One of the main problems affecting the coffee production systems in Venezuela is the poor quality of the seedlingsthat are present at the time of establishment of the crop, mainly due to the use of substrates that do not provide thephysical, chemical or sanitary conditions. necessary. In order to study the effect of different liquid organic fertilizerson the growth of coffee seedlings as an alternative fertilization for sustainable management, trials were establishedin three coffee sectors of the state of Merida. For this, an experimental design of random blocks was used, fourreplications with 20 seedlings each, seven treatments: T1 (control, only substrate), T2 (Substrate + Manure tea 20%),T3 (Substrate + Vermicompost of earthworm 10 %), T4 (Substrate + Azotobacter), T5 (Substrate + Azotobacter +Manure Tea 20%), T6 (Substrate + Azotobacter + Phosphorus Solubilizer), T7 (Substrate + Manure Tea 20% +Vermicompost of Worm 10%) , T8 (Substrate + plantain rachis 10%) for the Rio Bonito and San Juan sectors, in theLa Victoria sector the T8 used was substrate + efficient organisms. The variables studied were plant height (ALT),stem diameter (DT), root diameter (DR), length of main root (LR), number of leaves (NH) and number of secondaryroots (NR). The ANAVAR statistical analysis was used. The best treatment for the growth of the plants was T3 forthe La Victoria sector, T8 for Rio Bonito and T6 for San Juan.


Indonesia has various types of energy sources, either from conventional energy sources or from newand renewable energy sources. Currently, Indonesia has a program to construct of 35 GW of coal-firedpower plant, as well as an intensive development of Geothermal power plant, since it's reserve isabundant. The construction of these types of power plants has a potency to increase Green House Gas(GHG) production, and therefore it necessarily needs to be anticipated. In 2018, there was 543 millionton of CO2 produced in Indonesia and about a half sourced from power generation sectors. Referring tothe ratio of 1 to 1.5 of CO2 converted with the process of hydrogenation, this indicates a promisingamount of methanol can be obtained. However, there are some challenges need to be overcome toachieve this beneficiary. This paper encloses a description of each challenge, with the main descriptionis on the potency of implementation in Indonesia. Some models from existing development aredescribed, to identify the process of development. This information can be used as a consideration forthe implementation in Indonesia.Keywords: CO2 utilization, Metanol formation, Hydrogen, Green House Gas, Geothermal power plant,Gas power plant


During a visit to Maria Cleofas Island, in the Marias Islands archipelago, located in the mouth of the Gulf of California, Mexico, three specimens of the tiger centipede Scolopendra polymorpha Wood, 1861 were collected (exemplars length: 73 mm, 91 mm, and 125 mm). To our knowledge, these specimens represent the first confirmed record of the species from Maria Cleofas Island. Probably, the tiger centipede, and centipede fauna in general from Maria Cleofas Island, comes from continental adjacent areas.


This article argues that American adolescent boys become masculine through the continual repudiation of a 'fag' identity. Using insights from sociologists of interaction and post-structural theorists of sexuality this article demonstrates that the fag insult has multiple meanings which are primarily gendered but also sexualized and raced. This article builds on prior analyses of adolescent homophobia by (1) pointing to the limits of an argument that focuses centrally on homophobia, (2) demonstrating that the fag is not only an identity linked to homosexual boys but an identity that can temporarily adhere to heterosexual boys as well and (3) highlighting the racialized nature of this fag discourse.


In this study, the pixel-based and object-oriented image classification approaches were used for identifying different land use types in Karnal district. Imagery from Landsat-7 ETM with 6 spectral bands was used to perform the image classification. Ground truth data were collected from the available maps, personal knowledge and communication with the local people. In order to prepare land use map different approaches: Artificial Neural Network (ANN) and Support Vector Machine (SVM) were used. For performing object oriented classification eCognition software was used. During the object oriented classification, in first step several different sets of parameters were used for image segmentation and in second step nearest neighbor classifier was used for classification. Outcome from the classification works show that the object-oriented approach gave more accurate results (including higher producer's and user's accuracy for most of the land cover classes) than those achieved by pixelbased classification algorithms. It is also observed that ANN performed better as compared to SVM classification approach.


Hypsipyla robusta (Morre) (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) is an important pest of mahogany,Swietenia macrophylla (King) in Sri Lanka and world over. Larval attack at an earlystage of growth, leads to branching which reduces the quality and value of timber,significantly. Work is in progress to study the effect of shade on the growth anddevelopment of mahogany and attack by the shoot borer. This paper presents aspects ofdevelopment of shoot borer larvae reared on an artificial diet, as well as field informationrelated to damage and parasitism. Larvae collected from two field sites at fortnightintervals were reared in the laboratory on an artificial diet at 27-32° C. Development offield collected larvae were followed until the emergence of adults, during which duration ofthe developmental stages, adult sex ratio, parasitism level and mortality were recorded.Measurement of head capsule widths of larvae collected and their location on the shoot,was also made. A total of 774 larvae were collected and reared during the study, out ofwhich 120 Hypsipyla adults emerged giving a male: female sex ratio of 1:8. Nearly 40%of the field collected larvae were parasitized by Cotesia app. (Hymenoptera: Braconidae).Head capsule measurements indicated five larval instars that were found to infest differentparts of the growing shoot. Duration of development of larvae differed depending onwhether they were parasitized or not. Several problems encountered during rearing arediscussed.


Prolonged pleural drainage is a common complication after undergoing the Fontan procedure. Although various protocols have been described, there is no definitive consensus for how to treat this complication.


In recent years, there has been increasing interest in the frailty as a prognostic factor of acute myocardial infarction in elderly patients. Frailty is an important prognostic marker of frequent complications, readmission to hospital, high hospital mortality and major cardiovascular events in elderly patients with acute myocardial infarction. This category of persons is often not allowed to undergo invasive interventions and are often excluded from the recommended treatment, and they tolerate cardiac surgery worse, recovery from illness is slower, functionality decreases, then disability and death develop. The present review aims to investigate the impact of frailty on management of elderly patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI). To analyze the literature, we searched for information on this issue in PubMed / MEDLINE, PMC, Web of Science, Scopus, The Сochrane Library. The search depth was 15 years: from 2006 to 2021. One of the important factors in improving clinical outcomes, improving the quality of life in elderly patients with acute myocardial infarction is the early detection of frailty. Frailty assessment is a valuable tool for risk stratification that can be helpful to clinicians in deciding the optimal pathway for management and treatment strategies. Risk prediction is also important for deciding secondary prevention and cardiac rehabilitation measures in the elderly with acute myocardial infarction.


The primary goals of this research are to strengthen the understanding of the mechanisms underlying presence and cybersickness in relation to the body position and locomotion method when navigating a virtual environment (VE). In this regard, we compared two body positions (standing and sitting) and four locomotion methods (steering + embodied control [EC], steering + instrumental control [IC], teleportation + EC, and teleportation + IC) to examine the association between body position, locomotion method, presence, and cybersickness in VR. The results of a two-way ANOVA revealed a main effect for locomotion method on presence, with the sense of presence significantly lower for the steering + IC condition. However, there was no main effect for body position on presence, nor was there an interaction between body position and locomotion method. For cybersickness, nonparametric tests were used due to non-normality. The results of Mann-Whitney U tests indicated a statistically significant effect of body position on cybersickness. In particular, the level of cybersickness was significantly higher for a standing position than for a sitting position. In addition, the results of Kruskal-Wallis tests revealed that the locomotion method had a meaningful effect on cybersickness, with participants in the steering conditions feeling stronger symptoms of cybersickness than those in the teleportation conditions. Overall, this study confirmed the relationship between body position, locomotion method, presence, and cybersickness when navigating a VE.


In this report we have catalogued the flow regimes observed in microgravity, summarized correlations for the pressure drop and rate of heat transfer that are commonly used, and discuss the validation of a few correlations from available experimental results. Two-phase flow through some specific components such as bends, tees, filters and pumps are discussed from a physical perspective to guide the designer on how reduced gravity might affect their performance. Phase separation in zero gravity is addressed through the behavior and basic design concepts for devices based on passive centrifugal action, capillary forces, gas extraction through a membrane installed in a channel wall and the use of a syringe with a perforated piston to remove bubbles from small liquid volumes. We address the common instabilities that develop in flow loops owing exclusively to the two-phase nature of the flow, e.g., Ledinegg instability and concentration waves. Finally we briefly review flow metering and gauging; two-phase flow through porous media, where pressure drop and flow regime map correlations in zero-g are a current research topic; and basic operation principles of heat pipes and capillary pumped loops. NASA/TM—2019-220147 1 Microgravity Liquid-Gas Two-Phase Flow: Review of Pressure Drop and Heat Transfer Correlations and Guidelines for Equipment Operability R. Balasubramaniam Case Western Reserve University Cleveland, Ohio 44106 Enrique Ramé Universities Space Research Association Glenn Research Center Cleveland, Ohio 44135 Brian J. Motil National Aeronautics and Space Administration Glenn Research Center Cleveland, Ohio 44135


Eggplant ( Solanum melongena  L.), belonging to the  Solanaceae  family, is widely grown in Turkey. It is also one of the important vegetable species in Turkey. Additionally, Turkey has valuable eggplant populations. This study was conducted to select valuable local eggplant genetic resources under the ecological conditions of Samsun province in 2016. In this study, 75 eggplant genotypes were detailed from different eco-geographical regions of Turkey. The weighted ranking method was also used to select superior eggplant genotypes with pedigree selection. It was determined that the total weighted ranking scores of eggplant genotypes studied was in the range of 290-475 point. According to the total weighted ranked scores, 20 promising eggplant genotypes with a score of 420 and above were determined for use in the variety breeding program. At the end of this research, the genotypes G30, G43, G49, G51 and G55 were determined to be superior for further breeding studies.


couple of decades, this was only a symbolic ommitment. When the lights and air-conditioners went on in Saskatoon or Winnipeg, river and lake levels could fluctuate drastically with disastrous effects upon townsites and wildlife habitat. Waldram is an anthropologist by training with a deep sympathy for the beleaguered Indians whose story he tells. He pays little attention to the white politicians and utility executives except to excoriate them for hypocrisy, insincerity, or worse. Perhaps he could have taken more time to examine the mutual incomprehension f the different parties, especially when issues of compensation became mbroiled in apparently interminable legal battles. Yet this carefully researched tale which he has to tell is a sorry one to read. CHRISTOPHER A MSTRONG York University


Many of my experimental colleagues in psychology, physiology and biology believe that there is quite a difference between what they actually do as scientists and what philosophers of science tell them that they are doing. They see themselves as simply 'getting on with the job'; they regard philosophers of science, to put it more charitably than I have heard it put, as mere purveyors of esoteric stories which have little to do with the realities of scientific activity. A scientist of no less eminence than J. Z. Young has taken the trouble to instantiate this view in what can be regarded as a case study.2 His discussion article on the pineal gland begins with the observation that:


The triplet decay of zinc tetrakis(N-methyl-4-pyridiniumyl)porphyrin(4+) (ZnTMPyP/sup 4 +/) and zinc tetrakis(N-(propylsulfonato)-4-pyridiniumyl)porphyrin(0) (ZnTPSPyP) in deoxygenated aqueous solution has been studied by laser flash photolysis. Kinetic analysis using a model comprising unimolecular decay, triplet-triplet annihilation, and ground-state quenching yielded rate constants (extrapolated to zero ionic strength) of k/sub uni/ = 350 s/sup -1/, K/sub T-T/ = 1.9 x 10/sup 7/M/sup -1/s/sup -1/, and k/sub GS/ = 5 x 10/sup 6/M/sup -1/s/sup -1/ for ZnTMPyP/sup 4 +/, and k/sub uni/ = 1990 s/sup -1/, k/sub T-T/ = 1.5 x 10/sup 9/ M/sup -1/s/sup -1/, and k/sub GS/ < 10/sup 6/M/sup -1/s/sup -1/ for ZnTPSPyP. Ionic strength dependence of triplet decay was zero for zwitterionic ZnTPSPyP but very strong for ZnTMPyP/sup 4 +/. Results are analyzed in terms of simple Debye-Hueckel theory, and applications to solar energy storage reactions are discussed. 4 figures, 1 table.


HLA‐typing of 125 patients with open‐angle glaucoma (glaucoma simplex) showed no statistically significant deviations from a control series of 1197 blood donors. Some earlier, but mutually inconsistent, reports contradict this result. In evaluating investigations of this kind care must be taken to avoid statistical pitfalls.


Service innovation is fundamental competitiveness to service enterprise. Researches on domestic service enterprise shows that organization support and emotional labor, Psychological empowerment, learning commitment, internal social capital are the key variables to significantly affect employee's service orientation and further service innovation. So managers should strengthen organization support, reduce emotional labor, enhance psychological empowerment, and learning commitment to improve enthusiasm, which in turn generate more service-oriented behaviors.


In this paper, a new sequential feature extraction and classification algorithm is proposed for improving the classification accuracy of reject region data.


This paper reports on a study that is part of a three-year research project investigating how NAO humanoid robots were used in early childhood, primary, and secondary school settings and what teachers and students learnt by working with these robots. This qualitative study focuses on three case studies, from the three schools settings, to explore how the NAO humanoid robots were incorporated in the classroom, how teachers and students engaged with the robot, and what computational thinking skills students working with the humanoid robot developed. A multiple case study design allowed for an exploration of the use of the humanoid robot in the different school settings as well as a comparison between settings. Multiple forms of data were collected from ten teachers, across the three schools, in order to gain their views and to enable the teachers to discuss their experiences and perceptions on using the humanoid robot in their classrooms. The findings indicate that humanoid robots can be useful across a range of schools settings, have a positive impact on students engagement, and can not only help develop students' computational thinking, but can also help develop other 21st century skills.


The recently proposed anisotropic mesh adaptation based on a Riemannian metric field is regarded as a promising approach to control the computational cost of computational fluid dynamics simulation...


Coriander (Coriandrum sativum L.) is one of the most important annual spice and medicinal herbplant. It is an open pollinated crop and honeybees are effective pollinators for open pollinated crops because of a lot of nectar and pollens are available on the flowers of Coriandrum sativum. An experiment was conducted to evaluate the effect of honeybees pollination on Coriandrum sativum seed yield and yield related parameters at Sinana Agricultural Research center at on-station. The study had three experiment; these includes plots caged with honeybees (T1), plots caged without honeybees (T2) and open pollinated plots (T3). All collected data were analyzed using One-way-Analysis of Variance (ANOVA). There were no significant different (P>0.05) on Date of blooming, Date of flowering,, Primary and secondary branches among the three treatments. Whereas, there were a significant difference (P<0.05) on Flowering period, shading time, Number of capsule, Thousand kernel weight and total seed yield per hector. The result also revealed that about 29.70% of seed yield advantage of Coriandrum sativum pollinated by honeybees over control/un pollinated by any insect. From this result it was concluded that visits of honeybees at flowering time of Coriandrum sativum have very helpful in increasing seed yield and yield related components of this crop.


This paper presents a character-level seque-nce-to-sequence learning method, RNNembed. This method allows the system to read raw characters, instead of words generated by preprocessing steps, into a pure single neural network model under an end-to-end framework. Specifically, we embed a recurrent neural network into an encoder–decoder framework and generate character-level sequence representation as input. The dimension of input feature space can be significantly reduced as well as avoiding the need to handle unknown or rare words in sequences. In the language model, we improve the basic structure of a gated recurrent unit by adding an output gate, which is used for filtering out unimportant information involved in the attention scheme of the alignment model. Our proposed method was examined in a large-scale dataset on an English-to-Chinese translation task. Experimental results demonstrate that the proposed approach achieves a translation performance comparable, or close, to conventional word-based and phrase-based systems.


Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. 1 Hospital das Forças Armadas, Department of Medicine, Brasília, DF, Brasil 2 Universidade Católica de Brasília, Brasília, DF, Brasil 3 Hospital Francisco Morato de Oliveira, Service of General Surgery, Advanced Program of Oncosurgery and Videolaparoscopy, São Paulo, SP, Brasil 4 Centro Universitário de Brasília, Medical School, Brasília, DF, Brasil Peutz-Jeghers syndrome: revisited


The purpose of this study was to evaluate the relationship between periodontal treatment and production of interlukin-6 and tumor necrosis factor-alpha by circulating monocytes. Thirty-six systemically healthy subjects, who diagnosed as chronic periodontitis, were enrolled in this study. Peripheral blood was obtained from every subject at 5 different phases; before treatment, immediately after treatment and 1, 3 and 6 months post-treatment. The treatment was using one of the periodontal-treatment methods which have clinical reported about reducing inflammation and bacterial amount throughout the 6 months after treatment. All subjects had shown significant improvement in clinical parameters after treatment. When data was analyzed, based on total number of monocytes in peripheral blood and production, there was no difference in the number of monocytes and the total leukocytes from the periods of treatment. Spontaneous production of both interleukin-6 and tumor necrosis factor-alpha from the monocytes obtained before the treatment was significantly greater than those obtained at the follow up periods. Furthermore, the interleukin-6, stimulated with interleukin-1 at before treatment, which produced by monocytes was also significantly greater than those obtained at 1 and 3 months after treatment. The present study suggests that periodontal inflammation may activate circulating monocytes, and such activation could be reduced by the periodontal therapy.


For titanium dioxide (TiO2) nanoparticles manufactured in flame reactors, the precursor is injected into a pre-existing flame, exposing it to a high-temperature gas phase, leading to nucleation and particle growth. Predictive modeling of this chemical process requires simultaneous development of detailed chemical mechanisms describing gas-phase combustion and particle evolution, as well as advanced computational tools for describing the turbulent flow field and its interactions with the chemical processes. Here, a multiscale computational tool for flame-based TiO2 nanoparticle synthesis is developed and a flamelet model representing detailed chemistry for particle nucleation is proposed. The effect of different chemical mechanisms (i.e., one-step, detailed, flamelet) on the prediction of nanoparticle nucleation is investigated using a plug-flow reactor and a partially stirred tank reactor to model the flow field. These simulations demonstrate that particle nucleation occurs much later in the flame with de...


Research on climate change highlights the need to develop more effective campaigns to increase citizens' awareness of this issue, increase their willingness to accept the measures necessary to halt this phenomenon and change their behaviour. This paper describes a study which analyzed the effectiveness of an advertising message that combined informative and motivational variables on proenvironmental attitudes and intended behaviour. The study sample consisted of 180 university students, divided into two equivalent groups. The results supported the initial hypothesis,the participants in the group that received specific behaviour guidelines (to increase perceived control) together with information on economic savings (motivational variable) displayed more changes in self-efficacy, pro-environmental attitudes and intention of behaviour than the group that did not receive this information.


The development of high-skilled talents in Zhejiang province will manifest the following trends in future:high-skilled talents will become driving forces for economic development,the quantity of high-skilled talents will increase quickly,the structure of high-skilled talents will be optimized,the policies influencing on the development of high-skilled talents will eliminate gradually,the flowing of high-skilled talents will become more regulated,reasonable and ordered.


Barium-strontium titanyl oxalate (BSTO,Ba 0.6 Sr 0.4 TiO(C2 O 4)2 ·4H2 O) precursor powders were prepared by oxalate coprecipitation route by using Ba(NO 3)2,Sr(NO 3)2,oxalic acid dihydrate and tetrabutyl titanate (Ti(OC 4 H 9) 4) as raw materials.The homogeneous barium-strontium titanate (BST,Ba 0.6 Sr 0.4 TiO 3) nano-powders were produced from BSTO by calcining at 800 ℃ for 4 h in air.The decomposition process was analyzed by Thermogravimetry-differential thermal analyzer.The phase compositions and morphology of the BST powders were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM).The results show that the decomposition process of BSTO can be divided into three stages,including the evaporation and elimination of the bonded water,the decomposition of the anionic TiO(C2 O 4)22,the crystallization of BST.The BST powders obtained by aforementioned technique are cubic with spherical-like morphology and the particle diameter is about 100 nm.


Background Previously, we identified lipolysis-stimulated lipoprotein receptor (LSR) as a new therapeutic target of epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC), and we reported anti-cancer effect of our newly developed monoclonal antibody (mAb) against LSR-positive EOC in vitro and in vivo . We also demonstrated that LSR took in triglyceride-rich protein and contributed cell proliferation, however, lipid metabolic pathway via LSR is still unclear. Thus, we aimed to reveal the function of LSR on lipid metabolism in EOC cells. Methods We investigated the activation of beta-oxidation, ATP production, cell proliferation and cell migration via LSR after administration of fatty acid (FA) using LSR-positive EOC cells and LSR-knockout EOC cells. Moreover, we also investigated anti-cancer effect of our anti-LSR mAb against lipid metabolism via LSR. Results In LSR-positive EOC cells, FA administration increased intracellular lipid accumulation. In glucose restricted environment, LSR promoted FA uptake and promoted ATP production (p Conclusions Fatty acid uptake via LSR in glucose restricted environment contributed to cell proliferation and migration subsequent to activation of lipid metabolism, and anti-LSR mAb inhibited these processes. LSR might contribute to cancer spread and metastasis of EOC. Citation Format: Kosuke Hiramatsu, Satoshi Serada, Minoru Fujimoto, Yutaka Ueda, Tadashi Kimura, Tetsuji Naka. LSR promotes cell proliferation and migration subsequent to uptake of fatty acid in epithelial ovarian cancer [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting 2019; 2019 Mar 29-Apr 3; Atlanta, GA. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Res 2019;79(13 Suppl):Abstract nr 4380.


The invention discloses halogen-free high-activity low-splatter solder wire soldering flux and a preparing method thereof. The halogen-free high-activity low-splatter solder wire soldering flux comprises, by mass, 2-10 percent of alcohol or alcohol ether high-boiling-point solvent, 0.08-1.5 percent of high-activity iodate, 2-10 percent of compound binary organic acid, 0.5-5 percent of halogen-free activity enhancer, 2-15 percent of viscosity modifier, 0.04-0.2 percent of efficient surface active agent and the balance modified rosin and rosin derivatives. The preparing method includes the steps that the compound rosin and the viscosity modifier are added into a container to be heated and stirred until the compound rosin and the viscosity modifier are completely melted down, the organic acid, the novel high-activity iodate, the efficient surface active agent and the high-boiling-point solvent are added to be stirred continuously, and therefore the soldering flux is prepared. The prepared halogen-free soldering flux for solder wires is free of halogen compounds, tin is easy to apply in the soldering process, splatter is little, smells are light, soldering spots are bright and full, damage to the health and the environment is avoided, and the post-soldering reliability effect of an electronic product is ensured.


Strategic management is thus concerned with the business of the whole organisation. Internally, organisations must consider factors such as product costs, manufacturing capability, skills of the workforce and so on. Externally strategic management is also concerned with the organisation's position in relation to the overall environment. All strategies however start with information information in order to clarify the external environment; information concerning the internal environment; information in order to build models for strategic analysis and finally information in order to forecast possible changes.


With the increasing demand for the preparation of sterile admixtures of anticancer drugs by pharmacists,it is importantthat their preparation can be done efficiently and safely,even by unskilled persons.In 2008,a drug transfer device whichaids the preparation of anticancer drugs (Chemo Mini-Spike?? ; CMS) was launched in Japan.Although this transfer device is said to be advantageous in that it makes drug preparation more rapid and reduces the riskof contamination and incidence of coring during preparation,there is no evidence to support this.Therefore,in this study,we compared CMS with a method using an 18 gauge injection needle (IN) regarding preparation time and incidence ofspillage and coring when used by 15 unskilled pharmacists.The total preparation time using CMS was significantly shorterthan that using IN (150.0±13.8 vs.175.3±23.7 s ; p<0.001).In particular,the time for aspiration of the solution from thevial was 2.5 times shorter for CMS (37.2±6.0 vs.90.5±15.7 s ; p<0.001).Though the incidence of spillage for CMS wasless than half of that for IN,this was not significant.There was only 1 case of coring among 45 preparations and this waswith the IN method.Our results suggest that CMS is a more efficient method for admixture preparation by unskilled pharmacists.


This paper is the outcome of an attempt in mining recorded power system operational data in order to get new insight to practical power system behavior. Data mining, in general, is essentially finding new relations between data sets by analyzing well known or recorded data. In this effort we make use of the recorded data of the Southern regional grid of India. Some interesting relations at the total system level between frequency, total MW/MVAr generation, and average system voltage have been obtained. The aim of this work is to highlight the potential of data mining for power system applications and also some of the concerns that need to be addressed to make such efforts more useful.


The name of Hendrik Kraemer has become widely known in missionary and ecumenical circles since the publication of The Christian Message in A Non-Christian World) which he wrote before the 'World Missionary Conference in 1938 held in Tambaram, India. Two decades later, just before another great ecumenical gathering in New Delhi, Dr. Kraemer has presented us with this new volume. Those who have read his previous works will find him just as vigorous and thought provoking as ever. Dr. Kraemer still manages to incorporate a tremendous amount of material into a book, and he has not lost his ability to concoct colorful expressions and phraseologies. The aim of this new work is the explication of the meaning of the dialogue among religions, and anyone interested in this question can ill afford to ignore this book whether he agrees with the author or not. Kraemer rightly insists that it is impossible to talk intelligently and situationally on "the coming dialogue" without being deeply aware of its historical background. However, he seems to be carried away by the background study to such a degree that only onefourth of the volume (Chapters 1, 11, and 12 out of twelve chapters) is given to the question of "the coming dialogue." (According to Dr. Kraemer's own announcement, his forthcoming books will deal with a systematic description of the major world religions. Let us hope that he will also write another volume fully developing his views on the dialogue among religions.) The major portion of the present book is devoted to a survey of the past and present encounter between the East and the West as well as between Christianity and other religions. The author is certainly knowledgeable, and he has many valuable insights. But his historical survey is not very well balanced. For example, one wonders why he concentrates on Islam to the total exclusion of Judaism in Chapter 2, "The Relations of Eastern Cultures and Religions with the \Vest in the Past." In dealing with the modern period, Kraemer admonishes us not to approach it "in a too exclusively theoretical mind," and he adds; "Especially indispensable is a fair knowledge of the facts since the beginning of the 19th century" (p. 9). In reality, however, what we find is Kraemer's


The motion to approve the disbursements as presented was made by Mr. Crittenden, seconded by Mr. Miller and carried unanimously. Checks numbered 39598 through 39730 totaling $143,146.87 were disbursed as approved. It was noted that payment to the Gloucester-Mathews Humane Society was included. This organization is currently working with the County to take as many animals as possible. Mrs. Jones will be getting a report of the number of animals the Humane Society has accepted from Middlesex citizens.


The application comprises a unit for accommodating at least one member of an aircraft crew, wherein the unit is configured such that it can be arranged in a crew rest compartment of an aircraft, the unit first means, second means and third means for varying the volume of the unit, said unit comprising: a sun possibility for the aircrew member, wherein the sun possibility first means for displacement of the lying-down facility, a front panel, said front panel second means for moving the front panel, and a side wall, said side wall third means has for displacing the side wall. Further, the application comprising a crew rest compartment for accommodating at least one member of an aircraft crew, with the crew rest compartment is designed such that it can be arranged in an aircraft, the crew rest compartment comprises a unit according to the invention. Further, the application is concerned with a use of a crew rest compartment as a lounge for passengers of an aircraft.


With few exceptions, code provisions relevant to torsional phenomena in structures subjected to seismic effects are based on elastic structural behavior. The key parameter is stiffness eccentricity. The appropriateness of this approach to the design of systems expected to respond in a ductile manner is questioned. The degree of restraint with respect to system twist, strength eccentricity and the pattern of element yield displacements are considered to be more important parameters. For the purposes of seismic design, bilinear force-displacement approximations of the elastoplastic behavior of reinforced concrete systems and their constituent elements, are considered to be adequate. Strategies aiming at the elimination of undesirable effects of torsional phenomena in ductile systems are addressed. The findings of this study are based on a re-definition of some common terms of structural engineering, such as stiffness, yield displacement, and displacement ductility relationships. Contradictions with corresponding terms applicable to elastic systems are given. The introduction of these features, relevant to bilinear modeling of reinforced concrete elements, precedes the examination of the designer's options for the control of earthquake-induced displacement demands resulting in system translations and twist.


Cultural exchange plays an important role in establishing Chengdu-Chongqing economic circle and strengthening the new vitality of Chengdu-Chongqing development, and it is of great significance to explore how to promote Chengdu-Chongqing cultural exchange and cooperation from the perspective of cultural community. At present, the cultural exchanges between Chengdu and Chongqing enjoy favorable foundations. However, there is still room for improvement in the protection of historical and cultural resources, the positioning of urban culture, and the agglomeration and development of cultural industries. Based on the situation of Chengdu-Chongqing cultural cooperation in recent years, this paper makes research from the aspects of the coordination mechanism, cultural resources, cultural brands and cultural industries, etc., trying to explore effective paths for the cultural cooperation and exchange between Chengdu and Chongqing. The Chengdu-Chongqing cultural cooperation and exchange will lead the regional cultural exchange and innovation, and also promote the high-quality construction of Chengdu-Chongqing economic circle.


The penetration level of a wind farm with transient stability constraint and
static security constraint has been a key problem in wind power applications.

The study explores maximum penetration level problem of wind considering transient
stability constraint and uncertainty of wind power out, based on credibility theory and corrected
energy function method.

According to the corrected energy function, the transient stability constraint of the power
grid is transferred to the penetration level problem of a wind farm. Wind speed forecast error is
handled as a fuzzy variable to express the uncertainty of wind farm output. Then this paper builds a
fuzzy chance-constrained model to calculate wind farm penetration level. To avoid inefficient
fuzzy simulation, the model is simplified to a mixed integer linear programming model.

 The results validate the proposed model and investigate the influence of grid-connection
node, wind turbine characteristic, fuzzy reliability index, and transient stability index on wind farm
penetration level.

The result shows that the model proposed in this study can consider the uncertainty of
wind power out and establish a quantitative transient stability constraint to determine the wind farm
penetration level with a certain fuzzy confidence level.


OBJECTIVES We evaluated the role of myocardial delayed-enhancement (MDE) magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for noninvasive detection of fibrosis in Arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia/cardiomyopathy (ARVD/C). BACKGROUND Arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia/cardiomyopathy is characterized by fibro-fatty replacement of the right ventricle (RV) leading to arrhythmias and RV failure. Endomyocardial biopsy can demonstrate fibro-fatty replacement of the RV myocardium; however, the test is invasive and carries a risk of perforation. METHODS Thirty consecutive patients were prospectively evaluated for ARVD/C. Magnetic resonance imaging was performed on a 1.5-T scanner. Ten minutes after intravenous administration of 0.2 mmol/kg of gadodiamide, MDE-MRI was obtained. Diagnosis of ARVD/C was based upon the Task Force criteria and did not include MRI findings. RESULTS Twelve (40%) of 30 patients met the Task Force criteria for ARVD/C. Eight (67%) of the 12 ARVD/C patients demonstrated increased signal on MDE-MRI in the RV compared with none (0%) of the 18 patients without ARVD/C (p 0.001). Endomyocardial biopsy was performed in 9 of the 12 ARVD/C patients. Of the nine patients, four had fibro-fatty changes consistent with the diagnosis of ARVD/C. Each of these patients had increased RV signal on MDE-MRI. None of the patients without ARVD/C had any abnormalities either on histopathology or on MDE-MRI. Electrophysiologic testing revealed inducible sustained ventricular tachycardia (VT) in six of the eight ARVD/C patients with delayed enhancement, compared with none of the ARVD/C patients without delayed enhancement (p 0.01). CONCLUSIONS Noninvasive detection of RV myocardial fibro-fatty changes in ARVD/C is possible by MDE-MRI. Magnetic resonance imaging findings had an excellent correlation with histopathology and predicted inducible VT on programmed electrical stimulation, suggesting a possible role in evaluation and diagnosis of patients with suspected ARVD/C. (J Am Coll ublished by Elsevier Inc. doi:10.1016/j.jacc.2004.09.053


Fighting corruption in the judiciary remains a great challenge, particularly in countries where the separation of powers is weak and courts and prosecutors are subject to political influence. While eradicating undue influence in the judiciary requires a complete overhaul of social norms and values, there are several operational reforms that may help prevent political influence and reduce certain types of corruption. They usually include measures such as the introduction of an adequate case management system, ethical and technical training for judges, court staff and prosecutors, appropriate salaries and benefits, the adoption of clear rules for the appointment, promotion, transfer and removal from office of judges and prosecutors, as well as several others.


Objective: To determine the incidence of nephrotoxicity during vancomycin therapy and study its relationship with different risk factors. Method: A prospective observational study conducted on the total prescribed treatments with vancomycin during six months. We defined nephrotoxicity as a serum creatinine increase of = 0.5 mg/dL or = 50%. Results: The studied population consisted of 50 patients. The mean variance in serum creatinine was 0.036 (CI95%: -0.03 - 0.1) mg/dL. 5/50 (10%) of the patients experienced nephrotoxicity. Associated with age (53.4 vs. 67.6 p = 0.036) and baseline serum creatine values (r = -0.34, p = 0.016). The mean of vancomycin plasma concentrations was 17.3 mg/L (SD = 5.4) and the daily dose 2.4 g/d (SD = 1). Conclusions: (5/50) 10% of the patients met some of the nephrotoxicity criterion. The patients were younger and with lower creatinine levels. They all had average trough concentrations >15 mg/L, with no statistically significant association. None received concurrent treatment with aminoglycosides. The intensive monitoring may have influenced in the lower nephrotoxicity in our study


The invention provides a lifting type automatic brick packing machine. The lifting type automatic brick packing machine comprises a first conveying belt and a second conveying belt which are used for conveying bricks. The first conveying belt and the second conveying belt are arranged on the same straight line. A brick stacking device is arranged between the first conveying belt and the second conveying belt. A pushing device used for pushing piled brick stacks is arranged on one side of the brick stacking device, and a packing device used for packing the piled and stacked brick stacks is arranged on the other side of the brick stacking device. A brick stack conveying roller is arranged below the brick packing device. According to the lifting type automatic packing machine for bricks, the brick stacks can be stably stacked through the stacking device, bricks cannot be collapsed or scattered in the piling and stacking process, the stacked brick stacks can be connected through staggered joints due to the arrangement of the first conveying belt and the second conveying belt, only one-face packing is needed in the packing process, packing materials are saved, the whole packing process is simple, production cost is reduced, the bricks can be conveyed without gaps in the conveying process due to the arrangement of the conveying roller, and bricks are connected compactly.


Sauce-flavored Daqu exhibits different colors after being stacked and fermented at high temperatures. Heiqu (black Daqu, BQ) with outstanding functions is difficult to obtain because its formation mechanism is unclear. In this study, we compared the metabolites in different types of Daqu using ultra-high-performance liquid chromatography triple quadrupole mass spectrometry to explore the formation process of BQ. We found that 251 differential metabolites were upregulated in BQ. Metabolic pathway analysis showed that "tyrosine metabolism" was enriched, and most metabolites in this pathway were differential metabolites upregulated in BQ. The tyrosine metabolic pathway is related to enzymatic browning and melanin production. In addition, the high-temperature and high-humidity fermentation environment of sauce-flavored Daqu promoted an increase in the melanoidin content via a typical Maillard reaction; thus, the melanoidin content in BQ was much higher than that in Huangqu and Baiqu. By strengthening the Maillard reaction precursor substances, amino acids, and reducing sugars, the content of Daqu melanoidin increased significantly after simulated fermentation. Therefore, the enzymatic browning product melanin and Maillard reaction product melanoidin are responsible for BQ formation. This study revealed the difference between BQ and other types of Daqu and provides theoretical guidance for controlling the formation of BQ and improving the quality of liquor.


The multi display to realize three-dimensional images has widely been applied in the new amusement facilities and state-of-the-art technology. While the dome image, which is mainly used in theme park-typed experience theaters, was not suitable for showing three-dimensional effects, the projection method through a silver screen is an appropriate system to realize the three- dimensional effect. This thesis introduces the application of cylindrical display viewable system by which the viewers conveniently can move to theme parks and experience theaters which will maximize the convenience of viewers' traffic line, visual experiences and their concentration level.


The effects of the length of allowed grazing time (Experiment 1) and length of starvation period before grazing (Experiment 2) on dry-matter (DM) intake, ingestive behaviour and changes in DM rumen pool sizes during the first grazing bout were investigated in lactating Holstein-Friesian dairy cows. In Experiment 1, four lengths of allowed grazing time (1, 1·75, 2·50 and 3·25 h) after overnight starvation were compared. Increasing the length of the allowed grazing time significantly increased DM intake (P < 0·01), the proportion of time spent actively eating (P < 0·01) and DM rumen pool size after grazing (P < 0·05). However, DM rumen pool size after grazing was smaller than that measured immediately before the start of starvation (P < 0·01). Bite mass during the first hour of grazing was greater than in the following grazing time. Experiment 2 consisted of a factorial combination of two durations of starvation before grazing (16·5 h and 2·5 h) and the presence or absence in the rumen of 12·5 kg of a synthetic indigestible material. DM intake, as well as grazing time, were greater after a starvation period of 16·5 h and were reduced by the presence in the rumen of indigestible material (P < 0·01). The interaction between factors on grazing time, although not significant (P < 0·06), supports the idea of a combination of signals controlling meal size under grazing conditions. Bite mass was not significantly modified by the period of starvation. DM rumen pool size after grazing was reduced by the placement in the rumen of synthetic indigestible material (P < 0·05) and tended to be lower in cows with the larger period of starvation (P < 0·058). In both experiments, bite rate declined as the grazing session progressed, but bite rate was not affected by treatments.


This paper is about the process of developing a framework for a specific VET evaluation, the evaluation of the Frontline Management Initiative (FMI). The purpose of the paper is to examine the process of designing VET evaluation frameworks, and how we construct knowledge about how others are constructing knowledge. The paper illustrates the process by reflecting on parallel learning experiences during the Perth International Arts Festival. The paper continues the theme developed for last years conference which proposed that when we evaluate learning processes, "the illusion of the absolute, may obscure meaning." This previous paper examined the discourses of research which influence vocational education and training (VET) researchers to frame research in advance, and often within traditional patterns of objectivity. The paper explored why such practices may act to limit the evaluation framework, and the eventual evaluation outcomes. This paper continues the theme by examining the specific and current process of developing a research evaluation framework for the FMI (EFMI). The FMI is of specific VET interest because it represents the emerging form of CBT, an open market training package, based upon facilitation in the organisational context, and underpinning moves towards continued situated learning and knowledge development for adaptive organisational cultures. It also offers an empirically based reflective platform for this reflection and examination of research practice. This paper will suggest that evaluation frameworks should be constructed to mirror the emerging meanings of the learning practices that they are examining, rather than be based on a predetermined and politically constructed framework. The paper will then attempt to explore the issues of mirroring, representation and


It is necessary for the entities that constitute the Integral System of Truth, Justice, Reparation and Non-repetition (Sistema Integral de Verdad, Justicia, Reparacion y No Repeticion - sivjrnr), to create methodological strategies in order to advocate for the claiming of the rights of the victims of the Colombian armed conflict. Responding to this need, this project —which is the product of a Social Psychology internship experience— presents a 'toolbox' whose main goal is to provide methodological support the work of the Victims Care Department (Departamento de Atencion a Victimas - dav) of the Tribunal of Transitional Justice in Colombia (Jurisdiccion Especial para la Paz - jep). This toolbox is meant to satisfy the need to elaborate methodological instruments for the divulgation, training, and psycho-legal support processes set up for the victims participating in the jep. This project was designed based on theoretical elements of the Social Constructionism paradigm and of Systemic Psychology, Community-social Psychology, as Liberation Psychology, as well as popular education theory and didacticism. The 'toolbox' was created from a qualitative perspective, using participatory methodologies and research techniques of documentary review, systematization of experiences and categories analysis. As a final result, six techniques were elaborated, techniques which respond to the needs of the Victims Care Department, and take into account differential approaches and ethical principles that are described throughout the paper.


Fly ash is a fine powder that is collected from smoke that is discharged by coal dust furnace,and it is one of the industrial three wastes.Promotion and application of fly ash that not only can save land and energy,but also protect and govern the environment.


Human beings mutually depend upon each other with respect to the satisfaction of interpersonal needs such as affiliation and control. This interdependence is particularly tight in romantic couples. Using a computational clinical psychology framework which models relationships as motivational equilibrium states in a need space, we investigate the impact of external stressful events on interpersonal couple dynamics. Specifically, we test the hypotheses that small increases in extradyadic stressors (e.g., higher workload) can be accompanied by abrupt, nonlinear, and qualitative changes in the shared experience and behavior of couples (bifurcation). In addition, we explore whether stable but oscillating relationship patterns are possible with psychologically plausible model parameters (e.g., a pursuer-distancer-cycle). Methodological limitations and psychotherapeutic implications are discussed.


T-Scan Ⅲ digital occlusal analysis system is designed to accurately record and analyze changes in bite force with the occlusal contact time.At present in occlusal physiology,implant,restorative treatment,treatment of temporomandibular joint disease,orthodontic treatment and other clinical areas it is widely used.This paper reviews the development of T-Scan occlusal analysis system and its advantages and clinical progress of the latest applications.


Pancreatic thyrotropin‐releasing hormone (TRH) is without doubt localized in the insulin‐containing β‐cells. A previous study reported cellular continuity between β‐cells and ducts in cultured fetal rat islets, but it is not known whether these insulin‐containing β‐cells form a cell type that is different from the TRH cells producing insulin. On the other hand, the subcellular coexistence of both peptides as yet remains unresolved.


A recently proposed curvelet transform is a multi-scale multi-direction transform which provides sparse representation of two dimensional signals with smooth curve linear discontinuity. In seismic processing, several methods were proposed based on curvelet transform to eliminate coherent noises such as ground roll from seismic data. All of these methods either are none self-operating or need initial estimation for solutions. We introduce a new method for ground roll removal using curvelet transform that is self-operating and don't need initial estimation. In this method we separate data in each scale according their angles to three different categories: angles which mainly contain body wave, angles that both contain ground roll and body waves, angle which mainly contain ground roll. Using different thresholding scheme for these three categories, ground roll can be removed from seismic data.


To analyze histone post‐translational modifications (PTMs) through mass spectrometry, both bottom‐up and middle‐down approaches to proteomics are commonly employed. In this study, we compared the histone PTMs that can be detected in Mozambique tilapia (Oreochromis mossambicus) using three different digestion conditions. First, we tested a bottom‐up approach where histone proteins are propionylated then digested with trypsin for cleavage on the carboxyl end of arginine. Second, we tested a middle‐down approach where histones are digested with the V8 protease in the buffer ammonium bicarbonate. This leads to cleavage on the carboxyl end of glutamate. We tested another middle‐down approach using V8 in the buffer sodium phosphate for the third digestion condition. This leads to cleavage on the carboxyl end of both glutamate and aspartate. Our results indicate which histone PTMs can be identified under each digestion condition on samples of gills, kidney, and testes of Mozambique tilapia. We specify which PTMs are only detected using one method, and which are detected through multiple methods.


A mode-locked laser/power-amplifier system based on Tm:Ho-doped silica fiber delivering femtosecond soliton pulses tunable from 1.972 mum to 2.15 mum with average output power up to 230 mW is reported. The master soliton oscillator and Raman shifter/amplifier were made of similar Tm/Ho fiber with length of 1.2 m and 4.5 m, respectively.


Microstructural modification caused by pulsed arc welding was investigated. An analytical temperature distribution model was used to identify process parameters for two series of experiments. Mild ...


Anaerobic digestion of solid wastes is an emerging solution for both waste management and energy production. The high complexity of the process is mostly attributed to the absence of descriptors for the design and the prediction of such a process. This paper presents an approach for the description of organic matter based on several biochemical parameters, established on 22 different organic wastes. The lignocellulosic content is the most important parameter for the prediction of anaerobic biodegradability and methane production; in addition, the knowledge of the carbohydrate, lipid and protein contents is also crucial and makes possible a prediction of the intrinsic kinetics of the reaction.


I discuss what has been learned from the neutrino observations of Supernova 1987A. The neutrino detections confirmed our basic theoretical scenario that Type II supernovae involve the gravitational collapse of a massive star. The small number of events makes it difficult to infer details about the actual mechanism of collapse. I discuss the current theoretical situation on the mechanism of explosion.


We characterise the aftershock sequence following the 2016 Mw=7.8 Pedernales earthquake. 12 More than 10,000 events were detected and located, with magnitudes up to 6.9. Most of the 13 aftershock seismicity results from interplate thrust faulting, but we also observe a few normal 14 and strike-slip mechanisms. Seismicity extends for more than 300 km along strike, and is 15 constrained between the trench and the maximum depth of the coseismic rupture. The most 16 striking feature is the presence of three seismicity bands, perpendicular to the trench, which 17 are also observed during the interseismic period. Additionally, we observe a linear 18 dependency between the temporal evolution of afterslip and aftershocks. We also find a 19 temporal semi-logarithmic expansion of aftershock seismicity along strike and dip directions, 20 further indicating that their occurrence is modulated by afterslip. Lastly, we observe that the 21 spatial distribution of seismic and aseismic slip processes is correlated to the distribution of 22 bathymetric anomalies associated with the northern flank of the Carnegie Ridge, suggesting 23 that slip in the area could be influenced by the relief of the subducting seafloor. To explain 24 our observations, we propose a conceptual model in which the Ecuadorian margin is subject 25 to a bimodal slip mode, with distributed seismic and aseismic slip mechanically controlled by the subduction of a rough oceanic relief. Our study sheds new light on the mechanics of 27 subduction, relevant for convergent margins with a complex and heterogeneous structure 28 such as the Ecuadorian margin.


This article demonstrates that when consumers are offered a choice between pickup and delivery, a firm can increase profits relative to the case when no choice is tendered, as in the mill or uniform spatial pricing models. Further, this choice yields a lower level of welfare than that obtained under mill pricing. These results hold in models where market size is endogenous as well as exogenous to the firm's decisions, and with tastes and technology that are fairly standard in the spatial literature.


The objective of this study is to analyze the psychological acculturation strategies and social welfare perception in migrant college students. It is a descr...


a linear permanent-magnet synchronous motor (LPMSM) is a specialized electric machine that employs a permanent magnet comprised of rare earth elements to provide a linear motion with a substantial thrust. But LPMSM has a problem with ripple force that makes it harder to control and less accurate at the positioning. This study describes the design of LPMSM, and the suggested design utilises finite element analysis (FEA) to reduce the cogging force significantly. In addition, an NdFeB permanent magnet is used to create the LPMSM. This work examines the effect of varying the number of slots on the cogging force and thrust.


A novel technique for rapidly trimming the operating wavelength of nitrogen-rich silicon nitride racetrack resonators has been presented. The resonant wavelength of fabricated devices can be tuned to any point within a free spectral range by exposing them to an ultraviolet laser. This technique can also be applied to trim the response of any other silicon photonic device based on nitrogen-rich silicon nitride.


In this paper, we present a new version of a multiobjective genetic algorithm to design virtual topologies with the aim of reducing both the energy consumption and the network congestion. Moreover, we also propose an improved version of that algorithm, by including two cognitive techniques. Unlike the original version, the new proposals design survivable virtual topologies, as they provide shared path protection thus offering fault-tolerance capability with efficient resource utilization. Moreover, the proposed methods also take into account physical impairments in order to ensure that the survivable virtual topologies fulfill Quality of Transmission requirements in any scenario without failures or with a single cable failure. Finally, a simulation study demonstrates the advantages of the use of cognition.


despite many factual accounts. remains inarticulate and dormant in Frankel's analysis. The 'impasse' and 'paradox' of Indian social development which she brings out so sharply cannot be understood without an analysis of the impact of international socio-economic forces on the Indian developments. Frankel's study, nevertheless, is a definite advancement over many approaches to an analysis of the process of development initiated in India-a major underdeveloped country. There is a very systematic and competent marshalling of the relevant facts on a wide variety of fronts and a clear display of their inter-relationship. For example, each plan, its strategy, size, priorities and pattern of investment are related to each other, to contemporaneous political developments and to policy-choices made with respect to industries, the role of public and private sectors, the methodology of improving agricultural productivity, the role of institutional changes, food policy, price policy, resource mobilisation, etc. This approach does highlight many facets of the current Indian crisis. The value of the exercise by Frankel goes up on account of tapping a wide diversity of sources forgiving a comprehensive account of economic and political changes during 1947-77. The conclusions one draws from a comprehensive and competent account of politico-economic changes are a matter of one's approach. I have already referred to what I consider to be the limitations of Frankel's methodology and approach. Her conclusions are inherent in the kind of approach she has adopted. An exercise of rigorously arriving at a different set of conclusions requires, in my understanding, an empirical determination of India's complex social classes and their inter-relationships. On that basis the dynamics and the future of such social alignments can be determined. Intuitively, I find it difficult to go with her conclusions. However, _a fuller exercise of thro:.ving up a more logical, more comprehensive, a socially more fruitful, and a practically rewarding perspective remains a challenge before Indian social science. Perhaps, Frankel's study makes one deeply aware of such a challenge (or, challenges).


This paper analyzes weather data recorded by typical oceanographic buoys using data analytics and regression techniques. Time series data over a period of more than four decades (1976 – 2020) are reviewed and profiled. A set of key variables including seasonality, wind speed, wind direction, wave period, wave direction, etc., are screened from the buoy measurements to build a predictive model based on multiple linear regression for significant wave height prediction. A sensitivity analysis is then conducted for the available weather window corresponding to specified threshold operational limits of the significant wave height. Key insights are presented along with suggestions for future work to assist marine operators in planning and derisking offshore operations. Utilizing the algorithms and workflows presented in this paper, a user can increase confidence in weather window prediction, and develop safer, efficient offshore operation plans.


The present disclosure binds to Ang-2, and, for example, may be used in a variety of applications, including pharmaceutical applications for or reduce inhibit angiogenesis, provides hNGAL muteins. The present disclosure also relates to methods of making compositions and combinations comprising one or more muteins and one or more of such muteins described herein. The present disclosure further relates a nucleic acid molecule encoding such a mutein and to a method for making such muteins and nucleic acid molecules. Furthermore, the present application also discloses compositions comprising these muteins and one or more of such muteins and combinations therapeutic use and / or diagnostic use.


BY KIRK J. NAHRA F or most of the past year, the Energy and Commerce Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives has been developing an important health care initiative called 21 Century Cures. This legislative proposal (still being developed) is intended to ''take a comprehensive look at what steps we can take to accelerate the pace of cures in America.'' The Committee is ''looking at the full arc of this process—from the discovery of clues in basic science, to streamlining the drug and device development process, to unleashing the power of digital medicine and social media at the treatment delivery phase.'' This effort encompasses a variety of issues at the federal level, including several complicated problems involving the regulation of pharmaceuticals. Aside from these drug approval questions and other general health care topics, one of the key issues for the 21 Century Cures effort involves the assessment of how the current privacy and data security rules impact health care research, and whether the rules can be changed to facilitate more effective research without unduly affecting individual privacy. There is significant confusion, even among people in the health-care industry, about how these rules work today, and where there are actual problems with the rules. While the overall legislative package is still evolving, it is important for the Committee to understand how the current rules apply to research, and where reasonable and beneficial changes can be made.


After the first democratic elections of 1994, South Africa was placed on an irreversible course of transformation and thus became a country that has attracted the admiration of the entire civilized world. An end was put to years of entrenched institutional discrimination and a new era of a constitutional state was ushered where fundamental rights were guaranteed. One of the founding values of our constitution is "human dignity, the achievement of equality and the advancement of human rights and freedoms" (Constitution: Chapter 1).


To the question of Neo-Confucianist human nature divided into priori and empirical and the repressing power over the later exercised by the former,Dai Zhen reconsidered the groundwork of human nature and its meaning.He defined the human nature as "Xue Qi Xin Zhi",which makes human nature based upon the natural entity,and he further explained the meaning of human nature from nature to society;finally,on the basis of these facts,he reformed the theory of traditional Confucianist good human nature,which displays pre-modern character in a certain sense.


The objective of this study is to examine the effect of diversification and insider ownership on firm value. The sample used in this study is 95 firm's annual reporting from companies listed in Jakarta Stock Exchange in 2015. Structural Equation Approach used in this study to examine the effect of diversification and the other variable together on the firm value and the corporate governance.The results of this study show that diversification significantly affects the insider ownership. Furthermore, business diversification negatively significant affects the firm value. On the other hand, I find no evidence of the effect of diversification on the corporate governance index. The result of this study is different from the previous study in another country. The different result may be caused by the different international corporate governance practice.


On the one hand,there are 1.5 hundred million redundant labors in China's rural aresa;on the other hand,from the beginning of 2004 till 2005,farmer-turned workers are in shortage in China's costal enterprises.Although it is unexpected,there are some inevitable causes of economy,society,culture and policy.It has put some influence on China's economic and social developments.And it will go on.Among measures are∶ to improve farmer-turned workers' salaries and welfares,to upgrade of transfer enterprises,to create better system environment and to change our strategy for economic development.


Point-to-point communication mode between various substations and the central station is adopted by power telecommunications network.With this mode,the failure from central station may cause the breakdown of the whole network.In this paper,the author points out that an optimized power communications network topology is needed,i.e.the network is divided into two or more subnets and the equipment in central station shares the services.The author also introduces the incision method both in series and parallel connection way,and the influence and the effect of network reconfiguration.Finally,the paper introduces the optimizing achievement of Shenzhen electric power communication network.


Background: Telemedicine has great potential to improve health care in Africa as well as other developing areas, especially when medical expertise is urgently needed in emergency situations. Yet resistance from healthcare professionals could prevent telemedicine's social value from being materialized. Objective: This article intends to understand why healthcare providers resist using telemedicine from a threat-control perspective. Method: A survey on 107 healthcare professionals in Ethiopia was conducted. Conclusions: The resistance to telemedicine is determined by perceived threat and pererceived controllability


In this paper,the precision and surveying features of the leap-frog trigonometric leveling based on total station are analyzed.The theoretical method of optimal sighting length determination is illustrated with test leveling control network plan.Meanwhile,the possibility of the leap-frog trigonometric leveling measure of replace the class level measure is also studied,which present a possible way for the optimal design of the trigonometric leveling control network.


Estimates of productivity and apparent photosynthesis in a typical Australian heathland were obtained by harvesting monthly over a period of 2 years. Net productivity was small (400 g m-2 year-1 or less) while the rate of apparent photosynthesis was considerable (about 6000 g m-2 year-1), representing a photosynthetic efficiency around 5 %. Below-ground production exceeded production above ground 6-10 times. Root biomass was of the order of 6500 g m-2. Death and consumption of roots was large, and most of the products of community photosynthesis were diverted below ground to replace an annual root loss of some 5500 g m-2. Community growth was a reflection of the behaviour of the dominant, Leptospermum myrsinoides. Standing biomass above ground was sensitive to the activity of this species, which produces new shoots from spring to autumn in relation to available soil water. The annual occurrence of extensive leaf abscission and high mortality of roots is correlated with high temperatures, low humidity, and depleted soil moisture.


Nuclear matrix attachment regions (MARs) are suggested to regulate chromatin structure and influence the expression of flanking genes. Our previous study showed that TM2, a new DNA fragment isolated from tobacco, can bind with the rice nuclear matrix in vitro and increase transgene expression in vivo. Here, we investigated the role of TM2 MAR in improving transformation frequency of Agrobacterium-mediated transformation in tobacco and rice. The gusA reporter gene flanked by TM2 MAR in pBl121 and pCAMBIA-1301 vectors was controlled by a constitutive promoter or a photosynthetic tissue-specific promoter. The presence of TM2 MAR in different expression cassettes significantly increased the numbers of kanamycin-resistant tobacco shoots, hygromycin-resistant rice calli and shoots. Seeds from the independent transgenic lines with TM2 MAR can germinate normally on the medium containing 500 mg l -1 kanamycin, whereas none of the seeds from the transgenic lines without TM2 MAR survived. Furthermore, RNA gel blot analysis revealed that nptll messenger RNA levels are more abundant in the independent transgenic lines with TM2 MAR than in the lines without TM2 MAR. Altogether, these data reveal a possible mechanism that TM2 MAR improves the transformation frequency by increasing nptll gene expression.


A carbon nanotube supported catalyst containing cobalt/cobalt oxide (Co/Co3O4) nanoparticles encapsulated within a shell of nitrogen-doped graphene layers (Co3O4/NGr@CNT) was prepared. It shows excellent chemoselectivity in the hydrogenation of 1-iodo-4-nitrobenzene, which contains an iodine substituent highly sensitive against hydrodehalogenation. In contrast to traditional activated charcoal-supported catalysts such as Pt-V/C or the closely related Vulcan carbon black supported Co3O4/NGr@C, the advantageous morphological properties of the CNT support allow for the application of the new Co3O4/NGr@CNT as a fixed bed catalyst in a continuous flow reactor. Under optimized conditions, no dehalogenation side products could be detected. This remarkable selectivity in combination with its mechanical stability under operation conditions render Co3O4/NGr@CNT a catalyst particularly relevant for application in continuous processes based on a packed bed reactor.


A method for manufacturing metal nanoparticles comprises a step (S1) for adding at least one metal salt to an ionic liquid and generating metal ions in the ionic liquid, and a step (S2) for heating the ionic liquid to which the metal salt has been added and thermally reducing the metal ions.


Objective: To determine the expression of lipoxygenase (LOX) pathway receptors in ovarian cancer as a potential target for anti-LOX—based therapy. Study design: Paraffin-embedded tumor samples from epithelial ovarian cancer patients were used to construct tissue microarrays to stain for the proposed sites of inhibition of a LOX inhibitor (5-LOX, LTB4-BLT1, and LTB4-BLT2). Results: 245 samples were available for interpretation. Strong expression was demonstrated in 45%, 34%, and 6% of ovarian cancer for LTB4-BLT2, LTB4-BLT1, and 5-LOX, respectively. Expression of LTB4-BLT2 correlated with advanced stage III/IV disease (P = .05), suboptimal debulking (P = .07), and platinum resistance (P = .03). No correlation was seen with regard to disease-free survival. Conclusions: LOX pathway receptor expression was found in the majority of cancers evaluated. Additionally, LTB4-BLT2 expression portends worse clinical parameters for ovarian cancer. Thus, further investigation on the role of LOX pathway in ovarian cancer is warranted.


Software, for indel finding using a ligation based next-generation sequencing platform and Exact Call Chemistry (ECC) available in the SOLiD™ 5500 platform. We demonstrate the algorithm by annotating variants and comparing those results with dbSNP. We show that with the additional ECC information, we gain 33% more indel calls in a HuRef 75x35 paired-end (PE) run, and a large gain of 114% more indel calls in an southern African Bushman, KB1 (ref. 1) mate-pair (MP) run. We also demonstrate that insertions of up to size 29 and deletions up to size 500 are possible with this split-read approach. Furthermore, we show in a targeted sequencing approach of 30 amplicons, known deletions of 15bp and 18bp were detected, and because of the sensitivity of this deep sequencing effort, these variants were possibly detected in previously unknown samples. Finally, we illustrate how split read indels occur in context of other structural variations.


This volume is part of the response to the 2016 UN General Assembly Special Session (UNGASS) on international drug policy and the emergence of analysis of international drug policy in academic literature. Editors David Bewley-Taylor and Khalid Tinasti, both respected authors in their own right, have collated a rich collection of essays and chapters from a welcomely international list of academic and specialist authors, with significant representation from non-Anglophone and non-Western countries. They have selected authors to provide an analytical critique of international drug policy, evidencing their stance of challenging 'official' literature on the topic. The editors describe current policy as being 'a predominantly supply oriented approach based on prohibition and a reliance on law enforcement, and in some cases military, interventions'. Organised in four parts—'History of international drug control', 'The geospatial dimensions of drug policy' (chapters cover the Americas, Africa, Muslim nations, Asia, Oceania and Europe), 'Emerging tensions within the UN drug control system and beyond', and 'Future challenges'—the variety of authorial backgrounds provides a correspondingly rich collection of themes, regions, countries and political processes, extending the debate on international drug policy and the workings and failings of the UN Conventions. Themes include the origins of international drug policy, access to essential medicines, human rights, the growth of alternative policy and practice and the implicit disregard of the orthodoxy this represents, the emergence of novel psychoactive substances and responses to them, crypto-markets, metrics and the use of international drug policy by some nations as a disguise or justification for internal repression. The editors posit that contradictions and disagreements amongst the international commu-nity and international agencies are pulling the 'consensus' in different directions, reform versus prohibition, revealing the lack of reality (and success) in the Conventions' terminology of a drug-free world and societies free of drug abuse and the damaging and destructive impact of the policies and practices which operate under their umbrella. The chapters are the results of research, many portraying geographies and themes that are themselves the result of research and field-work, which will not be welcomed by some regimes. The book is not, though, a handbook of research methodologies: the closest it comes to being so is Measham's chapter on novel psychoactive substances (NPS), describing research practices which have been developed to determine the prevalence of NPS and the chemicals involved in them. This does not detract from the overall breadth and richness of the contents. Nor is it the 'first comprehensive overview … of the drug policy landscape', as the editors suggest, hav ing been preceded by Klein and Stothard's 2018 collection, to which both editors contributed chapters.


Historically, anthropogenic activities have contributed to the direct loss of wetland area, mostly due to agriculture and urban land uses. Urbanization also indirectly impacts wetlands at a landscape scale through altered wetland hydrology and change in the spatial configuration of wetlands in a watershed. In addition, beaver (Castor canadensis) create and modify wetlands in a landscape. Because of recent increases in urbanization and rising beaver populations, a raster-based geographic information system (GIS) was used to analyze the combined effects of humans and beavers on wetland area and types in the Chickahominy River watershed from 1953 to 1994. Results of the study revealed that 29% of the land changed during the 41-year study period, and wetland conversion constituted 7% of the total change. The major reason for wetland loss was the construction of two large water-supply reservoirs in the watershed, and most of the remaining wetland loss was due to urbanization. Wetland functions vary depending on wetland type, and the results of this study showed that 90% of the change in wetlands from 1953 to 1994 was a result of shifting between wetland types. Beaver-modified wetlands increased 274%, and beaver activity was responsible for 23% of the wetland change.


The invention provides an image processing method and an image processing apparatus. An image processing apparatus, comprising: a receiving unit, capable of receiving a plurality of input images; an image alignment unit, coupled to the receiving unit and capable of deriving an image alignment related information from performing an image alignment upon the input images; and a defocus unit, coupled to the receiving unit and the image alignment unit, the defocus unit capable of generating a processed image by performing a defocus operation upon a selected image selected from the input images according to the image alignment related information. The image processing method and the image processing apparatus provided by the invention are capable of enabling the processed image to have the defocus visual effect.


A relative moment tensor inversion technique, developed by Dahm (1996) for seismic sources belonging to a small source region, is applied to clusters of mining induced seismic events. The sensitivity of the output moment tensor components to random noise applied to the input amplitudes is tested.


I. Dating by Seriation-- II. Techniques for Automatic Seriation-- III. Evaluating Results-- IV. Comparison of Results-- V. Evaluation of Techniques-- VI. Concluding Remarks-- Appendix A. Tables of Raw Data-- Appendix B. Complete Output for Data Subset Ia-- Appendix C. User's Guide to Phoenix-II-- Appendix D-- Program Listing for Phoenix-II-- Appendix E. Programming Notes on Phoenix-II-- Bibliography


Funding information Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), Grant/Award Number: FKZ: 01DQ16011A Abstract A simplified chemical‐kinetic model was applied to Ar‐H2O dielectric‐barrier discharges (DBDs), presuming that dissociation processes are only due to energy transfer from excited Ar species. Good agreement was obtained between the densities of HO, H2, and O2 and experimental data from the literature, whereas a discrepancy for H2O2 could not be explained. The model is useful for designing DBD reactors and process development. Steady‐state densities of H atoms increase with decreasing fractions of xH O 2 which should be kept below 0.1% to obtain a large zone of virtually constant and large H‐atom density in the DBD reactor, whereas the HO density is hardly affected by xH O 2 . O2 contaminations must be kept well below 100 ppm in to attain maximum H‐atom densities.


The pressurized flow of furnace equipment, comprising: a fluidized bed furnace (1) to pressurize the combustion air (B), so that the combustion is simultaneously treated (A) flowing; air preheater (3), from which fluidized bed furnace (1) discharged from the combustion exhaust gas (C) and combustion air (B) between the heat exchanger; dust collector (4), which combustion exhaust gases (C) of the dust; and a first and second gain pressure (5,6), which are supplied to the air preheater by heat exchange (3) and generates compressed air (D, E) in the combustion exhaust gas (C) after removal (4) of the dust collector, generated in the first turbocharger (5) in a first compressed air (D) through an air preheater (3) as combustion air (B) is supplied to the fluidized bed furnace (1), the second turbocharger (6) the second compressed air (E) produced in the first compressed air (D) as compared to high pressure, whereby both have a first, second and prevent more pressurizing device becomes excessive, and can be effectively using excess combustion gas.


The resistance variable memory device production method and hence the resistance RAM according to Preparation is provided. Resistance variable memory device manufacturing method according to the present invention comprises: a solution of the transition metal precursor is dispersed sol state gelling (gelation); The gelation step of the application of the transition metal precursor on the lower electrode; The method comprising heat-treating the coated transition metal precursor to prepare a transition metal oxide thin film; And a step of forming an upper electrode on the titanium oxide thin film, can be manufactured in a cost-effective manner a device exhibit excellent electrical properties, such as low drive voltage, fast switching speed, high ON / OFF ratio, and excellent electrical stability It allows.


In the United States, Black Americans' counseling experiences are associated with concerns that are unique to their racialized status. Understanding the range of cultural factors that influence Black Americans' preferences in the context of counseling remains an important topic in marketing and providing high-quality counseling services to this population. Thus, the purpose of this study was to examine the role of racial centrality, affirming socialization around race, and minority status stress on counselor racial preference among Black college students (N = 139) in the United States. Results from a hierarchical multiple regression revealed that racial centrality and minority stress independently predicted preference for a racially similar counselor in this sample of respondents. A significant interaction between minority stress and affirming racial socialization revealed that the effect of minority status stress on counselor racial preference was attenuated at high levels of affirming racial socialization. Findings are discussed in the context of racial identity and racial socialization theories, with emphasis on implications for counseling practice and clinical training.


Visible and near-infrared reflectance spectroscopy(Vis/NIRS) technique was applied in the early detection of grey mold(cinerea) on eggplant leaves while the symptom had not appeared.Chemometrics was used to build the early detection model.In order to decrease the amount of calculation and improving the accuracy,principle component analysis(PCA) was executed to reduce numerous wavebands into several principle components(PCs) as input variables of BPNNS while the PCs plot of three primary PCs was failed.The performance of the BPNNS model is good with 100% recognition rate and 88% correct rate.Thus,it is concluded that the spectra technology is an available one for the early detection of grey mold on eggplant leaves while the symptom has not appeared and it provides a new method for the early detection of grey mold.


Objective To evaluate the clinical application of laparoscopic radical hysterectomy and pelvic lymphadenectomy in treatment of malignant uterine tumor. Methods We retrospectively analyzed the clinical data of 11 cases of cervical carcinoma and 3 cases of endometrial carcinoma, who underwent laparoscopic hysterectomy and pelvic lymphadanectomy. Results All operations were successfully performed with laparoscopy. The time duration of operation was(268.5±23.3 )min, blood loss during operations was (185.0±24.6 )ml, the amount of the dissected lymph nodes was (27.5±4.6) , the postoperative complication included 2 cases of urine retention and 1 case of ureterostoma. Conclusion Laparoscopic radical hysterectomy and pelvic lymphadenectomy for malignant uterine tumor is safe, feasible and of clinical value.


An apparatus for replacing modular street lamp, the luminaire is attached to the modular street lamppost, wherein the modular street lamp comprises a light source, a light transmitting cover, and optionally the first coupling means, and wherein the lamppost one end having second coupling means, the second coupling means for using a first coupling device is attached to the street lamp, wherein the replacement means includes modular street lamp delivery unit for at least a an arm mounted on the transport unit, wherein the at least one control mounted to the robot arm, which is adapted to remove and replace at least one street lamp gripping means attached to the arm.


Democracy, at its most elemental, is about relationships between people within a system of government and respect for individual dignity. It includes assumptions about the equality of citizens and about their opportunity and responsibility to participate in the system; it involves a certain set of agreements about how individuals should relate to each other and how disagreements should be resolved; and it outlines a set of common goals and describes the roles that individuals must play and how structural elements must interrelate in order to reach those goals. Sexuality education, as it is broadly defined, teaches about self-respect and a healthy relationship to one's family, friends, children, community, and romantic partners. Sexuality education and education for democracy are most effective when conducted in a learning environment in which students, by necessity and design, learn to appreciate the rights of self and others, understand the importance of making informed choices and taking responsibility for one's actions, and gain other skills useful to participation in a democracy. Some of the necessary pedagogical components include (a) that the learner be central to the learning process, and (b) respect for a diversity of individual values and perspectives be promoted. Historically the unwanted stepchild of public schooling, sexuality education often suffers from an ideological bias and continues to be marginalized in the school curriculum at the same time that the need for it becomes ever more apparent. Yet, successful experiences of democratic sexuality education can provide a model for other disciplines in preparing citizens for this diverse democratic society.


We made an experimental and clinical researches to examine Intraoperative Photodynamic Therapy (IPT) as a method to prevent the recidives of tumors. In experimental researches on models with radio-inducated fibrosarcomas and Erlich carcinomas of mice the best method of IPT was worked out. The therapeutic effect was studied also on patients with laryngeal cancer. In researches on C3H mice the antirecidive effect of IPT established with local administration of methylene blue and Ar-laser. We found that IPT (He-Ne laser combined with methylene blue administration) was endured by patients with laryngeal cancers without problems. We got good results of treatment 42 patients with laryngeal cancers with middle localization during three years with using IPT method. This can show the perspectives of using this method in treatment of other ENT-oncological diseases.


Fetal SCN grafts into intact rats were used as a model to study coupling among circadian oscillators. The phase relation in metabolic activity was analyzed between host SCN and fetal SCN grafted into the third (n = 24) or lateral (n = 18) ventricles. Host and third ventricle SCN grafts showed metabolic activity rhythms with peak values at CT 6, as extrapolated from drinking rhythmicity. In lateral ventricle grafted animals only the host SCN showed rhythmicity, although peak values oc curred as indicated by the drinking rhythms at CT 9. The present data suggest asymmetrical communication between host and grafted SCN depending on graft location, which may be related to different types of signal transmission.


Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia, has been experiencing rapid urbanization as the entire country has transformed into an emerging market economy featuring a spectacular average ten percent GDP growth rate over the last ten years. However, this economic growth has not provided a poverty elimination momentum for the city where over half of its residents still live in slum areas and over thirty percent are unemployed or involved in informal economic activity. This paper examines the factors behind Addis Ababa's inhibited urban progress focusing on urban legacies stemming from the city's one-hundred-thirty years of independent development as well as on the present-day economic challenges. The empirical evidence suggests that there is a correlation between Addis Ababa's inadequate investment in urban housing and infrastructure and Ethiopia's low levels of foreign direct investment. Further analysis indicates that the country's service-driven growth model of development may be contributing to overurbanization and poverty production in Addis Ababa.


The paper provides an analysis of resistance bottom blocks of aluminosilicate refractories and thixotropic mass used for lining the bottoms, sloping grounds and floors burners in gas tank furnaces. The comparison of resistance bottom blocks SHSU 33-1, SHSU 33-11 GOST 7151-74 production Podolsk Refractory Plant, vibrocasting coarse products for glass furnaces VSHBS number 1 and number 11 VSHBS TU 1547-033-00187027-2005 Semiluki refractory manufacturing plant or Borovichsky Combine with refractory fireclay brick stamps SHA 1 and SB 1 item number 5 and number 12. Experiments on the durability of the lining of inclined platforms and bottoms of 3-ton gas furnace for melting aluminum scrap in LLC "ECOM" Penza and 6-ton gas furnace in LLC "Metal Trading", Saratov and "UZTS-Stankolit" Ulyanovsk blocks manufactured way vibrocasting of thixotropic mass brands ILC-90, ILC-72-50 and MKRTU TU 14-194-275-06. Shows the comparison of resistance of refractory chamotte slabs used for floor burners with stability floor made of blocks of SHSU 33-1, SHSU 03.11 GOST 7151-74, blocks MKRTU 50 TU 14-194-275-06, blocks MLSU GOST 7151-74. Recommendations on flame retardants, developed by the authors, jointing of refractory blocks.


The invention discloses a coating method of a stereoscopic wall surface. The coating method comprises the following steps that a wall surface to be coated is ground to be flat; a first putty layer is arranged on the wall surface; an anti-cracking net is adhered to the first putty layer; after the first putty layer is aired, a second putty layer is arranged on the anti-cracking net; fine particles are adhered to the second putty layer; after the second putty layer is aired, coating coats the second putty layer and the fine particles. According to the coating method of the solid wall surface, before the coating coats a wall, the fine particles are adhered to the wall, therefore, the wall which is coated is not smooth but bumpy, and the stereoscopic impression and the layering impression are achieved.


Six freshwater fish species cultured in Lake Edku fish farm, one of the northern Nile Delta lakes in Egypt that receives input from numerous anthropogenic activities in addition to agriculture wastes through several huge drains, were collected for the detection and evaluation of residues of the persistent organochlorine (OC) pollutants polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), 1,1,1-trichloro-2,2-di(4-chlorophenyl)ethane (DDT), total cyclodienes (TC), hexachlorocyclohexanes (HCHs) and heavy metals (Cu, Cd and Pb) in their edible parts. In all fish and sediment samples, PCBs were found in higher concentrations than pesticides; the edible parts of Mugil capito, Tilapia galilaeus, Tilapia zilli and Clarias lazera had the highest PCBs (3.49, 0.83, 1.06 and 4.29 ng/g wet weight respectively), PCB 28 being most prevalent in Mugil capito and Clarias lazera with ratios 86 and 62%, respectively, of the total PCBs. PCB 180 was most prevalent in Tilapia zilli (about 56% of the total PCBs). In these four fish species OCs were found in the order: PCBs>DDTs>HCHs>TC. The other two species (Tilapia nilotica and Tilapia aureus) had the highest concentrations of pesticides (7.58 and 1.13 ng/g wet weight, respectively) with HCHs being most prevalent (96% and 74% of the total pesticides, respectively). OCs were found in the order: HCHs≫PCBs>DDTs>TC in the edible Tilapia nilotica, and in the order: PCBs>HCHs>DDTs>TC in the other species. The mean concentrations of PCBs and pesticides in sediments are 539.66±48.8 and 259.17±81.2 ng/g dry weight, respectively. Among the studied metals in the edible parts of the fish samples, about 67% of the samples contained marginally higher Pb content in the edible parts, above the European Community's legal limit. About 50% of the samples contained marginally higher Cd content (N.D to 0.88 μg/g) above the permissible level of Cd in fish edible parts; the Cu content ranged from 0.37–2.36 μg/g, with a marginally higher content in the fish but below the maximum permissible limits. As for the concentration of the studied metals in sediments of Edku lagoon, results showed that copper had the highest concentration (2.2±0.37 μg/g) in the lake sediment.


A model is proposed to assess the effect of different content representation design principles on learners' intuitive beliefs about using e-learning. We hypothesized that the impact of the representation of course contents is mediated by the design principles of alignment, quantity, clarity, simplicity, and affordance, which influence the learner's intuitive beliefs about using e-learning systems. The model was empirically validated using data collected from a survey administered to university students. This study demonstrates that these design principles are essential predictors of learners' intuitive beliefs, which in turn directly influence their decisions about using e-learning systems. The findings provide system designers with quasi-quantitative managerial insights into how to motivate users to continue using e-learning systems.


Idealized Drawing Window: Because we generally do not have complete control over the window size, it is a good idea to think in terms of drawing on a rectangular idealized drawing region, whose size and shape are completely under our control. Then we will scale this region to fit w ithin the actual graphics window on the display. There are many reasons for doing this. For example , if you design your program to work specifically for 400 × 400 window, but then the user resizes the window, what do you do? It is a much better idea to assume a window of arbitrary size. For exa mple, you could define two variablesw andh, that indicate the width and height of the window, respectively. The values w andh could be measured in whatever units are most natural to your application: pix els, inches, light years, microns, furlongs or fathoms.


In the article presents results of treatment 33 patients with pulmonary hemorrhage of different etiologies by roentgen-endovascular hemostasis. Patients underwent conventional diagnostic and therapeutic measures. Clinical evaluation of the nature and severity of pulmonary hemorrhage has been done. Efficiency and usefulness of endovascular treatment in patients with pulmonary hemorrhage have been studied.


The Regional Geological Mapping (RGMAP) System developed by China Geological Survey Bureau is a GIS system for digital geological mapping, which has made a great change to traditional geological survey. RGMAP is composed of two parts: Digital Route System and Digital Section System. Each of them contains two subsystems, namely, the Palm-PC-Based Field Data Capture System and the In-house Desktop System. We discuss mainly the Digital Section System in this paper. In the field, we have achieved the section measuring digitally in computer by means of using the Palm-PC-Based Field Data Capture System. The Digital Section System (In-house Desktop Subsystem) can automatically calculate the thickness bed by bed, as well as create the Measured Section Chart and Columnar Chart, which has dramatically enhanced the measurement of geological section and its cartographical techniques.