems which show up in an attempt to specify and use a fuzzy metric-temporal logic representation of traffic situations at innercity road intersections.


B a s e d o n t h e R a s p b e r r y P i Compute Module, we have developed an industrial PC composed of open hardware and software meeting the EN61131-2 standard. Thanks to the modular structure, Revolution Pi can, depending on customer requirements, be supplemented by digital or analog I/O modules respectively as well as appropriate fieldbus gateways to connect it to an industrial network. Installed in a DIN rail housing, the base modules of the Revolution Pi already have USB, Ethernet and HDMI connections. The base modules and expansion modules are supplied with 24 volts which is the norm in the industry.


During the biosynthetic production of chlortetracycline on a medium with sucrose, soy meal, corn steep extract, sodium chloride, ammonium sulphate, calcium carbonate and beet molasses, the amount of nucleic acids synthesized by the culture and the maximum respiration of the culture is determined by the amount of inorganic phosphate in the original medium. Chlortetracycline production does not start until all the inorganic phosphate has been consumed. The adverse influence of increased amounts of inorganic phosphate upon production of chlortetracycline is more apparent in flasks on a shaking machine than in agitated and aerated fermentation tanks with higher oxygen transfer numbers.


ABSTRACT The current research work examines the impact of the psychological capital of owners and the managers of budget hotel on the organizational resilience during COVID-19. To understand these relationships, the study performed PLS-SEM on the data collected using purposive sampling from 103 respondents consisting of small business owners and the business managers of budget hotels from urban areas of India. Results show that the PsyCap of owners/managers of small hotels can instil hope and optimism in the employees too and can help them to accept the reality and prepare for future contingencies. It also highlights the impact of owner's life satisfaction on PsyCap and organizational resilience relationship stating that the levels of life satisfaction of owners and managers of budget hotels significantly influence the process of recovery of the business. This means that despite of adversities, resilient owners and managers would make efforts to get over the negativities of COVID-19 and try to get back to normal. From a practical perspective in the present scenario where tourism sector is struggling for survival, the findings of the study will help the owners and managers of budget hotels to navigate through the stages of COVID-19 pandemic for speedy recovery.


The objective of this paper is to clarify the spatial and social impact on a city caused by its being registered as a World Heritage Site and its transformation into a tourist destination. As part of an investigation of the problems related to rapid development of tourism and its pressures on World Heritage Sites, this study attempted to clarify the issues facing the tourist industry at the Old Town of Lijiang, Yunnan Province, China, a World Heritage Site, by focusing on the tourist shops there and comparing these data as of 2004 with previous data as of 2000. The ways in which both the existing indigenous society (a minority known as the Naxis) and the majority peoples, temporary residents, engage in commercial tourism-related activities were examined. As a result, it was found that, in recent years, the usage of historic buildings has drastically changed. At present, over 90% of shops are tourist-oriented souvenir shops and restaurants. Furthermore, over 50% of shopkeepers are temporary residents, mainly Han Chinese, with a large majority renting rooms from indigenous owners. These findings suggest that the location of the residences of the indigenous minority and its culture are rapidly changing as tourism develops.


In this new installment, Daniele Gorla ("Sapienza" University of Rome) reports on LICS 2021, the 36th ACM/IEEE Symposium on Logic in Computer Science,1 for which he served as general chair.


Core binding factor (CBF) is a heterodimeric protein complex involved in the transcriptional regulation of normal hematopoiesis. Mutations in CBF-encoding genes result in leukemogenic proliferative advantages and impaired differentiation of the hematopoietic progenitors. CBF molecular aberrations are responsible for approximately 20% of all adult acute myeloid leukemia (AML). Although CBF-AMLs are considered to have relatively good prognosis compared to other leukemia subtypes, they are a heterogeneous group of disorders and modern therapy frequently leads to relapse and the associated morbidity and mortality. Improvements in risk stratification and development of targeted therapies are needed for better outcomes. In this review we provide a brief overview of the molecular basis, prognostic categories and the advanced treatment strategies for CBF leukemias. Molecular basis of CBF leukemia Leukemia is a cancer of the developing blood cells caused by mutations leading to either uncontrolled proliferation (class I) or lack of differentiation (class II) or both. The World Health Organization (WHO) classifies AML into several categories based on underlying genetic alterations to facilitate diagnosis and prognosis1. Recurrent genetic alterations are frequently observed in AML patients. Among them t(8;21)(q22;q22) and inv(16)(p13q22)/ t(16;16)(p13q22) are the most common and result in generation of corresponding abnormal fusion genes RUNX1-RUNX1T1 and CBFB-MYH112, respectively (Figure 1). Correspondence: P. Paul Liu, 49 Convent Dr., Building 49, Room 3A26, Bethesda, MD 20892; email@example.com or Lea Cunningham, firstname.lastname@example.com. Publisher's Disclaimer: This is a PDF file of an unedited manuscript that has been accepted for publication. As a service to our customers we are providing this early version of the manuscript. The manuscript will undergo copyediting, typesetting, and review of the resulting proof before it is published in its final citable form. Please note that during the production process errors may be discovered which could affect the content, and all legal disclaimers that apply to the journal pertain. Conflict-of-interest disclosure: The authors declare no competing financial interests. HHS Public Access Author manuscript Semin Hematol. Author manuscript; available in PMC 2016 July 01. Published in final edited form as: Semin Hematol. 2015 July ; 52(3): 215–222. doi:10.1053/j.seminhematol.2015.04.002. A uhor M anscript


In this work we evaluate the impact of considering a stochastic approach on the day-ahead basis Unit Commitment. Comparisons between stochastic and deterministic Unit Commitment solutions are provided. The Unit Commitment model consists in the minimization of the total operation costs considering units' technical constraints like ramping rates and minimum up and down time. Load shedding and wind power spilling is acceptable, but at inflated operational costs. The generation of Unit Commitment solution is guaranteed by DEEPSO, which is a hybrid DE-EA-PSO algorithm, where DE stands for Differential Evolution, EA for Evolutionary Algorithms and PSO for Particle Swarm Optimization. The evaluation process consists in the calculation of the optimal economic dispatch and in verifying the fulfillment of the considered constraints. For the calculation of the optimal economic dispatch an algorithm based on the Benders Decomposition, namely on the Dual Dynamic Programming, was developed. If possible, the constraints added to the dispatch problem by the Benders Decomposition algorithm will provide a feasible and optimal dispatch solution. Two approaches were considered on the construction of stochastic solutions. Either the top 5 more probable wind power output scenarios are used, or a set of extreme scenarios are considered instead. Data related to wind power outputs from two different operational days is considered on the analysis. Stochastic and deterministic solutions are compared based on the actual measured wind power output at the operational day. Through a technique capable of finding representative wind power scenarios and their probabilities we were able to analyze in a more detailed process the expected final operational costs. Also, we expose the probability that the system operator has on the operational costs being under/above certain value. Results show that the stochastic approach leads to more robust Unit Commitment solutions than the deterministic one. The method of using the top 5 more probable scenarios on the search for the stochastic solution proved to produce preferable results. Index Terms – unit commitment, stochastic, wind power, forecasting, uncertainty, DEEPSO, Benders Decomposition.


On the right, landowners (indiscriminately categorised as 'capitalists') attacked George as a 'socialist' and 'communist'. Associating themselves with the attempt to discredit the American economist, the socialists, including Marx, sought to denigrate and dismiss George as an apologist for the capitalist system. This unholy coalition is the best proof that George held no brief for either of the conventional orthodoxies; that he in fact offered a genuine alternative to those which, through fair trial and repeated error, had successfully discredited themselves. Henry George did not fit neatly into any of the established categories of political philosophy. He insisted that the private creation of wealth meant that capital could be individually owned This located him on the right, in Marxist terms. Marx placed the burden of blame for the excesses of 19th century industrial society on capital (hence the title of his book, Capital). But George's uncompromising stand against the individual appropriation of the socially-created value of natural resources alienated him from the right, and appeared to lend some force to the argument that he was a socialist. He did suggest that a full tax on land values, aligned with the removal of taxes on other sources of income, would produce a society that could be called socialism. But he was not an anarcho-socialist (it was Marx who proclaimed 'the withering away of the state'). George saw a continuing but benign role for government, which would collect land values and spend them for the collective good of the community. -


New observations of photospheric faculae in the far-infrared (10-25 micron wavelength) continuum are presented. Two-beam linear scans with 10 arcsec and 20 arcsec resolution were used to compile statistics on infrared continuum emission from faculae surrounding sunspots. The infrared facular excess above the quiet sun continuum is found to be much smaller than that predicted by plane parallel photospheric models constructed from Mg II h and k line wing observations. It is proposed that the discrepancy results from unresolved granular structure in which the facular granules occupy only about 0.1 of the resolved surface area in the low photosphere.


In this paper, we propose an active sample selection algorithm (SSME) based on maximum entropy criterion. By calculating the information entropy of the unlabeled samples, the algorithm can find the most informative samples from unlabeled data set. Comparative experiments with random selection algorithm are conducted on 10 real data sets. The results show the superiority of our proposed algorithm in terms of predictive accuracy and condensing rate.


The use of delta wing aerodynamic design for modern fighter aircraft is discussed. Various current French fighter airplanes are utilized for comparisons.


There is a well-recognized dearth of literature on neuropsychological intervention with children. This edited book aims to address the need for a critical review of science and practice pertinent to paediatric neuropsychological rehabilitation. The text is divided into three main sections, the first providing an account of the conceptual framework for any intervention. This section covers some familiar ground with respect to outlining relevant features of brain and cognitive development. A key chapter in this section is provided by Sparrow, setting the scene for much of the remainder of the book. The 'Empirical basis for assessment and intervention' advances the argument that assessment is intervention. This is a crucial assertion for a book grappling with the absence of a strong evidence base for intervention strategies. Some empirical evidence is presented to support the therapeutic benefits of assessment but the argument is cogent and persuasive. The remainder of this first section covers multicultural aspects and educational intervention. These chapters will disappoint non-US practitioners as the framework adopted is largely US-specific and the material does not readily generalize to other settings. The second section deals with specific common presenting conditions and cognitive problems. The chapters cover children with traumatic brain injuries, cancer and seizures, each describing the response to acquired brain injury and chronic neurological conditions and corresponding issues with respect to intervention. Later chapters cover autistic spectrum disorders, right hemisphere disorder, attentional and executive dysfunction and offer insights into rehabilitation techniques that could potentially be translated across neurological conditions. Details of interventions necessarily cover a broad spectrum including pharmacological, surgical, behavioural and educational approaches. The chapter contributed by Mahone and Slomine on the management of dysexecutive disorders is particularly notable in providing explicit guidance for rehabilitation with clear references to studies of efficacy. The third section of the book details explicit interventions with notable inclusion of medical interventions, experimental interventions, such as biofeedback, and neuroimaging as a technique for monitoring recovery. A further notable chapter on cognitive rehabilitation provides reference to a broad-based cognitive rehabilitation programme (CRP). Overall, this book accurately reflects that status of paediatric neuropsychological intervention. The lack of specific evidence for efficacy of rehabilitation strategies and the absence of such strategies is reflected in the focus of many chapters with evidence being bolstered by broader reference to intervention from other disciplines. The authors could certainly have made more explicit the justification for including such material but, nonetheless, it provides a reminder of the need for multidisciplinary coordination in any intervention. In the face of limited evidence, some chapters focus on issues for which the evidence is well-established, e.g. ADHD, whereas more challenging approaches grapple with the lack of evidence in presenting innovative aspects of therapeutic intervention in autistic spectrum disorders. Non-US readers may be frustrated by chapters requiring an interest in and understanding of the US legislative framework. Conversely, I'm sure that the US readers will benefit from a practical engagement with legislative constraints on the delivery of rehabilitation. A favourable approach to this book required recognition of the broad array of rehabilitation techniques beyond cognitive remediation. For those keenly awaiting a wealth of evidencebased neuropsychological approaches to intervention I hope this is the first of many such books.


NASA's Artemis II mission includes an optical communication payload, affectionately known on board as "OpCom," which is part of NASA's Orion Artemis II Optical Communications (O2O) demonstration. We describe the OpCom system architecture and operations concept.


The effects of epidermal growth factor (EGF) and cell density of the apperance of β-adrenergic responses were exmianed in primary cultures of adult rat hepatocytes. The β-adrenergic response was measured as the ability to accumulate cAMP by β2-agonist metaproterenol in monolayers that had been cultured without or with 20 ng/ml EGF. Hepatocytes cultured with EGF at a high ell density (1.0×105 cells/cm2) showed a relatively lower response to 10 μM metaproterenol. In contrast, when cultured at a low cell density (3.3×104 cells/cm2) with EGF, the cells showed a higher response to the β-adrenergic agonist. These responses were blocked by the β-adrenergic antagonist propranolol (10 μM). The β-adrenergic response increased rapidly with culture time. The addition of cycloheximide (5 μM) to the culture abolished the expression of β-adrenergic response. The enhanced β-adrenergic response by 20 ng/ml EGF was partially inhibited by the addition of cytochalasin B (20 μM) to the culture. The cAMP-producing response to metaproterenol (10 μM) was dose-dependently inhibited by the specific α2-agonist UK-14304. Pretreatment of the hepatocytes with pertussis toxin (100 ng/ml) potentiated the β-adrenergic response. These results demonstrate that augmented β-adrenergic responsiveness can be acquired by adult rat hepatocytes cultured with 20 ng/ml EGF at a low cell density, and the β-adrenergic response involves de novo synthesis of protein(s). The results also show that significant α2- and β-adrenergic rsponses coexist in the primary cultures of adult rat hepatocytes.


Turkish Cypriot newspapers played an important role in the construction of Turkish national identity during the From Turk to Turk Campaign in Cyprus in the late 1950s. The campaign involved the establishment of Turkish municipalities that were separate from the Greek Cypriot ones and the change of village names into Turkish and aimed at conducting all trade and other business relations exclusively between Turks in order for them to develop economically. This article examines the role of the newspapers that were published in Cyprus in 1958 and 1959, which is the period during which the From Turk to Turk Campaign was active.


Objective We observed the mRNA changes of Na + channel α subunit(Na-α), L-type Ca 2+ channelα 1C subunit (CaL-α 1C ), and Kv4.3 in the atria of Goldblatt hypertensive rats, to investigate the significance in atrial electrical remodeling at mRNA level. Methods Two-kidney one-clip (2K1C) hypertensive Sprague-Dawley rats were sacrificed at 2 nd , 4 th , 6 th week after operation, sham-operated rats served as control. Total mRNA of right auricle (RA) and left auricle (LA) was extracted respectively by use of Trizol reagent. Semiquantitative RT-PCR was used to estimate the changes of mRNA of Na-α, CaL-α 1C , and Kv 4.3, and GAPDH was used as internal control. Results mRNA level of CaL-α 1C ,in LA increased to 2.5 and 2.4 times at 2 and 4 week ( P 0.001), and down to normal level at 6 week, while in RA, it increased to 2.5 times of sham only at 6 week ( P 0.001). mRNA level of Kv 4.3, in LA increased to 1.9 and 1.7 times of sham ( P 0.001), while in RA, it decreased by 30% ( P 0.05), 20% ( P =0.10) at 4, 6 week, respectively. No change in the level of Na-α channel mRNA comparing with sham, but Na-α mRNA was less in RA than LA at 2 week ( P 0.05). Conclusion The mRNA level in CaL-α 1C up-regulated in the atria of 2K1C hypertensive rats, the changes in LA are more markedly than in RA. The mRNA changes of Na-α, CaL-α 1C and Kv4.3 were not parallel between LA and RA. It suggested that mRNA change is basis of electrical remodeling, and may play a role in the genesis of atrial arrythmias in hypertensive heart.


This thesis concerns the study of reaction mechanisms by means of kinetic isotope effects (KIEs). Studies of the nucleophilic bimolecular substitution (SN2) reaction had the dual purpose of improvi ...


Micro capillary columns were successfully applied to liquid chromatography by employing the principles used in micro high performance liquid chromatography. Fundamental investigations on the use of capillary columns in LC were performed for the various column parameters. Good separations of five aromatic hydrocarbons and four kinds of phthalic esters were obtained on a 62 μm I.D. capillary column, coated with SE-30.


The photoelectric effect on Ni, Pt, and W has been used in the design of windowless phototubes for the direct detection of radiation in the vacuum ultraviolet, especially of wavelengths below the transmission limit of LiF. Yields were found to be as high as 10 photoelectrons per 100 incident quanta for the wavelength region below 1000A. Good preliminary results were obtained with these tubes: extremely high quantum yields, reproducibility after exposure to air, and adjustability of the spectral response by the external circuit.


By quantitatively analyzing the effects of different configurations, it is possible to find the best configuration and further optimize neural prosthesis performances without changing system hardware and software. In this study, we investigated the effects of five types of electrode configurations on electromyography (EMG)-based recruitment characteristics by utilizing multi-contact electrode to stimulate toad sciatic nerves. Five characteristic parameters (maximum amplitude, threshold current, slope, 50% level, and dynamic range) are derived from fitting recruitment curves using Boltzmann equation and the latency is measured by a simple user-defined algorithm. Based on these parameters evaluation, it is found that (1) the longitudinal tripolar with lowest threshold current appears to be well suitable for application to extent battery life and potentially reduce the damage to tissues and electrodes, and (2) the transverse configurations with gentle slope and large dynamic range are fit for the muscle force fine control, but their practical application may be limited by needing a large stimulus current. Therefore, these findings can provide a useful reference for designing a novel electrode configuration to further optimizing control of neural prosthetic devices.


The title of the study is "Surabaya Muslim Household Disharmony (Psychology Perspective Analysis)". The study focused on husband and wife disharmony, the pattern of intrapersonal and interpersonal spouses in fostering households. The background of the study, namely the increasing number of divorces Muslim households in Surabaya, and marital disharmony mentioned as the cause of the highest divorce rate. The formulation of research pro–blems: (1) how disharmony occurs in Muslim households? (2) what are the factors that determine the occurrence of domestic disharmony Muslim? (3) how the model of marital Muslims in addressing domestic disharmony? This study includes the type of qualitative research because the author tried to describe natural phenomena, holistic and meaning–full. The steps of research conducted through three stages, namely the pre-field, field work stage, and the stage of data analysis. The technique of collecting data is through inter–views, observation, and documentation. To test the credibi–lity of the data is done by; extension participation, triangula–tion, and peer checking. Data analysis was performed from the field through the steps; reduction data, compiled data in units, categorizing data, and interpretation of data.


The results of a preliminary study of the abundance, diversity and distribution of some of the fish species in Lake Nicaragua are presented here. These parameters have received little attention from investigators working on the lake.
A frequently used measure of species diversity is the Shannon-Weiner diversity index. It measures the degree of uncertainty of predicting the species identity of a randomly selected individual (Pielou, 1966). Lloyd and Ghelardi (1964) indicated that species …


Phase-unwrapping is an unavoidable steps in optical measurement based on fringe pattern analysis. And it is one of the key steps to retrieve 3-D surface correctly in optical sensing technique based on structured light projecting. Especially, phase unwrapping is an extremely difficult stage because of the particularity of detonation and dispersive distribution of calculated phase in the course of stroke and detonation. Modulation information of object is introduced into dynamic FTP. Difficulty of phase unwrapping in discontiguous or isolated area is solved satisfactorily when modulation information serves as 3-D mask and 3-D phase unwrapping based on modulation ordering is conducted. This method provides a powerful means for dynamic FTP to retrieve 3-D surface of discontiguous object in the course of stroke and detonation. Both theory analysis and computer simulation are presented.


Timely diagnosis of brain lesions in infants is important for preventing the development and progression of neurological diseases.Purpose. The study aimed at investigation of neurospecific laboratory parameters in children of 1 year of age with structural changes in the brain.Material and methods. The clinical and laboratory examination of 50 children of 1 year of age, born at full term, was carried out. Serum concentrations of neurotrophic growth factor (BDNF), fractalkine (CX3CL-1), monocytic chemotactic protein (CCL2), trigger receptor expressed on myeloid cells-1, 2 (TREM-1, TREM-2), transforming growth factor-ȕ1 (TGF-ȕ1), nerve growth factor-ȕ (ȕ-NGF), visinin-like protein-1 (VILIP-1), vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), glycosylation end product receptor (sRAGE), interleukin (IL)-6, IL-18, and tumor necrosis factor Į (TNF-Į).Results. Predictors of brain damage in full-term infants have been identified. The level of TGFB-1 in children with structural changes in the brain exceeded that of the control group by 1.4 [1.1; 1.6] times, the level of AntiGRIN2A — 1.6 [1.1; 2.0] times, which makes it possible to consider these parameters as biomarkers of brain damage.Conclusion. Based on the results obtained, an additional laboratory examination of children who have undergone ante- and intranatal hypoxia is recommended, including the determination of the level of neurodamage biomarkers such as: TGFB-1 and AntiGRIN2A. This study will contribute to the timely detection of disorders of the central nervous system and the initiation of therapy to prevent the development and progression of neurological pathology in childhood.


. The metrical theory of the product of consecutive partial quotients is associated with the uniform Diophantine approximation, specifically to the improvements to Dirichlet's theorem. Achieving some variant forms of metrical theory in continued fractions, we study the distribution of the at least two large partial quotients with product forms among the first n terms. More precisely, let [ a 1 ( x ) ,a 2 ( x ) ,... ] be the continued fraction expansion of an irrational number x ∈ (0 , 1) , and let ϕ : N → R be a non-decreasing function, we completely determine the size of the set


Background: Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women worldwide, in 2018 2.1 million new cases are diagnosed. In Ethiopia due to the increasing awareness of breast cancer patients are taking chemotherapy in different parts of the country but patients' knowledge of chemotherapy and experience of chemotherapy have not been assessed very well and this study tried to assess patients' knowledge about chemotherapy. Objective: The objective of the study is to assess the knowledge and experience of women with breast cancer receiving chemotherapy in selected public hospitals in Addis Ababa Ethiopia, in 2021. Methods: Institutional based cross-sectional study was conducted and data was collected from Tikur Anbessa Specialised Hospital and Saint Paul Hospital Millennium Medical College from February 8 to March 1, 2020. Data was entered into Epi-data version 4.6.0 and exported to SPSS version 26. Descriptive statics such as frequency, percentages, mean and standard deviation were done and displayed in tables. Bivariate and multivariate logistic regression analysis was employed. Results: The study involved 250 participants. The mean age of the respondents was (43.35±11.1). Of the total 135 (54%) respondents were not knowledgeable and 115 (46%) were knowledgeable. Age >45 years and patients who lived in Addis Ababa were associated with higher knowledge. Respondents who took chemotherapy fourth to the sixth cycle and who are currently single were associated with the worst experience and the distance-time it takes to get to the hospital when is three to six hours were associated with the tolerable experience. Conclusion and recommendations: The study revealed that more than half of the participants were not knowledgeable and more than half of the participants had the worst experience. Hence healthcare providers should provide information about chemotherapy to their patients and should teach them how to manage the possible side effects.


The objective of this report is to draw attention to tardive dyskinesia (TD) caused by aripiprazole, a third generation antipsychotic. TD has been traditionally attributed to typical (first‐generation) antipsychotics, but other dopamine receptor blocking drugs and atypical (second‐ and third‐generation) neuroleptics are emerging as an important cause of TD. We reviewed the medical records of patients with TD seen at the Baylor College of Medicine Movement Disorders Clinic between 2002 and 2010 to identify patients with TD associated with aripiprazole. Among 236 patients with TD seen over the specified period, 8 (3.4%) were found to have aripiprazole‐associated TD. In 5 patients, TD occurred after exclusive exposure to aripiprazole. The mean age at onset was 55.8 ± 14.8 years with a female predominance. The average duration of treatment with aripiprazole was 18.4 ± 26.4 months. Oro‐bucco‐lingual stereotypy was seen in all patients. In most patients, TD did not spontaneously improve after stopping aripiprazole. Of the 5 patients treated with tetrabenazine, 4 improved during follow‐up. Although aripiprazole, a third generation antipsychotic, has been promoted to have a low risk of TD, the drug accounts for about 3.5% of patients with TD evaluated in a movement disorders clinic. This largest reported series draws attention to the growing incidence of TD and other drug‐induced movement disorders associated with "atypical antipsychotics." © 2010 Movement Disorder Society


The analysis of peptides using liquid chromatography–mass spectrometry (LC–MS) for proteomics applications is powerful and can yield tremendously rich data sets. However, the exquisite sensitivity and global applicability of MS detection also makes it prone to contaminants that can easily and seriously compromise the quality of a data set. A short list of tips and tricks can increase the likelihood of consistently producing good LC–MS data in this context and streamline the troubleshooting process when problems do eventually occur.


Seaweed Res. Utiln., 27 (1 & 2) : 99 - 104, 2005 Fish effluent was treated with Gracilaria corticata and Ulva lactuca in separate tanks. Effluent without seaweeds was kept as control. Physicochemical parameters such as pH, Biological Oxygen Demand, Dissolved Oxygen on nitrogenous compounds such as ammonia, nitrite and nitrate were monitored. The DO content was found to be 15 % more in the treatment tanks of G.corticata (5.44 ml/l) when compared to the control (4.05 ml/l) during same period, may account for the high photosynthetic activity and efficient utilization of dissolved carbon in the effluent. The BOD value was observed to be more in the treated tank of G.corticata compared to control on 20 days of treatment, could be due to the growth of associated bacteria in the system, which favoured the oxidation of ammonia to nitrite and then to nitrate. The pH was found to have significant positive correlation with nitrate content in all the treatments, whereas BOD exhibited a negative correlation with nitrate. The removal of nitrogenous compounds was found to be more in the effluent treated with U. lactuca followed by G. corticata than the control.


Objective: To investigate the expression and clinical significance of survivin in intestine adenoma and cancer.Methods: The expression of survivin was determined by immunohistochemistry in 20 normal tissues,45 patients with large intestine adenoma,and 45 patients with large intestine cancer,respectively.Results: The expression rate of survivin is 0 %,33 %,71 % in normal tissues,intestine adenoma,and intestine cancer,respectively.Conclusion: Survivin may play an important role in the development of intestine cancer.


Since 2008, the multi-year and multi-platform Big Stories, Small Towns documentary project (bigstories.com.au) has facilitated the telling, recording, archiving and dissemination of auto/biographical narratives in Australia, Cambodia, West Papua, Malaysia and Indonesia. Through this work, a critical juncture has been identified in the mediascape where reconstruction can materialise. While a level of interconnectivity has always underpinned storytelling within communities, shifting global dynamics and new mediums allow for an alternative examination of multi-layered communities and the complex relations between people, social backgrounds, technology/media and place. I argue that this represents a fundamental shift away from a centralised vision of storymaking (i.e. author/documenter-centric) to a collectivised storytelling practice. Thus, this article moves attention from the rhetoric of texts to practices of community organisation and the technological and embodied material relations, which aspire to produce a collectively enacted sense of place and identity.


Recent research suggests that rates of extreme poverty, defined as living on either less than $2 or $4 per-person per-day, are high and rising in the United States. We re-examine the rate of extreme poverty using the rich data in the Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP), generally thought to have the most accurate survey income data in the U.S. In addition to income, the SIPP provides information on hours worked, assets, hardships, and other household characteristics. We link these data to IRS Form 1040, W-2 and 1099-R information returns, and program data on SNAP, public and subsidized housing benefits, SSI, and OASDI. We find that accounting for in-kind transfers, errors in earnings reports, errors in transfer reports, and substantial assets means that less than 10% of households with survey-reported money incomes below $2/person/day are actually extreme poor. Of the households remaining in extreme poverty, 90% are single individuals. Several of the largest misclassified groups appear to be at least middle class based on material hardship, housing characteristics, tax data, and other variables. Given the low recent level of extreme poverty, it cannot have risen substantially due to welfare reform as many have argued. * Any opinions and conclusions expressed herein are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the views of the U.S. Census Bureau, the U.S. Social Security Administration, any agency of the Federal Government or the NBER. While this work was not subject to formal Census Bureau content review, Census staff reviewed all statistical output to ensure that no confidential information was disclosed. We are grateful for comments from Luke Shaefer, James Spletzer, Scott Winship, James Ziliak, participants in seminars at the Institute for Research on Poverty, the American Enterprise Institute, the Conference in Honor of Joseph Altonji's 65 Birthday, and the support of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, the Russell Sage Foundation, the Charles Koch Foundation, and the SSA through grant #5-RRC08098400-10 to the NBER as part of the SSA Retirement Research Consortium.


The main feature of Berlin Dada is a project of political intervention, attuned to the ideological orientation of many of its members. Among them we can distinguish John Heartfield, who since 1915 looks for a language both modern and accessible to a mass audience. Therefore Heartfield makes use of photography in the bookcovers for Malik Verlag and is responsible for the development of political photomontage, published mainly in a magazine of the German Communist Party, Arbeiter Illustrierte Zeitung.


The Multi-TeV colliders should have the capability to accelerate low emittance beam with high rf efficiency, X-band normal conducting high gradient accelerating structure is one of the promising candidate. However, the long range transverse wake field which can cause beam emittance dilution is one of the critical issues. We examined effectiveness of dipole mode damping in three kinds of X-band, {pi}-mode standing wave structures at 11.424GHz with no detuning considered. They represent three damping schemes: damping with cylindrical iris slot, damping with choke cavity and damping with waveguide coupler. We try to reduce external Q factor below 20 in the first two dipole bands, which usually have very high (R{sub T}/Q){sub T}. The effect of damping on the acceleration mode is also discussed.


Mobile messaging platforms (MMP) are increasingly the de facto vehicle for communication in low resource environments. The statistics are striking. Dramatic reductions in the cost of smartphone devices as well as data, mean that an estimated 44% of Africans had access to a smartphone in 2019.1 This is anticipated to grow to 65% by 2025.1 Access among healthcare workers is even higher, with 97% of the researchers approached through the African Perioperative Research Group (APORG) reported having smartphone access (unpublished data).


The invention provides a brake unit for an unintended car movement protection device. The brake unit comprises a drive structure and a brake structure. The brake structure comprises a movable clamping plate and a fixed clamping plate which are opposite to each other. A steel wire rope is arranged between the movable clamping plate and the fixed clamping plate. A drive structure comprises a first magnet and an electromagnet oscillating rod. The electromagnet oscillating rod is provided with an attraction position and an unlocking position. The electromagnet oscillating rod is attracted by the first magnet at the attraction position. The electromagnet oscillating rod is released through the first magnet at the unlocking position. The drive structure drives the movable clamping plate to be close to the fixed clamping plate so as to brake the steel wire rope. The brake unit further comprises a second electromagnet and a limiting structure. The limiting structure abuts against the electromagnet oscillating rod to prevent the electromagnet oscillating rod from moving towards the unlocking position. The second electromagnet is connected with the limiting structure and used for driving the limiting structure to be separated from the electromagnet oscillating rod. The brake unit can prevent the false operation caused by unexpected power outage effectively, and the safety and reliability of products are improved.


Background: This study investigated factors related to awareness of cardio-cerebrovascular disease (CCVD) in a large Korean general population. Methods: Data for 228,781 subjects older than 19 years in 253 cities, counties, and districts were collected from the 2013 Community Health Survey in Korea. Associations between socio-demographics, health behaviors, comorbidities, and awareness of CCVD were examined using the chi-squared test and multiple logistic regression analysis. A total of 219,461 subjects were included in the final analysis after excluding subjects with null responses to any questions. Results: The awareness of CCVD was 26.7% in the total population (27.8% in males, 25.8% in females). Of the significant associating factors, the odds ratios for awareness of CCVD were two-fold higher in people aged 40-49 years , 50-59 years, and 60-69 years (ref. 19-29 years), living in Chungbuk provinces (ref. Seoul), higher education (ref. non-formal education), and diagnosed with angina pectoris (ref. non-diagnosed), as compared to their individual reference groups. Conclusions: Socio-demographics, health behaviors, and comorbidities have significant impact on awareness of CCVD. To improve the public's awareness of CCVD and to reduce health inequalities, effective and specialized interventions should be developed that take these factors into account. Korean J Health Promot 2017;17(2):99-108


The human face consists of an enumerated information which is important in our daily lives. A face helps us in recognition of a person we are looking at and provides information about the gender, attractiveness and age among many others. A face gives the important hint about emotion of the humans. Emotions play a fundamental role in human cognition and thus, are essential in studies of the neuroscience, cognitive science and social psychology. Facial expressions of an emotion could also play a vital role in the human communication. A first reason machine learning and computer vision researchers are interested in creating the computational models of the perception of facial expressions of an emotion is to aid studies in above sciences. Furthermore, the computational models of the facial expressions of an emotion are important for the development of artificial intelligence and are essential in the human computer interaction (HCI) systems.


The review of current research emphasizes three strands of literature on social networks. The first strand composed of endogenous network models, which highlights the sensitive dependence of the topology on parameters of the behavioural models employed. The second strand draws from the recent econophysics literature reviewing the recent revival of interest in the random graph theory and also allowing a mathematical tool to study social networks. The review explores a number of examples to assess the potential of recent research on random graphs with arbitrary degree distributions. The third strand focuses on a specific model of social networks where random graphs with different dependent edges are present, if edges are incident to the same node, and independent, otherwise. Besides, this paper introduces a new graph model helping to design the interconnected model to connect blocks and gram panchayats in Panchayati Raj Institution (PRI) system at ease and in turn helping in further progress in computer science. In practice, this model is appearing quiet beneficial in network establishment and strongly capable of handling small number of blocks strictly avoiding loss of data resources. The empirical study reveals that this unique dynamic model keeps all the units strongly interconnected. Thus, the present paper is attempting to analyse the benefits of the network structure models and concludes with an assessment of observable consequences of optimising behaviour in networks for the purpose of estimation.


This article presents a study that examined the historical social narratives of 14–17-year-old Finnish-speaking adolescents in Finland and transnational settings. Our goal was to research what kinds of narratives young people would tell when they were asked to write the history of a group or nationality most suitable for them. The research material was collected as part of data collection in 2020 from three cities: a small Finnish town, a medium-sized city in Finland and a large European city outside Finland. We analysed whether young people chose to write national, sub-national or supra-national historical social narratives. Place-based differences in results were apparent, and we analysed these differences using the concept of spatial socialisation. We also discuss the challenges that history education faces in the light of our findings.


natural estrogen alone. That there is a significant relationship between oral contraceptives and thrombosis appears to be fairly well accepted and therefore the same must be true, to some extent, with regard to the Budd-Chiari syndrome. Although the evidence is circum stantial in nature, it seems a reason able conjecture that one or both of the factors discussed were to some extent operative in the pathogenesis of thrombosis in our case.


This article is organised in five parts. The introduction defines the area covered and gives the rationale for a focus on FL writing research particularly in classroom contexts. The second section gives an overview of cognitive and social theoretical frameworks, noting that these have mainly been developed for L1 writing, and drawing attention to recent attempts to build models for FL writing. The third part covers research on process-based instruction, on teacher and peer feedback and on grammar correction. Part four deals with the growing use of computers in the teaching and learning of FL writing, looking particularly at work on word processing, software for teaching and research, at the relationships between network-based language teaching and process-oriented pedagogy and between writing and the development of oral communicative competence. The final part comments on research approaches, on FL writing and second language acquisition, and on post-process theory, concluding with a set of pedagogically-oriented research questions for the future.


The classification of EMG signals for the amputees is important to develop a powered-prosthetic that is capable of replacing with lost limbs. The EMG signals collected from residual limbs reduce the classification accuracy due to muscle movements that cannot be realized properly. In thıs study, classification performance is aimed to be increased by combining CNN with root mean square (RMS) and waveform length (WL) that are used in analysis of EMG signals successfully. The features such as RMS and WL extracted from EMG signals for the classification of six hand movements at the low, medium, and high force levels were applied to CNN input, and classification results were compared with nearest neighbour and linear discriminant analysis.


This paper investigates the influence of probiotic VEBAC on the intestinal microflora composition and the growth (the weight gain, feed conversion rate) of broiler chickens. Eighty Avian 24K male chickens were divided into 2 groups, 40 birds in each. The aim of this research was to determine the probiotic influence on the weight gain, feed conversion ratio and intestinal microflora content of the chickens. First group was a control group (without VEBAC in drinking water), while the second one was experimental (with addition of VEBAC - 3 g/100 l water). After six weeks of fattening, average live weight in the control group was 1956.10 +/- 15.03 g and in the experimental group 2168.25 +/- 54.24 g (P<0.01). Feed conversion was 2.16 +/- 0.26 and 2.02 +/- 0.28 respectively. The results of bacteriological analyses of intestinal microflora point out the conclusion that lactic bacteria Enterococcus faecium M-74, which were consumed by broilers from the experimental groups through drinking water, resulted in reduction of bacteria from family Enterobacteriaceae and bacteria Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus aureus and Enterococcus faecalis.


The novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has brought to light the role of environmental hygiene in controlling disease transmission. Healthcare facilities are hot spots for infectious pathogens where physical distancing and personal protective equipment (PPE) are not always sufficient to prevent disease transmission. Healthcare facilities need to consider adjunct strategies to prevent transmission of infectious pathogens. In combination with current infection control procedures, many healthcare facilities are incorporating ultraviolet (UV) disinfection into their routines. This review considers how pathogens are transmitted in healthcare facilities, the mechanism of UV microbial inactivation and the documented activity of UV against clinical pathogens. Emphasis is placed on the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) as well as multidrug resistant organisms (MDROs) that are commonly transmitted in healthcare facilities. The potential benefits and limitations of UV technologies are discussed to help inform healthcare workers, including clinical studies where UV technology is used in healthcare facilities.


Commiphora wightii commonly known as "Guggal" is found in arid and semi-arid regions including the deserts of India, Africa and Pakistan. The present study was aimed to investigate the quantity as well of quality of genomic DNA extracted from the different wild populations present in the state of Rajasthan. Samples were collected from different eco climatic regions in the state. An optimized protocol was used for the extraction of genomic DNA of the species, owing to the high content of polysaccharides and phenols present in it. The use of 3M NaCl proved to be especially beneficial during the extraction process and helped yield pure and high quality DNA samples that were verified through the ISSR profiles generated and were deemed fit for research downstream. The study also revealed that diverse edaphic and climatic conditions have had no major effect on the quantity and quality of genomic DNA of C.wightii.


Commuting to work remains the most important travel segment contributing to growing congestion in major metropolitan regions. The traditional demand modeling approach is to focus on a "typical" commuter, who is a full time worker with a fixed workplace and who commutes every workday according to a fixed schedule in the peak periods. This paper investigates the evolution of alternative work arrangements such as part-time work, self-employment, working from home, telecommuting, and flexible and/or compressed work schedules, as well as the incorporation of these factors in travel demand modeling. Three interlinked sub-models of the regional Activity-Based Model (ABM) were developed for Jerusalem: (1) Strategic long-term model that predicts employment type (owner/self-employed or hired), full-time vs. part-time worker status, number of jobs (to account for specifics of multiple-job holders), and usual workplace type (home vs. outside). (2) Long-term workplace location choice model for those whose usual workplace is outside home. (3) Mid-term model that relates to usual commuting frequency and flexibility. Commuting frequency choice incorporates the possibility of a compressed work week. This is combined with possible telecommuting frequency. Two other dimensions relate to work schedule flexibility and usual commuting hours (outbound and inbound). All choice models were estimated based on the recent Household Travel Survey in Jerusalem. Behavioral insights are discussed along with the model application to predict shifts in usual work arrangements as the result of long-term trends as well as possible travel demand management policies.


High performance parallel computing depends on the interaction of a number of factors including the processors, the architecture of the compute nodes, their interconnect network, and the numerical method, and its implication. In this note, we present performance and scalability studies on the newest portion of the cluster maya, referred to as maya 2013, using an existing parallel code for a three-species application problem. This application problem requires long-time simulations on a fine mesh, thus posing a very computationally intensive problem. The speedup of run times afforded by parallel computing makes the difference between simply unacceptably long runs to obtain the results (e.g., several days) and practically feasible studies (e.g., hours). The results also support the scheduling policy implemented, since they confirm that it is beneficial to use all sixteen cores of the two eight-core processors on each node simultaneously.


The COVID-19 global pandemic has brought about many changes to our society, which will have long-term effects for our youth and adolescents. Due to social isolation and adverse childhood experiences, there are concerns of suicidality, technology addiction, and school safety as schools attempt to transition to a state of normalcy in the months to come. This crisis will require coordinated efforts to assist students in not only getting back on track academically but also in helping students cope with the trauma they have and are continuing to experience. As a result, insights from school counselors can be used to obtain a better understanding of the social and emotional effects of COVID-19 by collaborating with administrators to emphasize using school counselors as a mental health provider in schools. The authors highlight school counselors' mental health training and their role in combating this issue and provide practical applications that can employed to create a systemic approach for social and emotional prevention and intervention during and after the pandemic.


Abstract : The results of the experiments lead to the conclusion that time-sharing is not a single general ability, but rather is dependent upon several more specific, and perhaps independent, processing limitations. These include: (1) an inability early in practice to simultaneously select, or retrieve, multiple responses from memory; (2) a persisting inability to initiate multiple independent responses simultaneously; (3) an inability to process, or at least efficiently process, contiguous inputs from separate modalities owing to the need for a modality-specific attentional focus; and (4) an inability to efficiently process multiple inputs from within the same modality owing to the existence of structural interference. It is suggested that the prediction of performance on complex criterion task combinations such as entailed in piloting or air traffic control requires specification of which of these component abilities is required by the criterion situations, and the tailoring or predictor tasks based on this specification.


Review(s) of: Education and the historic environment, edited by Don Henson, Peter Stone and Mike Corbishly, English Heritage, Routledge 2004, 227 pp. ISBN 0-415-28428-7.


Three-dimensional object shape and orientation are determined from a single perspective view with very little a priori knowledge. Groups of parallel lines are detected by searching for common vanishing points, and the orientation of a group of parallel lines is determined by the location of its vanishing point. Edge contour traces are made for finding a primary face of the object. A least-slant-angle heuristic is adopted to help find the orientation of the primary face. A model of the 3D object is constructed in steps, beginning with the primary face. The shape and orientation of the faces in the model are adjusted iteratively so as to minimize the discrepancies between the object image and the image generated by the model. Three examples are presented, and the resulting 3D model interpretation of the object is consistent with human perception.


to have a monophasic increase in BNP/NT-proBNP, peaking within 24 h after the onset of symptoms. Heeschen et al. (4 ) reported that in patients with high baseline NT-proBNP, the absence of a rapid decline in NT-proBNP ( 250 ng/L) after myocardial injury was linked to an adverse short-term prognosis. Furthermore, in patients with low NT-proBNP at baseline, a rise in NT-proBNP 250 ng/L at 72 h after myocardial injury was also linked to 30-day adverse prognosis (4 ). In addition, a strong relation has been documented between plasma concentrations of BNP and NT-proBNP usually measured at hospital admission, and long-term, all-cause mortality, as well as rate of readmissions for heart failure after MI (2, 3 ). Finally, studies of serial measurements of NT-proBNP following admission for non–STelevation acute coronary syndromes have shown that persistently increased peptide concentrations are associated with the presence of refractory ischemia and high risk of short-term recurrent ischemic events (5 ). According to these data, the timing of plasma sampling for NT-proBNP assay needs to be reported explicitly in clinical studies for accurate risk stratification in AMI patients. Unfortunately, in the article by Suzuki et al. (1 ) only the time of sampling for TMAO assay [i.e., mean 3.5 (SD 1.1) days after admission] was reported, whereas the time of NT-proBNP sampling was not specified. Another important limitation of this study regards the characteristics of the cohort of AMI patients, which included a high proportion of patients with STelevation MI (STEMI) and low revascularization rate, making the results of this study difficult to compare with those of studies that have included patients with ACSNSTEMI (acute coronary syndrome non–STEMI) (4 ). Analytical aspects may also play a role in explaining the conflicting results regarding prognostic accuracy of NT-proBNP concentrations. An inhouse method for NTproBNP assay was used in the study of Suzuki et al., whereas the ECLIA (electrochemiluminescence immunoassay) using Elecsys and Cobas automated platforms (Roche Diagnostics), has been the most commonly used method in clinical laboratories. Another potential cause of the conflicting results may be the possible degradation of the peptide in plasma samples stored at 80 °C for several years (1 ). In conclusion, we believe that results reported by Suzuki et al. (1) regarding the prognostic value of NTproBNP in patients with AMI are difficult to evaluate in comparison with other studies reported in the literature owing to the methodological limitations we have outlined here.


The Old English Illustrated Hexateuch (London, British Library, Cotton Claudius B. iv) is one of the most interesting witnesses to the twelfth-century afterlife of pre-Conquest vernacular manuscripts, and to ongoing attempts to provide biblical exegesis in English. Supplied around 1180 with an extensive apparatus, largely Latin but partly English, drawn principally from the Historia Scholastica of Peter Comester, the manuscript's twelfth-century use has been the subject of a recent book-length study (Doane and Stoneman), which provided the editio princeps of the Latin annotations, and a new text of those in English. The purpose of the present note is to provide some corrections to their readings, based on a fresh collation of their edition against the manuscript. Since the Latin and the English notes may be of interest to different parts of the academy, in what follows I treat them separately.


Sir, We largely appreciated the paper by Ramkrishna et al., in particular for the effort in providing an evidencebased, standardised and noninvasive treatment for nontubal ectopic pregnancies. In our routine clinical practice, we frequently deal with first-trimester pregnancies with no previous evaluation coming to the emergency room for bleeding and abdominal pain. In these women, a prompt diagnosis of the site of implantation is mandatory, but frequently challenging for the early gestational age and for the technical limitations related to ultrasound. In particular, in our experience, we have found more difficulties in diagnosing and consequently correctly treating ectopic pregnancies located in the cornual position. The main effort is to distinguish them from an intrauterine pregnancy in eccentric position and from tubal isthmic pregnancies. Recently some papers highlighted the potential role of threedimensional (3D) ultrasound as a tool to determine the site of implantation and evolution of the pregnancy, but data are not univocal. Moreover, 3D probes are probably not available for many clinicians in the emergency room, as in our setting. In the last 5 years, we diagnosed three cases of interstitial pregnancies. Considering the absence of a specific protocol and a univocal consensus on their treatment, we have managed each one differently, based on b-human chorionic gonadotrophin (b-hCG), imaging and clinical conditions. A first case occurred in a 35-year-old multipara at 6 weeks, who came to our unit for vaginal bleeding and resolved spontaneously with a progressive decrease in b-hCG levels without any specific therapy. The second one occurred in a 27-year-old multipara at 10 weeks, in which a uterine septum was suspected and a gestational sac with only yolk sac was visible in the cornual portion of the right fallopian tube. Three days after the diagnosis she had spontaneous vaginal bleeding with incomplete miscarriage that needed curettage. The third case presented in a 36-year-old multipara with a medical history of caesarean section for breech presentation and a right salpingectomy for tubal ectopic pregnancy. At the admission, a left isthmic tubal pregnancy was suspected and laparoscopic access was performed, but no extrauterine pregnancy was found. The following scan detected a gestational sac in the angular left portion of the uterus, but curettage was performed unsuccessfully. Finally, magnetic resonance imaging demonstrated a left interstitial pregnancy. Eight days after surgery the b-hCG value was still increasing, so systemic methotrexate was planned. Three administrations were necessary to reach a significant decrease in b-hCG. This case was particularly challenging for diagnosis and treatment. In the paper by Ramkrishna et al., interstitial pregnancies represent the largest part of the series. We read with interest the therapeutic options proposed, in particular the possibility of ultrasoundguided intra-sac injection, which was performed as treatment of choice in 17 of 41 interstitial pregnancies, with a success rate of 100%, which was significantly higher than in systemic methotrexate cases. Although the limitations in the diagnosis persist, we will take into account in our clinical practice the management suggestions proposed in this paper.&


Calibration and validation activities for the ERS-1 scatterometer were carried out at ECMWF (European Center for Medium range Weather Forecast) complementary to the 'Haltenbanken' field campaign off the coast of Norway. At a Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP) center a wealth of verifying data is available both in time and space. This data is used to redefine the wind retrieval procedure given the instrumental characteristics. It was found that a maximum likelihood estimation procedure to obtain the coefficients of a reformulated sigma deg to wind relationship should use radar measurements in logarithmic rather than physical space, and use winds as the wind components rather than wind speed and direction. Doing this, a much more accurate transfer function than the one currently operated by ESA was derived. Sigma deg measurement space shows no signature of a separation in an upwind solution cone and a downwind solution cone. As such signature was anticipated in ESA's wind direction ambiguity removal algorithm, reconsideration of the procedure is necessary. Despite the fact that revisions have to be made in the process of wind retrieval; a grid potential is shown for scatterometry in meteorology and climatology.


Introduction: Data Report Safety Performance Indicator for Oil and Gas Producers (OGP) in 2018 recorded 2 deaths at the company and 29 deaths occurred to the contractors, with Fatal Accident Rate (FAR) in the company of 0.31 accidents per 1 million working hours and in contractors of 1.20 accidents per 1 million work hours. PT Pupuk Kujang as a petrochemical company has a high-risk of implementation of Contractor Safety Management Systemn (CSMS) to protect safety of contractors. This research aims to evaluate the implementation of Contractor Safety Management System (CSMS). Methods: This study was a descriptive study with an observational method for data collection, and this study was cross-sectional. The variable studied was Contractor Safety Management System (CSMS) including CSMS stages and documents. Results: PT Pupuk Kujang has implemented six stages for the implementation of Contractor Safety Management System (CSMS), namely identification and risk assessment, prequalification, selection, initial work activities, assessment during work, and final assessment of work. However, some shortcomings were observed in the implementation of pre-qualification stage where before being declared to have passed the pre-qualification assessment stage, a local contractor has been appointed as the winner of the tender. Conclusion: The implementation of Contractor Safety Management System (CSMS) at PT Pupuk Kujang still does not run well because there are deficiencies in the prequalification stage.Keywords: contractor safety management system, pt pupuk kujang, prequalification


The feasibility of a program to effect transfer of aerospace professional people from the ranks of the unemployed into gainful employment in the small business community was investigated. The effectiveness of accomplishing transfer of technology from the aerospace effort into the private sector through migration of people rather than products or hardware alone was also studied. Two basic methodologies were developed. One involves the matching of ex-aerospace professionals and small companies according to their mutual needs. A training and indoctrination program is aimed at familiarizing the professional with the small company environment, and a program of follow-up counseling is defined. The second methodology incorporates efforts to inform and arouse interest among the nonaerospace business community toward affirmative action programs that will serve mutual self-interests of the individuals, companies, and communities involved.


Two defective nickel-extended metal-atom chain (EMAC) complexes were synthesized from a pyrazine- and naphthyridine-containing ligand and structurally characterized. The chains consist of dinickel and trinickel units with one absent metal center, in spite of which the complexes are very stable. The magnetic interaction between the two terminal, high-spin nickel atoms is very weak with a spin exchange of J = –0.62(3) cm–1. An electrochemical study on one of the defective nickel EMAC complexes showed high resistance to both oxidation and reduction, with one reduction at E1/2 = –0.76 V and no observable oxidation events in the range from –0.9 V to +1.20 V.


Batticaloa lagoon is an inland body of water plays a significant role to uplift the standard of living of people, especially fishing community in Batticaloa district. However, lagoon water pollution has become a growing menace to human society and natural ecosystems in recent decades. Hence, it is vital to understand the spatial and temporal variability of pollutants within aquatic systems. Therefore, this study aimed to investigate the spatial and temporal variations of surface water of Batticaloa lagoon. This study was carried out from November, 2013 to June, 2014. Batticaloa lagoon was divided into three divisions based on anthropogenic activities where twenty sampling points were randomly selected from these divisions and water samples were taken monthly. Physico-chemical parameters such as temperature, pH, EC and TDS were measured at sampling points while TSS, TS, DO, BOD, phosphate, nitrate and turbidity were measured at laboratory. Data were analyzed statistically to interpret the results. Results showed that all the quality parameters tested except turbidity exceed the standard levels for aquatic life while DO falls within the acceptable range. There were high range in tested parameters, temperature ranged between 27.2 ̊C to 32.5 ̊C, pH 6.4 9.2, EC 600μS/cm 1700μS/cm, TDS 296mg/l 873mg/l, TSS 13mg/l – 35mg/l, phosphate 0.19mg/l 0.76mg/l, nitrate 0.97mg/l 2.60mg/l, DO 4.64mg/l 7.12mg/l, BOD5 4.13mg/l 8.66mg/l and turbidity 6.6NTU 13.9NTU. Phosphate and nitrate levels significantly (p<0.05) varied among the divisions. Further, temperature, pH, EC, TDS, TS, DO and phosphate were high during dry season while TSS, BOD, nitrate and turbidity were high during wet season. The variations of EC, TDS, TS, TSS, BOD and turbidity between wet and dry seasons were also significant. The study concludes that, the Batticaloa lagoon water has been polluted. However, pollution level is not severe. Therefore, measures should be taken to prevent the further pollution of Batticaloa lagoon.