Myo-inositol is involved in normal growth and development of all living organisms and L-myo-inositol-1-phosphate synthase (MIPS; EC: 220.127.116.11) is responsible for its de novo synthesis. This enzyme has been reported for a number of life forms inclu-ding plants, animals and bacteria. In the present study free myo-inositol has been detected in the common pteridophytes found in the Darjeeling Himalayas and the enzyme, L-myo-inositol-1-phosphate synthase has been partially purified from Diploptery-gium glaucum (Thunb.) Nakai. A crude homogenate from the reproductive pinnules of D. glaucum was subjected to streptomy-cin sulphate precipitation and 0-70% ammonium sulphate fractionation followed by successive chromatography through DEAE-cellulose, Hexylagarose and BioGel A-0.5m columns. This resulted in a partial purification of the enzyme of about 81-fold with 13.5% recovery. The pteridophytic MIPS specifically utilized D-glucose-6-phosphte and NAD


Cyclodextrin glucanotransferase [1,4-α-d-glucan 4-α-d-(1,4-glucano)-transferase, cyclizing; CGTase, EC 184.108.40.206] from an alkalophilic Bacillus species produced hesperidin monoglucoside and a series of its oligoglucosides by the transglycosylation reaction with hesperidin as an acceptor and soluble starch as a donor. The formation of the glycosides was more effective at alkaline pHs than at neutral or acidic pHs, because of higher solubility of the acceptor.The structure of the purified monoglucoside was identified as 4G-α-d-glucopyranosyl hesperidin by FAB-MS, α-, β-glucosidase and glucoamylase treatments, and methylation analysis.The solubility of both hesperidin mono and diglucoside in water was about 300 times higher than that of hesperidin, and they were found to have a stabilizing effect on the yellow pigment crocin, from fruits of Gardenia jasminoides, against ultraviolet radiation.


AIM:To study the chemical constituents from the leaves of Avicennia marina METHOD:The compounds were isolated on silica gel and Sephadex LH 20 gel column,and their structures were identified by extensive spectral analysis RESULT: Ten compounds were isolated from leaves of Avicennia marina On the basis of spectroscopic analysis,their structures were identified as: avicequinone B(Ⅰ),avicequinone C(Ⅱ),5 hydroxy 4′7 dimethoxyflavone(Ⅲ),quercetin(Ⅳ),kaempferol(Ⅴ),lupeol(Ⅵ),betulin(Ⅶ),β sitosterol(Ⅷ),ergost 6,22 diene 5,8 epidioxy 3β ol(Ⅸ),and P methoxy cinnamic acid(Ⅹ) CONCLUSION: Compounds Ⅴ Ⅹ were isolated from this plant for the first time


In the study of communication theory,communication models given by Lasswell and so on are taken as the main representative.The model of the administrative communication uses the research achievements of the older generation for reference and is based on the collective and personal aspects.It plays an important role in the upward communication,downward communication and horizontal communication of the educational administrative organizations.


The aim of the current research is to study one of the existing problems in society that all individuals suffer from whether in the school the street ،or the house and everywhere except the problem of bullying. The research tried to identify the types of bullying especially school bullying which is a form of aggressive and improper behavior and it frequently occurs in peer relations in the school environment and depends on control control and submission between two parties one of who is a bully who is the one who is assaulted and the other is a victim who is the abused and bullying in all its forms Aggression The aggression of others whether physical verbal psychological social or electronic is a problem that results in many negative consequences whether on all its parties the bully the victim of bullying the school environment.This research is based on the interpretation of this problem knowing its causes and motives how to treat it ،and the studies that dealt with it.


2027 Background: Cancer stem cells (CSC) are thought to represent the population of tumorigenic cells responsible for tumor development. The CD133 antigen has been described as a putative stem cell...


Objective:  Substance use disorders and birth‐cohort have been associated with an earlier onset in bipolar disorder (BD). This study aimed at evaluating the inter‐relations of these factors in age‐at‐onset in bipolar illness.


: The present study aims to examine the dimensionality and criterion validity of the institutional trust construct in Slovakia using a comprehensive list of thirty-three public institutions. A representative sample of 600 Slovaks first reported their level of trust in institutions and then reported on their social trust, propensity to trust, dispositional trust, and trust radius measures. A holdout cross-validation method was used to evaluate the dimensionality of the institutional trust construct. Exploratory factor analysis yielded a six-factor solution, and the confirmatory factor analysis showed a good overall fit for the five-factor solution that included the following dimensions: political institutions, foreign institutions, social services institutions, order institutions, and media institutions. All five dimensions showed weak-to-moderate relationships with interpersonal trust measures. The present study highlights that delving into the dimensionality of institutional trust may contribute to the understanding of the phenomenon within specific geographical, political, societal, and historical, characteristics of the countries.


Thyroid problems are among the most common endocrine disorders presently seen worldwide. About 1 to 2% of the adult population is known to suffer from thyroid disorders are common worldwide. In India, there is a significant burden of thyroid diseases. According to a projection from various studies on thyroid disease about 42 million people in India are suffering from thyroid diseases. [1] Patients with thyroid disorders suffer either from hypo functioning or from hyper functioning of the gland. Whereas the former leads to a decrease in the concentrations of circulating thyroid hormones, the latter increases the same. These two dysfunctions are commonly referred as hypothyroidism and hyperthyroidism, respectively. In Ayurveda, the common thyroid-related problem that has been described from time to time is enlarged thyroid gland (galaganda) [2] which is now known as the simple goiter, a state of hypothyroidism. Some other diseases that are commonly mentioned in endocrine text such as myxedema, cretinism, Grave's disease, and nodular goiter, have not been well described in Ayurveda symptom-based herbal treatments. Despite several investigations on the herbal therapies, the use of Ayurvedic medicines in the regulation of thyroid problems continues to require more investigation. The primary aim of this paper is to review the available literature along the experimental studies conducted to date.


Background: Solitary thyroid nodule is a common presentation of thyroid disease and is defined as a palpable discrete swelling within an otherwise normal gland and is usually benign. Preoperative FNAC plays a pivotal role in distinguishing benign and malignant nodules and treatment plan. Solitary thyroid nodules that are malignant, suspicious, or indeterminate on FNAB require excisional biopsy in the form of thyroidectomy. Present study was aimed at clinicopathological evaluation of solitary nodule in thyroid at a tertiary health center. Material and Methods: Present study was a prospective, observational study conducted in patients 1870 years, with diagnosed solitary thyroid nodule, underwent surgical excision, willing to participate. Results: During study period total 78 patients underwent surgical excision of solitary thyroid nodule at our hospital. In present study most common age group was 41-50 years (40%), followed by 51-60 years (28%) and 3140 years (19%) age group. Male to female ratio was 0.23 : 1. Most lesions were 2-4 cm size (42%), symptomatic for more than 2 years (58%). All thyroid FNAC reports were prepared as per The Bethesda System for Reporting Thyroid Cytopathology (TBSRTC).5 In present study according to Bethesda system lesion were reported as nondiagnostic (4%), benign (83%) , AUS/FLUS (3%), FN/SFN (3%), suspicious for malignancy (3%) and malignant (5%). Histopathologic diagnosis was benign in 89 % patients and malignant in 11% patients. Follicular adenoma (54%) was most common benign lesion, others were adenomatous nodule (23%), colloid nodule (12%). Among malignant lesion classical variant of papillary thyroid carcinoma (6%) was most common, others were follicular carcinoma of thyroid (3%), follicular variant of papillary carcinoma (1%) and medullary carcinoma of thyroid (1%). Hemithyroidectomy (85%) was most common surgery performed. Other procedures were sub-total thyroidectomy (9%), total thyroidectomy (3%) and near-total thyroidectomy (4%). Conclusion: The patients with solitary nodules should undergo fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) as they have malignant potential. Thyroid nodule greater than 4 cm in size, symptomatic or FNAC suggesting it to be malignant, suspicious for malignancy or indeterminate should prompt surgical excision.


copy. Endovascular treatment has the advantage of avoiding postsurgical morbidity, most notably complications related to the surgical method and infectious complications. Indeed, Chiu et al. [1] reported high rates of complications and 30-day mortality whatever the surgical approach used, minimal or definitive, and the period of the study, group 1 (1993–1998) or group 2 (1999–2004). The highest morbidity (47.6%) and mortality (40.5%) rates were reported in the second cohort, whereas minimal surgery was performed in the majority of cases, with a re-bleeding rate of 38%. Then, the median length of hospital stay (20.26 days) correlated with these data. These results are not acceptable. We recently reported our results obtained during nearly 10 years of experience with arterial embolization used to treat refractory massive bleeding from gastroduodenal ulcers [3] . We had 60 critically ill patients with a mean age of 69.4 years, the largest case series in the literature. The complications and 1-month mortality rates were 10 and 26.7%, respectively, with a re-bleeding rate of 28%. Only 7 (11.6%) of the 60 patients needed surgery after failure of embolization procedures. So we do not understand why an endovascular approach was not used by the authors to treat these poor surgical candidates because it Dear Sir, We read with great interest the article by Chiu et al. [1] published recently in Digestive Surgery , which reported the role of the surgical salvage of bleeding peptic ulcers after endoscopic treatment failure. We have several comments and questions. Endoscopy is the first-line method for diagnosing and treating actively bleeding peptic ulcers because its success rate is high. Recent advances in endoscopic hemostasis techniques ensure bleeding control in most patients. Endoscopic treatment combined with adjunctive high-dose proton pump inhibitors is particularly valuable in patients whose advanced age or comorbid conditions pose a high surgical risk. When endoscopy fails, surgery is associated with mortality rates as high as 20–40% [2] . Therefore, endovascular embolization has generated interest as an alternative to surgery in high-risk patients with bleeding despite endoscopic treatment. The use of endovascular embolization is supported by the technical advances, high clinical success rates in our last study (95 and 71.9%, respectively) [3] as well as in all published case series over the last decade [4–6] . Consequently, we are very surprised in this study that angiography followed by arterial embolization was not systematically used first in patients who failed hemostasis after repeat endosPublished online: November 13, 2009


Models of categorization make different representational assumptions, with categories being represented by prototypes, sets of exemplars, and everything in between. Rational models of categorization justify these representational assumptions in terms of different schemes for estimating probability distributions. However, they do not answer the question of which scheme should be used in representing a given category. We show that existing rational models of categorization are special cases of a statistical model called the hierarchical Dirichlet process, which can be used to automatically infer a representation of the appropriate complexity for a given category.


International Civil Aviation Organization(ICAO) adopted VOR(Very high frequency Omni-Range) as an international standard air navigation system in 1949 and recommended every country to make use of it in formulating air route and guiding take-off and landing of an aircraft. VOR is quite a useful navigation system so that more than 2,000 VORs have been installed all over the world including 39 in Korea: however, VOR signal could be easily affected by its circumstance like a mountainous area because it provides navigation information through AM and FM of VHF carrier. Therefore this study intends to investigate how much VOR performance is affected by its circumstances. For this purpose, the performance of the 10 VORs influenced by 24 obstacles are measured and analyzed by using an aircraft equipped with measuring instruments. This study may give us a feasible solution of problems related to the VOR siting in the future.


BACKGROUND: MAPK/HOG signaling pathway plays a key role in the response of yeast to external hyperosmotic stress. Over the past few decades, the regulation mechanism for this pathway in the robust yeast, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, has been elucidated. However, the weak ability of the biotechnical workhorse, Pichia pastoris, in surviving hyperosmotic stress suggests a unique regulatory mechanism needing further investigation. RESULT: Here, we identified crucial genes in the MAPK/HOG pathway of P. pastoris and investigated their effects on cell growing in osmotically stressed environments by knocking out these genes using a novel CRISPR/Cas9 system. Using real-time polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) and yeast two-hybrid assay, transcription factors Hot1, Msn4 and Sko1 were demonstrated to be regulated by Pbs2 and Hog1 either at mRNA or protein level. We also examined the subcellular localization of these transcription factors, reflecting their translocationbetween cytoplasmandnucleus. The transcriptions of putative osmo-responsive geneswere then studied by RT-PCR. We found the induction of glycerol-related genes, such as GT1 and GPD1, was marginal when cells experienced high osmolarity. The ability of P. pastoris to increase intracellular glycerol level was determined and found to bemuchweaker than that in S. cerevisiae. By contrast, stress-induced damage repair genes, including CTT1 and HSP12, were dramatically increased. CONCLUSION: We conclude that P. pastoris could barely balance hyperosmotic stress by increasing intracellular glycerol concentrations, and stress-induced damage repair is still an important mechanism for P. pastoris survival under hyperosmotic stress. This study demonstrates a description of the MAPK/HOG pathway in P. pastoris and provides a trigger for improving its robustness. © 2020 Society of Chemical Industry (SCI) Supporting information may be found in the online version of this article.


he Internet's Transmission Control Protocol, or TCP, has proved remarkably adaptable, working well across a wide range of hardware and operating systems, l ink capacit ies, and round t r ip delays. T None the less, there has been a background chorus of pessimism predicting that TCP is about to run out of steam, that the next throughput objective will prove its downfall, or that it cannot be ported to the next smaller class of processor. These predictions sometimes disguise the desire to develop an alternative, but they are often triggered by observed performance limitations in the current generation of TCP. However, unless one looks carefully, one may mistake the source of these limitations, and accuse the protocol itself of problems when the actual limit is something else: the memory bandwidth of the hos t system, a poor implementa t ion , o r just a tun ing problem. Innovation proceeds so fast in our field that we a re often tempted to jump to something new and supposedly better without understanding what we built the last time. Computer Science leaves a trail of half-analyzed artifacts behind in its rush to the future. This is especially true in performance, when Moore's law offers us a factor-of-two improvement if we just take the next 18 months off. But unless we study what we now have, we are prey to false myths and superstition about the cause of poor performance, which can lead us in fruitless directions when we innovate. The project in this article had a very simple goal. We wanted to try to understand one aspect of TCP performance: the actual costs that arise from running the TCP program on the host processor, t he cost of moving the bytes in memory, and so on. These costs of necessity depend on the particular system, but by taking a typical situation the Berkeley BSD TCP running on the Unix operating system on an Intel processor we could at least establish a relevant benchmark. What we showed was that the code necessary to implement TCP was not the major limitation to overall performance. In fact , in this tes ted system (and many o the r systems subsequently evaluated by others) the throughput is close to being limited by the memory bandwidth of the system. We are hitting a fundamental limit, not an artifact of poor design. Practically, other parts of the OS had larger overheads than TCP. Since this art icle, we have seen a matura t ion in the understanding of TCP performance, we have seen better network "science" a willingness to study and understand what has been built and we have seen a more realistic set of expectations about performance, both in the research context and in the deployed systems we have to live with every day.


Summary Viral infections are accompanied by a massive production of small interfering RNAs (siRNAs) of plant origin, such as virus‐activated (va)siRNAs, which drive the widespread silencing of host gene expression, and whose effects in plant pathogen interactions remain unknown. By combining phenotyping and molecular analyses, we characterized vasiRNAs that are associated with typical mosaic symptoms of cauliflower mosaic virus infection in two crops, turnip (Brassica rapa) and oilseed rape (Brassica napus), and the reference plant Arabidopsis thaliana. We identified 15 loci in the three infected plant species, whose transcripts originate vasiRNAs. These loci appear to be generally affected by virus infections in Brassicaceae and encode factors that are centrally involved in photosynthesis and stress response, such as Rubisco activase (RCA), senescence‐associated protein, heat shock protein HSP70, light harvesting complex, and membrane‐related protein CP5. During infection, the expression of these factors is significantly downregulated, suggesting that their silencing is a central component of the plant's response to virus infections. Further findings indicate an important role for 22 nt long vasiRNAs in the plant's endogenous RNA silencing response. Our study considerably enhances knowledge about the new class of vasiRNAs that are triggered in virus‐infected plants and will help to advance strategies for the engineering of gene clusters involved in the development of crop diseases.


The intention of Chapters 1–23 is to lead the reader through the methods used to make in silico predictions of toxicity. The chapters variously describe sources of toxicity data, methods to calculate descriptors, statistical approaches, techniques to group molecules into categories and a number of c...


It is well documented that more than 11000 plant taxa grow wild in the European continent. Among them, more than 5500 thrive in Greece (Flora Europaea, 1999). About 250 of them are considered to be of great pharmaceutical importance and most were referred and used for medical purposes since the ancient times (Dioscurides, 77 AD), although their use diminished through the centuries. Teucrium polium (according to ESFEDS Edinburgh, export date: May 11, 1996. Nomencl. Ref.: Sp. Pl. 566 (1753) ©19962007 The International Organization for Plant Information. Page updated: August 21, 2007) is a mediterranean dwarf shrub expanding to southern Europe, including the Greek coastland and the islands. It is a phryganic species (Orshan, 1989), traditionally used in folk medicine, like most of the 340 species of the cosmopolitan genus Teucrium (Lamiaceae) (Brown, 1995). It is well adapted to the stressful conditions that characterize the mediterranean climate and pose serious challenges for the plants thriving in areas with this type of climate (Mitrakos, 1980). The phryganic sub-shrubs comprise a type of vegetation thriving in the hot and arid boundary of the mediterranean climate (Mooney & Parsons, 1973; Parsons, 1976). They are considered –along with the evergreen sclerophyllous shrubs– as well adapted xerophytes, exhibiting interesting xeromorphic characteristics (Fahn & Cutler, 1992). After the global demand to shift to natural food additives and cosmetics, plant products regained high interest (Ascensao et al., 1999; Corsi & Bottega, 1999; Sacchetti et al., 1999). As a result, food and pharmaceutical industries started searching natural sources for active compounds, thus xerophytes began receiving new interest mainly due to their potential for producing secondary metabolites. This production is considered to be a major response of many plant species to the stressful conditions of the mediterranean climate (Fahn, 1988; Christodoulakis & Bazos, 1990; Christodoulakis et al., 1990; Christodoulakis & Fasseas, 1991). Anatomical and histochemical investigation of the leaf of Teucrium polium, a pharmaceutical sub-shrub of the Greek phryganic formations


Software systems, by their very nature, are complex abstractions of the physical world. Due to this complexity, it is often extremely difficult for developers to fully comprehend the system they are working on, particularly when they were not involved in designing it. However, this comprehension is critical; over a system's lifespan, more time is spent maintaining it than in any other phase. We introduce the Prawn tool, which uses a variety of information visualization techniques to allow developers to see how their code interacts with the rest of the system. We believe Prawn reduces the time and effort required to make a change to a system, and increases developer's confidence in their changes.


Aqueous extracts ofmany animal tissues have been found to contain an enzyme, ',-glucuronidase', which catalyzes the hydrolysis of ,-glucuronides. It has been suggested (Oshima, 1934; Fishman, 1940; Fishman & Fishman, 1944) that the production of conjugated glucuronides in vivo is due to this enzyme. The activity of ,B-glucuronidase preparations has usually been determined by measuring the reducing material formed on incubation with a glucuronide (Masamune, 1934; Oshima, 1934, 1936; Fishman, 1939, 1940; Fishman & Fishman, 1944; Graham, 1946; Mills, 1946). The use ofsuch methods rests on the assumption that the hydrolytic action ofthe enzyme is confined to rupture ofthe glucosidic link. Evidence for this is indirect, and is confined to experiments by Masamune (1934), who determined colorimetrically the free menthol in enzyme hydrolysates of its glucuronide and found it to correspond to the reducing material produced when the latter was calculated as glucuronic acid. It was considered that this point required further investigation in view of the discovery by Lipschitz & Bueding (1939) that synthesis ofglucuronides by liver slices is stimulated, not by glucuronic acid, but by certain C3 compounds, such as pyruvic acid. In the first series of experiments described below, glucuronic acid liberated from menthylglucuronide by ,-glucuronidase was separated from unchanged substrate and determined by means of the colour reaction with naphthoresorcinol. The results agreed with estimates of free glucuronic acid obtained by reduction offerricyanide, suggesting that the hydrolysis proceeds according to the generally accepted view. Since, however, the colour reaction with naphthoresorcinol is not specific for glucuronic acid (Mandel & Neuberg, 1908; Dische, 1947), a second series of experiments was carried out in which the method ofLohmar, Dimler, Moore & Link (1942) was used to isolate and identify the uronic acid.


English reading of higher vocational education should be application-oriented.To improve English reading and to adjust the contents with the network input,is an effective way to train higher vocational students' English reading abilities.


4618 Background: Only few clinical trials have been conducted in patients with advanced pancreatic cancer after failure of first-line gemcitabine-based chemotherapy. We conducted a randomized phase II trial of modified FOLFOX vs. modified FOLFIRI.3 as second-line regimen for the patients with gemcitabine refractory pancreatic cancer ( NCT00786006 ).

METHODS
Patients with advanced pancreatic adenocarcinoma previously treated with gemcitabine were randomly assigned to FOLFOX or FOLFIRI.3 stratifying by age (≤ 65 vs. >65), performance status (0-1 vs. 2) and prior response to gemcitabine (PR/SD vs. PD). FOlFIRI.3 regimen consisted of Irinotecan 70 mg/m2 (over 60 min) D1, leucovorin 400 mg/m2 (over 2h) D1, 5-FU 2000 mg/m2 (over 46 hours) from D1, then irinotecan 70 mg/m2 (over 60 min) at the end of the 5-FU infusion every two week. FOLFOX regimen is composed of oxaliplatin 85 mg/m2 (over 120 min) D1, LV 400 mg/m2 D1, 5-FU 2,000 mg/m2 (over 46 hours) every two week. The primary end-point was 6-month overall survival (P0=20%) and Simon-Wittes-Ellenberg design was used to calculate the sample size (29 evaluable patients for each treatment arm).

RESULTS
From January 2007 to December 2008, sixty patients were enrolled and randomized to FOLFOX (N=30) or FOLFIRI.3 (N=30). Baseline characteristics were well balanced between each arm; median age 56 (35-60) vs. 56 yo (37-73); ECOG PS 0/1/2, 5/24/1 vs. 5/25/0; prior response to gemcitabine-based chemotherapy PR/SD/PD 10/13/7 vs. 10/11/9. With a median follow-up period of 6.0 months (95% CI, 4.7-7.3) the median overall survival was 4.0 months in both group (HR=0.95, 95% CI 0.52-1.75) with 6-month survival rates of 25% and 20%, respectively. The median PFS was 1.4 months for FOLFOX and 1.9 months for FOLFIRI.3 (HR=1.11, 95% CI, 0.64-1.92). Disease control (PR+SD) was achieved in 20% (5/25 in FOLFOX) and 28% (7/25 in FOLFIRI.3) of patients with measurable disease. The incidences of grade 3/4 toxicities were similar in both groups.

CONCLUSIONS
Both FOLFOX and FOLFIRI.3 were tolerated with manageable toxicity, offering modest activity as second-line treatment of patients with advanced or metastatic pancreatic cancer, previously treated with gemcitabine. No significant financial relationships to disclose.


The issue of designing a low-noise microwave feedback amplifier for a given optimum noise-source coefficient /spl Gamma//sub Sopt/ is addressed and a set of original formulas is presented. These expressions define a new procedure which does not rely on computer optimization in order to get the required noise performance of the low-noise amplifier stage. The technique permits the design of a circuit which is simultaneously noise and power matched at its input port without an input matching circuit. This method can be used to screen devices for an optimum noise performance and it provides the essential mathematical tool for designing the core of a feedback amplifier.


Burning Man is an artistic community event that has been dis/assembled in Nevada's Black Rock Desert every summer since 1990. The location of this event in this desert has had a shaping impact on Burning Man as a gathering, a city, an organization, and a transnational cultural movement. A unique facet of what is known as Black Rock City is not simply that it is dis/assembled in a desert region, but that it recurs on a playa, the ne plus ultra of deserts. The Black Rock playa has obtained a special significance for participants (i.e. burners), for whom this liminal space is recognized, paradoxically, as 'home'. This uniquely sublime no-place contextualizes a familial encounter experience shaping on-playa identity over three decades of event-going. Informed by Emily Brady's study of paradox in natural sublimity, the writings of poet-geographer of the 'Big Empty' William L. Fox, and the author's experience of Black Rock City in seven cycles from 2003, three qualities of playaspace (otherworldly, ephemeral, limitless) are addressed, each implicated in its unique potential for a transformational community that has fashioned a homeland on the frontiers of the sublime.


The present invention reads the, more particularly, to data using a pixel line and the liquid crystal module of a structure that shares the lead pixel line to store data in the pixel touch information related to a touch screen liquid crystal display comprising a data driver, and this It relates to a touch screen liquid crystal display device designed to accept. While using a liquid crystal panel in a small size by According using the liquid crystal module of a structure that shares the data pixel line and the lead-pixel line to the data driving circuit according to the present invention and a touch screen liquid crystal display device including the same to secure the aperture ratio of the data pixels It has the advantage that you can. In addition, in the shared line by either a touch screen liquid crystal display device and include it in the data driving circuit according to the present invention increases the bias current supplied to an output buffer which drives the shared line or increasing the size of the multiplexer coupled to the output buffer of the shared line compensate for the delay caused by the effect of reducing the deviation of the output waveform. Touch screen, a liquid crystal module, the data pixels, the read pixel


Hadoop Distributed File System (HDFS) presents unique challenges to the existing energy-conservation techniques and makes it hard to scale-down servers. We propose an energy-conserving, hybrid, logical multi-zoned variant of HDFS for managing data-processing intensive, commodity Hadoop cluster. Green HDFS's data-classification-driven data placement allows scale-down by guaranteeing substantially long periods (several days) of idleness in a subset of servers in the datacenter designated as the Cold Zone. These servers are then transitioned to high-energy-saving, inactive power modes. This is done without impacting the performance of the Hot zone as studies have shown that the servers in the data-intensive compute clusters are under-utilized and, hence, opportunities exist for better consolidation of the workload on the Hot Zone. Analysis of the traces of a Yahoo! Hadoop cluster showed significant heterogeneity in the data's access patterns which can be used to guide energy-aware data placement policies. The trace-driven simulation results with three-month-long real-life HDFS traces from a Hadoop cluster at Yahoo! show a 26% energy consumption reduction by doing only Cold zone power management. Analytical cost model projects savings of $14.6 million in 3-year total cost of ownership (TCO) and simulation results extrapolate savings of $2.4 million annually when Green-HDFS technique is applied across all Hadoop clusters (amounting to 38000 servers) at Yahoo.


We fitted 173 satellite radio collars (platform transmitter terminals) to 121 adult female polar bears in the Beaufort Sea and relocated the bears 44 736 times between 1985 and 1995. We regularly resighted many instrumented bears so that we could ascertain whether changes in movements or distribution were related to reproductive status. Mean short-term movement rates were less than 2 km/h for all classes of bears. Maximum movement rates occurred in winter and early summer. In the southern Beaufort Sea (SBS), net geographic movements from the beginning to the end of each month were smaller for females with cubs of the year than for solitary females, and larger in November than in April, May, or July. In May, June, July, and August, radio-collared bears in the SBS moved north. They moved south in October. In the northern Beaufort Sea (NBS), bears moved north in June and south in March and September. Total annual movements ranged from 1406 to 6203 km. Mean total distances moved each month ranged from 79 to 4...


Based on historical material, the article examines the current issue of researching the educational and professional potential of pottery centers and schools in Ukraine in the context of the problems of training specialists in decorative and applied art in educational institutions of our country in the 80s of the 20th century – at the beginning of the 21st century. Based on the study of a complex of diverse sources, it was found that traditional pottery centers were formed in the following regions: Kyiv Oblast, Kharkiv Oblast, Poltava Oblast, Chernihiv Oblast, Podillia, Kherson Oblast, Volyn, Halychyna, Hutsul Oblast, Transcarpathia. Each of these centers had unique signs of technology techniques, decoration, design, name, and shape of products. At the same time, the long-standing leading educational and professional trend in the formation and development of folk pottery in Ukraine was training masters of decorative and applied art directly by well-known potters. Workshop schools, art and industrial schools, vocational and technical schools, artillery schools, workshops of folk art, art schools, etc., were founded later at the end of the 19th – at the beginning of the 20th century. Those institutions, i. e., Poltava Pottery School-Workshop, Myrhorod Ceramic Technical School, Opishne Vocational Technical School - Opishne Factory «Artistic Ceramics,» Mezhehirsk Ceramic School-Workshop – Technological Institute of Ceramics and Glass, Kyiv Central Experimental Workshop of Folk Art at the State Museum of Ukrainian Art, Kyiv Art and Industrial Technical School, accumulated rich experience in training high-quality ceramic artists. It was found that in the 80s of the 20th century, the training of decorative and applied art specialists was started by culture colleges.


The breakdown of native and anodically grown oxide films on Ti electrodes is investigated by scanning electrochemical microscopy (SECM), video microscopy, transmission electron microscopy, and voltammetry. SECM is used to demonstrated that the oxidation of Br[sup [minus]] on Ti occurs at microscopic surface sites (10 to 50 [mu]m diam, 30 sites/cm[sup 2]) that are randomly positioned across the oxide surface. After determining the position of the active sites for Br[sup [minus]] oxidation, breakdown of the oxide is initiated by increasing the electrode potential to more positive values. Direct correspondence is observed between the location of the electroactive sites and corrosion pits, indicating that oxide breakdown is associated with a localized test of high electrical conductivity. The potential at which pitting is observed in voltammetric experiments is found to be proportional to the average oxide thickness, for values ranging between 20 and 100 [angstrom], indicating that breakdown is determined either by the magnitude of the electric field within the oxide or by the interfacial potential at the oxide/Br[sup [minus]] solution interface. Pitting occurs at significantly lower potentials in Br[sup [minus]] solutions than in Cl[sup [minus]] solutions, suggesting a strong chemical interaction between the TiO[sub 2] surface and Br[sup [minus]]. A mechanismmore » of oxide breakdown is proposed that is based on the potential-dependent chemical dissolution of the oxide at microscopic surface sites.« less


The present study was undertaken to evaluate the effect of Asparagus racemosus aqueous root extract on cellular immune reaction of Labeo rohita (Hamilton) fingerlings with response to bacterial infection caused by Aeromonas hydrophila at cool hilly mid altitude region of Meghalaya. Four concentrates mixtures of pelleted diet were formulated viz. without A. racemosus aqueous root extract (control); with 50 mg A. racemosus aqueous root extract/kg of diet (AR1); with 100 mg A. racemosus aqueous root extract/kg of diet (AR2); and with 150 mg A. racemosus aqueous root extract/kg of diet (AR3). Feeding trial was conducted for 60 days. Immune reactions, viz. NBT level, phagocytic activity, total immunoglobulin level, lysozyme activity, antiprotease activity and myeloperoxidase activity of fish were determined at 0, 15, 30, 45 and 60 days of feeding. Fish were infected with A. hydrophila 60 days post feeding, mortalities (%) and agglutination antibody titre were recorded over 14 days post infection. The results showed that in the treatment group AR2, AR3, there was significantly enhanced NBT level, phagocytic activity, lysozyme activity, immunoglobulin level, antiprotease activity and myeloperoxidase activity compared to control. The treatment group AR1 NBT level, phagocytic activity, lysozyme activity, myeloperoxidase activity were significantly enhanced whereas immunoglobulin level and antiprotease activity were nonsignificant compared to control. The highest survival was recorded in the AR2 (43.36±0.65) group, followed by AR3 (24.32±0.14), AR1 (17.26±0.45) and lowest were recorded in the control (3.42±0.02). The highest agglutination antibody titre was recorded in the AR2 (87.36±0.65) group followed by AR3 (49.32±0.14) and AR1 (38.26±0.45) group and lowest in control (17.42±0.02) against A. hydrophila infection. Thus, from the present study it can be deduced that feed containing A. racemosus aqueous root extracts/kg diet can influence immune reaction in L. rohita; however, AR2 group showed better result in terms of immune reaction and protection against pathogenic A. hydrophila at cool hilly mid altitude region of Meghalaya.


Careful analysis demonstrates the overall failure of faculty development programs to become a permanent fixture in the organizational structure of colleges and universities.


Abstract SESSION TYPE: COPD Posters IIPRESENTED ON: Wednesday, October 24, 2012 at 01:30 PM - 02:30 PMPURPOSE: Historically, the red cell distribution width (RDW) was utilized after an anemia diagnosis to determine its etiology. In 2007, we first reported that RDW was a powerful predictor of mortality among cardiovascular patients, which was subsequently replicated in various heart and vascular disease populations. This study evaluated whether the RDW is associated with survival and hospital admission-free survival among patients undergoing pulmonary function testing (PFT).METHODS: Patients (N=2,629) evaluated by PFT between October, 2002, and October, 2011, were tested for RDW levels using the complete blood count (CBC) panel. All-cause mortality was determined using local, state, and national death registries in December, 2011. Admission to one of Intermountain Healthcare's 22 hospitals in Utah was determined by electronic query of a central electronic data warehouse. Cox regression was used to adjust for patient age, sex, body mass index, forced vital capacity, the other CBC components, and all independent variables in the basic metabolic profile.RESULTS: During a mean of 2.8 years of follow-up (max: 9.2 years), 363 patients (6.0%) died and 1,447 (55.0%) experienced a hospital admission following the PFT. Average age was 60.0 years and 54% were female. Mean RDW was significantly higher among decedents (16.3 vs. 15.0, palt;0.001). Modeled as a continuous variable, RDW strongly predicted mortality (adjusted hazard ratio [HR]=1.11 per mg/dL increase, 95% CI=1.07, 1.16; palt;0.001). Survival was 91.7%, 89.3%, 89.1%, 85.4%, and 74.0% in RDW quintiles 1-5 (≤13.3, 13.4-14.1, 14.2-15.0, 15.1-16.6, agt;16.6 mg/dl), respectively. In Cox regression, RDW quintile 5 vs. 1 had HR=2.68 (95% CI=1.80, 3.98; palt;0.001), with a graded association (HR=1.62, 1.30, and 1.47 for quintiles 4, 3, and 2 vs. 1, respectively). For hospital admission, RDW also significantly stratified risk (quintile 5 vs. 1: HR=1.91, 95% CI=1.56, 2.33; palt;0.001) with a graded association (HR=1.38, 1.59, and 1.35 for quintiles 4, 3, and 2 vs. 1).CONCLUSIONS: RDW was a powerful predictor of survival and hospital admission among patients initially evaluated by PFT. This is consistent with the reported role of RDW in risk among other populations and suggests that higher RDW indicates a generally lower level of health. Further study of the role of RDW in pulmonary patient risk is indicated.CLINICAL IMPLICATIONS: Elevated RDW may indicate a need for more intense preventive therapies or diagnostic testing to reduce future risk.DISCLOSURE: Benjamin Horne: Grant monies (from industry related sources): GlaxoSmithKline clinical research supportMatthew Hegewald: Grant monies (from industry related sources): GlaxoSmithKline clinical research supportJoseph Muhlestein: Grant monies (from industry related sources): GlaxoSmithKline clinical research supportElizabeth Huggins: Grant monies (from industry related sources): GlaxoSmithKline clinical research supportHeidi May: Grant monies (from industry related sources): GlaxoSmithKline clinical research supportTami Bair: Grant monies (from industry related sources): GlaxoSmithKline clinical research supportJeffrey Anderson: Grant monies (from industry related sources): GlaxoSmithKline clinical research supportNo Product/Research Disclosure InformationIntermountain Heart Institute, Salt Lake City, UT.


Laser-Doppler anemometry has been applied to approximately 2-D turbulent air flow in a rotating 2 pass channel of square cross section. The axis of rotation is normal to the axis of the duct, and the flow is radially outward/inward. The duct is of finite length and the walls are isothermal. Smooth channels are experimentally conducted with rotational speeds of 100, 200, and 300 rpm with ReH = 5000 and 10,000. The main features of the flow, flow separation and mean velocity as well as turbulent intensity at particular location along the downstream are presented. The measured flow field is found to be quite complex, consisting of secondary cross-stream and radially outward flows due to the Coriolis effects and centrifugal forces.


Phase contrast provides new possibilities in X-ray imaging, offering up to 1000 times higher sensitivity than standard absorption contrast. In propagation based phase contrast imaging, a quantitative relationship exists between intensity in the image plane and the phase shift induced by the object. Inversion of this relationship is called phase retrieval. Used as input to a 3D tomographic reconstruction algorithm this gives a reconstruction of the refractive index. Several methods for phase retrieval have been described, but few quantitative studies have been performed. In this paper we describe three phase retrieval methods, respectively based on the transport of intensity equation (TIE), contrast transfer function (CTF) and a mixed approach recently developed at the ESRF. The methods are evaluated using simulated and experimental data in the case of mixed absorption and phase objects. Using the TIE on simulated data we obtain a reconstruction with a mean error of 10%, but fail to achieve a qualitatively acceptable reconstruction of experimental data. The CTF approach yields qualitative reconstructions both using simulated and experimental data. Using the mixed approach, we obtain reconstructions with close correspondence to expected values with an average errors of 3.8% for the simulated and 5.9% for the experimental data


The article determines the peculiarities of the Ukrainian historical novels by Pavlo Zahrebelnyi with regard to the general tendencies of the world literature development, particularly in the context of Slavic fiction evolution. The Ukrainian historical novels under a totalitarian Soviet regime assumed a difficult duty, dictated by an imperative need, to awaken the national memory. The following world-wide tendency of literature development in the twentieth century as breakaway of historical novel writing from the real, historiographical representation of reality to the generalized and conditional, philosophical and mythological one was commented upon. The literature sought to renew the national identity, to surround the identity of Ukrainian world with memory, traditions, heredity, folk character, all these concepts became widespread, demonstrating a growing interest to the aspects that covered them. History, the past have become a kind of tool when writers lifted the identical and national roots from the depths of a human personality. It demonatrated whereby people stay as people, peoples stay as peoples, and an individual human being stays a person as a nation witness, and, therefore, as a whole humanity witness. It illustrates how the Ukrainian historical fiction since the 1960s, having at its origins different causes also moved in this direction, and Pavlo Zahrebelnyi's creative work became one of the most impressive examples of the breakaway from the principle of the past fact presentation to its philosophical understanding in terms of the present day and personal spirit. It analyzes how the writer who actively studied many historical sources and new historical concepts in the process of his creative activity on historical works gradually comes to the creation of his own history concept, which largely keeps up with such a historical direction.


A set of four-month-old Angus-Hereford triplet calves, two freemartin heifers and one steer, was presented for generalised lymphadenomegaly and paraparesis. Cytology was consistent with lymphosarcoma and all calves were serologically negative for bovine leukaemia virus. Postmortem examination and histopathology findings confirmed the diagnosis of sporadic juvenile lymphosarcoma. Due to the rarity of sporadic bovine lymphosarcoma, it is unlikely that these three calves simply, spontaneously, developed lymphosarcoma within a month of one another. A shared genetic predisposition to develop lymphosarcoma is possible, but is unlikely given the synchronous development of disease among the triplets. The most parsimonious explanation is that one calf developed lymphosarcoma in utero and transmitted it to its siblings via placental vascular anastomoses, in the same way haematopoietic chimerism develops in freemartin calves. Regardless of pathogenesis, this case demonstrates that spontaneous bovine leukosis, like enzootic bovine leukosis, occasionally affects multiple animals within a single herd at one time.


At superb art means, announce author to personage the decisive actions of personality, succeed in and portray protagonist dare resist and dare strive for freedom and equal the personalities of statuses by Jane Eyre, have shown Jane Eyre love view that is high and outstanding quality .


Corrosion resistance of mild steel in simulated concrete pore solution  in presence of simulated urine, tartaric acid and lactic acid has been evaluated by Electrochemical studies such as polarization study and AC impedance spectra. These studies lead to the conclusion that, the corrosion resistance of mild steel in various test solutions is as follows. Lactic acid+ SCPS+ urine > tartaric acid+ SCPS+ urine >  SCPS > SCPS+ urine >   urine This leads to the conclusion that urination on the concrete structures such as bridges and building should be discouraged. Otherwise, the structure will collapse one day without informing others. However, the inclusion of tartaric acid or better lactic acid during the preparation of concrete admixtures is quite welcome and encouraged.


The density estimator of Yamato (1971), well as a closely related one-1 n 1 f*(x) = n L h: K(x-X.)/h.), as n j=1 J J J ft(x) =n-1h-~ r h:~K((X-X.)/h.) are considered. n n j=l J J J Expressions for asymptotic bias, and variance are developed and weak consistency is shown. Using the almost sure invariance principle, laws of the iterated logarithm are developed. Finally application of these results to sequential estimation procedures are made.


The oxidation of waste PE and PP were researched via a high temperature liquid-phase process.By using acetic acid as solvent,acetate cobalt and acetate manganese as main catalyst and bromine hydride as co-catalyst,acetate acid and adipic acid were obtained by air oxidation of PE and PP at stated reaction temperature and pressure,the products of oxidative degradation was detected by GC-MS,co and co2 in the exhaust gas concentration using on-line analyzer infrared detection.The results show that MC catalyst system demonstrated high catalytic activity in the degradation process of PE and PP;the major degradation products of PE and PP are oxalic acid and acetic acid,respectively.


Objectives: The inferior laryngeal nerve is the main motor & sensory nerve of the larynx. Several anatomical variations of inferior laryngeal nerve may be found. The non recurrent inferior laryngeal nerve is one of them. It arises directly from the vagus and passes medially from its origin to the larynx. Due to its abnormal course and position in relation to the thyroid gland, the risk of injury to this nerve with resultant paralysis of the vocal cord is high during thyroid surgery. Methods: 60 specimens of the thyroid gland were studied. Configuration of inferior laryngeal nerve and inferior thyroid artery in each specimen was noted and documented. Results: Recurrent laryngeal nerve was found to be nonrecurrent on right side in two cases and the course of the nerve on the left side was found to be normal in them. Conclusion: Non recurrent inferior laryngeal nerve represents a major surgical risk in thyroid and parathyroid surgeries. Intimate knowledge of normal and anatomical variants of inferior laryngeal nerve will reduce the potential for nerve injury during surgery in the neck.


Foreword E.de Almeida, X.Lu , A.Rangnekar & D.Schizer Preface T.H.Moran Acknowledgements FDI by Emerging Market Multinationals and the Impact of the Financial Crisis and Recession K.P.Sauvant , W.A.Maschek & G.McAllister The Global Challenges Facing Emerging Markets J.D.Sachs THE LAY OF THE LAND Reflections on Multinationals in a Globally Interdependent World Economy Y.Aharoni Towards a Re-newed Stages Theory for BRIC Multinationals? R.van Tulder The Theory and Regulation of Emerging Market Multinationals A.M.Rugman Comment: Do We Need a New Theory to Explain Emerging Market MNEs? A.Durnev GAINING GROUND: THE EXPANSION OF EMERGING MARKET MULTINATIONALS Transnationalization of Brazilian Companies P.Resende , A.de Almeida & J.Ramsey Take-off and Turbulence in the Foreign Expansion of Russian Multinationals K.Kalotay Global Players from India: A Political Economy Perspective A.Noelke & H.Taylor How Different are Chinese Foreign Acquisitions? Adding an Indian Comparison H.Rui , G.S.Yip & S.Prashantham Unknown Multinationals: Leading Multinationals from Slovenia A.Jaklic & M.Svetlicic THE POLICY LANDSCAPE: OUTWARD FDI FROM EMERGING MARKETS What Can Emerging Countries Learn from the Outward Direct Investment Policies of Advanced Countries? P.J.Buckley , J.Clegg , A.R.Cross & H.Voss Changing Policy Regimes in Outward Foreign Direct Investment: from Control to Promotion F.de Beule & D.van den Bulcke The Role of Government Policies in Promoting Outward FDI of Emerging Markets: China's Experience X.Qiuzhi & H.Bingjie "South-South" FDI and Political Risk Insurance Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency World Bank Group Multinational Enterprises from Emerging Markets H.G.Broadman THE POLICY LANDSCAPE: INWARD FDI FROM EMERGING MARKETS Is the EU Ready for FDI from Emerging Markets? J.Clifton & D.Diaz-Fuentes Is the US Ready for FDI from Emerging Markets: the Case of China K.P.Sauvant The Policy Landscape: Inward FDI from Emerging Market A.O'Sullivan THE PATH AHEAD The Rise of Emerging Market Multinationals H.Loewendahl The Rise of Emerging Market Multinationals J.E.Alvarez The Rise of Emerging Market Multinationals G.Hufbauer & M.Adler Thinking Outward: Global Players from Emerging Markets S.Thomsen


Crop pests and diseases are key factors that damage crop production and threaten food security. Remote sensing techniques may provide an objective and effective alternative for automatic detection of crop pests and diseases. However, ground-based spectroscopic or imaging sensors may be limited in practically guiding the precision application and reduction of pesticide. Therefore, this study developed an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)-based remote sensing system to detect leaf folder (Cnaphalocrocis medinalis). Rice canopy reflectance spectra were obtained in the booting growth stage by using the UAV-based hyperspectral remote sensor. Newly developed and published multivariate spectral indices were initially calculated to estimate leaf-roll rates. The newly developed two-band spectral index (R490−R470), three-band spectral index (R400−R470)/(R400−R490), and published spectral index photochemical reflectance index (R550−R531)/(R550+R531) showed good applicability for estimating leaf-roll rates. The newly developed UAV-based micro hyperspectral system had potential in detecting rice stress induced by leaf folder. The newly developed spectral index (R490−R470) and (R400−R470)/(R400−R490) might be recommended as an indicator for estimating leaf-roll rates in the study area, and (R550−R531)/(R550+R531) might serve as a universal spectral index for monitoring leaf folder.


Background In July 2008 a case of smear-positive pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) in a white UK-born nursery teacher was notified in London. The case had been symptomatic for 9 months while working in the nursery. The outbreak is described and the protective effect of BCG vaccination against latent Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection as measured by an interferon gamma release assay (IGRA) is assessed. Methods Screening by chest X-ray and IGRA of nursery children, staff and their contacts was conducted using a 'stone-in-the pond' approach. Information was collected on various factors including BCG vaccination status, and data were analysed using multivariable logistic regression.


The analysis of breast cancer images includes the detection of mitotic figures whose counting is important in the grading of invasive breast cancer. Mitotic figures are difficult to find in the very large whole slide images, as they may look only slightly different from normal nuclei. In the last few years, several convolutional neural network (CNN) systems have been developed for mitosis detection that are able to beat conventional, featurebased approaches. However, these networks contain many layers and many neurons per layer, so both training and actual classification require powerful computers with GPUs. In this paper, we describe a new lightweight region-based CNN methodology we have developed that is able to run on standard machines with only a CPU and can achieve accuracy measures that are almost as good as the best CNN-based system so far in a fraction of the time, when both are run on CPUs. Our system, which includes a feature-based region extractor plus two CNN stages, is tested on the ICPR 2012 and ICPR 2014 datasets, and results are given for accuracy and


ABSTRACT The regenerative design framework aims to 'engage a broader range of possibilities by moving beyond the immediate building and site boundaries'. It implies that the environmental performance of buildings requires a revised definition so that it considers not only the building itself, but also its contribution beyond its own boundary, i.e. neighbourhoods. In high-density cities, outdoor spaces are culturally considered as the extension of one's living spaces. The environmental performance of neighbourhoods is particularly important to the health and wellbeing of urban inhabitants. This paper aims to define the environmental performance of neighbourhoods in high-density urban context based on the experience acquired in previous studies in Hong Kong over the last 15 years. These studies cover a wide range of environmental issues including urban climate, outdoor thermal comfort, and daylighting design in high-density cities. Subsequent development of the assessment tools for environmental performance of neighbourhoods in Hong Kong is also presented. The framework of stakeholder engagement, as an integral part of the neighbourhood assessment tool, is discussed. This paper highlights the distinctive features of the environmental performance of neighbourhoods in high-density urban context and how it influences the professional practices in Hong Kong.


The texture of electron-beam physical vapour deposited thermal barrier coatings was investigated by pole figure measurements. Only minor influence of various surface preparations and diverse substrates on texture of partially yttria stabilized zirconia coatings was found. A fourfold symmetry with {100} planes nearly parallel to the surface must be considered for all samples that have been rotated during deposition. Position of texture components depends on the angle of vapour incidence. Substrate temperature was found to influence the sharpness of the preferred orientation. Results were correlated to vapour phase growth models and to crystal bonding energies with special emphasis on periodical bond chains. A model for texture origin of EB-PVD thermal barrier coatings is proposed.


Artists have always been interested in themselves. There are a lot of examples throughout art history of this interest and there is a multitude of ways to express oneself through art. Self-portraiture is an obvious form in the visual arts, like autobiographical writing in literature. But even though these art forms are as old as the arts themselves, there has been a boom of self-expression in recent years think only of all the web logs. In the visual arts, many different strategies are explored by the artists and a lot of interesting questions and discussions arise as a consequence. Wishing to elucidate some of the autobiographical aspects in contemporary art, the Swiss curator Kathleen Bühler has mounted the exhibition Ego Documents at the Kunstmuseum, Bern, Switzerland. The exhibition comprises some forty works by twenty artists working in all different mediums. The exhibition encourages reconsidering the relation between artists and art histories. The importance of the autobiographical aspect in contemporary art makes clear that it is not only about a subject per se, something at hand well known to the maker, but also can serve other purposes. In this review I would like to suggest that the artist's interest in heror himself not only is due to a genuine awareness, but also expresses the struggle for influence or even control over the writings by art historians and critics. This interest and the production of ego documents can also be understood as linked to the role of the artist. The construction of this role greatly benefits from the interest in the autobiographical. By presenting these documents, a context is created within which the artist wants to be seen. The autobiographical not only serves as material amongst others, but also as stuff for legends for the way they are to be seen by others. Not all ego documents serve this purpose, but I nevertheless want to focus on this particular aspect. In an extreme case, it would lead to the question: Who's writing whose history? The exhibition Ego Documents keeps a good balance between various mediums, which is interesting in this context since a prejudiced mind would have counted on photography as a given when it comes to portraiture. The works displayed range from installation (Isabelle Krieg) via painting (Annatina Graf), photography (Jack Pierson) to film (Carolee Schneemann) and video (Darren Almond). This mixture underlines the fact that autobiographical content can be found in art in general, not only in a documentary sense, and also that the questions addressed are important for many artists working in different traditions. The viewer is presented with various topics and modes of the autobiographical document. In the catalogue, but not in the galleries, the curator Kathleen Bühler distinguishes between four categories of autobiography and art. First, artists may use autobiographical material to document, or create documents,


The Many Meanings of Open Source by Cristina Gacek and Budi Arief, pp. 34–40. Many software development methodologies are called "open source." However simply stating that a project is open source doesn't precisely describe the approach used to support the project. A multidisciplinary viewpoint can help determine those characteristics that are common to open source projects and those that vary among projects. These characteristics form the basis for a taxonomy of open source projects that's useful for analyzing and setting up projects. They also provide a starting point for understanding what "open source" means.


We study a class of {\em aggregation rules} that could be applied to ethical AI decision-making. These rules yield the decisions to be made by automated systems based on the information of profiles of preferences over possible choices. We consider two different but very intuitive notions of preferences of an alternative over another one, namely {\it pairwise majority} and {\it position} dominance. Preferences are represented by permutation processes over alternatives and aggregation rules are applied to obtain results that are socially considered to be ethically correct. In this setting, we find many aggregation rules that satisfy desirable properties for an autonomous system. We also address the problem of the stability of the aggregation process, which is important when the information is variable. These results are a contribution for an AI designer that wants to justify the decisions made by an autonomous system.\\ \textit{Keywords:} Aggregation Operators; Permutation Process; Decision Analysis.


Photograph showing Robber trench for Wall 3.1.1 in E wall of N pavillion, Room D, from SSE, sub-floor of pavilion to left.


HE EARLIEST EXAMPLES of the Mannich reacT tion were published in succession by Tollens and co-workers (1, 2), Petrenko-Kritschenko and co-workers (3-6), and by Mannich and Krosche (7). Mannich was the first to recognize the reaction as a general one, and a detailed investigation was begun in 1917. The Mannich reaction was reviewed by Blicke (8), Karbe (9), Nobles (10, 1 l ) , Reichert (12), and others (13, 14) and it was the subject of recent books by Reichert (15) arid by IHellmann and Optiz (16). The Mannich reaction consists of the condensation of ammonia or a primary or secondary aminc usually as the hydrochloride salt, an aldehyde, and a compound capable of supplying one or more active hydrogen atoms. As a result of the reaction an aminomethyl group generally replaces the active hydrogen atom. Products of the condensation are known as "Mannich bases." A typical condensation, with acetophenone as the active hydrogen compound, may be illustrated as in Scheme I. As cited in the excellent review by Blicke (8), multiple product formation is possible. For example, multiple aminomethylations may occur at the a-position of compounds such as acetophenone of the previous example, oiz., Scheme 11. Similarly, monoand disubslituted products including position isomers, result from multiple


In this paper,the use of Fresnel diffraction and holographic theory,Computer Simulation of Fresnel Holography with MATLAB6.0 turns out to be that the results gotten by using MATLAB6.0 are identical with theory.


This paper shows the simulations of SLF interruption performance for SF6 gas circuit breaker by serially connected 3 arc models. The arc model is constructed by serially connecting one Cassie model and two Mayr models. A 550kV model circuit breaker was used to measure and simulate the SLF interruption performances. Simulations were good agreed with the measurements. Mayr arc time constant of 550kV model circuit breaker and the 300kV model circuit breaker was identical. But, Cassie arc time constant was different from the 300kV model circuit breaker. It was investigated the Cassie arc time constant and showed the relation with nozzle throat diameter.


We evaluated Hibiscus cannabinus (kenaf) to remedy oxisol contaminated with Hg2 + potential. The study was conducted in a controlled environment in pots with soil contaminated with HgCl2 solution, in a completely randomized design with 4 treatments: control (without Hg2+) and treatments with 5, 24 and 36 mg Hg2+ kg-1 of soil and 5 replicates / treatment. The quantification of total Hg in plant and soil samples was performed by atomic absorption spectrometry. Kenaf grown in contaminated pots did not show visual symptoms of toxicity. Plant height did not differ among treatments, but the dry shoot phytomass was 21.65% higher in control than the average of treatments with Hg. Treatment with 24 mg kg-1 showed dry root phytomass greater than control and the others. In general, oxisol was responsible for retaining greater amount of Hg than plants. Hg accumulated in greater proportion in roots than in shoots. In pots that received 36 mg kg-1, plants accumulated average of 2.57 mg kg-1 of Hg / pot, differing from the other treatments and the Hg transfer factor (TF) in plants was also calculated as the ratio of the concentration in shoots and in roots. The values were as follows: 3.11 for T1, 1.26 for T2, 0.05 for T3 and 0.02 for T4. Treatments showed no difference between T3 and T4 and TF decreased with increasing Hg dose. It could be concluded that Hg was more adsorbed by oxisol than by plants. Plants showed resistance to different soil Hg concentrations and can be considered as potential Hg2+ stabilizer


Objective To explore the clinical significance of changes of elastic function of carotid artery in patients with type 2diabetes mellitus(T2DM)and concurrent hyperuricemia using echo-tracking(E-tracking)technology. Methods A total of sixty patients with T2 DM were divided into two groups as normal-uric-acid group(group A,n=30)and hyperuricemia group(group B,n=30)according to their uric acid level.Using E-tracking technique,the elastic functional parameters of carotid artery,including stiffness(β),pressure-strain elasticity coefficient(Ep),arterial compliance(AC),augment index(AI)and pulse wave conducting velocity(PWVβ),were detected and compared with the normal control group(group N,n=30). Results Compared with the group N,the parameters ofβ,Ep,PWVβin groups A and B were higher,and AC was lower(F=11.67-26.81,q=4.58-10.27,P0.05).Compared with group A,the parameters ofβ,Ep,PWVβin group B were significantly higher,and AC was lower(q=5.13-9.25,P0.05).The difference of AI between each group was not significant(P0.05). Conclusion Etracking technique can discover the early elastic changes of carotid artery in patients with T2 DM and concurrent hyperuricemia,which provides evidence for early clinical intervention and therapy of atherosclerosis.


The structure and interconnection of the main macroeconomic indicators reflected in the National Accounts of the Republic of Moldova: "Release" (R), "Intermediate Consumption" (IC), "Gross Value Added" (GVA), "Gross Domestic Product" (GDP). The place of tariffs in the general structure of economic indicators has been determined. It is shown that the tariffs for energy and other types of material resources and the costs accompanying the production cycle are in the "Intermediate Consumption" (IC) sector. It is shown that an increase in tariffs leads to a decrease (GVA) and, accordingly, a decrease in volume (GDP). It is established in a quantitative form as far as the growth of tariffs overtakes the growth of real GDP. A new methodology for setting tariff limits is given, taking into account the dynamics of real GDP growth, indicators of planned GDP growth, as well as the average annual consumer price index. On the basis of calculations and substantiations, it is concluded that tariffs should be reduced by 5.6% for natural gas, by 17.7% for electricity, and by 32% for thermal energy of the central heating system, compared to their current values. The proposed methodology and approach will contribute to the sustainable development of the economy as a whole, including the energy sector, and also take into account the tasks of further improving the state of the social sphere.


Space-time varying metamaterials based on uniform-velocity modulation have spurred considerable interest over the past decade. We present here the first extensive investigation of accelerated modulation space-time metamaterials. Using the tools of general relativity, we establish their electrodynamic principles and describe their fundamental phenomena, in comparison with the physics of moving-matter media. We show that an electromagnetic beam propagating in an accelerated modulation metamaterial is bent in its course, which reveals that such a medium curves space-time for light, similarly to gravitation. Finally, we illustrate the vast potential diversity of accelerated modulation metamaterial by demonstrating related Schwarzschild holes.


The purpose of this project is to develop a "patrolling robot for college security surveillance". The important role of this patrolling robot is to provide security on college campuses in daily life. In this work, the patrolling robot system comprises the Raspberry Pi 3 B model, Wireless camera, and sound sensors. When the patrolling robot detects any object, it will capture the picture with the help of a pi camera and store it on the desktop. On the other hand, it will also stream the live video. As well as the smoke and sound sensors are installed on the robot so that the robot can find the fire and sound. The movement of a robot is also controlled automatically through obstacle detecting sensors to avoid a collision. To maintain safety and security, the conventional surveillance system relies critically on human attention, action, and intelligence. Keyword – Raspberry pi, Internet of things, surveillance, security and patrol.


Event knowledge graph (EKG) as a special case of knowledge graph (KG) can realize the goal of event prediction, and has been proved useful in medical diagnosis and intelligent recommendation. To successfully build an EKG, knowledge representation learning is often required to compute the semantic links of entities and relationships in a low-dimensional space and solve the data sparsity issue in knowledge acquisition, fusion and reasoning. This paper proposes a new EKG representation learning model featuring the integration of event entity attributes and relation paths. By utilizing the knowledge of entity attribute, which contains entity type and entity description, and the knowledge about relation paths, the entity initial vector is obtained by multiplying entity semantic vector, entity description representation vector and entity type representation vector, and the representation of relation path is obtained according to the relation between event pairs, a translation-based model framework is used to integrate and train all vectors to obtain the entity learning vector and the relation learning vector. our method can generate more expressive learning representations, and consequently, enhance the inference performance of EKG. Experiments on publicly available real-world EKG datasets show that our method achieves better performance than the state-of-the-art models on two typical tasks.


Association rules reflect the interdependence and correlation between things, and are used to extract valuable correlations between data items from large amounts of data. The Apriori algorithm is a typical association rule algorithm that mines association rules through frequent item sets. Based on the Apriori algorithm, this paper is an effective means of implementing psychological health education and solving psychological health problems among university students by discovering the common problems of psychological health among university students through data mining and taking targeted measures. The core work of this paper is to design a psychological test process and a psychological test scaling for university students based on the Apriori algorithm, to support the development of a psychological test system for university students, to comprehensively address the psychological health problems of university students through psychological tests, and to help cultivate high quality talents.


A facile and rapid isocratic reverse phase high performance liquid chromatography assay method has been developed and validated for the determination of fingolimod in bulk and tablet dosage form. The column was equilibrated for at least 30 min and separation was achieved by using kromofil-ODS C18 (150 x 4.6 mm, particle size 5 µm). The column was maintained at ambient temperature (25°C). The mobile phase employed was methanol: water (60:40 v/v). The eluent was monitored using UV detector at 220 nm. A volume of 10µL of standard and sample solutions was injected in to the HPLC. The flow rate was 1.0 mL /min. The retention times were 4.525 min for fingolimod. The method was found to be linear in the range of 25 - 150 µg/mL. The developed method was validated as per ICH guidelines. The developed method was found to be simple, precise, accurate, selective and sensitive.


Displacement-based approach has been widely used in laminated composite structure analysis. In a previous study, the fundamental roles of the individual terms of the assumed displacement fields are identified. It is believed that not only the completeness of the terms, but also the inclusion of as many terms as possible, is important to a laminate theory. It then is the goal of this study to look into a theory which can satisfy the requirement of completeness and include all the first-, second-, and third-order terms in an assumed displacement field. A special technique, namely Hypothesis for Double Superposition, is presented to achieve the goal. The feasibility of the Hypothesis is demonstrated in this study. Although not verified mathematically, the Hypothesis seems to be capable of giving accurate and efficient laminate theories.


This paper explores how 'deficit' notions of Maori students can be addressed with an alternative model emphasising empowerment, co-construction and cultural recognition. It refers to the New Zealand education system, primary to secondary. Deficit theories blame the victims, in this case Maori, and propose that the victims need to change. Through the principle of Kaupapa Maori, practices of narrative pedagogy, problem based active methodology and curriculum integration are described and recommended as tools for changing power relations in education. In contrast, continuing with exclusive dominant societal practices only combine to perpetuate colonisation.


The long-standing 'march-to-modernism' approach seen in art history textbooks has begun to break down due to new approaches and interpretations that appreciate the art of die past for its own value and contribution to its own time period. Postmodernist discourse began to disrupt this ideology decades ago, but there has been a persistent block among modernists that in order to be 'modern' one had to overthrow the dominant art form of the past: classicism. That is, to be avant-garde one had to be anti-academic/anti-classical. In art museums, only very recently have exhibitions begun to challenge this notion. Chaos and Classicism: Art in France, Italy, and Germany, 1918-1936 at the Guggenheim (20102011), and Modern Antiquity: Picasso, de Chirico, Leger, andPicabia in the Presence of the Antique at the Getty (2011-2012), are just two examples of such shows that offered refreshing views of 20th-century art as embracing classicism as part of modernism. Elizabeth Prettejohn's latest book The modernity of ancient sculpture: Greek sculpture and modern art from Winckelmann to Picasso thus is timely in its publication. She cites these catalogues in her text, but she expands upon them in other ways, arguing that modernism and classicism have been inextricably linked. Focusing on the period 1750-1950, Prettejohn argues that the histories of antiquity and modernism not only were written parallel to one another, but they also share methodologies and artistry. The basis for her study is ancient Greek sculpture, specifically its changing perception and appreciation over time: Roman copies; the Elgin Marbles; the Venus de' Milo; Praxiteles' Dionysus with the Infant Bacchus; and Archaic-style works pre-dating all of these. She discusses the discovery of these works and their reception by critics and artists. Readers expecting an iconographic analysis of the Apollo Belvedere and Aphrodite ofKnidos repurposed in modern art, however, may be disappointed in this book Unlike the aforementioned exhibition catalogs, Prettejohn's primary interest is reception theory, not iconology. She does bring in examples of ways artists visually repurposed ancient sculptural imagery in their art, but her underlying interest is exploring why artists were aware of these classical works at a specific time and how their consideration of these works defined modern taste in art. Prettejohn argues that reception theory is critical to understanding the intersection between ancient and modern art, and in fact encourages the reader to see ancient sculptures themselves as modern because they first appeared during the formation of modernity. As a specialist in 19th-century art, particularly from Britain (having published bqoks and essays on PreRaphaelite and Aesthetic Movement artists and critics), Prettejohn in this text seems most comfortable when writing about figures such as Frederic Leighton and Walter Pater, discussing how they saw and interpreted antiquity. For example, her comparative discussion of Rodin's Age of Bronze, 187780, Adolf von Hildebrand's Standing Youth, 1881-84, and Leighton's Sluggard, 1886, is fascinating. She argues that they are modern reinterpretations of thendiscovered works by Praxiteles, Polykleitos, and Lysippos. She shows that the physical characteristics of each modern work, from contrapposto to muscular attenuation, mirror the different styles from ancient art that classicists have described as evolutionary in their naturalistic development over two centuries. Then, in an interesting twist, she notes how these modern works were all made in a short period of time, leaving the reader to speculate whether the ancient works themselves should be seen as evolutionary. Arranged into an introduction and three lengthy essays, the book resembles in format the author's earlier Beauty and art, which surveyed art and aesthetics of the same period in time. In the


The author considers a concept which combines a conventional system with an electromagnetic launcher (EML) in a hybrid system. The approach utilizes a conventional Mann barrel as the injector for a railgun accelerator. An interim stage reduces the residual contaminants allowed to enter the accelerator. The advantages of such a system include: (1) reduced time-of-flight, thus simplifying the fire control problem, (2), possible increased terminal ballistics effects, and (3) the prospect of rapid development into a tactical weapon using conventional weapon injection and present projectile technology. The system is composed of a pulse power source, power interface, preaccelerator, gas manager, electromagnetic launcher, launch package, and control system. A laboratory hybrid EML launch system used for technical demonstrations is discussed. >


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Background: ATR plays a crucial role in maintaining genomic integrity by responding to a large spectrum of DNA damage, including double strand breaks (DSBs) that interfere with replication. We have previously demo started that ATR inhibition is associated with anti-tumor activity in pre-clinical models of soft-tissue sarcomas (STS) (Laroche et al., 2020). We decided to investigate the mechanisms of resistance to ATR inhibition in sarcomas.
 Methods: We used a CRISPRa was to identify genes that mediate resistance to AZD6738 in STS cells. The anti-tumor activity of AZD6738 (ATR inhibitor) and AZD0156 (ATM inhibitor) was investigated in a panel for 10 STS cell lines and two patient-derived xenografts (PDX) established at Institut Bergonié (Bordeaux, France).
 Results: We used a CRISPR approach in a STS cell line resistant to AZD6738 and we made a negative-selection screen, to identify genes whose silencing conferred sensitivity to low doses of ATR inhibition. Among these genes, we identified THRAP3 which encodes a protein phosphorylated in response to DNA damage and primarily by ATR. THRAP3 is involved in the maturation and further export of transcripts encoding the ATM and its depletion results in deficient processing of transcripts encoding the ATM kinase. We validate the result of our CRISPR analysis by demonstrating that selective THRAP3 inhibition reduce significantly ATRi IC50. Given the role of role of THRAP3 on the regulation of ATM activity, we decided to investigate the potential synergy between ATR and ATM inhibition in vivo and in vitro. AZD6738 and AZD0156 displayed a synergistic or additive effect in above all the STS cell lines tested. We noted that ATRi treatment reduced phosphorylation of the ATR kinase target CHK1 but increased ATM phosphorylation, suggesting that ATM pathway takes over for DNA Damage Response and cells survival. In contrast, both ATR and ATM pathway were inhibited when AZD6738 and AZD0156 were used in combination, as shown by reduction of CHK1 and ATM phosphorylation. We validated our in vitro results in an in vivo model of liposarcoma xenograft in which AZD6738 and AZD0156 had synergistic anti-tumor activity.
 Conclusion: Our study demonstrates synthetically lethal interactions between ATM and ATR in vitro and in vivo. This combination deserves further investigaitons in sarcomas.
 Citation Format: Mariella Spalato, Audrey Laroche-Clary, Vanessa Chaire, Antoine Italiano. Genome-wide CRISPR/Cas9 library screening identified THRAP3 as a critical driver for resistance to ATR inhibitor in sarcomas revealing synthetic lethality with ATM inhibition [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting 2022; 2022 Apr 8-13. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Res 2022;82(12_Suppl):Abstract nr 1509.


Shorter development cycles and increasing product complexity are a major challenge within the product development. Furthermore, more engineering changes are taking up a high amount of development resources. Therefore, the identification of effort for engineering changes is important to identify necessary resources. This paper introduces a methodology to build a model to predict engineering change requests' effort. Therefore, first a description model for engineering change is introduced. Afterwards, existing engineering change data has to be transferred into a data set by use of the description model. The build data set is split into training and test data to identify the prediction quality for unseen engineering change requests. Next, the prediction model is built in python by the aid of Sklearn, NumPy and Pandas. The results of the prediction model are presented and discussed. Furthermore, the conclusion suggests further possibilities to improve the prediction.


Although social services have been separated from income maintenance for almost 15 years, the effects of this separation have not been determined. While the issues surrounding separation are numerous, the role of the eligibility, or income maintenance, worker is of particular importance. Although this role has been defined primarily as a technician, the accuracy of that definition has not been substantiated. The purpose of this study was to examine the extent to which income maintenance workers are involved in social service activities and the importance of these activities relative to financial eligibility functions. The findings indicate that, while eligibility functions are the central aspect of the income maintenance worker's role, selected access services are being provided by income maintenance workers.


The first protocol for the iron-catalyzed Sonogashira type coupling of aryl iodides with terminal alkynes using exclusively water as the solvent under aerobic conditions is reported for the synthesis of diaryl alkynes. We found that the catalytic system comprised of FeCl3.6H2O and 1,10-phenanthroline is an efficient catalyst towards these coupling reactions. This methodology is applicable to a wide range of substituted aryl iodides with heteroaryl and sterically hindered groups and terminal aryl alkynes including heteroaryl alkynes with good yields. The present protocol provides economical and environmental advantages over other traditional methods due to the low cost and ecofriendly nature of the catalyst. Most importantly, the greenest solvent available, water, alone is used as the solvent for the first time for Iron-catalyzed Sonogashira type coupling reaction underlining the ecofriendly nature of the process.


The National Science Foundation's TeraGrid high-performance computing (HPC) network provides extensive support for massive computational science, typically conducted by scientists highly trained in HPC. TeraGrid's strategic plan [1] requires the engagement of a much larger and more diverse community of researchers and educators in computational science discovery and learning.


In last two decades there are several forces that have impacted business education system. It prompts the business schools across the globe to have market oriented approach either to survive or to excel. In this changing scenario the students' roles in the system bear similarity to that of consumers in traditional business context. Accordingly, the researchers and practitioners have adapted the various marketing constructs – consumer behavior, service quality etc- to study the problems and prospects of this industry. The present study is an all round attempt to arrest the prospective business school students' information search behavior which precedes actual decision making stage. Factor analysis reveals that seven factors- intellectual resource, state of Infrastructure, scope of placement, accreditation and collaboration, ranking status, cost of the program, and admission procedure- are usually searched online by the aspirants at pre-admission stage.


criminalization of children who commit criminal acts often lead to festive and long debate. Punishment has negative consequences for the criminal subject. Criminal punishment to naughty children, tend to be detrimental to the mental development of the child in the future. The application of the criminal to juvenile offenders is expected to provide deterrence to other children and the general public not to do evil. But this purpose is sometimes fail, because offenders tend to repeat the crime (recidivism). this giving rise to debate as to whether the imposition of imprisonment of a child is a must. then, Based on the background of the problem, the purpose of this essay is to investigate and obtain information about whether the imposition of imprisonment to a child who commits a crime is a necessity?. This research is normative research, made by reviewing analyzing secondary data in the form of legal materials, especially primary legal
materials and secondary legal materials tp understand the law as a set of rules or norms in the system of positive law governing the human life. The conclusion of the research indicate that the results of this research are expected to provide benefits about observation imprisonment in an effort to tackling crimes who as child is the doer of crime.


The novel Coronavirus can cause a vast range of symptoms, among which the most famous is respiratory system complications. Brucellosis is a highly contagious zoonotic disease, especially in endemic areas such as Iran. The disease, initially revealed with nonspecific symptoms, shows similar manifestations to SARS-CoV-2 disease. A 37-year-old woman presented with severe pain and swelling of the right inguinal area a week after working in a garden. Brucellosis treatment was initiated, and the patient was transferred to the COVID ward and received COVID medical therapy. The patient's pain reduced, and she was discharged and informed of the warning signs or any condition change. Owing to the high prevalence of COVID-19, other infectious diseases may be neglected. This case is a reminder to clinicians that the co-infection of SARS-CoV-2 and other diseases such as brucellosis may occur and differential diagnoses should be considered, especially for endemic diseases.


Two Elephantopus species and one Pseudelephantopus species have been placed in one single genus Elephantopus L. sensu lato by some earlier systematistx. The genomic profile obtained by amplifying the DNA with different single primers were distinctive to these three species and two genera. The Similarity Indexes indicated that Elephantopus mollis is more closely related to E. scaber than to Pseudelephantopus spicatus. The present study indicated that the Elephantopus scaber L., and its closed species E. mollis as well as Pseudelephantopus spicatus were genetically to be distinguished.


The invention provides a damping lining (1) as a deadening of sheets (5), in particular body sheets of motor vehicles, with a damping layer (2) of viscoelastic material, such as bitumen, which is connectable, at least point-wise fixedly connected to the to entdrohnenden plate (5) and containing a blowing agent, and with a fixed dehnsteifen cover (3), in particular made of metal such as aluminum, on which to entdrohnenden plate (5) side facing away from the damping layer (2). The blowing agent is dimensioned such that it is released during the action of temperature, in a temperature range which is clearly outside the environmental temperature or operating temperature. Suitably, the propellant is nitrogen, and in such an amount is provided that expansion at free expansion is not more than about 100%. The effect of temperature is in the range of about 150 to 170 DEG C. The damping lining (1) be manufactured as a semi-finished product and in a simple manner on to entdrohnende plate (5) be applied, wherein point-wise coupling is sufficient, since expansion through the action of temperature over the entire surface form- and non-positive coupling occurs.


A calculation technique of the inverse reactor period of a perturbed state is investigated. That is achieved by solving the natural mode equation which expresses the neutron balance where the core power changes exponentially with time. The technique is implemented into the MCNP-5 code and tested for perturbed states. The convergence of the calculated inverse reactor period is observed and the ratio of the converged values to experimental data in literature ranges 0.93~1.28. The error would be mainly attributed to estimations of the neutron balance between production and annihilation.


1Reader, 2,4,5Senior Lecturer, 3Postgraduate Student, 6Professor and Head 1,6Department of Oral Pathology and Microbiology, Maharana Pratap College of Dentistry & Research Centre, Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, India 2,5Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Maharana Pratap College of Dentistry & Research Centre, Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, India 3Department of Orthodontics, Maharana Pratap College of Dentistry & Research Centre, Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, India 4Department of Prosthodontics, Rungta College of Dental Sciences & Research, Bhilai, Chhattisgarh, India


Matraman-Kp. Melayu Street as a central shopping area PD. Pasar Jatinegara has a rapid advancement. This directly increases the activity around the road Matraman Raya-Kp. Malayu which resulted in a decrease in road performance. These activities can be parking activities and other side barriers. The purpose of this research is to know, the impact of parking facilities and side barriers to traffic performance and to find a congestion solution on the road Matraman Raya. Parking impacts and side barriers to traffic performance on the road of Matraman Raya-Kp. Malayu on weekdays are in category E. While on holidays are in category D. In alternative solution 1 does not improve existing road service. An alternative solution 2 improve road service from category E to category D. On alternative Solutions 3 improve road service from category E to category B.


A look at this volume' suggests the expletive, c'est formidable! And a little inspection may well incline a reviewer to turn tail and run away from his rash commitment. Over 1200 pages of text, some 700,000 words, and a space allotment of a little over a half of one per cent of that amount! And while the Indexes (by Authors and by Subjects) are impressive, a little use of them reveals that to digest the work would call for indexing as one reads, on a much fuller scale. As the content is organized, not otherwise could a reader for reference effectively collate what the author says about any important man, or topic. Yet any acquaintance with the author and his work is assurance that practically every sentence will merit thoughtful attention, while any worker in the field must expect a large proportion of them also to challenge critical comment. Both the learning and the penetrating reflections here embodied are truly "stupendous." Not the least impressive feature, or least interesting, is the contribution of the Editor, also deceased before her work was finished, and that of several consultants. The book as we have it is incomplete at many points. In this review, I can only give some general characterization and take up briefly a few items of argument or judgment which happen to strike me as especially calling for comment-implying no comparison of my scholarly competence in the field with that of the author. The writer of such a History faces many insoluble problems, and his reviewer a similar list. The first, perhaps, is that of coverage-inclusion and exclusionconsidering the "quantity" which any considerable number of readers can be expected to "take." At both ends of this work I have doubts. At the beginning, about an Introduction of nearly fifty pages (some 35,000 words), essentially on Scope and Method; and at the end, whether we have historical perspective on the most recent developments. The story is brought down to the First World War "and later," with much about "Keynes" and his interpreters, both in a final Section and scattered through, from page 41 onwards. Yet all the material is valuable for the education of economists, from the student to the more mature. Even the title needs interpretation; it, and repeated statements by the author, give a wrong impression (see especially, Editor's Introduction, p. vii). So far from being confined to "economic analysis," the book is more like a history of western thought from the standpoint of ideas related to economics. Economic analysis in a strict sense-function and variable causality-is, indeed, a very recent development, and not very much is said about it (see Subject Index,


This study aims 1) to determine the suitability of Science materials in the student book in 2013 curricullum the fifth grade of primary school in terms of Content Standards. 2) describe the suitability of Science materials in the student book in 2013 curricullum the fifth grade of primary school in terms of scientific approach. The research is a qualitative research design with a content analysis study. Data collection techniques used were documentation and observation. The data obtained are tested its validity by triangulation. The data obtained are checked repeatedly and be checked by the professionals. The results showed that the suitability of the Science material in terms of Content Standards have compatibility of 96,67% in a category of very appropriate. 2) The result of the analysis of the suitability of Scine materials in grade fifth student's book of 2013 curriculum. In term of scientific approch are a) observation with 73 activities ( 24,7%), b) questioning with 60 acctivities ( 20,3%), c) Thingking with 54 activities (18,2%), d) experiment with 68 activities (22,9%), e) Comunicate with 41 activities (13,9%). The student's book have strengths and weaknesses, so the teacher must know the quality of the book in order to teacher effectively.


The study of thermal barrier coatings is the sticking point of exploiting thermal barrier coating system, which is used in the next generation of high performance aero turbine engine. Those may be used as thermal barrier coatings ceramic materials are Al2O3, Y2O3 partially stabilized ZrO2, rare earth zirconate and oxide with perovskite structure (Y3AlxFe5-xO12, LaPO4 and LaMgAl11O19). In the present paper, the thermal and mechanical properties of these ceramic materials mentioned bove are reviewed, and their research status and development tendency are investigated.