Jungsup Yoon practiced as a TV artist, a commercial- film director, a stage designer, and a producer who utilizes stage works, space as direct objects. Yoon as a designer began a stage works 1980, since in 1998; he introduced original spatial directing with his own production. He is quire experienced as a painter along with the interest in spatial producing. He majored in plastic arts and excels to formulate perfoming elements with pictorial imagination about the material and object. , , ere, were produced using his basic theatrical essences; human body, motion, light, and sound and also with pictorial. He Majored form of space and time. The sound is an important Substance of pictorial design for him. He not only feels the sound audibly but also designs viewing it dimensionally. Making the sound an object is a conclusion more than rightfully. This report researches about spatial figure and meaning focusing those works designed cubically. His attempts relates with discussion about new stage preference, experiment and spatial directing of picturesque theatre, which many artiste participated after 20 century. That sort of tendency is diverse and productive, as the modern theatrical history has indicated. In his works, a discussion about such as non-linguistic expressive potentials, theatrical media, especially rediscovery of a body, promotion of that expression, new communication, and ultimately, theatrical elements in multimedia lines up. What was mentioned above, Yoons spatial directing works above mentioned (making the sound an object etc.) has an obvious trace, described right above. Merely, Yoons Korean view makes it unique motive and form. Yoon express his own installation artwork theatre. For instance, 1996, at the Korean national theatre and the second exhibition. , huge and dark toned bathtub and the locker seen in the picture, tune, space, image>is called a theatre. Yoon begin theater with installation art, and its theatrical nature or originates in the symbolic nature of the material and an object and its expansion of time. The objects similar to water, shoes, and clothes are symbol of the artist himself has seen Korea and the world, that world and travel of time at the same time, statement of now and future. The material and the object offer exceptional meanings and worth for Y oon. But it is like in the case of Robett Wilson; not totally ready made like an object unrelated with literary text. It is not the object that demonstrates destruction of ones flavor. Firstly, Yoons object is symbolic media. He gets that idea from the theory of Gaston Baslar. According to Baslar extent attribute reveals through material imagination of human, on the same token, he claims that. one realizes the imagination to create att works comes from material imagination as well. He used water; fire, air and soil, in reality, Yoon and performing arts manage these materials intensely. The original symbolic nature becomes an interesting start in accepting a work. The big box in the bathroom would bean image of a dark past, and water pouring down from the shower nodule accelerates an exhibition more dramatically. It could be linked with motherly imagination. Soft water, could also rinse out the gloomy history, violent water or could be the one symbolize anxiety and fear of Aushbit Bath house. This application actualizes on the stage. Yoons material is. not only. a matter of symbolic mark; it could transfigure as the shape itself or object material itself. The art exhibition of the year 1996, his first one, , he displayed a television picture, the glasses, the clothes, a naked interior of a car frame, and me military goods, and a helmet, a gun, shoes; not only these but also space of a workroom as it stands. He separates the tools used on the stage from stage preference and installs them as an individual object in the exhibition space. The materials do not demand a certain synopsis or notion, as itself is. The material is in the exhibition stands as itself. The substance out of routine symbol earns more dynamic nature of material, it transforms to an experiencing objects. According to them, we become more aware through experience those rather. than through information or tradition. Yoon expresses his theatre is the theatrical fundamental elements of formation: space, light, sound, human, and time. He considers the non - biological entities, their aesthetic values, the process of becoming alive of the object as a theatre. To Yoon, space itself means little, only through elements formation and subjective experience, subsequently the one is recognized as space. A human is media only to corfirm the existence the designer in Yoons stage. Byung bok Lee, a designer presents , which is an image theatre presenting humans motion without words but only with garments, dust (soil), light, sound, is an image theatre as well. Looking for memory, looking for self Yoon described as such, concentrate on their feet, cautiously taking steps on the river, thinly coated with ice. Those foot prints are dangerous, lyric question mark regarding our entire life. One should refer to abstract mime, poetic echo surrounded with fear of exsitance. Experience of tim, the expression is extremely important to Yoon. It is contents of the abstract works and determining factor of expressive method. As though he would edit films of the past and presence, forming and interconnecting works is traditional. Time is not absolute to Yoon. Not pre-experienced either is a result of subjective experience and is internal, subjective, being felt. Yoons abstract spatial directing slow movements, repeated movements, or usage of silence is very typical. The subjective time experience grows to be more sensible through slow motion.


This paper reveals the intercorrelationship between the segmental points of the bottom curve on the maxillary sinus and the various measuring points in the craniofacial skeletal complex.Lateral Cephalometric Roentgenogram was used as the analytic object in the status of Denture Wearer's Centric Occlusions. Landmarks and points of the lowest position of the sinus bottomswere consisted by six anterior points [e.i. L (-1)-L (-6)] and six posterior points [e.i. L (1) L (6)] of Z-point (Fig. 1). Morphology of the sinus bottom was categorized into two types, onewas the shallow and sloped, the other was the deep and flat. The lowest points of the sinus bottomwere generally distributed about 10 mm. Distance was wide at the malomaxillary suture.Craniofacial skulls were divided into twenty-nine landmarks and points after Downs and Ricketts, and Multivariate statistic analysis was adapted in the research. Canonical correlation coefficientsbetween maxillary sinus data and maxillary bone construction were 0.793, and those between themaxillary sinus data and craniofacial complex were 0.965. Vertical heights of the edentulouspersons were prosthetically predictable as linear regression problems by the maxillary sinus data asindependent variables.


The diameter of fat ball and casein micelles in Ultra high pressure sterilized milk is measured by both Numeral microscope(DMBR-400) and Scan electron microscopy(JSM-6360LV) respectively,and is contrast with original milk,pasteurism milk as well as ultra high temperature sterilized milk.The results indicate: Casein micelles which was treated by Ultra high pressure are ripped and the diameter was diminished,through fat ball dimeter is augmented appreciably,while fat ball membrane is not destroyed,thus the cream forming time was suspend;The diameter of casein micelles and fat ball in pasteurism milk is augmented appreciably,but fat ball membrane is destroyed and the cream is formed accelerately;The casein micelles structure of ultra high temperature sterilized milk is loosen and casein micelles diameter is augmented distinctly,as well as homogenization can dimished the fat ball diameter and high temperature treatment can denaturalized the protein,thus can suspend the cream forming time.


As a branch of Applied Mathematics,Probability Theory and Mathematical Statistics has become a required course for science and engineering major students in colleges and universities.Based on practical teaching experiences,this paper discusses some methods and techniques of the course teaching,in order to improve teaching effect.


Current approaches for continuous media (CM) file systems focus on scheduling requirements for sessions consisting of single video or audio streams. This paper examines the multimedia delivery problem from the perspective of hypermedia document servers. Such hypermedia documents can be characterized as a web of nodes, each node containing a set of time-dependent CM and discrete media objects. We first look at a hypothetical user's view of a hypermedia session. We then present two service models, the CM service model and the hypermedia service model, and compare them. We propose a new view of session, a hypermedia session, suitable for scheduling the delivery of hypermedia documents, and present sample scheduling algorithms. This notion of hypermedia session is examined from the standpoint of resource management at the orchestration layer of distributed MM system.


The Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) is one of three iconic U.S. law enforcement agencies, along with the New York Police Department (NYPD) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). In part because Hollywood is actually within its jurisdiction, the LAPD has gotten more than its share of popular media attention for half a century, beginning with Dragnet in the 1950s and continuing with untold TV series and movies. More recently, the LAPD has grabbed news headlines it probably did not want thanks to Rodney King, O.J. Simpson, and the Ramparts scandals.


See also practice article by Aslam and Harries on page [1591][1] and at [www.cmaj.ca/lookup/doi/10.1503/cmaj.130305][2]

Hair loss is common, the most prevalent disorders being androgenetic alopecia (male pattern baldness) and alopecia areata. Alopecia areata and androgenetic alopecia are


Sharlene Katz, California State University-Northridge Sharlene Katz is Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at California State University, Northridge (CSUN) where she has been for over 25 years. She graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles with B.S. (1975), M.S. (1976), and Ph.D. (1986) degrees in Electrical Engineering. Recently, her areas of research interest have been in engineering education techniques and neural networks. Dr. Katz is a licensed professional engineer in the state of California.


This paper examines the consequences of rapid disinflation for downward wage rigidities in two emerging countries, Brazil and Uruguay, relying on high quality matched employeremployee administrative data. Downward nominal wage rigidities are more important in Uruguay, while wage indexation is dominant in Brazil. Two regime changes are observed during the sample period, 1995-2004: (i) in Uruguay wage indexation declines, while workers' resistance to nominal wage cuts becomes more pronounced; and (ii) in Brazil, the


ABSTRACT This paper discusses the results of a literature study concerning the investigation of models of reading and theories of learning to read, method comparison research, and research on teacher effectiveness. It relates the findings of these studies to a study of teaching behavior in the process of teaching children to read. This latter study included 31 teachers and 671 first grade pupils, selected according to age, school career, reading ability, and completeness of research data. From each teacher 35 lessons were observed during the first six months of reading instruction in the first grade. The observation scale used for studying the task behavior resulting from the task demands of the method consisted of 44 categories (32 tasks, of which six had three forms--auditory, visual, and auditory and visual). The results indicated that teachers can be separated into groups on the basis of their task setting behaviors, that a relationship exists between teaching styles and the achievement of pupils, and that such relationship generally Lo:; not appear to be different among groups of pupils with different initial characteristics. Seven tables involved in the study are included.


This research purpose is to explain the influence of service performance on customer loyalty. Sampling technique accident type, and data gathering used questionnaires and observation. Sampling size consists of 100 units. According to research result, it is revealed that simultaneously the relationship is significance, but partially there only two variables that have significant relationship, empathy and reality. Furthermore, it is known that determination coefficient is 24.4 percent. It means the model could explain loyalty variation as much as 24.4 percent, the rest 75.6 percent is explained by variables that not include in this research Keywords. Service quality, service performance, customer loyalty


The rate of solidification affects the microstructure, quality and mechanical properties of the castings. The analysis of heat transfer in centrifugal casting is very complex due to rapid solidification, rotating mould, opaque mould and high temperature. As the grain size is directly depending on the rate of solidification of the casting, based on grain size the rate of solidification of the centrifugal casting can be determined. Grain size has been measured for the gravity castings at different cooling rates and using this result rate of solidification of the centrifugal castings have been determined which are produced at different rotational speeds. KeywordsCentrifugal Casting, Microstructure, Rate of solidification, Rotational speed. ——————————  ——————————


Restaurant Online Reservation System is developed for customer, staff and manager of Horizon Garden Restaurant. This system helps customer with the reservation and staff with the reservation management. In the existing system, the process is conducted manually that are wasting time and energy. Therefore, propose system is to change the current process to computerized system. The methodology that has been applied during project development is the prototype model. The advantages of the prototype model are it can be an early act or representation of the final product and this method can reduce risk and limits expenses and costs. In the development of the propose system Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 has been used as the programming tool with the SQL Server 2010 as the database.


Objective:Two cases demonstrate the safety and efficacy of Cannabis use to treat epilepsy and anorexia.
Background: This report uses the "N-of-One" methodology to assess the safety and efficacy of chronic cannabis use. Both cases involve periods off treatment with significant return of symptoms (seizures and weight loss) with hospital records consistent with the hypothesis of the therapeutic effects of cannabis.
Design/Methods: N-of-One trial design over 20 to 40 years of exposure to cannabis.
Results: A 38 year-old male with post-traumatic Nocturnal Frontal Lobe Epilepsy used cannabis for 20 years. When he was unable to access cannabis, recurrent serious seizures requiring ICU care occurred. Following hospitalization, return to use of a buccal cannabis oil preparation (Charlotte9s Web) restored his seizure-free state.
A 50 year old male developed an eating disorder in the third grade. After 2 years on the anabolic steroid (oxandrolone), his weight and appetite improved but the steroid was discontinued due to serious side effects (headaches and liver function abnormalities). In his late teens, he began cannabis use (inhaled) and maintained normal weight. Two episodes (at age 40 and 50) when he was off cannabis resulted in weight losses of 22 pounds (30 days following cannabis) and 12 pounds (10 days following cannabis). Hospital records associated with these episodes failed to discover a diagnosis beyond primary anorexia.
Conclusions: These patients illustrate the potential therapeutic use of cannabis in seizure disorders or anorexia. The route of administration (inhaled or buccal) avoids the first-pass effect associated with pill formulations and presents higher levels of cannabinoids such as cannabidiol (CBD) to the endocannabinoid system in the frontal and insular cortex.
 Study Supported by: Disclosure: Dr. Petro has nothing to disclose.


The objective of this study is to analyze the consequence of risk management for occupational health and safety in small and medium size enterprises (SMEs). There are many processes and tools used in safety management. Most of the processes used to manage safety aim to eliminate or control costs and the exposure of people to harm. The control of risks will enable an organization to operate efficiently and safely. It is suggested that management should identify and control the risks before loss occurs.


Genetic analysis of programmed cell death in Caenorhabditis elegans has led to the identification of 13 genes that constitute a developmental pathway of programmed cell death. Two of the three key genes in this pathway, ced‐9, a cell death suppressor, and ced‐3, a cell death inducer, were found to encode proteins that share structural and functional similarities with the mammalian proto‐oncogene product Bcl‐2 and interleukin‐1β converting enzyme, respectively. These results suggest that the genetic pathway of programmed cell death may be evolutionarily conserved from worms to mammals. © 1996 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.


The editors indicate that these two volumes are a 'complete resource … all that is essential for succeeding in paediatric surgical examinations'. Subsequent to examinations, they can be used as a reference book. The two books are laid out in an identical fashion, each with 84 chapters dividing paediatric and neonatal surgery into conventional sections, largely based on diagnosis.

Most chapters in Volume 1 provide 15–25 multiple choice questions, some more. These are supported by comprehensive answers and explanations, and do not leave the reader feeling that the questions have been left only partially answered. In Volume 2, the same authors return to their subjects, this time in various guises of extended matching questions (5–10 per chapter). Some care has clearly been taken to avoid simply asking the same questions (that appeared in Vol 1) in the same way. As a result, taking both books together, considerable ground is covered in each of the 84 chapters.

These volumes should be approached as a source of vignettes of information rather than question books. In these days of highly crafted national examinations, some of the questions and answers are, at best, ambiguous and some questions could be completed using more than one of the available answers. They would not survive the scrutiny that our current question bank demands.

Nevertheless, the grandiose editorial claim may not be too far from the truth. If the questions and accompanying text are viewed as a series of challenges, stimulating discussion and background reading, then the knowledge essential for succeeding in examinations should be covered. Although sometimes irritatingly disagreeable, the questions and answers are reminiscent of the cut and thrust of the dogmatic (but not invariably correct) senior consultant surgeon's ward round. The work carried out subsequently to either confirm or refute his or her assertions was of immense value in learning the subject and these books will achieve the same objective. This book is recommended to all paediatric surgeons, at any stage of their career.


The study on property degradation of damaged composite laminates is extended to anisotropic laminates with matrix cracking. In Part 1 of the paper, an idea of "stiffness partition" is proposed to deal with the puzzle that the in-plane normal response is coupled with the shear response of the laminates. For (θ m /90 n ), laminates containing transversely cracked layers under general in-plane loading, the constitutive relations are derived and the effective stiffnesses are expressed as the functions of crack density.


Ewing (1987) has proposed a new legal doctrine called 'Psychological Self-Defense,' which is intended to provide a legal justification for a killing committed under the threat of extremely serious psychological injury. This study examines the effect of such an affirmative defense on the verdict in two vignette cases in which a battered woman killed her abuser. One-hundred ninety-six subjects issued verdicts after reading the case vignettes and a series of jury instructions which varied by self-defense instruction (Psychological Self-Defense Only, Physical Self-Defense Only, Psychological and Physical Self-Defense, or none of these). Only Psychological Self-Defense instructions significantly influenced verdict patterns, primarily by shifting would-be voluntary manslaughter convictions to acquittals. Language: en


The patient was a 37-year-old single woman who had been fit until 1945, when she had psychiatric treatment for endogenous depression. She had been otherwise healthy until the beginning of 1957, when occasional periods of confusion began, sometimes accompanied by epileptic seizures. She was seen for the first time in May 1958, when she presented a somewhat infantile and neurotic appearance. No neurologic abnormalities were found, but the electroencephalogram showed sharp waves in the left temporal region. However, roentgenograms of the skull were normal. A diagnosis of psychomotor epilepsy was made at this stage, and she was put on primidone and a phenacemide derivative (Trinuride). Notwithstanding this treatment, periods in which she was confused and reacted automatically continued and became more severe. There was no aura. The seizure began with staring; following this she would slip from her chair, wring her hands, and grimace. Often, her cheeks became red at this time. There was no incontinence or tongue biting, but amnesia and headache lasting for hours might follow the attack. Besides these attacks, she occasionally had a generalized epileptic convulsion. In the middle of 1958, she was admitted to the neurologic ward, where again no neurologic changes could be found. The electroencephalogram showed a focus of dysrhythmia in the left temporal region, in which paroxysms of delta and theta waves 100 to 150 mv in amplitude were present. The pneumoencephalogram and a left angiogram showed no abnormalities, with the exception of slight atrophy of the dorsum sellae. During the one month of clinical observation, no attacks were seen, although medication was discontinued. However, in October, about one month after the patient's discharge from the hospital, her mother reported that some days previously the patient had had a generalized epileptic seizure and subsequently an attack of confusion and abnormal behavior. On examination the same day at home, she was found to be in a dreamy state, unable to recognize one of us though she could answer simple questions. She was readmitted immediately. In the hospital, she remained semicomatose and, at regular intervals, attacks of conjugate deviation of the head and eyes to the right with tonic extension of the right arm were observed. Meanwhile, right flaccid hemiplegia with general aflexia and bilateral plantar responses in extension were found. The electroencephalogram (Dr. W. Storm van Leeuwen) showed paroxysms of slow high-amplitude waves, lasting about half a minute, mostly registered in a temporofrontal region, especially on the left side. They were only occasionally synchronous with a clinical attack. The ground rhythm was irregular (Fig. 1) . On account of the clinical manifestations and the paroxysmal electroencephalographic abnormalities, the patient's condition was diag-


There is no explicit definition of concrete pressure strength f cud because there are no standard principles of defining this strength. This is why it may be difficult to adopt design values for particular classes of concrete in actual engineering practice. Moreover, the experimental investigations in this field are done on different samples for different areas of pressure. Hence, significant discrepancies exist in the propositions by various authors, and even norm values. The stud connector's behaviour depends not only on their bearing and shear resistance. The axial forces may modify importantly the ultimate load bearing capacity. The effect of this action is also given in the paper as a result of research.


The present invention describes the use as herbicides of formula (I) and thiazole-pyridone, in Formula (I), R1, R2, R3 and R4 represent a group such as hydrogen, organic groups such as alkyl groups and other groups such as halogen, nitro and cyano.


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Aim To explore the effects of Apocynum venetum L.Extract (AVE) on focal cerebral ischemia reperfusion injury in rats.Methods In the experiment,rats were randomly divided into five groups:normal control group,model group,positive medicine control group,AVE groups (low dose and high dosage).After oral administration of 5 days,the modified Longa method was applied to establish the models of focal cerebral ischemia reperfusion in rats.The infarct size,neurological deficit scores and moisture content of brain tissue were measured 24 hours after reperfusion.Results Compared with model group,the scores on neurologic impairment,the volume of cerebral infarction,and the moisture content decreased in all the groups administered with different doses of AVE.The effects are not remarkably different from those of positive medicine control group.Conclusion AVE has protective effects on focal cerebral ischemia reperfusion injury in rats.


Purpose. To compare the inner contour of the femoral component of 10 total knee replacement (TKR) designs for possible exchange in use. Methods. Inner contours of the femoral components of 10 cemented, cruciate-retaining TKR designs (e.motion, Genesis, Genia, Innex, LCS, Multigen Plus, NexGen, PFC, Scorpio, Vanguard) were scanned and reconstructed to 2-dimensional contours. Their cross-sections were compared by superimposition and aligning at the distal and anterior cuts. The patellar notch and outer contour were not analysed. Results. The maximum deviation was 5 mm in the posterior and posterior oblique cuts and 10 mm in the anterior oblique cut. Based on similarity of the inner contour, LCS and Innex was classified as group I, e.motion, Genesis, Scorpio, Vanguard, and Multigen Plus as group II, and Genia, NexGen, and PFC as group III. All 2 designs in group I were not compatible with the other 8 designs. Four of the 5 designs in group II showed good compatibility. All 3 designs in group III significantly differed in the posterior and oblique cuts. Conclusion. A standardised inner contour of the femoral component can increase compatibility of different TKR systems in revision surgery and reduces the extent of bone resection.


gratitude to you for every effort you have put forth for our entertainment. I wish to thank you individually and collect ively for what you have done for our comfort and pleasure. My own heart, and the heart of every member of the State Horticultural Society, goes out to you for the many fine things you have done and will do, for us while we are with you. We are indeed grateful that this meeting gives some of the best citizens of Central and South Florida an opportunity to learn more of your splendid section. The ten counties west of the Apalachicola River have an area of 7,619 square miles, more than half as large as Holland, half as large as Switz erland, nearly as large as New Jersey, twice as large as Connecticut, and four times the size of Rhode Island. It is nine-tenths as large as Massachusetts, yet Massachusetts has twenty-one times as many people, and an assessed valuation of more than $6,000,000,000. This shows the po tential possibilities of this part of West Florida. When this wonderfully rich section is developed like those states I have mentioned, Pensacola will be a San Francisco, and Panama City and. Marianna cities of 100,000 people. And why not—with soil and climate second to none, with six of these counties bordering on the Gulf of Mexico, the other four connected with it by navigable rivers, with two of the finest har bors south of Norfolk, and Pensacola bay as beautiful as the bay of Naples, and large enough to accommodate the navies of the world, and with a straight sail to a dozen or more rich countries south of us, with millions of acres of cheap land, and building material enough to build a city as large as Chicago, with a health record as good and death rate as low as any part of the United States, and in the same latitude with the land that the Lord said should flow with milk and honey, with advantages legion and dis advantages nil, this potential empire should not be surpassed by a like area "anywhere on God's footstool.


When a rider slides on virgin surfaces without lubrication, wear of the metals is affected by the shape and size of the test pieces. In this paper, the mechanism of wear, caused by movement of the wear particles is discussed.It is found that some wear particles, transfered from the test piece to the virgin surface come back again to the original surface and there is an equilibrium state in which the mass of the back transfered particles is equal to the wear particles, transfered from the original, surface. This study shows that metal wear W is expressed by the following equation.W=h0pL0∫∫e-k1xdx dywherep: constant pressureL0: sliding distancex: length of test piecey: width of test pieceh0: transfer constantk1: back transfer constant


Menopause is a physiological transition in women, which occurs when a woman's menstrual period ceases around the age of 45 years. It is the result of a gradual and natural transition in a woman's body that usually begins years before the final menstrual period ceases and produces a variety of symptoms called menopausal syndrome. The present study was conducted and designed to assess the efficacy of a polyherbal formulation, Menosan. Twenty-seven women in the age group of 35 to 56 years with symptoms of menopause participated in the trial. An informed consent was obtained from all the 27 women after explaining the nature and safety aspects of the herbal treatment. Twenty-seven women presented with hot flashes, 22 with irritability, 11 with depression, 5 with bone and joint pains, 9 with sweating and 6 with insomnia. Symptoms were graded on a scale from 0 to 4, with 0: asymptomatic, 1: mild symptoms, 2: moderate symptoms, 3: severe symptoms and 4: very severe symptoms. Routine hematological and biochemical investigations were done along with Serum Follicle Stimulating Hormone (S. FSH) and Serum Luteinizing Hormone (S. LH) estimation. All the 27 women were administered Menosan at a dose of 1 tablet twice daily and reviewed monthly for 3 months and at the end of 6 months to determine the effect of the drug and also the side effects, if any. At the end of the treatment, all the investigations were repeated. It was found that the mean S. FSH and S. LH did not show significant change. Depression was relieved in 90%, insomnia in 83.33%, irritability in 50%, weight gain in 50%, bone and joint pains in 40%, sweating in 37.88% and hot flashes in 37.03% of the women. Thus, it was concluded from the clinical trial that Menosan is significantly effective in treating post-menopausal syndrome.


Cryptosporidium parvum and Giardia lamblia are common pathogenic protozoa in water, which pose high risk to drinking water supply. In the present study, detection of C. parvum and G. lamblia was performed by quantitative real-time PCR (RT-PCR). Pairs of PCR primers were evaluated for the detection specificity to pathogenic C. parvum and G. lamblia. The recovery of the RT-PCR detection procedure was examined and high recovery rates (i.e., more than 45% for C. parvum and more than 50% for G. lamblia ) were achieved. The RT-PCR method was used to detect C. parvum and G. lamblia in a secondary water supply. The results indicated the potential application of the quantitative RT- PCR method in detection of C. parvum and G. lamblia in water supply.


The motivation for this study was to understand the complex shear flow associated with the evacuation of inversion layers and the removal of pollution from mountain valleys. An upper level flow across an inversion layer within a mountain valley can create strong wind shear and turbulence at the inversion interface. In our experiments, the inversion layer was forced over the downstream mountain followed by the establishment of a new steady-state equilibrium position for the inversion. The evacuation process was dependent on the onset of a standing wave in the mountain valley and the formation of a vortex on the leeside of the upstream mountain. This phenomenon only occurred at higher flow velocities. Subsequently, the inversion layer was no longer forced over the downstream mountain, but drawn up the leeside of the upstream mountain by the vortex and transported away by the upper level flow. This situation has important implications for airports in mountainous regions, suggesting it may be feasible to predict the onset and time scale of the erosion process. We include comparisons with atmospheric flows.


The characteristics of life history of three strains of Brachionus calycifloru s were compared by means of individual culture method. Specimens were collecte d respectively from Guangzhou, Wuhu and Qingdao, and fed with the algae Scened esmus obliquus at the concentration of 4 0×10 6 cells/ml as the rotifers' f ood, at 30℃. The results show that there are significant difference in producti ve period, post\|productive period, mean lifespan and number of eggs of the thre e strains of Brachionus calyciflorus, but no difference in the pre\|reproduc tive period.Among the three rotifer strains,the intrinsic rate of increase ( r m), finite rate of increase (λ) and net reproduction rate (R o) of Wuhu strain are the largest, a nd those of the Guangzhou strain are the least. The results indicate that the Wu hu strain is the optimal strain for industrial cultivation at 30℃.


Hench(1933) described theameliorating effect of hepatic disease onrheumatoid arthritis. Although jaundice wasthought tobethedetermining factor in these remissions, itwasnotpossible toreproduce the phenomenon byadministration ofbilirubin andbile salts (Hench, 1940), andasatisfactory explanation of itsmechanism hasneverbeenoffered (Hill and Holley, 1966). Thiswasinvestigated inthepresent study using theratadjuvant arthritis (AA)model. Withthehepatotoxin dimethylnitrosamine (DMN), itispossible toproduce anecrotizing hepatitis, which resolves rapidly, resulting inavirtually normal histological appearance inabout2weeks(Barnes and Magee, 1954). Since DMN isconverted bytheaction ofliver enzymes toanalkylating intermediate which, inturn, israpidly inactivated, itfunctions asaselective hepatotoxin (MageeandSwann,1969). Thusa brief butsevere episode ofliver injury maybesuperimposed onAA atvarious points during its induction andcourse.


9503 Background: Gene expression profiling (GEP) has been used to identify specific subgroups of breast carcinomas (BC) that differ with respect to clinical and pathological features, including outcome. We have previously identified an expression pattern of 70 genes, associated with a high risk of developing distant metastases. Recently, we have identified a gene expression profile associated with hypoxia by exposing epithelial cells to hypoxic conditions in vitro. We hypothesized that genes induced by hypoxia may distinguish different (biological) classes of breast cancer and have therefore studied the hypoxia gene expression signature in a series of breast carcinomas. Methods: In a series of 295 patients with stage I and II breast cancer, we have previously obtained the expression profile of 25000 genes using microarray analysis. Based on the hypoxia gene expression profile, we have identified a subgroup of BC showing a "hypoxia-like profile" and a subgroup that did not; and we have compared distant met...


Indonesia is a tropical country where many communities work as farmers by using fertile soil. One of them is soybeans, soybeans can be processed into various foods and beverages, such as tofu, tempe and soybean juice.  There are various methods of soybeans process, so that the quality is also various. Quality is the totality of facilities and characteristics of products or services that meet the needs, expressed or implied (Loh, 2001: 35). One of the most favorite foods of Indonesian people is tofu.


The aim of this paper is to study the Cauchy problem of determining a solution of nonlinear elliptic equations with random discrete data. A study showing that this problem is severely ill posed in the sense of Hadamard, ie, the solution does not depend continuously on the initial data. It is therefore necessary to regularize the in‐stable solution of the problem. First, we use the trigonometric of nonparametric regression associated with the truncation method in order to offer the regularized solution. Then, under some presumption on the true solution, we give errors estimates and convergence rate in L2‐norm. A numerical example is also constructed to illustrate the main results.


Abstract By making use of the quasi-nondivergent approximation, the potential vorticity equation is reduced to an equation in the stream function ψ. Assuming that the motion is of permanent wave type, a first integral of this nonlinear vorticity equation is obtained, which itself is a linear three-dimensional partial differential equation in ψ. This equation has been solved as a boundary-value problem by the method of separation of variables. It is found that the latitudinal-amplitude functions of these waves satisfy a spheroidal-wave equation while the vertical-amplitude functions are given by Bessel and Hankel functions of the argument lp/p0, where l is a parameter depending on both the static stability and the nodal number r. The eigenvalues µmr of these wave solutions are connected with the parameter l2 by a transcendental relation. We have expanded µmr into a power series of l2 and obtained the various coefficients, up to that of the fourth power of l2. The latitudinal- and vertical-amplitude functio...


An audio power output system with shared output blocking capacitor provides reduced cost and volume in multi-channel audio power output systems. A pair of transducers are series-connected in opposite polarity and a common DC blocking capacitor provides the return path to a power supply rail in common with a pair of audio power output stages having output terminals each connected to one of the other terminals of a corresponding transducer. A signal processing block provides a pair of signals to the inputs of the audio power output stages and process the signals to increase the separation of the audio signals at lower frequencies. The frequency-dependent characteristic of the "widening" between the signals reduces the attenuating effect of the shared capacitor and can be matched to the inverse of the narrowing effect. The signal processing block may be an analog network, or digital signal processing algorithm or circuit.


New monocyclic beta-lactam antibiotics, formadicins A, B, C and D, were isolated from the culture filtrate of Flexibacter alginoliquefaciens sp. nov. YK-49 by various types of column chromatography and preparative reverse-phase HPLC. Their structures were determined by spectroscopic analyses and degradation studies. They have a nocardicin-type skeleton and a formylamino group at the 3- or 12-position. Formadicins A and B each have a D-glucuronide moiety and give formadicins C and D, respectively, upon hydrolysis using beta-D-glucuronidase.


Soil respiration is a very important aspect in mass circulation and energy flow through ecosystems;it is the main index of evaluating carbon dioxide change in atmospheres and soil biological activity.This paper determined and analyzed the soil respiration of Hobq sand dune in natural conditions of semi-arid region,the results indicated that 1) the soil respiration rate was related to soil moisture,but it was unrelated to the soil temperature at small time scales in sand dune of semi-arid region.2) The soil respiration rate was related to bacterial population and azotobacter population,but it was unrelated to the epiphyte population and actinomyces population.3) The soil respiration rate was related to vegetation biomass,including aboveground and underground biomass.This conclusion could help to realize the soil respiration and its effect factors in sand dune of semi-arid region,and understand the material cycle and energy flow in terrestrial ecosystem.


This paper elaborates on the results of a qualitative study on heteronormativity and introduces a reflective seminar concept invented and designed for this purpose. The model aims at facilitating s ...


A method for maintaining cold alcoholic drink served pressure (50; 70; 170; 248) comprising a water content, an alcohol content and a content of dissolved gas in a drinking vessel discovered (52; 72; 172; 246 ), said method comprising forming ice (54; 88; 188; 262) into the beverage served pressure once served in the drinking vessel discovered presented said ice cooling effect on the beverage, and said ice formed being in the beverage in the drinking vessel after said beverage served the drinking vessel from water of said water content.


The bilayer Bethe lattice with the Ising spins of the top layer having only ferromagnetic (FM) interactions and the spins of the bottom one having only antiferromagnetic (AFM) interactions were allowed to interact via the interlayer interaction either FM or AFM type. The problem was analyzed by using the exact recursion relations in a pairwise approach for given coordination numbers q = 3, 4 and 6 with equal external magnetic fields acting on the layers. The phase diagrams of the model were obtained on different planes for given system parameters by studying the ground state (GS) phase diagrams and the thermal variations of the order parameters and the response functions, i.e. the susceptibility and the specific heat, in detail. The model with five distinct GS configurations presents only the second‐order phase transition lines, i.e. the lines of the Néel temperatures TN. Two TN's were obtained for q = 6 in the transition regions from the AFM phases to the FM phases at low temperatures, as a result the TN lines show reentrant behavior for q = 6. (© 2009 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)


This study aims to find out the creative solutions of Islamic economics in overcoming the economic obstacles faced by SMEs both short and long term. This research is descriptive analysis with a qualitative approach from secondary data including and literature. The results of this study indicate that the right Islamic economic solution to addressing the economic barriers of SMEs is to provide Islamic finance, strengthen management, and use financial technology (Fintech) features and establish relationships with customers. This research has implications for improving and strengthening sharia-based SMEs.


This artical introduced rigid roof located roof monitoring survey area,the line layout and the content and methods of monitoring.According to monitoring data produced pressure distribution patterns,direct top and the old top to pressure to step away from pressure and the former well of the working-face.located roof for the future management and the same geological conditions favorable for the exploitation of coal bed basis.


In wireless sensor network reliability and traffic overhead is an important issue. To improve the reliability we must, transmit the data in multiple paths from source node to sink node. Source node is a node which collects data through its sensing devices, finds neighbor node s and sends message to them; all intermediate nodes, which relay the data through multi -hop communication, have the same configuration as the source nodes. Sink node is a special, single node serving as the target, the message receiver. If we transmit the same data in different path then the network become over loaded. So it is necessary to use data splitting technique in multipath routing protocol. Again if we transmit the data in those paths which are unable to reach to the destination successfully then i t is necessary to retransmit the data. So for preventing retransmission or data failing on the network we use such an algorithm to select the multiple paths which are successfully transmitting data from source to sink node. We use energy efficient double r outing tree construction algorithm to select the active path for sending data from source to sink with guarantee. First we determine the number of path in the sensor network. To determine the number of path we use the double routing tree construction algorithm. Then we determine the number of node of each path. Then we split the data packet according to the ratio of number of nodes. The path which contains minimum number of nodes we transmit maximum number of data packet in that way. As first we determine t he number of reliable path


In Switzerland, the mean annual temperature has increased by approximatively 2°C since 1864, for the most part in the last 40 years, and the temperature is expected to keep increasing. The warming of water and the changes in the flow regime are very likely to affect freshwater ecosystems. Rivers and streams of Switzerland suffer multiple anthropogenic pressures that impact their physicochemical and morphological properties. This results in a significant proportion of running waters showing a poor biological state, and climate change imposes an additional stress to biodiversity, increasing the species extinction risk. So far, no study has formally predicted (i.e. through predictive models) the potential impacts of climate change on Swiss river and stream biodiversity. Despite all the uncertainties inherent to any modelization process in ecology, this thesis aims at filling this gap using niche-based models, and at offering a countrywide insight into the running water biodiversity in the face of climate change. More generally, it informs about the main drivers of stream biodiversity of temperate mountainous regions that are impacted by human activity, and provides insights into the relative importance of the climate change threat for running water ecosystems.


Belle data on γγ → ηππ are refitted using a broad J = 0 peaking in the mass range 2250-2300 and X(1835), but without η(1760). There is the possibility that the broad 0 signal may be identified with the 0 glueball predicted originally by Morningstar and Peardon. The X(1835) is confirmed to have a resonant phase variation. PACS numbers: 14.40.Be, 14.40.Df, 12.39.Mk


Barrie Bloom is a long time member of IBRA who has kept bees for many years. He currently has hives in an apiary situated at Guisborough to the south of the river Tees and on the northern edge of the North York Moors in north east England, about 12 kilometres from the North Sea. Latitude: N54:31:47 Longitude: W1:03:56, 103 metres above sea level.


With rapid development of the wireless sensor network, its security problem becomes more and more important. In sensor network many applications(such as military target examination and track and etc),how to prevent the illegal user from invading to gua- rantee network running safely is need to solve urgently. Therefore, a sort of user authentication schedule based on the wireless sensor network security is proposed, and its security and the cost are analyzed. From it, this schedule has certain feasibility.


Optimum-performance laminar chromatography (previously known as overpressured-layer chromatography; OPLC) exploits the advantages of the optimum laminar flow of mobile phase obtained by use of pump to introduce the mobile phase to the adsorbent layer in an automated, microprocessor-controlled separation system. The optimized flow profile in OPLC is the basis of the efficiency of this new technique. The attractiveness of OPLC is particularly apparent from the width of the separation surface (large number of samples). OPLC has enabled improvement of the velocity profile with a decrease in eddy diffusion. OPLC can be used for efficient separation of formaldehyde (HCHO) and some betaines, potential HCHO generators, in macroscopic fungi. Endogenous HCHO is determined, after conversion to formaldemethone, and characterized from proton magnetic resonance spectroscopic (1H NMR) and electron-impact mass spectro-metric (EIMS) data. The results show that macroscopic fungi contain moderate levels of HCHO compared with, for example, the leaves of certain higher plant species. Among the betaines, l-carni-tine and glycinebetaine were identified by matrix-assisted laser-desorption ionization mass spectrometry (MALDI MS), 1H NMR spectroscopy, and OPLC. Data prove that automated OPLC, a new separation technique, is suitable for efficient separation of natural substances from a large number of samples in one separation; it is, therefore, a prospective complementary methodological direction among separation techniques.


This study was designed to improve phenolic yield using ultrasound assisted extraction from leaves of Polyalthia longifolia used for medicinal applications. The extraction of polyphenols was performed using probe type and bath type ultrasound sources to obtain maximum efficiency by optimizing the condition of extraction process like, type of solvent, powdered leaf to solvent ratio, extraction time etc. The results have showed better yield for an extraction time of 60 minutes using ultrasound bath with 50% methanol solvent and 1:25 powdered leaf to solvent ratio. Ultrasound assisted extraction yielded total polyphenols of 2756.86 (probe type) and 2954.36 (bath type) mg GAE/100 g of dry leaves whereas, in conventional method it was 2021.31 mg GAE/ 100 g of dry leaves. Also, the DPPH, FRAP and ABTS radical scavenging activity was measured to be 92.63, 86.99 and 92.18 % (probe type) and 95.76, 88.98 and 95.76% (bath type) from the optimized samples. Total flavonoid content obtained was 260.52 (bath type) and 189.66 (probe type) mg/100g of dry leaves. Therefore, it could be concluded that ultrasound assisted extraction process using methanol solvent showed highest polyphenolic yield and maximum antioxidant capacity when compared to conventional extraction process.


Contents * Foreword * Preface * Acknowledgments * Chapter 1. The Nature of Pastoral Care of Children * What It Means * What It Looks Like * What Is Unique * Who May Do It * Pastoral Care and Human Development * Chapter 2. Getting Beyond the Greeting * Challenges Facing the Pastoral Visitor * Visiting Young Children * Visiting Adolescents * Visiting with the Parents * Family Satisfaction with Pastoral Visits * Pastoral Identity * Chapter 3. Pastoral Issues in Acute Care Settings * Fear * Guilty Feelings * Anger * Visiting in Acute Care Settings * Chapter 4. Pastoral Issues in Chronic Care * Spiritual Friendship * Dynamics of Depression and Grief * Making Decisions * Caring for Children with Severe Chronic Conditions * Chapter 5. Pastoral Care and Mental Health Issues * Cognitive Therapy * Depression * Eating Disorders * Identity and Self-Esteem Issues * Confidentiality Issues * Chapter 6. A Theological Reflection * Responses to the Nature of Suffering * Chapter 7. Using Prayer and Rituals with Children * Baptism of Children * Naming Ceremonies * Anoiting Children with Oil * Funerals and Children * Annotated Bibliography * Narratives About Illness * Prayer and Rituals with Children * Children and God * Death and Dying * Pastoral Care * Theological Reflection * Index


Solid core of salt mine is classified and treated with special method to be produced into leak-free and permeation-free geometrical body.Under the temperature simulated to that of the stratum,different methods are applied to inject water,extract brine and analyze ion change in brine.Reasonable brine extraction method is found for modeling in caverns in different period time in a view to learn the cavern modeling change.


The representation learning of knowledge graph aims to represent the semantic information of entities and relations as dense low-dimensional real-valued vectors and map them to the same low-dimensional space. Existing methods often focus on the single-modal information of the text and ignore the information of the image modality, resulting in the ineffective use of entity feature information in the image. And there is entity-related descriptive information in most knowledge graphs, which are not well used in current multimodal knowledge representation learning methods. In this regard, a multimodal knowledge representation learning method combining description information is proposed. This method combines multimodal (image, text) data to construct a knowledge representation learning model and combines its corresponding brief description information to improve the representation effect of multimodal data. Experimental results show that the method performs well on triple classification and link prediction tasks on the constructed WI-D dataset.


Education of a therapist should prepare a graduate to engage with a client not only through therapeutic alliance and techniques, but in real relationships, person to person, in ways that support the client's goals. This article presents a view of education as dialogical engagement—the action of turning, facing, and being present to both self and other. It is rooted in Martin Buber's I and Thou in the existential Contextual Therapy paradigm, and engaged in a way that becomes formative for the trainee, with positive carryover to the therapy room. Findings from a pilot focus-group study of a marriage and family therapy class conducted as dialogical engagement resulted in core themes of external structure, process of engagement, internal formation, and outcomes.


To assess coverage of repeat HIV testing among women who delivered in a Zambian hospital. HIV testing of pregnant women and repeat testing every 3 months during pregnancy and breastfeeding is the recommended policy in areas of high HIV prevalence.


The essence of divan poetry (classical Ottoman poetry) is language. The divan poet chose words carefully, gave importance to words of color, and expressed his emotions, dreams and thoughts in a bright and colorful way by imbuing colors with a symbolical meaning. In the aesthetics of divan poetry one of the most commonly used colors by the divan poet is black. The divan poet made large use of the black color and its associations in his descriptions of nature and humanity. This study handles Baki's Divan in terms of the use of the black color and aims to explore its major characteristics.  Doc. Dr., Mustafa Kemal Universitesi, Eski Turk Edebiyati Ana Bilim Dali, firstname.lastname@example.com Bâki Divani'nda Siyah Renkli Unsurlar 1315 Turkish Studies International Periodical For the Languages, Literature and History of Turkish or Turkic Volume 4/8 Fall 2009


The portion of the alimentary canal in which the final processes of normal digestion occur, and in which almost all the digested food is absorbed, is the small intestine. At the lower end of this long tube is the large intestine, serving as a reservoir to receive, store and periodically discharge the accumulation of waste. Mixed with the waste received in the large intestine is a slight amount of food which has hitherto escaped absorption; and if the diet has contained much vegetable substance, a good deal of cellulose may also be present. Throughout the small intestine the contents are maintained in a semifluid state—a state favorable to the energetic chemical processes which the food there undergoes, and favorable also to ease of movement through the canal and to readiness of absorption. The material delivered to the colon is still semifluid. In the cecum and ascending colon the stagnant


The purpose of this research is (1) to know the leading agricultural commodity in Sragen regency in 2011-2013 (2) to know agriculture commodity which can be prioritized to be developed in Sragen regency in 2011-2013 (3) information on growth rate of agricultural commodity in Sragen regency 2011-2013. The analysis tools used in this research are Location Quetient (LQ) and Theil Entropy analysis.
From the analysis results can be concluded from the results of LQ analysis explains from 15 agricultural commodities in Sragen 8 sectors identified as superior products in the field of agriculture in the regional (Central Java), among other Rice, Melon, Citrus, Mango, Watermelon, Peanut, , and Chilli.
Based on the Geographic Information System (GIS) approach model shows the classification generated by GIS analysis based on the contribution of agriculture production, to determine the agricultural product map in Sragen regency based on the subdistrict, can be grouped with map, then explained with table to deepen the intention contained in the map, there are areas in the gemolong and tanon, peanuts in the area plupuh, tanon, jenar and kalijambe, breadfruit is Kalijambe area, plupuh, sidoharjo, tangent, tiger and gondang, chilli is in the source of the source, sidoharjo and masaran. mangoes are in the area of gemolong, mondokan, tangen, jenar, sragen, gondang and kedawung, melon there are gemolong area, sidoharjo and gesi, watermelon in miri and orange area of miri and kalijambe.


This paper considers agreement problems of networks of discrete-time agents with mixed dynamics and arbitrary bounded time delays, and networks consist of first-order agents and second-order agents. By using the properties of nonnegative matrices and model transformations, we derive sufficient conditions for stationary agreement of networks with bounded time delays. It is shown that stationary agreement can be achieved with arbitrary bounded time delays, if and only if fixed topology has a spanning tree and the union of the dynamically changing topologies has a spanning tree. Simulation results are also given to demonstrate the effectiveness of our theoretical results.


Tusi system is a management system that the feudal dynasties carried out in ethnic regions of southwest and northwest in China during the Yuan Ming and early Qing dynasties,which developed from "Ji-mi Policy" of past dynasties.In Chongqing ethnic regions,historical tusi includes Ma tusi in Shizhu,Ran tusi in Youyang,four Yangs tusi in Pingcha,Yimei,Shiye and Diba of Xiushan.Tusi systems of Chongqing include seven aspects,they are title system,inheritance system,promotion system,punishment system,tribute system,soldier system and education system.Exploring the tusi system of Chongqing ethnic regions during historical periods is useful for specialists and scholars to further study the tusi system in Yuan Ming and Qing dynasties in China.


l l i l a s p o r t a l EVEN BEFORE THE 2006 PRESIDENTIAL ELECtion dissolved into a nasty street battle, it was widely perceived as strongly polarized. The two leading candidates, Felipe Calderón of the conservative National Action Party (PAN) and Andrés Manuel López Obrador of the left-wing Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD), staked out starkly different positions on key economic issues. Calderón promised continuity with free-market reforms, focusing on investment as the engine of growth. López Obrador argued that the neoliberal strategy would benefit only a few, and he promised to alleviate poverty through state spending on infrastructure and social welfare. Unlike in prior presidential elections where the PAN and PRD candidates downplayed their differences to challenge the dominant PRI with broad pro-democracy appeals, in this first post-transition election, the candidates made their differences clear. The dust usually settles and even the most polarized campaigns typically yield to institutionalized opposition after Election Day. But in this case, the razor-thin margin of victory for Calderón at just 0.57% cast doubt on the outcome and led to increasing polarization. López Obrador rejected the official results, escalated his confrontation with the state well beyond what most had expected—from marches and blockades of major streets, to efforts to paralyze the Congress and plans to establish a parallel government—and he easily secured the loyal support of top PRD leaders and the active participation of hundreds of thousands of Mexican citizens. Faced with crowds in the capital, flaring tempers, and statements like "to hell with the institutions," some commentators rang the alarm bell. Was the hard-fought campaign the tip of an iceberg that runs cold and deep between polarized camps in society? Could Mexico's democratic train be running off the rails, guiding it not toward the station of stable institutions found in the United States and Western Europe but toward the wreckage of instability found in other Latin American nations? We suggest a more optimistic reading. Although ideological polarization goes well beyond the polemical campaigns of the presidential candidates and extends to the PAN and PRD's congressional candidates, it does not extend to the voters. The voters were in fact surprisingly immune to campaigns that attempted to draw them into partisan battles, and in the post-electoral period their influence may put the brakes on political conflict. If party elites pay attention to the issue mandates given by their supporters, then they will find ways to avoid legislative gridlock in the 2006–2009 Congress. Our analysis is based on two unique surveys that give us an extraordinary view of both elite and mass opinion. The first is the Mexico 2006 Candidate and Party Leader Survey of congressional candidates for plurality district races that we conducted in the three weeks leading up to the election.2 The PAN and PRD generously furnished us with contact information for their candidates, without which we could not have accomplished the study. Unfortunately, the PRI refused to participate. However, prior work shows that although the PRI has a wide range of internal opinion at the elite level, it is relatively centrist in THE REPRESENTATIONAL FAULT LINE: CANDIDATES AND VOTERS IN MEXICO'S 2006 ELECTIONS


Background Diabetic retinopathy and clinically significant macular edema are largely responsible for the irreversible, debilitating visual impairment. There is evidence suggesting that some of the diabetes-related visual abnormalities are due to neurodegeneration. Use of objective tests for early detection of retinal dysfunction of sight-threatening diabetic retinopathy would be of great value. Aim The aim was to study the functional improvements of macular functions after treatments with intravitreal injection of ranibizumab as detected with central visual field and multifocal electroretinogram (mfERG). Settings and design A prospective cohort interventional study that included 30 eyes of 30 patients. Materials and methods Prospective cohort interventional study including 30 eyes of 30 patients with nonproliferative diabetic retinopathy with diabetic macular edema who were treated with three doses of intravitreal injection of ranibizumab and then performed optical coherence tomography, Central visual field, and mfERG, to assess macular function as detected with visual acuity measuring by LogMAR acuity testing, central visual field and mfERG. Statistical analysis Parametric data were analyzed with analysis of variance and whenever appropriate with Student's t-test. Nonparametric data were analyzed with χ2 and/or Mann–Whitney tests. Statistical significance was considered at 95% confidence interval. All P values less than 0.05 was considered statistically significant. Results After treatment, visual acuity (VA) of 25 eyes improved, whereas five eyes showed stabilization of VA with the same central foveal thickness (CFT). All measurements of the CFT were decreased. The authors could find significant decreases in the average CFT from baseline (376.16 ± 66.23 months) to 261.58 ± 37.55 months at 3 months. Conclusion VA correlates closely with CFT and P1 amplitude in the central ring of the mf-ERG, where P1 amplitude shows higher sensitivity than with CFT based on optical coherence tomography.


During April 2000 and June 2001,the eating organ of Ophiocephalus argus Cantor, Silurus asotus Linn and Pelteobagrus fulvidraco Rich were dissected.Their oral teeth,throat grinding and gill raker were compared and their feeding characters were analyzed.


The deformation behaviors of rubber under macroscopically uniform tension, and of a plane-strain rubber unit cell containing cylindrical carbon black were investigated by computational simulation with the nonaffine molecular-chain network model. The results revealed the mechanisms of the enhancement of deformation resistance and hysteresis loss, i.e., Mullins effect, occurring in stress-stretch curves under cyclic deformation processes. The increase of volume fraction and of the heterogeneity of the distribution of carbon black substantially raises the resistance to deformation and hysteresis loss. The concentration of deformations and orientation hardening in the rubber phase are responsible for these characteristic behaviors.


We build a distributed active measurement infrastructure to uncover the internals of the YouTube video delivery system. We deduce the key design features behind the YouTube video delivery system by collecting and analyzing a large amount of video playback logs, DNS mappings and latency data and by performing additional measurements to verify the findings. We find that the design of the YouTube video delivery system consists of three major components: a "flat" video id space, multiple DNS namespaces reflecting a multilayered logical organization of video servers, and a 3-tier physical cache hierarchy. Further, YouTube employs a set of sophisticated mechanisms to handle video delivery dynamics such as cache misses and load sharing among its globally distributed cache locations and datacenters.


The problem of optimization of operating load parameters of ammonia synthesis unit was solved in the paper in the context of general problem of the need for improving the energy efficiency of domestic largecapacity units of AM1360 series. The nature of changes in basic operation parameters of the synthesis unit, in particular changes in concentration of inert gases in the cycle, was analyzed allowing to establish a reserve of reduction of variable items of energy expenditures (consumption of natural gas, water and electricity) as objective optimization function which depends on the purge gas consumption. The parametric sensitivity of load vectors of purge gas and fresh hydronitric mixture to the vector of condensing temperature was studied by the method of mathematical modeling. This allowed concluding on the possibility of minimizing the objective function under the constraints typical for industrial operating conditions by the gradientless method, using the algorithm of onedimensional seeking of function extreme in the plane of inert gases only. The indicators of energy consumption in case of deviation of inert gases concentration from the optimal level were quantitatively determined. The presented method of developing the mathematical model and optimization algorithm can be adapted to industrial environment for various series of units, taking into account the features of technological design of the systems of compression, condensation, as well as utilization of purge and tank gases.


The oral route of drug administration is the most important method for administering drugs for systemic effects. Except in certain cases the parenteral route is not routinely used for self administration, e.g. insulin. The topical route of administration has only recently been employed to deliver drugs to the body for systemic effects. The parenteral route of administration is important in treating medical emergencies in which the subject is comatose or cannot swallow. Nevertheless it is probable that at least 90% of all drugs used to provide systemic effects are administered by the oral route. When a new drug is discovered one of the first questions, a pharmaceutical company asks is whether or not the drug can be effectively administered forits intended effect by the oral route. Of drugs that are administered orally, solid oral dosage forms represent the preferred class of products. Tablets and capsules represent unit dosage forms in which usual dose of a drug has been accurately placed. The oro dispersible Tablets (ODT's) of Diltiazem hydrochloride were prepared by Direct compression method using various super disintegrants. Formulation F8 containing 10%w/v concentration of Cros Povidone with appropriate amount of other excipients were considered to be the optimized formulation with the desired drug release. The oro dispersible Tablet formulation of Diltiazem hydrochloride provides instant relief for migraine sufferers and helps them to resume their normal function as soon as possible. All formulation were found to have homogenic drug distribution with excellent content uniformity. F8 batch contains 10% CP was optimized. Comparative drug release study revealed that the formulated Oro dispersible tablets [ODT's] release drug more rapidly than the marketed sample. The results of stability studies revealed that the formulation F8 showed no significant variations in all the parameters and was stable for a period of 3 months. The optimized formulation F8 was found to follow First order kinetics, which was revealed by the linearity shown from the plot of logarithm of drug remaining to be released versus time.


∗Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, email@example.com. Supported in part by the Director, Office of Computational and Technology Research, Division of Mathematical, Information, and Computational Sciences of the U.S. Department of Energy, under contract number DE-AC02-05CH11231. †Laureate Professor and Director Centre for Computer Assisted Research Mathematics and its Applications (CARMA), University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW 2308, Australia. Distinguished Professor, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah 80200, Saudi Arabia. Email: email@example.com.


The rate of dissociation of the rectangular N4 − ion into two diatomic molecules has been calculated in the ionic KN3 lattice assuming the initial step is the transfer of three lattice phonons to the internal vibrational states of the molecule causing an internal vibrational excitation of the N4 −. The rate of dissociation of the molecule is then calculated using a stochastic random walk approach which enables a determination of the mean time for the molecule to be vibrationally excited to the dissociative state. The results are in order of magnitude agreement with the measured reaction rates at a number of temperatures suggesting the possible role of phonon relaxation processes in unimolecular chemical reactions in the bulk solid state.


BACKGROUND
Colorectal cancer is an important disease in the Australian community. Whilst there has been much discussion about the appropriate management of local disease, particularly with respect to the issue of adjuvant therapy, there has been relatively little local discussion of treatment options in metastatic colorectal cancer.

METHODS
The critical principles underlying treatment in this setting are briefly outlined in the present article, indicating wherever possible what options could be considered standard, and based on the available literature, which approaches must still be considered experimental at this time.

RESULTS
Overall, the results of treatment in this group of patients remain poor.

CONCLUSION
Further clinical trials are required to address the issues affecting patients with metastatic colorectal cancer.


This article gives an overview of an information system which supports the standard operation processes of a local issuing office including data maintenance of EIC (Energy Identification Coding) objects and data synchronization with the central issuing office. Although well-defined, EIC regulations are subject to change. Special attention will be given to recent changes in EIC model definition, local issuing office responsibilities and data exchange workflow as well as their impact on existing information systems. The first part of the article describes business processes according to the Energy identification coding scheme (EIC) reference manual with a description of recent regulation changes. This description will include object types which are uniquely identified using the Energy identification coding scheme (EIC), issuing a new EIC codes workflow and the data synchronization process with the Central Issuing Office (CIO). In addition to the implementation guide, the process of providing data to other systems will also be described, thus showing the importance of stored information for other business processes. Ivan Fućek, Boris Golub, Đordana Miličić, Nela Bilčar Information System Supporting Local EIC Issuing Office 122 The second part of the article gives an overview of the information system architecture as well as its integration with other systems. The information system for the local issuing office architecture is described through all the layers -starting from the data layer, then the layer of business logic implemented using the Java platform and data display layer implemented using modern JavaScript frameworks on a Java Enterprise Edition containers. The information exchange with the Central Issuing office in the process of synchronization through the Enterprise Service Bus platform is described, together with the integration with other information systems. More details about the modular structure of the information system will be given, with stress on achieving high availability of the information system, as well as different options available when deciding which system components are used to implement on and run the information system.


The features of the structure of single crystals LiNbO3:B3+ (0.12 and 0.18 wt %) grown by the Czochralski method from the mixture of different genesis were studied. It was found that boron is able to incorporate into the crystal structure of lithium niobate in a trace amounts (~ 10–4–10–5 wt %), decreasing the concentration of structural defects NbLi. Thus, ordering of structural units of the cation sublattice of lithium niobate crystals grown from a congruent composition melt approach in that of stoichiometric crystals.


The Hungarian public considers Sándor Kőrösi Csoma to be the father of Tibetan studies, and sees him as an example who has inspired countless Hungarians on the path of Oriental research. At the same time, hundreds of our compatriots visit the tomb of the Hungarian role model of perseverance, dedication and Oriental research in Darjeeling, India. Sándor Kőrösi Csoma "attracted" numerous prominent Hungarian personalities to the subcontinent, many of whom made a lasting impression in the region. The names of many of our compatriots who once performed remarkably in South Asia have been forgotten or are completely unknown to the public, even though many scientists, artists, travelers and businessmen have visited and lived in the subcontinent, creating a bridge between Hungary and the South Asian countries. In order to recall their memory and nurture their intellectual legacy, the Center for Asia at the University of Pécs, together with the Modern Geographical Foundation, applied to the National Cultural Fund, requesting the financial background of a memorial conference. A selection of peer-reviewed, edited articles from the conference lectures is published in the current thematic issue of Modern Geográfia.


Objective: To explore the clinical value of carotid artery stent implantation (CAS) and carotid endarterectomy (CEA) in the treatment of patients with severe internal carotid artery stenosis. Methods: 88 patients with severe carotid artery stenosis who underwent CAS and CEA in the First People's Hospital of Changde City (hereafter referred as "our hospital") from January 2018 to December 2020 were selected as the research objects and divided into CAS group (n = 43) and CEA group (n = 45). To understand the clinical application value and feasibility of the two surgical schemes by comparing the general situation, cerebral blood flow, MMSE scale, MOCA scale score and serum miR-145, IGF1R levels of the two surgical schemes. Conclusions: CAS and CEA in the treatment of patients with severe internal carotid artery stenosis, have good curative effect, can effectively improve the patient's cerebral blood flow, regulate serum miR-145, IGF1R levels, promote the recovery of cognitive function, but relatively speaking, the incidence of stroke and hypotension after CAS is higher, and the incidence of hypertension after CEA is higher.


Abstract Petrosia pulitzeri n. sp. (Demospongiae, Petrosiidae) is described from three specimens collected from totally submerged marine caves from the Island of Crete and the Gulf of Naples. They are massive or encrusting, white or yellowish in conditions of reduced light, and stony hard in consistency. They show a skeleton formed by stout tracts of closely packed spicules (mostly strongyles) with a peripheral mesh condensation. The new species is close to Petrosia ficiformis, but shows spicular and skeletal differences.


Film as one of the mass media device is considered able to meet the needs of the community will be entertainment. According to Sumarno, the film is a work of art born of a creativity of people involved in the process of creation. The film explores what humans have done for a long time, telling the story of life. Messages delivered in a film can be affectionate, or cause effects with a specific purpose. Not to mention the Three Billboard Outside Ebbing, Missouri by Martin McDonagh is a black comedy genre. The film tells the life side of Mildred Hayes who became the mother of the murder victim. In this film humanity discloses side by side with sarcastic comedies. From these problems, the researchers make a problem formulation is how big the frequency of occurrence of humanitarian messages in the film Three Billboard Outside Ebbing, Missouri ?.
 In the literature review, researchers present the concept of film and humanity. In Askurifai Baksin (2003: 2), the messages in the film materialize in the stories and missions that the film brings in the form of drama, action, comedy, and horror. The message by the director corresponds to their respective tendencies for different purposes. Humanity according to Soemasdi (1992: 66) are qualities and circumstances that are in accordance with human nature. The nature of man is a creature of God, where as God's creatures, human beings composed of the elements of body and soul, given the freedom as a private and social beings are more endowed with creativity, taste and intention.
This research uses descriptive quantitative content analysis using 3 (three) ketegorisasi namely: Love (Love), Kindness (Kaikan Hati), and sociall intelligence (social intelligence). The unit of analysis in this study is the whole scene contained in the film Three Billboard Outside Ebbing, Missouri, with the unit of time duration of each scene to know the frequency of occurrence in each categorization contained in the film. While in technical data analysis is done with pengkodingan assisted by two coders. Results from pengkodingan, then do the calculation and reliability test using the formula Holsty and test reliability with the formula of Scott Pi.
Based on the research that has been done, it can be concluded that the portrayal of humanitarian messages in Martin McDonagh's Three Billboard Outside Ebbing, Missouri has had the appearance of 47 scenes (78.08%) out of a total of 73 scenes in Three Billboard Outside Ebbing, Missouri. The most dominant duration of humanitarian message depiction is the kindness category of 29 scenes with a percentage of 27.66% out of a total of 73 scenes in the Three Billboard Outside Ebbing, Missouri movie. Sub category of concern with indicator (B2) has the most dominant duration that is as much as 19 scenes (40,43%) from total 47 emergence of humanity message portrayal.
Based on the research that has been done, it can be concluded that the portrayal of humanitarian messages in Martin McDonagh's Three Billboard Outside Ebbing, Missouri has had the appearance of 47 scenes (78.08%) out of a total of 73 scenes in Three Billboard Outside Ebbing, Missouri. The most dominant duration of humanitarian message depiction is the kindness category of 29 scenes with a percentage of 27.66% out of a total of 73 scenes in the Three Billboard Outside Ebbing, Missouri movie. Sub category of concern with indicator (B2) has the most dominant duration that is as much as 19 scenes (40,43%) from total 47 emergence of humanity message portrayal.
The results of the indicator, the depiction of a humanitarian message in the movie Three Billboard Outside Ebbing, Missouri shows that the film shows humanity exploring concern in practice. Just like heeding, paying attention, or ignoring the circumstances around.


A rigourous model of the fully elliptic flow over the blade-to-blade stream surface in an annular aerofoil cascade is developed. The model accuracy stems from its precise simulation of the meriodional hub-to-casing flow effects, including those of the shear stress components that are created by the spanwise velocity gradients. These stresses are unprecedentedly introduced in the flow-governing equations in the form of source terms and are modelled as such


Oxygenic photosynthesis does not make the rise of oxygen inevitable. What is required is that reductant and oxygen be separated and permanently segregated. The usual picture for Earth is that oxygenic photosynthesis split CO2 into carbon and oxygen, with the carbon buried in sediments and the oxygen mostly taken up by oxides of iron and sulfur. The relatively small atmospheric reservoir of O2 is regulated by the carbon burial rate, reaction with volcanic and metamorphic gases, and oxidation of reduced carbon released as old sediments weather. Absent from this picture is a distinction between the Archean and modern times: on average, carbon burial fluxes would have been matched by oxygen losses then as now. Separation of reductant from oxidant is only provisional. No net oxidation of the continents occurs, and so no change of diagenetic, metamorphic, or volcanic gases is expected. Nor would any change in oxidative weathering be expected. Something more than carbon burial is required to make the Archean different. The escape of hydrogen to space permanently separates the reductant from the oxidant. Hydrogen escape is widely believed to have led to the present highly oxidized states of Mars and Venus. Hydrogen escape has usually been thought small for Archaean Earth, because water vapor is cold-trapped at the troposphere and thus held to levels of a few ppmv in the stratosphere. This cold trapping renders hydrogen escape negligible. However, methane is not cold trapped, and its expected abundance in the Archaean, given low oxygen levels and a biogenic source, would have been high, probably more than 100 times present. At such levels methane would have driven geologically significant levels of hydrogen escape. Additional information is contained in the original extended abstract.


ABSTRACT In the wake of recent high-profile lethal force incidents in the United States, police agencies have felt pressure to mandate that officers wear cameras to video record encounters with citizens. In this article, we examine how organisational characteristics influence the adoption of body-worn camera (BWC) technology in American police agencies. Using data from the 2013 Law Enforcement Management and Administrative Survey (LEMAS), we conduct logistic regression analysis to examine how various organisational variables influence whether agencies use BWCs. We analyse responses from 823 agencies. Our results suggest that departments that utilise more technology are more likely to adopt further innovations, such as BWCs. Conversely, we find that agencies with large operating budgets and agencies represented by collective bargaining units are less likely to report utilising BWCs. Agencies with more bargaining power have more leverage to resist pressures to use technology which might limit police discretion.


The induction of tumor‐associated carbohydrate antigen results from altered glycosylation in transformed cells. Globo H is a hexasaccharide glycosphingolipid overexpressed on malignancies of epithelial origin and has become an attractive vaccine target. We aimed to investigate the expression patterns and prognostic value of Globo H in thyroid neoplasms.


Compared with European Union,China's regional differences are sharper either in terms of scope or degree.Meanwhile,China is currently in a period of economic transformation,which makes it even harder to narrow down the regional differences.The implementation of European Union 'regional policy is no doubt a success,which provides useful experience and is worth studying and using for reference.This article starts from this point of view and aims at studying,instituting and implementing regional economic policy in order to facilitate the economic development of backward area and problem-stricken area.


SummaryTwo patients with distally obstructed ventriculo-peritoneal shunts were successfully treated by laparoscopic intervention. A 72-year-old woman with normal pressure hydrocephalus and a 24-year-old woman with aqueductal stenosis became symptomatic because of distal obstructions of previously placed ventriculo-peritoneal shunts. Laparoscopic intervention enabled the efficient revision of the distal cannulae in both cases with prompt clinical improvement.


Academics, consultants and publishers are pouring out information, both online and hard-copy on knowledge management
(KM). Only an experienced KM practitioner is able to sift fads from the applicable and transform that information into
action. KM is essentially about managing people's activity focused on improving organisational or network community of
practice (CoP) knowledge sharing mechanisms and practices. This article introduces KM and describes how it is being
introduced to WELL partners through the Learn@WELL KM module. The article provides the rationale for the module
and describes the main activities within the module. An example of a KM plan is presented and a KM Do It Yourself kit
(KM DIY kit) for NGOs is synthesised based upon our experience with the module thus far.


Preface 1. Introduction 2. Previous developmental theory and research 3. A developmental model of self-understanding 4. The self-understanding interview and scoring procedures 5. Understanding the self-as-object 6. Understanding the self-as-subject 7. Self-understanding and adolescent mental health with Mira Zamansky Levitt 8. Self-understanding in a Puerto Rican fishing village with Nadia Lucca 9. Self-understanding and social cognition References Indexes.


A system to distribute synchronization signals via geostationary satellite has been developed. This system uses a satellite in geostationary orbit without the need for dedicated bandwidth. A prototype has been developed using SDR-technique to validate part of the system. Preliminary measurements were carried out at Telespazio Fucino Space Centre through the Eutelsat 33E satellite. Results show a wander no larger than 100ns peak-to-peak.


We have conducted a detailed analysis of costs associated with today's technology for CO 2 separation and capture at three types of power plants: integrated coal gasification combined cycles (IGCC), pulverized coal-fired simple cycles (PC), and natural gas-fired combined cycles (NGCC). The analysis was based on studies from the literature that analyzed the economics of capturing CO 2 emitted at power plants. In this paper, we present a composite cost model and perform a sensitivity analysis to identify the cost-drivers for capture. We conclude that with new developments, CO 2 capture and sequestration can become a cost-effective mitigation pathway. INTRODUCTION Fossil fuels currently supply over 85% of the world's energy needs and will remain in abundant supply well into the 21st century. They have been a major contributor to the high standard of living enjoyed by the industrialized world. However, their future is clouded because of the environmental and economic threat posed by possible climate change, commonly referred to as the " greenhouse effect ". The major greenhouse gas is carbon dioxide (CO 2) and the major source of anthropogenic CO 2 is the combustion of fossil fuels. If we can develop technology to capture and sequester the fossil fuel CO 2 in a cost-effective and environmentally sound manner, we will be able to enjoy the benefits of fossil fuel use throughout the next century.


The codewords of weight 10 of the [42, 21, 10] extended binary quadratic residue code are shown to hold a design of parameters 3 − ( 42 , 10 , 18 ) . Its automorphism group is isomorphic to P S L ( 2 , 41 ) . Its existence can be explained neither by a transitivity argument, nor by the Assmus–Mattson theorem.


Is it any use to compare two nations such as Spain and Italy? Why not extend it to other nations? Or, conversely, why not dwell on one of the two cases by analyzing it in depth? These three simple questions require a careful reflection on the logic of comparison in the social sciences. In the construction of a research design, the comparatist must in fact solve some methodological tangles by establishing: 1) the «unit (or units) of analysis» on which the research should be oriented; 2) The space-temporal context in which the research ranks; 3) the conceptual definition of properties (or variables). These three operations have some methodological implications which require an effort of conceptualization and classification necessary for a proper comparative research. In addition, researchers must make a clear strategic choice with respect to their empirical path. After determining the research field, it is necessary to cope with the problem of choosing the most appropriate units to be selected as a sample. The choice to compare two countries similar in many respects and historically connected such as Spain and Italy assumes the use of the so-called strategy of "most similar systems design". It is useful to solve the problem of the "diffusion" and to reduce the unwanted historical associations. Starting from these reflections, the aim of this paper is to analyze the methodological implications of the comparison between the two countries under study.


Ridges are extremal curves of principal curvatures on a surface that indicate salient intrinsic features of its shape. This paper presents a novel approach for extracting ridges of improved quality from isosurfaces of volumetric scalar-valued grids by converting them to implicit trivariate B-spline representations. A robust tracing approach demonstrated to extract ridges accurately from parametric B-spline surfaces is extended to extract ridges directly from the implicit representations resulting in accurate and hence smoother, connected ridge curves as compared to approaches that extract ridges directly from discrete representations. This approach can also be used to extract ridges directly from smooth representations such as isosurfaces of volumetric B-Spline CAD models and algebraic functions, and extended to extract ridges from polygonal meshes, as demonstrated in the paper. Most of the existing approaches for ridge extraction address only crests, a certain subset of the ridges on a surface. The approach presented in this paper enables extraction of all types of generic ridges on a surface thereby presenting a complete solution.


George Martine The debate in this forum between Lam (2017) and Grossman (2017) concerning the outlook for the world's next four billion people is opportune. Both essays highlight critical issues and make key points, but also leave serious gaps. Lam correctly observes enormous improvements in human welfare over the last few decades, but his optimism for the future requires a leap of faith over huge environmental obstacles. Grossman fittingly notes that human progress will be stymied by continued ecological destruction, but overestimates the power of demographic control responses. In my understanding, four points need further review: a) the urgency of environmental threats; b) the recognition of diversity in "population"; c) the limitations of fertility reduction solutions; and, d) the urgency of redirecting "development".


We have found, when inherently immiscible polymers are included as guests in the narrow channels of their common inclusion compounds (ICs) formed with host cyclodextrins (CDs) and then these polymer-1/polymer-2-CD-IC crystals are washed with hot water to remove the host CD lattice and coalesce the guest polymers, that intimately mixed blends of the polymers are obtained. This behavior had been observed previously by us for the crystallizable poly(e-caprolactone) (PCL)/poly(l-lactic acid) (PLLA) pair, where in the coaelsced blend PCL and PLLA crystallinity was completely and nearly completely suppressed, respectively. Here we report similar observations made on the polycarbonate (PC)/poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) pair, which are respectively difficult to crystallize and amorphous. PC/PMMA blends coalesced from their common γ-CD-ICs are amorphous and generally exhibit single glass transitions at temperatures (Tg) between those of pure PC and PMMA. Interestingly, a 1:4 molar PC:PMMA blend coalesced from i...


Objective To compare the therapeutic effect of primary arthrodesis and open reduction and internal fixation(ORIF)in the treatment of Lisfranc joint injuries.Methods The literatures related to randomized controlled trials or clinical controlled trials of primary arthrodesis and ORIF for treating Lisfranc joint injuries were retrieved and evaluated according to Cochrane criteria.Mata analysis was performed.Results A total of 6 studies,including 3 randomized controlled trials and 3 clinical controlled trials,were qualified for meta analysis.The incidence of complication in ORIF was lower than that in primary arthrodesis(RR=0.53,95% CI 0.34-0.83,P =0.005).There was no significant difference in second surgery(RR =1.16,95%CI 0.57-2.37,P =0.68)and second orthopedic surgery(RR=2.30,95%CI 0.737.22,P =0.16).Compared with ORIF,primary arthrodesis was better in removing the internal fixation(RR=6.07,95%CI 3.01-12.23,P 0.000 01).The therapeutic effect could not be evaluated because the scoring systems were different in these 6 studies.Conclusion The incidence of complication is lower in ORIF,and primary arthrodesis is better in removing the internal fixation,without significant difference in second surgery and second orthopedic surgery between these 2 surgical options.


Session 15: Establishing Health Care Waste Management for a Facility.
Session 16: Waste Economics and Waste Audit.
Session 17: Compliance with Legislation on HCWM for Filling of Records.
Session 18: Walk in Facility.
Session 19: Waste Minimisation.
Session 20: Management of Exposure to Hazardous Waste.
Session 21: Implementation and Monitoring of HCWM
Session 22: Training in Health Care Waste Management.


The importance of seismic design of nonstructural components and equipment in buildings has grown increasingly in China. Special provisions are being added into the national seismic design code for buildings by the revision committee. On the basis of the random- vibration- based floor spectrum analysis software FSAP developed by Q. Qin and Y. Li of Tsinghua University, this paper discusses the simplified design expressions for nonstructural components and equipment in buildings, taking cooling fan units and water tanks at building tops as examples. Besides, the seismic- effect factor in the draft of new version design code and the new versions of FSAP based on Fortran 90 and MATLAB are discussed as well.


This is a Reader consisting of seventeen pieces. Eleven of the essays in this volume first appeared in the Annials of the Anereican Academy of Political anid Social Scienzce 395(May 1971). While the title of this collection is a "grabber," it is rather misleading and, I believe somewhat overdone. The collection does not really deal with "Youth Protest in Transition" but primarily with the behavior and attitudes of a very select group of college students. Second, with the exception of several essays by the youth lovers (e.g., Mankoff and Flacks, Lifton and Seeley), there is little which would support the "Pilgrim" image (according to Webster, pilgrims are people who travel to some holy place as devotees). These comments are not meant as a criticism of the collection. Rather, they are made in order to point out again that as social scientists we have been prone to attribute to most youth the characteristics of what are in fact our perceptions (based most often on little empirical research) of a relatively small segment of the student population. The collection is, however, well balanced and does provide a realistic bench mark as to where social science is with regard to data and theory concerning aspects of the youth socialization process. Both youth supporters and youth doubters are represented. Equal time and space is alloted to those who believe that there is something unique about contemporary youth and to those who believe it has all happened before and that this too shall pass. The collection also includes a brief but welldocumented historical review of American student activism prior to Berkeley, an excellent discussion of "The Development of the New Left" (by James P. O'Brien), and a helpful bibliography dealing with student activism (compiled by Kenneth Keniston and Michael Lerner). Finally, Karl Mannheim's discussion of the problem of generations, taken from his Essays in the Sociology of Knowledge, should remind students of generational behavior that much work yet remains to be done.