TERNARY PHASE EQUILIBRIA IN THE SYSTEMS ACTINIDE-TRANSITION METAL-CARBON AND ACTINIDE-TRANSITION METALNITROGEN. Isothermal sections in the ternary phase diagrams of actinide-transition metal-carbon and actinidetransition metal-nitrogen systems are compiled on the basis of new phase studies. using thermodynamic data of carbides and nitrides, and considering the structure and lattice parameters of binary compounds. The lack of experimental results is compensated by estimating the solution behaviour and the phase stabilities. Phase diagrarns are given for the systems: Th-{u or Pul-Co U-(Th or Pul-No (Th or U or Pu)-y-c. (Th or U or PU)-Ce-C. (Th or U or Pu)-Y-N, (Th or U or PU)-Ce-N. U-(La or Ce or Pr or Nd)-N, (Th or U or Pul-TI-Co (Th or U or Pu)-Zr-C, (Th or U or Pu)-Nb-C, (Th or U or Pu)-Mo-C. U-(Ti or Zr or Hf or Mo)-N. (Th or Pu)-Zr-N, (Th or U or Pu)-Cr-N and (Th or U or Pu)-(Ru or Rh or Pd)-C. Of particular interest is the occurrence of ternary carbides and nitrides. 1, INTRODUCTION The re action behaviour of multicomponent systems containing aetinide carbides and nitrides is of great interest for many problems in nuclear technology. Of particular importance in this context are ternary systems involving the transition metals, which are the most frequently occurring fission products, the main constituents of the cladding and structural materials, and potential alloying elements. The clearest way of surveying the reaction behaviour for specific combinations of elements at high temperatures is to extract information from the appropriate phase diagrams. New experimental work was carried out with the aetinide elements thorium, uranium and plutonium. The thermodynamic data of the carbides and nitrides, including some estimations, and, furthermore, structural and lattice parameters of these, as well as the valence states of the actinide elements, form the bases for an evaluation of ternary phase equilibria and of some stability criteria of ternary compounds. Since thorium, uranium and plutonium are the most important actinide elements in nuclear technology, and since for these three actinide elements details of only the binary carbide and nitride systems are known at present, the evaluation of ternary phase diagrams was restricted to these elements. The binary carbide and nitride systems of the actinides which were considered when preparing the ternary sections are given in Figs 1 and 2; information was drawn from the following sources: Th-C [1]; U-C [2]; Pu-C [3]; Th-N [4,5]; U-N [12]; Pu-N [3].1 I The figures are all to be found at the end of this paper on pages 220-262.


This paper reviews the statutory and regulatory duty of financial regulators to Affirmatively Further Fair Housing. The paper analyzes existing statutory and regulatory tools available to assist the regulators in meeting their duty to affirmatively further fair housing purposes. The paper recommends affirmative steps to affirmatively further fair housing utilizing specific provisions of Regulations A, B and BB. Finally, the paper concludes that financial regulators have sufficient authority to carry out their duty to affirmatively further the purposes of the Fair Housing Act.


According to the theory of polymer material science, the coal may be considered as natural composites consisted of many macromolecule cross link polymers and minerals. It is the natural macromolecular resource that is hardly obtained by synthesizing methods. These determine unique superiority advantages of coal on developing new materials. The research fields and the newer progress of coal base materials are systematically introduced. The important research results in coal base material by Xi′an University of Science and Technology are emphasized.


Autism, in a wider perspective Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD),is perhaps the most prolifically researched of all child psychiatric disorders. The greatest contributions to our understanding about the disease have come from individual clinician researchers like Leo Kanner and Hans Asperger. The concept and definition of the disorder have changed greatly over the years, even socio-political shifts as well as research findings have radically altered our understanding of the syndrome as well as the care and treatment offered to people with autism. This paper provides an overview on the discovery of Autism Spectrum Disorders through philately.


Recent advances in machine learning have brought with them considerable attention in applying such methods to complex prediction problems. However, in extremely large datas-paces, a single neural network covering that space may not be effective, and generating large numbers of deep neural networks is not feasible. In this paper, we analyze deep networks trained from stacked autoencoders in a spatio-temporal application area to determine the extent to which knowledge can be transferred to similar regions. Our analysis applies methods from functional data analysis and spatial statistics to identify such correlation. We apply this work in the context of numerical weather prediction in analyzing large-scale data from Hurricane Sandy. Results of our analysis indicate high likelihood that spatial correlation can be exploited if it can be identified prior to training.


The "transportation industry" is also a complex sector of our economy and is comprised of a number of industries. It is both intercity and intracity. Intercity domestic transportation can be classified in six categories: railroads, trucks, Great Lakes shipping, rivers and canals shipping, pipelines and air. Food and food products use all modes in significant quantities except for pipelines and air, although air freight is indispensable for a limited number of high value, perishable commodities in addition to these modes, food moves by ocean shipping in import and export traffic and in connecting the mainland with Alaska and Hawaii. Intracity transportation tends to follow the dictum that marketing channels grow more complex the closer the product moves to the point of consumption.


The invention belongs to the technical field of food packaging materials and discloses a current polypropylene film with a cohesive peeling function. The current polypropylene film is prepared by a three-layer coextrusion process and consists of a heat sealing layer, a support layer and a corona layer, wherein the heat sealing layer is a high-temperature resistant polypropylene random copolymer layer; high-temperature resistant homopolymer polypropylene is taken as a base material; incompatible polyethylene or ethylene-vinlacetate copolymer is dispersed in the base material in an island mode;an additive is added into the base material at the same time; the support layer is made of high-temperature homopolymer polypropylene resin; and the corona layer is made of conventional homopolymer polypropylene resin. The current polypropylene film with the cohesive peeling function can be used as the heat sealing layer of a composite film used for a high-temperature resistant polypropylene cup material easily-uncovered cover film; and the cover film can be sterilized at the high temperature of 131 DEG C, cannot be layered and damaged after being sterilized, has moderate heat sealing strength and firm seal, and can be uncovered smoothly without rough feeling.


Internationalisation has risen high on the agenda of many higher education institutions, and the need to develop graduates with global perspectives is well recognised. Much attention has been given to institutional strategies for internationalisation, international students, and dealing with culturally diverse learning styles. To date, however, there have been limited efforts to consider what internationalisation means in practice at the programme level. This article reports on a case study that investigates the internationalisation of undergraduate hospitality management degree programmes in the United Kingdom. Through the development and application of an internationalisation framework, the study reveals the perceived importance of shared cross-cultural experiences to the internationalisation of programmes and the different approaches adopted within programmes. It also highlights current constraints in internationalising degree programmes and the subsequent challenges faced by educators in developing graduates' global perspectives.


The front cover artwork is provided by the groups of Prof. Atanassov and Prof. Zenyuk (University of California Irvine, USA). The image shows rate-determining step of oxygen reduction reaction on platinum nanoparticle supported by carbon, which requires electron transfer but no proton. Read the full text of the Article at 10.1002/cphc.201901091.


The article socializes results of a doctoral thesis. During the research process, the limited development of primary schoolchildren for understanding word problems was identified. The analysis of the specialized literature revealed the lack of a typology of exercises based on the levels of cognitive performance, related to that process, and a taxonomy of questions based on the external structure of them. Consequently, the article pursued the objective of offering a typology of exercises for the treatment of word problems understanding. The application of a pre-experiment made it possible to verify the validity of the proposal.


Purpose. Substantiation and creation of "green routes" on the territory of the city of Kharkiv in the system of ecological management of urban areas, to meet the demand of the population. Methods. Fields, Greenways criteria, atomic absorption spectrophotometry. Results . The scientific and informational basis for creation of "green routes" and suggestions on criteria of their selection have been created. Complex assessment of the state of the environment was carried out to assess the conditions for the construction of "green routes". The results of the chemical analysis of soil samples and the study of the content of carbon monoxide and sulfur dioxide in the air showed that no sample exceeded the MPC in any sample. Conclusions Based on the proposed criteria and results of the integrated environmental assessment, 8 conventional "green routes" have been identified for the territory of the Kharkiv city, their schemes and descriptions have been prepared. It is recommended to synchronize the developed routes with the planning structure of the city and, if possible, make them as an annex to the city master plan.


The indiscriminate use of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), untempered by evidence about outcomes, has been called "irrational exuberance" (Rosoff and Schneiderman 2017). There is much to be sai...


List of tables 1. The House of Lords and the British constitution 2. The House of Lords in the twentieth century 3. What is the House of Lords? 4. The work of the House of Lords 5. Second chambers elsewhere 6. Reforming the second chamber Appendix: Party manifesto statements on the House of Lords 1979-2005 Sources and select bibliography Index


Salvadora persica is a well-known medicinal plant which belongs to the family Salvadoraceae. It is commonly known as the Meswak tree. Calabash tree or Crescentia cujete tree belongs to the family of Bignoniaceae. It is also known as the gourd tree. These two plants have been studied by preliminary phytochemical and FTIR analysis. Data gathered on solvent extraction and preliminary phytochemical method suggested that the presence of primary and secondary metabolites in leaf tissue. Two solvents such as ethanol and aqueous are used here to reveal the phytocompounds and extend our work to find out the various functional groups present in these two plants through FTIR analysis was done. Spectrum of Salvadora persica showed 5 peaks that are 599.89, 654.86, 1409.06, 1431.24, 2930.96 and spectrum of Crescentia cujete showed that 13 peaks that are 470.65, 520.80, 630.75, 652.93, 776.38, 1060.89, 1155.41, 1248, 1321.30, 1431.24, 1527.69, 2860.56, 2924.21. The present study revealed that the functional groups of both plants, such as alcohols or phenols, alkanes, amines, esters or carboxylic acid or lactones, aldehyde or ketones, acetates and ethylene.


This paper presents the mathematical theory, computational algorithm and numerical results from a finite element based Resin Transfer Molding (RTM) model, a process that involves resin impregnation of fiber preforms. The uniqueness of the present approach is that unlike the conventional methods, it treats the flow of resin and air as a two-phase flow in a porous media. The formulations are done in 3D without introducing approximations in the thickness direction. This approach enables the user to model the macrolevel physics better, formulates accurate filling of complex parts that may be thick or contain inserts, predicts air entrapment, and has the ability to incorporate heat transfer in both filled and unfilled regions.


There are many ways that we can watch sport but not all of them are philosophically interesting. One can watch it enthusiastically, casually, fanatically or drunkenly. One might watch only because one has bet on the outcome. Some watch a friend or relative compete and have a narrow focus on one individual's performance. A coach or scout on the lookout for new talent may have completely different interests to a supporter of a team. But what of the ways of watching sport that are of philosophical interest?


Rebar owe their advantage to their composite microstructure; therefore, they have high yield strength combined with high ductility (the final structure consists of a combination of strong outer layer of tempered martensite and a ductile core of ferrite-pearlite). Mechanical Properties (Yield Strength, Ultimate tensile Strength, % Elongation) of rebar depend upon the macro-microstructure properties of rebar, which mainly includes: Macro Properties: Rim Uniformity, Rim Thickness, Rim Hardness, Core Hardness and Microstructure: Core microstructure (% of acicular ferrite & Pearlite, Bainite), Rim microstructure (Martensite, Bainite). The one of the major factors which affects the properties of rebar is its Hardness and Rim thickness. This is the conclusive result of experimental analysis based on correlation between micro & macro properties with mechanical properties of rebar, which admits Yield Strength is a function of Average Rim Thickness, Rim Hardness and Core Hardness. This correlation can be extremely helpful in finding out the Yield Strength when the Average Rim Thickness, Rim Hardness and Core Hardness are known. If we know the values of constants, we can particularly measure the Yield Strength of any particular Section during the manufacturing process. Through which we can produce the rebar of desired Yield Strength by controlling over Rim Thickness and Hardness of the rebar. In this project we are have experimented Rebar of section 25mm of Fe500D of various heat. Keywords— Comparative Study, Hardness, Microstructure, Mechanical Properties, Rim Thickness, Reinforced Steel bar


The effort to restructure the Chicago public schools is examined as it is played out in fourteen representative schools. While systemwide structural change is impressive and resources have been redirected to the school level, the authors argue that schools must now focus on pragmatic planning for instructional change.


Successful synthesis of AlON nanowires is made by dc arc-discharge,of which the important composition is Al3O3N(AlN∶Al2O3 =1∶1).Among nanowires,t he longest one is 55?μm in length,the smallest is 25?nm,and th e ratio of lengths to diameters is 150.AlON nanowires are of spinel type.


In this article citric acid is used to crosslink cotton fabric with copper liquor prepared to finish it to produce copper ammonia complex citric acid crosslink cotton fabric;FTIR is adopted to analyze its structure with the surface morphology observed by SEM.Its anti-bacterial performance,washing-resisting property and the releasable content of copper are also studied.The result shows that copper ammonia complex citric acid crosslink cotton fabric is of good anti-bacterial performance and washing-resisting property,and the releasable content of copper is not much.


It has been proposed to conduct a test of a software safety system for a nuclear reactor by subjecting it to demands that are statistically representative of those it meets in operational use. The intention behind the test is to acquire a high confidence (99%) that the probability of failure on demand is smaller than 10/sup -3/. To this end the test takes the form of executing about 5000 demands and requiring that all of these are successful. In practice if is necessary to consider what happens if the software fails the test and is repaired. We argue that the earlier failure information needs to be taken into account in devising the form of the test that the modified software needs to pass-essentially that after such failure the testing requirement might need to be more stringent (i.e. the number of tests that must be executed failure-free should increase). We examine a Bayesian approach to the problem, for this stopping rule based upon a required bound for the probability of failure on demand, as above, and also for a requirement based upon a prediction of future failure behaviour. We show that the first approach seems to be less conservative than the second, and argue that the second should be preferred for practical application.<<ETX>>


The article covers one of the most serious consequences of the world globalization – increasing number and share of women among international migrants crossing state borders to find employment in another state. Development of public and private services sectors, using female labor, but unattractive to local residents, favors this process. Feminization of migration has serious consequences both for receiving and home countries of migrants. Existence of this category of migrants in the migratory flow requires revision of migration and social policy according to their peculiarities and needs.


This cross-sectional study explores the association between mothers' receipt of opioid use disorder treatment during pregnancy and their infants' health services use in the first year of life.


This letter presents an analytical formula to predict the peak inrush current for a nonlinear inductor in series with a resistor. The formula is developed using nonlinear circuit analysis and its accuracy is verified by comparing the calculated peak inrush current to those obtained through time-domain simulations. The formula is very useful to estimate the impact of damping resistors on the transformer inrush current.


Satellite synthetic aperture radar (SAR) systems currently offer both very high resolutions and multiresolution acquisition capability, thus presenting a great potential for environmental monitoring and damage assessment applications. In this framework, change detection methods play a central role. In this paper, a novel unsupervised change detection method is proposed for multitemporal SAR images acquired at multiple resolutions. The method combines Markov random field modeling, line processes, linear mixtures, Bayesian estimation, generalized Gaussian distributions, and graph cuts with the aim of fusing the available multiresolution information to generate a change map at the finest of the observed resolutions. The proposed method is experimentally validated with multitemporal COSMO-SkyMed stripmap and polarimetric data.


In this paper we study asymmetric and pseudo-symmetric Riemann surfaces of genus g ≥ 2 with full automorphism group Z4n for n = 1 or prime. We give necessary and sufficient conditions for the existence of such a surface and we find all values of p and q for which the surface is p-hyperelliptic and (q, n)-gonal.


This document reports on the e-mail-based question and answer services (digital reference) that the Department of Education offers to customers. The report is presented in five sections. Section 1, "Introduction," outlines the research goals which were to: analyze current processes, procedures and problems; suggest solutions for optimization of information delivery to customers; provide recommendations for policy; outline software requirements for possible future automation of processes; and suggest training goals for managers and specialists. Section 2, "Methods," describes the three-part approach to the research method: document analysis; in-depth interviews at six digital reference sites; and a poll of digital reference administrators representing ED.gov and related Centers. Section 3, "Results," describes findings from each of the above three data sources, and Section 4, "Issues," consolidates the findings and groups them. Section 5, "Recommendations," contains the research team's recommendations for re-designing and improving ED.gov digital reference Centers. Several appendices provide copies of the instruments and a glossary. (AEF) Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made from the original document. Digital Reference Services and Centers at the United States Department of Education: Analysis and Recommendations By. Joanne Silverstein & R. David Lankes PERMISSION TO REPRODUCE AND DISSEMINATE THIS MATERIAL HAS BEEN GRANTED BY


The acceleration and increase in investment and business needs to be done by implementing an integrated business licensing service online or online single submission (OSS). This study aims to determine the licensing process of establishing a Limited Liability Company with the OSS system and the constraints faced by the directors in OSS and their mitigation efforts. This research is an empirical legal research using empirical juridical approach type and using primary data sources and secondary data. Data collection is done by direct observation in the field and then analyzed using qualitative analysis methods. The results of this study indicate that the licensing process of establishing a Limited Liability Company is carried out online by accessing the OSS website and completing the data as contained in the system. The OSS Institution will then issue an NIB to obtain a Business License and a Commercial or Operational License including to fulfill the requirements for a Business License and a Commercial or Operational License. Furthermore, the obstacles faced in the OSS system are related to regulatory aspects, system aspects, governance aspects, lack of socialization, additional costs in adjusting the goals and objectives of the Limited Liability Company, and accessing them that occur twice, both online and file submission. In the context of overcoming existing obstacles, a task force was formed consisting of the National Task Force, Ministry / Institution Task Force, Provincial Task Force, District / City Task Force, system renewal, seminars and briefing on the OSS system.


Objective To establish the normal reference value of lung function test via tidal breathing measurement in healthy preschoolers for making the lung function test as a routine medical examination. Methods Lung function was measured by the tidal breathing pattern in 93 healthy preschoolers (3-7years old) using Vmax26 PF instrument.Results Lung function was determined by tidal breathing flow volume loops(TBFVL) and passive respiratory mechanics or single breath occlusion technique (SOT). TBFVL included tidal breathing flow-volume loops and tidal breathing flow-time curves. The passive expiratory flow-volume curves were painted using SOT. Conclusion The lung function measurement during tidal breathing in children is of important value for evaluation of the lung function and offers the valid criteria in prevention of lung diseases in preschoolers.


The magnetic domains in two-dimensional layered material $\mathrm{F}{\mathrm{e}}_{3}\mathrm{GeT}{\mathrm{e}}_{2}$ are studied by using a variable-temperature scanning tunneling microscope with a magnetic tip after in situ cleaving of single crystals. A stripy domain structure is revealed in a zero-field-cooled sample below the ferromagnetic transition temperature of 205 K, which is replaced by separate double-walled domains and bubble domains when cooling the sample under a magnetic field of a ferromagnetic Ni tip. The Ni tip can further convert the double-walled domain to a bubble domain pattern as well as move the Neel-type chiral bubble in submicrometer distance. The temperature-dependent evolutions of both zero-field-cooled and field-cooled domain structures correlate well with the bulk magnetization from magnetometry measurements. Atomic resolution scanning tunneling images and spectroscopy are acquired to understand the atomic and electronic structures of the material, which are further corroborated by first-principles calculations.


This paper not only introduces the method of making coreless printed circuit board inductor, its structure and characteristics, but also adopts the numerical method to set up the computation model of the N turns planar coil inductor. This model offers a useful way for calculation the inductance. To use the modern PCB technology, we are able to control the width and the space between the wires, this overcomes the problem of machine made inductor.


Displaced Fractures of the Naso-Orbito-Ethmoidal complex have always stood out as a challenge for surgeons owing to their complex articulation in the central midface from the anatomic, aesthetic and functional perspective. In Maxillofacial Trauma, the evolving trends have shown a steady paradigm shift towards minimally invasive procedures when approaching facial fractures from the extra-oral approach. The aim of these minimally invasive procedures has been to achieve restoration of original form and function without compromising the aesthetic outcome. Conventional surgical approaches to the central midface describe incisions which allow for proper visualisation of the fracture fragments to aid in their reduction and fixation. The attachment of the medial canthal ligament to the NOE Complex and its disruption during the fracture play a vital role in the treatment planning and surgical intervention.


Plans to build 27 new council homes in Sandwell have moved one step closer with the awarding of building contracts.


A hardened flip-flop (FF) design using Schmitt-trigger circuits for improved soft-error (SE) performance is presented. The Schmitt-trigger-based DFF (STDFF) design along with conventional DFF in a 16-nm bulk FinFET CMOS process were tested using alpha particles, heavy-ions, proton, and neutron. The STDFF design shows ~162× improvement in the alpha SE cross-section, up to ~30× improvement in heavy-ion SE cross-section, and ~5× improvement in both proton and neutron failure in time (FIT) rates compared with conventional DFF at nominal supply voltage and room temperature. STDFF also outperformed DFF for SE cross-section over frequency (up to 1.3 GHz) and temperature (up to 125 °C) ranges of interest.


Two criteria for answering the question raised by H. Reich (this issue) are taken up: Have psychological processes in relation to gender been given sufficient attention in existing theories? Are these theories comprehensive enough to cover the whole range of phenomena in question? In a 3rd step, Reich's suggestion not to change the theory but to improve interviewing and scoring procedures is critically examined.


The writer discusses the stratigraphy of Waller and Harris Counties, Texas, a total thickness of 11,004 feet of Gulf Coastal Plain formations. He describes their lithologic characteristics and faunal markers, ranging from the Lissie formation (Pleistocene) into the Wilcox (Eocene). An attempt is made to give an accurate description of the formations penetrated, by a study of logs, electrical surveys, well cores, and cuttings. The composite stratigraphic section necessarily shows fixed intervals, but it is not the intention of the writer to give the impression that they remain constant for that is not true; they vary both updip and downdip.


The aim of this paper is to evaluate the influence of effective parameters on the performance of dielectric barrier discharge (DBD) reactor for Nitrogen oxides (NO x) removal by using Non-thermal plasma. The electrode length, the electrode diameter as well as the voltage and frequency of the power generator are studied. To simulate NO x emitted from diesel engine, the combination of pure NO x and N2 cylinders is used. Pulsed plasma treatment of the simulated gas is used due to the advantages of pulse power technology than AC and DC energizations. The results show the capability of the system in reducing NO x from the simulated gas by introducing plasma inside the reactor. Furthermore, increasing the electrode diameter as well as electrode length increases the removal efficiency of NO x. In addition, varying the voltage and frequency of the power generator will affect the performance of DBD reactor.


If we had a vaccine that was as effective at reducing HIV infection as circumcision, it would be a recommended vaccine here in the US, argues this pediatrician.


Abstract : Repeated inhalation with the test article FE-13 (Trifluoromethane) did not significantly increase the frequency of micronucleated PCEs in the bone marrow of male or female B6C3F1 mice and/or significantly affect the percentage of PCEs in either sex.


The importance of remote sensing for high-rate, high-accuracy position feedback in the control of large flexible structures is gaining wide recognition. Less obvious is the equally important use of these sensors for target tracking, proximity sensing, systems identification, and other control-related applications. The remote attitude measurement sensor (RAMS) can be easily adapted to satisfy each of these applications by selecting the optical components to meet specific measurement needs. The RAMS system has been configured to accept many different lens/target combinations and thereby provide versatility, easy of use, and reliable performance. Examples of typical applications are provided, along with descriptions of the sensor configurations and performance. Recent experiences in RAMS hardware development and testing are also described, including the use of RAMS for the Control, Astrophysics, and Structures Experiment in Space (CASES) Advanced Development Facility (ADF) and the controls-structures interaction demonstration experiment (C-SIDE).


Onshore and offshore oil spills contaminate soil. In addition to environmental concerns about ground water pollution and other possible effects, the geotechnical properties of the contaminated soil such as the shear strength and the hydraulic conductivity are also altered. This paper presents the results of research to evaluate the variation of the shear strength of a sand contaminated by three different types of oil with varying kinematic viscosities and thus the ultimate bearing capacity of shallow foundations. The results of the tests reported here relate to only one type of sand and three types of oil. The oil contents were varied from zero to 6%. Results of direct shear tests for determining the soil friction angles are given. Additionally, laboratory model test results to determine the ultimate bearing capacity of a surface strip foundation supported by oilcontaminated sand are also presented. Based on these test results, the effect of oil contamination in drastically reducing the bearing capacity is discussed.


We show that every bundle gerbe on a supermanifold decomposes into a bundle gerbe over the underlying manifold and a 2-form on the supermanifold. This decomposition is not canonical, but is determined by the choice of a projection map to the underlying manifold. Along the way, we prove the familiar cohomological classification theorems for bundle gerbes and bundle gerbes with connection in the context of supermanifolds.


Article is devoted to the comparison of morphological and syntactic characteristics of the instrumental case of modern Russian and Chinese languages.


BACKGROUND It is clear from the foregoing papers in this Supplement that FilaBavi is a community resource for Vietnam that offers a unique range of opportunities. Based on the routine data collected quarterly, information related to demographic changes such as death, birth, marriage, and migration, as well as health status and health-seeking behaviour of households, has been captured and analysed, giving a detailed and accurate picture of this community's health. These data are necessary and important for policy making, both in their local area of origin and more widely.


A self‐phase‐locked degenerate femtosecond optical parametric oscillator (OPO) based on the birefringent nonlinear material, bismuth triborate, BiB3O6, synchronously‐pumped by a Kerr‐lens‐mode‐locked Ti:sapphire laser at 800 nm is described. By exploiting versatile phase‐matching properties of BiB3O6, including large spectral and angular acceptance for parametric generation and low group velocity dispersion in the optical xz plane, stable self‐phase‐locked degenerate OPO operation centered at 1600 nm is demonstrated using collinear type I (e → oo) interaction in a 1.5‐mm crystal at room temperature.


A highly efficient manufacturing-scale process for the preparation of 2,6-dichloro-3-fluorobenzonitrile, utilising industrial by-product 2,6-dichloro-3-fluoroacetophenone as starting material, has been developed. The overall yield was 77%.


CLA is home to more than 5,000 students, both graduate and undergraduate, who learn in seminar-style classes, conduct research with award-winning faculty, and gain real-world experience in the field. Our graduates build the essential skills valued in the workplace: critical reading, careful thinking, and effective communicating. Through our graduate degree programs, students in the College of Liberal Arts are equipped to become vanguards of integrated and innovative thinking.


A multi-microprocessor system (N-1) has been developed for machinery control. It is composed of 64 microprocessor units and an inter-processor communication system. Main objectives of N-1 are (1) to realize clear software structure by using dedicated processors for independent functions, (2) to make it possible to execute complicated tasks in real time by means of parallel processing capability and (3) to realize high reliability through redundant configuration. N-1 is connected with a manipulator which has six joints in order to investigate its performance. Parallel software for manipulator control and fault tolerant processing are developed and implemented on N-1. It is confirmed by experiments and analysis that N-1 has enough processing capability and flexibility to realize the main objectives.


Type of this research is experiment research and has done at SMP Muhammadiyah 1 Medan which aims to know the improving of students' conceptual understanding ability that taught by CPS approach and PBL approach at quadrilaterals' topic in VII grade of SMP Muhammadiyah 1 Medan academic year 2011/2012.
Population in this research is all of students in VII grade of SMP Muhammadiyah 1 Medan academic year 2011/2012 that consist of four classes whereas it only took 50 students as a sample and divided by two classes. One class is first experiment class consist of 25 students have taught by CPS approach and the other is second experiment class consist of 25 students have taught by PBL approach. Instrument have used in this research is essay test consist of six questions and which has been validation tested
Result of research and hypothesis test is concluded, CPS approach can improve conceptual understanding ability of students in mathematics at quadrilaterals' topic in VII grade of SMP Muhammadiyah 1 Medan academic year 2011/2012. This case proved from result of hypothesis test where tcalculation=18.92 > ttable=1.71. And PBL approach also can improve conceptual understanding ability of students in mathematics at quadrilaterals' topic in VII grade of SMP Muhammadiyah 1 Medan SMP Muhammadiyah 1 Medan academic year 2011/2012. This case proved from result of hypothesis test where tcalculation=17.96 > ttable =1.71.
From result of research is also conclude The improving of students' conceptual understanding ability in mathematics using creative problem solving (CPS) is better than problem based-learning (PBL) at quadrilaterals' topic in VII grade of SMP Muhammadiyah 1 Medan academic year 2011/2012. This case proved from result of hypothesis test where tcalculation=3.764 > ttable=2.012.
Base on improving of students' conceptual understanding ability both of class so suggest to mathematics' teacher can apply CPS and PBL approach in learning process, although in this research, CPS approach is better than PBL approach. But still consider advantage and disadvantage of that learning approach.


In 2012, new classes of analytic functions on U×U¯ with coefficient holomorphic functions in U¯ were defined to give a new approach to the concepts of strong differential subordination and strong differential superordination. Using those new classes, the extended Dziok–Srivastava operator is introduced in this paper and, applying fractional integral to the extended Dziok–Srivastava operator, we obtain a new operator Dz−γHmlα1,β1 that was not previously studied using the new approach on strong differential subordinations and superordinations. In the present article, the fractional integral applied to the extended Dziok–Srivastava operator is investigated by applying means of strong differential subordination and superordination theory using the same new classes of analytic functions on U×U¯. Several strong differential subordinations and superordinations concerning the operator Dz−γHmlα1,β1 are established, and the best dominant and best subordinant are given for each strong differential subordination and strong differential superordination, respectively. This operator may have symmetric or asymmetric properties.


The mechanism of ethanol upgrading to higher products is still under debate, especially regarding intermediate species and hydrogenation and dehydrogenation steps. In this work, we conducted a comb...


ED: For some time now, I have been following the photography of Roland Bleiker on social media. He mainly photographs the animals that visit his backyard in Brisbane, Australia – birds, lizards, and the occasional marsupial. I read Roland's work while a doctoral student at York University. My first introduction to his scholarship was the special issue of Alternatives that he edited in 2000, entitled 'Poetic World Politics'. It was here where I first learned that other vocabularies existed through which to understand global politics. Put differently, his writing provided me with a way of being a scholar that could also reflect the multilayered nature of my own being-in-the-world. What he offered me was – to use his words – a 'critique of language that opens up possibilities to gaze beyond the givenness of world politics'. The special issue dealt with poetry as a reflection of sociopolitical life. In the introduction, Roland wrote that '[p]oetry is ideally suited for rethinking world politics because it revolves around a recognition that (aesthetic) form and (political) substance cannot be separated.' This sensibility had a staying power for me that carried well beyond my graduate studies. It also expanded how I thought about poetry. It suggested that there was more 'poetry' in the world than just the formal texts that we normally associate with poetic form. Indeed, poetic form expanded significantly for me in the context of Roland's work. I began to see many things as 'poetic' – songs, silences, photographs. Yet, while I knew it to be true that one could not separate aesthetics and politics, I was not entirely sure how to understand their relationship. Even after writing The Politics of Exile, which I consider now to be a poetic work, I am still not sure how to navigate this intersection in a methodical or replicable way. I am still not sure whether everything is political, nor how to determine something's political-ness, or lack thereof.


The purpose of the research is carried out to obtain the KAO calculation
with a mixture that is easily obtainable locally. We know the cement, stone dust,
and some added material used in the filler mix in Indonesia. However, cement
prices are relatively expensive and to get a region which is easily available
locally and the price is cheap and even free as a filler mixture. KAO with a
mixture of waste carbide lime which contains quite a lot on the mix KAO
specified.
Hot mix asphalt type AC-WC is one type of flexible material INFERNAL
SURFACE of layer by using graded aggregated continuous (continuous grades).
The purpose of this research is about the mixture of waste carbide as the hot mix
asphalt pavement construction performed on the data or analysis. This research
was also conducted on the KAO with a mixture of calcium carbide waste in the
laboratory by using a Marshall. It is also to determine the optimum value of
Asphalt Content, stabilias, flow, VIM, VMA, VFA, and MQ on a hot asphalt
mixture AC-WC types of waste containing a mixture pickpocket and without waste
carbide.
Based on the results of the test using Marshall apparatus KAO values
obtained with the proportion of waste carbide 0%, 25%, 50%, 75%, and 100% is
equal to 5.47%, 5.7%, 5.9%, 5.61% , and 5.55%. From the test results test
Marshall stated that the use of calcium carbide waste 50% on hot asphalt mix
type AC-WC has a better quality.
Keywords: waste carbide, OBC, hot mix asphalt type AC-WC


This investigation involves development of a new kinetic spectrophotometric and a reverse phase-high performance liquid chromatography (RP-HPLC) methods for the determination of aspartame AS in pharmaceutical preparations. Spectrophotometric method was based on the oxidation of the drug AS with alkaline potassium permanganate. The reaction is followed spectrometrically by measuring the rate change of the absorbance of AS at 600nm. A fixed-time (at 48 min) method is adopted for determining the drug concentration. A linear calibration graph was in the range of 1-7μg.ml -1 , with a correlation coefficient of 0.9998, detection limit of 0.101μg.ml -1 , molar absorption coefficient is 5.2×10 4 L/mol.cm, Sandels sensitivity (S) 0.0056 μg/cm 2 and relative standard deviation RSD% of 1.40%. In HPLC method, the drug was analyzed using RP-HPLC method with a Zorbax ODS-C18 (15cm×4.6mm i.d); analytical column (5μm partical size) and Isocratic elution with a mobile phase containing 15% acetonitrile in 0.02M sodium acetate buffer (pH 5.4), at a flow rate of 1ml.min -1 , 20 μl sample loop, and the UV detector was set at λmax 220nm, Calibration graph was in the range of 10-70 μg.ml -1 with a correlation coefficient of 0.9991, detection limit of 1.09μg.ml -1 and a relative standard deviation of 0.91%.The two methods were applied successfully to determine the content of AS in pharmaceutical preparations with a recovery of 98.8-99.3%. Introduction Aspartame: (S)-3-amino-N-[(S)-1-(methoxy carbonyl)-2-phenyl ethyl](British pharmacopoeia,2000) Succinamic acid is a white crystalline powder.


Lead (Pb2+), a ubiquitous environmental toxicant, may widely affect the function of many organs or systems of human beings, especially the brain. Although lead is believed to transport into the brain through the blood-brain barrier (BBB) and cause direct neuronal injury, growing data have shown that lead exposure could induce brain dysfunction by triggering microglial and astroglial activation, pro-inflammatory cytokine production and inflammatory response, generation of reactive oxygen species and oxidative stress, and finally result in BBB dysfunction and neuronal damage. This review summarizes recent studies regarding microglial and astroglial reaction, neuroinflammation, and neuronal death in the brain following lead insult, suggesting that reactive glial cells may represent a potential target for manipulation of lead-induced neuroinflammatory injury of the brain.


High-power reverse conducting gate-turn-off thyristors (RC-GTOs) enable simpler circuits to be designed. However, GTO and antiparallel diode integration causes turn-off-capability degradation and undesirable GTO triggering by excess carriers flowing from the diode section. An isolation structure that uses a p-base grooving method and a selective lifetime control technique to solve this problem is investigated. A novel isolation structure that contains the drain region is also described. A high-power RC-GTO (4.5 kV, 1000 A) that is based on the optimized isolation structure is presented. The fabrication and electrical characteristics of the device are described.<<ETX>>


Factors affecting individual performance in group tasks such as social loafing and social facilitation have been widely investigated. Past studies compared groups made up of friends or strangers based on prior acquaintance before the experiment, without directly manipulating the level of group cohesiveness. Based on Karau and William's (1997) rationale about the effect of group cohesiveness on social facilitation and social loafing, we tested two hypotheses: (1) When individual members do brain-storming in high cohesiveness group, they work harder and generate more ideas (social facilitation). (2) When individual members do brain-storming in low cohesiveness group, they work less hard and generate fewer ideas (social loafing). Results supported the second hypothesis, but failed to support the first one.


Program Description: To describe the various tongue base surgical techniques that are available for patients with OSA. Why we do them, who we do them for, and when? Tongue base obstruction has been known to be one of the levels of obstruction in OSA. Surgical treatment of the palate alone has been shown to be ineffective in patients with high Mallampati grades, Friedman Stage II & III, and tongue base collapse seen on dynamic nasopharyngoscopy. Severity of OSA is currently known to correlate with degree of tongue base and lateral pharyngeal wall collapse. Patients with severe OSA are more likely to have tongue base obstruction. Airway evaluation is vital in the management and assessment of patients with OSA. The indications for tongue base surgery is pivotal in the decision making process. All the indications based on the clinical examination would be explored and discussed. Various tongue base surgical techniques are discussed, ranging from radiofrequency of the tongue base, genioglossus advancement, hyoid suspension, laser midline glossectomy, tongue suspension, coblator channeling techniques, and robotic tongue base surgery. The surgical steps are illustrated, success rates are presented, and complications are discussed. Educational Objectives: 1) Apply the appropriate airway evaluation. 2) Choose the correct procedure. 3) Understand the technique behind each procedure.


Universal definitions of ethical issues related to medical publishing have remained somewhat elusive. Training in the art of writing for medical journals is inconsistent and most commonly informal, involving collaborative efforts between mentors and students. This approach inadvertently may perpetuate erroneous assumptions as to what constitutes acceptable behavior. In contrast to instruction on composition, ethical considerations related to the publication of a paper are likely to receive little attention.


We demonstrate a rapidly (3 ms) and widely (222 nm) tunable, compact external cavity GaSb-based diode laser with a MEMS mirror. It delivers from 8 to 24 mW power over the tuning range, showing the side-mode suppression ratio of >50dB and controllable mode-hops of ∼18GHz.


The decrease of risk of a mistake at a choice of strategy of development of agricultural consumer cooperative is important for the decision of its economic and social tasks. The research of agricultural cooperation on a basis of the institutional theory allows to estimate influence of formal and informal institutes on stimulus and economic behavior of the agents inside cooperative society and on behavior of the organization in market environment. A correct choice of marketing strategy and respective alteration of organizational model of cooperative allow to smooth the contradiction which has arisen between formal and informal institutes in Russian agribusiness.


Beginning in the 1970s almost all of the first sustained writings on global cities strongly emphasized the economic ties among them and the economic basis of their global ordering. In various articles and books, analysts argued that the number and kinds of financial and commercial activities that occurred in any city determined where it stood among the leading cities of the world. More emphasis was later placed on relationships among cities rather than on what each contained, but it was economic relationships that continued to receive the most attention. (As an illustration, consider the rankings presented in Chapter 2.) The degree to which ideas, values, symbols, and cultural forms that permeated the world either originated in or were transmitted from a particular city was considered of little importance in its own right. The early world city theorists did not totally ignore the cultural realm. They were aware of it but considered it incoherent compared to the clarity of the economic realm. They argued that cultural manifestations typically lacked the concreteness and tangibility of their economic counterparts and were therefore very difficult to study. Cultural forms and their symbolic expressions appeared to be an "amorphous mist" that defied objective measurement. In fact, however, several ways of measuring the cultural standing of global cities have been developed, and we review them in this chapter (and in parts of the Chapter 9). We note that global city cultural rankings tend to be similar, but not identical, to the economic rankings presented in Chapter 2. We also examine the way the cultural and economic activities of global cities have become increasingly interconnected, both functionally and geographically.


OBJECTIVE We examined the existence of disparities in receipt of appropriate diabetes care among California ' s fee-for-service Medicaid bene fi ciaries and the effectiveness of a telephone-based disease management program delivered by a disease management vendor on the reduction of racial/ethnic disparities in diabetes care. We conducted an intervention-control cohort study to test the effectiveness of a 3-year-long disease management program delivered to Medicaid fee-for-service bene fi ciaries aged 22 to 75 with a diagnosis of diabetes in Los Angeles and Alameda counties. The outcome measures were the receipt of at least one hemoglobin A 1c (HbA 1c ) test, LDL-cholesterol test, and retinal examination each year. We used generalized estimating equations models with logit link to analyze the claims data fora cohort ofbene fi ciaries intwo intervention counties ( n = 2,933) and eight control counties ( n = 2,988) from September 2005 through August 2010. Racial/ethnic disparities existed in the receipt of all three types of testing in the intervention counties before the program. African Americans (0.66; 95% CI 0.62 – 0.70) and Latinos (0.77; 95% CI 0.74 – 0.80) had lower rates of receipt for HbA 1c testing than whites (0.83; 95% CI 0.81 – 0.85) in the intervention counties. After the intervention, the disparity among African Americans and Latinos compared with whites persisted in the intervention counties. For Asian Americans and Paci fi c Islanders, the disparity in testing rates decreased. We did not fi nd similar disparities in the control counties.


BACKGROUND
Upper lumbar disc herniation (ULDH) is easy to be misdiagnosed due to its special anatomical and atypical clinical features. Few studies have identified the relationship between ULDH and adjacent wedge-shaped vertebrae (WSV).

HYPOTHESIS
WSV may have some indicative relations withULDH.

PATIENTS AND METHODS
Between January 2003 and October 2013, 47 patients (27 males and 20 females; mean age, 41.2 years) with single-level ULDH (as study group) and 47 sex- and age-matched healthy volunteers (as control group) were studied by radiograph. The two groups were compared with respect to age, sexual proportion, body mass index (BMI), kyphotic angle, and the proportion of WSV. Also, correlative analyses were conducted in the study group to investigate the relation between the kyphotic angle of target vertebrae and other factors including age, BMI, Cobb angle, JOA score and bone mineral density (BMD).

RESULTS
The average kyphotic angle in the study group was 11° (4°-22°), while the average kyphotic angle in the control group was 2° (0°-7°). Obviously, the mean kyphotic angle in the study group was statistically larger than that in the control group (t=13.797, P<0.001). The proportion of WSV in the study group was significantly larger than that in the control group (x(2)=36.380, P<0.0001). The correlations between kyphotic angles and other items (i.e., age, BMI, BMD, Cobb angle and JOA score) in the study group and the control group were low or uncorrelated.

CONCLUSIONS
WSV are indicatively associated with adjacent ULDH. Thus, ULDH should be alerted when WSV are first found in radiograph and accompanied by clinical symptoms.


Asymptotic-induced methods are presented for the numerical solution of hyperbolic conservation laws with or without viscosity. The methods consist of multiple stages. The first stage is to obtain a first approximation by using a first-order method, such as the Godunov scheme. Subsequent stages of the method involve solving internal-layer problems identified by using techniques derived via asymptotics. Finally, a residual correction increases the accuracy of the scheme. The method is derived and justified with singular perturbation techniques.


Aim: The authors present surgical treatment results of peripheral nerve tumors. All the surgical procedures were performed between 2003 and 2013 at the Department of Neurosurgery, The University Hospital Brno. The paper provides an overview of current histological classifi cation and its impact on surgical treatment. The paper also includes a case report describing a surgical procedure used for a rare, bulky tumor of the sciatic nerve in the depth of the gluteal region. Methods: In total, 24 patients, 13 men and 11 women, underwent surgical revision. The mean age of the group was 46.5 years (min. 22, max. 74 years). All the surgical procedures were completed using standard microsurgical tools. Perioperative electrophysiological monitoring has been used since 2007. A retrospective analysis according to the localization of the aff ected nerve, extent of resection and histological classifi cation of the tumor was performed and the fi nal outcome in terms of neurological status was evaluated in the study group. Results: A tumor of the tibial nerve was the most frequent target of the surgery in our study group. Benign schwannoma was the most common tumor in our study group (20 cases) and this is in accordance with previously published data. Other tumors were classifi ed as neurofi broma (one case) and intraneural ganglion cyst (one case). Histology confi rmed the presence of a rare extraosseous Ewing's sarcoma in one case. Finally, one patient suff ered from chronic infl ammation. Conclusion: In our study group, total resection was performed in all patients except one. Revision with open biopsy was performed in a patient with nerve infl ammation. Complete extended resection of the aff ected nerves was necessary in a patient with malignant Ewing's sarcoma. This resulted in total motor and sensitive defi cit of the corresponding area. Neurological status has also worsened after the surgery in two other cases, one had light paresis and the other had permanent hypoesthesia. The clinical symptoms disappeared after surgery in all other cases. Podpořeno MZ ČR – RVO (FNBr, 65269705). Autoři deklarují, že v souvislosti s předmětem studie nemají žádné komerční zájmy. The authors declare they have no potential confl icts of interest concerning drugs, products, or services used in the study. Redakční rada potvrzuje, že rukopis práce splnil ICMJE kritéria pro publikace zasílané do biomedicínských časopisů. The Editorial Board declares that the manuscript met the ICMJE "uniform requirements" for biomedical papers. M. Sova1, E. Neuman1, V. Vybíhal1, P. Fadrus1, A. Šprláková2, L. Křen3


In two-sided networks, an increasing number of end-users affiliate to competing platforms to get greater network benefits although their products are compatible. This phenomenon has not been interpreted in network effects. We set up a model with indirect network effects in two-sided networks, and analyze the compatibility and multi-homing using hotelling model. And found that because of all compatibility of platforms is incomplete, there are many end-users multi-homing even platforms compatible. Finally we analyzed the case of payment card network in China and acquired some empirical evidence for our consequence.


Objective:To evaluate the CT characteristics of renal angiomyolipoma spontaneous hemorrhage and the(diagnostic) value of CT.Methods:10 cases with renal angiomyolipoma spontaneous hemorrhage proved by surgery and patho-(logy) were collected with their CT appearance being analyzed.Results:All cases belonged to tumors rich in fat,6 cases in the right(kidney,)4 cases in the left kidney.The tumor size ranged from 8.5cm to 25.0cm in diameter,with different degrees of destruction in the renal parenchyma.Among them acute hemorrhage in 8 cases,intratumoral bleeding showed map-like area of high density within the tumor on precontrast CT,perirenal hemorrhage showed soft tissue density strands surrounding the tumor and the kidney or fatty attenuation intermingling with soft tissues,and pararenal hemorrhage showed bleeding extending into the retroperitoneal space;chronic hematoma in 2 cases showed a large inhomogeneous mass and postcontrast CT showed moderate enhancement of the capsule.Conclusion:Spontaneous hemorrhage is a severe complication of renal(angiomyolipom).CT is the best imaging method to demonstrate its location and extension,and to evaluate the volume of bleeding and degree of destruction in the renal parenchyma.It provides valuable information for clinical diagnosis and treatment.


The use of rotating spray plate sprinklers (RSPS) can reduce the water and energy requirements in pressurized irrigation systems. Installation of RSPS in continuous move irrigation machines, such as traveling trailers (nozzle booms), presents relevant advantages compared to sprinkler-gun machines. The aim of this study is to develop design criteria for continuous-move irrigation machines using the RSPS Nelson Rotator R 3000 D-4. Water distribution by this RSPS was evaluated in an indoor facility under the following experimental conditions: 6.1, 7.0, and 7.8 mm nozzle diameters; 1.0 and 1.5 m nozzle height above the ground; and working pressures of 100, 150, and 200 kPa. The water distribution patterns were overlapped at 3 and 4 m distances, the simulated Christiansen uniformity coefficient averaged 91.8%, and the simulated average precipitation rate under the different experimental conditions ranged between 23 and 57mm⋅h-1. These values are acceptable for a wide range of irrigation-machine applications.


Abstract Three species of Saccogynidium Grolle (Geocalycaceae, Hepaticae) are recognized in China. Saccogynidium rigidulum (Nees) Grolle and S. muricellum (De Not.) Grolle are confirmed from Taiwan, and S. irregularospinum Gao, Cao, & Lai from Tibet and Taiwan is described as new to science. A key to Chinese species of Saccogynidium and illustrations of each species are presented.


The objective of this research was to develop disease database system of The Office of Disease Prevention and Control 5th , Nakhon Ratchasima. System development life cycle was applied including knowledge management among member of network were used to develop new model of database system for decision making. A purposive sampling technique was used for selecting 265 personals and data about quality of disease database system and users' satisfaction were collected by questionnaires. Descriptive statistics were used to analyze data. The results showed that new disease database system was effective, reduced workload and had high quality of data (standard of storage, checking for accuracy, high accessibility and safety). The satisfaction level from inside and outside users was in high level (mean = 3.73).


Recent advances in long-lead climate forecasting have made it possible to produce useful streamflow forecasts for the Columbia River basin roughly six months earlier than current forecasts that rely on snowpack measurements. The resulting increase in forecast lead time facilitates considerable improvements in system operating performance, especially in years of expected above average flows. In the current reservoir operating system, the so-called "critical" and "assured refill" rule curves that restrict releases for hydropower generation in the period from August to December are based on the critical (most severe low flow) and third lowest flow sequences of record, respectively. These rule curves provide appropriate protection of energy capacity and reservoir refill in extreme low flow conditions, but are restrictive in normal and high flow years until midwinter when operational streamflow forecasts based on observed snowpack become available, and the climatological constraints are relaxed to account for expected summer streamflows. The use of long lead time streamflow forecasts allows current operating constraints to be relaxed to account for expected summer streamflows. The use of long lead time streamflow forecasts allows current operating constraints to be relaxed in years when there is a high likelihood of ample streamflow. In these years, more spot market energy sales can be made in the late summer and fall/early winter because of increased available water for releases, and spill from reservoirs in wet years is also reduced. Reservoir model simulations using alternative reservoir rule curves based upon retrospective long-lead streamflow forecasts from water years 1931 to 1987 show that the proposed alternative operating system based on climate forecasts can increase nonfirm energy production from the major Columbia River hydropower dams by as much as 5.5 million MW/h/year, resulting in an average increase in annual revenue of approximately $153 million per year in comparison with the status quo. Other uses of the Columbia River are largely unaffected by the proposed changes in the operating system. In particular, firm energy, the reliability of storage reservoir refill, and the frequency of meeting of streamflow targets for salmon protection would be essentially unchanged in comparison with the status quo. The increased hydropower revenue is therefore directly attributed to use of long-lead forecast information and does not represent a trade-off among other management objectives.


The performance of CDMA system is deeply constrained by multi-user interference. Multi-user detection is proved to be an effective method to restrain such interference. In this paper,an adaptive Tabu Search algorithm is proposed for multi-user detection in CDMA system,where a novel intensification and diversification strategy is intro- duced in the fixed list size Tabu Search algorithm so as to improve its capability to find the global optimum. Simula- tion shows that this MUD method has excellent BER,anti-near-far performance as well as polynomial computational complexity.


Defense Experimentation (DE) using modeling and simulation (M&S) is increasingly being adopted as a means to better understand complex defense capability problems. This is being given added impetus by the amplified focus on Network Enabled Capability (NEC) and the rising use of advanced information and communications technology within military operations. This paper presents analysis of observed data trends from a broad range of DE experiments performed within capability development programs for the United Kingdom and Australian Governments over the period of 2001–2010. A range of variables were tracked concerning the experiment's nature, the DE method employed, M&S technology utilized and human resources used across the experiment life cycle. Time and effort results are presented here, broken down by DE method and life-cycle phase. The paper also analyses where reuse took place in the experiment life cycle, and how time and effort were affected by the number of problem-owner and provider stakeholders involved. The insights yielded are expected to help DE planners improve estimation and scheduling of human resources. In turn, this is intended to facilitate delivery of more effective NEC concept development and experimentation.


The 3D route planning technology should be studied in order to improve the ground attacking efficiency of an aircraft.Firstly,by analyzing the effect of aircraft pose changing on its exposing degree,a simplified RCS model of aircraft was built up.Since it is not true to suppose that the threatened area can never be passed through,a discontinuously exposing model was built up.Then,based on the improved sparse A-star algorithm,a Step by Step Planning(SSP)algorithm was put forward.Aiming at the shortage that it is easy to go to dead end,one method of 3D route planning with predicting capability was given.At last,simulation was made in real terrain,and the result showed the effectiveness of the model and the algorithm.


Documentation places a heavy load on the staff of Sri Lankan government hospitals. Electronic patient documentation offers theoretical advantages, but attempts to computerize hospital records in the country have had only limited success. A project sponsored by the Austrian/Swiss Red Cross recently carried out in the Eastern Province has, however, been successful in computerizing the medical records of over 20 government hospitals. Local networks were set up in each hospital with workstations at the admission desk, in each ward and in some hospitals, in the ambulant out-patient departments. A basic clinical record is stored for retrieval when the patient returns. Costs were kept down by using the operating system LINUX and by local programming of the database. The main secret of success was continuous training of hospital staff over a 2 to 3 year period. The system is very much appreciated by the hospital staff as it makes their work more efficient and improves the quality of routine reports. Keywords: ePR, Electronic Health Record, Hospital Information System, Healthcare Computing DOI: 10.4038/sljbmi.v1i1.1466 Sri Lanka Journal of Bio-Medical Informatics 2010; 1 (1):43-45


Nowadays, recycling of construction and demolition waste (C&DW) is a challenging opportunity for the management of such end-of-life (EOL) materials through alternative methods to environmentally unsustainable methods (i.e., landfilling). In order to make recycling processes more effective, quality control systems are needed. In this work, the possibility of developing a sensor-based procedure to recognize different demolition waste materials from a recycling perspective was explored. An automatic recognition of different predefined constituent classes of recyclables (i.e., concrete, mortar, natural stones, unbound aggregates, clay masonry units, bituminous materials) and contaminants (i.e., glass, metals, wood, cardboard, and gypsum plaster), as established by an European standard, was carried out using hyperspectral imaging (HSI) working in the short-wave infrared (SWIR) range (1000–2500 nm). The implemented classification strategies, starting from the collected hyperspectral images of the analyzed constituents, allowed for the identification of the different material categories. Two main models were built for identifying contaminants in recyclable materials and categorizing material groups based on technical specifications. The results showed accurate category identification with Sensitivity and Specificity values over 0.9 in all models. The possibility of performing a full detection of C&DW recycling products can dramatically contribute to increasing the quality of the final marketable products and their commercial value, at the same time reducing the amount of waste and the consumption of primary raw materials.


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Medical Humanities has developed as an important pedagogical ideal, although it is not a research field, at least not yet. Anyone with clinical, administrative, or personal responsibilities for other people is well aware of a duty of care requiring judgement. Judgement is an attribute applying as much to values as to knowledge, an ability to take appropriate decisions attuned to circumstances of person, context and moment. What one knows and has experienced provides a necessary foundation for deciding a course of action. And when patterns repeat themselves again and again, judgements can become routine. But because judgement is in the end about what best course of action to follow on particular occasions for particular people, general rules and universal truths can ever only be important helps, never giving determinative answers about how to act. Put another way, judgement is not about drawing conclusions but deciding what to do. The duty of care requires the practitioner to decide not what is true but what is best, and with the views of those under care taken into consideration, too.1 The complexities and ambiguities of the human condition, then, inform medicine profoundly, and exploring them often goes by the term 'medical humanities'.

Given that the subject is aimed at forming good judgement rather than informing the content of any particular field of knowledge, the medical humanities can have no unified research programme. Its advocates share an understandable concern about the potential narrowness of medical education and training, which is a special problem for young men and women who have not otherwise been exposed to a breadth of human experience. While this has been felt most keenly in the large university medical schools of the post war USA, the recent amalgamation of medical schools in Britain and the consequent routinisation of education for …

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A model for studying the optimal allocation of cache memory among two or more competing processes is developed and used to show that, for the examples studied, the least recently used (LRU) replacement strategy produces cache allocations that are very close to optimal. It is also shown that when program behavior changes, LRU replacement moves quickly toward the steady-state allocation if it is far from optimal, but converges slowly as the allocation approaches the steady-state allocation. An efficient combinatorial algorithm for determining the optimal steady-state allocation, which, in theory, could be used to reduce the length of the transient, is described. The algorithm generalizes to multilevel cache memories. For multiprogrammed systems, a cache-replacement policy better than LRU replacement is given. The policy increases the memory available to the running process until the allocation reaches a threshold time beyond which the replacement policy does not increase the cache memory allocated to the running process. >


The Aureole installation created as part of the e-MobiLArt project combines physicality, technology, visual, sonic and textual components - and aims to evoke a poetic experience inspired by the Aurora Borealis.


In this article, the author explores how Gonzalez has personalized the site of the U.S. -Mexico border by focusing on a literary construction of "nation" in cultural terms, and delivered through the characters' conceptions of Mexican masculinity.


The domain of online marketing and internet advertising is going through radical changes. In context to Indian online market, according to Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI), the digital commerce market has seen a growth by 33% reaching to a figure of 62,967 Crore in the year 2015 which is predicted to touch $50 to $70 Billion by the year 2020 owing to the increasing popularity of online shopping and increase in internet penetration. Affiliate marketing is referred as performance marketing and associate marketing (IAMAI Research Report, 2014). Affiliate marketing is a type of online marketing technique where an affiliate/promotes a business through an advertisement on their web site and in return that business rewards the affiliate with commission each time a visitor, customer generates sales. The objective is to analyze by conceptualizing the mechanics of affiliate marketing through judicious and optimum use of digital content marketing by e-tailers so as to engage customers and create boundless business opportunities for growth, expansion and profitability. Investigating the Mechanics of Affiliate Marketing Through Digital Content Marketing: A Key for Driving Traffic and Customer Activity


The North American fracking boom is making natural gas cheaper, and entrepreneurs are seeking ways to use excess methane beyond burning it. An efficient way to convert methane into methanol, a chemical intermediate, solvent, and fuel, would be valuable. Researchers have experimented with copper (Cu) catalysts over the past few years, but the pathways have required regeneration after each step, using a lot of energy, or have been slow. Now a group led by Johannes Lercher shows a promising new path that involves trapping copper oxide clusters in a metal− organic framework called NU-1000 (DOI: 10.1021/ jacs.7b02936). The researchers use atomic layer deposition to place copper oxide on zirconium nodes of the NU-1000 crystals. They examine the Cu structure, employing several types of X-ray analysis and theory, and confirm that the framework retains porosity, important for exposing the catalysts to the methane. The analysis determines also the relative fractions of Cu and Cu along the conversion path, establishing the role of Cu in the redox process. These first-generation designed catalysts function at 150 °C and achieve 45−60% selectivity for methanol and dimethyl ether. Lucas Laursen


" :.:".".. ;": ~ After the flood of December 1964, 12 gaging sections in northern California widened as much as 100% and aggraded as much as 4 m, and then degraded to stable levels during a period of 5 years or more. As channels aggraded, bed material became finer, and low to moderate flow through gaging sections in pools became shallower, faster, and steeper. Comparisons of longitudinal profiles also show the diminishment of pools as well as a decrease in bar relief accompanying the excessive sediment load. As gaging sections degraded, hydraulic geometries recovered to a limited degree; full recovery probably depends on channel narrowing and further depletion of sediment supply. The hydraulic changes with aggradation indicate an increase in the effectiveness of moderate discharges (less than I- to 2-year recurrence interval, annual flood series) to transport bed load and shape the bed . Bars become smaller, pools preferentially fill, and rimes armored with relatively small gravel tend to erode headward during falling stages and form a gentler gradient. Excess sediment can thus be more readily transported out of channels when additional contributions from watersheds are usuall slight.


Chapter One presents an overview of olefin polymerisation, which provides the context for the majority of the work described in later chapters. Both Ziegler-Natta and late transition metal systems are described.

Chapter Two describes the synthesis and reactivity of trisamido titanium complexes with the diarylamido fragments derived from diphenylamine and di-p-tolylamine. These complexes have been thoroughly studied using NMR spectroscopy. This chapter also presents the syntheses of two rare examples of trisamido methyl complexes. In addition, an improved synthetic route to the cocatalyst, KB(C6F5)4 and the structures of [B(C6F5)C4H8O] and [Mg(C6F5)2(Et2O)(dioxane)] are described.

Chapter Three describes the polymerisation activity of the catalysts derived from (R2N)3TiCl, (R2N)3TiMe, and [(R2N)3Ti]+ with the cocatalysts MAO, B(C6F5)3, and KB(C6F5)4. Data was recorded for each of the catalysts, and the consumption of propene over time was plotted. Rate constants were found for each of the polymerisation reactions. The mechanism for the polymerisation of each of these was also examined.

Chapter Four presents the synthesis and reactivities of new trisamido complexes using 10,11-dihydro-dibenz(b,f )azepinyl, hereafter abbrievated as dda, as the amide fragment. Specifically, syntheses of (dda)3TiCl, (dda)3TiMe and (dda)3TiBH4 are described and their characterisation by NMR spectroscopy and X-ray crystallography is presented. The use of these complexes in synthetic approaches to (dda)3TiH are described. Initial steps in the characterisation of hydride transfer to CO2 from (dda)3TiH are also presented.

Chapter Five presents details for the experimental work and Appendices are included, containing selected experimental data.


Essential oils obtained from aromatic plants are of great value to many industries. In traditional and alternative medicine, the peppermint essential oil of Mentha piperita and Dracocephalum moldavica is used for the production of medicinal preparations, which have immunomodulatory, antimicrobial, antiinflammatory, sedative and antispasmodic effects. The aim of the research was to study the effect of organic and mineral fertilizers Аbsolute, EcoFus, microfertilizer Siliplant and their complex on the yield and content of essential oil in Mentha piperita and Dracocephalum moldavica. We carried out the treatment in the phase of regrowth of Mentha and branching of Dracocephalum, we carried out the harvesting in the phase of budding - the beginning of flowering. We noted an intensification of growth processes: the height of Mentha piperita in the variant with EcoFus increased by 20 %, with Silipant – by 26 %, and the double treatment of Dracocephalum moldavica with a binary mixture of Absolute and Silipant increased their height by 16 % in comparison with the control. The activation of growth processed contributed to an increase in the yield of raw materials. The increase of in the grass yield of Mentha piperita in the variant with EcoFus was 21 % (0.46 t per ha) compared to the control, with Siliplant – 26 % (0.57 t per ha). The content of essential oil in Mentha piperita increased by 6-8 %, the yield of essential oil per unit area increased by 28 % and 36 %. The combined use of Аbsolute and Siliplant on the Dracocephalum moldavica provided an increase in productivity and yield of essential oil per hectare not only in comparison with the control (36 % and 45 %), but also with variants of treatment with individual preparations - 15-16 % and 18-25 %, respectively.


Consideration is given to the effect of transverse isotropy on the surface settlement of a homogeneous elastic half-space resulting from both frictionless and adhesive axisymmetric surface loading ...


We have formulated and implemented a real-space ab initio method for electronic structure calculations in terms of nonorthogonal orbitals defined on a grid. A multigrid preconditioner is used to improve the steepest descent directions used in the iterative minimization of the energy functional. Unoccupied or partially occupied states are included using a density matrix formalism in the subspace spanned by the nonorthogonal orbitals. The freedom introduced by the nonorthogonal real-space description of the orbitals allows for localization constraints that linearize the cost of the most expensive parts of the calculations, while keeping a fast convergence rate for the iterative minimization with multigrid acceleration. Numerical tests for carbon nanotubes show that very accurate results can be obtained for localization regions with radii of 8 bohr. This approach, which substantially reduces the computational cost for very large systems, has been implemented on the massively parallel Cray T3E computer and tested on carbon nanotubes containing more than 1000 atoms.


A trend has been identified that reflects a close correlation between the main indicators of US foreign trade and innovation activities carried out in the modern American economy. The article shows the essence of the national innovation system established in the United States and its international significance in the implementation of foreign trade relations of the country in terms of the exchange of scientific and technical information and documentation, the sale of products with a high innovative component, determined by a comparative analysis of relevant indicators. Based on the results of the study noted the positive dynamics of the active foreign trade balance of the USA in the field of exchange of scientific and technical information and documentation, with a high positive balance, the conclusions about the qualitative dominance of the leading industries of the U.S. economy in terms of aggregate innovation and foreign trade activity in ten leading countries of the world.


Altered miRNA (miR) expression occurs in various diseases. However, the therapeutic effect of miRNAs in autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) is unclear. Genome‐wide analyses of miRNA expression and DNA methylation status were conducted to identify crucial miRNAs in end‐stage ADPKD. miR‐192 and ‐194 levels were down‐regulated with hypermethylation at these loci, mainly in the intermediate and late stages, not in the early stage, of cystogenesis, suggesting their potential impact on cyst expansion. Cyst expansion has been strongly associated with endothelial‐mesenchymal transition (EMT). Zinc finger E‐box‐binding homeobox‐2 and cadherin‐2, which are involved in EMT, were directly regulated by miR‐192 and ‐194. The therapeutic effect of miR‐192 and ‐194 in vivo and in vitro were assessed. Restoring these miRs by injection of precursors influenced the reduced size of cysts in Pkd1 conditional knockout mice. miR‐192 and ‐194 may act as potential therapeutic targets to control the expansion and progression of cysts in patients with ADPKD.—Kim, D. Y., Woo, Y. M., Lee, S., Oh, S., Shin, Y., Shin, J.‐O., Park, E. Y., Ko, J. Y., Lee, E. J., Bok, J., Yoo, K. H., Park, J. H. Impact of miR‐192 and miR‐194 on cyst enlargement through EMT in autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease. FASEB J. 33, 2870–2884 (2019). www.fasebj.org


FIELD: agriculture. SUBSTANCE: device for subsurface irrigation, in which the humidifier is used as a tube combined with a dropper which is attached to a perforated flexible humidifier covered with foam rubber. The flexible humidifier is laid on the depth of 5÷20 cm in the soil and winds in the plane the spiral root system of the plant. The upper part of the tube is attached to the dropper with a float gate, attached to the main water supply. The dropper can be deepened into the tube and to change the value of the automatically maintained hydrostatic head. Between the dropper and the tube there are air openings. Humidification of plant root system is carried out through the water-discharge openings made in the flexible humidifier. The lower part of the tube below the nozzle is a settler and simultaneously enhances the stability and vertical orientation of the tube. EFFECT: improvement of irrigation efficiency, reduction of water consumption. 2 cl, 5 dwg


Primary alcohols such as ethanol or benzyl alcohol are selectively and catalytically oxidized by the mononuclear copper(II) radical complex 1-a functional model of the metalloenzyme galactose oxidase-with oxygen from air at 20°C to give the corresponding aldehydes and H2 O2 in about 60 % yield.


A large number of independent financial planners are leaving the industry permanently or joining alternative models. The aim of this article was to determine the factors affecting independent financial planners on the sustainability of independent financial planners.
This was a cross-sectional study conducted among 525 independent financial planners practising in the long-term insurance industry in KwaZulu-Natal province, South Africa. A self-administered, anonymous questionnaire was distributed via QuestionPro software program. A total of 115 participants completed the questionnaire.
Results had shown that legislation was a key factor affecting independent financial planners. A quarter of respondents indicated that they had considered exiting the industry within the last five years and among them 73% reported compliance legislation as the major reason. One third of respondents experienced a decrease in income over the last five years with 60% confirming that commission regulations negatively impacted on their income. Over half of the respondents agreed that clients are using alternative channels for the purchase of insurance products.
Independent financial planners need to incorporate social media and other forms of technology in their practices for the marketing, distribution and sale of products and services to retain and attract new clients.


Anti-PD-1 have demonstrated significant clinical efficacy in tumor by reversing T-cell dysfunction and exhaustion, therapy enhancing anti-tumoral properties. However, the overall response rate of anti-PD-1 is not high, and responder experience tumor relapse within 2 years. The combination of targeting sphingosine kinase-1 and programmed cell death 1 as a potential therapy way to overcome the problems of immune checkpoint resistance and non-response. Therefore, the primary goal of this study was to discovery natural compounds for dual targeting sphingosine kinase-1 and programmed cell death 1 ligand 1. A natural product database was constructed, and ADMET was used to evaluate natural products for primary screening. Molecular docking and Molecular Mechanics/Generalized Born Surface Area found candidate natural products, three natural products docking conformation were performed 100 ns molecular dynamics simulation. Natural compound 2, 3, 4 have further study value as dual targeting Sphk1 and PD-1 inhibitors.


Abstract Imaging techniques are often of great value in detecting lower urinarytract abnormalities in small animals, whic h frequently affect the urinarybladder. Survey and contrast radiography and ultrasonography allowevaluation of bladder shape, position and internal anatomy. Theobjective was to compare the frequence of identification of urinarybladder lesions in dogs using ultrasonography and positive contrastcystography and, also, determine the efficacy of these imagingprocedures in indicating diagnostic hipothesis. This prospective studyconsisted of 35 dogs, males and females, from different breeds andages, referred to Imaging Diagnostic Service of Veterinary TeachingHospital (Faculdade de Medicina Veterinaria e Zootecnia daUniversidade de Sao Paulo) with clinical signs suggestive of bladderdiseases. The positive contrast cystography was more efficient indetecting mucosal surface irregularity, bladder displacement andintraluminal structures except calculi. The ultrasonography identifiedmore often uroliths and bladder wall thickening. Diverticula and bladderrupture were demonstrated only by contrast radiography and urinarysludge by sonographic exam. Intraluminal gas presence, related toemphysematous cystitis, was observed by both techniques. In 23 of35 cases (65,7%) both of techniques were necessary to provide acomplete diagnostic and in 12 cases (34,3%) the perform of just onekind of exam could indicated the diagnostic hipothesis.


In this work, a comprehensive study of an existing anomaly detection framework has been carried out. After identifying current challenges in the field of anomaly detection in video sequences, an existing framework has been selected for its implementation and evaluation. A set of video sequences containing anomalies from common surveillance scenarios have been selected from publicly available datasets. The system has been evaluated on these video sequences in order to identify existing shortcomings. Improvements to the original algorithm have been proposed in order to address the observed limitations. Finally, the performance of the proposed changes has been evaluated on the same video sequences for comparison.


A detailed chemical kinetic mechanism describing the thermal and catalytic cracking of methylcyclohexane over a 12CaO.7Al2O3 catalyst is presented. The model is based on balanced equations for both molecular and radical species describing an experimental fixed-bed reactor system. The mechanistic model is based on overall first-order decomposition kinetics, which satisfactorily describes experimental data. The simulated product distributions show a reasonably good agreement with the experimental results and confirm the hypothesis that the catalyst does not affect the pyrolysis mechanism and only increases the rate of the initiation steps.

On presente un mecanisme cinetique chimique detaille decrivant le craquage thermique et catalytique du methylcyclohexane sur un catalyseur de 12CaO.7Al2O3. Le modele repose sur des equations equilibrees pour des especes moleculaires et radicales dans le cas d'un reacteur a lit fixe experimental. Le modele mecanistique s'appuie sur une cinetique de decomposition de premier ordre globale, qui decrit de maniere satisfaisante les donnees experimentales. Les distributions de produit simulees montrent un accord raisonnable avec les resultats experimentaux et confirment l'hypothese que le catalyseur n'influe pas sur le mecanisme de pyrolyse et ne fait qu'accroitre la vitesse des etapes initiales.


We test the concept of contestability in the digital music player market. The theory suggests that the threat of new entrants keeps firms' market power in check. But Baumol and others argue that pure contestable markets rarely happen in reality. The portable music player market has been dominated by one producer. We estimate a quality-adjusted price index from 2002 to 2010. Results show that market prices decline at an average rate of about 20 percent per year, which is similar to other IT products. This provides support for the idea that the market is fairly contestable.


We consider the multigrid solution of the generalized Stokes equations with a segregated (i.e., equationwise) Gauss--Seidel smoother based on a Uzawa-type iteration. We analyze the smoother in the framework of local Fourier analysis, and obtain an analytic bound on the smoothing factor showing uniform performance for a family of Stokes problems. These results are confirmed by the numerical computation of the two-grid convergence factor for different types of grids and discretizations. Numerical results also show that the actual convergence of the W-cycle is approximately the same as that obtained by a Vanka smoother, despite this latter smoother being significantly more costly per iteration step.


Combined with analyzing the excitation principle and structure characteristics of tamping unit produced by three companies Plasser,Matisa and Harsco,a new tamping device with hydraulic excitation and independent clamping movement was proposed to overcome the strong swing problem of the clamping cylinder generated by tamping bar vibration.A new type of rotary valve is also designed to improve the control of oscillating tamping cylinder.Simulation analysis was carried out by using Matlab/Simulink in terms of the mathematic model established.The results show that the maximum displacement of the oscillating cylinder is 4.2 mm when the spool frequency and the axial area guide width of valve port as well as the maximum radial guided width of the spool groove are set to 10 Hz,10 mm and 8 mm respectively,thus back and forth vibration with the tamping bar amplitude 8.82 mm and frequency of cylinder 40 Hz can be achieved.The area of the valve port and the displacement of the oscillating cylinder are determined by the axial area guide width of valve port.When the oscillating frequency is bigger,the displacement of the oscillating cylinder and the period of motion are smaller.


With the problem that the traditional PID control methods are very difficult to ensure a stable speed of carving machine when the material varies,the parameter-adaptive PID control method is proposed according to the control characteristics of carving machine.In the method,the PID parameters can be self-adjusted and the online parameter-adaptive PID control in different system status is implemented.The method has better control effect and stronger robustness than the traditional PID control methods.The mathematical model is built and is simulated by Matlab.And the simulation result indicates that the motor of carving machine can stably work under different resistance by using the method.


The population of some endangered donkey breeds in tropical regions has declined recently. Therefore, there is an increasing interest to improve the reproductive management of these animals. Ovulation induction agents are often used in equine practice to optimize reproduction techniques. However, limited information exists to support its use in donkeys. Therefore, we compared 2 ovulation-inducing agents (commonly used in equine practice) to hasten ovulation in Caribbean jennies in the tropics. Five cycles of 8 Caribbean jennies were used. Jennies were monitored via transrectal ultrasonography and in 4 estrous cycles they had ovulation induced with either 2,500 IU of hCG or 1.8 mg of deslorelin acetate when a follicle measuring between 27 - 30 mm or > 30 mm in diameter was diagnosed. In the Control-assigned cycle, jennies were not treated with hormones and had spontaneous ovulation. Follicle diameters affected (p < 0.05) the interval to ovulation. When given with a follicle > 30 mm, either treatment reduced (p < 0.05) the interval to ovulation. A higher percentage of jennies ovulated within 48 hours after hCG or deslorelin acetate with > 30 mm follicle (p < 0.05), and with deslorelin acetate with 27 - 30 mm follicle (p < 0.05) than in the Control-assigned cycle. In conclusion, Caribbean jennies in tropics with > 30 mm follicle responded to ovulation induction with hCG or deslorelin acetate, with ovulation occurring within 48 hours.


Let \(R\) be a ring and \(U\neq0\) be a square closed Lie ideal of \(R\). A tri-additive permuting map \(D:R\times R\times R\rightarrow R\) is called permuting tri-derivation if, for any \(y,z\in R\), the map \(x\mapsto D(x,y,z)\) is a derivation. A mapping \(d:R\rightarrow R\) defined by \(d(x)=D(x,x,x)\) is called the trace of \(D\). In the present paper, we show that \(U\subseteq Z\) such that \(R\) is a prime and semi-prime ring admitting the trace $d$ satisfying the several conditions of permuting tri-derivation.


From bulbs of Allium ampeloprasum L. (elephant garlic : Liliaceae), a new spirostane-type saponin, named ampeloside Bs1 (7), and two new furostane-type saponins, named ampelosides-Bf1 (8) and -Bf2 (9), were isolated along with a known spirostane-type saponin, the prosapogenin of aginoside (1). The structures of the new saponins (7-9) were established as agigenin 3-O-β-glucopyranosyl(1→3)-β-glucopyranosyl(1→4)-β-galactopyranoside, (25R)-26-O-β-glucopyranosyl-22-hydroxy-5α-furostane-2α, 3β, 6β, 26-tetraol-3-O-β-glucopyranosyl(1→3)-β-glucopyranosyl-(1→4)-β-galactopyranoside and (25R)-26-O-β-glucopyranosyl-22-hydroxy-5α-furostane-2α, 3β, 6β, 26-tetraol-3-O-β-glucopyranosyl(1→4)-β-galactopyranoside, respectively. Antifungal activity of these saponins (1, 7 and 8) is discussed.


The stools of six hundred patients were examined in the King George's Hospital from 3rd October 1913 to 14 th December 1914. Major H. J. Walton at first wished that the stool of every patient admitted to the hospital should be submitted to a microscopic examination. But it was soon fonnd to be impracticable to get through all the specimens. It was arranged that all motions with the least suspicion of containing parasites or their ova should receive attention


Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) were selectively grown on the silicon tips and the surrounding region by microwave plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition. The silicon substrate containing silicon conical tips was sputtered with the Palladium transition metal, acting as a catalytic center for nanocluster nucleation during CVD deposition. Curly and randomly oriented CNTs were found to grow selectively only on the surrounding areas of the silicon tips. Electron field emission tests carried out show a low turn-on field of approximately 3.2 V//spl mu/m. Our results show the ability to selectively grow CNTs on the silicon tip region and may have practical applications for microelectronics.


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Phenotypic and genetic properties of Brenneria nigrifluens, the causal agent of walnut bark canker disease were studied using a combination of key biochemical tests, analysis of whole-cell protein extracts and genetic fingerprints based on DNA primers corresponding to conserved motifs in bacterial repetitive (repetitive extragenic palindromic, enterobacterial repetitive intergenic consensus and BOX) elements and to the 16s rRNA gene. Phenotypic properties indicated that 11 strains showed a high degree of similarity and 80%) to a B. nigrifluens reference strain. This study showed that the majority of strains had 0–3 plasmids with estimated sizes ranging 9–32 Kb. Strains were clustered into two and three groups by whole-cell protein analysis and rep-PCR, respectively.


This study explores possible design of an aeroacoustic flame deflector for a rocket launch pad. The design objectives are 1) minimization of the overall sound pressure level near the payload fairing, 2) minimization of the time-averaged maximum pressure on the flame-deflector surface, and 3) minimization of the shape difference from a flat plate inclined at 45 deg. The acoustic wave characteristics associated with deflector shapes are identified by large-eddy simulations. To overcome difficulties of required computational time, the following are adopted: 1) a high-order scheme that reduces the computational cost of large-eddy simulations, 2) a multi-objective evolutionary algorithm for efficient parallelization, and 3) large-scale parallelization on the Japanese supercomputer "K". Total computational time for optimization is approximately 350 h with 6500 processors of the K computer. The analysis of nondominated (Pareto-optimal) solutions reveals a tradeoff relation and correlation among the objective fun...


Subtitle: The Port of Dammam is probably one of the best-kept secrets of the Upper Gulf. Paul Page finds out more.


The review article updates on the key challenge in the present-day cardiology duration of dual antiplatelet  therapy (DAPT) in patients with a history of acute coronary syndrome. The relevant clinical guidelines are analyzed, and results of the recent clinical trials and meta-analyses  are highlighted. A risk assessment scale for evaluating ischemic and bleeding risks based on the study of DAPT is presented .