Current approaches to work stress do not address in detail the mental processes by which work events cause unpleasant affect. We propose a cognitive account that incorporates: (1) the distinction between controlled and automatic information processing; (2) the categorization of emotionally relevant stimuli; (3) the role of mental models in coping choice; (4) the enactment of beneficial job conditions through coping; and (5) reciprocal influences between cognition and affect. We conclude by discussing how this account can help explain a range of findings in the work stress literature and how a cognitive approach to work stress informs practice.


Unipolar pulses have a nonzero electric pulse area (integral of the electric field strength with respect of time in a given point of space). Due to unidirectional action on charges they can be an efficient tool for ultrafast control of wave packet dynamics in matter, charges acceleration and so one. In this paper, we briefly revise recent advances (including the results obtained by the authors) in optics of extremely-short unipolar half-cycle pulses.


Intention of my Master Thesis is to propose the CRM project of creation of the new customer satisfaction survey. This complex web based survey will help to improve the current services, which means increase of customer?s satisfaction, loyalty and greater competitive advantage for the company. The thesis is divided into theory and analysis. Theoretical part analyses available literary sources on the topic of CRM systems, customer satisfaction and customer satisfaction surveys. The analytical part is divided into analytical and project part. Analytical section introduces Semiconductor Company and analyses the current state of the current customer service, existing customer satisfaction surveys and conditions for implementation of the new web survey. The project part is focused on creation of the complex customer satisfaction survey, analyses the costs and the risks which threaten the project.


In this paper, a building block chip for a scaleable ATM switch architecture is developed. The architecture is based on a modified banyan interconnection network of this chip. Crossbar technology is employed for the switch chip. A prototype of the switch chip is implemented in Dynamic/Static/C/sup 2/MOS 2.0 micron technology using the Cadence tools environment. The performance of the chip has been optimized using a full custom design approach and a mix of technologies. The developed prototype supports a data rate of 155.52 Mb/s with a high speed of 155.52 MHz using serial inputs and outputs, and a lower speed of 38.88 MHz using four bit wide parallel inputs and outputs. The developed system and chip are fully scaleable up to a size of 256 by 256 channels, which could easily be extended in future versions.


The genomics revolution has produced a vast amount of information about genes, their functions, and their polymorphisms and has, in turn, dramatically changed the way that drugs are discovered and developed. These newly found capabilities within the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries have created both optimism and strain for the healthcare market beneficiaries of these new products, particularly in the area of pharmacogenomics. Pharmacogenomics, the integration of pharmacogenetics with the new technologies of genomics, has created the potential for developing new drugs for genetically subdivided markets. While these new pharmacogenomic technologies are providing us with the possibility for customizing drug therapies for patients, they are also creating financial and marketing uncertainties within the healthcare industry and causing conflict between the interests of drug manufacturers, healthcare payers, healthcare providers, and healthcare consumers. Current cost‐containment pressures on the healthcare system would seem to favor the adoption of pharmacogenomically targeted drugs. However, the pharmaceutical companies' concern for losing market share and the patients' concern for loss of privacy appear to be formidable stallers of the adoption process. Government intervention or even the threat of government intervention could be the trigger that accelerates the pharmacogenomics revolution. If that occurs, reallocations of financial risk‐sharing between the payers, the healthcare providers, the pharmaceutical companies, and the patients are to be expected. However, the public's concerns about privacy and the healthcare system's need for more data will also have to be addressed before we will witness the new era of personalized medicine. Drug Dev. Res. 49:17–21, 2000. © 2000 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.


In the heady days of Prime Minister Blair 'spraying' extra cash into the NHS, he used to talk about the unavoidable 'hard choices' that NHS managers would have to make as they used increasing flows of new, real resources.


This paper is to develop analytical techniques of flammable liquids which have been used for accelerating fire in accidental fires and arsons. We tested the temperature distribution of ceiling, fire patterns on the floor, and existence of flammable liquids and a check with GC/MS about flammable liquids comparing with papers, newspapers, and clothing. Research findings are as follows. The temperature of ceiling is influenced by flame. So gasoline and thinner was observed that combustible materials would be burned by flame. The fire patten on the floor was observed that flammable liquids had specialized pattern comparing combustible materials. When combustible materials on the PVC (Polyvinyl chloride) floor was burned, they didn`t react to the gas detector. But flammable liquids had opposite results. After 7 days, we identified components of fire residues with the GC/MS (Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry) about existence of flammable liquids and got components of flammable liquids. Fire investigation is a complicated processes. But we understand characteristics of materials, need detail investigations, and use the GC/MS to analyse flammable materials.


Water film formed on the pavement surface would cause potential hydroplaning, so evaluation of pavement drainage is critical in the pavement safety analysis. However, the widely used water film depth (WFD) models are empirical models. The empirical data contributing to model development and the storm design of the empirical models limit their application scope and reduce their accuracy. This study develops an analytical WFD model by simulating the dynamic of the sheet flow on the pavement surface. Pavement permeability, texture, and geometry combined with rainfall coefficient are considered as the intervening factors on WFD. The proposed new analytical WFD model assists in capturing the highest intensity and covers the impacts of accumulated rainwater on WFDs. In order to acquire the rainfall data and the field WFDs data for the model application and validation, Pavement Drainage Measuring Instrument is developed in this study. Indeed, pavement texture, pavement slope, and pavement permeability are measured by LS-40 surface texture analyser, SurPro3500 walking profiler, and seepage instrument, respectively. Subsequently, a case study of WFD prediction on 10 test sites is provided based on the new analytical WFD model and the two widely used WFD models (PAVDRN and Gallaway model). Finally, a validation test is conducted by comparing the predicted WFDs with the field measured WFD (reference). The results from Kendall correlation method illustrate that the proposed new analytical WFD model (correlation coefficient of 0.7433) is more accurate in WFDs prediction for asphalt pavement than the PAVDRN model (correlation coefficient of 0.3343) and the Gallaway model (correlation coefficient of 0.4201). The new analytical WFD model can be applied by transportation agencies for pavement drainage evaluation.


One of the main characters used in acoel taxonomy is the male copulatory organ. Despite this, ultrastructural studies of this structure are scarce. We studied the ultrastructure of the copulatory organ in eight species of acoels belonging to the taxon Childia. Members of Childia possess a well‐developed conical or cylindrical stylet‐like structure composed of needles. Immunogold cytochemistry of tubulin was used to determine the composition of the needles. Stylet‐like structures of Childia species at the ultrastructural level are basically similar. Stylet needles show intracellular differentiations. As shown both by ultrastructural and immunocytochemical methods, the stylet needles, in all species studied, are composed of long, parallel microtubules, either tightly packed or polymerized. We report unusual polymerization of microtubules, resulting in formation of a honeycomb‐like structure in cross section. Variations of ultrastructure among Childia species include numbers and arrangement of stylet needles, shape of needles, needle compactness, microtubule polymerization, direction of stylet growth, and presence/absence of different types of granules. The stylet‐like structures are homologous within Childia, but are likely to prove nonhomologous with the other needle‐like structures found in acoel copulatory organs. Stylets in Platyhelminthes are not homologous with stylet‐like structures in acoels. J. Morphol., 2007. © 2007 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.


The overall thought of optimization design on transportation batch of products pipeline is discussed,the features of different contaminated treatment methods in batch transportation is analyzed. Through determining the tank capacity in initial and terminal stations in Lanzhaou-Chengdu-Chongqing products pipeline and economical analysis, the optimization design on transportation batch and tank capacity for the pipeline is made. In this paper, the design and calculation process of this products pipeline is introduced.


FIELD: transport. SUBSTANCE: invention relates to lateral confuser 16 of vehicle front structure 10 to direct air flowing via air intakes in vehicle bumper to heat exchangers 12 mounted ahead of the engine. Said confuser is composed of plate with its rear edge 16a resting on heat exchangers while front edge 16b rests on bumper. Note here that said front edge additionally comprises seat for front transverse beam 14 to fit therein. Confuser rear edge is furnished with pivot pin to interact with appropriate intake element arranged at heat exchangers and fastener to interact with appropriate fastener on heat exchangers in turning lateral confuser about pivot pin. Invention covers also vehicle front part and method of its installation. EFFECT: better tightness between heat exchangers and front bumper, easier indtallation. 7 cl, 5 dwg


The magnetism of the oxygen deficient, A -site layered perovskite TbBaMn 2 O 5.75 has been studied by magnetic susceptibility vs. temperature measurements and neutron powder diffraction. Four magnetic phases have been identified. Above 457 K a charge melted state exists where ferromagnetic double exchange interactions between the Mn ions dominate. charge ordering occurs and the exchange interactions become primarily antiferromagnetic. The magnetic moment in this phase is too large to be consistent with a charge ordering of Mn 3+ and Mn 4+ but could be explained by having 2 e g electrons being shared among 3 Mn centers, causing them to act as a single paramagnetic unit. This suggests that S = 11/2 (Mn 3.33+ ) 3 polaron trimers may be present along with Mn 3+ . Below 203 K long range ordering of the moments on the Mn ions occurs. Neutron powder diffraction data at 52 K reveal a magnetic structure containing an ↑↑↑↓ pattern of spins which is consistent with the formation of tripolarons. Below 11 K the Tb 3+ ions also undergo long range magnetic ordering.


The purpose of this review is to provide an overview of the evolution of social presence research in the field of distance education and identified problems in investigating this construct. The researchers took an integrative review on existing social presence studies to answer three questions: (a) How definitions of social presence evolved since its establishment (b) How research focus shifted (c) What problems exist in social presence measurement. A total of 189 empirical studies in the area of distance education from 1976 to 2013 were selected and reviewed. The results of the study suggested that social presence was still illusive and difficult to define. Moreover, because of its ambiguity, many doubts and problems were identified in measuring social presence. Lastly, this review specified the limitations of similar studies, and provided guidance for future investigations.

 Key words: Integrative review, social presence, learning environment.


An LCD(Liquid Crystal Display) is provided to have a polarization separating device, thereby returning the light of other wavelength band to a back light member. A back light member supplies the light. R filter(32R), G filter(32G), and B filter(32B) generate plural display light beams for displaying the color from the supplied light. An LCD panel(2) controls the polarizing direction of each display light so that the color display is performed. WGP(Wired Grid Polarizer)(33R,33G,33B)s are arrayed oppositely to each color filter, reflects the TE polarizing component of the light supplied from a back light member(4) and transmits the TM polarizing component. The WGP and a color filter(32) are stacked on the predetermined position of a base member(31). The base member is made of the light transmissive film such as polycarbonate or PET(Polyethyleneterephtalate), preferably, plastic materials.


Purpose of the article is to identify the components of creative method and anthropology of Shakespeare's theater, to compare Shakespeare's theater to Baroque theater, to analyze various conceptions of Shakespeare. Methods: hermeneutic, cultural anthropology, historical and cultural, analytical, psychoanalysis. From philosophical and anthropological positions, creative method and creative works of W. Shakespeare have been analyzed, a strong connection of theater and philosophy of Shakespeare's theater with Baroque theater has been revealed (mysticism, fabulousness, hyperrealism, formal features are replaced by effective ones, usage of parable and utopia (image of King Lear in particular), motives of vanitas (vanity), duality of the world, allegory, «figureness»). Shakespeare suggests a new philosophy of theater based on elimination of borders between reality and art, «baroqueivisation», theatricalization of reality, masks are used as symbols of a real person without distorting it but rather revealing his or her deepest essence, sincerity. It is also reflected in understanding of Shakespeare's authorship problem where mask of a clown and a buffoon are used in order to convey the deepest and most philosophical thoughts to society. Baroque reform of the theater suggested by Shakespeare, reduces theater to universal anthropological model both synchronically and diachronically. Theater runs around the actor, not only art but life of the universe is carried out via actor. This new philosophy of theater cannot be considered only within the «culture of meanings» (G.U. Gumbrecht) but on principle is within the limits of «culture of presence», which helps to understand the ideological idea of Shakespeare's theater, to view biography and personality of Shakespeare in a new way because Shakespearean Studies was within the culture of meanings and tried to consider only the hidden codes and symbols of Shakespeare's theater. Beyond these philosophical hermeneutics remained the transforming, effective power of Shakespeare's theater. Humanization of theater also takes place: based on the old Antique form a new humanistic content is built, where much attention is paid to «life of soul», love, kindness, wits, passion, vengeance, etc., sinfulness of a soul and its ability to clear of evil. Theatre is considered to be not an external spectacle but a deep instrument of immersion in life of a soul and its gradual growth. Since theater is the whole world (in philosophy of culture it can also be identified with the formation of «Faustian soul» (O. Spengler), «Faustian spirit» focused on the infinite formation, the infinity of space), it requires the creation of a corresponding dictionary because the word itself becomes a word-action. A special role of allegory genre for philosophy of Shakespeare's theater is considered, his philosophy is compared to philosophy of F. Bacon.


Three different techniques - potentiometric titrations, conductometric titrations (with NaOH and NaHCO3 separately) and polyelectrolyte titrations were used to determine the fibre charge of unbleached and bleached pinus radiata kraft pulps that were subjected to different degrees of refining. The conductometric titrations gave slightly higher values than the potentiometric titrations. The surface charge as determined by titration with poly-DADMAC was highly dependent on the degree of refining but the total fibre charge as given by potentiometric titration and conductometric titration with NaOH remained constant after refining.


Qing shuiying coal mine of shenhua coal corporation in Ning xia has a more complex hydrogeological condition,and mine disaster prevention and control is always focused on mine-water prevention and control。When backstoping on 110202 working face we found water in water-bearing stratum of roof of second coal bed has an effect on construction on working face,even threatening security of working face increasingly,so we take discharging water craft that discharging water effectively in advance in water-bearing stratum of roof of second coal bed,finally to backstoping on working face safely.


Two types of scintillation counter, employing the VX 5045 multiplier photocell and a phosphor, are described. The alpha scintillation counting equipment is a complete instrument for counting samples of low activity over an area of 10 cm2, at background rates of less than 2 counts per hour. A counting efficiency of 35% is obtained from a thin alpha-particle source with a comparative accuracy of ±1%. The scintillation gamma counter is designed as a probe unit for routine measurement of gamma-ray flux. Methods are given for the preparation of suitable phosphors. Using a thallium-activated sodium iodide phosphor, a counting efficiency of 22.5% was measured for 1.2-MeV gamma rays stable over long periods to ± 1%.


This study aims to establish a plan to revitalize the management of one-person hair shops by systematically researching relationship marketing as a way to strengthen the competitiveness of one-person hair shops and presenting it as basic data for marketing. For this study, a survey was conducted focusing on residents of the Seoul metropolitan area who have experience using or are using a one-person hair shop. The survey was conducted for about a month from January 15, 2023 to February 20, 2023, and 288 copies were used for statistical analysis. Frequency analysis, factor analysis, reliability analysis, regression analysis, and mediated regression analysis were performed using SPSS 25.0. As a result, it was confirmed that relationship marketing had a positive (+) effect on both customer emotional response and long-term orientation, and research on the mediating role of customer emotional response in the relationship between relationship marketing and long-term orientation showed that reliability and store image were completely mediated. Based on the results of this study, it was found that single-person hair shops need to not only make steady efforts to maintain consumers' long-term orientation by strengthening customer sentiment responses through differentiated relationship marketing, but also establish a system to manage customers systematically and efficiently. In-depth understanding of customers through customer emotional responses plays a major role in strengthening the competitiveness of One-person hair shops by maintaining positive relationships.


There are several potential schemes for efficiently generating high concentrations of the first electronically excited state of nitrogen, N/sub 2/(A/sup 3/..sigma../sub u//sup +/, 6.2 eV) by either chemical or electrical pumping. The goal of this proposal is to study ways of utilizing the energy of the N/sub 2/(A) molecules for developing efficient, short wavelength gas lasers. Such lasers are of potential interest for laser fusion. The authors report both excitation-transfer and dissociative excitation-transfer reactions of N/sub 2/(A) that yield electronically-excited diatomic molecules as products. 25 refs.


The objective of this work was to select suitable starches and hydrocolloids to produce premixes that allow making gluten free noodles for celiac people and the evaluation of their physical, chemical and sensorial characteristics. Native and pregelatinized corn starch and the hydrocolloids xanthan gum, hydroxypropylmethylcellulose and guar gum were studied. The following aspects were analysed: dough machinability, moisture content in noodles, loss of solids by cooking, and some sensorial characteristics as taste and texture. Pregelatinized starch was selected because of its better integration of ingredients, resulting in uniform and wet dough, that devoid of tackiness thereby facilitating the rolling process. According to the obtained results with hydrocolloids, guar gum at a level of 2% is the hydrocolloid recommended to be used in making noodles for celiac people because of its good technological behaviour and that it allows obtaining noodles with the typical texture known as " al dente ".


Objective To observe Kangxin capsules' effectiveness and safety in treating vascular dementia.Methods Patients selected according to the diagnostic standard were randomly divided into two groups. The treatment group (33 cases) was treated with Kangxin capsule and the control group (30 cases) with hydergine.Results Kangxin capsule could ameliorate the clinical syndrome of TCM, significantly decreased the level of homocysteine and β amyloid protein( P 0.01),and no toxic adverse reaction was found in the observation period.Conclusions Kangxin capsules can safely and effectively treat.


There is considerable interest in utilization of natural pigment as food colorants, particularly from raw materials in adequate supply, such as wine grape pomace. The rate and degree of extraction of anthocyanins from grape pomace depends upon a number of factors; this research concerned two: solvent (ethanol, methanol, water), and acid (HCl, citric, tartaric, formic, acetic, propionic). Methanol was the best extractant being 20% more effective than ethanol and 73% more effective than water. HCl was most effective with ethanol, but is also very corrosive. Of the organic acids, citric was most effective with methanol and acetic acid with water.


Inspired by successful work in forensic speaker identification, this work presents a higher level system for text-independent speaker recognition by means of the temporal trajectories of formant frequencies in linguistic units. Feature extraction from unit-dependent trajectories provides a very flexible system able to be applied in different scenarios. At a fine-grained level, it is possible to provide a calibrated likelihood ratio per linguistic unit under analysis (extremely useful in applications such as forensics), and at a coarse-grained level, the individual contributions of different units can be combined to obtain a more discriminative single system with high potential for combination with short term spectral systems. With development data being extracted from NIST SRE 2004 and 2005 datasets, this approach has been tested on NIST SRE 2006 1side-1side task, English-only male trials, consisting of 9,720 trials from 219 speakers. Remarkable results have been obtained for some single units from extremely short segments of speech, and the combination of several units leads to a relative improvement of 17.2% on EER when fusing with an i-vector system.


The paper analyzes the way how to derive the unit of flow coefficient in metric and USC systems and transform the design formulation between two systems,then discusses the definitions of flow coefficient and the quantity units in the formulas in different criteria.It analyzes the design formulation of fluid resistance coefficient and the relational expressions of flow coefficient and fluid resistance coefficient as well and proposes the revised ones.Finally it proposes to introduce unit conversion coefficient for unit conversion between USC and metric into general purpose design formulas for valve flow coefficient and to replace density with relative density.


Redlegged earth mite (Halotydeus destructor) causes feeding damage to some pulse species at the seedling stage. To quantify the effect of this damage on subsequent plant growth and development, an experiment was conducted in the glasshouse using yellow lupin, Lupinus luteus cv. Motiv, which is highly susceptible to the mites. After emergence, plants were infested with 0, 100, 150, and 250 mites/plant, collected from the field. Fourteen days after application, mites were removed. Damage to plants was estimated at seedling stage, flowering time, and maturity. At seedling stage (on Day 14), feeding damage scores to cotyledons and true leaves were greater at higher mite densities. Damaged plants produced fewer nodules, fewer lateral roots, and less dry weight than the control. On Day 35, severely damaged plants failed to recover and on the surviving plants, cotyledons and true leaves died earlier than on the plants without damage. On Day 78, when plants were flowering, the surviving plants produced fewer nodules and branches, and less dry weight per plant than the control. The flowering time of plants with the mite treatments was delayed by up to 6 days compared with the controls. The final shoot dry weight, pod number, seed number, and seed yield per pot were significantly reduced by the mite treatments. Feeding by H. destructor on seedlings of yellow lupin caused a reduction in seed yield of 58% at the highest mite density treatment. This significant economic loss needs to be confirmed under field conditions, but it signifies the need to develop appropriate control measures for this pest.


Component-Based Software Development (CBSD) swears software reuse but it suffers from code scattering and tangling. Aspect Oriented Programming (AOP) deals with these problems. We present in this paper, Fractal-AOP, an add-on to the Fractal component model that combines AOP and CBSD into an overall model. Combining is achieved by applying AOP principles on the Fractal component model. Indeed, we define new control interfaces on functional components that expose join points. Aspects are defined using plain Fractal generic components. Weaving relies only on classical operations on components, namely: Configuration and assembly. The configuration allows the definition of pointcuts. The assembly connects the components defining aspects with the rest of application components.


Time-dependent networks are more practical or immediate significance compared with traditional networks models. There are instances to prove the famous Dijkstra's algorithm cannot be effectively used to solve the shortest path problems. A new kind of neural networks for continuously computing the shortest path on a time-dependent network is presented and the stability of the network is proved. This makes a new study on solving the optimization, but not NP-hard problems by neural networks.


Abstract A single crystal disc of a Pt 52 at. % Co alloy has been prepared and magnetization and crystalline anisotropy measurements have been carried out with the specimen in the disordered cubic and in the ordered tetragonal phase. The easy directions of magnetization in the cubic phase are 〈111〉; the anisotropy constant being ≅ −6 × 105 erg/cm3. The tetragonal phase is strongly uniaxial with [001] as the easy direction and an anisotropy constant of ≅2 × 107 erg/cm3. The magnetization loop properties of the mixed, magnetically hard, phase have been nieasured from room temperature down to 77°K and the coercivity was found to vary linearly with temperature. The remanent magnetization loop has been analysed in detail and shown to be consistent with a simple domain wall model.


In North America, the method of encoding information for videotex services has been standardized. The encoding scheme, the North American Presentation Level Protocol Syntax (NAPLPS), facilitates the transmission of graphics and text by representing display information in a highly compressed form. Two experiments examined viewers' responses to bit errors during simulated transmissions of NAPLPS codes. In the first experiment, graphic materials were transmitted; in the second, the materials were texts. In both experiments, a new measure of viewer satisfaction (requests for retransmission) and viewer evaluations of both image quality and usefulness indicated that bit-error probabilities in an operational teletext service should not exceed 1 x 10-4. The results of both experiments validated the new retransmission-request measure and provided some insight into the practice of teletext assessment.


The House was further of the opinion that the standard of care expected of the workman cannot be absolute, but must vary with the circumstances of his employment, and their Lordships gave their approval to the dictum, of Lawrence J. in Flower v. Ebbv> Vale Steel, Iron and Coal Co., Ltd. [1934] 2 K. B. 132 at p. 140: ' I think, of course, that in considering whether an ordinary prudent workman would have taken more care than the injured man, the tribunal of fact has to take into account all the circumstances of work in a factory, and that it is not for every risky thing which a workman in a factory may do in his familiarity with the machinery that a plaintiff ought to be held guilty of contributory negligence.' The House of Lords have thus adopted a wide view regarding the standard of care to be expected from a workman and confined the effect of their decision to a smaller class of cases than the ' reasonable man ' test would have allowed. It is of interest to note that Caswell's Case has since been applied in Stimpson v. Standard Telephones, Ltd. [1940] 1 K. B. 342. R. E. D.


In this paper, temperature distribution in plastic deformation zone of warm extrusion with expanding process was investigated, with the respect of the change in temperature under transportation from the heating system to the working position and heat emission in metal forming using heat-transfer theory.


Virginia's hurricane evacuation plan consists of two major components: an Abbreviated Transportation Model (ATM) and a Traffic Control Plan (TCP). The ATM contains the number of people and vehicles evacuating from each geographic zone, which is determined based on socioeconomic and behavioral characteristics combined with threat assessment. The ATM assigns vehicles to designated evacuation routes based on their origin zone. The traffic control plan provides detailed information on management of evacuation traffic. Measures in the traffic control plan include 2-phase evacuation, open/close ramps, ramp meters, lane reversal scheme, etc. In addition to I-64, Rt. 17, Rt. 460, Rt. 58, Rt. 60, and Rt. 100 are all designated evacuation routes. The Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) performed an evaluation study of the Hampton Roads evacuation routes to determine where severe traffic situations might occur during evacuation. Their study mainly focused on the interstate routes in the region and the operational characteristics of the arterial evacuation routes were not analyzed although the arterial routes carry a significant portion of evacuation traffic. In this preliminary study, we expanded the evacuation network by including a second major arterial evacuation route, i.e., US Route 58, because a significant portion of vehicles from Virginia Beach, Norfolk, and Chesapeake use Rt. 58 to escape. We then performed traffic analysis using the same ATM and TCP but with Rt. 58 included. It was found that traffic on Rt. 58 would have mild impact on the overall evacuation. Simulation results include traffic volume, clearance time, travel time, delay time, etc.


................................................................................................................................. xi ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ...................................................................................................... xiii CHAPTER ONE: THE NATURE OF THE STUDY ............................................................... 1 Background to the Study ................................................................................................................. 2 Purpose of the Study ....................................................................................................................... 5 Significance of the Study ................................................................................................................ 5 Parameters of the Study .................................................................................................................. 8 Assumptions ............................................................................................................................... 8 Delimitations .............................................................................................................................. 8 Limitations ................................................................................................................................. 9 Definitions ................................................................................................................................ 10 Isomorphism ........................................................................................................................ 10 Institutional change ............................................................................................................. 10 Institutional formation .................................................................................................... 10 Institutional development (or elaboration) ..................................................................... 10 Deinstitutionalization ..................................................................................................... 10 Reinstitutionalization ...................................................................................................... 11 Policy ................................................................................................................................... 11 Public policy ........................................................................................................................ 11 Stakeholders and actors ....................................................................................................... 11 Policy community ................................................................................................................ 12 Policy networks ................................................................................................................... 12 Policy analysis ..................................................................................................................... 12 Problem stream .................................................................................................................... 12 Policy stream ....................................................................................................................... 12


The Court's experiment in pairing the two shows suggested that Travesties is an intertextual dazzler better served by the memory of Wilde than by true proximity, or at least close proximity to a comparatively bold interpretation of Wilde. For as much as Stoppard invokes Wilde, Travesties also is steeped in Joyce, Dada, Marx / Lenin, and the gaping psychological losses created by the First World War. Precisely the combination of these elements makes the travesty and the meaning of Stoppard's work. Seeing the shows close together revealed that to emphasize the Wildean intertext unbalances the multisourced principle upon which Travesties is constructed. Further, the Court's Earnest was staged as a play about youth and the breaking of convention within a world in which society's edifice holds strong enough to provide swift and satisfactory, if arbitrary, resolution. Travesties, on the other hand, emerged as a play about age and doubt, where amidst all the intellectual carnival we come to fear that society's edifice cannot support us much longer. The fear and weight of that realization sat less comfortably in a space where the fizz of Earnest had so recently prevailed. It felt as if the plays entered conversation with each other, but the conversation used different definitions for the same words. Despite the experiment's uneven results, I commend the Court Theatre for providing audiences and scholars the chance to think through the relationship of the two plays in performance, rather than just on the page.


Abstract : The progress made during the second year of the programme is described. The 3 gravimeter conversions and systems construction are nearly complete. A six month tidal gravity experiment was undertaken using E.T.1o. and preliminary results from this experiment are described. Calculations of Indian Ocean tidal loading at various sites around the ocean have been made and from these results, together with a visit to India and Pakistan, initial sites for the primary observation programme have been selected. In addition a tidal prediction software package is described which will have a wide range of applications in geodynamics measurements which require tidal corrections accurate to + or - 0.5 cm or + or - 1 microgal. (Author)


PURPOSE: A washing machine and a control method thereof are provided to change the washing cycle before the power rates exceed a reference level or to control the operating ratio of a load corresponding to the rise of power rates. CONSTITUTION: A washing machine comprises a motor which rotates a rotary tub, a heater which heats the water in the rotary tub, a communication unit(441) which receives information on power rates according to time from a power manager(300), and a control unit(442) which confirms the current power rates from the received power rates information and reduces the operating ratio of either the motor or the heater when the current power rates exceed a reference level.


Robotic systems are becoming increasingly important in firefighting and rescue. These are not used for autonomous indoor attack, but only semi-autonomously under very controlled conditions. This means that the potential of the techno-logy is not fully exploited. In order to open up further fields of application, this work presents an approach with which human-robot-collaboration can be implemented in rescue and fire emergency scenarios. To this end, a basic model is first presented that provides a framework for the approach. Thereby, the a-priori knowledge is represented in a cold situation and the acutely determined knowledge at the scene in a warm situation. It is further expressed how these situation re-presentations interact with each other. Based on this, a model is presented that makes it possible to derive the decision making of the actors from the robot as well as the human point of view and to make own decisions based on this. The paper concludes with a list of working hypotheses.


Smith and Nolan's overview of central venous catheters (CVCs) states that evidence from 56 trials shows that antiseptic or antimicrobial impregnation of CVCs reduces the risk of bloodstream infection related to their use.1 2 The dilemma for clinicians, however, is which types of impregnation work best and for whom.

The best available evidence on the type of impregnation comes from a network meta-analysis combining direct and indirect comparisons.3 …


The goal of the Demo III Program for Experimental Unmanned Vehicles (XUVs) is to develop and integrate technologies to provide a vehicle platform with autonomous capabilities. The platform will allow for the integration of modular mission packages to allow it to serve multiple needs across the battlefield. For demonstration purposes, the primary mission package will perform the functions of Reconnaissance, Surveillance, and Target Acquisition (RSTA). The RSTA mission package will provide the capability to conduct RSTA functions while both stationary and on the move. It will include a variety of sensor technologies along with signal and image processing capabilities to perform the RSTA mission. The paper will describe goals for the Demo III RSTA mission package, discuss the types of sensors being considered for platform integration, and summarize the RSTA related aspects of the recently awarded integration contract. Processing and algorithm capabilities required for the XUV to perform RSTA in an autonomous fashion, such as aided target recognition, motion detection, motion detection on the move, etc. will also be discussed.


In the field of photovoltaics, perovskite solar cells have attracted great interest due to their high efficiency combined with a strong potential for low cost and good versatility. One of the main ...


In order to cultivate qualified excellent teacher for kindergartens,many departments of preschool education in applied universities initiate the integration of their curriculum provision.Such kind of integrated curriculum reflects such aspects as:connecting to present kindergarten teaching;integrated relative theoretical courses;adapting to the development of preschool education;broadening the study field of preschool education;reinforcing the teaching of arts;enhancing the students' ability of teaching as well as their competition in getting a job,which is one of the things that comes out and is firmly embodied into practical courses in curriculum.


The DNA homology and cell wall sugar constituents of eight Streptococcus sanguis(‐like) strains, three isolated from the patients with Behçet's disease (BD114‐23, BD113‐20, BD118‐1), two from patients with Kawasaki disease (MCLS‐1, MCLS‐2), and three type and reference strains of ATCC (ATCC10556T: S. sanguis, ATCC10557: S. oralis, and ATCC10558T: S. gordonii) were analyzed. Strains BD114‐23 and BD118‐1 showed high DNA homology to ATCC10556T, and their cell wall constituents were identical. Conversely, BD113‐20, MCLS‐1, MCLS‐2, and ATCC10557 showed little DNA homology to ATCC10556T and ATCC10558T, but showed approximately 50 to 60% homology to each other. The cell wall constituents of BD113‐20, MCLS‐1, MCLS‐2, and ATCC10557, however, were somewhat different, indicating that some of the clinical isolates have different characters from those of the three ATCC strains.


We report on the growth and redistribution of Au clusters caused by nanosecond laser interaction of Au x (TeO 2 ) 1−x thin films with intense excimer laser radiation. This laser-induced phenomenon is studied in a time-resolved manner using transient reflectivity and transmissivity techniques. Structural and compositional changes are investigated using Rutherford Backscattering, XPS depth profiling, x-ray diffraction and conductivity measurements. Our studies indicate that melting of the binary structure initializes segregation, growth and coalescence of Au crystallites in the amorphous TeO 2 matrix.


The analyticity properties of coherent states for a semisimple Lie group are discussed. It is shown that they lead naturally to a classical ''phase space realization'' of the group.


Hybrid energy system is an excellent solution for power generation in rural areas where the grid extension is difficult and uneconomical. It is a combination of two or several energy sources such as solar photovoltaic, wind, micro hydro or diesel generators. This offers the advantage that the strengths of each type of sources can be used to complement one another. Hybrid systems can provide electricity at a comparatively economic price. In order to obtain electricity from a hybrid system reliably and at an economically, its design must be optimal in terms of sizing and operation. Biomass gasifier based hybrid energy system has not been reported in literature. The aim of this work is to develop a biomass gasifier based hybrid energy system and to develop optimal operating strategy. An optimization model has also been developed for the optimal operation of the system. The system is modeled using meteorological and load data collected from a typical village. The optimal hybrid system design is realized by satisfying the load demand, non-linear seasonal variations and equipment constraints. The simulations were carried out using HOMER software.


One of the multipulse sequences in FT 13C NMR, the DEPT pulse sequence, was used to decrease the complexity and to improve the information content of 13C NMR spectra of macromolecules such as milled wood lignins (MWL) extracted from hardwoods (Birch and Aspen MWL). This sequence gives the possibility to edit subspectra selectively for CH, CH2 and CH3 carbons, and benefits from a large intensity enhancement for the carbon atom signals, due to polarization transfer. Thus, it is possible to discriminate precisely between quaternary and tertiary aromatic carbon atoms and to show unambiguously the presence of p-hydroxybenzoate structures in Aspen MWL and their absence in Birch MWL. In addition, the DEPT sequence has made possible the observation of signals which, with classical experiments, are overlapped by others signals, either partially, like the C-γ signal of syringaresinol units or completely like the C-α signal in cinnamaldehyde units. Preliminary results indicate that quantitative data might be obtained from the edited spectra.


OBJECTIVES To assess the quality of nurses' prescribing through an assessment of their prescription in relation to diagnosis, and to investigate trends in drug use in Botswana primary health care.


The use of visual data representation is increasing the possibilities to exchange information and communicate indifferent contexts all over the world. Communicating food wastage visually to influen ...


This paper presents the solution of the kinematic wave equation using a meshless radial point interpolation method (RPIM). The partial differential equation is discretized using a Galerkin weighted residual method employing RPIM shape functions. A forward difference scheme is used for temporal discretization, while the direct substitution method is employed to solve the nonlinear system at each time step. The formulation is validated against solutions from conventional numerical techniques and physical observation. In all cases, excellent agreements are achieved and hence the validation of the proposed formulation. Optimum values of the multi-quadrics shape parameters were then determined before the assessment of the performance of the method. Based on the convergence rate, it has been shown that the proposed method performs better than the finite difference method and equivalent to the finite element method. This highlights the potential of RPIM as an alternative method for hydrologic modeling.


Complete zona pellucida (ZP) removal using laser assisted hatching can improve clinical and neonatal outcome in single vitrified-warmed blastocyst transfer (SVBT) cycle?

 Implantation rate, clinical pregnancy rate and live birth rate can be improved by complete removal of zona pellucida, whereas no impact on neonatal outcomes.

 Assisted hatching (AH) technique widely used in assisted reproductive technology for improving clinical outcome in frozen embryo transfer (FET), which could impair successful embryo hatching out of the zona pellucida (ZP) due to ZP hardening during vitrification-warming. The zona thinning and drilling methods of AH doesn't affect clinical, live births outcomes and it could increase monozygotic twin birth, risk of placenta associated diseases. But recent studies showed that the complete removal of ZP may increase the chance of blastocyst adhesion and outgrowth afterwards, which required to be proven.

 Retrospective study data collected from July 2015 to November 2019 included SVBT in the Ojinmed IVF center. We divided into 2 groups as follows: case group 160 (randomly selected complete removal of ZP) and control group 160. The clinical outcomes were implantation rate (IR), clinical pregnancy rate (CPR), live birth rate (LBR), miscarriage and neonatal outcomes including monozygotic twin, birth baby sex, birth weight, height and gestational weeks. All parameters were compared between two groups.

 320 vitrified blastocyst transfer cycles in 215 patients underwent a clomiphene-based minimal ovarian stimulation protocol or drug-free natural cycles. All embryos were vitrified-warmed by Cryotop method (Kitazato, Japan). Complete removal of ZP selected an survived blastocysts after warming and used an immediate laser drilling (Laser: 1.8-2.2 ms, Octax NaviLaseTM) in perivitelline space. And gently glass pipetting done for complete removal of ZP. Statistical analysis performed by Chi-square test and logistic regression analysis using STATA 12.

 A total 320 SVBT cycles, including ZP completely removed 160 cycles and control 160 cycles. In analysis of the patient's age, fertility causes and fertilization methods were not significant (p < 0.05) between two groups. The IR (55.2 % and 66.2 %, p < 0.01), CPR (39.3 % and 52.5 %, p = 0.01) and LBR (29.3 % and 43.7 %, p < 0.01) are highly correlated between the control and the completely removal of ZP group, respectively. In multivariable logistic regression analysis showed the completely removal of ZP group had significance for IR (aOR 0.54, CI 95 % 0.31-0.93, p = 0.02), CPR (aOR 0.56, CI 95 % 0.32-0.96, p = 0.03) and LBR (aOR 0.56, CI 95 % 0.32-0.99, p = 0.048), which adjusted by patient age, blastocyst grade and vitrification day. Miscarriage rate didn't show significance (23.8% and 21.4%, p = 0.73) between groups. The neonatal outcomes including monozygotic twin, sex of the births, average gestation week and birthweight were non significant (p < 0.05) between two groups (49 for control group and 66 for case group) children.

 The result of the current retrospective study is limited to data from a single IVF center.

 Our study suggests that complete removal of ZP using laser assisted can improve clinical outcomes including implantation, clinical pregnancy and live birth after SVBT. And it may doesn't affect to miscarriage rate and neonatal outcome.

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The industrial demand for higher reliability of various components is one of the main flywheels of the research and development in the field of modelling of complex phenomena. There is a need to characterize the wear behaviour of the interface under fretting wear conditions in ball bearing application. Pre-treated experimental data was used to determine the wear of contacting surfaces as a criterion of damage that can be useful for a life-time prediction. The benefit of acquired knowledge can be crucial for the industrial expert systems and the scientific feature extraction that cannot be underestimated. Wear is a very complex and partially-formalized phenomenon involving numerous parameters and damage mechanisms. To correlate the working conditions with the state of contacting bodies and to define damage mechanisms different techniques are used. The use of our approaches in the prediction of the response of the system to different test conditions is validated. Two physical models, based on Archard and Energetic approach, are compared with artificial neural network model and genetic programming. Decisive factors for a comparison of used AI techniques are their: performance, generalization capabilities, complexity and time-consumption. Optimization of the structure of the model is done to reach high robustness of field applications. Finally, application of the wear level information to forecast a probability of damage is presented.


A primary goal of river restoration is to reestablish lost ecological functions. Yet the impact of restoration on diatom assemblages and algal biomass in a stream is rarely addressed in the scientific literature reporting the outcomes of restoration projects aimed at improving riverine habitat. To investigate the potential for using benthic diatoms as indicators of the benefits to habitat associated with river restoration, we conducted a pilot diatom study in Whychus Creek, a headwater tributary of the Deschutes River in Oregon, USA. As part of a work study project for college students, we collected periphyton samples in a restored reach, a restored transition reach and an unrestored reach (control) and compared diatom assemblages and algae biomass of these reaches. Diatom assemblages and traits differed substantially between the control and restored reaches and the median percentage of chlorophyll a in the periphyton biomass increased from 9% in the control reach to 12% in the restored reach. The results of this pilot study suggest that benthic diatom assemblage may be useful indicators of river restoration success, particularly for approaches that aim to reconfigure channels and increase floodplain connectivity and habitat complexity.


International Bond Market become a part of today's global financial markets which cannot be ignored after the rapid development of the wave of financial securities and IT reform. China's capital markets, especially the bond market, has already had a relatively complete market system, but compared with the mature markets of developed countries in terms of market size, market structure and regulatory system, there are still significant gaps. Through the research and development process of the United States, Europe, Canada and other major international bond market, this paper summarizes the experience of bond market for our learning and planning strategic objectives and future development path.


The machining of deep micro-holes in difficult-to-cut materials is of prime importance in manufacturing. Present study aims to introduce the application of lowfrequency workpiece-vibration in deep-hole micro-EDM drilling of difficult-to-cut cemented carbide (WC-Co). In this context, an analytical study on the mechanism of low-frequency workpiece vibration-assisted micro-EDM drilling has been presented. In addition, experimental investigation has been conducted in order to validate the model by studying the effects of workpiece vibration on machining performance, surface quality and dimensional accuracy of the micro-holes.


Objectives: The study aims at exploring the feelings and the experience of fathers about their wife/partner's delivery. Background: During the last decades birth attendance by fathers is a common phenomenon across many countries. Fathers' birth attendance may evoke both positive and negative feelings. Methodology: The study was conducted in a city of Northern Greece. The sample consisted of 417 fathers whose wife/partner had given birth during the previous one week to one year. Data were collected using the Kuopio Instrument for Fathers (KIF). Results: Father's feelings about their wife or partner were very positive as nearly all (82.1%) of the participants were proud to become fathers and agree that they felt love and were grateful to their wife/partner. However, half of the fathers felt anxious and nervous. 40.7% quite agree that the staff was very professional, that they trusted the staff (45%) and that they were grateful to the staff (38.8%). There is correlation between the "feelings related to the wife/partner" and education (r=0.156, p=0.0047), "being afraid during the preparatory visit at the obstetric hospital" (r=-0.238, p=0.009), and "anxiety during the preparatory visit" (r=0.295 p=0.005). The subscale "feelings related to the environment and staff" correlates with "usefulness of preparatory visit" (r=-0.223, p=0.004) and the subscale of "experiences related to delivery" correlates with "usefulness of preparatory visit" (r=-0.357, p=0.001). Conclusions: Our results support the findings of previous studies, which indicated that birth attendance by fathers has evoked positive feelings about their wife/partner, the delivery, the staff and the hospital environment.


A problem of dynamical identification of inputs of systems described by ordinary differential equations is considered. Solving algorithms based on the method of control of a model are suggested.


Direct numerical simulation (DNS) and proper orthogonal decomposition(POD)Galerkin projection are conducted for a 3-D foil undergoing pitching and plunging motion. POD analysis shows that most turbulent kinetic energy (96%) is contained by the first six POD modes, whereas the first four modes are sufficient to reconstruct the vortices formation in the far wake zone. Reconstruction coefficients of the first two POD modes could be accurately predicted by using a pressure correction based Galerkin projection method. Complex topological structures are found existing in iso-surfaces of velocity and Q-criterion of POD modes.


The generalized results for theoretical study of efficiency criteria of psychological consultation are presented, the results of their empirical study, as well as the model of effective psychological consultation developed on their basis are described.


The purpose of this thesis is to analyze how the EU is constructed discursively in their discourse about a possible Turkish EU-membership. This is done by drawing upon Torben Bech Dyrbergs (1997) theory on how identities are constructed relationally thorough the logic of difference and equivalence. The empirical material consists of progress reports released by the European Commission, and by speeches held by the former European Commissioner for Enlargement, Mr. Stefan Fule. My conclusion is that two collective identities are created– one Turkish and one identity connected to the EU. These two are constructed relationally and can consequently be seen as effects of each other, where "the other" is needed in order for the "self" to exist. By studying how chains of equivalence are constructed in the discourse I conclude that the Turkish identity is given meaning by constructing it as undemocratic, old-fashioned, dependent, patriarchal and aggressive. The EU-identity is on the other hand constructed as the opposite, through the equivalence chain of democratic, modern, role model, equal and peaceful.


An InP-based Schottky-barrier diode (SBD) is monolithically integrated with a wideband log-periodic toothed antenna for detecting millimeter- and sub-millimeter-waves at frequencies of up to the terahertz (THz) range. A module with a quasi-optical collimation lens fabricated for practical use exhibits sensitivities of 1000 V/W at 300 GHz and 125 V/W at 1.2 THz with good linearity. Near-distance wireless transmission of 5 Gbit/s data with a 240 GHz carrier is also examined using the fabricated SBD module.


In this paper, taking the doubly fed induction generator (DFIG) wind turbine as the research object, an electromagnetic transient simulation model is established in PSCAD/EMTDC simulation environment to analyze the active power and reactive power regulation capacity of DFIG wind turbine. Under different wind speed, maximum power point tracing (MPPT) control is implemented to ensure the optimum active power output, meanwhile the reactive power limits are calculated and combined with reactive power requirement of local load or the grid to determine the reactive power output. It can achieve operation optimization by making full use of a DFIG wind turbine capacity of the flexible power regulation.


Abstract : Provides a description of the Battle of Chancellorsville and analyzes how the United States and Confederate Armies applied and/or violated the principles of war contained in Air Force Manual 1-1. Also provides discussion questions to reinforce and emphasize how the principles of war were applicable to the Battle of Chancellorsville.


We observed 6 primary-grades teachers in public and private schools in this study. Based on mid-year observations, 2 of these teachers were much more effective compared to the other 4 in producing greater student engagement and literacy progress, as determined by video and observation data of multiple content areas and as rated by the Classroom AIMS instrument. These 2 more effective teachers began the school year differently than the other teachers, again documented through observation of their teaching. Consistent with previous studies, the 2 more effective teachers did more to establish routines and procedures at the beginning of the year. In addition, compared to the less effective teachers, on the first days of school the more effective teachers offered more engaging activities, more enthusiastically introduced reading and writing, indicated higher expectations, praised specific accomplishments of students, pointed out when specific students were behaving in a praiseworthy fashion, and encouraged student self-regulation. In short, the first days of school were very different in the classes taught by the more effective teachers from those taught by the less effective teachers.


A plethora of studies have investigated how Mobile Financial Services (MFS) induces financial inclusion around the world. However, research in the context of Bangladesh was rather limited. Hence, the primary objective of this paper was to investigate whether there was a statistically significant relationship between MFS and financial inclusion, measured by two time series variables – the number of MFS agents and number of registered MFS users per 100,000 of population, from 2017 to 2020. For analyzing the relationship between these two variables, multiple statistical methods were employed – including Vector Auto Regression, Cointegration and Granger Causality. The analysis revealed that both time series variables had an increasing trend with time. More importantly, the analysis specified that there was no statistically significant relationship between MFS, measured by the number of agents and the 'usage' dimension of financial inclusion, measured by number of registered MFS users in the context of Bangladesh. Moreover, the study was unable to find any significant changes in the trends of these variables that could be attributed to the COVID-19 pandemic in Bangladesh.


An autonomous inspection robot can be designed to operate in a wide range of industrial, military, police, scientific, domestic and educational applications. The robot described in this project work, is a low-cost vehicle that is intended for research purposes, but with a few changes in some of its components it can be used for real-life tasks. The general idea in the creation of this robot is to use the advantages of the modular design. Different ready standard modules are combined in order to construct the whole system. The designer has to select the most appropriate components and to make the connections among them. He has to organize their communication in order to achieve their proper work and also the proper work of the robot system as a whole. Each component affects greatly the performance of the system and that is why the selection of the sub-units is very important, but it also should be done according to the imposed set of constraints, such as price (Fig. 1). The designer must also ensure the good communication between the operator and the robot.


Background: Hypoglycemia is the main barrier to optimizing insulin treatment in people with type 1 diabetes, different risk factors have been studied and one of the mechanisms involved is glycemic variability. Aims: To assess hypoglycemia risk showed by the glycemic variability metrics: coefficient of variation (CV), continuous overlapping net glycemic action (CONGA), low blood glucose index (LBGI) and lability index (LI) in a group of children, adolescents, and young adults with type 1 diabetes. Methods: A group of 31 subjects with type 1 diabetes under 25 years were evaluated, data from professional continuous glucose monitoring records were studied, glycemic variability metrics, including CV, CONGA24, LBGI, and LI, were calculated. Correlation with percentage time of hypoglycemia under 54mg% was assessed. Multiple linear regression models were generated, univariate and multivariate analysis was also performed, area under curve of glycemic variability metrics was obtain from ROC curves analysis, the optimal cutoff points were calculated. Results: The average age was 14.5 years with a range of 5 to 24 years. The mean duration of diabetes was 6.6 ± 3.7 years, and the glycated hemoglobin mean value was 8.2% ± 2.1%. The average percentage of time for hypoglycemia alert was 4.23% (0.2 to 13%), while for clinically significant hypoglycemia was 4.55% (0 to 17.1%). LBGI with R= 0.913 and CV with R= 0.735 (p < 0.0001) expressed the highest degree of correlation with percentage of time in hypoglycemia, furthermore, after multivariate analysis, they showed the highest predictive load. CV expressed an AUC of 0.97, while LBGI was 0.95, both statistically significant (p<0.0005). The cut-off point for CV of 38% had sensitivity of 93% and specificity of 74% in detection of time in hypoglycemia under 54mg/dl, and the cut-off point for LBGI of 5.4 expressed sensitivity of 87% and specificity of 94%. Conclusions: Glycemic variability metrics studied outperformed the clinical variables as indicators of risk of hypoglycemia, and those with the greatest predictive power of hypoglycemia risk were LBGI and CV above 38%.


This paper describes the implication, general situation, and developmental process of teacher specialization. It analyses the connotations of professional development of higher vocational and technical college teachers, including professional ethics, professional ability, communicative and administrationabilities. It is emphasized that enforcing team construction of dual-competence teachers accelerates teacher specialization. The essential strategies are provided; that is, equal emphasis on diploma and qualification, specialization and openness, autonomy education and on-the-job education.


As the first, and often rate-limiting, step in mRNA turnover, deadenylation plays an important role in mRNA abundance and ultimately gene expression. In higher eukaryotes, the poly(A)-specific ribonuclease (PARN) deadenylase is involved in developmental processes such as maturation and embryogenesis. Utter and Garcia et al. (p. 1230–1240) identified and characterized the first PARN gene in Trypanosoma brucei (called PARN-1). Using microarray analysis and quantitative real-time PCR, the authors identified multiple targets of PARN-1, including the stage-specific surface protein BARP. The role of T. brucei PARN-1 in stage-specific mRNA regulation is not unlike the role of PARN in developmental gene regulation in higher plants and mammals. However, T. brucei encodes three different PARN genes, while higher eukaryotes encode one, and the reason for this remains an intriguing question. This characterization of PARN-1 highlights the importance of PARN deadenylase in the development of lower eukaryotes.


Twinning has been studied in Ti4O7 crystals. It has been found that they are twinned by reticular pseudomerohedry. The sublattice controlling the twinning has an orthorhombic pseudosymmetry and is obtained from the triclinic cell (a = 5.593, b = 7.125, c = 12.456 A, α = 95.02, β = 95.21, γ = 108.83°) by means of the transformation (a/b/c)* (½½½/½02/½2\bar 2) (a/b/c)* triclinic. The effect of the twinning on the electron paramagnetic resonance spectra is also reported.


Objective To study diagnosis and the treatment of the chronic pancreatitis sinistral portal hypertension (PSPH) . Methods 9 cases of the chronic pancreatitis sinistral portal hypertension treated in our hospital from Jan 2005 to Nov 2010 were analyzed retrospectively. Results Chronic pancreatitis sinistral portal hypertension was diagnosed by Stomach examination (prompting Gastric varices) , ultrasonograp, computerized tomography (CT) , magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) . The vigorous sickness early time ultrasound sensitivity is bad. Disease early time routine blood test is normal,Large indistinct area. The disease is rare,misdiagnosis. Conclusion In the clinical work cannot take sickness as sickness,Must set up the generalized analysis differential diagnosis ability. The rapeutic options of Chronic pancreatitis sinistral portal hypertension should abide by " individualized principle" .


Objective: The chemical components of the essential oil in the Cinnamomum cassia Presl from different growth years were analyzed by GC-MS. Method: The essential oil was extracted from Cinnamomum cassia Presl by steam distillation, the components were analyzed with different kinds of capillary columns, the amount of the components from the essential oil were determinated by normalization method. The components separated were identified by GC-MS. Chromatographic conditions were; Capillary column SE-30(15 m×0.2 mm×0. 33 mm);column temperature 70℃ (1 min)8℃·min~(-1)→250℃(5 min); split injection, split ratio 30: 1; injector temperature 250℃. Mass spectrometer conditions were; ionization mode: EI, electron energy 70 eV, interface temperature 280℃, ion source temperature 200℃,quadropole temperature 100℃,mass scan range;29-450AMU,solvent delay 2. 0 min. Results:49 components constituting 95% of the total essential oil were separated and identified. Their total ion chromatograms(TIC) are similar,but there is a little difference in the TIC and the relative percentage contents. Their similar components may be used in identification of Cinnamomum cassia Presl. Conclusion:The method is reliable, stable and reproducible, this method can be applied to the analysis of the essential oil components extracted from Chinese traditional medicine.


The installation for the Z-pinch compression of solid substances up to 10 GPa pressure of 40-100 microseconds time duration is described in a paper. The installation is connected to the terminal of the E7-25 type capacitive energy store and it is designed for 10 MA current pulse with 20 kV voltage. The features and structure of experimental installation are described. It is shown that the large axial forces act on the discharge chamber, when the heavy pulse current passes through the chamber's elements. The design of the installation provides the creation of initial squeezing forces in the contact connections of the discharge chamber and the absorption of kinetic energy of the chamber moving after the pulse current passing. With the purpose of restriction of overheating and electrical explosion of researching samples the device for the switching of discharge current from the sample to the low-inductance shunting circuit is included in the structure of the installation. The result of tests with currents up to 6 MA is submitted, as well as experimental data about the allowable current density in contact connections between electrodes and researching sample are given. The result of the first experimental researches is described also.


Efficacy of volatile oils, powders, ethanol extracts and water extracts were tested on the basis of per cent mortality, final adult population of Sitophilus oryzae and grain weight loss of rice. Volatile oil of Citrus reticulata resulted in 100.00 per cent mortality after 24 hours of exposure followed by Curcuma longa (90.00 per cent), Psidium guajava (52.50 per cent) and Pogostemon cablin (20.00 per cent). Among powders, powder of Zingiber officinale was proved to be effective to some extent resulting in 23.34 per cent mortality followed by P. guajava and C. reticulata at 6.67 per cent respectively after 72 hours of exposure. However, powders of C. reticulata and Z. officinale were comparatively effective in reducing the adult population 12.67 respectively and grain weight loss at 4.35 and 4.50 per cent respectively after 35 days of exposure. Ethanol extract of P. cablin was found to be effective to some extent resulting in 40.00 per cent mortality after 72 hours of exposure while the extract of C. reticulata was comparatively effective in reducing the adult population (12.00) and grain weight loss (3.49 per cent) after 35 days of exposure. Though water extracts of different plant parts had no significant effect on mortality of the pest but Polygonum sp. was found to be effective in reducing adult population (12.33) and grain weight loss (5.01 per cent) after 35 days of exposure.


Julie Mills is Professor and Program Director in Civil Engineering at the University of South Australia in Adelaide, Australia. Prior to commencing at the University in 1996, she worked for fifteen years as a structural engineer in private industry on industrial, commercial and residential projects. She has a BE (Hons) from Adelaide University and a PhD from Curtin University in the area of structural engineering education. Her primary research interests are in cold-formed steel structures, engineering education and women in engineering. Julie co-authored a book on Gender Inclusive Engineering Education published by Routledge in 2010. She is currently leading a nationally funded project on Collaborative Building Design Education utilising BIM. In 2009 Julie was awarded the Australasian Association for Engineering Education National Teaching Excellence Award.


A system including an electronic label (1) provided with an electromagnetic wave transmitting device (8) fastened to a ring (2) at the bottom of the flared protective rim (5), and a data terminal (6) coupled to a removable read/write head (7) which is movable into and out of the flared rim (5) directly opposite the ring (2) bearing the label (1), whereby data may be transmitted between the data terminal (6) and the label. The system may be used for the automatic tracking of items such as gas cylinders.


This paper takes computer technology as the main technology, takes the spatial syntax theory as the main theory, and uses the quantitative analysis method of spatial syntax to analyze the spatial form of traditional villages in Nanxi River Basin, which shows the multi-faceted grammatical characteristics contained in the spatial form of traditional villages, According to the comparative study of grammar, the paper summarizes the extensive characteristics of traditional village spatial form and applies it to the maintenance and development trend of traditional village spatial form. The paper introduces the traditional villages in Nanxi River section in detail, and discusses the difficulties encountered in its maintenance and development trend. Three research examples of villages are defined. The three-dimensional simulation space of many traditional villages in Nanxi River reach is established and analyzed by using software syntax analysis mobile phone software depth map and basic theory of spatial grammar. The spatial forms of many traditional villages are qualitatively analyzed. The results of analysis should be illustrated by using the electronic computer grammar mobile phone software. According to the horizontal comparison of the spatial forms of many villages, the paper summarizes the extensive characteristics of the traditional village spatial form of Nanxi River. Finally, according to the above research, the basic principles of the maintenance and development trend of the traditional village space form of Nanxijiang are established.


Dr. Margaret-Ann Armour was a visionary and leader in addressing the issue of gender discrimination in STEM. She was instrumental in creating WISEST – Women in Scholarship, Engineering, Science and...


In this paper a research based on analyzing the relationship between Corporate Social Responsibility estategias implemented by the IPS Human Quality and image and reputation development. An analysis of variables, taking to study the factors that are part of the community relations dimension and social action dimension according to the ETHOS indicators (2005) and variables that are part of image and reputation of a company is made . The methodology used for this study was the analysis of correlation of variables and descriptive method, applying a validated survey in other studies and with a Likert scale for response, applied to a random sample of the group of interest (stakeholdres) of IPS Human Quality. The results of the analysis indicate that there is a relationship between the dimensions of social action and community relations and the image of the studied entity given that the samples obtained oscillate within a range of acceptable, also found that there is a high correlation between the variables of image and reputation, the result obtained by analyzing Pearson scale. Taking into account the results of the analysis performed, we can conclude that there is a direct relationship between the Social Responsibility strategies implemented by the IPS Human Quality and its image and reputation, which must be taken into account by management to continue the development of strategies focused on social action for further benefit its stakeholders and therefore maximizing their image and reputatio.


Subscriptions could be increased by £3.50, and £6.50 for members who pay by DOCAS, Council agreed. A vote will be taken at the October AGM.


For people with locomotor difficulties space can frequently raise insurmountable problems which at first sight may seem so trivial to able-bodied persons that they become ignored. Space is often difficult to deal with, but seldom are the views of the physically disabled acknowledged in mapping and urban design.


The 9 cm ground-state lines of CH have been observed in southern galactic sources, mainly HII regions. The F = 0-1 transition at 3264 MHz has been detected in emission in 16 sources; the F = 1-1 transition at 3335 MHz has been seen in absorption in 5 sources and in emission in 2 others. Where the F = 1-1 transition is in absorption the transition temperature is positive and below about 100 K. The F = 0-1 transition is generally inverted, with a transition temperature between -10 and 0 K. The column densities of CH are in the vicinity of lO'4 cm-2, slightly below those for OH but many times those for H2CO. There is no correlation between apparent optical depths of CH and those for OH or H2CO absorption. There is also no enhancement of CH in the dense molecular clouds near the centre of the Galaxy.


Experimental and analytical studies were conducted to determine the acceptability of a ribbon-burner simulation of engine conditions for testing ceramic-lined turbine tip shrouds. The calculated values reveal that the ribbon burner establishes at least as harsh a thermal environment as is present at any time within the turbine shroud. Comparisons were made with ceramic components in a turboshaft engine.


Chinese traditional sports have lots of special characteristics of recreation.This paper,focusing on the recreational elements of Chinese traditional sport,classifies four recreational valuescombination with traditional celebration, harmonious development with nature,the humanity care for developing human's feeling of freedom and happiness,and the reservation of "game" character in sport.It suggests widely finding and sorting out Chinese traditional sport events which are rich in recreational values,and developing it combined with epochal character,which will provide people with more healthy ways of leisure and recreation,and raise their living quality.


The content of SOAS access to environmental justice (SOAS/A2EJ) was extensively set out in project papers and reports, and was often referred to in, or provided the actual substance of, some notable publications in the mid- to late-1990s. SOAS/A2EJ set out to study the extent to which citizens can and do exert influence over their urban environments through the legal systems in seven cities, namely Accra, Bangalore, Cape Town, Karachi, Kuala Lumpur, Tokyo, and Xiamen: cities which span Asia and Africa as well as different climates, levels and type of economic development, and national legal and constitutional systems, as well as exhibiting a different set of environmental problems. The social use of legal gateways was mainly investigated through surveying lawyers and NGOs in order to gather systematic data about the social use of legal gateways for public participation; and case studies of particular examples of citizen mobilisation around legal gateways. Keywords: constitutional systems; legal gateways; public participation; SOAS access to environmental justice (SOAS/A2EJ)


The purpose of this work was to design and optimize a novel vaginal drug delivery system for more effective treatment against vaginal candidiasis. Itraconazole was formulated in bioadhesive film formulations that could be retained in the vagina for prolonged intervals. The polymeric films were prepared by solvent evaporation and optimized for various physicodynamic and aesthetic properties. In addition, percentage drug retained on vaginal mucosa was evaluated using a simulated dynamic vaginal system as function of time. A polymeric film containing 100 mg itraconazole per unit (2.5 cm × 2.5 cm) have been developed using generally regarded as safe listed excipients. The pH of vaginal film was found to be slightly acidic (4.90 ± 0.04) in simulated vaginal fluid and alkaline (7.04 ± 0.07) in water. The little moisture content (7.66 ± 0.51% w/w) was present in the film, which helps them to remain stable and kept them from being completely dry and brittle. The mechanical properties, tensile strength, and percentage elongation at break (9.64 N/mm2 and 67.56% for ITRF65) reveal that the formulations were found to be soft and tough. The films (ITRF65) contained solid dispersion of itraconazole (2.5)/hydroxypropyl cellulose (1)/polyethylene glycol 400 (0.5), which was found to be the optimal composition for a novel bioadhesive vaginal formulation, as they showed good peelability, relatively good swelling index, and moderate tensile strength and retained vaginal mucosa up to 8 h. Also, the film did not markedly affect normal vaginal flora (lactobacillus) and was noncytotoxic as indicated by the negligible decrease in cell viability.


(1) National Network New Media Engineering and Technology Research Center Institute of Acoustics Chinese Acad. of Sci. Beijing 100190 China; (2) Graduate University of Chinese Acad. of Sci. Beijing 100190 China; (3) State Nuclear Power software Development Center Beijing 100029 China


Louis Pasteur, already famous for his work in chemistry, fermentation, and sterilization, first turned his attention to medical research in the late 1870s. Advances came only with difficulty for Pasteur and his team; deKruif characterized these initial forays as "mixed up, fumbling work" [I]. Then fortunes turned, and with incredible swiftness Pasteur and his colleagues developed effective vaccines for chicken cholera (1880), anthrax (1881), and rabies (1885). In his memoirs, 50 years later, Pasteur's nephew and lab assistant, Adrian Loir, wrote that Pasteur derived many of his medical ideas during this time directly from the scientific writings of Joseph-Alexandre Auzias-Turenne, a now obscure French syphilologist who died in 1870 [2]. Auzias' collected works, entitled La Syphilization, were published in 1878, and a copy was given to Pasteur by Loir. In his own memoirs, Loir claimed that Pasteur's fortuitous acquisition of Auzias' La Syphilization at this key juncture was a decisive factor in his subsequent successful development of a rabies vaccine. In this essay I examine Loir's contention that Auzias-Turenne had an important influence on Pasteur.


This report contains an investigation of the performance of a fan with split blades, based on the patent "Divided blade rotor" [US 7396208 B1]. The patent was provided by the industrial partner Volvo Group and regards a fan which claimed to allow a higher grade of efficiency. The project started with an investigation of different patents and existing products. A black box and a sub-function diagram were made in order to establish the needs and characteristics the fan needed. From these diagrams, the project group identified seven unique design parameters that were essential for the fan. Since the investigation resulted in parameters, the most suiting method for generating concepts was design of experiment. Although, due to the time limit, the number of parameters had to be reduced to three in order get a reasonable number of concepts. Therefore, the number of generated concepts were eight. The concepts were analysed and evaluated by their fluid dynamics performance, as well as their structural effect. Similar analyses were done on the Reference fan, supplied by Volvo Group. The parameters with the best results were combined with the Reference fan and developed into a final concept, which was analysed through simulations and compared with a similar fan containing solid blades. This made it possible to investigate the split blades' impact on the efficiency and pressure rise compared to solid blades. The results from the simulation declared the following: • The split blade has a higher working range than a solid blade. • The split blade achieves a larger pressure rise. • The split blade achieves a larger power output compared to the solid blade. • The solid blade achieves a higher efficiency. Hence, the design of the final concept does not have a good aerodynamics structure. There is potential to develop a better concept that could have a better efficiency due to the split blades. The recommendation is to continue the research about the split fan blade. The bachelor's thesis has been implemented throughout the spring of 2017 as a collaboration between Chalmers University of Technology, Pennsylvania State University and Volvo Group.


Recent advances in mobile and wireless technology could be utilised to enhance
the delivery of educational programmes. The use of this technology is known as "Mobile
Education". Mobile education technology provides unique opportunities for educators to
flexibly deliver their educational material to learners via mobile services anywhere at any
time. Moreover, the material delivered could be adapted to the learners' needs and
preferences. Examples of mobile devices which could be used in mobile education are
handheld mobile devices such as laptops, cellular phones, ipods, personal digital assistants
(PDAs), wireless classroom instantaneous feedback response systems and many others. This
paper surveys recent in-roads made in this field of educational technology and its envisaged
impact on electrical engineering students learning experience.


Switching from the high- to the low-resistance state has been studied in thin polycrystalline films of CoO and CoO(Li). The sum of the delay τd and switching time τs is 0.01 μs and the recovery time is τr is 0.1 μS. The threshold field for switching is 4.6×105 V/cm for undoped CoO, which is reduced to 9.3×103 V/cm in Li-doped films. The conduction mechanism of these films is determined.


War Crimes and Legal Immunities: The Complicities of Waffen-SS General Karl Wolff in Nazi medical experiments By: Michael Salter and Suzanne Ost [1] There is a considerable amount of academic and popular literature on Nazi medical experimentation within concentration camps, however, the existing research largely focuses on the doctors and the details of their experiments and has neglected two interesting themes. The first neglected theme is the potential legal liabilities and defense strategies of those among the SS leadership, such as SS General Karl Wolff. Wolff facilitated these experiments in a purely administrative capacity, but without his contribution this type of war crime would not have been possible. Secondly, the research has neglected the extent to which Wolff was able to avoid legal accountability for these and other war crimes, as a result of his wartime cooperation with a U.S. intelligence agency and his post-war assistance to interrogators within the Allied Military Intelligence as well as the Nuremberg prosecutors. [2] The present article, which is the first in a series of related studies, focuses largely on the first theme. This article gives particular attention to Wolff's attempts to avoid prosecution by insisting that the experiments were of a voluntary nature, based on the consent of the research subject, and were, therefore, not criminal acts. Additionally, the article focuses on Wolff's claim that he did not possess the requisite mens rea or intent necessary to secure a criminal conviction. [3] It would be impossible to provide a comprehensive assessment of the complete significance and implications of the immunity issue, without first having clarified the full range of war crimes


Phenytoin is an anti epileptic drug. It is the cornerstone in the treatment of epilepsy disorders. It causes many adverse drug reactions. Neurological complications are commonly observed. Rarely it may cause idiosyncratic reactions in the form of agranulocytosis, hepatitis. Though rare it may pose a serious problem. The treatment is withdrawal of phenytoin and use of appropriate antibiotic.


Nowadays, the application of electrode reactions, including those concerning hydrogen evolutions, attracts great attention in industry and in power engineering worldwide. Thus, new ways of increasing the efficiency of electrode processes are of particular interest. One of them may involve a Constant Magnetic Field (CMF). The magnetic field influences both electrons and ionized atoms leading to dynamic effects (e.g. electrolyte movement in the layer adjacent to the electrode resulting from the Lorentz force). Investigations carried out with the CV method (Cyclic Voltammetry) proved that the reaction rate constant of hydrogen production increases under the influence of CMF. Alloys well adsorbing hydrogen such as Co-Mo, Co-W, Co-Mo-W (their composition was selected by the EDX method – Energy Dispersive X-ray Analysis) and alloys well absorbing hydrogen such as Co-Pd was obtained. CMF catalyzed the increase of the reaction rate of hydrogen generation, hydrogen probably being the main ecological energy source of the future. This finding was confirmed by SEM (Scanning Electron Microscopy). The influence of CMF on so-called hydrogen corrosion of metals was also established.


Introduction: Pregnancy induced hypertension (PIH), a well-known medical complication of pregnancy is potentially morbid for the foeto-maternal health. It is also responsible for perinatal morbidity and mortality due to its effects on the growing foetus. Objectives: The present study was undertaken to analyse the histomorphological and gross features of placenta in pregnancy induced hypertension in relation to severity of hypertension, age of the patient, parity and gestational age. Materials and Methods: The current study was done at Gandhi Hospital, Secunderabad, India on antenatal cases of PIH of varying degrees. The placentas of these patients following delivery were studied and statistic significance between different histologic findings and severity of PIH calculated. Results: Incidence of PIH was highest in women above 26 years of age (42%) and was found to be almost equal in both multiparous (52%) and primiparous (48%) women. Foetal outcome was worst in severe PIH (IUGR of 28.8% and IUD of 17.85%). The gross abnormalities noted, retroplacental hematomas (42%) and small sized placentae (24%) were more often seen in severe PIH. The consistent histological changes observed include fibrinoid necrosis (86%), thickened basement membrane (74%), increased syncitial knots (72%), stromal fibrosis (54%), cytotrophoblastic proliferation (46%), intervillous haemorrhage (40%), and calcification (34%). Conclusion: The pathological changes in the placenta seen in PIH patients are almost equally prevalent irrespective of the parity. Cases with severe PIH displayed features of placental under perfusion more frequently than with mild to moderate PIH. Hence watchful individualized management of PIH helps reduce the incidence of complications and morbidity.


Abstract Although researchers have extensively stressed the critical role of line managers in the effective implementation of HR practices, little is known about what exactly causes managers to enact these practices. In this paper, we draw from signaling theory, theory of planned behavior and social exchange theory to investigate both the antecedents and the outcomes of front-line management's enactment of performance management (PM) activities. Results from two Belgian samples of 731 front-line managers and 425 employees show that line management's beliefs regarding the usefulness of PM activities mediate the relationship between HR support and line management's implicit person theory, on the one hand, and PM enactment, on the other. This relationship is moderated by the manager' span of control. Furthermore, line management enactment shows to be positively related to employee engagement and job satisfaction.


This dissertation reports the current situation of traditional Chinese medicine study on depressive disorder about pathogenesis,standard investigation,clinic treatment,introduce that traditional Chinese medicine to depressive disorder has become a warm spot on psycho-disease treatment.Meanwhile,point out the treatment direction:not only the "diversity" of treatment of depression via traditional Chinese medical science shall be pursued,but the "elite" shall be pursued; arrange the common prescriptions,medicine,acupuncture points,and then definite the feasibility after clinic examination.


Much has been written about low retention rates in longitudinal studies of children (Bender, Ilke, DuHamel, & Tinkelman, 1997; Hartsough, Babinski, & Lambert, 1996). Although no reports on retention rates in studies of lead-exposed children were found, other clinical trial studies reported varied retention rates. In a review of clinical studies following children with ADHD into adulthood, Klein and Mannuzza (1991) reported retention rates of 51 percent to 88 percent. Other authors reported retention rates ranging from 75 percent (Tinkelman, Reed, Nelson, & Offord, 1993) to 81 percent (Hartsough et al., 1996). Reasons given for these retention rates include the length of the commitment required, participants' distrust of research programs, and family stresses (Bender et al., 1997). Loss of any subject can affect the statistical power of the findings, possibly leading to erroneous conclusions. Thus, it is important to retain as much of the original cohort as possible. The Treatment of Lead-Exposed Children (TLC) study, was a multiyear National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences contract carried out in four urban sites: Newark, NJ; Baltimore, MD; Philadelphia, PA; and Cincinnati, OH. Its purpose was to study the effects of oral chelation on the neurobehavioral sequelae of lead exposure in children with low to moderate lead levels (20-44ug/dl). The study enrolled 780 children ages 12 to 33 months. It consisted of a randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind trial of up to three courses of treatment with succimer (a lead chelating agent) and required frequent visits over a period of three years. The Newark TLC site, located at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ), enrolled 208 children, of whom 71 percent were African American, and 22 percent were Latino/Hispanic. Of the enrolled children, 101 were girls and 107 were boys. Almost all were residents of urban areas with deteriorating housing. The Newark TLC site maintained a 97 percent retention rate (attrition rate of 3 percent) over a five-year period. Retention rates for the other three TLC sites ranged from 84 percent to 95 percent. This article describes the four primary factors that contributed to Newark TLC's high retention rate: program structure, social work resources, family care, and tangible supports. FACTORS IN HIGH RETENTION RATE Program Structure Staffing made a significant contribution to the low attrition rate at the Newark site. On the basis of decades of experience working with urban lead-exposed children, one of the principal investigators decided to hire personnel dedicated to the project rather than use staff from other hospital departments. Clinical staff consisted of one pediatric advanced practice nurse, one registered nurse, two pediatricians, a bilingual social worker, a bilingual social work aide, a supervising psychologist, and a bilingual psychologist. Using University Hospital in Newark as home base, TLC Newark also operated clinics in a nearby city's health department and at a satellite outpatient clinic 40 miles away. TLC Newark staff traveled to all three sites, so that families were assured that the same staff would always greet them, know their history, and care for their needs on each visit. All TLC staff were hired three to six months before recruitment of study participants. Regardless of prior experience and training in working with lead-exposed children, all staff received at least three months of training in the UMDNJ Pediatric Lead program. Social Work Resources The presence of a dedicated bilingual social worker was a key component of Newark's retention success and was unique to the Newark TLC site. The social worker provided a vital link between the study and the enrolled families. The most critical elements of this role were home visits, missed appointment follow-ups, referrals to ancillary services, hands-on assistance, and managing and providing transportation to and from clinic visits. …


Page 1/25 11/2/2019 https://journal.interpreterfoundation.org/a-lengthening-shadow-is-quality-of-thought-deteriorating-in-lds-scholarly-discourse-regarding-prophets-and-revelation-part-two/ Abstract: Many mistakes that occur in scholarly endeavors are understandable. The truth is often difficult to discover, and this makes errors inevitable and expected. And of course, some mistakes are so insignificant that to complain of them would be mere pedantry. But this is not true of all errors. Some are both obvious and of such significance to their topics that they are egregious. There is reason to be concerned that this is occurring to some degree on the topic of prophets and the Lord's revelations to them. Erroneous claims and arguments are not difficult to find, including some published under the auspices of reputable and mainstream entities. Is it possible that such errors are becoming common, and commonly accepted, in LDS scholarly discourse? Part One considered multiple examples, primarily from Terryl Givens and Patrick Mason, that begin to suggest a positive answer to this question. This installment, Part Two, considers examples from Grant Hardy that also suggest an affirmative answer.