There is growing concern that current methods of assessing students from linguistically and culturally diverse backgrounds are sometimes biased against the student. For example, traditional forms of measuring English reading acquisition may demonstrate that a student has a learning disability or cognitive delay, when in fact; the student is merely having difficulty learning English. Alternative assessment methods are needed to monitor the English reading acquisition for these bilingual students for two reasons: (a) to ensure that they are not misidentified as needing special education and (b) to ensure that students who are in need of special education services receive the educational support necessary to be successful in school. This article discusses problems with traditional methods of assessing bilingual students and describes curriculum-based measurement (CBM) for use with bilingual Hispanic students. Additional information about the features of CBM is presented along with issues related to the use of CBM with bilingual Hispanic students.


By establishing a unified estimate of the twisted Kohn-MorreyHörmander estimate and the q-pseudonconvex Ahn-Zampieri estimate, we discuss variants of Property (Pq) of D.Catlin and Property (P̃q) of J.McNeal on the boundary of a smooth pseudoconvex domain in C for certain high levels of L-integrable forms. These variant conditions on the one side, imply the compactness of the ∂-Neumann operator on the associated domain, on the other side, are different from the classical Property (Pq) of D.Catlin and Property (P̃q) of J.McNeal.


The previous century witnessed remarkable advances in the science and technology of flight. We were so successful, that many now view us as masters of the aerospace domain and the supporting science and technology are mature or even sunset. Nothing could be further from the truth. There are many game changing aerospace system concepts within our collective reach as we begin our journey into the second century of flight. One of the primary missions of the Air Force Research Laboratory is to define our future air forces. We envision alternative futures and then lead the process of discovery, development and transition into war winning solutions. Increasingly those solutions can not be achieved by a single technical advance, but rather by integrating a set of science and technology activities toward enabling a system level capability. As the director responsible for integrated solutions across the air domain, my talk will introduce the future capability vectors we are focused on. Within each of those I will discuss some of the specific controls challenges this community needs to solve to have a game changing impact. Topics range from "traditional" adaptive flight control to flights of intelligent unmanned systems operating in unison with their manned counterparts with applications from micro air vehicles to "airplane like" access to space. By definition my list of challenges will be incomplete but hopefully stimulating enough to encourage at least a few of the creative minds in the audience to take up the challenge of bringing the next century of flight from vision to reality. Biography: Colonel Michael B. Leahy Jr. is currently director of the Air Vehicles Directorate, Air Force Research Laboratory and Commander of the Wright Research Site. He leads the $195 million science and technology development of air vehicles for the United States Air Force. This program is executed by 550 Air Force civilian, military, and contractors comprising three technical divisions in aeronautical sciences, control sciences, and advanced structures as well as an operations and integration division. Colonel Leahy is responsible for planning, programming, and executing programs to sustain the current fleet of aircraft, enable the evolution of unmanned air vehicles into combat roles, and to provide affordable access to space and high speed operations. In addition, Colonel Leahy manages the infrastructure including high performance computing, modeling and simulation facilities, and structural test facility required to support this program. Colonel Leahy entered the United States Air Force in 1980 as a distinguished graduate of the Stevens Institute of Technology Reserve Officer Training Corps program. His assignments include tours in the laboratory, logistics and product centers, headquarters, and OSD. He began his AF career as an instrumentation engineer on the Airborne Laser Laboratory, was a senior command sponsored civilian institute candidate for his PhD, rose to the rank of associated professor of electrical engineering at the Air Force Institute of Technology, lead the Air Force Material Command Robotics and Automation Center of Excellence, served on the headquarters staff of the Air Force Research Laboratory and was the deputy director for Combat UAVs at the Aeronautical Systems Center before serving at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) as the director of the joint DARPA/USAF Unmanned Combat Air Vehicle program. During that time he has published over 50 papers in archival journals and conferences and is the founding editor of the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society Magazine. Colonel Leahy received his BS from Stevens Institute of Technology in 1980, MS from University of New Mexico in 1983, and Ph.D. from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1986 all in Electrical Engineering. He is the recipient of numerous awards that include the Defense Superior Service Medal, Meritorious Service Medal with three oak leaf clusters, Air Medal, Air Force Achievement Medal with oak leaf cluster, Air Force Institute of Technology Outstanding Professor of the Year, Air Force Material Command, General (Ret) James Ferguson Engineering Award, Department of the Air Force Federal Engineer of the Year, and Association for Unmanned Systems International Pioneer Award Plenary 2: Thursday, June 9, 2005 Autonomous Machines: Racing to Win the DARPA Grand Challenge Richard M. Murray Control and Dynamical Systems California Institute of Technology Abstract: The DARPA Grand Challenge is a desert road race from Los Angeles to Las Vegas that will take place for the second time on 8 October 2005, with a grand prize of $2 million. Competing teams must build a vehicle that can operate autonomously and drive itself along a 175-mile course -including dirt roads, trails, open desert and man-made obstacles -in 10 hours or less. The competition provides a unique setting for testing ideas in perception, decision making, systems integration and autonomy. The DARPA Grand Challenge is a desert road race from Los Angeles to Las Vegas that will take place for the second time on 8 October 2005, with a grand prize of $2 million. Competing teams must build a vehicle that can operate autonomously and drive itself along a 175-mile course -including dirt roads, trails, open desert and man-made obstacles -in 10 hours or less. The competition provides a unique setting for testing ideas in perception, decision making, systems integration and autonomy. The results from last year's race provide important lessons for information-rich, networked control systems and autonomy in highly uncertain environments. This year's race will feature teams from around the country who are bringing new research approaches to develop machines with human-like capabilities. Particular emphasis will be given to future directions in control, dynamics and systems motivated by this class of applications. Biography: Richard M. Murray received the B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from California Institute of Technology in 1985 and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1988 and 1991, respectively. He is currently a Professor of Control and Dynamical Systems at the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena. Professor Murray's research is in the application of feedback and control to mechanical, information, and biological systems. Current projects include information dynamics in networked feedback systems, analysis of insect flight control systems, autonomous desert racing for fun and profit, and synthetic biology using genetically-encoded finite state machines. Professor Murray is currently developing a new course at Caltech that is aimed at teaching the principles and tools of control to a broader audience of scientists and engineers, with particular emphasis on applications in biology and computer science. Plenary 3: Friday, June 10, 2005 Control of Nonlinear Distributed Process Systems Panagiotis D. Christofides University of California, Los Angeles Abstract: Over the last ten years, key technological needs in growth areas such as semiconductor manufacturing, nanotechnology and biotechnology have motivated extensive research on analysis and control of complex distributed processes. Examples include film spatial uniformity and microstructure control in the chemical vapor deposition of thin films, temperature profile control in the Czochralski crystallization of high-purity crystals, as well as control of size distribution in the crystallization of proteins and the aerosol-based production of nanoparticles. From a control point of view, the distinguishing feature of complex distributed processes is that they give rise to nonlinear control problems that involve the regulation of highly distributed control variables by using a finite number of spatially-distributed control actuators and measurement sensors. Thus, complex distributed processes cannot be effectively controlled with control methods which assume that the state, manipulated and to-be-controlled variables exhibit lumped behavior or with linear control algorithms derived on the basis of linear/linearized distributed models. Over the last ten years, key technological needs in growth areas such as semiconductor manufacturing, nanotechnology and biotechnology have motivated extensive research on analysis and control of complex distributed processes. Examples include film spatial uniformity and microstructure control in the chemical vapor deposition of thin films, temperature profile control in the Czochralski crystallization of high-purity crystals, as well as control of size distribution in the crystallization of proteins and the aerosol-based production of nanoparticles. From a control point of view, the distinguishing feature of complex distributed processes is that they give rise to nonlinear control problems that involve the regulation of highly distributed control variables by using a finite number of spatially-distributed control actuators and measurement sensors. Thus, complex distributed processes cannot be effectively controlled with control methods which assume that the state, manipulated and to-be-controlled variables exhibit lumped behavior or with linear control algorithms derived on the basis of linear/linearized distributed models. We have developed a general and practical framework for the synthesis of practically implementable nonlinear feedback controllers for complex distributed processes based on fundamental models that accurately predict their behavior. The key difficulty in developing model-based control methods for distributed processes lies in the infinite-dimensional nature of the process models, which prohibits their direct use for control system synthesis. We have developed nonlinear order reduction techniques for deriving low-dimensional approximations that accurately reproduce the dynamics and solutions of distributed


A 30-year-old, 36 kg female was posted for excision biopsy of left breast. Routine preanesthetic check up revealed no abnormality. The patient was shifted to operating room; intravenous line was started; and electrocardiograph, pulse oximetry, and non invasive blood pressure monitoring was instituted. She was premedicated with intravenous glycopyrolate 0.2 mg, midazolam 1 mg, and 1 mg butorphanol. Patient was preoxygenated with 100% oxygen with face mask and anesthesia induced with intravenous propofol 2 mg/kg. Sevoflurane 2% in oxygen was started to deepen the level of anesthesia. Laryngeal mask airway insertion was planned but patient developed severe hiccups and muscle twitching of upper and lower limbs which were uncontrollable. Top up dose of propofol and succinylcholine1 mg/kg were given and trachea intubated with 7 mm ID cuffed endotracheal tube. The procedure lasted for about 45 min and was otherwise uneventful. Recovery was smooth, and no muscle twitching or hiccups were observed. The patient was monitored in recovery room for 2 hours.


Moire patterns can be formed when the spatial frequencies in a half-tone screened picture beat against the frequencies in a scanning raster. Very small periodic defects in the scanning raster can produce regular irregular bands and patterns which can spoil the quality of the printed result. Consideration of the factors which cause the patterns, and the sensitivity of the visual response, allow engineering tolerances to be placed on the raster scanning mechanism.


Zinc oxide films prepared by the recently developed ion layer gas reaction (ILGAR) technique and by rf magnetron sputtering are compared with respect to their linear optical properties. Spectral ellipsometry as well as reflectance and transmittance measurements in the UV-visible-near infrared range were employed to deduce the complex refractive index. The band gap energy, Urbach energy, and packing density were determined. The results are compared to literature data of single crystals and thin films.


Metabolic disease in sheep associated with severe weather Highly pathogenic avian influenza virus isolated from a dead whooper swan in Cellardyke Traumatic reticulitis in dairy cattle Severe pneumonia due to infectious bovine rhinotracheitis in a dairy herd First recorded case of haemonchosis in Orkney First of this year's cases of Nematodirus species infections in growing lambs – These are among matters discussed in the disease surveillance report for March from Scottish Agricultural College Veterinary Services (SAC VS)


Introduction:
 Socioeconomic status (SES) is a potent risk factor for heart failure (HF), but current HF prediction models do not incorporate data on SES. It is not known if the performance of HF risk prediction algorithms differs by SES, and how including SES in risk models impacts risk prediction.

 Methods:
 We performed an analysis of participants without HF at Visit 1 (1987-89) of the ARIC study. SES was assessed by household income, educational attainment, Area Deprivation Index, and as a combined cumulative SES score that included all three measures. Incident hospitalizations and deaths related to HF were assessed through 12/31/2019. We compared risk discrimination (c-statistic) of the established ARIC HF risk score across SES categories, and assessed calibration within SES strata by comparing observed versus predicted risk. We examined changes in risk discrimination, net reclassification and calibration (calculating the Hosmer-Lemeshow statistic for the latter) with adding SES to the ARIC HF risk score.

 Results:
 We studied 14,468 individuals; 54% were women, 26% were Black adults and 22% had low cumulative SES. There were 3,568 HF events over 33 years of follow-up. The c-statistic of the ARIC HF risk score was lower in those with low versus high cumulative SES (0.726 vs 0.765). There were differences in the ARIC HF risk score's calibration by SES, with lower predicted than observed HF risk in those with low SES in all quintiles of predicted risk (Figure). Calibration improved with adding SES to the risk model (change in Hosmer-Lemeshow 127.6 to 98.3), especially in those with low SES (Figure). Adding SES to the model modestly improved risk discrimination (change in c-statistic 0.767 to 0.771; p<0.001) and changed net reclassification (0.05 [95% CI 0.02-0.08]).

 Conclusions:
 HF prediction algorithms underestimate HF risk in those with low SES. Systematic assessment and incorporation of SES data may enhance HF risk prediction in socioeconomically diverse populations.


Power structure research examines core issues in the discipline of sociology; yet this important area of study is declining because of the conceptual, theoretical, and methodological problems. In this paper, I address each of these problems and proposing solutions. I then test the validity of my proposed solutions by conducting empirical analyses examining how big business and labor political action committee (PAC) contributors influence U.S. House decision making. My findings vividly show significant big business influence on House decision making, but negligible labor influence. These findings carry considerable implications for power structure theorizing and research, and provide a solid foundation for future power structure work.


This paper considers a supply chain setting where several capacitated suppliers compete for orders from a single retailer in a multiperiod environment. At each period, the retailer places orders to the suppliers in response to the prices they announce. Each supplier has a fixed capacity. We consider a make-to-stock setting where the retailer can carry inventory. The retailer faces exogenous, price-dependent demand. We study the problem using ideas from fluid models. In particular, we (i) analyze when there are pure equilibrium policies in this setting and characterize the structure of these policies; (ii) consider coordination mechanisms; and (iii) present some preliminary computational results. We also consider a modified model that uses option contracts to coordinate the supply chain.


Conversation disentanglement aims to identify and group utterances from a conversation into separate threads. Existing methods primarily focus on disentangling multi-party conversations with three or more speakers, explicitly or implicitly incorporating speaker-related feature signals to disentangle. Most existing models require a large amount of human annotated data for model training, and often focus on pairwise relations between utterances, not accounting much for the conversational context. In this work, we propose a multi-task learning approach with a contrastive learning objective, DiSC, to disentangle conversations between two speakers -- a user and a virtual speech assistant, for a novel domain of e-commerce. We analyze multiple ways and granularities to define conversation "threads''. DiSC jointly learns the relation between pairs of utterances, as well as between utterances and their respective thread context. We train and evaluate our models on multiple multi-threaded conversation datasets that were automatically created, without any human labeling effort. Experimental results on public datasets as well as real-world shopping conversations from a commercial speech assistant show that DiSC outperforms state-of-the-art baselines by at least 3%, across both automatic and human evaluation metrics. We also demonstrate how DiSC improves downstream dialog response generation in the shopping domain.


Based on the sample of 30 young soccer players divided in 2 subsamples (each of 15 respondents), the additional kinesiology treatments of interval and continuous aerobic training were applied in order to prevent a decline of aerobic endurance during competition season. The results obtained with univariate analysis of variance (ANOVA) indicate that the group trained by interval aerobic training program (IAT) had some positive improvements within domain of aerobic endurance, while the group trained by the program of continuous aerobic training (CAT), had a decline of aerobic capacity.


Disclosed is a circuit board having a base material (2) of insulating material as a carrier of conductor tracks (3), wherein said finished tracks (3) have a thickness of at least 100 microns, and a method for producing such a printed circuit board (1). With the inventive method, a circuit board can easily and reliably be produced by the following steps: · Patterning the conductive foil layer to produce the conductor tracks, · Pressing with an insulating filling material, so that both the channels between the conductor tracks completely filled with the filling material and the surface of the conductor tracks are covered by the filling material, and · Bonding the arranged inside the circuit board conductive traces to pads on the surface of the board by drilling and plating of holes.


In this paper we use micro-data as a basis for measuring liquidity constraints over the time period 1972-86. We then employ our results to (i) investigate the Life Cycle/Permanent Income Hypothesis and (ii) examine the theory that the consumer boom of the 1980s can be explained in terms of the financial liberalisation which took place at the start of the decade.


In this paper, a perceptual subspace speech enhancement method using masking properties of human auditory system is proposed. Noise was estimated at every frame using Speech Presence Probability (SPP). Variance normalization was further done to remove the abrupt changes in the noisy speech signal, removing noise. A combined masking threshold is calculated from simultaneous and temporal masking, which is used to decide the gain parameters for the algorithm. Spectral Domain Constrained (SDC) estimator was employed in determining the filter coefficients. The performance evaluation was done using wcep and WSS objective measures and subjective informal listening test. The results show a superior performance of the proposed method over some of the existing speech enhancement methods.


Histopathology of type 2 AIP The pancreas of patients with type 2 AIP is often only focally involved. The region that seems to be most often affected is the pancreatic head including the pancreatic portion of the distal bile duct. As in type 1 AIP, the outstanding histologic feature is a periductal lymphoplasmacytic infiltrate usually affecting some or all of the medium sized ducts (Figure 1). It is often accompanied by a collar-like periductal fibrosis, with narrowing of the affected duct. The lymphoplasmacytic infiltrate may extend from the periductal area to the acinar tissue. In addition, there is a perilobular fibrosis, occasionally of the storiform-type. These histological changes can also be found in type 1 AIP, but are usually less pronounced in type 2 AIP. Conversely, the finding of the so called granulocytic epithelial lesion (GEL) is specific to AIP 2 (19). This lesion is characterized by focal disruption and destruction of the duct epithelium due to the invasion of neutrophilic granulocytes. GELs affect medium sized and small ducts (Figure 2), and may also be recognized in the acinar tissue. In the ducts they often cause destruction and obliteration of the duct lumen. The number of GELs and their severity differs from patient to patient. If a GEL is included in a biopsy specimen from the pancreas it is diagnostic for type 2 AIP (4). Another, though less specific, criterion for the diagnosis of type 2 AIP is the absence or scant (<10 cells/HPF) IgG4-positive staining plasma cells in the inflamed pancreatic tissue (Figure 3) (4, 20).


The number of cats relinquished to shelters has been rising in recent years in the United States, with owners mainly citing house-soiling and destructive and aggressive behaviour (Lord et al., 2006; Salman et al., 2000). Current economic conditions also negatively affect animal adoption, with more cats living in shelters for longer (Weng & Hart, 2012). This review considers the cat's behaviour in different group compositions and in stressful situations and emphasises the importance of environmental enrichment for confined cats.


OBJECTIVE
To study the chemical constituents in fresh fleshyscaleaf of Lilium lancifolium.

METHOD
The constituents were separated. by various kinds of chromatography and their structures were identified on the basis of spectral analysis.

RESULT
Ten compounds were identified regaloside A (1), regaloside C (2), methyl-a-D-mannopyranosid (3), methyl-ca-D-glucopyranoside (4), (25R, 26R) -26-methoxyspirost-5-ene-3p-yl-O-ca-L-rhamnopyranosyl-(1-->2)-[beta-D-glucopyranosyl-(1-->6)]-beta-D-glucopyranoside (5), (25R)-spirost-5-ene-3beta-yl-O-alpha-L-rhamnopyranosyl-(1-->2)-[beta-D-glucopyranosyl-(1-->6)]-beta-D-glucopyranoside (6), (25R, 26R)-17alpha-hydroxy-26-methoxyspirost-5-ene-3beta-yl-O-alpha-L-rhamnopyranosyl-(1-->2)-[beta-D-glucopyra nosyl-(1-->6)]-beta-D-glucopyranoside (7), daucosterol (8), adenoside (9), berberine (10).

CONCLUSION
All compounds except 1 and 3 were isolated from this species for the first time, and berberine was first reported in genus Lilium.


In this paper,we report the morphology,composition and mass ratio of nanoscale bamboo charcoal particles in a typical textile,using field-emission environmental electron microscopy(FE-ESEM),micro-Raman spectroscopy and thermogravimetric analysis(TGA).The far-infrared property of the textile is also measured.The results show that,submicron-sized bamboo charcoal particles can be observed both inside and on surface of textile fibers,with mass ratio below 1%,and can enhance the far-IR properties of the product.The identification and characterization of nano-components in the nanotechnology-based products become critical in their performance assessment.The establishment of the characterization methods and the results reported in this work could help specifying and regulating other nano-products.


The introduction of overseas technology inevitably involves the conversion of drawings in British system.Starting from the determination of conversion rules,this paper analyzes the rounding-off of posi- tion tolerance,drilling tolerance and maximum material requirement,rounding-off of general leaner di- mension and the dimension with tolerance,acceptance criteria for work piece dimension inspection and acceptance limit,while illustrating the comparison of such drawings with China National Standards and the application of National Standards to the converted drawings.


As a part of a broader study into medical error communication in Switzerland, 23 key medico-legal informants in Switzerland were interviewed. A major theme to emerge from these discussions was the issue of criminal liability. This article presents these findings and considers whether the current system in Switzerland is a morally meaningful and just system of culpability in light of theoretical and ethical considerations.


Pilot-scale sewage sludge dewatering experiments were conducted using two composite conditioners: FeCl3 + lime (Fe-lime) and Fenton's reagents + red mud (Fenton-RM). Mass balance analysis was performed on Cu, Zn, Pb, Cd, and Cr during the conditioning and dewatering processes to investigate their transformation and distribution. Speciation of heavy metals was also investigated by the Tessier sequential extraction method. Results show that (1) most of the heavy metals were retained in the solid cake during the dewatering process, especially Cu and Cr; (2) in the sludge cakes, more than 87 wt% of Cu and Cr existed in organic bound and residual forms, and the contents of the bioavailable fractions (exchangeable, carbonate bound and Fe–Mn oxides bound form) for Zn, Pb, and Cd were larger in the Fenton-RM system than those in the Fe-lime system; (3) the main factors affecting the distributions of these heavy metals are pH and chemical speciation in two conditioning processes. Generally, heavy metal concentrations in filtrate and dewatered sludge cakes in both systems were below the corresponding standards, and heavy metals in the dewatered sludge cake could be more effectively immobilized in the Fe-lime system than in that of the Fenton-RM system.


A series of studies addresses the possibility that tones disrupt serial recall of visually presented material in the same way as speech. A stream of changing tones is as disruptive of visual serial recall as 4 syllables (Experiments 1 and 2). Similar effects were also shown with a repeated syllable that changed only in pitch (Experiment 3). Just as for speech, the effect of tones is not at encoding but during storage of the serial lists (Experiments 4 and 5). The results suggest that speech and tones are equipotent in their capacity to disrupt short-term memory. A «blackboard» model of working memory to account for the effects is outlined


Volunteers are integral to successful events (Elstad, 2003; Slaughter, 2002), without whom festival costs would increase exponentially (Holmes & Smith, 2009). They are temporary resources, bringing with them a variety of experiences and knowledge (Barron & Rihova, 2011), and form one layer of a complex festival resourcing profile. However, volunteers are far more than just a cheap resource, they have a positive impact on customer services, and over the long term contribute to competitive advantage (Holmes & Smith, 2009), which is particularly important in a sector that is becoming more homogeneous, or 'isomorphic' (Frumkin & Gelaskiewicz, 2004). Therefore, volunteers can play a critical role in festivals differentiating themselves over rivals.


Pedilanthus tithymaloides (Redbird flower) is an ornamental shrub that occasionally exhibits leaf curl and enation symptoms in Pakistan. Symptoms were shown to be associated with a monopartite begomovirus and a betasatellite. The complete nucleotide sequence of the begomovirus was found to be 2764 nucleotides in length and have the highest nucleotide sequence identity to a begomovirus previously isolated from tomato (90.3% nucleotide sequence identity), followed by Radish leaf curl virus (86.3%). The complete betasatellite sequence was determined to be 1358 nucleotides in length and has the highest sequence identity (97%) with Tobacco leaf curl betasatellite. The analysis shows the begomovirus associated with leaf curl disease of Pedilanthus to be a distinct and previously unreported begomovirus for which the name Pedilanthus leaf curl virus (PedLCV) is proposed. This virus is one of an increasing number of monopartite begomoviruses shown to be associated with a betasatellite.


, This paper aims to describes the Open Government aspect's adoption in Local Government Development Planning. Open Government aspects is derived from [1] namely participation, transparency, and collaboration. Research design is using constructivist approach where using theory as a guidance for problem analyzing. This research is using qualitative method in data collecting technique, namely interview and document study. Data coding is processed with NVIVO version 12 plus besides data reduction and data display as a data analyzing method. Research result shows that Participation in development planning is showed with participation level on development planning at village level gradually decrease because citizen assume that program in planning and real program is not same. Transparency in development planning is showed with all program which from citizen is absorbed by local government at sub-district level. But, in local level, prioritize program which will be real program is discussed closely in local assembly building (close system). Collaboration in development planning is showed with several interest affected is involved in development planning with each interest. There is transparency guarantee in every development planning process, and ICT is the primary requirement for adopting open government's aspects in ideal development planning. This research also recommends additional research linked open government, and the enrichment of participation and transparency concept.


1. Analysis to select the person to treatment with depression comprising: (a) for the implementation of a test sample from a person who is diagnosed as suffering from depression, or risk of having depression, at least one genotyping analysis, adapted for determining the genotype of at least two loci, wherein said at least two loci are: i. position 677 in SEQ ID NO. 1 or in position 27 of SEQ ID NO. 7 (identified by rs1801133), wherein SEQ ID NO. 1 and SEQ ID NO. 7 each independently are a part of the genomic nucleotide sequence of methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR); ii. position 2756 in SEQ ID NO. 2 or position 27 in SEQ ID NO. 9 (identified by rs1805087), wherein SEQ ID NO. 2 and SEQ ID NO. 9 each independently are a part of the genomic nucleotide sequence of methionine synthase (MTR); and (b) detection of genotypes in said at least two loci presence of a single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) selected from the following: i. SNP677 at position 677 in SEQ ID NO. 1 or in position 27 of SEQ ID NO. 7 comprising at least one allele with thymine "T»; ii. SNP2756 at position 2756 in SEQ ID NO.2 or position 27 in SEQ ID NO. 9, comprising at least one allele with guanine «G»; and iii. combination of at least allele with thymine "T» SNP677 and, at least with the allele guanine «G» SNP2756; iesli at least one allele T at position SNP677 or the at least one allele with a G at position SNP2756 or both, at least allele T at SNP677 position and at least one allele G in SNP2756 gektirovan position, then the selection is carried out and optionally assignment to treatment comprising an effective amount of folate-containing soedineniya.2. analysis of


A mobile terminal and provides a method for its control to let the deaf can recognize easily the emotion associated with the terminology or subtitles that are included in subtitles. Control method for a mobile terminal according to the present invention, the steps of: determining whether or not includes a first subtitle data including the native language subtitles in the process of receiving content data including video data and the content data, and wherein the where included in the one subtitle data, the steps of: determining whether or not contain gonando word to the native language subtitles and, when in the native language subtitles that contains the gonando word, for generating description data corresponding to the gonando word by further comprising the above-described data in the process and, the first subtitle data includes the step of converting the first subtitle data to the second subtitle data.


This book is a useful addition to the growing literature on unorthodox medical care in the United States. Of its ten chapters, eight deal with specific "alternatives." These are various botanical practices; health reform movements, such as vegetarianism and Grahamism, that stressed diet, exercise, and "clean living"; hydrotherapy; homeopathic medicine; osteopathic medicine; chiropractic; Christian Science; and divine or faith healing, usually associated with revivalist sects but sometimes with more traditional churches or denominations. The remaining two chapters—the first and last—are different and more problematic. In the first, the editor considers possible approaches to the study of unorthodox healing. And in the last, there is a rather vague discussion of contemporary "folk medicine"; the only specific alternative discussed is the Pennsylvania "powwow," a faith-healing ritual of German folk origin. Each of the eight substantive chapters gives us a quite detailed and sound account of its topic. Each covers a particular movement's


This study proposes an interactive virtual evaluation (IVE) method for interface deign. By introducing the VR technology into a digital human model (DHM) system, the virtual prototype of a system interface can be created and tested in the digital world. Through the interactive mechanisms built in the VR software, the target users can therefore immerse into a virtual environment and have a real‐time interaction with the developed system mock‐ups. In the evaluation process, a customized digital human model within can present realistic motion and demonstrate the performance data that can be used for design evaluation and improvement. The proposed method was applied to the controller interface design of a missile launching vehicle. The concept of proactive design and evaluation can be realized under the condition of a high‐level interactive virtual environment with the limitation on tactile feedback as reported. © 2007 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Hum Factors Man 17: 485–495, 2007.


Psoriasis is believed to be a common comorbidity of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). Little is known on the impact psoriasis has on T2DM patients' disease profiles. To assess the impact psoriasis has on T2DM patients' demographics, comorbidities, and health care outcomes. We retrospectively analyzed the 2017 U.S. National Inpatient Sample (NIS) database. We utilized ICD-10 codes to determine T2DM and psoriasis patients along with associated comorbidities. Continuous variables were compared by independent-sample t-tests and categorical variables were compared via Pearson chi-square. All analysis were conducted in IBM SPSS 25. Among 7,705,988 T2DM admissions, 0.67% of them had comorbid psoriasis. T2DM psoriasis patients (64.38; SD: 12.403) were, on average, younger (64.38 vs 66.73; P < .001) and white (78.7% vs 63.1%; P < .001) and had increased foot ulcers (4.2% vs 3.8%; P < .001), hyperglycemia (22.4% vs 21.0%; P < .001), retinopathy (22.4% vs 21.0%; P < .001), hypercoagulopathy (8.5% vs 6.9%; P < .001), and hypertension (72.5% vs 70.4%; P < .001) than T2DM patients without psoriasis. T2DM psoriasis patients spent more days in the hospital (5.49 vs 5.37; P < .001), had more concurrent diagnoses (19.05 vs 16.5; P < .001), less total charges ($60,596.71 vs $61,534.66; P = 0.010) and had less in-hospital deaths (2.0% vs 2.7%; P < .001) than T2DM patients without psoriasis. The presence of comorbid psoriasis significantly impacts T2DM patients' demographics, comorbidities, and health care outcomes. These findings underscore the importance of early disease monitoring, cross-specialty collaboration, and medication monitoring in order to guide individualized management strategies and optimize patient care.


To tackle with advanced persistent threats against industrial control system, Siemens has developed S7CommPlus- TLS, a new version of the encrypted protocol challenging traditional DPI-based anomaly detection methods. However, the communication mode of industrial control system leads to the overlapping of periodic traffic and sensitive behavior traffic, and thus makes mainstream encrypted traffic classification methods exhibit a poor performance in S7CommPlus-TLS protocol. Therefore, we design a multiple clustering framework called MCFM, which can automatically extract sensitive behavior of S7CommPlus-TLS from network traffic. The first-clustering is used as a pre-processing model to separate and remove periodic traffic from overlapping flows according to the communication mode of industrial control system. Besides, we employ the second- clustering as a generator to extract the fingerprint of sensitive behaviors. Our comprehensive experiments on the simulation dataset covering six sensitive behaviors indicate that MCFM achieves an excellent performance, and outperforms present cutting-edge methods. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first work analyzing industrial control system from the perspective of encrypted traffic analysis.


The FACTS known as flexible ac transmission systems devices are solid state converters designed on voltage source converter and now the approach of engineers towards planning and operations of power systems by the implementation of FACTS devices. In this thesis work, UPFC FACTS controller models have been developed to reduce transmission losses and to improve voltage profile with power flow algorithm and models have been linearised by Newton's method using a minimum of iterative steps. This paper describes the implementation of the UPFC Flexible AC Transmission Systems (FACTS) devices optimally locate in IEEE 14 bus system for power flow analysis to reduce the transmission losses and improve the voltage profile. In this thesis, UPFC is placed at every load bus at every transmission line to obtain the result of minimum power losses and minimum voltage deviation.


The image forming apparatus and its service method for providing integrated contacts are provided. The image forming apparatus provides an integrated address book according to the present invention is a storage unit for storing the address book that includes at least one transfer information for the receiving side, a user interface that displays the receive input a display request signal for the address book by the user stored in the address book unit, and when a display request signal for the address book input transmission information which at least correspond to the two or more transmission information field from the address book stored in a control unit for controlling to display through the user interface. As a result, it is possible to use the address book stored in a more convenient image forming apparatus. The image forming apparatus, the integrated address book, transmission information, a large display window


Listening comprehension is an active course of meaning construction.Listeners are not passive information recipients but active meaning constructors.During the process of listening comprehension,especially in Passage Diction of English Majors,there is necessary link between the application of listening strategies and the efficacy and scores of the listening.The systematic and successful training of listening strategies contributes to the improvement of English listening scores.


On the basis of results of clinical and laboratory and instrumental examination and treatment of 1242 patients with disseminated acute abdominal pathology a prognostic algorithm was developed and introduced into clinical practice. The algorithm is based on automated computer technologies for daily monitoring with the purpose of early complex diagnostics and prognosis of postoperative complications, which has allowed us to bring down the rate of complications and lethality in the basic group of patients.


From a theoretical standpoint, backpressure-based techniques present elegant cross-layer rate control solutions that use only local queue information. It is only recently that attempts are being made to design real world wireless protocols using these techniques. To aid this effort, we undertake a comprehensive experimental evaluation of backpressure mechanisms for multihop wireless networks, in particular the first such study in the context of wireless sensor networks. Our evaluation yields two key insights into the design of such protocols. First, for wireless sensor networks, we show that a simple backpressure scheduling policy which allows nodes to transmit so long as they have a positive queue differential (irrespective of its size) gives performance comparable to more sophisticated heuristics. This result implies that, contrary to previous proposals, backpressure protocols can be implemented for wireless sensor networks without modifying the underlying CSMA MAC. Second, we show that the performance of backpressure based protocols is highly sensitive to a parameter setting that depends upon current traffic conditions. Therefore, practical backpressure protocols must provide for automatic parameter adaptation.


This paper describes the effect of pro-degradant (PDA) additives on degradation behaviour of polypropylene (PP) films. Thin films (0.12 mm) containing this additives was prepared by sheeting process. The effect of natural exposure (NE) and heating of PP films in the presence or absence of additives were investigated. The apparent density value of PP film contained PDA are proportionate with PDA concentration. Meanwhile melt flow index (MFI) decreased as PDA concentration increased. Changes in tensile properties and carbonyl index (CI) were used to investigate the degradation behavior of the films. The results indicate that the presence of PDA contributes to the degradation and the activity is proportional to the amount of PDA. All samples were found to be more susceptible to thermo-oxidation than to natural exposure.


The Solar assisted district heating system (SDHS) is a promising path to accelerate the sustainable movement toward clean energy production in order to solve the challenges of the energy crisis and climate change. However, in real conditions the SDHS is often suffering from a mismatch between the predict and actual performance. This mismatch promotes a high variation in quantifying the SDHS benefits at different urban community sizes. This article traces the techno-economic performance of SDHS through an optimization framework using dynamic TRNSYS for simulations and a genetic algorithm for optimization. The SDHS application is performed for a residential community of 10, 25 and 50 buildings located in Madrid to evaluate its techno-economic feasibility in covering the heating demand of these communities. The larger communities provided noticeable cost-benefits when aiming for high performance, where the cost objective is between 73.1:149.1 Euro/MWh for the community of 10 and it can be improved up to 27.5% and 41.6% for community sizes of 25 and 50 buildings, respectively. While in terms in the payback period, it can be reduced up to 29 years for the community size of 50 buildings. The solar fraction can achieve up 99% with a seasonal storage tank efficiency of 81% at the community size of 50 buildings. Keywords— Solar assist district heating system, Life cycle cost, Life cycle assessment, Multi-objective optimization, Urban


This document is the final laboratory report for tank 241-T-105 push mode core segments collected between June 24, 1997 and June 30, 1997. The segments were subsampled and analyzed in accordance with the {ital Tank Push Mode Core Sampling and Analysis Plan} (TSAP) (Field,1997), the {ital Tank Safety Screening Data Quality Objective} (Safety DQO) (Dukelow, et al., 1995) and {ital Tank 241-T-105 Sample Analysis} (memo) (Field, 1997a). The analytical results are included in Table 1. None of the subsamples submitted for the differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) analysis or total alpha activity (AT) exceeded the notification limits as stated in the TSAP (Field, 1997). The statistical results of the 95% confidence interval on the mean calculations are provided by the Tank Waste Remediation Systems (TWRS) Technical Basis Group in accordance with the Memorandum of Understanding (Schreiber, 1997) and not considered in this report.


This report sets out to analyse the emergence and distinctive impact of corporate social responsibility and sustainable development (CSR/SD) functions and professionals within organizations. By evaluating the literature on this topic, it seeks to clarify how leveraging the already established CSR/SD functions and professionals across organizations can contribute to the International Labour Organization's (ILO) objective of achieving a future of work that provides decent and sustainable work opportunities for all.


In their Policy Forum "Restoration seed banks—A matter of scale" (22 April, p. [424][1]), D. J. Merritt and K. W. Dixon highlight the importance of ecological restoration in meeting global conservation goals, and the urgency to scale up seed supplies from seed banks to achieve such endeavors.


For the two-dimensional Toda equations corresponding to the Kac–Moody algebras C(1)l and D(2)l+1, the Darboux transformations with a special choice of spectral parameters are constructed so that the degree of these Darboux transformations is half of that for usual Darboux transformations and the derived solutions become simpler. These Darboux transformations for a Lax pair are constructed from real solutions of itself or a slightly different Lax pair corresponding to the same Toda equation, depending on the parity of l. Exact solutions of these Toda equations are presented by simplifying the results derived from the Darboux transformations.


To improve the hydraulic performance in an ultra-low specific speed magnetic drive pump, optimized design of impeller based on orthogonal test was carried out. Blades number Z, bias angle in peripheral direction of splitter blades θs, inlet diameter of splitter blades Dsi, and deflection angle of splitter blades α were selected as the main factors in orthogonal test. The credibility of the numerical simulation was verified by prototype experiments. Two optimized impellers were designed through the analysis of orthogonal test data. The internal flow field, pressure fluctuation, and radial force were analyzed and compared between optimized impellers and original impeller. The results reveal that impeller 7 (Z = 5, θs = 0.4θ, Dsi = 0.75D2, α = 0°) could increase the head and efficiency, compared to the original impeller, by 2.68% and 4.82%, respectively. Impeller 10 (Z = 5, θs = 0.4θ, Dsi = 0.55D2, α = 0°) reduced the head by 0.33% and increased the efficiency by 8.24%. At design flow rate condition, the internal flow of impeller 10 was the most stable. Peak-to-peak values of pressure fluctuation at the volute tongues of impeller 7 and impeller 10 were smaller than those of the original impeller at different flow rate conditions (0.6 Qd, 1.0 Qd and 1.5 Qd). Radial force distribution of impeller 10 was the most uniform, and the radial force variance of impeller 10 was the smallest.


Dermatitis herpetiformis exacerbated by indomethacin Griffiths CEM, Leonard IN, Fry L: Br J Dennatol 112:443-445, 1985 In a double-blind crossover study, indomethacin or placebo was administered to thirteen patients with dermatitis herpetiformis controlled by dapsone or sulfamethoxypyridazine. Nine of thirteen patients exacerbated more with indomethacin than with placebo, and dapsone and sulfamethoxypyridazine requirements were increased during the periods of indomethacin treatment. Therefore, involvement of Iipoxygenase products in the pathogenesis of dermatitis herpetiformis is pos-


Based on the data from CGSS in 2010,this paper applies binary logistic model to study the factors affecting the behavior of farmers'abandoning farmland through theoretical analysis and data mining.Results show that as a "rational man",the farmers abandoned farmland under the influence of age,level of education,health,the ratio of production costs on total expenditure,the total expenditure and the total balance of farm households,the land circulation situation,medical insurance,endowment insurance.And among the factors,personal factors and the endowment insurance system affect more.Based on the results,the authors put forward some policy suggestions such as developing the special supportive policy for rural youth labor,raising farmers'awareness of protecting farmland and intensive use of arable land,increasing investment in education,health care and agricultural facilities,developing differentiated land transfer policy,improving the social security system in rural areas.


This article give a summariation and analysis of the article reading and Chinese reading on the objection and function.And gives a tactical thinking on how to give up the rending misunderstanding.


Object: Heparin-coated oxygenators and cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) circuits are used for the prevention of thrombus formation in cardiac surgery. We review our experience in order to determine whether heparin-coated oxygenators and CPB circuits are effective. Methods: From November 1999 to May 2001, this blood coagulation study was performed in 25 patients who underwent coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) using CPB. The patients were randomly divided into two groups. The heparin-coated group (HC group, n=14) used Capiox SX (HP) SX-18 (Terumo, Tokyo, Japan) as the heparin-coated oxygenator. The non-heparin-coated group (NHC group, n=11) used the Affinity NT CVR (Medtronic Inc, Minnesota, USA) as the non-heparin-coated oxygenator. A centrifugal pump (BioMedicusBP-80, Baxter, International Inc., Illinois, USA) was used for all operations. We measured the prothrombin levels by using a Ca 2 + -dependent prothrombin activator, carinactivase-1 (CA-1). Results : The results, at the end of CPB. revealed less of a reduction in the prothrombin levels and blood platelet counts for the HC group in comparison to the NHC group. A larger reduction in these levels, correlated with a decrease in the thrombin formation. Conclusion : The anticoagulation activity was studied in both the HC and NHC groups. Both the % blood platelet counts and the % prothrombin in the HC group were higher than those in the NHC group at the end of CPB. These results suggested that the coagulation activity was more strongly suppressed in the HC group than in the NHC group. Therefore, the heparin-coated oxygenator seemed to be the best device for CPB.


Purpose: Mindfulness is defined as the paying attention ability on purpose, in the current and non-judgmentally. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of mindfulness education on the general health of girls at the guidance schools of Arak.
Method: The research method was quasi-experimental with a pretest-posttest design. The population included all the girls' at the guidance schools of Arak. 30 people were selected through cluster sampling. The students who earned the highest scores on the General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-28) were selected. They were divided randomly into two experimental and control groups. The experimental group participated in the mindfulness training program (eight sessions), while the control group received no training.
Findings: The data were analyzed through covariance method. The results indicated a significant difference between the pre-test and post-test scores of the experimental group. In other words, mindfulness training affected the general health of girls, subscales of anxiety and insomnia along with depression and social performance. Participating in the workshop led to the decrease in the mean level of anxiety and psychological distress in the experimental group.


Skizzen einer Personlichkeit. Max Kalbeck zum 150. Geburtstag. Breslau 4. Janner 1850--Wien 4. Mai 1921. Symposion. Wien 21.-24. Mai 2000. Edited by Uwe Harten. Tutzing: Hans Schneider, 2007. [388 pp. ISBN 978-3-7952-1236-0. 78[euro]] The name Max Kalbeck is one of those that we all come across with a certain regularity--either as the biographer of Brahms, as a findesiecle music critic, a translator, even a librettist. The sheer number of his guises has perhaps served to keep him somehow out of one's grasp. While we may know his name, how many of us really know anything about him? I certainly didn't before reading these 'Sketches of a Personality': a collection of papers from a conference to commemorate Kalbeck's 150th birthday. They are now eight years old, but neither less pertinent nor less welcome for it. One is barely into the book before gawping in astonishment at Kalbeck's sheer capacity for work. He was just twenty when he published his first volume of poetry, with two more following just two years later; besides his huge biography of Brahms he also published reams of concert reviews, books on Wagner (though he sided squarely with his opponents), he edited much of Brahms's correspondence, he wrote, translated or reworked almost forty opera libretti (perhaps his most famous in this field being his translation of Smetana's Bartered Bride), and, a year before he died in 1921, he brought out a volume of translations of poetry by Horace. Just reading through the list of his achievements leaves one breathless. This book comprises over two dozen chapters on all these aspects of Kalbeck's life and work, plus the results of two table discussions from the conference that offer another ten, shorter contributions. The topics themselves range from Kal beck and Munich (the late Andrew McCredie), Kalbeck and Vienna (Judith PorKalbeck) to Kalbeck's libretti, his opera translations (Roman Rociek), his poetry, his music reviews, his evangelism for the Brahms cause, and much more besides. His geographical and historical contexts are also ably dealt with. There is nevertheless no attempt here to make of Kalbeck an unrecognised genius. His poetry is never going to find its way into anthologies of the great and the good, his libretto translations have since been superseded, as is the fate of all their kind from the late-nineteenth century, and his proximity to Brahms the man offers nitpicking opportunities galore for critics and deconstructionists of all kinds. …


Environmental issues and rising fuel prices necessitate better energy-efficiency in all sectors. Shipping industry is one of the stakeholders in environmental issues. Shipping industry is responsible for 3 % of global CO2 emissions, 14-15 % of global NOX emissions and 16 % of global SOX emissions. Shipping industry also has critical role in global economy since 90 % of world trade goods are carried by ships. This trade has little or no alternate means of transportation other than ships at this point and foreseeable future. In addition, shipping is a better environmental option for transportation compared to other available means of transportation due to lowest gCO2/ton.km emissions. European Union (EU) and United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) are pushing hard to regulate emissions in all sectors. International Maritime Organization (IMO) is working on regulating emissions from shipping with unprecedented attention and it seems clear that emissions from shipping will be regulated within few years. Furthermore, continuously rising fuel prices are also a reason to focus on new ways for better energy-effectiveness in addition to better environmental performance. Green ship concept requires exploring and implementing technologies/practices on ships to reduce emissions. Propeller efficiency is an important area to increase efficiency and reduce emissions since propellers are merely around 60 % efficient. This paper provides a comprehensive review of the propeller efficiency options to increase efficiency and reduce emissions. The paper will discuss basic concepts and principles, and popular technologies for enhancing propeller efficiency. The author will also comment on the core-issues and challenges, and scope for future development in propeller efficiency area.


Background There are limited data assessing the predictive value of fraction of exhaled nitric oxide (FENO) in infants/toddlers with recurrent wheezing for asthma at school age. Objectives In a cohort of infants/toddlers with recurrent wheezing determine the predictive values of sedated single-breath FENO (SB-FENO) and awake tidal-breathing mixed-expired FENO (tidal-FENO) for active asthma, severe exacerbations, and lung function at age 6 years. Methods In 44 infants/toddlers, SB-FENO was measured under sedation at 50 mL/sec in conjunction with forced expiratory flow and volume measurements, and tidal-FENO was measured during awake tidal breathing. Clinical outcomes and lung function were assessed at age 6 years in 36 subjects. Results Enrollment SB-FENO was significantly higher among subjects with active asthma at age 6 years than among subjects without asthma (36.4 vs. 16.9 ppb, p < 0.0001), and the odds of asthma was 7.6 times greater (OR 7.6; 95% CI 1.8–31.6) for every 10 ppb increase in enrollment SB-FENO. A ROC analysis demonstrated that an enrollment SB-FENO > 31.5 ppb predicted active asthma at age 6 years with an area under the curve (AUC) of 0.92 (95% CI: 0.82–1). SB-FENO was also higher among subjects who experienced severe asthma exacerbations during the year preceding age of 6 years. SB-FENO at enrollment and lung function measures at age 6 years were modestly correlated (FEV1: r = −0.4; FEF25-75: r = −0.41; FEV1/FVC ratio: r=−0.46), and SB-FENO was significantly higher among subjects with bronchodilator responsiveness (BDR) at age 6 years. Tidal-FENO was not predictive of active asthma, exacerbations, or lung function at age 6 years. Conclusion In wheezy infants/toddlers, SB-FENO was predictive of school-age asthma and associated with lung function measures at age 6 years.


The Object Oriented Systems Radio Interface Layer (OOS RIL) like android, windows and iOS, Customer-AT And windows messenger provides the similar functionality with same level of abstraction. And these components expect the higher level of abstraction then the modem platform APIs. Modem aggregated function invocation by layer-4 Intelligence fills the gap of modem telephony layer-4 functionality. This layer needs to build the telephony state machines and layer-4 logic around these state machines. And Modem aggregated function invocation layer exposes this functionality through the controlled APIs.


The extant literature has concluded that stock prices do not fully reflect the implications of current earnings for future earnings. This evidence is based on random samples of firms, whose quarterly earnings are assumed to be generated by the same, relatively complex, Brown-Rozeff (1979, BR hereafter) process. It is conceivable that model complexity is the source of the market's failure to fully reflect the implications of current earnings for future earnings. The purpose of this study is to determine whether stock prices fully reflect the implications of current earnings for future earnings for a subset of firms whose quarterly earnings generating process is much simpler than the BR model. For the entire sample of AR1 firms, we find that stock prices do not fully reflect the implications of current quarterly earnings for future quarterly earnings. They erroneously act as if the error of the AR1 model at lag four has negative valuation implications. When we segment the sample by several proxy variables for firms' information environments (i.e., firm size, number of institutional shareholders, and the existence of security analyst following), we find that the failure of stock prices to fully reflect the implications of current quarterly earnings for future quarterly earnings pertains only to firms with less predisclosure information. When we examine the relation between current earnings surprise and contemporaneous and future CARs, we obtain additional insights into what stock prices do not understand about firms with less predisclosure information. For firms with less predisclosure information, the failure of stock prices to fully reflect the implications of current quarterly earnings for future quarterly earnings pertains to large positive surprises, but not to large negative ones.


Background: The article is devoted to the consideration of the modal characteristics of one of the speech types known as the speculation. There is a lack of clear linguistic criteria for distinguishing speech types in the scientific text in the literature. Existing attempts to characterize speech types functionally and grammatically, i.e. through the description of speech types using syntactic structures, are inconclusive, since such structures are widely represented in different speech types. Purpose: Thus, the purpose of the article is to substantiate the possibility to carry out the separation of speech types, based on the modal characteristics of the sentence. Results: The results of the research show that only two types of speech — description and reasoning — can be taken into account in a scientific text, because the narrative is more related to biographical facts, the course of personal experiments, information from the history of science, etc. With this approach, we can assume that the speculation (argument) is always modally colored, and the description is modally neutral, i.e. the speculation is a strong marked member of the opposition, and the description is a weak unmarked one. It is argued that, unlike the description, speculation will always include a characteristic of truth / untruth, authenticity / unreliability of knowledge. Conclusions: The article under consideration comes to the conclusion about certain means of expressing modality. Among them there is a large group of markers that are usually present in the speculation: a) modal verbs with infinitives, first person narration, introductory words and phrases, question-answer complex; b) introductory words, references and references, conjunctions and particles; c) sentences with verbs in the imperative mood, emphatic constructions, exclamatory sentences, modal-evaluative constructions, headings in the form of a rhetorical question. It is also noted that it is possible to use the considered material when teaching second language to foreigners, including Ukrainian and Russian as Second Languages.


Inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD), which comprise Crohn's disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC), are rising trend in Saudi population. We aim to examine the association between consanguinity and family history and the risk of childhood IBD in Saudi children. A multicenter case–control study conducted in three tertiary hospitals in Jeddah and Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, during periods 2009 to 2021. Data about demographics, consanguinity, family history of IBD, and type of IBD were collected using a structured questionnaire. The same questionnaire was applied in matched case–control. Odds ratios (OR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) were estimated using unconditional logistic regression analysis that was performed to compare both groups. The study population included 335 children: 167 IBD patients (49.9%) and 168 controls (50.1%). Of these IBD, 93 patients (56%) were CD and 74 patients (44%) were UC. Most of participants were females (72.1%) and their age more than 10 years (51.5%). There was first-degree consanguinity in 66 IBD patients (49.6%). No significant difference in first-degree consanguinity between cases and controls was noted (49.6% in cases vs. 50.4% in controls; OR = 1.02; 95% CI = 0.66–1.57). The consanguinity showed a more significant association with CD than UC (p < 0.05). Family history of IBD (father, siblings, and grandparents) as risk factors for IBD was identified: paternal history of IBD (OR = 0.25, 95% CI = 0.08–0.76), siblings' history of IBD (OR = 2.16, 95% CI = 1.92–2.43), and grandparent's history of IBD (OR = 0.22, 95% CI = 0.07–0.65). Family history of IBD showed a more significant association with CD than UC (p < 0.05). Consanguinity is strongly associated with IBD with more significant association with CD than UC and may possibly explain IBD rise in Saudi Arabia. The greatest risk of family history of IBD is in first-degree relatives, especially in siblings' rather than parents and grandparents.


In this work the construction of a novel poly(vinyl chloride) membrane sensor based on 2,2'-dianiline disulfide (DADS) as a neutral carrier, o-nitrophenyloctyl ether (NPOE) as a plasticizer and sodium tetraphenyl borate (NaTPB) as an anionic site with unique selectivity towards Tm(III) ions is reported. The electrode has a linear dynamic range between 1.0 x 10 -6 and 1.0 x 10 -2 M, with a nice Nemstian slope of 19.5 ± 0.3 mV per decade and a detection limit of 4.0 x 10 -7 M at the pH range of 4.8-8.5. It has a very fast response time (<15 s) in the whole concentration range, and can be used for at least 4 weeks without any considerable divergence in the electrode potentials. The proposed sensor revealed comparatively good selectivity with respect to most common metal ions, and especially lanthanide ions. It was used as an indicator electrode in the potentiometric titration of Tm(III) ions with EDTA and in direct determination of concentration of Tm(III) ions in binary mixtures. It was also applied in determination of fluoride ions in mouth wash preparations.


Undoubtedly having lush and interesting plants in the aquarium, in addition to beauty, has a favorable effect on fish. These plants, in addition to create beauty in the aquarium space, provide an environment close to the natural habitat of ornamental fish. The benefits of using aquatic plants in the aquarium include adjusting the water hardness and pH, increasing the dissolved oxygen in the water, and ultimately maintaining the relative health of the fish. The plant Cryptocoryne is a member of Araceae family and having more than 50 different species distributed throughout Southeast Asia. More than 20 species are being used for aquarium decorations in the world. Due to the reddish brown leaves, the plant has high value as an aquarium herb and has a very high export potential. The present study investigates morphological, ecological characteristics, distribution, propagation, cultivation and also introduces several species of this plant.


Objective:To study the renal disease caused by hypothyroidism,further understand the etiology and pathogenesis,reducing misdiagnosis and missed diagrosis.Methods: Retrospective analysis using case,Through to the clinical manifestations,treatment and curative effect of comprehensive analysis,the conclusion that clinical.Results:Hypothyroidism with abnormal kidney function,it is easy to be misdiagnosed missed hypothyroidism treatment cause renal insufficiency between etiology treatment.Conclusion: Hypothyroidism cause kidney function abnormal via active treatment can be cured,in clinical should pay attention to in the hypothyroidism cause renal abnormality.


This paper analyses the impact of European mobility in the field of the political nomination of intra-EU migrants in local elections. The study contributes to the debates in the literature related to immigrant nomination and representation by showing how group resources and political opportunities in the country of residence interact with the political opportunities of the European citizenship regime. It argues that the symbolic and legal status of European identity, representation in the European Parliament and strong links between political institutions in the countries of destination and origin play a positive role in boosting immigrant political entrepreneurs' visibility vis-a-vis host country political actors. In order to illustrate these findings, the paper provides a qualitative comparison of British and Romanian residents in Spain.


The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has brought to light the poor workplace conditions which most people have to deal with every day. In combination with the prolonged unstable economy, working class people are having to deal with stressful conditions at home and work, resulting in a situation where employees are facing workplaces which only seem to get worse and worse, leaving working class people with no choice but to find employment in an adverse environment. This paper offers an ethics of care based approach in which workplace conditions are directly addressed by implementing practices and policies centered around ethical caring, making the workplace somewhere supportive and productive for the corporation and its employees. This ethics of care approach utilizes the preexisting relationships within businesses to make the workplace a caring environment where the employees of the business can better themselves, while not infringing on the profitability of the corporation.


This article describes the use and the violation of principles of cooperation or maxims. The maxims are used for some purposes. The maxim of quantity is used to express information clearly, to ask for help, and to avoid misunderstanding. The maxim of quality is used to express true information, to argue an opinion, and to make a conclusion. The maxim of relevance is used to find out true information and to give true information. The maxim of manner is used to express information clearly and to avoid misunderstanding. The violations of the maxims can be done by means of direct violation, opting out, clashing, and flouting. Such violations have some functions. The maxim of quality is violated to raise a comic effect, to hide an intention, to flatter, and to hide embarrassment. The maxim of relevance is violated to raise a conversational implicature and to raise a comic effect. The maxim of manner is violated to hide embarrassment, to raise a comic effect, and to raise a conversational implicature. Keywords: maxims of cooperation, maxim violation


The controlled Lorenz system is considered first, and the control term of the system is given with the sense of the Jacobin matrix set and the definition of the balanced point. Then, these methods and results of the global attractive set and positive invariant set in the system are delivered with the generalized Lyapunov function family. The stability of the system are discussed. Leonov formula is proved by predigesting the proof of the ellipsoid formulas. Some estimable formulas are put in one formula. The new formula will derive a group of other es- timable formulas. Then, these better results of the global attractive set and positive invariant set are obtained with the thought of intersection in geometry theory. Finally, a linear feedback synchronous validity and these figures of synchronous error are given. The simulation results indicate that the method is feasible and effective.


Introduction : The purpose of this study was to identify barriers reported by patients that impact attendance at Diabetes Self-Management Education (DSME) classes.  Interdisciplinary DSME classes were implemented with a significant number (84%) of patients invited to classes not attending.  Methods: One hundred and two patients who were invited to DSME classes but did not attend any DSME classes were eligible for inclusion in this study. A 28 question survey tool was utilized.  Patients were interviewed in person or via telephone utilizing the survey tool.  Patients were contacted five different times (varying days and times to increase likelihood of reaching them via telephone) before labeling them as "unreachable".  Data was tested for significance using chi-square tests for group differences.  Results: Forty six patients (45%) completed the entire survey. Twenty three (49%) patients wanted to attend class but had a barrier to attending.  Patient reported barriers to attending DSME classes for those who wanted to attend but could not include lack of transportation and inconvenient or conflicting class schedules.  The primary reason given by patients who did not want to attend DSME classes and did not was overall poor patient attitude towards diabetes management.   Conclusion: There are several interventions that could be considered to try to overcome these barriers. Class attendance could improve by offering classes at a variety of times and varying the duration of classes.  In addition, providing diabetes education through other modalities that don't require transportation to classes may be helpful such as web based education modules, telemedicine and/or social media.


IT'S NOT uncommon for nursing staff to feel under pressure, particularly in A&E. For many, it's a year-round phenomenon. But at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford, RCN members have been pushed so far that this month they called on the college's governing council to approve a ballot on industrial action.


Along with the development of MEMS,micro-assembly technology is developing rapidly in recent years,a large number of researchers of the world are gradually realizing the great significance of the study of micro-assembly and micro manipulation technology.The significance of studying micro-assembly and its far influence on MEMS are analized,then the current status in the development of micro-assembly and some important research results from several research institutions participating in micro-assembly are introduced.Finally,some future prospects of micro-assembly are presented.


Author Xiao Ting Title Identifying Motivation Preferences of Generation Y Talent in China Year 2017 Language English Pages 59 + 3 Appendices Name of Supervisor Satu Lautamäki In this knowledge-based economic era, human resources are regarded as one of the most essential assets for enterprises to develop. The Generation Y group as part of it has gradually become the main force in enterprises. And how to motivate the Generation Yers seems to be a big challenge for many companies. Since that generation grew up in the context of rapid economic and social development, Generation Yers show different personalities and requirements compared to other generations. This might influence their work value and behavior in the workplace. Therefore, the existing motivation mechanisms might no longer be suitable for motivating those young employees. In order to help companies understand what Generation Y group's motivation preferences are, this thesis conducted a survey based on the previous studies regarding Generation Yers. First, the extensive literature was reviewed to help to understand Generation Yer's characteristics. Then the focus was on the classic motivation theories and researches. Those motivation factors were used as the basis to research Generation Yers' preferences in an educational company in China. By using a quantitative research and an analysis method, the general Generation Yer's motivation preference factors and features were shown in this research. In addition, the employees' attitudes toward current motivation mechanisms were also reflected in the survey. Generally, the employees held positive attitude to current motivation methods. However, there still have some problems being revealed by the respondents. Based on the survey results, the advice for managing and motivating Generation Yers were presented. This enables the company to hold proper understanding at the Generation Y employees and adjust corresponding motivation methods within the organization. Finally, at the end of paper, the limitations and recommendations were depicted for future study.


Objeltive To investigate the glutamate(Glu) and neuropeptide Y(NPY)change and role of arcuate nucleus in acute epiplepsy. Methods 20 healthy adult Sprage-Dawley(SD) rats were divided into control(C) and epileptic(E) groups randomly,the Glu and NPY quantitative study of arcuate nucleus in acute epileptic rats was done by immunohistochemistry(ABCmethod) and image analysis technique. Results ①The area of Glu positive reactivity zone was significantly increased in E group (P0.05),and the area of NPY positive reactivity zone was nosignificantly difference (P0.05).②The diameter of Glu and NPY positive reactivity neuronal soma in the two groups showed no significent difference (P0.05).③The density on areas of Glu and NPY positive reactivity neuron of E group was significantly increased,and grey degree was significantly decreased in the C and E groups (P0.05).Conclusion:Glu and NPY of acruat nrcleus in acute epitepsy was increased,there data indicated that the acute seixures may correlate with the increase of Glu and NPY.


.  This paper proposes that numerals are licensed by the feature [±augmented]. This proposal accommodates the dissociation of numerals from the plural morphology and accounts for the phenomenon of 1-deletion. The [±augmented] feature is located in the # head and selects a numeral in its specifier. In contrast to numerals and measure phrases accompanied by numerals, vague-quantity expressions are shown to be placed in a position higher than #P.


Recent developments have greatly increased the angular resolution attainable in radio astronomy. The largest reflectors give a resolution of 2 to 3 min of are, close to that of the unaided human eye. Interplanetary scintillations and interferometry give 10^(-3) sec of arc and higher; this exceeds the resolution of Michelson's stellar interferometer by more than an order of magnitude, and is comparable to the highest resolution attained by the optical intensity interferometer (1).


Interscalene brachial plexus block has gained prominence nowadays and has benefits of lesser intraoperative anaesthetic use, lesser analgesic requirement and lesser incidence of postoperative nausea and vomiting. Adjuvants are added to local anaesthetics for prolonging postoperative analgesia with interscalene block. Among the adjuvants, dexamethasone has been used extensively in past decade in neuraxial and peripheral nerve blocks. The aim of the study was to compare the duration of postoperative analgesia with lignocaine- bupivacaine combination and dexamethasone added to lignocaine - bupivacaine in interscalene block for shoulder arthroscopy. In this comparative study, 48 patients of ASA grade I and II were selected and divided into 2 groups of 24 each. After obtaining informed written consent, general anaesthesia was given to patients satisfying inclusion criteria and ultrasound guided interscalene block was performed. Time of demand for additional analgesic supplementation by the patient were noted. Hemodynamic and respiratory monitoring were done to assess any side effects and complications.Duration of analgesia was prolonged in group II (10.33±1.45 hours) i.e in lignocaine-bupivacaine-dexamethasone group than Group I(7.17±0.87 hours) i.e in lignocaine-bupivacaine group with p value less than 0.001. There were no significant differences between the two groups in secondary outcomesbased on hemodynamic parameters. Dexamethasone at a dose of 8 mg in addition to lignocaine-bupivacaine, given perineurally in interscalene block provided better quality of block and prolonged duration of analgesia by almost 3 hours, without any significant changes in hemodynamic parameters. There were no major adverse effects noted.


Two independent methods of analysis were employed to evaluate accessibility of the gel phase in macroporous network polymers. Fluorescence probes, covalented incorporated into the gel during polymerization, can provide a qualitative assessment of accessible surface area from an analysis of the solvatochromic shift of fluorescence emission. These findings are corroborated by inverse steric exclusion chromatography (ISEC). The data permits quantification of the polymers surface character in the solvated state. The results call attention to the inadequacy of dry surface area technique (e.g., BET analysis) in providing information of this type.


The aim of ICARE system (image cartography expert) may be understood as rectifying misclassifications of usual classifiers which are known to give poor results for satellite imagery. An interesting repercussion of this system is its ability to solve problems where utilized data for reasoning is stored in a geographic information system and which solution may be expressed by mean of a priority map. It works in a two step process consisting of a first one of usual classification followed by a second one consisting in previous classification improvement. The authors have chosen this approach because it permits one to integrate in a flexible way expert knowledge and know-how in satellite image interpretation.<<ETX>>


Abstract: Bureau of Finance and the State Property in the National Land Agency of the Republic of Indonesia is a unit that includes most of the financial activities of BPN. In the assessment the value performance of BPN can be provided by using Aspect of Implementation and Aspect of Benefits in the implementation of the budget. Therefore, with reference to the Ministry of Finance Regulation No. 249 / PMK.02 / 2011, researchers conducted a study of the influence of the Aspect of Implementation and Aspect of Benefits (Independent Variable/X2) of the Performance Value (Dependent Variable/Y) of BPN. The method used in this research is associative method. The result is the value of T for 16,318 of Implementation Aspects and 244 of Benefits Aspects. With the significant benefits of 0,000 for both. While the F value of the research is 1223.233. From these results it can be concluded that the implementation aspect and the aspect of benefits have a positive and significant effect partially to Value Performance. Aspects of Implementation and Benefits aspects together have a positive and significant effect on the performance value. Keywords: Implementation Aspects, Benefits Aspects, Performance Value


The manufacture of titanium carbide cutting tools requires a rapid analytical method for process control analysis. These cutting tools are essentially titanium carbide particles cemented with metallic nickel and molybdenum by liquid-phase sintering. The quality of the cutting tools is maintained by controlling the nickel and molybdenum content within a narrow range, at approximately 12 per cent. Since conventional chemical methods require about eight hours for a nickel and molybdenum analysis, this investigation was initiated to determine the feasibility of using x-ray spectrography for rapid process control analysis.


Medical image fusion uses specific techniques to complement the information from different modalities of medical images to facilitate more accurate assistance in clinical applications. In this paper, a convolutional dictionary learning (CDL-ACE) medical image fusion method based on adaptive contrast enhancement is proposed. The proposed method takes advantage of CDL-ACE to compensate for model mismatch, reduce artifact generation and better match visual observations. Eight pairs of brain images are tested, and 4 representative methods are also compared to verify the performance of our approach. The average values of MI, Q0, QMI,QTE and QNCIE are 3.4275, 0.3949, 0.6705, 0.4431, and 0.8090 for the "city" training set and 3.4282, 0.3915, 0.6703, 0.4430, and 0.8090 for the "fruit" training set, respectively. In addition, our method improves on each metric by 3.14%, 12.79%, 4.13%, 5.25%, and 0.04% and 3.16%, 11.83%,4.10%, 5.22%, and 0.04%, respectively, in comparison with a CNN. The experimental results show that the method can achieve impressive performance in both subjective and objective visual evaluations.


In order to explore the interspecific relationship of the community in Stipa breviflora desert steppe in Siziwang Banner, Inner Mongolia, on the base of sample plots investigation on its community, the interspecific correlations of 105 species pairs from 15 kinds of plants were analyzed by using research methods of χ2 test, Pearson coefficient and Spearman rank correlation coefficient. The result showed that, the most interspecific community in Stipa breviflora desert steppe in Siziwang Banner had the negative correlation. The number of species pairs with significant and extremely significant correlation was little. The most of species pairs between dominant species showed significantly negative correlation and the number of species pairs between the dominant species and other species with negative correlation was more. It indicated that species niche of the community was differentiated and the species was independent, but the competition to resource availability was fierce and the community was in development and succession.


(I) a styrene-butadiene copolymer, (ii) a hot-melt adhesive is described comprising a hydrocarbon resin of the olefin block copolymer (OBC) and (iii) a colorless and transparent. The glue is relatively transparent over the temperature exhibits a high optical transparency broad. In addition, the adhesive exhibits excellent adhesion in hot and cold. In addition, a laminate of a polymeric film with an adhesive, such as adhesive label that can be used in the labeling vessel is described. Further, various articles such as a container labeled with the adhesive are described.


Clinical guidelines seek to direct clinical practice by outlining recognised, evidence-based treatment interventions. They draw on current literature and clinical practice expertise. These Guidelines provide guidance for clinical decision-making in the context of individual client requirements, withdrawal setting, treatment availability and individual service protocols.

These Guidelines are consistent with the World Health Organisation's (WHO) United Nations Principles of Drug Dependence Treatment (United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime and World Health Organization, 2008). They outline current best practice for the management of AOD-dependent clients accessing withdrawal care.

1 Introduction - page 1
2 Definitions of dependence and withdrawal - page 5
3 Principles of AOD withdrawal care - page 9
4 Continuity of Care - page 11
5 Features of AOD withdrawal - page 13
6 Special needs groups - page 19
7 Presentation to AOD withdrawal - page 29
8 AOD withdrawal settings - page 31
9 Assessment - page 37
10 Alcohol withdrawal - page 45
11 Opioid withdrawal - page 65
12 Benzodiazepines - page 87
13 Amphetamine-type substances (ATS) - page 99
14 Cannabis - page 111
15 Nicotine - page 121
16 AOD withdrawal for clients with a dual diagnosis - page 133
17 References - page 161


In this paper, the project of massive concrete temperature monitoring and controlling in south anchor of Run-yang south suspension bridge are introduced, the specific property and change regularity is truly reflected, and it also analyzed the effect of temperature monitoring and controlling.


: Lewisite remains the effective arsenic-grounded chemical combat mediator recognized to persuade painful cutaneous irritation also sweltering. Solitary the rare diffidently actual antidotes have consequently distant been defined in works. Though, discovery of actual antidotes for lewisite remained disadvantaged through paucity of precise molecular device primary their cutaneous pathogenesis. Our current research was conducted at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital Lahore from April 2017 to March 2018. Researchers examined molecular apparatus fundamental lewisite-encouraged cutaneous sweltering also irritation also designate their original antidotes. On foundation of the current primary showing, researchers practiced very extremely subtle murine model that recaps recognized human pathogenesis of arsenicals-encouraged cutaneous irritation also sweltering. Topically managed lewisite persuaded effective severe irritation also microvariation in skin of Ptch1þ/_/SKH-1 pest. Though at the very little quantity, lewisite up-regulates extended protein reply signing, provocative reply, in addition apoptosis. Those cutaneous grazes remained related through creation of sensitive oxygen class in addition widespread apoptosis of epidermal keratinocytes. Researchers established that beginning of sensitive oxygen classes reliant on extended protein reply gesturing remains underlying molecular instrument of skin injury. That information discloses the original molecular instrument primary cutaneous pathogenesis of lewisite-persuaded cuts. Researchers similarly recognized original possible therapeutic marks for lewisite-arbitrated cutaneous damage.


When using structural mechanics to study the deformation of carbon nanotubes (CNTs), one has to pick the structural mechanics properties that are equivalent to the molecular mechanics properties. In a previous publication [1], we have determined the relation between the bending stiffness EI/a used in structural mechanics and the bond bending stiffness C used in molecular mechanics for zigzag carbon nanotubes under simple tension. This paper extends the concept and determines the corresponding relation for simple torsion. We show that the relation obtained is different than that of simple tension; in simple torsion, EI/a is load and chirality dependent. However, for the particular case of a graphene sheet, simple tension and torsion lead to the same value of EI/a, namely C/2. We also include the structural mechanics deformation of the tube that accounts for axial, bending and torsional structural stiffnesses. Unlike simple tension, the deformation in the case of simple torsion has the axial stiffness coupled to the bending and torsional stiffnesses.


A case of complete heart block during right heart Swan-Ganz balloon-tipped flow-directed catheterization in a patient with intermittent left bundle branch block after aortic valve replacement is reported. After entrance into the right ventricle with the catheter tip as well as after insertion of a temporary balloon-floated pacemaker electrode symptomatic complete heart block occurred. This case demonstrates that in a patient with intermittent left bundle branch block a complete AV block may occur and therefore the possibility of cardiopulmonary resuscitation and temporary pacing has to be taken in account.


The synthesis of a porphyrin with an over-arching strap incorporating an isophthalamide unit produced both a porphyrin monomer with a potentially H-bonding receptor site, and a [2]catenane. Although both compounds exhibit fluxional behaviour, 1H NMR and MS data was used to distinguish them, and was interpreted in terms of the dynamics of each system. The self-complementarity of the isophthalamide unit provides an ideal building block for assembling [2]pseudorotaxanes with similarly functionalised threads. This was illustrated by the self-assembly of a ruthenium–porphyrin stoppered rotaxane under thermodynamically controlled conditions, by simple mixing of the strapped porphyrin, a complementary thread unit containing an isophthalamide central unit and pyridine-attached ends, and a ruthenium carbonyl porphyrin. The strapped porphyrin was also shown to act as a receptor for chloride ion, and its binding ability with other H-bonding isophthalamide guests was found to be modulated by the presence of chloride ion. Chloride complexation was observed in both metallated and free base porphyrin monomers as well as the rotaxanes counterparts, but no anion binding was observed for the catenane.


Lawyers work with statements about verisimilitude of factual statements, while trustworthi- ness of these statements is evaluated against the backdrop of coherence of factual descrip-tions. A correct conclusion in law means a consistent reconstruction of normative meanings in the way that fits best the normative system and that allows to cogently subsume factual state of affair under the established normative meaning. This paper considers possible methodological approaches to determine the correctness of judicial interpretation. In legal parlance, this correctness is usually equated with truth, although these terms reveal two different perspectives: justification of a court decision and its correlation with facts. The author analyzes fact - finding and norm - application in judicial process, pointing out procedural and cognitive factors which bring indeterminacy in the administration of justice. To circumvent this inde- terminacy, a number of methodological solutions were proposed in legal philosophy. Among these solutions, the author addresses two main philosophical traditions in the law: positivism and non - positivism. Within the range of these conceptions, the author examines how the most prominent repre-sentatives of positivism and non - positivism, Hans Kelsen and Ronald Dworkin respectively, tackled the problem of truth in judicial interpretation. In the author's opinion, the normative component in judicial interpretation cannot be described in the legal language in the terms "false" and "true". Inter- pretation in the law deals with both normative and factual dimensions, being limited by the procedural frameworks imposed on judges by their legal system. Because of these frameworks, judges do not establish ultimate truths about facts – they work with statements about verisimilitude of factual statements conferring validity onto them, while trustworth i ness of these statements is evaluated by judges against the backdrop of the coherence of narratives describing the facts and the evidence supporting these facts. Plausibility of this interpretation hinges on a coherent and consistent description of the normative system. A true interpretation is the one which reconstructs the meaning of the legal norm in the way that fits best the normative system and does not bring inconsistency or incoherence into it, while the normative system can be conceived of either as consisting only of legal norms and propos i-tions (Kelsen) or also inclusive of principles and pol i cies (Dworkin).


This study aims to clarify passenger's opinion (including both users and non-users of a stroller) for using stroller on a train and for usage rules of strollers recommended by the Railway Business Operator. Those who are using stroller on a train are well received by the younger who have a baby or kids 5 and under than the older people. Therefore, the generation gap between the younger and the older is apparently existed. And the young generation shows a similar opinion, regardless of the parenting experience. Additionally, there are some different opinions due to the parenting experience and gender. Language: ja


Acute renal failure (ARF) is one of the major complications after coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) surgery. The risk factors are changing along with the technical evolution. The aim of this study was to identify the risk factors for ARF requiring dialysis after CABG surgery in the current era.


Excerpt Seven patients developed abnormal rapid cardiac rhythms (idio-ventricular rhythms, paroxysmal ventricular tachycardia or interference and dissociation) during a recent fifteen and one-half ...


An Anemometer is a device for measuring wind speed. Propeller type anemometer measures wind speed by generating an a.c signal. In the development of new anemometer, we use Hall Effect sensor to generate digital signal. The voltage levels of the digital signal depends on the input voltage applied to the Hall sensor, its input voltage may be from 2.5V - 27V. The Timer/Counter is a register in the Microcontroller, whose value keeps increasing or decreasing for rising edge or falling edge of the internal or external clock source by a constant rate without the help of CPU. The external clock to the counter is the digital signal from the Hall sensor. Thus the rate of rotations made by the propeller is counted using counter in the PIC 18F series Microcontroller. The spinning rate of the propeller is proportional to the wind speed. Therefore, we can determine the wind speed from the measurement of spinning rate of the propeller using embedded controller and the radius of propeller. The performance of our system is compared with existing system and our designed anemometer is also inexpensive.


Described is a method of determining the position of a position-control element relative to a reference body, the position-control element or the reference body carrying a first scale with graduations placed at constant intervals, and the reference body or position-control element having a first scanner which, from an analysis of the graduations and from the angles subtended by the distances between the first Scanner location and three graduations on the scale, calcu lates the coordinates of the first scanner location trigono metrically. In order to make it possible to calculate other coordinates and angles of inclination, the method calls for at least one additional scanner mounted a certain distance from the first scanner. All the coordinates of the scanner locations are processed together, allowing for the distance separating the scanners.