Data from World Health Organization (WHO) indicated that breast cancer (BC) is the most prevalent cancer in female. Incidence of BC in the world is 2.1 million per year, constituting the greatest number of cancer related death. In 2018, the number of breast cancer related death was 627.000 or around 15% of all cancer death.1,2 Albeit, the incidence of BC was higher in developed countries, however, its percentage is increasing in almost each region globally.1 In US, for instance, new invasive case of BC was estimated to be 268.600 in 2019, and approximately 41.760 (15.5%) of them are expected to die.3 Likewise, in Asia, there were increasing new cases of BC among women in Pakistan, China, India, and Thailand during 19902015.4 Fortunately, from 1989 to 2017, the mortality rate of BC has reduced significantly about 40%, resulting in 375.900 BC death can be averted.3 The decrease in BC mortality rate was attributable to screening program, improvement of treatment, earlier detection, and adjuvant therapy originate from botanical product.3,5,6 Curcuma zedoaria (CZ) is a botanical product has been proven capable of inducing apoptosis on various cells such as Daltons Lymphoma Ascites (DLAs), Lung Carcinoma (A549), nasopharyngeal carcinoma (KB), leukemic (K562), and T47D cell lines.6,7 My own study that have been published indicated that the potential effect of water extract of CZ on T47D cells apoptosis remains low, less than 10%.6 On the other hand, some evidences showed that both ethanol and ethyl acetate CZ extract has been proven capable of inducing apoptosis on various cancer cells.6-8 However, the potential effect of ethanol and ethyl acetate CZ extract which one is more effective on T47D cells apoptosis remain unclear.


Sweep frequency response analysis (SFRA) is most conscious to changes in the electrical elements (R, L, C) related to the test setup and test object. Therefore, in order to monitor even the smallest winding movement in a transformer, SFRA testing is a very effective technique. The effect of changes in such electrical elements associated with the test setup (outside the test object) on the FR of the winding should be neglected. Similarly, the FR of the test object is affected by a factor located inside the transformer and unrelated to the test object. It is the transformer winding that is not being tested. All transformer windings are connected together. Even if one of the windings has a mechanical fault, it can interfere with the frequency response of the other healthy windings, even if it is not tested. In this article, experiment results are used to explore this idea.


This article focuses on non-commercial signs in the linguistic landscape of Jakarta. Five main streets within or nearby the centroid of Jakarta are selected. The prevalence of English and the use of English words in the non-commercial signs are examined. The data cover 47 non-commercial signs which are investigated from the perspective of place semiotics. Despite their small number, this category of sign, mainly those that belong to the Regulatory discourse, holds a legal power. The presence of the non-commercial signs signifies the power of the state and communicates vertical and horizontal relationships between the authority and the audience. The findings suggest that the Infrastructural discourse is mostly available and Indonesian is the dominant language. English is present to a certain extent, particularly with regard to content related to technology and English prestigious status. Semantically, few English words had meaning extension when used in Indonesian context. The language choice of the non-commercial signs indicates the exclusiveness of Jakarta linguistic landscape.


The incidences of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) continue to rise steadily increasing the need for research-based strategies to support this population in the core academic content area of reading comprehension. A research synthesis was conducted with the purpose of (1) reviewing existing research to determine effective practices for teaching reading comprehension to students with ASD, (2) identifying the features of effective practices that appear to influence comprehension outcomes, and (3) assessing the quality of the research related to comprehension strategies and students with ASD. A functional relation was identified between the increased reading comprehension of students with ASD and each of the instructional practices of anaphoric cueing, compare & contrast charts, cooperative learning, explicit/direct instruction, graphic organizers, question generation, read-alouds, reciprocal questioning, story structure and character event maps, and systematic prompts. Research in this area is limited and suggestions for both educators and researchers are provided. Federal mandates in the form of No Child Left Behind (NCLB, 2002) and the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA, 2004) require teachers of learners with disabilities to utilize research-based practices in making educational decisions. These mandates have resulted both in a research dialogue to define the term evidence-based practice (EBP), and in the identification of EBPs to support classroom instruction (Browder & Cooper-Duffy, 2003; Cook, Smith, & Tankersley, 2012; Odom et al., 2005; Spooner, Knight, Browder, & Smith, 2011). In consideration of these mandates, concern exists regarding both the quality of practices implemented in our classrooms, and the best method of disseminating essential research information to our classroom teachers (Odom et al., 2005). The use of EBPs by teachers is especially applicable to students with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) due to (a) the continuously increasing prevalence, (b) the complex characteristics and need for individualization of practices, (c) an availability of alternative interventions that may not be research-based, and (d) teacher requirement to comply with federal regulation (Mayton et al., 2010). Moreover, as a result of federal mandates requiring schools to utilize scientifically based programs, instructional practices for learners with disabilities, including learners with ASD, are increasingly being held to EBP standards (Mesibov & Shea, 2011). The Center for Disease Control and Prevention has reported that 1 in 42 boys and 1 in 68 children in the United States are currently identified with ASD (CDC, 2014, p. 1). This marks a 29% increase from the prior 2012 report (CDC, 2012). With an increase in autism rates coinciding with an increase in inclusive placements, many teachers are not equipped to meet the needs of students with ASD in the classroom (Brown, Oram-Cardy, & Johnson, 2013). The underrepresentation of students with


Objective To investigate the clinical teaching students in self-analysis problems,problem solving teaching methods.Method Using questionnaires,skills assessment,Comprehensive assessment to compare the effects of PBL(Problem-Based Learning) teaching method and LBL(lectureBased Learning) teaching in clinical immunology teaching.Results Application of PBL students cultivate good clinical thinking.Conclusion PBL can significantly improve student interest in learning and discovering,analyzing and solving problems of practical ability,so as to achieve better teaching results,worthy of promotion.


This research departs from the problem of developing the Merdeka Belajar-Kampus Merdeka (MB- KM) curriculum in the PBA UNSIQ which considers the values of local wisdom, in addition to the principles of humanistic ethics in the form of learning freedom to choose competencies and subjects, according to student interest. From several studies related to the development of the MBKM that has been written, there is no research result that examines the development of the MBKM by considering the basic idea to balance local wisdom values and humanistic ethics principles that seem dualistic. This study more specifically discusses the study program's efforts to recondition two opposing value ideas with alternative curriculum development formats. This research used a descriptive qualitative approach, with a literature study, namely the documentation of the results of the development of the MBKM for the PBA UNSIQ. The results showed that the MBKM at PBA UNSIQ has been designed by paying attention to two ideas of humanistic ethics and local wisdom values. This is evidenced in the study program decisions to choose format and structure of the curriculum, design of the learning outcomes of each course, placement of courses, and allocation of credits in each semester


ACTH blocks PMS-induced ovulation in infantile rats. This effect is exerted at the hypothalamic level rather than directly on the ovary; it is not exerted directly by ACTH, but by a secretory product of the adrenal. A large difference between corticosterone and dexamethasone was demonstrated. Corticosterone did not block PMS-induced ovulation by systemic injection. On the other hand, dexamethasone was active when given systemically or when injected into the medial preoptic area. It seemed to be less effective when injected into the ventromedial-arcuate complex. It may be inferred that the medial preoptic area leads neural regulation of gonadotrophin release under influence of both ovarian and adrenal hormones. (Endocrinology 84: 308, 1969)


This invention relates to a method and device for supplying fuel and cooling the take-off injector of a combustion chamber, with two heads. According to the process is circulated first fuel in the take-off injector, then it is directed towards the idling injector. The device comprises a first conduit (11) directing all of the fuel toward the take-off injector, a second conduit (12) for returning the fuel to the injector idle, and a valve (16) actuated by the fuel flowing in the first conduit (11) and stress of a spring (18) which ensures the switching of the power supplies.


. A method for determining the sharp exponent of solutions to exponentially stable differential-difference equations is proposed. The equations with a single delay and with real and complex coefficients, as examples, are considered. For these equations, the dependence of such an exponent on the coefficient in both analytical and geometric form is found.


As one of the "Five Cultural Public Beneficial" projects that are for socialistic new urban construction and urban cultural construction,the Urban house-book cottage project is implemented comprehensively after the Party's 16thconference. Qinghai provincial government values highly about including the urban house-book cottage,thus builds steady base for fully accomplishing the targets of realizing socialistic new urban developments. As it basically achieves all coverage of administration community which satisfies the needs for urban people to get to know the knowledge they want. However,issues like duplicate construction and insufficient control when urban house-book cottage is in use,low borrowing rate and high unused rate are influencing the efficiency of the project,so there is still a long way to go from "have "to "great". This paper will be suing case study to discuss the project status and sustainable usage in Qinghai province in terms of the existing problems and possible resolutions based on the positive trials that Pingan county has experienced when implementing the project.


The article deals with the concept of morality in English linguoculture. The analysis shows that the concept of «morality» covers concepts that reflect the value ideas of the British people about what is moral and ethical in society. In the process of analyzing the means of verbalization of the concept «morality» in speech, we have identified the following lexical units that represent the concept - good, goodness, responsibility, code of conduct, love, patience, etc. The results of the study indicate that «morality» in the English linguoculture is associated with such concepts as – compliance with the norms of behavior and the law, love, patience, intelligence, awareness, dignity, honesty. Associative components of certain qualities are the following: reliability, willpower, decency, nobility, benevolence, etc..


Back ground : Umbilical cord blood banking and collection is the process of collecting and storing umbilical cord blood in the immediate period after the birth of a baby. Cord blood is considered as an alternative to bone marrow for treatment of blood immune system and metabolic disorders because of its rich source of stem cells and considered the therapy for over 80medical condition. Design : A descriptive study design was utilized . Setting : The study was conducted at obstetrics & gynecological department at Benha University hospital. Sampling : A convenient sample included 60 nurse. Tools of data collection : Two tools were used tool (I)A structured interviewing questionnaire to assess nurse's knowledge regarding umbilical cord stem cell collection and banking. tool(II ) Modified likert scale to assess maternity nurse's attitude. Results : More than two thirds of maternity Nurses had poor knowledge regarding umbilical cord stem cell collection and banking , additionally, more than half of studied sample had negative attitude .Also, there was a highly positive statistically significant correlation between total knowledge and total attitude scores of the studied nurses regarding umbilical cord stem cell collection and banking. Conclusion : Nearly more than two thirds and more than half of the studied nurses had poor knowledge and negative attitude regarding umbilical cord blood stem cell collection and banking respectively. Recommendation : An educational guideline regarding stem cell collection and banking should be available at all maternity departments to help nurses to acquire the basic knowledge and practices.


The structure of a cutter-pad was designed and calculated.When works with a blade of turning tool,it will obtain a wide variety of cutting angle,and can be carried out turning rough,turning semi-fine and turning fine,so it can extend the usage scope of blade,tool holder and reduce the species of blade,save the material of the tool holder and the Sharpening time,which simplify the manufacturing craft of tool holder.


The reaction activity of Xiyang anthracite was measured and a model experiment of rich-oxygen of underground coal gasification(UCG) was carried out for exploring the law of UCG of anthracite and proposing rational technical parameters.Under the conditions of different contents of rich-oxygen,the temperature field,the various law of the main gas component,heat value,the rate of producing gas and heat efficiency were studied.The results show that the temperature of gasification zone and the contents of H_2 and CO in gas increased with the increasing of the content of rich-oxygen.When the content of rich-oxygen is bigger than 40%,the temperature increase rapidly,while the effective component content increase slowly.The content of H_2 and CO in gas will rise and,the temperature of gasifier and the heat value remain stable after adding steam.With the raise of content of rich-oxygen,the rate of producing gas will be reduced,and the gasification efficiency is 52.10%—75.09%.


This article focuses on a group of Bai minority market women in Dali, Yunnan: while expressing anxiety over "fakes" in China's reform era, they have, when selling souvenirs to transnational travelers, simultaneously created them, engaging in authenticating and outsourcing techniques that imitate larger global economic processes. The author argues that concern over authenticity does not arise only in a European-style modernity in which individualism is key. Instead, such anxiety proliferates during periods of increased commodification and intensified circulation of unfamiliar people and objects, when the prestige or profits to be gained from impersonation, falsification, and imitation are worth the risk. Moreover, the same people who express anxiety over authenticity as consumers may "counterfeit" as producers and distributors.


In this experiment, a 3D microfluidic chip is designed and fabricated to replicate the function of the placenta. This sort of device has the potential to overtake current in vitro methods and become a physiologically relevant alternative to animal testing for the purpose of drug testing and toxicology. First, PDMS layers were constructed with microchannels using a soft lithography method. These layers come together to "sandwich" a membrane coated with collagen. Once sealed, the physiologically appropriate cells are grown to represent the nutrient/waste transfer of the placenta. Human Umbilical Vein Endothelial Cells (HUVEC) were grown on one side of the device and human trophoblast cells (BeWo) were grown on the other. The midsections of the channels are aligned so that the two cell groups are able to interact with one another across the membrane environment. Flow is administered through both channels at a rate of 6 μl/hr. Utilizing the same basic design, a liver-on-a-chip was also investigated. . Human Umbilical Vein Endothelial Cells (HUVEC) were grown on one side of the device and either human liver carcinoma cells (HepG2). To better mimic the true in vivo microenvironment, the HepG2 cells are suspended in fibrin gel and flow is induced on only the endothelial channel at a constant flow rate of 6 μl/hr. Ethanol tests were performed on the liver-on-a-chip in which various concentrations were introduced into the medium, leading to a better representation of ethanol-induced liver toxicity.


We study the Lagrangian relaxation for the knapsack 0–1 problem and we present some of its characteristics. The three main steps of the algorithms to solve large scale knapsack 0–1 problems are: (1) solution of the associated linear program, (2) reduction of the number of variabies, and (3) choice of an implicit enumeration scheme. A particular 0–1 knapsack problem called "the value-independent knapsack problem" is also presented. We conclude by a qualification of the results exposed in this paper.


A novel ab initio numerical approach is developed and applied that solves the time-dependent Schrödinger equation describing two-electron diatomic molecules (e.g. molecular hydrogen) exposed to an intense ultrashort laser pulse. The method is based on the fixed-nuclei and the non-relativistic dipole approximations and aims to accurately describe both correlated electrons in full dimensionality. The method is applicable for a wide range of the laser pulse parameters and is able to describe both few-photon and many-photon single ionization processes, also in a non-perturbative regime. A key advantage of the method is its ability to treat the strong-field response of the molecules with arbitrary orientation of the molecular axis with respect to the linear-polarized laser field. Thus, this work reports on the first successful orientation-dependent analysis of the multiphoton ionization of H2 performed by means of a full-dimensional numerical treatment. Besides the investigation of few-photon regime, an extensive numerical study of the ionization by ultrashort frequency-doubled Ti:sapphire laser pulses (400 nm) is presented. Performing a series of calculations for different internuclear separations, the total ionization yields of H2 and D2 in their ground vibrational states are obtained for both parallel and perpendicular orientations. A series of calculations for 800 nm laser pulses are used to test a popular simple interference model. Besides the discussion of the ab initio numerical method, this work considers different aspects related to the application of the strong-field approximation (SFA) for investigation of a strong-field response of an atomic and molecular system. Thus, a deep analysis of the gauge problem of SFA is performed and the quasistatic limit of the velocity-gauge SFA ionization rates is derived. The applications of the lengthgauge SFA are examined and a recently proposed generalized Keldysh theory is criticized.


OBJECTIVES
To describe the rationale and design of a self-management program for low-income, urban, primary care patients with acute low back pain. Issues related to recruitment and protocol delivery, and attendance patterns and predictors of program attendance are described.

METHODS
Two hundred eleven adult patients (73% female; 60% African American) were recruited from primary care neighborhood health centers. Focus groups were conducted for program development, and participants then completed a baseline interview and were randomized into groups receiving either usual care or a self-management intervention.

RESULTS
Twenty-nine percent of the intervention group attended the self-management class. Significant predictors of attendance included being older, reporting less income, and not working for pay. Attendees did not differ from nonattendees on back pain severity, symptoms, health-related quality of life, self-management processes, or satisfaction with care.

CONCLUSION
Effective minimal-contact behavioral interventions are needed to reach larger portions of the patient population.


less and are slimmer and more physically active than Australians. Personalacquaintancewith some Swedes and viewing of a Bergman film or Ibsen play also suggests that, as a people, they are more introspective,deliberate,quietly spoken, polite and less aggressive and hostile thanAustralians-infact, much less"Type A"!' "Self-perceivedstress was not found to have any prognosticsignificance." The implicationhere seems to be thatthis finding is evidence againstthe existence of acoronary-pronebehaviourpattern(Type A personality). If so, it is based on acommon misunderstanding aboutthis behaviourpattern. Subjects with a high level of perceived stress, inquestionnaires,have a high levelof overt anxiety. The coronary-pronebehaviourpatternhas been described as showing the keytraitsofexcessiveandcompetitiveachievement striving, impatience and time urgency, andhostility." Self report, by such subjects, in the pre-morbidstate, does not show high levels of anxiety, hat is, "self-perceivedstress". In conclusion, may we plead with Jenkins" that, first, simultaneousstudy of psychosocial andstandardrisk factors should become theapproveddesign for epidemiologic studies; and second,that psychosocial risk factorsshould be included in the preventive trials for coronary disease? E. SCHILLER, Sessional Physician D. E. ANDERSON, Physician in Charge. National Heart Foundationof Australia, CardiacRehabilitationUnit, Prince of WalesHospital, Randwick, N.S.W.2031.


Superintendents know that management of putting greens is an art. Greens are often made of high-porosity sand that does not retain water or nutrients very effectively. Also, putting green grasses are cut extremely short, which does not allow a deep root system to develop and take up nutrients from deep in the soil profile. Therefore, putting greens require frequent irrigation and fertilizer applications to maintain high turfgrass quality. Superintendents need to be aware that such management increases the potential of fertilizer leaching into ground water. Nitrogen (N) leaching can occur on putting greens, but the intensity is highly variable (Brown, 1982; Mancino and Troll, 1990; Shuman 2001). In order to prevent the escape of N fertilizer applications into the environment, it is important to understand how N cycles in the turfgrass environment (Figure 1). Continued on page 52


We reprocess the Atacama Large Millimeter/Submillimeter Array (ALMA) long-baseline science verification data taken toward HL Tauri. Assuming the observed gaps are opened up by currently forming, unseen bodies, we estimate the mass of such hypothetical bodies based on the following two approaches: the Hill radius analysis and a more elaborate approach developed from the angular momentum transfer analysis in gas disks. For the former, the measured gap widths are used for estimating the mass of the bodies, while for the latter, the measured gap depths are utilized. We show that their masses are comparable to or less than the mass of Jovian planets. By evaluating Toomre's gravitational instability (GI) condition and cooling effect, we find that the GI might be a mechanism to form the bodies in the outer region of the disk. As the disk might be gravitationally unstable only in the outer region of the disk, inward planetary migration would be needed to construct the current architecture of the observed disk. We estimate the gap-opening mass and show that type II migration might be able to play such a role. Combining GIs with inward migration, we conjecture that all of the observed gaps may be a consequence of bodies that might have originally formed at the outer part of the disk, and have subsequently migrated to the current locations. While ALMA's unprecedented high spatial resolution observations can revolutionize our picture of planet formation, more dedicated observational and theoretical studies are needed to fully understand the HL Tauri images.


This paper introduces the prospects for silk in the last decade of the 20thcentury.Furthermore this paper analysis the situations of the raw- silk supply andits prices thoroughly.


A mite composition, comprising: - a population of individuals of a species of mites, preferably one mite species selected from the mite species Mesostigmatid or mite species or Prostigmatid; - a food source for individuals mite; - and a carrier for individuals of the mite species comprising stacked carrier elements, said carrier elements having a longer average of about 3.0-9.0 mm axis and comprising suitable as shelters mites structures.


This paper deals with the separation of microcrystalline wax (ceresin) from the Soviet Tuimasa heavy oil, using an ABT mixture. Structure investigation was performed using different methods of analysis such as fractional crystallisation, n-d-method, Grodde analysis, elementary analysis, urea adduction and adsorption analysis. It was concluded, that this wax was mostly composed of di- and tricyclic paraffinic compounds.


The Long Term Evolution (LTE) standard enables, besides cellular connectivity, basic automotive services to promote road safety through vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2I) communications. Nevertheless, stakeholders and research institutions, driven by the ambitious technological advances expected from fully autonomous and intelligent transportation systems, have recently investigated new radio technologies as a means to support vehicular applications. In particular, the millimeter wave (mmWave) spectrum holds great promise because of the large available bandwidth that may provide the required link capacity. Communications at high frequencies, however, suffer from severe propagation and absorption loss, which may cause communication disconnections especially considering high mobility scenarios. It is therefore important to validate, through simulations, the actual feasibility of establishing V2I communications in the above-6 GHz bands. Following this rationale, in this paper we provide the first comparative end- to-end evaluation of the performance of the LTE and mmWave technologies in a vehicular scenario. The simulation framework includes detailed measurement-based channel models as well as the full details of MAC, RLC and transport protocols. Our results show that, although LTE still represents a promising access solution to guarantee robust and fair connections, mmWaves satisfy the foreseen extreme throughput demands of most emerging automotive applications.


James Briscoe is a group leader at The Francis Crick Institute in London. His lab's research focusses on the developing vertebrate spinal cord, with a particular interest in how sonic hedgehog gradients, and the downstream signal transduction and transcriptional networks, regulate the development of this tissue. In September 2018, James will become the new Editor-in-Chief of Development. We met with James to discuss his career and research interests, the importance of interdisciplinary thinking in developmental biology, and his views on the current state and future opportunities in scientific publishing. Summary: James Briscoe, who will become Development's Editor-in-Chief later this year, talks about his career and research interests, the importance of interdisciplinary thinking, the value of Twitter and the future of scientific publishing.


This paper investigates the SVPWM switching scheme for the dual two-level inverter for generating three-level space vector. The decoupled SVPWM is employed for the dual-inverter scheme in order to realize the reference voltage vector. This paper identifies the error voltage vectors in the dual-inverter scheme by identifying the error voltage vectors of the individual two-level inverters. This paper presents the analytical expression for the rms ripple current in the dual-inverter scheme. The current trajectory is theoretically estimated indirectly using the error voltage vectors in the dual-inverter scheme. The performance is studied analytically and compared with the simulations carried out using Matlab/SIMULINK and finally cross-verified by performing suitable experiments on a 1 kW open-end winding induction motor drive.


NGC 3109 is an irregular galaxy at the edge of the Local Group at a distance of 1.3 Mpc. Here we present new VLT observations of its young, massive star population, which have allowed us to probe stellar abundances and kinematics for the first time. The mean oxygen abundance obtained from early B-type supergiants confirms suggestions that NGC 3109 is very metal poor. In this context we advocate studies of the stellar population of NGC 3109 as a compelling target for future Extremely Large Telescopes (ELTs).


Problems with our public urban high schools are widely discussed, and many see magnet schools and private schools as the answer. But are those schools really better at increasing the academic skills of students? Using the National Educational Longitudinal Survey, I estimated the effect of attending a magnet school, Catholic school, or secular private school on the achievement of urban students in math, reading, science, and social studies. I then compared these estimates to the achievement of students who attend comprehensive public high schools. I found that magnet schools are more effective than regular schools at raising the proficiency of students in science, reading, and social studies; Catholic schools have a positive impact on math skills, while secular private schools do not offer any advantage, net of preexisting differences among students. Further analyses tested the sensitivity of the results to assumptions about independence and selectivity; these showed support for the magnet school advantages in reading and social studies, but raised doubts about the Catholic school effects in math and the magnet school effects in science.


A hybrid diffuse optical monitoring device was developed using multi-wavelength lasers for both diffuse correlation spectroscopy (DCS) and diffuse optical spectroscopy (DOS). Invivo experiments have validated the proposed method for monitoring blood flow and oxygen saturation in deep tissues.


Boundedness properties play a role in the solutions of integral equations as well as in the question of error estimations. A test for the boundedness of linear integral operators in weighted Lp spaces is presented, and applied to the neutron energy dependent transport operator.


'Equity in health' ('Equity', meaning fairness, impartiality, justice) is the raison d'être of Global Health, and must be the most commonly used phrase in this field. Not surprisingly, this concept appeals to everyone from students to consultants; and all want to be seen to contribute to this rapidly popular and prominent branch of medicine. However, when the lens is turned inwards and the practice of health care on one's own patch is examined for equity, everything is not so rosy. A general lack of overall diversity, particularly the gross under-representation of minorities and the female gender, is well documented in the committees of Academic Leadership, Medical Schools, Leadership of the National Associations, Promotion Boards, Mentor Supervision and Finance Funding, and even in citations in high-impact journal articles! In fact, despite much talk, discussion and writing, gender and ethnic discrimination, sexual harassment, aggression, misogyny, racism abound; the thesis that all people are equal and deserve equal rights and opportunities remains a theory, and not a practice.1–11 A cursory glance at PubMed search of <Gender discrimination; Gender bias; Gender inequality> on 30th July 2021 revealed 1280 publications in the last five years. Currently, there is pressure on researchers from ethnic minority groups to participate in campus diversity issues, but this work is uncompensated, unacknowledged and unrewarded, and has been labelled as 'minority tax'. Shockingly, a higher risk of infection and mortality was seen among BAME (Black, Asian and minority ethnic) doctors in UK during the first and second waves of the COVID19 pandemic. The key to reducing these disparities is by increasing diversity amongst the student and physician workforce. Several corrective policies e.g. more aggressive measures for faculty recruitment, retention, and promotion; identifying and removing structural barriers to promotion and funding; use of a diversity index; mentorship by senior leaders; pilot projects on leadership; advocacy and career development programmes; are being tried to correct the existing inequities.15–25 Perhaps a most punitive discrimination occurs in the realm of tests for language competency. These are usually farmed out to commercially driven organizations who produce their own examinations, not necessarily related at all to medicine. This qualifying hurdle involves a huge financial outlay, long hours of studying test papers, and often long distance travel to an inconvenient location. The examinations are, of course, well-nigh impossible for indigenous English speakers to pass untutored, but their English competence is never checked! Such a scenario was reported 50 years ago, but nothing has changed. Multifaceted context-specific strategies have however been introduced to denounce bias, racism and sexual harassment, Such reforms have touched famous institutions as well as major journals, forcing an unprecedented introspection. But there is still a long way to go.14,31–37 Increasing awareness has driven discrimination underground to a more occult level; not every person at the receiving end of discrimination can speak out boldly, and although the current atmosphere of scrutiny by the media threatens swift exposure, victimization of a whistle-blower is still not eradicated as any surgical trainee attending Morbidity &Mortality meetings will testify. It is important for the un-discriminated to show solidarity with the marginalized by speaking vociferously publically, writing without bias and carefully documenting facts. Everyone needs to step up and be a champion activist against social injustice. We should remember the words of Martin Niemöller: "First they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out because I was not a socialist Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out because I was not a trade unionist Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out because I was not a Jew. Then they came for me, and there was no one left to speak for me." Prior to an annual meeting of the Medical Committee for Human Rights in Chicago in 1966 Martin Luther King said, "Of all the forms of inequality, injustice in health is the most shocking and inhuman." Discrimination continues to exist in the 22nd year of the 21st century in all aspects of health care and is a major blot on the avowed democratic norms of many teaching and health institutions. Let the perfidy be exposed of academic and medical organizations paying homage to the homily of 'being committed to promoting equality and diversity', yet allowing the ground realities to remain unreformed. This is a call to all of us to put our own house in order first. Forum


biodiversity of different soil mite associated with both wheat and soybean crops surveyed in Sharkeia and Beheira governorates during two successive seasons 2016 and 2017. Fifty-seven mite species belonging to 41 genera under 22 families belonging to four sub-orders; Mesostigmata, Prostigmata, Cryptostigmata and Astigmata were identified. The total numbers of the collected mite groups recorded 69, 295, 533 and 602 individuals for Astigmata, Mesostigmata, Cryptostigmata and Prostigmata in Sharkeia, while the number of mites recorded 104, 378, 282 and 405 individuals for the previous groups in Beheira, respectively. Soil mites associated with wheat crop were higher numbers than soil mites of soybean. The oribatid and mesostigmatid mite species exhibited the higher number of soil mites in soil wheat followed by prostigmatid and astigmatid, while the low number of mites were recorded in soil cultivated by soybean plants.


Ethnic identity is theoretically linked to the psychological health of U.S. Latinas/os and has played a preeminent role in the limited literature focused on this group. However, research does not uniformly confirm a positive relationship between ethnic identity and psychological health among U.S. Latinas/os. Emerging work suggests that inconsistencies in the existing literature might be better understood if ethnic identity conceptualizations accounted for context and the developmental period under study. It also has been suggested that the narrow collection of methods and analytical tools used in ethnic identity research prevent a complete understanding of this construct. This article introduces the rationale for consideration of context, incorporation of a life span perspective, and expansion of methodological approaches in the study of U.S. Latina/o ethnic identity, describing the manner in which the four empirical studies in this major contribution illustrate these issues. The practice implications of current findings are summarized after offering suggestions for future research.


Sodium hydroxide/aluminum (NaOH∕Al) bilayer cathode has been developed for improving the performance of blue polymer light-emitting diodes (PLEDs) based on poly(9,9-dioctylfluorene). In comparison to the control device with Ca∕Al as the cathode, the performance of the PLED with NaOH∕Al cathode, including driving voltage, light-emitting efficiency, and color purity, is significantly improved. For achieving a luminance of 500cd∕m2, the driving voltage is reduced from 8.3to5.3V and the light-emitting efficiency is increased from 0.46to0.67cd∕A. Moreover, the device with NaOH∕Al cathode showed a pure blue emission with Commission Internationale de l'Eclairage coordinates of (0.17, 0.09) as compared to that of (0.18, 0.13) for control device operated at same condition. These improvements are attributed to the use of an efficient bilayer NaOH∕Al electron injection contact that also prevents the formation of Ca-induced fluorenone occurred in PLEDs with Ca∕Al cathode.


A flattening gantry bridge (FPB) is provided to assist in addressing according to a first addressing system and a second alternative addressing system. The FPB includes a primary side and a secondary side, wherein the primary side connects to a first set of components that is addressed according to a first addressing system and connects the second side to a second set of components that is addressed according to a second addressing system. The first addressing system uses a single bus number within a bus / device / function (BDF) address space for each device in the first set of devices, and the second bus addressing system uses a single bus device number for each device in the second set of devices components.


In this paper we survey a recent progress on continuous frames inspired by the solution of the Kadison-Singer problem [26] by Marcus, Spielman, and Srivastava [29]. We present an extension of Lyapunov's theorem for discrete frames due to Akemann and Weaver [2] and a similar extension for continuous frames by the author [10]. We also outline a solution of the discretization problem, which was originally posed by Ali, Antoine, and Gazeau [4], and recently solved by Freeman and Speegle [22].


The authors present a novel method for investigation of microhemo- and microlymphocirculation in subcutaneous fat of rat implanted a special camera. Lighting of the subcutaneous fat with application of fiberoptics provides a sharp image of microvascular wall and blood cells.


This paper analyzed the necessity of curriculum for undergraduate students:data statistics and simulation experiments,explored the instructional design for this course.As the experimental content,part problems from mathematical modeling contest is selected.While training students' capabilities of data analysis and simulation,students' enthusiasm for learning is stimulated.Meanwhile,their experimental initiative and practices is improved.


The utility model provides a waste steam condensing device special for a chemical workshop. By the adoption of the waste steam condensing device special for the chemical workshop, the environment of a plant can be improved. The waste steam condensing device for the chemical workshop comprises a hollow condensation tank, a waste steam inlet pipe, a liquid discharging pipe, a waste steam discharging pipe and a cold water tank, wherein the bottom of the body of the hollow condensation tank is arranged in the cold water tank, the waste steam inlet pipe is connected to the body of the hollow condensation tank through welding, the liquid discharging pipe is connected to the middle of the tank, one end of the waste steam discharging pipe is connected to the top of the tank in a sealed mode, and the other end of the waste steam discharging pipe is connected with the waste steam inlet pipe in a sealed mode. According to the waste steam condensing device special for the chemical workshop, waste steam generated when production is conducted in the chemical workshop enters the tank arranged in the cold water tank through the waste steam inlet pipe and is sufficiently cooled and liquefied in the tank, condensed fluid enters a ditch through the waste steam discharging pipe, white mist is prevented from appearing on the ground, and the working environment of the plant is improved.


In this paper, we have proven by using the subnumber operation that the Reed-Muller weight and literal vectors fully classify Boolean functions in the NP equivalent class and NPN equivalent class, respectively. The presented proof leads to applications in technology mapping and design with Universal Logic Modules.


The case describes the dilemma faced by Meera Nair, chief manager at PhoenixWay – a consultancy firm that has successfully grown over the years. There is a silent conflict in the personalities, work styles and attitude of Meera Nair and Mohit Dubey, her contemporary looking after client relationships. Nair finds inconsistencies in the words and actions of Dubey that have started to impact the work and motivation of her team. Her unsuccessful attempts to draw the attention of their boss Shekhar Sinha to these variances have left her unsure and demotivated. Sinha overlooks Dubey's fallacies and shows no signs of paying attention to the discrepancies and contradictions.


The suitability of soft x-ray reflectivity measurements for the characterization of thin films and surface layers is discussed. Especially the detection and quantification of oxidized surface layers is of interest for different applications. The evaluations of angular dependent measurements on a Kanigen mirror and on aluminum coated transmission filters for the German X-ray astronomy satellite ABRIXAS are presented. For Nickel films it is shown that a thin carbon coating prevents oxidation. The measurements were performed at the soft x-ray reflectometer at the Hamburg synchrotron radiation laboratory in the energy region 30 eV–800 eV. In order to resolve the structure of the sample perpendicular to the surface, consistent least square fits of theoretical reflectivity curves have to be required for different photon energies.


This work investigates and improves a bootstrapping approach which permits to extend high quality lexical resources with the help of large corpora. The emphasis lies on the extraction of lexical-semantic information and word meaning, which are fundamental components for advanced applications such as semantic parsing, information retrieval or summarizing textual information. ... In the last chapter an outlook with suggestions for further improvements and extensions is given and a novel approach which combines genetic algorithms and bootstrapping is outlined.


The main goal of this study was to understand the meaning given by the disabled child's family to the therapeutic letters that they received during their participation in the Intervention Program with Mental Disabled Child's Families (PIFCDM). Data collection was conducted in May 2010 interviewing six families. The qualitative analysis of content, according to Morse, led the research. The category of "being a reference to the family" expresses the meaning of the therapeutic letters to the families. This is a new experience for the families, who were pleasantly surprised, allowing the awakening of positive feelings and considerations to their history. Reading the letters widens the understanding of the situation experienced, enabling the family to modify the way that they handle the situations, giving rise to a sense of empowerment of their capabilities in their history with the disabled child. The therapeutic letters showed that they can be valuable interventions in the disabled child's family care.


The purpose of this study was to determine how the implementation tennis game in the elementary school throughout Tugu sub-subdistrict of Semarang City in 2015 and its inhibiting and supporting factors. The research method used was the survey method while the methods of collecting data were observation, interviews and research documentation. The research instrument was interview questions addressed to the Head Master, Penjasorkes Teacher and student observation.Results from this study showed that the implementation of learning tennis game runs well seen from the results of interviews with the Head Master and Penjasorkes Teacher in the Elementary Schoool throughout the Tugu Sub subdistrict of Semarang City, 2015. Based on the results and discussion, it can be concluded that the implementation Tennis game in elementary school throughout the Tugu Subdistrict of Semarang City 2015 as a whole included in the good category.


OBJECTIVE To investigate the effects of Yiye Baijiang Zonggan(YYBJZG) tablets on apoptosis of human colon cancer cells and to explore its mechanism of action.METHODS Nude mouse model of transplanting tumor of human colon cancer HT-29 was established.The low,medium and high dose groups of YYBJZG,the control group and 5-FU plus CF group were set up.Eight weeks after medication,all mice were killed and the tumor weights were weighed,the apoptotic indexes were tested with terminal deoxynucleotidy transferase-mediated dUTP nick end labeling,the tumor bodies were respectively stained by caspase-3,Bax and Bcl2 immunohistochemistry and their expressions were quantitatively measured and compared by an image analysis system.RESULTS The tumor weight in each YYBJZG group was lower than that in the control group,but the apoptotic index was higher than that in the control and 5-FU plus CF groups.The apoptotic index of the high dose group was significantly higher than that in the control group and the 5-FU plus CF group(P0.01).The expression of caspase-3 and the ratio of Bax and Bcl-2 expression(Bax/Bcl-2) in each YYBJZG group was higher than that in the control group.CONCLUSION YYBJZG has the function of inducing apoptosis of nude mouse transplantation tumor of human colon cancer HT-29,and the mechanism is possibly related to YYBJZG enhancing expression of caspase-3 and amplifying the ratio of Bax and Bcl-2 expression in transplanted tumor cells.


The convention and visitors bureau executive plays a number of managerial roles. Selecting the right person to perform these roles necessitates identifying the skills, abilities, training, and experiences that lead to success as a convention and visitors bureau executive. This exploratory study reports data from both a survey of roles and interviews with 22 convention and visitors bureau executives chosen to represent more successful and less successful leaders of small, medium, and large U.S. convention and visitors bureaus. As part of a larger study, this article reports their responses to questions about their perceptions of managerial roles, needed skills, experiences, and training in the effort to identify the competencies needed for their jobs and the reasons that some are successful and others are not. As an exploratory study, this research raises interesting questions about the differences between more successful and less successful convention and visitors bureau executives and the need for further research on this industry and profession.


The National Framework of Qualifications (NFQ) details the specific learning outcomes that must be achieved by all Irish academic syllabi. However, this framework makes scant reference to the development of social and emotional skills. Recent Irish research confirmed that many students do not engage with the opportunity to avail of emotional intelligence coaching as it is not a mandatory aspect of their curricula. A revised version of the NFQ is therefore proposed, which incorporates learning outcomes related to emotional and social development at all levels of academic attainment.


Lattice statics and lattice dynamics computer simulation methods are applied to investigate the elastic properties of grain boundaries in fcc metals. The elastic constants in the GB region are found to differ significantly from their bulk ideal-crystal values. Due to the broken symmetry in the GB region a pronounced anisotropy of the elastic properties is observed. Whereas Young's moduli are found to increase in the GB region, the shear modulus and Poisson's ratios generally decrease. The magnitude of these effects is shown to depend sensitively on the GB structure.


Human emotion recognition plays a vital role in psychology, psycho-physiology and human machine interface (HMI) design. Electroencephalogram (EEG) reflects the internal emotional state changes of the subject compared to other conventional methods (face recognition, gestures, speech, etc). In this work, EEG signals are collected using 62 channels from 20 subjects in the age group of 21~39 years for determining discrete emotions. Audio-visual stimuli (video clips) is used for inducing five different emotions (happy, surprise, fear, disgust, neutral). EEG signals are preprocessed through Butterworth 4th order filter with a cut off frequency of 0.5 Hz-60 Hz and smoothened using Surface Laplacian filter. EEG signals are framed into a short time duration of 5s and two statistical features (spectral centroid and spectral entropy) in four frequency bands namely alpha (8 Hz-16 Hz), beta (16 Hz-32 Hz), gamma (32 Hz-60 Hz) and alpha to gamma (8 Hz-60 Hz) are extracted using Fast Fourier Transform (FFT). These features are mapped into the corresponding emotions using two simple classifiers such as K Nearest Neighbor(KNN) and Probabilistic Neural Network (PNN). In this work, KNN outperforms PNN by offering the maximum mean classification accuracy of 91.33 % on beta band. This experimental results indicates the short time duration of EEG signals is highly essential for detecting the emotional state changes of the subjects.


Barter or swap commitments are instrumented through a civil contract, which originates in long-standing exchange activities, being one of the oldest contract in history. With the appearance of money and currencies, barter lost value in comparison to buying and selling, in which money was involved. According to local "Ley Organica del Sistema Nacional de Contratacion Publica" (the Organic Law that norms the basis of National Public Procurement) and some other laws of the public sector, a swap contract is regulated by the Civil Code, which runs under Private Law. It doesn't have a legal specific procedure in the Public Law, although it is a civil contract applied to the public sector, as many other figures of contract that are commonly used in the practice. Referrals, and a lack of specific legal procedures of Public Law, create dispersed practices and ambiguity regarding the goods and the parties involved in swaps. This proves the necessity to set standards towards an administrative process for contracts that leverage exchange practices, their features and their benefits to public sector.


The economic operatin of slag-washing system of 1260m~3 blast furnace of XISCO, in which cooling pump is used to substitute the slag-washing pump in winter for energy-saving, is introduced.


As the substrate for nucleation of primary austenite in welding metal, the effectiveness of rare earths inclusions and the most common inclusions such as Al 2O 3, SiO 2 and MnO in medium high carbon steel during surfacing were analyzed and calculated in detail. The calculation according to the theory of planar lattice disregistry shows that as the heterogeneous nuclei of primary austenite in medium high carbon steel during surfacing, the Ce 2O 3, La 2O 3 and Ce 2O 2S are effective, and the SiO 2, Al 2O 3, MnO and CeS are ineffective.


This study was carried out to evaluate progesterone profile of crossbred sows following treatments with double and triple injections of Cloprostenol sodium (Synchromate ® ). Ten (10) apparently healthy crossbred sows were divided into 2 groups. The groups were randomly assigned to 2 treatments based on number of injections of Synchromate ® . Group 1 (n=5) received two injections of Synchromate ® (500µg) (on days 0 and 13) while Group 2 (n=5) received three injections of Synchromate ® (on day 0, 7, 13). Oestrus was monitored twice daily from 0700 – 1000 and 1500 – 1800h.Data on progesterone profile using competitive ELISA kits. The sensitivity of the assay was 0.105 ng/ml. Within assay precision, coefficients of variation for low, normal and high pooled controlled serum samples were 9.9%, 3.1% and 2.9% respectively were expressed as mean ± SEM. Student t-test was used to compare the mean values between the groups. Graphpad Prism ® data package for windows (2009) was employed for all statistical analyses. A value of P 0.05) difference in the overall mean serum P4 concentrations between groups 1 and 2. It is concluded that cloprostenol sodium can be used to synchronize sow oestrus, both double and triple injections of cloprostenol sodium produces similar effect on progesterone concentration. It is recommended that double injections of cloprostenol sodium should be used for oestrus synchronization as no statistical significant (P>0.05) differences were observed in the progesterone concentrations of both groups.


In this paper, investigations of roughness, oxide and hydrogen coverage of Si(111) surfaces after various wet-chemical treatments using spectroscopic ellipsometry (SE) both in the ultraviolet/visible (UV-VIS) and in the infrared (IR) spectroscopic region are reported. FTIR SE measurements yielded detailed information on the Si–H bonds on the surface of H-terminated Si(111) wafers. The characteristic structure in the IR ellipsometric spectra at 2083 cm—1 can be modeled by an anisotropic oscillator. A correlation is established between the morphological structure of the cleaned Si surface caused by chemical preparation and the resulting electronic surface properties monitored by additional surface photovoltage (SPV) measurements. The results of these systematic investigations have been successfully used for optimization of wet-chemical preparation methods aimed at atomically flat H-terminated Si(111) surfaces with very low surface state densities. Additionally, native oxide growth on initially H-terminated Si(111) was correlated to the evolution of rechargeable interface states determined by SPV measurements.


The search reaches for new gauge bosons at future hadron and lepton colliders are summarized for a variety of extended gauge models. Experiments at these energies will vastly improve over present limits and will easily discover a Z` and/or W` in the multi-TeV range.


ABSTRACT Agricultural practices have intensified during the past 50 yr, increasing crop production and altering the Canadian prairie landscape by removing or degrading uncropped habitats, including wetlands. We predicted that agricultural practices would alter invertebrate communities and the diets of consumers such as insectivorous birds. Using stable isotope analysis (δ13C and δ15N), we tested for differences in the assimilated diets and isotopic niche widths of adult and nestling Tree Swallows (Tachycineta bicolor) in grassland and cropland sites with similar wetland densities in Saskatchewan, Canada. We also assessed relationships between swallow diet and body size, mass, and condition. Dietary composition and niche width differed between years and age classes but were not consistently related to agricultural land cover. Aquatic insect prey (Diptera and Odonata) made up 75% of all swallow diets, but nestlings consumed a larger proportion of terrestrial Diptera, resulting in broader isotopic niche widths compared with adults. Age-specific dietary differences could have been related to temporal shifts in the insect community or distinct foraging by adults when feeding nestlings. The body mass and condition of adult and nestling swallows were unrelated to diet, but were higher on average in grassland than cropland habitat. Overall, Tree Swallows specialized in feeding on aquatic insects, regardless of agricultural land cover, at least in wetland-dominated habitats. Food resources originating from wetlands may play a critical role in supporting insectivorous bird populations in agricultural landscapes.


Yinping-Huachong region lies to the joint position of high pressure and ultra high pressure of south Sulu orogenic belt. 1∶50 000 regional geological survey in Yinping-Huachong region was the first projcect of this kind in Jiangsu since the implementation of the new round grand investigation of land and resources.As a part of the survey,some achievements in filed of geophysical activities are presented,including the quantitative inversion of the metamorphic basement burial,tectionic unit classification,fracture structure and geophysical deduction of high pressure and ultra high pressure borderline,distributions of Quaternary former stream channel(sand layers) and shallow salt and fresh water,prospective targets for rutile and phosphorus ores.It is concluded that comprehensive geophysical interpretation is essential and important in modern regional geological mapping as the second development of geophysical information may help the geological survey get twice the result with half the effort.


In two cases of canine filariasis submitted to necropsy, a large number of worms ofDirofilaria immitis were found in the heart and pulmonary artery, although no neur-ological manifestations had been noticed during life time. Histological examinationrevealed, however, disseminated perivascular lesions resulting from the invasion ofheartworm larvae in the brain and spinal cord of them. Histopathological findings inthe central nervous system were as follows: (a) perivascular cell accumulations situatedprincipally in the Virchow-Robin space and (b) nodular cell accumulations, developedfrom the former, with tissue destruction in the neighborhood of the nodules.Chief elements forminag the cell accumulations were plasma cells and adventitial cells.Lesion (b) was probably caused by tissue desolation due to the mechanical or toxiceffect of larvae penetrating into the parenchyma and passing across the blood vessels, orby tissue reaction to toxic substances which had been produced by the degeuteration ordestruction of larvae penetrating into the parenchyma and acting as foreign bodies.Such nodular lesions may also be regarded as an evidence of the tissue reaction to thedestruction products of the nervous parenchyma. Lesion (a) was thought to be reactionto the inflow of toxic substances derived from immigrating larvae, into the lymphaticspaces, or to the exudation of toxic substances derived froxn mature parasites or toxicproducts produced by the former passing through the weakeuaed wall of blood vessels.In histopathogenesis of perivascular lesions, it should be taken into considerationthat edematous loosening in the wall of blood vessels of small diameter (weakness ofthe wall of blood vessels) is regarded as one of the favoring factors to allow the larvae totraverse blood vessels easily.As causes for weakness of the wall of the blood vessel may be considered the effectsof toxic substances and their products derived from the larva or mature parasite and themechanical effect of the larva. In addition, general nutritional di


where the mod operator on the right is the usual mathematical one, with the convention that x mod 0 = x, so that the definition makes sense even when a = b. That is, following [4, p. 82], x mod y = x− y⌊x/y⌋ for y 6= 0, and x mod 0 = x. We use Definition (1) because we want the usual mathematical mod (when a = 0) as a special case. Definition (1) works perfectly well when the interval is given backward, that is, a > b, yielding a modulus in the right-closed interval (b . . a]. It follows from Definition (1) that a ≤ x mod [a . . b) b. Definition (1) allows us to define the analogous equivalence relation,


Purpose of the study: Covering cutaneous tissue loss of the distal quarter of the leg and ankle remains a difficult surgical challenge. We report our experience with a new lateral hemisoleus island flap with a fibular pedicle specifically adapted for large-sized defects.

Material and method: Preliminary anatomic work on 15 injected legs demonstrated that:

1. the dimensions of the muscular part of the lateral head of the soleus measures on average 218 mm (range 160–270) in length and 73 mm (range 58–95) in width, sufficient for large "tailored" flaps;

2. a main pedicle arises constantly from the fibular artery to supply the lateral hemi-soleus in addition to, on average, three secondary pedicles;

3. the distal pivot point, corresponding to the branch perforating the fibular enables not only cover for the ankle, but also the foot reaching the metatarsal heads.

Results: Three patients treated with success are presented. The advantages of the technique are large muscle volume, safe vascular supply and significant mobility. Drawbacks include sacrifice of the fibular artery and difficult dissection of the fibular pedicle. Preoperative precautions are indispensable: arteriography, exclusion of contusion cases affecting the muscle masses or compartment syndrome.

Discussion: The lateral hemi-soleus flap can be a useful therapeutic option for major tissue loss on the distal quarter of the leg, the ankle, or even the foot. It is an attractive alternative to free flaps, the only other solution for large defects.


3-O-Acetyl-11-oxo-β-boswellic acid (AKBA), found in incense, is a potent inhibitor of 5-lipoxygenase, p38 and p42 MAP kinase and topoisomerases. Starting from crude extracts from incense, procedures are presented for the efficient large-scale synthesis of AKBA and other boswellic acids (© Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, 69451 Weinheim, Germany, 2003)


This experiment aimed to evaluate chemical composition, in vitro rumen fermentation, digestibility, and methane emissions of forages including bede grass, gamal (Gliricidia sepium), Indigofera, lamtoro (Leucaena leucocephala), elephant grass, mini elephant grass and Thai elephant grass. Forage samples were dried at 60oC for 24 hours, then ground to 1 mm sieve. The ground samples were used subsequently to determine the chemical composition and in vitro rumen fermentation test. Incubation was carried out in a water bath at 39oC for 48 h without replication. The results showed that all forages contained various crude protein at a range of 9-20% DM. The proportion of neutral detergent insoluble CP (NDICP) and acid detergent insoluble CP (ADICP) in forage was generally low, but the highest was found in bede grass. The highest NH3 concentration was found in Indigofera incubation, and lowest was in bede grass. All forage samples, except for mini elephant grass and Indigofera, had IVDMD and IVOMD below 70%. We identified low methane emissions from forage at 48 hours of incubation. It was concluded that legumes had a higher crude protein than in grass species and had low methane emissions. However, the relatively low digestibility of legume may limit its utilization.


This article, divided into three sections, first briefly considers the clinical competency set that psychologists in clinical training (hereafter referred to as 'trainees') aspire to, and then focuses on how these can be facilitated and evaluated while on clinical placements.


Metal halide perovskite nanocrystals (PeNCs) are emerging as one of the most promising materials for optoelectrical devices such as light‐emitting diode (LED) owing to their tunable band gaps, high color purity, and tolerance to defects. Nevertheless, the materials have not yet demonstrated their full potential in practical applications due to the poor stability of PeNCs and their unsatisfactory performance in devices. In this research, LED devices based on CsPbBr3 NCs are successfully demonstrated as an active light‐emitting layer with enhanced efficiency via potassium doping. The study of the effect of potassium dopant on physicochemical properties of inorganic CsPbBr3 PeNCs shows that potassium cations (K+) remain in the crystal structure of perovskite compound as interstitial defects, which results in better coverage of surface ligands on the PeNCs and improved energy band alignment with adjacent electron injection layer (2,2′,2′‐(1,3,5‐benzinetriyl)‐tris(1‐phenyl‐1‐H‐benzimidazole)) and hole injection layer (poly(3,4‐ethylenedioxythiophene) polystyrene sulfonate) in an LED. As a consequence, the green LED with the K‐doped CsPbBr3 PeNCs shows luminance up to 5759 cd m‐2 and external quantum efficiency (EQE) of 5.6%, which is superior to the pristine device without K‐doping (luminance: 4579 cd m‐2, EQE: 4.8%).


Through describing the harm of the moisture content for SF6 circuit breaker,analyzes the cause of the moisture content in SF6 gas and the relationship between the moisture content and the environment temperature,discusses the method for cotrolling the moisture content of SF6 gas in the installation and operation of the circuit breaker.


In his recent book The Great Derangement: Climate Change and the Unthinkable, novelist Amitav Ghosh laments the modern novel's focus on probability. Whereas fiction prior to the birth of the modern novel "delighted in the unheard-of and the unlikely," Ghosh argues, the novel became a truly modern and bourgeois form "through the banishing of the improbable and the insertion of the everyday."1 The negative consequence of the novel's privileging of likelihood over unlikelihood is its constitutive anthropocentrism. "What is the place of the nonhuman in the modern novel?" Ghosh asks skeptically. In answering this question, he adapts Henry James's famous metaphor of the house of fiction: "it was in exactly the period in which human activity was changing the earth's atmosphere that the literary imagination became radically centered on the human. Inasmuch as the nonhuman was written about at all, it was not within the mansion of serious fiction but rather in the outhouses to which science fiction and fantasy had been banished" (Great Derangement, 66). To write about something highly improbable in a novel—Ghosh gives the hypothetical example of a character encountering an unheard-of weather event—is "to risk banishment to the humbler dwellings that surround the manor house—those generic outhouses that were once known by names such as 'the Gothic,' 'the romance,' or 'the melodrama,' and have now come to be called 'fantasy,' 'horror,' and 'science fiction'" (24). modernism / modernity


Fifteen strains of lactobacilli and bifidobacteria were screened for growth in soymilk. L. casei FTDC 2113, L. acidophilus FTDC 8033, L. acidophilus BT 4356, L. casei BT 1268, Bifidobacterium sp. FTDC 8943 and B. longum FTDC 8643 exhibited higher (P<0.05) viability and were thus selected for subsequent analyses involving prebiotics such as fructooligosaccharides (FOS), inulin, mannitol, maltodextrin and pectin. All selected strains showed viability exceeding 7 Log10 CFU/mL upon fermentation in soymilk at 37 o C for 24 h and was higher upon supplementation with maltodextrin, mannitol and FOS. Supplementation of prebiotics also increased angiotensin I-converting enzyme (ACE)-inhibitory activity. In addition, supplementation with prebiotics such as pectin also enhanced the extracellular β-glucosidase. The intracellular βglucosidase activity was enhanced upon supplementation with pectin and mannitol. This led to a higher bioconversion of glucosides to aglycones in soymilk supplemented with these prebiotics. Among the prebiotics, mannitol showed a more prominent effect on promoting the production of bioactive aglycones in soymilk. Therefore, mannitol-soymilk was used for subsequent evaluations upon application of ultrasound (20-100 W; 1-3 min), UV radiation (UVA-UVC, 30-90 J/m 2 ) and electroporation (2.5-7.5 kV/cm; 3-4 ms). These physical treatments significantly promoted the viability of lactobacilli and bifidobacteria in mannitol________________________________________________________________Abstract xxiii soymilk mainly due to enhanced membrane permeability of cells upon treatments. Such changes were attributed to lipid peroxidation and alteration on membrane phospholipids bilayer. Such physical treatments also significantly promoted the intracellular and extracellular β-glucosidase activities of lactobacilli and bifidobacteria, and subsequently enhanced the bioconversion of glucosides to aglycones in mannitol-soymilk (P<0.05). Electroporation at 7.5 kV/cm for 3.5 ms showed a more prominent effect where concentrations of aglycones was increased by 78.2% compared to the control and this was clearly observed in mannitol-soymilk fermented by B. longum FTDC 8643. Ultrasound (60 W; 3 min) and UV radiation (UVB; 90 J/m 2 ) also effectively promoted the concentrations of aglycones and was most prevalent in mannitol-soymilk fermented by L. casei FTDC 2113 (43.1-46.7% higher compared to that of the control). These treatments and strains were then selected for analyses involving inheritance potential by subsequent subcultures. The increase in viability, bioconversion of isoflavones and enhancement of probiotic properties upon physical treatments were only prevalent in the parent cells (P<0.05), without inheritance by subsequent subcultures (first, second and third subculture) of treated cells. Although temporary, the results strongly illustrated that physical treatments may be beneficial for promoting the probiotic and bioactive potentials of Lactobacillus and Bifidobacterium in mannitol-soymilk, for the development of functional synbiotic-soymilk with enhanced bioactivity. ____________________________________________________________Chapter 1.0


A coating composition for a solvent free epoxy floor material and a method for constructing a floor material by using the same are provided to prevent the separation of silica in a nonslip processing and to omit a primer coating process. A method for constructing a floor material comprises a step for processing a floor side; and a step for forming a film by coating the floor with a solvent-free epoxy floor material coating composition. The coating composition for a solvent-free epoxy floor material comprises 100 parts by weight of a main material and 20-30 parts by weight of a hardener. The main material comprises a epoxy resin 20-30 weight%, non-reactive diluent 10-30 weight%, sieved pigment and color pigment 10-60 10-30 weight% with an average particle diameter of 0.5-30micrometer, antifoaming agent 0.1-5 weight%, and unsaturated polycarboxylic acid- based wetting agent. The hardener comprises an aliphatic amine 30-70 weight%, polyamide-based resin 10-40 weight%, coupling agent 0.1-5 weight% and the balance of reactive diluent.


This paper presents the design of Folded Cascode Low Noise Amplifier (FC LNA) suitable for GSM (DCS 1800), WCDMA and Bluetooth/WLAN (IEEE 802.11b/g). Modified Derivative Superposition (MDS) method is adopted to FC LNA for meeting the linearity requirements at relatively lower power dissipation compared to other reported multi-standard LNAs. The proposed LNA is designed in UMC 0.18 μm 1P6M MMRF CMOS process. Its performance is studied in the frequency range of 1.8 GHz to 2.48 GHz through simulation. From this study, it is found that for different frequency bands, the gain lie in the range of 12. 5 to 14.1 dB, noise figure varies from 2.1 to 3.1 dB, input return loss is between -10 dB to -15 dB and IIP3 in the range of -6 to -6.5 dBm respectively. The proposed LNA consumes a power of 2.5 mW from a supply voltage of 0.6 V.


English for business contract is a sub-variety of legal English. This paper aims to investigate the stylistic features of English for business contracts. First, it introduces the definition, development and basic contents of style, stylistics and contract's style. Then it analyzes the specific stylistic features of English for business contracts from perspectives of lexicon. The paper also analyzes the stylistic features in terms of syntax.


This article finds dozens of irreversible English binomials whose Chinese equivalents happen to be inverted in word order. Chinese students of English tend to neglect the inversion and therefore make mistakes in idiomatic usage when it comes to using the binomials. The author suggests, among others, the rule that the short precedes the long as a remedy.


Quantification of metal loading in supported catalysts is imperative; however, the analytical methods are usually time-consuming, expensive, and require sophisticated equipment and sample extraction with hazardous and corrosive strong acids. Herein, we report a new method for quantification of metal in supported catalysts using slurry sampling flame atomic absorption spectrometry. The slurry sampling method was used for determination of gold and the results were similar to those obtained with the traditional extraction method using aqua regia; however, it overcomes the main drawbacks associated with sample digestion by avoiding the use of concentrated toxic reagents, minimizing sample manipulation, and consequently, reducing the risks of contamination and the sample preparation time. Ultrasound radiation optimization associated with the solvent, mass of sample, concentration, and matrix effect in the slurry analysis allowed direct analysis by using the calibration in aqueous medium. The slurry sampling procedure could be applied to other catalysts with different supports and in bimetallic systems.


Objective To explore the diagnosis method and therapeutic effects on delayed occurring traumatic endophthalmitis caused by intraocular cilia foreignbody. Methods Seven eyes of 7 patients with ocular penetrating injury complicated with endophthalmitis underwent vitrectomy combined with silicone oil injection.Silicone oil was removed in 7 eyes from 3 to 6 months postoperatively,and the intraocular lens implantations were performed in 5 of 7 eyes.Preoperative visual acuity ranged from 0.04 to 0.1.The mean preoperative intraocular pressure was 9 mmHg with a range from 5 to 23 mmHg.Follow-up ranged from 3 to 43 months with a mean of 12 months. Results The endophthamlitis was mild at the early stage after ocular injury.The endophthalmitis occurred from 5 to 7 days after ocular injury with a mean of 6 days.All injured eyes had intraocular eyelash foreign body.The postoperative vision ranged from 0.4 to 1.0,and the vision increased in all eyes (100%).The mean postoperative intraocular pressure was 17 mmHg with a range from 10 to 20 mmHg,and was significantly higher than preoperative one (P0.05).Postoperative complications mainly included mild fibrosis exudates in the anterior chamber (2 eyes) and temporary intraocular pressure elevation (1 eye).There was no retinal detachment and ocular atrophy. Conclusions Delayed occurring traumatic endophthalmitis occurs 1 week after ouclar injury,and is mainly caused by intraocular eyelash foreign body.Vitrectomy combined with silicone oil filling is a safe and effective method in treating delayed occurring traumatic endophthalmitis.


There have been presented the study results of the biochemical composition of the green mass of sandy sainfoin (Onobrychis arenaria) samples developed by the FSBSI Agricultural Research Center "Donskoy". The purpose of the current study was to identify the variability of the content of raw nutrients: protein, oil, fiber, ash, BEV in the green mass of sainfoin varieties and lines, to determine the amino acid composition of protein and to identify the best samples for the studied traits. The study was carried out in the period of 2017–2021. The variety 'Zernogradsky 2' was used as a standard variety. Biochemical analyzes were carried out in the period 'budding stage – blooming stage'. The chemical composition of the selected samples was carried out in accordance with the methodology and GOSTs. The maximum crude protein percentage was determined in promising lines 'Sin 8/95' (15.38 %) and 'Sin 13/95' (14.72 %). There was found that the varieties 'Veles' (10.6 %), 'Atamansky' (14.1 %) and the lines 'Sin 13/95' (11.8 %), 'Sin 8/95' (16.9 %) were characterized by a high concentration of raw ash. The optimal fiber content was established in the varieties 'Atamansky' (29.73 %) and 'Veles' (29.61%). As a result of determining the amino acid composition of protein, there was found that the line 'Sin 8/95' (68.5 g/kg) and the varieties 'Zernogradsky 2' (62.3 g/kg), 'Veles' (52.5 g/kg) were distinguished by the collection of essential amino acids. The varieties 'Veles' (75.0 g/kg), 'Zernogradsky 2' (66.5 g/kg) and the line 'Sin 8/95' (66.4 g/kg) were distinguished by the number of non-essential amino acids. The line 'Sin 8/95' (134.9 g/kg) and the varieties 'Veles' (127.5 g/kg), 'Zernogradsky 2' (128.8 g/kg) were characterized by a high total collection of amino acids. There was determined that crude protein percentage (from 4.3–18.4 %), fiber (7.8–16.9 %), dry matter (4.5–13.1 %) and BEV (9.6–15.9 %) were characterized by slight and medium variation in values. The content of crude ash (9.6–25.2 %) and crude oil (7.5–27.8 %) had weak, medium and strong variations depending on the variety and line. The study of the biochemical composition of sainfoin made it possible to establish varietal differences and variability of traits that characterize the nutritional value of the feed. The varieties 'Veles', 'Zernogradsky 2' and the promising line 'Sin 8/95' were found to have the best quality traits, which could be recommended for use in the breeding process as sources of useful traits and properties.


AbstractRecent studies have detected anthropogenic influences due to increases in greenhouse gases on extreme temperature changes during the latter half of the twentieth century at global and regional scales. Most of the studies, however, were based on a limited number of climate models and also separation of anthropogenic influence from natural factors due to changes in solar and volcanic activities remains challenging at regional scales. Here, the authors conduct optimal fingerprinting analyses using 12 climate models integrated under anthropogenic-only forcing or natural plus anthropogenic forcing. The authors compare observed and simulated changes in annual extreme temperature indices of coldest night and day (TNn and TXn) and warmest night and day (TNx and TXx) from 1951 to 2000. Spatial domains from global mean to continental and subcontinental regions are considered and standardization of indices is employed for better intercomparisons between regions and indices. The anthropogenic signal is detect...


Experiments and the finite element method were adopted to investigate the influence of tube blank diameter on the necking process of tube blank under outer pressure in viscous medium. The buckling and limit of necking for a 1Cr18Ni9Ti thin walled tube in various tube blank diameters were obtained. Results show that tube blank diameters have a bigger effect on the necking forming under outer pressure in viscous medium; while the tube blank diameter turns larger,the buckling value will decrease but the necking limit increases.


The purpose of this article is to analyse the Elegy I 1 from the Elegiarum libri quattuor Jana Kochanowskiego, both in the 1584 printed edition and in the manuscript version of Elegiarum libri duo, from the manuscrIpt Osmolski (1562-1564). The study also considers the epigrams Ad lectorem (introducing the elegies as well as the whole book) and the epigram Ad Myscovium, the proemial text of the collection of epigrams Foricoenia, printed in the same book, from the plainness of constant allusions – in the opening poems of Kochanowski – to particular texts, author, motifs (e.g., the author constantly refers to both satirical images and authors like Persius and Horace). In addition to the study of loci paralleli, especially focused on the presence of neolatin poetry in the elegy by Kochanowski, the article studies the way in which Kochanowski re-elaborated the elegy, preparing it for publication. From the manuscript to the edition of 1584 the poem did not undergo considerable modifications, as is the case of other elegies (el. II 3 = I 3 Osmolski). Kochanowski only wanted to give his work a higher degree of narrative coherence and to underline the meta-literary meaning of some images more strongly (e.g. the allusion to Horace's Ars Poetica before the couplets on the Hercules labour).


Community structure, diversity and faunal abundance patterns of the assemblage of marine benthic invertebrates that recruited to Artificial Substratum Units (ASUs) deployed in the shallow nearshore waters of Casey Station, East Antarctica, were investigated to determine the suitability of these ASUs as a sampling method for biological monitoring of Antarctic marine environments. The ASUs employed in this study were made of nylon mesh pot scourers. The assemblage that recruited to the ASUs was dominated by small motile fauna including peracaridean crustaceans, gastropods and polychaetes. Crustacea were the most diverse group and gastropods were the most abundant group. Species that were often numerically dominant in the samples include Skenella paludinoides (Gastropoda), Antarctogenia macrodactyla (Amphipoda), Munna cj maculata, Cymnodocella tubicauda (lsopoda) and Nototanais antarcticus (Tanaidacea). Nematodes, nemerteans, turbellarians and ophiuroids are commonly present in the assemblage. Some sessile fauna were also sampled by the units and a spirorbid polychaete commonly occurred in high abundance. Many of the taxa that recruited to the ASUs have also been recorded in other Antarctic locations. Investigations of the physical structure of the ASU found that the colour of the scourers had no effect on the assemblage and that ASUs made of three scourers would adequately sample the available taxa in sufficient abundances for analysis. Deployment times of one year, which included an over winter period and a late summer collection, sampled an assemblage with consistent numbers of species and abundance ranges of individuals suitable for analyses. The ASU assemblage is highly variable both within sites and between sites. Multivariate analyses found significant differences within and between all sites and between the control sites and a known impacted site. Analyses of the univariate diversity indices and abundance patterns of selected taxa also detected significant differences within sites and between sites but did not detect differences between control and impacted locations. The


In article risks to health of population near to the airports and professional risks of aircrafts crews are estimated as a result from influence of civil aviation activity noise and emissions.


A fast‐response polymer‐stabilized BPIII device without memory effect and hysteresis effect is demonstrated in this study. The structure of BPIII is stabilized in a wide temperature range more than 10°C by polymer network By adopting in‐plane switch, the bright and dark states can be switched reversely in ∼0.9 ms. Compared with the other two cubic blue phases, the polymer‐stabilized‐BPIII possesses a great potential for application on fast display.


Classical Gabriel reaction was adopted to synthesize linear polyamine skeleton.The structure of intermidates and target compound were confirmed by means of nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy(1H/13C NMR) and mass spectrometry(MS).Results indicate that under the present test conditions,a new reaction pathway is involved in the Gabriel reaction.By modifying the synthetic process,an efficient route to synthesizing polyamine was established.


small for advanced students. Prof. Friedlander gives us a commentary of the right length and the right learning. And, in the second place, his notes combine in an unusual degree a command of many subjects : Latin, history, antiquities. The interpretation of Juvenal demands this combination to a rather special degree, though editors (Mr. Mayor apart) have rarely recognized the fact and have in consequence written oddly, for instance, about the Roman army. Prof. Friedlander, with aid from Prof. Hirschfeld, Dr. Klebs (who supplies some valuable ' NachtrSge') and others, deals adequately with all problems. I conclude by noticing a few unimportant 58 points, and first I. t§&.cumfas esseputet cv/ra/m sperare cohortis. The command of a cohort commenced the Equestrian career, on which Juvenal himself had embarked with more labour than profit. He is naturally indignant at the spendthrift's easy entrance. Probably the latter was of senatorial birth (maiorum censu), had lost or resigned his rank (Tac. Ann. ii. 48, xii. 52, etc.), and, through influence, had been consoled with a salaried post. I may add that I see no reason for saying that either cura or sperare are here used technically. Cura = ' command' is common in Imperial Latin, but I very much doubt whether, even on military inscriptions, it ever denotes special or extraordinary command, as is sometimes affirmed. Oplio ad spem ordinis and similar phrases {Ephem. iv. 471) are certainly technical, but only of certain promotions; they do not apply here.


Reservoir simulation is an important tool that gives the information on reservoir prediction. It enhances the management decision during the development, planning, and production optimization. Understanding the system parameters and its alteration with time are very important during the development of a model equation which ultimately leads to predict the behavior of a reservoir. As a result, the objectives of this research is to develop a comprehensive fluid flow model based on porosity alteration with time and compare it with commercial simulator, ECLIPSE. A 1-D, horizontal, and heterogeneous reservoir with time dependent rock and fluid properties is considered during the development of the model equation. Conservation of mass, equation of state, and various other constitutive equations are used for the specified system. The model equation is solved using explicit formulation. The JAVA programming language is used to solve the model equation for the pressure response with time and space. The results are compared with ECLIPSE. The pressure response using the proposed model is in the same trend with ECLIPSE. However, there is a substantial variation on pressure value which is due to the consideration of porosity alteration with time. This information leads the researcher to consider the time dependency of rock properties such as porosity with time even if it is nominal. Therefore, the use of proposed model would be suitable in predicting an accurate pressure response within the reservoir.


Veteran German scholar Haacker (b. 1942) presents a full commentary on Acts in which he interacts equally with German, Dutch and Anglo-Saxon scholars, but of course mainly with Acts itself. In the preface he explains that the limits of the series (and the affordability of the book for individuals) forced him to make considerable cuts to his original manuscript. The introduction runs to a mere 12 pages, but is definitely worth reading. Haacker states that he will particularly counter anti-Jewish readings of the text, and so he does, which makes the commentary particularly relevant for Anglo-Saxon readers. Another characteristic of this work is the ample attention that is given to the readings of the Western text. The comments are based on Haacker's own translation into contemporary German and contain original ideas as well as suggestions for contemporary application. He frequently criticizes the commonly used Luther translation as well as other German versions, and he finds space to discuss issues such as the ascension, the nature of glossolalia and much more. This commentary is not an easy read, and knowledge of Greek is required, but it will richly repay careful consultation, and I will pick it up frequently.


The SWiN project is an abbreviation for Social Wireless Network Secure Identification project and it primarily focuses on the security issues of social networks on mobile platforms. This master the ...


A fully-coupled, real-time-capable fluid dynamics/flight dynamics simulation was developed, that is
validated against flight test data measured with a MBB Bo-105 helicopter. The highly-efficient Lattice-
Boltzmann based fluid dynamics solver and the blade element based flight dynamics code were coupled
through the rotor thrust and inflow. This dynamic inflow model extracted the inflow velocities from
the computed flow field and passed them to the flight dynamics code to predict thrust and rotorcraft
motion. The local rotor thrust was imposed on the fluid cells comprising the rotor disk. The advantage
of this two-way coupled approach is that it enables the real-time calculation of the flow environment
and the dynamic inflow into the rotors without prior knowledge of the flow field, and it allows to
model the influence of arbitrary moving objects in the vicinity of the rotorcraft on the fluid mechanics
and flight dynamics at simulation run-time. Power requirements and controls in trimmed stationary
forward flight were predicted well by the new model. The on-axis response of the helicopter to pilot step
inputs also correlated well with the flight test data. The off-axis response showed the correct trends, but
the amplitudes were mostly underpredicted. This underprediction was similar to results obtained using
the Pitt-Peters inflow model instead of the new modeling approach. The results gave confidence in the
developed computational model, although areas for improvement were also identified. In the longer
term, this new modeling approach may enable more realistic pilot training for challenging operations
such as ship deck landings, where rapid changes to the flow field and the environment around the
rotorcraft affect its flight dynamics.


Abstract – This paper deal with the design of a 3-phaseinduction motor speed control system. The problem was the 3-phase induction motor speed does not maintain constant speed,an overshoot and a long rise time. The PID controller and a PIDtuning based on Cohen Coon are proposed to overcome constantspeed, overshoot and rise time. The simulation result shows thatthe uncontrolled speed of induction motor has an overshoot55.46%, rise time 17.72 ms, and peak amplitude 152 sec. Then, themotor speed by using PID controller has an overshoot 63.11%,rise time 13.75 ms, and peak amplitude is 100.8 sec. While themotor speed using the PID tuning based on Cohen Coon has anovershoot 53.11%, rise time 13.79 ms, and peak amplitude is 93.63sec. PID tuning based on Cohen Coon method can reduce moreovershoot 10%, more quickly rise time 0.04, and it can maintainthe motor speed at any condition.


The article deals with the phenomenon of fakes in contemporary media practice. The author proposes to consider fake as a manifestation of political discourse, which has specific signs format. The analyzed trend in the information sector, according to the author, should be considered as a clear manifestation of the show of civilization. Turning to the historical experience of the functioning of the global political hoaxes in the activities of foreign media, the author comes to the conclusion about the presence of some manipulative methods that can be considered protoforms in their practice. Today, they have been transformed into such type of interpretation of information as a fake. Largely, the process of rooting in the functioning of traditional media is promoted by both excessive politicization of the agenda and rapid development of the Internet. The latter, as a rule, is a breeding ground for the introduction of fakes in today's media environment. Intensification of the process of using fakes is largely provoked by the contents of information confrontation, which has been observed in the global information society in connection with the events in Ukraine during the last year and a half. Analyzing the identified trends in modern media environment, the author gives concrete examples from the experience of the current media.


ABSTRACT Aiming at the frequent occurrence of cement concrete pavement failure, the authors have for the first time raised queries about the three idealized prerequisites for the related traditional theoretical model of cement concrete pavement and carried out research. Mechanism analysis exposes: interaction between the pavement slab and base course will lead to three basic inter-layer failure types whose development and evolution subvert the three prerequisites and cause sharp inconsistency between the actual situation and the theoretical model, thus causing considerable pavement deterioration. Lab tests show that the actual carrying capacity of pavement is less than half of the theoretical one after the three basic failure types emerge, while field investigation indicates that the actual inter- layer failure is more serious. To eliminate the said inconsistency, the authors have put forward a solution, namely, a waterproof separation membrane placed between the slab and base, which will prevent the occurrence of the three basic inter-layer failure types, make the three idealized prerequisites well conform to the actual pavement conditions, and avoid the widespread pavement distresses.


Chemical flooding has become an important method to enhance oil recovery in high‐water cut reservoirs. Crude oil emulsification often occurs during chemical flooding, and it plays a very positive role in increasing crude oil production. Crude oil emulsification increases the complexity of fluid flow in the reservoir including multifield coupling characteristics and multiphase flow and multiphase form characteristics. This paper discusses advanced research techniques and the status of multiphase fluid flows in chemical flooding, including the interfacial rheological properties of emulsions, physical simulation of emulsion seepage, and mathematical models and numerical simulations of seepage. Studies on the mechanism of seepage have analyzed the macroscopic and microscopic aspects of seepage during chemical flooding. Prospective directions for future research are indicated including the study of the interfacial rheological characteristics of emulsions, methods for the evaluation of the seepage characteristics of chemical flooding, and mathematical models of multiphase seepage during chemical flooding.


The article discusses the features of reproductive biology and population structure of a rare calciphilous kind Scutellaria supina L. Studied the spatial and age structure, morphometric characteristics, seed production and fruit formation of this type, fertility and pollen viability, identified the type of eco-phytocenological strategy in Republic of Mordovia.


Exopolysaccharide(EPS) of Phellinus igniarius was determined by phenol-sulfuric acid method.The determination condition had a better reproducibility and the average recovery was(94.04±3.81) %(n=5) under using glucose as the standard monosaccharides by conversion factor of 9.59,treated fermentation broth as simple.The results showed that the fermentation yield of ESP from SJZ3 strain,which were highest,increased by 25.60 % than original strain.


Objective. To know the clinical and epidemiological characteristics of pregnant women with tuberculosis in the National Maternal and Perinatal Institute (INM...


Tank 5, a radar level gauge (2) of the FMCW type for determining the distance to the surface 7 of the in-product (6) for emitting an electromagnetic transmission signal and receiving an electromagnetic return signal reflected from the surface (7) electromagnetic transmission signal includes a transceiver 11, and has a bandwidth of at least 1GHz, the relative bandwidth (up to the frequency / lowest frequency) is less than 2.5, and the upper frequency less than 4GHz. Gauge (2) it is suspended mechanically and matched to provide the electric matching connection between the tank (5) in (6) by extending a single conductor probe (9), and electrical feed-through 21 and the single-conductor probe (9) and means. In the present application, relatively expensive steel in the prior art - the pipe is replaced by a relatively cheap single-conductor probe (9) which acts as a surface wave guide (SWG).


This article is an attempt to draw attention to the important aspects of national security, especially in the realm of crisis management. The essence of the latter is important in the current work of the state apparatus to promote peace, harmony and a sense of stability and safety of the public. Preventing any threats, both natural and those caused by human activities (emergencies / disasters technical) is the responsibility of the public administration and the forces that are supported for the state at the time of an emergency (Police, Fire Brigade, Municipal Police, Border Guard, etc. .). At the present time, when the range of threats significantly increased, the duty of the State, as an organization, should be a plan, organize and respond to emergency arise