Background: Abdominal wall hernias are familiar surgical problem. Millions of patients are affected each year presenting with most commonly with ventral, incisional, and inguinal hernias. Hernia may be either symptomatic or asymptomatic and may cause pain or are aesthetically distressing. These problems coupled with the risk of obstruction and incarceration are the most common reasons, patients seeking surgical repair of hernias. Laparoscopic repair of hernia demands for significant expertise. Placement of mesh in a sublay position has found to be effective and to have a low recurrence in anterior abdominal wall hernia repairs.Methods: Prospective study involving 50 patients with anterior abdominal wall hernias undergoing laparoscopic mesh repair in a tertiary center. To determine the usefulness of laparoscopic repairs in the surgical treatment of Anterior Abdominal Wall Hernias (AAWH).Results: Laparoscopic Ventral Hernia Repair (LVHR) using Intraperitoneal Onlay Mesh Repair (IPOM) technique, and Transabdominal Preperitoneal Repair (TAPP) for inguinal hernias in author's experience was safe, good cosmetic and resulted in short operative time, fewer complications, short hospital stays and no recurrence at 2years follow up. Thus, patients have less morbidity, good quality of life.Conclusions: Laparoscopic AAWH repair should be considered as the procedure of choice for anterior abdominal wall hernias. Effective, safe and feasible and reproducible technique with avoidance of large incisions and extensive dissections, lower incidence of wound infections, reduced analgesic requirements, early recovery, short length of hospital stay and early return to normal activities.


Machine-made sand has a little higher mechanical performance than natural bank sand and has good performance for roads in use.Replacing natural bank sand with machine-made sand in road pavement construction can produce excellent economic and social benefit.


Using the long sequence statistical data of cultivated land of Guizhou and the corresponding social resources and economic resources during the period 1983-2008,the change trend of the cultivated land was analyzed.Employing stepwise regression analysis,the correlation between the quantitative change in cultivated land and the factors of society and economy was analyzed.The main conclusions were shown below: there was mutation in cultivated land area by the national policy.Due to the large population base,per capita cultivated land was gentle decreasing.Land utilization and intensive utilization were enhanced constantly.Meanwhile,the ecological environment was destroyed along with chemical fertilizers and pesticides increasing year by year.Rural population and urbanization level were the dominant macro-driving force factors in cultivated land changes in Guizhou.Therefore,the control of population quantity and the advance of urbanization promoted sustainable economic development in rural.


It has been acknowledged that the shift to more sustainable consumption patterns and levels is a complex task that requires the involvement of multiple societal actors and clear visions of more sustainable lifestyles. In addition to the complex nature of the problem and the diversity of interest of different actors with regard to their role in facilitating the change, there are also a number of myths that characterise the mainstream discourse on sustainable consumption especially in policy circles. Holding on to these myths prevents policy makers from seeing the real situation and from effectively addressing the sustainability challenges. In this paper we provide evidence that dispels these myths, and we hope this could help policy makers in developing more effective change strategies, rather than falling back on "raising awareness? and other popular, but ineffective tools.


Objective To investigate the relationship between USP24 polymorphism and sporadic Parkinson's disease.Methods Genotyping USP24 polymorphism in 207 patients with Parkinson's diseas and 218 healthy controls was analyzed using polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism(PCR-RFLP)technique. Results No significant differences in SNP rs487230 in USP24gene were observed between the patients and the controls. Conclusion Of Han population in northern part of China,the USP24 polymorphism is uncorrelated with the pathogenesy of Parkinson's disease.


A novel circularly polarized (CP) microstrip antenna is introduced. The antenna is fed with a single coaxial probe and the structure is planar. The CP bandwidth is much larger than available single-probe microstrip antennas and the CP radiation quality is excellent over the entire upper hemisphere.


Social networks have recently been widely explored in many fields; these networks are composed of a set of autonomous social actors and the interaction relations among them. Multiagent computing has already been widely envisioned to be a powerful paradigm for modeling autonomous multientity systems; therefore, it is promising to connect the research on social networks and multiagent systems. In general, there are three views for research on social networks: the structure-oriented view, in which only the network structure characteristics among actors are considered, the actor-oriented view, in which only the behavior characteristics of actors are considered, and the actor-structure crossing view, in which both actors and network structures are considered and their crossing effects are explored. This survey paper mainly concerns studies on social networks that have the last two views and discusses the relationship between social networks and multiagent systems. Because coordination is critical for both multiagent systems and social networks, this paper classifies studies on social networks that are based on the coordination mechanisms among the actors in the social networks. By referring to typical types of coordination situations in multiagent systems, social networks in previous studies can be classified into three classes: cooperative social networks, noncooperative social networks, and multiple social networks; for each class, this paper reviews the existing studies and discusses the challenge issues and possible future research directions. From this survey, we find that social networks can be understood well via a multiagent coordination perspective and also that many multiagent coordination techniques can be cogently applied in research on social networks. Moreover, this paper discusses the advantages and disadvantages of the multiagent coordination perspective by comparing with other perspectives on studying social networks.


Conventional disaster resources management systems among the several institutes are not mutually connected. In case of NDMS(National Disaster Management System), the data of the system is confined to the resources of the local governments and not connected with any other disaster resource management systems. Therefore, it is difficult to find the needed resources, when the large scale disaster is occurred. In this paper, we developed the integrated model of the distributed resources management framework considering the current resource management environment among the institutes. It is loosely coupling model under the centralized system, called IDRM(Integrated Disaster Resource Manager). The system will be verified with the test sites including Korea Expressway Corporation, JeonBuk local government, and Korea Construction Equipment Association. Via the field testing, the system will be the base of the real available system in the future.


Clark, Rhyno, Unwanted Intrusive Thoughts in Nonclinical Individuals: Implications for Clinical Disorders. Falsetti, Monnier, Resnick, Intrusive Thoughts in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder. Wenzlaff, Seeking Solace but Finding Despair: The Persistence of Intrusive Thoughts in Depression. Harvey, Unwanted Intrusive Thoughts in Insomnia. Wells, Worry, Intrusive Thoughts, and Generalized Anxiety Disorder: The Metacognitive Theory and Treatment. Clark, O'Connor, Thinking is Believing: Ego-Dystonic Intrusive Thoughts in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. Morrison, Psychosis and the Phenomenon of Unwanted Intrusive Thoughts. Marshall, Langton, Unwanted Thoughts and Fantasies Experienced by Sexual Offenders: Their Nature, Persistence, and Treatment. Purdon, Unwanted Intrusive Thoughts: Present Status and Future Directions.


The modernization of a Firefighting Communications Mobile Command Center and the application of high technology has become an important indicator of modernization and informationization of firefighting forces.A mobile firefighting communication and command system can help to standardize,program and optimize the firefighting command,with the information platform as the carrier,the spot image and video acquisition as the source,the information sharing as the base,the command coordination as the goal.It highly integrates the "traffic flow" and the "information flow",greatly enhances fire rescue and command work's efficiency,the quality and the level,promotes the firefighting reform,so that the operational command on line becomes a reality.


The desires to become more independent and to advance in career make most women hold their marriage plan. This creates new phenomenon, known as single career woman. This research is conducted to explore the dynamic perception of the life partner in single career woman. Phenomenology is being used in this method. Subjects are three single career woman (30 – 45 years old), who reside in Semarang. Data collections are obtained by in-depth interviews, observations, and field notes. The result indicates that partner's perception makes the women are extra-cautious in choosing their mates. The women tend to reject, avoid, or even break the relationship with the men whom they found unsuitable in accordance to their perceptions. This tendency will motivates them to keep living as single. However, being a single contributes positively in giving more freedom and more independency in making decisions. On the contrary, they also become more exclusive, emotional, and childish, feel emptier, create social's mistrust and pressure from society.


In this paper, some 1,437 pavement sections from ninety-seven projects in Michigan were analyzed to investigate the interaction between pavement swface roughness and distress. The main hypothesis of this research is that an increase in roughness leads to higher dynamic axle loads, which in tum can lead to a tangible acceleration in pavement distress. If this relationship is established, then it will be possible to plan a preventive maintenance (PM) action to smooth the pavement surface. Such a PM action is bound to extend the service life of the pavement by several years. The objectives of this research were to: 1) test the above hypothesis; 2) develop roughness thresholds; and 3) determine the optimal timing of the PM action. The selected projects include all pavement types. The Ride Quality Index (RQJ) and Distress Index (DJ) were used as measures of surface roughness and distress, respectively. The analysis showed good relationships between DI and RQI for rigid and composite pavements; however for flexible pavements there was significant scatter. A logistic function was used to fit the data. Roughness thresholds were determined as the RQI-values corresponding to peak acceleration in distress. In addition, actual surface profiles of 335 in-service pavement sections from thirty-seven projects were used to generate dynamic axle load using the TruckSim® truck simulation program. Good correlations between dynamic axle load and RQI were obtained. Based on these relationships, roughness threshold values were determined for all pavement types. Rigid pavements had higher RQI threshold values than flexible and composite pavements. The results agreed reasonably with those obtained using MDOT PMS distress data.


Carbon fiber microelectrodes coated with a silver and Nafion layers constitute sensitive H2O2 sensors. The silver at the electrode is composed of porous, partially aggregated and crystalline deposits of silver nanoparticles. A wide concentration range (from 1x10–5 up to 0.1 M H2O2) is achieved when using amperometry in stirred solution at 0 mV (vs. Ag/AgCl).


"Human Flesh Searching Engine" has become the hot spot of the society with the development of the Internet.The facts show that the "human flesh searching engine" is totally different between the application in the public sphere and private sphere because of the psychological factor.The real life and virtual life exist at the same time.We cannot judge "Human flesh searching engine" good or bad because it is just a tool,the most important thing we are facing now is the construction of morality.


This paper puts a strong emphasis on the design and achievement of display system′s hardware and software, puts an idea of design that embeded technical control computer is combined with signal processing system in reason. To the certain realization, the problem of dynamic signal wave′s display is solved by double ports RAM and data exchange through PC/104 bus, and effectively improves system′s identify ability.


[Objective] The research aimed to seek the replacement of plastic film and solve the problem of white pollution.[Method] The effects of three liquid films were tested with no mulching and plastic film mulching as control,in which soil temperature at 5 cm depth,soil moisture at the top 20 cm layer,traits of cotton growth and development and yield were investigated.[Result] The three liquid films all increased soil temperature and moisture,which made cotton development more balanced in early stage and late stage and achieved equivalent cotton yield.[Conclusion] Liquid films could be used in cotton cultivation,but the using method and dosage should be studied further.


FAIR data principles represent a set of community-agreed guiding principles and practices for all researchers involved in the eScience ecosystem. The FAIR data principles were created to improve the reuse of data by making it findable, accessible, interoperable and reusable. The goal of these principles is to ensure that the inputs and outputs from computational analysis can be easily found and understood by data consumers, both humans and machines. Since the introduction of FAIR Data Principles in 2016, the interest in these principles has been constantly increasing and several research groups have started developing tools for evaluation of data FAIRness. In this paper, we aim to analyze the available online tools and checklists for data FAIRness evaluation and to provide tool comparison based on multiple features. Taking into account this analysis and tools advantages and disadvantages, we provide recommendations about the tools usage. A FAIRness practical evaluation is also conducted on seven data sets from different data repositories using the analysed tools. Findings show that there are no commonly accepted requirements evaluation of data FAIRness. The conclusions of this study could be used for further improvement of the FAIRness criteria design and making FAIR feasible in daily practice.


Following paperwork is the attempt to calculate the costs of hypertension diagnostics and treatment.
The examined group consisted of 110 hypertensives. The evaluated period was 3 months.
Hypertensives were divided into several groups with reference to the accompanying diseases.
The average stay in hospital was 8.5 day. It was stated that the largest share in the costs
were expenses related to the diagnostics and so called hotels, whereas much less expensive
was the pharmacotherapy. ( Forum Zaburzen Metabolicznych 2011, vol. 2, no 3, 177–183)


The present investigation was carried out during 2006/07 and 2007/08 seasons, in Agric. Exp. Res. Station, Fac. Agric., Cairo University, Giza, Egypt. The research work aimed to study the influence of different levels of chemical fertilization on yield and yield attributes on faba bean (Vicia faba, L.). The examined fertilizer rates were 0, 15 and 30 kg N/fad. , 0, 12and 24 kg K2O/fad. and 0, 500 and 1000 g/fad as edit micronutrients compound called ( Composite Voliavid). There were progressive augmentations in seed yield/fad due to increasing the level of nitrogen fertilization from 15 to 30 kg N/fad. Potassium fertilization application had a significant effect on seed yield /fad. Data also showed that seed yield / fad were significantly increased with increasing the level of K fertilization, where 24 kg K2O/fad Level surpassed 12 kg K2O/fad. It is also obvious that the high dose of micronutrients compound ( 1000g /fad) significantly increased seed yield of faba bean /fad as compared with the lower one (500g/fad). In conclusion the data showed that the best production of faba bean was achieved by 30kg N, 24 kg K2O with spraying plants by micronutrients (Compound Voliaved ) in 1000 g / fad dose.


(12.57%), social circumstances (5.79%) and package of care (1.80%). Readmission rates were highest (69.26%) in Medicine, then Surgery (19.96%), and Trauma and Orthopedics (10.78%). In total, 52 patients (10.38%) had their LACE index calculated, of whom 51 had a high LACE index at the time of discharge. Conclusion : The LACE index should be implemented as a mandatory risk assessment tool in the hospital's system for all patients over 70 years of age and to ensure adequate community service referrals are provided to patients with moderate-high LACE scores to reduce readmission rates.


Unlike the conspicuous burst of the dotcom bubble, the telecoms crash came quietly, but turned out to be bigger and more catastrophic. This paper reflects upon the boom and bust of the telecommunications industry from the late 1990s to the early 2000s, and seeks to understand it with the insights from behavioural economics. It argues that fundamentally it is about decision making under uncertainty with bounded rationality and imperfect information. The similar human foibles behind the telecoms crash and other economic bubbles offer insights for executives, specialists, regulators and government policymakers to approach the coming challenges in this fast-changing industry.


Atherosclerotic extracranial internal carotid aneurysms are a rare entity and have diverse etiologies. Comprehensive information about these lesions is difficult to obtain and has resulted from the publication of small series and isolated clinical reports. The authors report the case of an atherosclerotic carotid aneurysm submitted to surgical treatment and discuss the clinical presentation and surgical strategy. |


A vibration generating mechanism includes at least first and second permanent magnets spaced from each other with the same magnetic poles opposed to each other. The first permanent magnet is coupled to a link mechanism so that the drive force of a drive source may be transmitted to the first permanent magnet via the link mechanism. A periodic and reciprocating movement of the first permanent magnet relative to the second permanent magnet changes the opposing area thereof, causing vibration of the second permanent magnet.


Ria Respati Rahayu. The Correlation between Cognitive Style with Student
Learning Outcomes at Introduction Accounting and Financial Subject on X
Accounting Class in SMKN 25 Jakarta. Script. Jakarta. Concentration of
Accounting Education. Study Program of Economic Education. Department of
Economic and Administration. Faculty of Economic. State University of Jakarta.
2014.
The aim of this research is to find whether there is a correlation between
cognitive style with student learning outcomes at Introduction Accounting and
Financial Accounting Subject on Class X in SMKN 25 Jakarta. The data
collection and analysis method in this research involve survey method with
correlational approach. The population in this research are all student in SMKN
25 Jakart totaling 510 student. Affordability of the entire population are
accounting student on Class X totaling 70 student. The sampling technique used
was proporsional random sampling, which amounted to 58 student based on 5%
error level on the chart Isaac and Michael. Data cognitive style (variable X)
using primary data obtained from questionnaires, while the learning outcomes
(variable Y) using secondary data from semester test score in the academic year
2013/2014.
The requirements test analysis is conducted by looking for the regression equation
Ŷ = 24,10 + 0,52X. Based on the results of the hypothesis test is known that the
data are normally distributed. Through the significance and linearity regression
test known that the regression is significant and the regression model used is
linear. In coefficient correlation hypothesis test and t-test is known that the
correlation between the two variables is strong and significant correlation.Then
the coefficient of determination test resulted that cognitive style would influence
the learning outcomes for 44,05%. Thus known that the hypothesis is accepted,
this assumption supports the theory from Hamzah B. Uno, Noel, and Richard J.
Riding and Stephen G. Rayner. These results proved existence of a positive and
significant correlation between cognitive style with learning outcomes at
Introduction Accounting and Financial Subject on X Accounting class in SMKN
25 Jakarta. The implication of this research explains that students must know
their cognitive styles in order to develop properly as it will affect the learning
outcomes.


The article analyzes the evolution of incidence and prevalence rates of child sexual abuse recorded in the statistics of different states and regions of the world,including the United States of America, Canada, Australia, Central America and South America, Africa, Asia, the Middle East and Europe. The paper also discusses the conclusions of the main international reports and assessments on the extent of the child sexual abuse phenomenon and it emphasizes certain distinct characteristics of child sexual abuse perpetrated by women against minors, mainly against teenagers.


"The Vergilian presence in The Tempest is often of [a]
spectral kind," Charles Martindale writes, naming it a "ghostly
quality." Recent criticism of the relationship between The Tempest
and the Aeneid has begun to acknowledge the unique nature of the
relationship between the two works, at once more pervasive and more
subtle than other correspondences between Shakespearean plays and
their sources. Building on this recent work, I attempt in this
project to describe the texts' relationship more fully, which far
exceeds simple linguistic or episodic parallels. Vergil's true
influence on the play is to be found in The Tempest's sense of
temporality, crisis, memory, and expectation, through which the
past and future acquire a strange unity, and which I come to refer
to collectively as "Vergilian time."


Analyzing the pathways of people who earned interdisciplinary research doctorates in the United States in 2010, we generate three main findings while controlling for gender, ethnicity, discipline, and age. First, individuals who complete an interdisciplinary dissertation display near-term income risk since they tend to earn nearly $1,700 less in the year after graduation. Second, students whose fathers earned a college degree demonstrated a .8% higher probability of pursuing interdisciplinary research. Third, the probability that non-citizens pursue interdisciplinary dissertation work is 4.7% higher when compared with US citizens. Our findings quantify the risks of interdisciplinary work and contribute to policy debates.


We consider coherent atomic tunneling between two weakly coupled Bose-Einstein condensates (BEC) at T=0 in (possibly asymmetric) double-well trap. The condensate dynamics of the macroscopic amplitudes in the two wells is modeled by two Gross-Pitaevskii equations (GPE) coupled by a tunneling matrix element.
The evolution of the inter-well fractional population imbalance (related to the condensate phase difference) is obtained in terms of elliptic functions, generalizing well-known Josephson effects such as the `ac' effect, the `plasma oscillations', and the resonant Shapiro effect, to nonsinusoidal regimes. We also present exact solutions for a novel `macroscopic quantum self-trapping' effect arising from nonlinear atomic self-interaction in the GPE. The coherent BEC tunneling signatures are obtained in terms of the oscillation periods and the Fourier spectrum of the imbalance oscillations, as a function of the initial values of GPE parameters. Experimental procedures are suggested to make contact with theoretical predictions.


In this work the chaperone related muscular proteostasis and the failure of cellular proteostasis were addressed. The balanced action of Hsc70 and its cofactors UNC-23 and DNJ-13 was found being crucial for the contribution of Hsc70 to muscle functionality in C. elegans. Analyzing the misbalanced proteostasis system in S. cerevisiae damages to the mitochondrial system were detected in polyglutamine intoxicated yeasts and an intricate connection between polyglutamine-induced toxicity, mitochondrial functionality and iron homeostasis was suggested.


This article commented on the European 'OPTIMUM' project which has developed an approach for better access. London, Amsterdam and seven other partners are testing this approach with some promising results. Brief details of some of the projects are given along with comment on successful schemes such as the bicycle loan scheme for companies, Bikes for Business.


The rationale of characterizing seed beds prepared for wheat by describing the environment at a distance from the plant/soil interface by a selected number of measurements on a bulk basis in the horizontal plane at small increments of depth is discussed. A field procedure is described of in situ measurements to specify the soil conditions of biological consequence to germination and emergence. Measurements at small increments of depth are made to determine: (i) moisture status by moisture content and by moisture potential; (ii) aeration status by air-filled porosity; (iii) temperature regime by monitoring the soil temperature profile with depth; (iv) soil strength by the bulk shear strength of the soil under in situ stress conditions. Field results suggest that the described field procedure is suitable for the routine study of soils involving a wide range of moisture contents, of moisture potentials and of structure. The results show that, within the top 15 cm of a prepared seed bed, soil physical properties change markedly with depth. In particular, tenfold increases of bulk shear strength were measured. Results also showed that bulk shear strength could not be predicted from penetrometer readings and that the mean aerial temperature at 1.2 m is not sufficient to define the mean temperature regime of the developing seedling. The field procedure described is recommended for the characterization of seed beds.


The invention discloses a satellite beam coverage dynamic adjustment method based on a beam service volume. The method is characterized in that according to a mode of dynamically adjusting satellite beam coverage according to the size of the service volume within the beam coverage of every satellite, radiation angles and dip angles of satellite antennas are adjusted in real time under the conditions of different beam service volumes, switching is performed between a uniform beam coverage mode and a non-uniform beam coverage mode, and resources on satellites are distributed again between the newly adjusted beams. Compared with an existing satellite beam resource management scheme with the same target of improving system throughput, the satellite beam coverage dynamic adjustment method based on the beam service volume greatly reduces calculation and achievement complexity, users' service fairness between different beams can be improved while the system throughput is improved, and satellite resources can be utilized more effectively.


We propose a simple and original approach for solving linear-quadratic mean-field stochastic control problems. We study both finite-horizon and infinite-horizon problems , and allow notably some coefficients to be stochastic. Our method is based on a suitable extension of the martingale formulation for verification theorems in control theory. The optimal control involves the solution to a system of Riccati ordinary differential equations and to a linear mean-field backward stochastic differential equation ; existence and uniqueness conditions are provided for such a system. Finally, we illustrate our results through two applications with explicit solutions: the first one deals with a portfolio liquidation problem with trade crowding, and the second one considers an economic model of substitutable production goods. MSC Classification: 49N10, 49L20, 93E20.


Mesenchymal stem cells(MSCs) are present in adult tissues,including bone marrow and adipose tissue,from which they can be easily isolated and cultured ex vivo.Several preclinical and clinical studies have supported the notion that therapy using MSCs may be applicable for: myocardial repair,improving ventricular function mediated through differentiating into myocardial-like cells,and angiogenesis or paracrine effects.Overall MSCs are an attractive cell population for cardiovascular repair.This paper reviews the current status of the use of MSCs,and advances in related areas.


In a wind energy conversion system (WECS) based on a doubly fed induction generator (DFIG), a fast and smooth automatic synchronization of the DFIG with the utility grid is always desirable. Additionally, elimination of the need for a speed encoder makes the synchronization process much more reliable. This paper proposes a modified voltage controller‐based automatic grid‐synchronization strategy for the DFIG‐WECS using a rotor‐current‐dependent model‐reference‐adaptive‐system (MRAS) for rotor‐speed/position estimation. A V/f control‐based starting strategy is used to start the DFIG. An improved decoupled DFIG stator voltage controller is proposed to enhance the transient response during the DFIG grid synchronization. The modified controller is implemented in a grid‐voltage‐oriented reference frame to synchronize the DFIG‐stator with the grid. A robust modified MRAS with higher noise immunity and reduced machine parameter dependency is used to estimate the rotor‐speed/position during synchronization control. To validate the performance of the proposed strategy, a DFIG‐based WECS is modeled and simulated using an OPAL‐RT real‐time simulator, where a motor‐generator setup is modeled to have an equivalent WECS configuration. As compared with the latest reported work, this approach reduces the synchronization time by 16.99% while ensuring a smooth synchronization with no stator inrush‐current, even without any speed/position encoder.


Composite and wet on wet concrete pavements are a promising solution for the economical, sustainable and durable construction and renewal of highways. Wet-on-wet pavements consist of Portland cement concrete (PCC)-over-PCC, with a relatively thin PCC layer placed wet on a wet thicker layer made of a less expensive PCC mixture. A composite pavement here will be referred to as, a relatively thin hot mix asphalt (HMA) layer placed over a less expensive PCC mixture. In order to acquire knowledge on the performance of these pavements, three heavily instrumented pavement sections were constructed at the Minnesota Road Research Facility (MnROAD) in May 2010. The purpose of the instrumentation is to establish the magnitude of the environmental loads that develop within these pavements and the response of the pavement to both these environmental loads as we as traffic loads. Without this, the development of a rational mechanistic-empirical design process is not possible. The instrumentation of PCC pavements constructed in two lifts has never been performed before and presents a surmountable challenge. Discussed below are novel instrumentation techniques that were developed to overcome these challenges.


1. The activity taught me the meaning of privilege. 2. I was comfortable sharing my experiences and opinions about privilege in the activity. 3. The activity taught me why it is important to understand privilege. Conclusion • Participants felt more comfortable sharing experiences. • WPI should implement this activity as a complement to the privilege walk How Beads Help • More personal • Participants less likely to change answers due to environment


Abstract : The Electronics Research Laboratory of The Aerospace Corporation is developing a heterodyne millimeter wave Superconducting Low Noise Receiver. This report, covering FY 76 and FY76T, discusses the progress in developing techniques to extend the performance of the super-Schottky mixer diode into the millimeter wavelength region. The report is divided into four subjects: (1) the identification of leakage mechanisms and their control; (2) a superconducting Schottky contact to n-type InSb; (3) a superconducting contact to an (InGa)Sb surface on n-InSb, and (4) the contact array diode. (Author)


This study explored the ozone-CO correlations on the global scale in boreal summer using a chemical transport model (Global Modeling Initiative (GMI)), driven by three sets of meteorological data: fvGCM with sea surface temperature for 1995, GEOS4DAS for 2005, and MERRA for 2005. The simulations are compared with the measurements from the Tropospheric Emission Spectrometer (TES) satellite instrument so the model's capability to reproduce the TES data and sensitivity to various meteorological


In present research, we examined and analyzed the fundamental solutions of the equations of statics for the transversal-isotropic plates, which were built using generalized theory of the {m,n}-approximation. The methods for reducing the three-dimensional problems of the theory of elasticity to the two-dimensional ones are explored. In the study, we analyzed results, obtained on the basis of theory of the {m,n}-approximation, for the purpose of determining the refinement, which is introduced by the retention of a large number of terms in the expansion series of the desired functions. This theory is the most preferable for reducing the three-dimensional equations of the theory of elasticity to the two-dimensional ones since it is not based on any hypotheses, but employs the method of I. N. Vekua for the expansion of the desired functions into the Fourier series by the Legendre polynomials. This approach makes it possible to examine not only the thin plates, but also the plates of medium and large thickness, and allows us to consider transverse shearing and normal stresses. Since the classical theory of Kirchhoff–Love does not take these stresses into account, then examining on the basis of the refined theories of the stressed-strained state of transversal-isotropic plates under the action of concentrated force impacts is a relevant scientific and technical task. We carried out numerical studies that make it possible to determine the refinement, which is introduced by the retention of a large number of terms in the expansion series of the desired functions and to analyze the character of behavior of internal force factors of the zero spin stressed state and the state of bending, obtained with the use of generalized theory of the {1,0}- and {1,2}-approximation. The obtained results play a decisive role when exploring different boundary problems of the mechanics of thin-walled elements of structures, including those exposed to the concentrated and local diverse actions.


FIELD: data processing systems. SUBSTANCE: data processing device has processing core, having bank of registers, which includes a set of registers, which are utilized for storing stack operands. Commands from second set of commands, determining stack operands, are translated by translator of commands to commands of first set of commands or controlling signals, appropriate for these commands, and determining register operands. These translated commands are then performed by processor core. Commands translator has multiple display states for controlling which registers match which stack operands in stack. Changes between display states are performed dependently on stack operands added to set of registers or removed from there. EFFECT: improved system operation speed. 2 cl, 13 dwg


This issue brings together articles broadly grouped under the theme of "Doing Development". This important topic considers the practice of development itself, as well as the necessity of evaluating it and adapting it to a host of changing circumstances – including climate-change induced crises, the COVID-19 pandemic, civil unrest, forced migration, food scarcity, and future pandemics and emergencies. In 2022, in the face of populations in flux and so many compounded crises throughout the globe, it is vital to consider how we can ensure that the outcomes of development are appropriately distributed and that development strategies are designed so that they benefit those who need it most. As a result, we must consider who shapes development policy, and the crucial role played by that those who are the potential beneficiaries of a particular project in designing and developing it. The 14 articles in this issue offer evaluations of various development projects. Some emphasise the necessity for community engagement; some consider the design and scope of NGOs. Others evaluate certain aspects of the process of development, such as the intermediary or "fixer" role of those who help academics and NGOs to communicate with local people, or the relationship between evaluation and monitoring. Others consider the ways in which development projects should adapt, or are adapting, in the face of challenging or changing circumstances. Ann Wigglesworth explores the role of friendship in facilitating the ownership of development projects by Timorese partners, fostering an ongoing relationship of reciprocal trust and respect that, she argues, is not found in aid projects restricted to a particular timeframe. Thaneshwar Bhusal and Ganesh Prasad Pandeya look at how the voices of community members are heard in the design of development by evaluating a municipal-level development planning process in Nepal. They find that informal forums can be useful in encouraging local opinion. Furthering the analysis of community engagement models, Karl M. Rich, Jared Berends, and Gregory S. Cooper provide an overview of a new participatory process – spatial group model building – demonstrating its recent applications in informing development interventions. Then, considering the importance of design and trajectory, Nicholas Philip Simpson and Madleina Daehnhardt present the design approach that underpins faith-based international NGO Tearfund's response to the Sustainable Development Goals. The articles that follow turn to the question of evaluation. Marcos Vinicio Wink Junior, Felipe Garcia Ribeiro, and Luis Henrique Zanandrea Paese evaluate the effectiveness of a home-based programme for elementary students in Brazil, finding that the programme results in a significant reduction in violent behaviour among these students. Madhurima Waghmare and Shaleen Singhal introduce a framework for evaluating the effectiveness and monitoring the development of smart cities in India, with the specific aim of moving towards a more egalitarian distribution of the benefits of development. Next, turning to a form of evaluation that could be more broadly applied to the global practice of development, Emma Heywood and Sue-Ann Harding examine the role of the "contrôleuse" – the "fixer" or "interface" between local people and NGOs or academics. Considering projects in Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger, they argue that a proper consideration of this intermediary role can assist in reducing inequalities throughout the research process. Then, to greater emphasise the


The National Bureau of Plant genetic Resources (NBPGR), New Delhi carries out the registration of unique crop germplasm in order to protect the intrinsic intellectual property as well as to facilitate greater utilization of germplasm in crop improvement programmes. It is therefore imperative to enhance access to information on registered crop germplasm. Here, we present a concept of a search engine that can suffice dual functions of a Web-based and portable search application. The concept entails converting raw data through a series of transformations from a Microsoft-Excel to eXtensible Markup Language (XML) data format. XML data initialized on compatible Web browsers are then queried for the search term based on a looping regular expression matching. The results are then loaded onto the browser in a tabulated output. The concept is implemented in the form of 'Inventory of Registered Crop Germplasm' on the Web as well as on a portable memory (compact disk or flash drive). The portable search engine works with minimal hardware and software requirements to enable its widespread utility to ensure greater access to information on registered crop germplasm. The portable search engine can be obtained from the NBPGR, New Delhi and the Web-based search engine can be accessed at http://www.nbpgr.ernet.in/IRCG/index.htm.


Ageing is associated with a progressive decrease in maximal strength (Clark & Manini 2012), with the loss of muscle mass being proposed as the main contributor of such a decrease. However, muscular...


In ordering in_nite utility streams, anonymity and Pareto are considered two basic principles. Anonymity is usually expressed by means of a group of cyclic or Pareto-compatible permutations. Maximal (for inclusion) groups of cyclic permutations involve free ultra_lters on the lattice of partitions of positive integers and are therefore nonconstructible objects. This result is in line with the conjecture of Fleurbaey and Michel (2003) and with the results of Lauwers (2006) and Zame (2007).


A taxonomic study of the genus Begonia Blume (Begoniaceae) in South East Sulawesi (Mt. Mekongga and Mt. Watuwila) were conducted based on morphological characters. Six species of Begonia were discovered. Three previously known species (Begonia aptera Blume, B. flacca Irmschr. and B. hispidissima Warburgh.), two new species and one variety were proposed and on going for publication. Some colour pictures were displayed and potential uses of each species are presented.


e18072 Background: Clinical course and aggressiveness of a tumor, as well as the subtle mechanisms of its pathogenesis are related to vascularization, which in turn is determined by the ability of transformed cells to synthesize a wide range of biologically active substances. Among modern approaches to cancer treatment, special attention is paid to anti-EGFR agents reducing tumor vascularization. The purpose of this study was to analyze VEGF expression in tumor vessels in patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the tongue and oral mucosa developing cetuximab resistance. Methods: The study included 45 patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the tongue and oral mucosa T3-4N0-1M0. The patients were divided into 3 groups: group 1 – all patients before treatment; group 2 – patients after standard chemotherapy with cisplatin and fluorouracil; group 3 – patients after chemotherapy in combination with targeted therapy with cetuximab. Immunohistochemical study was performed on sections from paraffin blocks of tumors using monoclonal murine anti-VEGF antibodies (clone VG1, Thermo Scientific) diluted 1:150. The Reveal Polyvalent HRP-DAB Detection System was used. The significance of differences was assessed using the Mann Whitney and Wilcoxon tests calculated using the STATISTICA 10.0 program (StatSoftInc., USA). Results: Changes in the density of vessels stained with the VEGF marker were studied in tumor cells of patients in all groups. Patients in group 1 had from 3 to 10 vessels in one field of view; in group 2 – from 2 to 6 vessels in 70% of cases (21) and up to 15 vessels in 30% of cases (9); in group 3 – only solitary vessels. The average numbers of microvessels stained with the VEGF marker per field of view were 6.5±1.52; 4.5±1.71; 1.0±0.28, respectively. Quantification of intratumoral microvascular density showed that the minimum number of microvasculature vessels in the field of view was observed in patients who received chemotherapy and targeted therapy with cetuximab. The value was 5 times lower compared to initial values, and 4 times lower than in patients who received only standard chemotherapy (the Mann Whitney test, p < 0.05). The statistical analysis according to the Wilcoxon test on the effect of targeted therapy (comparison between groups 2 and 3) revealed a statistically significant effect of cetuximab for this marker (p = 0.028). Conclusions: Immunohistochemical analysis of the VEGF neoangiogenesis factor in squamous cell carcinoma of the tongue and oral mucosa confirmed the effectiveness of targeted therapy with cetuximab.


Abstract— Some reactions of methylene blue (oxidized form) excited by visible light, were investigated at 25°C in dilute and deaerated aqueous solutions. Under these conditions, methylene blue causes oxidation of sodium ascorbate, ferrocytochrome c and ethylenediamine tetraacetate (in air), as determined spectrophotometrically. Most of these reactions showed measurable reversibility in the dark. Chelation with divalent ions inhibited the photoxidation of ethylenediamine tetraacetate. Ferricytochrome c was reduced by excited methylene blue. The buffers used in the above reactions (Tris‐HCl or sodium phosphate) appeared to participate in these photoexcited systems. Inhibitors are described for the methylene blue‐ascorbate photoreaction.


The interaction between flow and topography may result in different forms of complex morphologies in the river,and alternate bars are one kind of these morphologies.Researches show that the corresponding formation mechanism is the instability of the bottom topography.In this paper,numerical simulation method and results of alternate bars caused by the bed instability were presented.The ADI scheme was implemented to solve the flow equation,and the equation for bed level change was solved by Euler-WENO scheme,which was more stable than the traditional schemes.This coupled computation model of flow and bottom morphology was used to study the evolution of the straight channel with alternate bars.


The invention drying apparatus to improve and by operations by diversifying the temperature of the heater with energy reduction to enable the temperature maintained in the proper drying drum, and further drying efficiency by varying the speed of the fan used in the drying apparatus, and It relates to its control method. To this end, the present invention is that the drying drum is accommodated a drying object, and a blowing fan installed so that air to pass into the drying drum, detects a heater for heating the air supplied to the drying drum, the temperature inside the drying drum with the temperature sensor and, a drive motor for generating a driving force for rotating the drying drum and the blowing fan and the sensing result of the temperature sensor provides a drying apparatus comprising a controller for controlling to vary the number of revolutions of the drive motor do. To this end, the present invention provides a control method of a drying apparatus with a heater for supplying the blowing fan and the hot air in which the speed is variable by the drive motor, (a) sensing the temperature of the drying drum of the drying Kosugi comparing the set temperature inside the drying drum; (B) provides a method of controlling a drying device made in the above (a) to selectively control the rotation number of the blowing fan in accordance with the detection result of the step a step of controlling the temperature of the heater. Drying apparatus, the temperature sensor, the drive motor, the control


A method of stepwise assembling thin polymer/single-walled carbon nanotube (SWCNT) films using donor−acceptor interactions is demonstrated. When the affinity that amine groups have for nanotubes were utilized, films were formed by the sequential adsorption of polyethylenimine and polyallylamine followed by SWCNTs onto silicon substrates. In an effort to expand this methodology to more thermally and oxidatively stable polymer systems, the ability of the basic nitrogen of the pyridine ring to adsorb SWCNTs was also investigated. These studies demonstrated that the nonsterically hindered, para-substituted pyridine in poly(4-vinylpyridine) (P4VP) also has an affinity for SWCNTs, thus enabling the stepwise formation of P4VP/SWCNT films. Microscopy of the films revealed that they were formed of single tubes and small bundles and that film coverage and thickness were uniform. The ability to use these films as scaffolds for the synthesis of novel hybrid structures is demonstrated by modifying the P4VP films using...


The present paper deals with the modal analysis of a nuclear reactor with fluid-structure interaction effects. The proposed study aims at describing various fluid-structure interaction effects using several numerical approaches. The modeling lies on a classical finite element discretization of the coupled fluid-structure equation, enabling the description of added mass and added stiffness effects. A specific procedure is developed in order to model the presence of internal structures within the nuclear reactor, based on periodical homogenization techniques. The numerical model of the nuclear pressure vessel is developed in a finite element code in which the homogenization method is implemented. The proposed methodology enables a convenient analysis from the engineering point of view and gives an example of the fluid-structure interaction effects, which are expected on an industrial structure. The modal analysis of the nuclear pressure vessel is then performed and highlights of the relative importance of FSI effects for the industrial case are evaluated: the analysis shows that added mass effects and confinement effects are of paramount importance in comparison to added stiffness effects.


Roentgen examination of the lymphatics in vivo has a relatively meager history as compared with arteriovenous studies. This may be accounted for by the fundamental differences between the two systems. Monteiro (1) and his collaborators (Rodriguez, Sousa Pereira, and Carvallo) in 1930 performed adenolymphography in animals; Thorotrast injected into the lymph nodes entered the lymphatic trunks, rendering them demonstrable roentgenographically. Menville and Ane (2) in 1932 reported studies in rats and dogs in which they were able to visualize the popliteal, inguinal, axillary, and mesenteric nodes following subcutaneous injections of thorium dioxide into the tails and legs. Zhdanov (3) was one of the first to inject the contrast medium directly into the lymphatics in experimental animals and human cadavers (1932). In the ensuing decade, numerous investigators sought to obtain visualization of the lymph channels by injection of contrast media into the various body cavities and soft tissues—into the peritoneum...


The invention discloses a multifunctional LED lamp strip power socket which comprises a shell and a lamp strip connector. A power source is arranged in the shell, pins are arranged in the lamp strip connector, the shell is connected with the lamp strip connector by a power line, a retractable plug is mounted in the shell, four plug holes are formed in the side ends of the shell, monochromatic lamp strips or colored lamp strips can be plugged in the plug holes, conducting plates are arranged in the plug holes, and the plug, the conducting plates, the power line and the pins are electrically connected with one another. The multifunctional LED lamp strip power socket with the structure has the advantages that the monochromatic lamp strips with jacks can be plugged in the multifunctional LED lamp strip power socket by the aid of the lamp strip connector, the monochromatic lamp strips with the jacks or the colored lamp strips with jacks can be plugged in the multifunctional LED lamp strip power socket by the aid of the plug holes, accordingly, users do not need to purchase a plurality of LED lamp strip power sockets, and the multifunctional LED lamp strip power socket is wide in service range.


According to the Commission's report for the 10th anniversary of Regulation 1/2003, "there is a need for further convergence on the ability of the authorities to set priorities in the exercise of…


ABSTRACT An autonomy supportive classroom enhances the learning climate and improves academic motivation. Alternatively, a controlling classroom environment constricts the learning climate and hinders academic motivation. The current study evaluated whether autonomy supportive or controlling language presented in a class syllabus influenced students' perceptions of a college course. Students were randomly assigned to read a syllabus written with either autonomy supportive or controlling language. After reading, participants rated their perceptions of the learning climate, intrinsic motivation, satisfaction of their basic psychological needs, and intentions to take the class. Analyses revealed that students who viewed the autonomy-supportive syllabus had a more overall positive perception of the course compared to students who read the controlling syllabus. The findings suggest language within a course syllabus can influence student's early perceptions of and intentions toward taking a course, but not their reported level of intrinsic motivation. Implications for instructors and future directions are discussed.


In the era of supercomputers multiprogramming operating system has emerged. Multiprogramming operating system allows more than one ready to execute processes to be loaded into memory. CPU scheduling is the process of selecting from among the processes in memory that are ready to execute and allocate the processor time (CPU) to it. Many conventional algorithms have been proposed for scheduling CPU such as FCFS, shortest job first (SJF), priority scheduling etc. But no algorithm is absolutely ideal in terms of increased throughput, decreased waiting time, decreased turnaround time etc. In this paper, a new fuzzy logic based CPU scheduling algorithm has been proposed to overcome the drawbacks of conventional algorithms for efficient utilization of CPU.


Separate abstracts were prepared for seventeen of the nineteen papers included. Two papers on self-consistent bound states of strongly interacting particles and on broken symmetry and zero mass bosons were previously abstracted in NSA. (D.C.W.)


An antibody having the following properties or an active fragment thereof or a derivative of the antibody or the fragment: a) it is capable of binding specifically to human platelet membrane glycoprotein VI (GPVI); b) it has a low platelet-activating effect and/or a low effect of inducing the decrease in platelets in vivo; and c) it can obliterate GPVI on the platelet membrane at least partly when it is contacted with a platelet.


Closed-form expressions for capacity bounds of multiuser diversity combined with maximum ratio transmission (MRT) and maximum ratio combining (MRC) at each link are presented under the assumption of independent and quasi-static flat multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) Rayleigh fading channels. The analysis results precisely agree with the numerical verification results and clearly show the impact of MRT/MRC on multiuser diversity.


The purpose of the study are: (1) examine the influence of confiedence in the attitude of consumers to transact on line. Test the influence of risk perseption on consumer attitudes to online transaction; (2) examine the influence of consumer attitudes on intentions to transact on line; (3) examine the influence of trust in risk perseption, (4) examine the influence of perseptions of privacy risks; (5) test influence of risk perseption on intention to transact online; (6) test the effects of behavioral control on intention to transact online; (7) test the influence of subjective norm on intention to transact on line; (8) examine the influence of perseptions of security risks; (9) To test the influence of experience using the intenet for online purchase intentions. Analysis tools using Partial Least Square (PLS). The research found that the trust provides a positive influence on attitudes are not significant, security providing a positive influence and significance of risk perseption; belief that positive impact is not significant to the perception of risk to transact online; privacy positive impact and significant risk perception; perceptions of risk provides a positive impact and significant manner, attitude a positive impact and significant to intention to transact online; perseptions of risk provides a positive impact and significant intentions, experience using the Internet to effect positive and significant impact on the intention; norm subjective negative impact is not significant; control behavior gives a significant positive affect on intentions.  Key Words: Risk Perception, Online Transactions, Privacy, Security trust


This paper applies asymptotic and bootstrap inferen ce methods for a set of non-linear inequality and progressivity indices. The non-degen erate U-statistic theory is applied to indices which are functions of several U-statistics . Generally, U-statistic variance estimators are difficult to compute. Formulae for a straightforward plug-in estimator of index variances have been derived. This is especial ly relevant for those indices whose asymptotic variances contain functionals with kerne ls of degree >=2. As far as inference issues are concerned, bootstrap methods appear to be favourable. Our results show that bootstrap-t performs more accurat ely, but an analytical estimation of the index variance is still necessary for this method t be practical. An empirical application has been made for the Spanish Tax and Welfare Syste m. W distinguish clear dominance of cash-benefits on income redistribution. Public heal th nd State school education also have significant redistributive effects.


objective: Determine the value of δ2H and δ18O in different purity of taurine samples from the pearl shell meat.Method: By using isotope ratio mass spectrometry.Results: The ratio of δ2H is between-2.644%~4.409%,δ18O is between 0.669%~0.991%.And the results of variance and regression analysis show that the ratios of δ2H and δ18O were negative linear correlation with the content of taurine.Which indicate that the higher content of taurine,the smaller ratio of δ2H and δ18O.While the content of taurine is more than 99%,the decrease of δ2H and δ18O is slow down or stabilized,and the heavy isotope's fraction of hydrogen and oxygen of the other amino acids are higher than the taurine in the samples.Conclusion: Isotope ratio mass spectrometry can use to analyse the ratio of hydrogen and oxygen in different purity of taurine samples.


Research on the effects of personality on work behaviors has adopted either the motivational meditation perspective or the person-situation interaction perspective. This study attempted to integrate both of the perspectives in a single causal model. Specifically, using data collected from systems engineers and car salespeople in Japan, we investigated the mediating role of intrinsic motivation in the links from openness and conscientiousness to continuous learning, and the moderating role of occupation on the mediation mechanism. The results indicated that, for systems engineers, the effects of those personality traits on continuous learning were completely mediated via intrinsic motivation. For car salespeople, however, the trait effects on the outcome variable are direct, rather than transmitted through intrinsic motivation. The meanings of the findings and directions for future research are discussed.


The rest of the integration stays the same. However, the estimation of the frictional coefficient μ for a natural watershed may be less straightforward, because there is no established direct translation between the roughness in the real world and the conceptual friction between a water drop (or sediment) and the impermeable surface represented by the hypsometric curve. In addition, in the real world the roughness may vary spatially (over a watershed) and/or temporally (during a storm). The hypsometric method as presented in the original paper (Luo and Harlin, 2003) was intended to be a simple alternative means of characterizing the influence of watershed morphometry on hydrologic response and the authors believe it did a reasonably good job. The fact that the travel times generated by the virtual velocity method correlate well with those derived by the hypsometric method (with r2 ≈ 0.77) further testifies the validity of the hypsometric approach. Apparently more work needs to be done to establish the relationship between the real world roughness and the conceptual friction coefficient μ, if it is decided that this is a worthwhile direction to pursue. Perhaps the difference between the actual measured time to hydrograph peak (or an estimate from a reliable method such as the virtual velocity method as described by the discussers) and the frictionless hypsometric travel time could be mapped for a wide range of watersheds with different conditions (e.g., soil, vegetation, land use, roughness, etc.). The μ could then be estimated by examining the spatial pattern of the difference and the various conditions and by trial and error to determine the μ that will minimize the difference between the real travel time and the theoretical estimate.


Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cell therapies have attracted considerable attention because of their abilities to focus the killing power of T cells specifically onto tumor antigen expressing cancer cells. Despite impressive successes in the clinic, CAR T cell technologies still suffer from an inability to kill cancer cells that mutate to avoid expression of the CAR T cell recognized antigen. While current CAR T cell technologies would require the engineering of a new CAR to recognize a second tumor-specific antigen, we have instead developed a universal CAR that can recognize any tumor antigen. In this modification of standard CAR T cell technology, we fuse an scFv that binds fluorescein to the exoplasmic domain of a T cell receptor that contains the usual 4-1BB and CD3 zeta activation domains within its cytoplasmic domain. We then promote engagement of the resulting CAR T cell with the desired cancer cell by administering a bispecific adapter molecule that contains fluorescein linked to a tumor-specific ligand via a short spacer. Upon addition of this adapter, simultaneous binding of the fluorescein to the CAR and the tumor-specific ligand to the cancer cell mediates multivalent binding of the CAR T cell to the cancer cell. With the simultaneous administration of a cocktail of different tumor-specific adaptors, each comprised of a fluorescein linked to a distinct tumor-specific ligand, multiple orthogonal cancer cells within a heterogeneous solid or liquid tumor can be simultaneously eliminated by a single CAR T cell. To test the ability of our proposed universal CAR T cell to eradicate solid tumors with multiple orthogonal tumor antigens, we first demonstrate the capacity of our anti-fluorescein CAR T cell to kill a variety of cultured human cancer cells in vitro upon addition of the optimal adapter. In this effort, we show that the same anti-fluorescein CAR T cell can kill: i) multiple folate receptor-expressing cancer cells upon addition of folate-fluorescein, ii) PSMA-expressing cancer cells upon addition of a PSMA ligand-fluorescein conjugate, iii) carbonic anhydrase IX-expressing cancer cells upon addition of a CA9 ligand-fluorescein conjugate, and iv) neurokinin-1 receptor expressing cancer cells upon addition of a NK1R ligand-fluorescein conjugate. We then demonstrate that this same universal killing potency is also effective in vivo by transfecting separate MDA-MB-231 breast cancer cell cultures with one of the above tumor antigens and then implanting the MDA-MB-231 cells expressing the orthogonal tumor antigens in NSG mice and showing that our universal CAR T cell can eradicate the resulting tumors upon administration of the appropriate bispecific adapter. Taken together these results establish that a single anti-fluorescein CAR T cell can be exploited to eliminate antigenically heterogeneous tumors upon addition of the correct cocktail of ligand-fluorescein conjugates. Citation Format: Yong Gu Lee, Isaac Marks, Madduri Srinivasarao, Ananda Kumar Kanduluru, Sakkarapalayam M. Mahalingam, Haiyan Chu, Philip S. Low. Use of a universal CAR T cell plus bispecific adapters to eradicate antigenically heterogeneous tumors [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting 2018; 2018 Apr 14-18; Chicago, IL. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Res 2018;78(13 Suppl):Abstract nr 3571.


Effective counseling skills are included in standards of practice by speech-language pathology accrediting and training programs, although many speech-language pathologists (SLPs) continue to report a lack of skills in this area. The purpose of this study was to determine whether SLP graduate students and early career SLPs who have taken a dedicated counseling course report higher levels of confidence in counseling skills than those whose counseling training was infused across the curriculum. A secondary aim was to determine which specific counseling skills have the strongest relationship with completing a counseling course.

 A survey, adapted from the Counselor Activity Self-Efficacy Scales for Speech-Language Pathologists, was used to gather information from SLP graduate students and early career SLPs using nonprobability sampling. Data were analyzed from 140 surveys. Research questions were answered descriptively and with independent-samples
 t
 tests. Correlation analysis was used to determine which counseling skills were linked with completion of a dedicated counseling course.

 Participants who completed a counseling course reported significantly increased confidence across all counseling domains assessed: Helping Skills Exploration, Helping Skills Action, Helping Skills Insight, Emotional Support Skills, and Session Management. Twenty-six counseling skills were significantly correlated to completing a counseling course. Regardless of educational approach, confidence in personal adjustment counseling skills was lower than that in informational counseling skills. However, personal adjustment counseling skills confidence was significantly higher for participants who had completed a dedicated course.

 Overall, the findings of this study suggest that dedicating a course to the education and training of counseling skills in graduate programs may be beneficial. Implications of these findings for clinical applications and future directions in training are discussed.


Venture capital is a dynamic complex system with different evolution directions.Aiming at the problem of venture capital's driving force,servo principle and self-organization dynamic model of synergy are adopted to study the dynamic mechanism of the competition and synergy of venture capital.The result shows that the realization of venture capital value is the order parameter of venture capital's evolution,which decides the process and direction of the system evolution.The bigger venture capital value is stocked,the bigger growth potential of the system's value after synergy is.During the process of venture capital,by active communication and cooperation of every party,a win-win situation can be reached,which is the result of the rational use of resources and effective coordination of every party,which is also the driving force of venture capital's development.


The challenges posed by a fast-changing global environment to the vitality and viability of musical traditions continue to be a topical issue on the ethnomusicological agenda. Investigations into ways to help keep musical traditions strong are still incipient, however, relative to parallel strategies to protect and promote endangered languages. This article identifies key synergies and disconnects between language and music specifically in relation to factors that impact on their vitality and viability. In this way, it pinpoints areas where theory and practice from the field of language maintenance hold greatest potential to inform the development of ways to keep 'small' music genres strong.


A new resistance-network analog method for the solution of heat-flow problems under transient conditions is described. In this method, electrical networks represent the difference equations which approximate the differential equations governing the problem to be solved. Temperature is represented by voltage, the spatial features of the problem by a network of parallel resistances, and the thermal constants by series resistances. A solution in steps δt of time is obtained by successive readjustments of potentiometers supplying the voltages to the network. The new method is very flexible, the time interval δt and the thermal constants being adjustable during the progress of the work. It can be applied to problems of considerable complexity. One of its outstanding features is its "stability." Accuracies of better than 1 per cent can be obtained.


Although corporal punishment has been banned in 29 states, more than a million cases of corporal punishment in U.S. schools continue to be reported annually, with states located in the southeastern and southwestern United States accounting for the vast majority of instances of corporal punishment. This article provides an overview of corporal punishment in U.S. public schools and includes a discussion of the influence of cultural and religious attitudes on the use of corporal punishment as a means of disciplining students. It offers several strategies designed to reduce the frequency of corporal punishment in general as well as strategies that specifically target those communities where strongly held religious and cultural beliefs reinforce the routine use of corporal punishment, and it calls on school social workers to advocate for effective alternatives to corporal punishment and to work to ban corporal punishment in those 21 states where it remains legal.


This research is aimed to examine empirically the effect of brand image, brand trust and price on brand loyalty. The number of sample used was 100 respondents by performing purposive sampling. The technique of data analysis used  multiple linear regresion , the following is the formula : Y = a + b1X1 + b2X2 + b3X3 from the data analysis, it is obtained multiple linear reresion equatioan, that is : Y = 0.212 + 1,160X1+ 0,342X12+ 0,128X3 . To determine the contribution of independent variable on the dependent variable, the coefficien of determination is used with the result of 8,1 %, this shows that the influence of  Brand Image, Brand Trust and Price on brand loyalty of consumer Honda Jazz is in the amuont of 8,1 %, and the rest of 91,9 % is influence by the other factor. To test the hypothesis, the test of t count is used, in the amount of brand image 0,000, brand trust 0,000 and price 0,002. Thus the hypothesis in this study is accepted that there is an influence  between brand image, brand trust and price of brand loyalty honda jazz in padang. Keywords : Brand Image, Brand Trust, Price, and Brand of  Loyalt


Objectives: To evaluate influence of age, farm, and physiological status on pig hematological profiles. Materials and methods: This study was carried out on five 1-site, farrow-to-finish pig farms in Slovenia, where a total of 382 clinically normal pigs were sampled. All farms were free of Aujeszky's disease (pseudorabies), classical swine fever, and porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome. Blood samples were taken from the anterior vena cava. Hematological analyses were performed with an automated hematological analyser. The following hematological variables were measured: red blood cell count (RBC), white blood cell count (WBC), hematocrit (Hct), hemoglobin concentration (Hb), erythrocyte indices, and platelet count (PLT). Differential WBC counts were determined manually using stained smears. Results: The farms themselves influenced all of the investigated variables except RBC and WBC differential (ie, lymphocytes, monocytes, and band neutrophils). A trend of lower values of RBC, Hb, and Hct, higher WBC numbers, and a higher percentage of segmented granulocytes were observed in lactating sows when compared to pregnant sows. Age significantly influenced hematological values and differential WBC counts except basophils, monocytes, and band neutrophils. Values of mean corpuscular volume (MCV) increased with age, the highest values being found in sows. Numbers of WBC and PLT decreased with age, the lowest number being observed in sows. Implications: Hematological examination may be an important diagnostic tool in the assessment of pig health status, but to interpret the results properly, it is important to consider pig age, health history, and clinical data.


The microstructure and magnetic properties of granular FePt-SiNx-C films were modified by introducing an MgO nucleation layer grown on the TiN intermediate layer. It was found that the deposition of an ultra-thin MgO nucleation layer could reduce the FePt grain size, narrow grain size distribution and improve grain isolation by creating more nucleation sites. When MgO nucleation layer thickness varied from 0 to 0.36 nm, FePt grain size was reduced from 8.51 nm to 7.18 nm and the standard deviation of the grain size distribution was narrowed from 2.16 nm to 1.51 nm. Good L10 (001) texture was maintained and large out-of-plane coercivity (27.5 kOe) was obtained at the MgO thickness of 0.36 nm. Meanwhile, Δθ50 of FePt (001) peak decreased from 7.1° to 6.4°, indicating the improved easy axis distribution of FePt grains. However, with the further increase of the MgO nucleation layer thickness, MgO nuclei developed into a continuous layer, FePt (111) orientation appeared and the perpendicular magnetic anisotropy was deteriorated.


C-Band scatterometer measurements during SWADE are being combined with coincident sea surface friction velocity estimates to create a new model function. The goal is to develop the capability of making friction velocity estimates (and surface stress) from radar cross section data acquired by the ERS-1 satellite scatterometer. Both Ku-band and C-band scatterometers were operated simultaneously for extensive intervals for each of 10 days during SWADE. The model function developed previously from the FASINEX experiment converts the Ku-band RCS measurements into friction velocity. The results show the C-band RCS dependence at 20, 30, 40 and 50 degrees to be less sensitive to friction velocity than the corresponding cases for Ku-band.<<ETX>>


Content analyses of social bias in children's schoolbooks, storybooks, and comic books have been carried out extensively in Great Britain and the United States (Dixon, 1977; Hoffman, 1976; Stinton, 1979; Zimet, 1976a, 1976b). They document the existence of racial, sexual, and social class bias?by omission and commis sion^?in both texts and leisure reading materials. We cannot avoid having children read biased materials, but we can teach them to detect bias and to think


A process is provided for separating one or more light gases from bromine or chlorine using one or more physical 1 separations and contact with a chemical scrubber to recover additional halogen. In one aspect, the process comprises (a) providing a feed of halogen containing one or more light gases to a distillation column or flash vaporizer; (b) operating the distillation column or flash vaporizer to separate the feed into (i) a first liquid containing a major amount of halogen and no more than a minor amount of light gas(es), and (ii) a first vapor containing a major amount of light gas(es) and no more than a minor amount of halogen; and (c) providing the vapor to a chemical scrubber to recover halogen from the vapor.


Oscillation properties of the solutions of impulsive parabolic differential equations of neutral type are investigated via the method of impulsive differential inequalities. The oscillatory criteria of solutions subject to two kinds of boundary conditions are obtained.


With the rapid development of Internet, tag technology has been widely used in various sites. The brief text labels of network resources are greatly convenient for people to access the massive data. Social tags allows the user to use any word ----to tag network objects, and to share these tags, because of its simple and flexible operation, and it has become one of the popular applications. However, there exists some problems like noise of tags, lack of using criteria, and sparse distribution etc. Especially sparsity of tags seriously limits its application in the semantic analysis of web pages. This paper, by exploiting the user-related tag expansion method to overcome this problem, at the same time by using the topic model----LDA to model the web tags, mine its potential topic from the large-scale web page, and obtain the topic distribution of the text to the text clustering analysis. The experimental results show that, compared with the traditional clustering algorithm, the method of based LDA clustering on the analysis of the web tags have a larger increase.


Rare‐earth metals and their alloys are considered for effective use in magnetic refrigerators operating over a variety of temperature ranges. The analysis is based on the notion of refrigerant capacity. Specific refrigerant capacity of dysprosium is shown to reach a maximum value (ΔSM⋅ΔTcyc)max/B=20 J/mol T at B∼1.1 T. The effective use of rare earths and their alloys in magnetic refrigerators has been established to be determined to a considerable extent by the region of antiferromagnetic structure available and by the value of the field in which it is destroyed.


A flame spectrum monitoring system based on an optical fiber spectrometer was used to measure the radiation of combustion in boiler. A Marcov model was constructed to describe the flame radiation. Diagnosing and prediction of the status of flame was made with this model.


A 25 year old woman, 23 weeks into a twin pregnancy, was admitted to the labour ward with hypertension and proteinuria. She had been taking phenytoin as anticonvulsant prophylaxis since the age of 16 but had been free of any fit and otherwise in good health until eight months earlier, when she began to notice symptoms of asthma. Control had proved difficult, requiring three hospital admissions, though ventilatory assistance had not been needed. During the most recent admission eight weeks earlier a chest X-ray had demonstrated widespread alveolar infiltrates and spirometry a restrictive deficit (FEV, of 1.4 and FVC of 1.7) with a peak flow of 250 L/min. She had also complained of dysaesthetic pain in both feet, and nerve conduction studies had shown changes of mild to moderate peripheral neuropathy. Some weeks later a vasculitic rash appeared at the extremities. Full blood counts showed an increasing eosinophilia count of up to 35%. A diagnosis of Churg-Strauss syndrome was made, and she was maintained on prednisolone (40 mg) once daily with inhaled bronchodilators, but continued to deteriorate, developing mononeuropathies of both hands. A week before admission she began to have persistent hypertension and proteinuria. On admission the blood pressure was 160/100 mmHg, and the JVP visible at 2 cm. There was mild ankle oedema. Coarse crackles were audible throughout both lung fields. A confluent purpuric rash was present over the dorsal aspects of both feet and ankles. Both feet were dysaesthetic, with marked contact hypersensitivity, and ankle dorsiflexion was weak (MRC grade 4). There were signs of left ulnar and right median nerve palsies.


Cybersecurity in modern age is of utmost importance in almost every domain of economic activity. As digital activities make heavy use of multimedia a new type of cyber-threat gradually emerges: the possibility of producing and seamlessly embedding malware into digital images. Such type of malware can potentially avoid detection of typical scanners and infect the systems of either the service providers and the end-users. In this context, this study proposes and describes a complete methodology starting from the process of generation of malware-based yet realistic to the human eye images and concluding to the design of a suitable malware detector. This methodology designs and employs Deep Convolutional Generative Adversarial Networks (DCGANs) to synthetically generate two new large datasets of images: one with suspicious malware images (called Expanded Malware Images – EMI, in this study) and one with adversarial sample images of fashion products (called Fashion Adversarial Samples – FAS, in this study). The two new datasets are used for training two different Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) models using different training and configuration approaches. The first CNN (named c-CCN) follows a conventional approach for training, whereas the second one (named TL-CCN) leverages transfer learning to take advantage of the knowledge of ResNet50. Results show that the generation of malware images and adversarial samples stabilizes after 3000 iterations and produces very realistically looking images. Moreover, the TL-CNN model trained with part of the adversarial samples outperforms the other malware detector designs and produces results of high validation accuracy and minimal validation loss.


The lack of knowledge about healthy lifestyles especially sleep quality is among problem in the society. The lack of sleep leads to decreasing in the sleep quality. The sleep is primary need for human being to live long lasting. The study aims to determine the influence of Hatha yoga exercise toward female sleep quality. The study was used quasi experiment design. The samples were 28 samples who met the inclusion criteria and selected with purposive sampling technique. The data was collected by using primary data collection through questionnaire based on Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) and analysed by using Wilcoxon test. The result of pre-test, post-test 1 and post-test 2 found significant score (p=0.000) that showed increasing score of sleep quality. hence, there was influence of Hatha yoga exercise toward female sleep quality.


The paper discusses the incorporation of richer semantic structures into the Preference Semantics system: they are called pseudo-texts and capture something of the information expressed in one type of frame proposed by Minsky (q.v.). However, they are in a format, and subject to rules of inference, consistent with earlier accounts of this system of language analysis and understanding. Their use is discussed in connection with the phen omenon of extended use: sentences where the semantic preferences are broken. It is argued that such situations are the norm and not the exception in normal language use, and that a language under standing system must give some general treatment of them.


AbstractThe economic utilization of available acoustic power is of major consideration particularly in sound reinforcement systems installed in theatres, auditoria, cinema halls, assemblies, etc. The advent of column loudspeakers has been welcome, as with the help of such speakers acoustic power may be beamed through a narrow angle to the desired audience.The loudspeaker columns designed comprise six or seven elliptical cone speakers, 15 × 10 cm. diameter, mounted one above the other in the form of an array in a wooden cabinet, the inside of which is lined with sound absorbing material. In front of the cones is a long tapered slit which helps to diffuse high frequencies in the horizontal plane. Tests under fairly free-field conditions show that the vertical polar response is ±10° at 1000 c./s. and ±20° at 400 c./s., and the horizontal polar response is ±50° over the major part of the audio frequency band. The useful frequency response of the column is 100–7500 c./s.While objective tests, conducted in typi...


ABSTRACT Our purpose is to empirically examine whether gender, age, work experience, and attendance of a course on ethics affect the ethical perceptions of Portuguese accounting students and analyze the influence of some individual factors that may affect their ethical decision-making. Additionally, we consider the degree of importance assigned to a list of personal traits and their relationship with those factors. We concluded that gender influenced the degree of importance attributed by students to initiative/entrepreneurship, obedience, and responsibility; age influenced the degree of importance attributed by students to integrity; work experience influenced the degree of importance attributed by students to obedience; and attendance of a course on ethics influenced the degree of importance attributed to independence. For each of these factors, the influence did not prove to be statistically significant in decision-making. Similarly, the study identified some reservations regarding attitudes the students' peers might have, and when asked about this, they had negative opinions, believing their colleagues would have lower ethical standards. Our results add to the literature, especially because, in Portugal, little has been done to understand which factors may affect students' ethical decision-making processes. We expect to bring added value to stakeholders, teachers, and scholars engaged with these matters.


We report the controlled polymerization of three heterotelechelic polymers from supramolecular motif-bearing initiators, their assembly into supramolecular A/B/C triblock copolymers, the morphology of the resulting block copolymers, and their disassembly. The individual blocks are synthesized in a controlled or living fashion via ring-opening metathesis polymerization (ROMP) of norbornenes (block B) or atom-transfer radical polymerization (ATRP) of styrenes (block A) and methacrylates (block C). The building blocks are assembled via metal-coordination between blocks A and B using a palladated SCS pincer complex and pyridine, and hydrogen bonding between blocks B and C using Hamilton Wedge and barbituric acid derivatives. Scanning-transmission electron microscopy and small-angle X-ray scattering reveal lamellar domains of approximately 23, 15, and 21 nm for bulk samples of the A/B and B/C diblock copolymers and A/B/C triblock copolymers, with 1:1 and 1:1:1 block feed ratios, respectively. Nanoscale feature...


the present study could contribute to the
evaluation of hesperidin against endotoxin-induced neurodegeneration and may shed an
insight into the mechanism of action. Hence, a special attention is focused to understand the
treatment of neurodegenerative diseases by natural flavonones, preferably hesperidin.There
are, indeed, a multitude of paradigms assessing various aspects of the behavioral performance
like anxiety and depression, changes in feeding pattern, body mass and biochemical analysis.
Till now, some of the paradigms have not been used at all in the evaluation of hesperidin
against behavioral consequences of adult rats when challenged with LPS.Hence, in order to
contribute further to the knowledge of therapeutic effect of hesperidin, and its rich
abundance, the objective of the present study is to subject hesperidin to test against
endotoxin-induced neurodegeneration and in rat models. SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION: In conclusion, the present study demonstrated that many of the symptoms that
characterized some forms of depression in humans are presented in experimental
animals following oxidative stress induced by LPS administration and then following
it with acute stress. These symptoms included reduced social, exploratory and
locomotor activity. Moreover, chronic treatment with hesperidin for 30 days
attenuated or completely abolished these symptoms. These findings extend several
other lines of evidence for the association between immune activation and depression,
which were mentioned in the introduction. This study also provides a leading
experimentation concerning the protective in vivo effects of hesperidin on various
systems associated with oxidative stress in endotoxemic rat brain + acute stress and,
that may provide excellent protection against several neurodegenerative diseases
among other disorders associated with oxidative stress. Our data support the potential
value of these agents for the therapy of septic shock.
Future studies should determine the molecular mechanisms that link LPSinduced
HPA axis activation, physical stress and behavioral changes and the means
by which hesperidin attenuate these responses. On the basis of published reports, and
especially, on the ability of hesperidin to act as a potent anti-inflammatory agent,
acting through diverse pathways, we can speculate that neuroprotective effects of
hesperidin in LPS + acute stress-induced effects may be mediated by following
distinct mechanisms: (1) inhibition of arachidonic acid metabolic pathways, PGE2 and
down regulation of COX and LOX (2) ability to enhance enzymatic and nonenzymatic
antioxidant status (3) ability to act as scavengers of HESPERIDIN, (4)
ability to attenuate the LPS-induced activation of HPA-axis (5) ability to normalize
the levels of biogenic and acetylcholine neurotransmitter systems in brain (6) inhibit
NO production (7) may counter the LPS-induced alterations of neuroendocrine,
neuroimmune and neurochemical functions and stress hormonal levels.
The current report offers compelling, but perhaps not conclusive, arguments
for an association between behavioral and brain anatomical changes induced by LPS
and acute stress and its attenuation by hesperidin.


Osteoporotic fracture is known contributor to decline quality of life (QoL) and muscle strength. We aimed to examine the association between quality of life and muscle strength in adults at risk of osteoporotic fracture. A cross-sectional study was conducted among 105 adults aged 50 years and above (69.3 ± 8.5 years) at a spine orthopaedic clinic. Upper and lower limb muscle strength were measured using dominant hand grip strength test (HGS) and 5-sit to stand test (5STS). Quality of life and osteoporotic fracture risk were assessed using EQ5DVAS questionnaire and fracture risk calculator (FRAX®). Approximately 38% of the participants had moderate to high risk of major osteoporotic fracture. Although lower, the total mean score of EQ5DVAS in adults with low (80.54 ± 13.20) and moderate to high (76.88 ± 16.90) risk of osteoporotic fracture was not significantly different (p = 0.77). Adults with risk of osteoporotic fracture had slight to severe problems in EQ5D subdomains (mobility: 30%, self-care:10%, usual activities: 14%, pain discomfort: 60%, anxiety/depression: 46%). After adjusting for femoral neck bone mineral density and education level, higher HGS score (ß = 0.79, 95% C.I: 0.07-1.52, p < 0.05) and shorter time to complete 5STS (ß =-1.02, 95% C.I:-1.86 - -0.19, p < 0.05) were associated with higher QoL scores. Our study results suggest that muscle strength is positively associated with QoL among adults at risk of osteoporotic fracture. Muscle strength training should be emphasised among adults with risk of osteoporotic fracture in view of improving QOL.


Research on the impact and effectiveness of transparency and accountability initiatives (TAIs) targeted at the extractives sector is hard to come by. With the exception of some more systematic evaluation of the impact of multi-stakeholder initiatives, in particular the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI), the existing evidence is weak. Indeed, beyond the EITIfocussed literature, the emphasis tends to be on the perceived challenges and risks associated with TAIs, accompanied by some anecdotal evidence of purported success. There is also some discussion of the factors which are considered to be conducive to such success.


Monodisperse, highly-selective sub-10 nm Pd-Pt random alloy nanocubes have been successfully synthesized in aqueous solution, and the electrocatalytic activity of these Pd-Pt alloys towards formic acid oxidation was investigated and compared with the activity of Pd sub-10 nm nanocubes, and the commercial Pd and Pt black.


Named Entity Normalization involves normalizing recognized entities to a concrete, unambiguous real world entity. Within the purview of the online job posting domain, academic institution name normalization provides a beneficial opportunity for CareerBuilder (CB). Accurate and detailed normalization of academic institutions are important to perform sophisticated labor market dynamics analysis. In this paper we present and discuss the design and the implementation of sCooL, an academic institution name normalization system designed to supplant the existing manually maintained mapping system at CB. We also discuss the specific challenges that led to the design of sCooL. sCooL leverages Wikipedia to create academic institution name mappings from a school database which is created from job applicant resumes posted on our website. The mappings created are utilized to build a database which is then used for normalization. sCooL provides the flexibility to integrate mappings collected from different curated and non-curated sources. The system is able to identify malformed data and K-12 schools from universities and colleges. We conduct an extensive comparative evaluation of the semi-automated sCooL system against the existing manual mapping implementation and show that sCooL provides better coverage with improved accuracy.


According to the observation of ocean current and sediment concentration (from one of the four observation points) in the sea area between the Yeyashan Mountain and the Luotoushan Mountain of Zhou Shan, Zhejiang Province, the author compares and analyses the characteristics of sediment and tidal current, and discusses the changes in erosion and siltation in the above mentioned area. The sediment concentration is measured by 1/1 000 electro-enillum equipment. The size of suspended particle is acquired by ATII-Counter.The bottom sediment is measured by laser equipment. By using D\-3 equipment,the elevation of shore area is measured. Results are as follows. The concentration of suspended sediment is increasing gradually from the surface layer to the bottom layer and it has a linear relationship with the current speed. The concentration of suspended sediment during the mid-tide is smaller than that during the spring-tide; it in winter is greater than those in spring and summer.The sediment discharge in ebb tide is greater than that in flood tide during the spring and mid-tide period. The sediment discharges in flood and ebb tide during the spring tide are greater than those during the mid-tide. The net sediment discharge in unit width in the whole tide of the spring tide is greater than that of the mid-tide. The mean particle size of suspended sediment during the winte r is greater than that during the summer, and it is placed in the middle during the spring season. During the spring, summer and winter, all of the sorting coefficients are excellent. For the path of suspended sediment transport, the direction of net sediment discharge is consistent with the direction of ebb tidal current. The tidal current in this sea area is reversing current, and the duration of flood current is short than that of ebb current. During the spring, summer and winter, the averaged ebb current speed is greater than the averaged flood current speed. The maximun current speed reaches 1.82 m/s, occurring in summer, and the averaged current speed is 0.7 m/s. In the history, the bay between the Yeyashan Mountain and the Luotoushan Mountain was in slow siltation state. Since 1982, the tidal bank has been in slow siltation state, with an averaged siltation rate of 3 cm/a for the bank of intermediate tide and an average advance rate of siltation of 0.38 m/a for the shore-bank.


Critical-contextual analysis of case law of the European Court of Justice on employers' contractual freedom – Fundamental right to be immunised against the alleged disproportional protection enjoyed by employees – Progressive ideological overthrow of the original constitutional assumptions of the founding treaties – Prominent example of 'displacement of social Europe' – Court of Justice's case law on the relationship between freedom to conduct a business and labour law – Neoliberal understanding of the freedom of enterprise – Alternative interpretation of Article 16 of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights


A car frame assembly jig for heavy duty car relates to an assembly device of car frame assembly jig for heavy duty car, which belongs to the automobile tooling technical field. The utility model mainly comprises a base, a positioning device, a fastening device, a moving device provided with a concave, a straight bam moving device and a movable clamp device, wherein the positioning device, the fastening device, the moving device with a concave, the straight beam moving device and the movable clamp device are all arranged on the base; the positioning device and the fastening device are fixed on the left end of the base, the moving device with a concave, the straight beam moving device and the movable clamp device are orderly arranged on the slide rail of the base from left to right. The utility model is used to solve the problems of ultra-wide and deformation of the car frame assembly. The problems of moving and adjusting to the workpiece during assembling can be solved by adopting the moving device with a concave, the straight beam moving device and the movable clamp device, thereby greatly improving the work efficiency, reducing the work intensity, guaranteeing the quality of product. The utility model has the advantages of saving time and labor, using conveniently, etc.


Negative affect has been associated with both binge eating and problem drinking; thus, a better understanding of factors related to difficulties controlling overeating and drinking when experiencing negative affect is warranted. In this study, we examined interactive models of perfectionism and stress as predictors of difficulties controlling overeating and drinking when experiencing negative affect, using two dimensions of perfectionism, self-oriented and socially prescribed, and three domains of stress: academic, interpersonal, and weight/shape. A sample of 406 undergraduate females participated in a brief longitudinal study by completing surveys assessing perfectionism (Time 1), stress (weekly between Times 1 and 2), and the degree of difficulty controlling overeating and drinking when experiencing negative affect (Time 2). Socially prescribed perfectionism interacted with academic stress to predict difficulty controlling overeating when experiencing negative affect. Socially prescribed perfectionism a...