Three tachistoscopic tasks were employed to assess whether survivors of severe closed head injury (CHI) exhibit a disturbance of information processing within peripheral and/or central visual pathways. Twelve survivors of severe CHI and 12 individually matched control subjects completed a recognition threshold (no mask) task, a monoptic, forward masking by visual noise task (to assess processing within relatively peripheral pathways), and a dichoptic, backward masking by pattern task (to assess processing within central pathways). For each experimental procedure, the minimum exposure durations required by subjects to identify correctly single consonants and triple consonants were determined. Survivors of severe CHI showed deficits on all three visual tasks. Both groups also had higher threshold durations for the more complex stimuli (triple v single consonants), but differences in threshold were greater in the patients with CHI. The degree of perceptual impairment exhibited by patients with CHI was highly variable and not consistently related to injury characteristics or residual motor or speech and language impariment. (7 Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 1994;57:818-824) Division of Neurosurgery, The University ofTexas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, USA A J Mattson H S Levin Department of Psychology, University of Houston, Houston, Texas, USA B G Breitmeyer Correspondence to: Harvey S Levin, PhD, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Division of Neurological Surgery, 22 South Greene Street, University Center, Baltimore, Maryland 212011595, USA. Received 4 June 1993 and in revised form 8 October 1993. Accepted 15 October 1993 Survivors of severe closed head injury (CHI) exhibit information processing deficits on complex cognitive tasks such as serial calculation and choice reaction time.'-3 Few studies, however, have investigated the effects of CHI on the processing of early, perceptual processing.4 Ruesch5 examined the apperception of tachistoscopically presented three digit numbers in patients with acute and chronic CHI. He found that, compared with controls, the minimum exposure duration required for identification of the numbers was increased by a third in previously injured patients, and by nearly 150% in acute cases. Hannay and coworkers6 subsequently studied tachistoscopic perception of patterns of consonants presented vertically in central vision in groups of patients after mild, moderate, or severe CHI and in 10 controls. The median time since injury was five months, and patients with visual field defects were excluded from the study. Hannay et a16 found that the recognition thresholds (exposure duration) of the patients with CHI were significantly longer than those of controls, but they did not vary with severity of injury. These studies indicate that perceptual processing within the visual modality is disrupted after head trauma. Visual masking has been used extensively to study visual perception within an information processing framework,78 to assess developmental changes in the rate of visual information processing,9-"1 and to document reductions in visual processing speed in patients with various neurological disorders, including dyslexia'2 and dementia." Also, through the use of both forward and backward visual masking, researchers have been able to investigate processing within peripheral visual pathways (for example, retina to striate cortex) and central (cortical) visual pathways'4 relatively independently. Forward masking effects are strong under monoptic presentation but consistently weak under dichoptic presentation.'4 This finding indicates that the perceptual interference caused by forward masking occurs primarily within more peripheral visual pathways. Forward masking effects presumably reflect the integration of neural impulses generated by the two stimuli as they travel from the retina to the cortex, much like a photographic double exposure. The interference, therefore, occurs at a preiconic level of visual processing. Backward masking effects, by contrast, can originate in relatively peripheral or central visual pathways. Turvey'4 inferred that backward masking by noise or light occurs peripherally, because masking occurs with monoptic or binocular presentation of the stimuli, but not under dichoptic viewing. Turvey found, however, that backward masking effects can be obtained dichoptically when a pattern mask is used (the mask shares figural characteristics with the target stimulus). This indicates that backward masking by pattern can occur at a relatively late stage in the cortical processing of visual information. 14 Central masking effects presumably reflect the interruption, or termination, of the cortical processing of a target stimulus by the subsequent presentation of the mask,'4 and can occur at preiconic or posticonic information processing stages.'5 The present study employed a monoptic, forward masking by visual noise and a dichoptic, backward masking by pattern to determine whether CHI results in a disruption of visual information processing within peripheral or 81 group.bmj.com on June 3, 2017 Published by http://jnnp.bmj.com/ Downloaded from


Abstract There are two basic ways to conduct toponymic research — one concentrating on the etymology, meaning, and origin of toponyms, and one focusing on the toponyms of a region and examining patterns of these names. Usually, this distinction is not explicitly recognized. This paper considers the differences between the two approaches and proposes guidelines for their use.


Time has come for the VLTI to prepare its jump into the visible domain, revealing many physical processes occuring in stars, planets and galaxies. Visible interferometry has a superior angular resolution than its IR siblings with the same baselines. Science with a visible VLTI ranges from evolved stars mass loss, fundamental parameters of main sequence stars, surface-brightness relation refinement, and the progenitors of gravitational waves ... These critical science cases are becoming feasible thanks to recent instrumental improvements: better detectors, adaptive optics, fringe trackers, use of optical fibers and integrated optics. The appeal for visible light at VLTI is now stronger than ever because IR has already been explored substantially at ESO. This presentation further addresses possible path forward toward a visible instrument with scientific-driven specifications. We will discuss the benefits of a survey-type observing program to allow it to operate at its full potential.


In this study 223 samples (75 blood samples, 70 Litter &78 Feed of broiler chickens) were collected from Dakahlia, Sharkia and Domiate Governorates, Aspergillus species (Flaves 87.4% and Niger 11.4%) was only detected in litter and ration. Also, estimation of aflatoxin and ochratoxin Out of examined samples 78 (31.39%) were positive for aflatoxin and ochratoxin. Positive aflatoxin in broiler feed (15.3%), litter (30%) and chicken sera (20%) while positive ochratoxin in broiler feed (11.5%), litter (18.57%) and in chicken sera (4%). One day old, Ross 308 chicks (125), weight 40 gm were obtained from Dakahlia Poultry Hatchery. All birds were vaccinated against Newcastle disease and gumboro disease. Broilers were divided into five groups (25 chicks/each), Gp (1) broilers feed ration free from mycotoxin all over the experimental period, Gp (2) broilers feed on ration contaminated with aflatoxin B1 (25 ppb) all over the experimental period, Gp (3) broilers feed ration contaminated with aflatoxin B1 (12.5ppb) all over the experimental period, Gp(4) broilers feed ration contaminated ochratoxin (5.5 ppb) all over the experimental period and Gp (5) broilers feed ration contaminated with (2.75 ppb) ochratoxin allover the experimental period. Broilers in all groups were weighted every week for determination body performance parameter. Mortality rate was recorded. blood sample were taken for estimation hematobiochemical parameters Chickens supplemented with ration contaminated with aflatoxin in tested dose showed mortality rate (32% Gp 2 and 16% Gp 3) while for ration contaminated with ochratoxin from 28% (Gp 4) and 20%(G5). Groups fed contaminated rations with Mycotoxin (aflatoxin and ochratoxin) induce significant decrease in body weight and body weight gain from the second week up to 5 th week post treatment and increased FCR in broilers. In the other hand chicken supplemented with mycotoxin (aflatoxin and ochratoxin) showed significant decrease in total protein, albumin and heterophile phagocytic activity beside significant increase in serum AST, ALT, bilirubin, uric acid and creatinine all over the experimental period. In conclusion mycotoxin contamination in feed and liter in broiler farms cause high economic losses (significant decrease in body performance) as well as immunosuppression post vaccination and hepatorenal damage. the harmful levels of mycotoxins in litter and feed broilers; failure of vaccination with a special reference to body performance, immune response and some biochemical parameters.


The movie 42 shows memorable events that have faded from our view in recent years. The events are important to the evolution of a multicultural society in America because of the importance of baseball to the common national culture that all the American people have created. Jackie Robinson's significance as a cultural hero is shown by the respect with which we do not explain him away.


We give a conjectural classification of virtually cocompactly cubulated Artin–Tits groups (i.e., having a finite index subgroup acting geometrically on a CAT(0) cube complex), which we prove for all Artin–Tits groups of spherical type, FC type, or two-dimensional type. A particular case is that for $n \geqslant 4$, the $n$-strand braid group is not virtually cocompactly cubulated.


Organizations increasingly recognize that environmental sustainability is an urgent problem. Green information systems (Green IS) initiatives can assist organizations in reaching their environmental goals by providing the ability to reduce the environmental impacts of information technology (IT) manufacturing, operations and disposal; facilitate transparency and enhance the efficiency of organizational resources and business processes; and foster eco‐products through technological innovation. However, the nature and type of benefits such initiatives can accrue remain poorly understood, and accordingly, IT executives struggle to integrate environmental aspects in the corporate strategy and to launch Green IS initiatives. This paper clarifies the mechanisms that link organizational beliefs about environmental sustainability to Green IT and Green IS actions undertaken, and the organizational benefits that accrue from these actions. Using data from a global survey of 118 senior‐level IT executives, we find that Green IS strategies mediate the relationship between environmental orientation and the implementation of Green IT practices and Green IS practices, which in turn lead to organizational benefits in the form of cost reductions, corporate reputation enhancement and Green innovation capabilities. Our findings have implications for the potential of IS to enable organizations' environmental sustainability and also for the differentiation of Green IT and Green IS practices.


This is the second chapter of the book titled Building a Digital Library at the University of Zimbabwe A Celebration of Team Work and Collaboration edited by Mbambo-Thata (Dr).


Metacognition is the process of awareness of the way in which we think. Healthcare practitioners are intrinsically required to make complex and demanding decisions daily—and just as with non-healthcare-related industries, they are susceptible to human error. Human factors (HF) can have catastrophic implications and the use of metacognition is a well-regarded tool to aid decision-making. This systematic review aimed to determine how metacognition and human factors influence decision-making in healthcare practitioners. the Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL), Allied and Complementary Medicine (AMED) Database, Dentistry & Oral Sciences Source, MEDLINE, SPORTDiscus, APA PsycArticles Psychology & Behavioral Sciences Collection and APA PsychInfo were searched for eligible qualitative studies. The search was carried out in December 2021. Six studies met the inclusion criteria for the current review. Twenty main themes and twenty-eight subthemes were categorised into twenty-one descriptive themes. These were synthesised into fourteen analytical themes, four of which were determined to be recurrent and one of which held significant implications for clinical practice: (1) Cognitive bias identification; (2) Systematic approach; (3) Holistic approach and creative thinking; (4) Identifying uncertainty; and (5) Drawbacks. This review found that metacognition improves decision-making in healthcare practitioners through cognitive bias identification, facilitation of systematic approaches, holistic approaches, and creative thinking. However, consideration should be made to its limitations. Further research is required to fully understand the findings in relation to specific practice areas and their clinical implications.


Analyzed the load of the cone-shaped barrel. By calculating, three kinds of possible load was worked out. Then set up the FE model. Applying the load on the FE model. After solving and post processing, the deformation and stress distributed form was obtained. The theoretical evidence was presented for engineering design.


We prove a Lindel\"{o}f-on-average upper bound for the second moment of the $L$-functions associated to a level 1 holomorphic cusp form, twisted along a coset of subgroup of the characters modulo $q^{2/3}$ (where $q = p^3$ for some odd prime $p$). This result should be seen as a $q$-aspect analogue of Anton Good's (1982) result on upper bounds of the second moment of cusp forms in short intervals.


The physics meaning for the laser radar cross section is discussed.The principle for contrast measure- ment at present engineering application is analyzed.The measurement problems in large target measured project are pointed out.Based on laser radar scattering section equation and the physics definition.two theoretic meth- ods and together with ideas are put forward.The conclusion could be used as referenced to measure the LRCS of large target.


One current challenge in enterprise modeling is to establish it as a common practice in everyday work instead of its traditional role as an expert discipline. In this paper we present first steps in this direction through augmented and virtual reality-based conceptual modeling. For this purpose we developed a novel meta-metamodeling framework for augmented and virtual reality-based conceptual modeling and implemented it in a prototypical tool. This permits us to derive further requirements for the representation and processing of enterprise models in such environments.


Purpose To show how failure to diagnose correctly uveitis with micro‐granulomatous keratic precipitates and vitritis can have potentially severe and even deadly consequences.


In medicine, wide variations in healthcare delivery or outcomes are a sign of missing information and beg for more information in a timely resolution. While differences in patient selection for intervention in out‐of‐hospital‐cardiac‐arrest in Wales and England might seem regional, there is little reason to assume this is not true across many other geographical areas.


LoRa emerged as one of the most promising technologies in the Internet of Things. It brought the possibility of transmitting over very long distances (in the kilometers range), at low energy cost and using the unlicensed frequency band. This allows the construction of low-cost networks with massive area coverage, as long as no obstructions are present. When obstacles exist in the field, or are expected, a characterization of the coverage turns out to be necessary in order to implement a fully operational network. This is particularly relevant in orchards and tree farms where this technology can be very useful for monitoring purposes. In this work we present the results from a coverage and range test performed prior to the deployment of a LoRaWAN sensor network in a citrus orchard. The measurements were done respecting specific physical constraints regarding sensor and gateway positioning which allowed to infer realistic information about signal quality. Our results indicate that this type of network deployment has a more detrimental effect in the LoraWAN communications' quality then previously reported for forest environments.


The negative impacts of Olympic games economy upon the economy of host city and host country mainly include that it will create the fury economic fluctuation before and after Olympic games;and it will induce the negative profit in the administration of Olympic games gymnasiums after Olympic games;and it will intensify the imbalance of interlocal development of economy and industrial development;and it maybe generate Olympic games deficit.In order to decrease and abate the negative impacts of Olympic games economy effectively,host city and host country should apply the policies of macroscopic regulation to smooth the economic fluctuation before and after Olympic games;and construct the new socialization system of investment and financing of Olympic games;and strictly control the scale of Olympic games expenditure;and greatly develop the associated industries,such as sports,tourism,and so on.


Geometrical reconstructions are performed for Carbonyl Sulfide (OCS) through Coulomb Explosion Imaging (CEI) employing intense femtosecond laser ionization with pulse durations 7 fs, 30 fs, 60 fs, 100 fs, and 200 fs, using two methods that significantly differ in approach. Firstly, a look up table is employed to reconstruct OCS (2, 2, 2) channel and highlight the presence of degenerate regions. Following this a more sophisticated constrained nonlinear optimization approach improves on precision and gives an indication of uncertainty. Results are compared with equilibrium geometry.


Open heart surgery is accompanied by a high incidence of psychological complications. Systematic research is necessary for clarification of the patients' emotional reactions in the pre-and postoperative period. In a previous paper, patients and design of the authors' investigation of psychosocial aspects of open heart surgery were described. The present paper focuses on the immediate postoperative period. Three out of thirty patients showed psychotic signs after the operation. Before the operation these patients appeared anxious, but they did not verbalise their anxiety. This affirms the need for supportive intervention to patients who are objectively anxious but subjectively denying to be so. No evidence was seen that so-called "active" patients had a more complicated course of disease. In the intensive ward the main discomfort was attributed to the inability to speak and the feeling of total dependency. The contact with the staff was most important for the quality of the patients' experiences and realit...


We describe an iterable construction of THH for an E_n ring spectrum. The reduced version is an iterable bar construction and its n-th iterate gives a model for the shifted cotangent complex at the augmentation, representing reduced topological Quillen homology of an augmented E_n algebra.


A process for producing alkoxy ketones of formula I wherein R1 represents an alkyl group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms, R2 represents hydrogen or an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, and n represents 1 or 2, by dehydrogenation of a corresponding alkoxyalkanol on a copper-containing catalyst which has been activated by treatment with hydrogen at 120 DEG to 450 DEG C., in which process the activated catalyst is firstly brought into contact at 230 DEG to 350 DEG C. with the vapor of the alkoxyalkanol to be dehydrogenated; hydrogen is subsequently passed over the catalyst at 250 DEG to 450 DEG C.; and then the dehydrogenation is performed at 150 DEG to 450 DEG C. on the catalyst pretreated in this manner, is disclosed.


Review(s) of: Understanding early childhood education and care in Australia: Practices and perspectives, by Edited By: Joanne Ailwood, Wendy Boyd, Maryanne Theobald, Published by: Allen and Unwin Book Publishers, ISBN 9781743318607, RRP $55.00.


Photographic work from Billingham's series 'Rays a Laugh' was exhibited in 'Aqui Estamos', Circulo De Bella's Artes De Madrid, Photo Espana, International Festival of Photography and Visual Arts, Spain, (6 June - 22 July 2012).

This exhibition was part of the 'Photo Espana, International Festival of Photography and Visual Arts', 2012 and featured four photographers who have developed their work in very diverse geographical and generational contexts. Yet nevertheless, they each show a common interest in portraying stories in very specific environments or at the limit of the ordinary, as well as a capacity to generate unique moments of trust and intimacy with their subject matter.


Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate the adequacy of antenatal care (ANC) and childbirth outcomes and to identify factors affecting childbirth outcomes among military women. Methods: A total of 132 military women participated in this cross-sectional survey. The data were collected between September 21 and November 7, 2018 using structured questionnaires administered online. Results: The mean score for perception of birth experience (PBE) was 101.42±16.44 out of 145, and 21.2 percent of the respondents experienced postpartum complications. The significant factors that influenced PBE were living type, spouse support, number of deliveries, obstetric risk factors, type of childbirth, working area, work-related pregnancy stress, and existence of a co-worker with experience of pregnancy and birth. Service branch, prepregnancy medical risk factors, and adequacy of ANC are factors affecting maternal complications. Conclusion: Findings emphasize that the relationship with surrounding people have an effect on the adequacy of ANC and childbirth outcomes in military women. It is necessary to take a multifaceted approach and involve the spouse and colleagues surrounding pregnant military women when developing intervention programs or policy to improve childbirth outcomes.


The possibility of mathematical modeling of ultrasonic beam, the most influencing factor in the ultrasonic methods in quality control of materials and constructions, is considered. We have focused attention on the distribution of acoustic energy in inspected material, since a reliable estimate of the reflector size is possible only if the former is known. In the experimental part we used an ultrasonic pulse-echo method and piezoelectric probes, as well as two basic types of reflectors that cross the ultrasonic beam and the reflectors that are within the beam, as representative for the flaw in inspected materials. In the modeling we have included real in situ conditions and factors influencing the results, and the results were selected using the proposed optimal criteria.


We find that at pH 6.1 diethyl pyrocarbonate inhibits estrogen binding to its receptor protein in rat uterus. Hydroxylamine partially reverses this inhibition and estrogen partially protects its receptor protein from this inhibition. We suggest that the estrogen receptor protein in rat uterus contains a nucleophilic site that either overlaps or is near the estrogen binding site. Based on the pH of inhibition reaction, the receptor concentration in the experiment, and the partial reversal of the inhibition by hydroxylamine, we suggest that this site contains a histidine residue or possibly an unusually reactive tyrosine residue that is important for estrogen binding.


Fe-2Cu-2Ni-1Mo-1C matrix composite with WC content of 0%, 1%, 2%, 3%, 4%, 5%, 6%, 7%, 8%, 9%, 10% were prepared. Pore morphology, density, hardness and bending strength of materials were studied. Results show, for Fe matrix composite reinforced by WC particles prepared via conventional powder metallurgy process, WC content needs to be well controlled to be 2%, which benefits the properties of the composite (hardness of HRB101.6 and strength of 945.1MPa); WC particles can effectively reduce the quantity of tiny pores, but may easily agglomerates, and excess WC particles may cut apart the matrix material and degrade the performance.


Public health emergencies in colleges and universities refer to public incidents that occur within or outside colleges and universities, but are quite related to people or events in colleges and universities, which are difficult to predict beforehand, and have a certain impact on the school's teaching, work, and life order. It has the characteristics of suddenness, groupness, and unpredictability. This article aims to analyze the common problems in the management of public health in colleges and universities, propose specific measures to strengthen the management of public health emergencies in colleges and universities, and maintain the harmonious, stable, healthy and sustainable development of colleges and universities. This article uses VR technology to conduct psychological interventions on public health emergencies in colleges and universities, integrate more complete biological individuals into the virtual system, and let the individual's various perception activities such as sight, hearing and touch, as well as emotions such as joy, tension and fear. Reactions will be fully expressed, realistic effects, and immersive interactions. The experimental results of this paper show that after the application of VR technology in the positive psychological intervention mechanism, people's attention to public emergencies in colleges and universities has increased by 13%, and the frequency of public emergencies has also been reduced by 20%.


Background. Fish-based indices for evaluation of river ecosystem quality have been used since the 1980s, when the Index of Biotic Integrity (IBI) was first introduced. Assessment of the ecological status of rivers, based on fish assemblages is required by the Water Framework Directive. During last 15 years a number of national assessment methods based on fish fauna were developed. The recently designed tool for fish-based assessment of ecological status (EFI+IBI_PL) applied in river monitoring in Poland is presented in this paper. Material and methods. The new European Fish Index EFI+ is a multimetric tool consisting of two specific indices, each with two metrics developed separately for salmonidand cyprinid-river zones. Those metrics were used in the European intercalibration process to validate national methods. However, the original EFI+ method is not adequate to some lowland river types (physical-factor classification), so it was complemented by a typespecific modification of the Index of Biotic Integrity (IBI_PL). The method was tested on fish data from 493 sites located in 431 surface water bodies sampled in 2011–2012 according to the CEN standard 14011. Results. The EFI+ index was adapted to the specificity of Polish rivers by eliminating some inconsistences of the ecoregion division and problems related to the lack of the Dniester River in the EFI+ software and presented in this paper as EFI+PL. The index of diadromous fish occurrence (D) was also adapted from an original EFI+ method and used as a supplementary assessment tool. Specific IBI metrics were developed for large lowland rivers (with sandy or gravel bottom substrate), organic rivers (flowing through peat areas), and rivers connecting lakes (with the presence or lack of salmonid fish species). A software tool for indices calculation was also developed. The method combination (EFI+IBI_PL) was than tested on a set of 493 monitoring sites sampled in 2011–2012. Both indices classified the highest percentage of sites into moderate ecological state/potential class, but for IBI_ PL this percentage was much higher than for EFI+. Percentage of sites classified to good ecological status or high ecological potential by IBI_PL index were lower than for EFI+. The analysis indicates the consistence of classification for 77% of sites to high/good and below good ecological status by the EFI+PL/IBI_PL method and pressure index. Conclusion. The results of a two-years monitoring program show that the combination of modified EFI+ and IBI methods can be applied as a tool for river ecological status assessment in Poland, however some further method modifications are needed.


This article provides a detailed statistical analysis of a new approach to singular spectrum analysis (SSA). It examines SSA constructed using re‐scaled trajectories (RT‐SSA) and presents a theoretical analysis of RT‐SSA under very general conditions concerning the structure of the observed series. The spectral features of population ensemble models implicit in the large sample properties of RT‐SSA are investigated, motivating a new time series modelling methodology based on a stepwise application of RT‐SSA. The operation of the theoretical results is illustrated via numerical examples involving trend stationary and difference stationary processes, and a random walk with drift. An analysis of the S&P 500 index also serves as a vehicle to demonstrate the practical impact of the stepwise RT‐SSA processing methodology.


For the purposes of a successful ex vivo gene therapy we have proposed and analyzed a new concept of an integrated microfluidic system for combined magnetic cell separation, electroporation, and magnetofection. For the analysis of magnetic and electric field distribution (given by Maxwell equations) as well as dynamics of magnetically labelled cell and transfection complex, we have used finite element method (FEM) directly interfaced to the MATLAB routine solving Newton dynamical equations of motion. Microfluidic chamber has been modelled as a channel with height and length 1 mm and 1 cm, respectively. Bottom electrode consisted of 100 parallel ferromagnetic straps and the upper electrode was plate of diamagnetic copper. From the dynamics of magnetic particle motion we have found that the characteristic time-scales for the motion of cells (mean capture time ~ 4 s) and gene complexes (mean capture time ~ 3 min), when permanent magnets are used, are in the range suitable for efficient cell separation and gene delivery. The largest electric field intensity (~ 10 kV/m) was observed at the edges of the microelectrodes, in the close proximity of magnetically separated cells, which is optimal for subsequent cell electroporation. (1)


In this paper we consider approaches to updating databases containing null values and incomplete information. Our approach distinguishes between modeling incompletely known worlds and modeling changes in these worlds. As an alternative to the open and closed world assumptions, we propose the modified closed world assumption. Along with the discussion of updating, we address some issues of refining incompletely specified information.


In the 1960s and early 1970s a wave of Japanese programs were broadcast on Australian television. Among these were anime such as Astro Boy, Gigantor and Kimba the White Lion. For Australian viewers of these programs the Japanese connection was not obvious. However, in contrast and airing around the same time was the black-and-white series The Samurai. Clearly Japanese, it was a chambara-type period drama complete with samurai and ninja battling it out in the streets and countryside of Edo-period Japan and featuring backdrops of villages, shrines and castles. The Samurai was extremely popular, attracting a large audience of Australian viewers. However, the show also attracted controversy and criticism from the public. The show and the reaction it created provide an opportunity to explore and comment on aspects of Australian social history and Australia's relationship with Japan. I argue that The Samurai was an early form of transnational popular culture, and it introduced a type of 'oriental cool' that spectacularly disrupted postwar Australia's perception of Japan as a wartime enemy.


It is known that placing a mechanical oscillator in a superposition of coherent states allows, in theory, a measurement of a linear force whose sensitivity increases with the amplitude of the mechanical oscillations, a uniquely quantum effect. Further, entangled versions of these states across a network of $n$ mechanical oscillators enables a measurement whose sensitivity increases linearly with $n$, thus improving over the classical scaling by $\sqrt{n}$. One of the key challenges in exploiting this effect is processing the signal so that it can be readily measured; linear processing is insufficient. Here we show that a Kerr oscillator will not only create the necessary states, but also perform the required processing, transforming the quantum phase imprinted by the force signal into a shift in amplitude measurable with homodyne detection. This allows us to design a relatively simple quantum electro-mechanical circuit that can demonstrate the core quantum effect at the heart of this scheme, amplitude-dependent force sensitivity. We derive analytic expressions for the performance of the circuit, including thermal mechanical noise and photon loss. We discuss the experimental challenges in implementing the scheme with near-term technology.


The teacher resource book includes an overview of the course, together with detailed unit-by-unit commentary and guidance in using the practice assessment items. The geographical content, key ideas, skills, values and cross-curricular themes are clearly set out for each unit. Each book contains reduced facsimilies of all the relevant copymasters to facilitate evaluation and lesson planning. "People, Cities and the Countryside" examines world population trends and the process of urbanization and counter-urbanization. The book considers the issues which affect people living in a variety of both urban and rural environments. The links and possible tensions between rural and urban areas are also investigated and students are encouraged to consider the quality of life offered by differential residential environemts and to question the images they may hold of them. Throughout, there is an emphasis on how decisions are made about the areas where people live and how individuals can influence such decisions.


The thesis focuses on integration of preschool autistic children into a kindergarten for unaffected children. It describes a specific manifestation of children autistic disorder within the context of education possibilities and survey a present state of integration. A qualitative research, which was accomplished at two kindergarten schools in Zlin Region, summarizes pedagogue's experiences gained from the real integration process. Analyzing a successful or failed integration could in future improve this process.


Objective:To measure the level of six elements in children's hair,and discuss their standard them.Methods:Monitor microelement in hair.With Inductance.coupling frequency plasma project.Results:Average value of calcium and zincum in hair increase with the grouth of age.Cupcrum in hair decrease with the grouth of age.Boy's plumbum in hair was higher than girl's,nevertheless girl's other elements were higher than boy's.There were evident differences of these tested elements among different nationality and differenet areas.The cuprum in hair of city children was higher than that of country children.Other elements of city children were lower than country children.Conclusion:Six elements in children's hair hare different level in different nationalities and areas.We should pay attention to the influence of higher level or lower on children's health.


It is a well-known fact that familial enterprises run by Chinese families have been achieving great successes all over the world. By looking into how the Chinese traditional culture is acting on the development of these organizations the author goes to great lengths to find out both the advantages and disadvantages inherent in them so that the former can be fostered while the latter be mitigated, thus making it possible for the organizations to flourish against the international background of modern economy.


It has been known that the mucihematein stain of Mayer (1896) is a traditional staining method for mucin. Thompson (1966) has noted that Mayer introduced the mucihematein stain for the demonstration of certain types of acid mucopolysaccharides in tissue sections. Although this technic is relatively specific it is empirical. According to Mallory (1938), Mayer's mucihematein stain is particularly useful for the demonstration of acid mucopolysaccharides (mucins) of fibroblastic origin. Epithelial mucins may give variable results ranging from intensely positive to negative. In recent years attempts were made by numerous investigators to elucidate the kinds, biochemical properties, and distribution in tissues of the mucopolysaccharides. It is considered that classifying mucopolysaccharides into fibroblastic and epithelial origin seems not to be appropriate. On the basis of the present findings regarding the mucopolysaccharides, we have investigated the kinds of mucopolysaccharides to which hematein shows affinity and its staining properties. Instead of commercially available hematein, the dye used in this study was prepared according to the method described by Arshid et al. (1954).


A successful remedial reading program in a three-year high school in Las Vegas consists of small, separate/ elective reading classes for which students receive credit and in which students are taught by a qualified reading specialist aided by trained assistants. This program uses placement tests and diagnostic tests to prescribe specific remediation for each student and relies on individualized attention, varied materials, and a balance between skillc development and reading for comprehension improvement and enjoyment. (A list of references is included.) (JH) * Documents acquired by EBIC include many informal unpublished * * materials not avail'able from other sources. ERIC makes every effort * * to obtain the best copy available. Nevertheless,>items of marginal * * reproducibility are often encountered and this affects the quality *' * of the microfiche and hardcopy reproductions EEIC makes available * * via the ERIC Document Reproduction Service (EDRS) . EDRS is not * * responsible for the quality of the original document. Reproductions * * supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made from the original. * Sally G. Hellman 3338 Ayita Circle Las Vegas, Nevada 89109 About 1,050 words plus references U.S. DCPARTMENTOF HEALTH. EDUCATION ft WCLFARI NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION THIS DOCUMENT HAS BEEN REPRO DUCED EXACTLY AS RECEIVED FROM THE PERSON OR ORGANIZATION OHIGIN' AT I NO IT POINTS OF VfEWOIJ OPINIONS STATED DO NOT NECESSARILY REPRE SENT OFFICIAL NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION POSITION OR POLICY * PERMISSION TO ttF^flODUCE rw| S COPY RIGHTED UATERIAL MAS BEEN GRANTED BV


This thesis encompasses two linked sets of studies with an empirical application to Japan, an interesting yet sometimes overlooked subject of study. The goal of the first part of the thesis is: (i) to offer a short account of the Japanese labor market and its peculiarities; (ii) to review the main views on the macroeconomics of labor markets; and (iii) to carry out an empirical study relying on one of these approaches, the Chain Reaction Theory (CRT) or prolonged adjustment view. Our empirical analysis presents two alternative multi-equation structural models featuring different characteristics of the labor market for the period 1970-2008. Focusing then on the Japanese lost decade and the mild economic upturn that followed, we conduct dynamic simulations for two well-defined subperiods: 1990-2002 and 2002-2007. These years coincide with a minimum and (historical) maximum of the unemployment rate during the last two decades: 2.1% in 1990 and 5.5% in 2002. The results of our simulations lead to similar conclusions for both these models. First, the steep rise in unemployment during the lost decade was essentially due to the damaging effects of the ever-increasing public debt as a major source of labor market inefficiencies, and to a low productivity growth rate. And second, we find the fall in labor union power to have a significant easing effect on the unemployment rate, but also to be a major driver in the apparently eroding pattern of the labor income share in more recent years. The second part of the thesis takes on the subject of offshoring in a series of interrelated chapters. Indeed, the most recent and heated discussions about economic policy worldwide have to do with offshoring, usually with a negative slant on it. The purpose of this part is: (i) to review the most conventional indices on offshoring the economic literature has so far produced, and employ them to provide an overview of the extent of the phenomenon for a group of countries; (ii) to carry out the analysis of the employment and productivity effects of offshoring at the aggregate level of the industry for Japan, relying on panel data techniques; and (iii) to go deeper into the employment effects but now using an industry-by-industry approach. Our results can be summarized as follows. First, contrary to common beliefs, our data reveal that offshoring is not exclusive of large developed economies. Further, we highlight the continuing prominence of the manufacturing over the services sector, and observe that while services offshoring is on the rise, it still represents a small fraction of total offshoring. Second, our estimations suggest that we should expect, on average, a positive effect of services offshoring and a negative effect of materials offshoring on employment. However, the effects are rather negligible and only amount to a small fraction of the change in employment. On the other hand, positive effects on the growth rate of productivity are found as a result of both types of offshoring, with larger effects from services.


Objective To explore the scope of the bifurcation of basilar artery(BA) via subtemporal approach,and provide reference for the microsurgery of BA apex lesion.Methods Ten(20 sides)adult cadaveric specimens which perfused with colored silicone were studied by using subtemporal approach under the microscope,We observed and measured the relationship among the important neurovascular structures and described the exposure scope of the bifurcation of basilar artery.Results The shortest distances from the zygomatic arch to the edge of tentorium incisura was 39.24±1.27mm.We found that the trochlear nerve entered the edge of tentorium in post-lateral PCP.The mean distance was 15.72±3.81mm.The subtemporal approach could provide wide exposure for the base of the middle cranial fassa and perforating arteries arising from BA bifurcation and P1 segment.Conclusion The subtemporal approach has advantages such as shorter distance of operation,bigger straight visual angle.We can observe the perforating branches arising from BA bifurcation and P1 segment though lateral wider visual field,when clipping the aneurysm which directed backward.Cutting the tentorium at the post-lateral 17mm point away from PCP can avoid damaging the trochlear nerve.The exposure of the BA apex can be increased after cutting tentorium,and a wider scope of expoure is obtained to the lateral aspect of the brainstem.


Date Presented 4/17/2015
Little is known about the life balance of women with Clusters B and C personality disorders. This study compared subjective and objective life balance in women with and without personality disorders. It also examined relationships among subjective and objective life balance, stress, and quality of life.


The Department of Energy (DOE) at the Savannah River Site (SRS) intends to remove from service and operationally close 22 waste tanks within 8 years that do not meet current containment standards. The ability to remove residual solids is vital to accelerate closure of these highly radioactive storage tanks. SRS is retrieving waste as part of an accelerated tank closure program. Previous methods of waste removal included the addition of large volumes of water in a batch process followed by mixing and transfer from the waste storage tank. Following this mechanical cleaning approach, chemical cleaning, consisting of bulk oxalic acid additions to the tank, was used to remove remaining solids from the tanks. Previous mechanical and chemical cleaning methods to remove the solids residue did not meet expectations (i.e., excessive amounts of radioactive material remained in the tanks). The insoluble solids remaining in the tanks were large, fast-settling particles that proved difficult to remove using previous methods. This, along with storage space constraints within the waste tanks, is a significant limitation when attempting to remove the solids. Recently, a new mechanical cleaning operation was used on two tanks targeted for closure (Tanks 5F and 6F), which involved a feed and bleed or continuous recirculation transfer method. The method was designed and implemented in two phases. During the first phase, fresh water was introduced into Tank 5F while a transfer pump was simultaneously removing liquid out of Tank 5F at approximately the same flow rate (i.e., a feed and bleed process). During this operation, three mixing pumps were used to suspend the residual solids to increase the likelihood of transferring the solids from the tank before settling. While this process proved to be successful at removing residual solids from the tank, storage space constraints continued to be an operational issue, as the feed and bleed process created approximately 375,000 gallons of additional waste volume. The second phase to remove residual solids was deployed on Tank 6F and consisted of agitation and continuous recirculation. Removal is accomplished by agitating the contents using three mixing pumps while simultaneously pumping the Tank 6F contents suspension to a receipt tank. The receipt tank is unmixed (tranquil) and serves as a settling basin allowing the particles to sink. A temporary waste transfer and pumping system recirculates the clarified supernatant liquid to Tank 6F at a rate nearly equal to that of the Tank 6F transfer pump. This arrangement allows for the greatest mixing and transfer turnover rate in the shortest operation time while adding no additional volume to the high level waste storage system. Through the use of the recirculation transfer line, space constraints were eliminated as an operational limitation during this phase of the process.


Objective: To know about health status of residents who lives around the nuclear power plant before its running,and evaluate the influences on residents in right way.Method: Total 19,632 residents' health status,nuclear knowledge and diet were obtained by questionnaire and stratified cluster sampling within 30 km around the Tianwan Nuclear Power Plant;the incidence of malignant tumors in Lianyungang from 2001 to 2004 was investigated by retrospective epidemiology;1 626 students who aged 8-10 years and came from 9 schools,received the examination for goiter by B ultrasonic machine,while 392 of which were carried out random testing of urine iodine in the meantime;micronucleus and HPRT gene mutation rate were examined to 631 residents.Results: The average scores of residents was 16.46 about nuclear knowledge,the nuclear anxiety in fishermen was particularly obvious;the effective doses caused by natural radio nuclides were 691μSv/a in children and 327μSv/a in adult;8-10 year-old students who got goiter were covered 0.18%,the median urinary iodine was 131.2μg / L;the overall incidence of cancer was 113.92 / 100 000,leukemia incidence was 4.64/100 000;public micronucleus rate was 4.78 ± 2.47 ‰,HPRT gene mutation rate was 0.89 ± 0.60 ‰.Conclusion: It is important for the public to enhance nuclear safety knowledge and to popular the awareness of emergency response,meanwhile,establishing and improving monitoring network,publishing monitoring data regularly and adding the transparency to the public about construction and operation of nuclear power were effective measures for the public to make full-round recognition on nuclear power.


'True' initial polymerization rates can be calculated from the adiabatic temperature rise under isoperibolic conditions. They are much higher than initial polymerization rates measured by standard mass flow meter methods under quasi-steady-state conditions. These high initial rates are followed by a fast apparent deactivation (attenuation) until a constant (plateau) activity is reached at low polymerization yields of 2-3 g PP · (g catalyst)-1 caused by an increasing degree of encapsulation of active sites. Mass transfer limitations are not observed. Cross sectional SEM images of the polymer samples support these kinetic findings.


Objective To establish homocysteine(HCY) reference value of Huanggang city by surveying the distribution and normal level of healthy people. Method Using the automatic biochemistry analyzer(AU680), the serum levels of HCY of 3009 healthy people were quantitatively detected in Huanggang city. Results Among the 3009 cases of healthy people in Huanggang city, the average serum level of HCY was 7.6 μmol/L and the reference range of 95% was 0-15.2μmol/L. The distribution and normal level of HCY were different in gender, and between 16-30 age group and 31-65age group(P0.05). Conclusion The reference range of 95% of healthy people in Huanggang city is 0-15.2 umol/L,showing a normal distribution, and can share with heparin plasma.


Electronic properties of both Pb and S vacancy defects in PbS(1̄00) have been studied using the first-principles density functional theory (DFT) calculations with the plane-wave pseudopotentials. It is found that the density of states (DOS) near the top of the valence band and the bottom of the conduction band is significantly modified by these defects. Our calculation indicates that in the case of S vacancy defects the Fermi energy shifts to the conduction band making it as an n-type PbS (donor). However, in the case of Pb vacancy, because of the appreciable change of the DOS, the system acts as a p-type PbS (accepter). In addition, the structural relaxation shows that the defect leads to outward relaxation of the nearest-neighbouring atoms and inward relaxation of the next-nearest neighbouring atoms.


SummaryThis article discusses an ethics research project in predictive testing for Huntington's disease (HD) and the relevance of the findings for genetic testing for Alzheimer's disease (AD). Participants were videotaped during their pre-and posttest counseling sessions, as well as when the results were given. Half of these were then interviewed in their homes. Changes that accompanied the receipt of decreased risk suggested that counseling as well as the genetic information led the participants through a rite of passage. The most significant changes seemed to be in relation to other family members. Application to persons at risk for AD needs to be qualified, since persons at risk for AD will not usually have as well developed a sense of "family risk," and are less likely to receive as definite a reduced risk. In diagnostic testing for AD, a substitute decision-maker will often be involved. An unavoidable result is that some of the related substitute decision-makers will receive results which may have, or be mistaken to have, predictive value. Substitute decision-makers must therefore be included in genetic counseling, and the psychosocial effects of their participation must be evaluated.


Abstract The tension in Further Education staff development between professional development and job training, is increased by the approach of National Vocational Qualifications, by structural reforms and the pace of change. It represents a deep and enduring split between liberalism and vocationalism. The latter term can have broader and narrower definitions. An NVQ model offers a narrower, skill‐based approach to staff development, but rests on a restricted definition of what constitutes relevance. Prevailing forms of staff development tend to ignore what is known about motivation and about how adults learn. They do not support the lecturer in deriving theory from practice; nor do they assist in developing autonomous professionals who can take their own educational decisions. A case study is offered of a module in a Diploma programme at Bedford College of Higher Education that offers accreditation for staff who participate in their own institution's staff development programme. It gives participants the ...


Adsorption experiments have been interpreted frequently with simplified model geometries, such as ideally flat surfaces and slit or cylindrical pores. Recent explorations of unusual environments, such as fullerenes and metal-organic-framework materials, have led to a broadened scope of experimental, theoretical and simulation investigations. This paper reviews a number of such studies undertaken by our group. Among the topics receiving emphasis are these: universality of gas uptake in pores, relaxation of a porous absorbent due to gas uptake and the novel phases of gases on a single nanotube, all of which studies have been motivated by recent experiments.


While issues relating to sustainability and eco-efficiency are on the agenda of organizations, many managers face difficulties in adopting eco-efficient practices due to the discrediting of employees. In this article, we analyzed the process of printed sheets by using Ecofont and if this really is eco-efficient, having as main objective is to assess whether the Ecofont ecoefficient with regard to the economy of natural resources (water), material resources (paper , toner, cartridge) and financial resources, in addition to its importance in reducing the emission of carbon dioxide (CO2). We adopted a qualitative case study that allowed a better understanding of the phenomenon under investigation, and made up use of primary and secondary data allowing comparative analyzes. Calculations were performed, testing and use of software like Word 2003 and APFill. The object of investigation was the Câmara Municipal de Belo Horizonte, which accounts for a significant volume of printing documents. The study provided evidence of Ecofont eco-efficiency and the importance of sustainable practices in the context of business and organization.


Today, in the conditions of russia's open armed aggression against Ukraine and the intense multi-faceted struggle against it - armed, informational, economic, the Armed Forces of Ukraine have to create combat-ready groups of troops (forces) that must be able to ensure the fulfillment of the tasks assigned to them at a given level. Based on the experience of conducting hostilities starting from February 24, 2022, it becomes clear that one of the important components of the effective conduct of hostilities by troops (forces) is the timely and reasonable use of missile forces and artillery.
One of the common effective and promising fire means of the field artillery of the ground forces is the reactive system of volley fire. Shelling from such systems not only destroys manpower and equipment, but also creates a powerful psychological impact on the enemy's personnel. So, despite the appearance of new modern means of destruction, rocket launcher systems will continue to play the role of a strong argument on the battlefield for a long time, and designers will continue to work on their further improvement.
Today, systems of volley fire represent combat platforms that are widely used by the Ground Forces in conducting all forms and types of combat operations. Development of new, improvement of existing systems of volley fire, improvement of their combat effectiveness is an important scientific and technical task.
The most important advantages of reactive systems of volley fire are the surprise of the attack and the high density of fire, which is carried out in a very short time on site targets with a high degree of damage, both offensively and defensively, in any weather, both day and night.
In a number of modern local conflicts, aviation units for unguided air missiles of the S-5 and S-8 types installed on various self-propelled chassis were used as improvised systems of volley fire.
But the lack of developed special sights and sufficient stabilization of unguided aircraft missiles during launch gives low accuracy. Therefore, the issue of increasing the accuracy and efficiency of the use of unguided air missiles from a wheeled (tracked) chassis requires further development.
The article substantiates the need to create a light fire module for the use of unguided aircraft missiles from wheeled (tracked) chassis instead of using standard aviation units of unguided missile weapons, proposed solutions to improve the accuracy and efficiency of application.


Objective: To evaluate the prescribing pattern in patients admitted to intensive cardiac care unit, to evaluate direct cost of the treatment in patients admitted in intensive cardiac care unit, to evaluate the rationality of drugs prescribed and to prepare and submit therapeutic guideline for management of ACS. Method: This prospective observational study was carried out in ICCU for a period of ten months. Data were analysed for drug utilisation pattern and direct cost of treatment was calculated using patient's hospital and pharmacy bills. Rationality of therapy was evaluated based on class of recommendation from Indian guidelines for management of cardiovascular diseases, during the study period 70 prescriptions were screened. Results: The results show that a total of 156 (19.11%) cardiovascular drugs were prescribed to 70 patients admitted in ICCU during the study and antianginals 33 (21.15%) were equally used as inotropes 33 (21.15%), followed by antiplatelets 32 (20.51%), anticoagulants 27 (17%), hypolipidemics 21 (14%) and antiarrhythmics 10(6%). Mean number of drugs per encounter was high (11), which contributed more to the cost of pharmacotherapy. 97.79% of the drugs belonged to NLEM, First class recommendation of Indian guidelines for management of cardiovascular diseases were followed in majority of prescriptions except for use of clopidogrel which belonged to class 2a recommendation for patients undergoing CABG surgery, this minor deviation was seen in 9 cases and the study has also noticed over use of antibiotics, it also revealed that ward bed charge, ICCU bed charge, ventilator charge had more contribution in direct medical cost of hospitalization. Cost of drug therapy accounted very less of direct medical cost of hospitalization. Cost of antimicrobials accounted 31.8% of cost of drug therapy. Conclusion: Irrational drug use in ICCU can be avoided by following standard treatment guidelines, This study will be helpful for hospital administration to monitor their hospital charges to affordable for patients and education to prescribers for affordable prescription of antimicrobials, improve rational drug use in ICCU and better management of patients. INTRODUCTION: Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are showing an escalation among the Indian population with a trend of reaching the younger age groups. QUICK RESPONSE CODE DOI: 10.13040/IJPSR.0975-8232.8(8).3534-40 Article can be accessed online on: www.ijpsr.com DOI link: http://dx.doi.org/10.13040/IJPSR.0975-8232.8 (8).3534-40 It is now known to have a major share in the burden of diseases. A number of studies have been conducted time and again to find out the prevalence of CVDs and it has been found that they have a widespread prevalence in India, with regional variations. It is now affecting almost all sections of the society from young to old and most affluent to least affluent. Statistics also show an increased prevalence of CVDs in India compared to other developing countries. With the coming of the age of massive development, India has gone through


While you can prevent pests from infesting your home, you might need the services of a professional to evict them if they have already moved in. The pest control industry in Florida is the largest in the nation. How do you choose the best pest control company for you? This 6-page fact sheet written by Faith Oi, James E. Davis, John M. Diaz, Sarah M. Ellis, Randall A. Cantrell, Nelly Nelson, and Judy Corbus and published by the UF/IFAS Entomology and Nematology Department is full of practical tips and advice to help you choose a reliable and effective pest control service to help you kick out any uninvited crawlies. http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/in1269


Document security management is important for governments and enterprises. It is a huge workload to determine the security level of many documents in personal computers. In this paper, a classification method of document security level based on decision tree is proposed, which uses machine learning to determine the security level of documents detected by security detection system. In this method, in order to realize the rapid analysis and accurate determination of documents, the algorithm of decision tree is established through the reasonable features of documents. The simulation results show that the method is flexible and fast, and it can effectively solve the problem of document security level classification.


The objectives of this study were to test the influence of factors that influence on the service quality management of seaside resort areas in southern of Thailand. The researcher used the survey questionnaire to collect data from 400 Chinese tourists who visited seaside resort areas in southern region of Thailand. The research employed One-way ANOVA and multiple regression to test variables and to test hypothesis.

The findings revealed that from 3 factors being analyzed using mean value. Service quality factor was the most important to the service quality management of seaside resort areas in southern of Thailand, followed by marketing mix factor, followed by external business factor.

The findings also revealed that from 3 factors being tested including service quality factor, marketing mix factor and external business factor influence on the service quality management of seaside resort areas in southern of Thailand at statistically significant level .05.


The work presented here is concerned with the problem of Earthquake damage assessment using multi temporal satellite images. Remotely sensed data can provide valuable information for disaster assessment such as Earthquakes, Volcanic Eruptions, Landslides, Floods, Storm Surge, Hurricanes, Fires and Drought etc. Earthquake is one of the unavoidable natural hazards that cause lots of damages and problems to the economy, environment and the whole life of people. Prevention of earthquake is rarely achieved and such events continue to pose increasing threat to life and property. After the earthquakes, there is a need for rapid, accurate and reliable damage information in the critical post event hours to guide response activities. Disaster damage assessment using remotely sensed data can be carried out using multi temporal approach, which requires two images pre-damage and post-damage of the affected area that are compared to identify changes. However, the quality of the satellite images is not good as required to identify the changes. Therefore, image fusion methods are used to enhance the quality of the images. In the present work, we have performed the image fusion based quality enhancement of Earthquake satellite images. We have proposed an IHS and Wavelet transform based integrated image fusion technique for fusion of pre and post panchromatic and multispectral satellite images. We have also performed the comparison of proposed integrated technique with other techniques and the results of the proposed approach are quite promising.


This essay returns to the Dixie Chicks "incident" in order to reexamine the backlash against them. Their critics claim that patriotism and their contract with country music are at stake; I argue that the backlash is old-fashioned misogyny. My examination considers the concepts of prayer, patriotism, and the American Pledge of Allegiance. These words, though used loosely, are part of the central criticism of the Dixie Chicks actions. To accomplish my task, I turn, on the one hand, to Levinas and Heschel, and on the other to Hegel's reading of Antigone.


IT is commonly argued that the continuous developments in information and communication technologies (ICT) are playing an important role in the changes occurring within the various social, economic, and political relationships underpinning urban life. The notion of an "informational city" serves a very useful purpose of expressing the structural shifts and many phenomena observable in current patterns of urban development, although it can be challenged theoretically and empirically. It is also important to bear in mind the contested relationships and divergent experiences that occur at the local level as a "new geography" emerges alongside the "new economy." Such changes in spatial relations are analyzed in this paper, and in particular relate to the wider notion of industrial restructuring, associated with the collapse of "traditional" industries such as shipbuilding, textiles, coal mining, and steel making. The paper assesses practices in the city of Sheffield in the United Kingdom, taking note of the remarkable turnaround in the fortunes of some "rustbelt" regions during the 1990s, where the benefits arising from the application of ICTs are often portrayed as offering urban planners new opportunities to address uneven spatial development. Castells


The invention discloses a kind of purification process for the more glucose sodium that relaxes.A kind of purification process for the more glucose sodium that relaxes, including relaxing, more glucammonium salts are hydrolyzed in acid condition, must be relaxed more glucose sodium into salt with sodium hydroxide.Compared with prior art, method provided by the invention can significantly improve the purity in the more glucose sodium finished product that relaxes, dialysis and column chromatography are not had in purification process, only by simply hydrolyze, recrystallize and etc. be remarkably improved relax more glucose sodium yield and purity, it is more suitable for industrialized production, improves production efficiency.


Assuming Vojta's conjecture, and building on recent work of the authors, we prove that, for a fixed number field $K$ and a positive integer $g$ , there is an integer $m_{0}$ such that for any $m>m_{0}$ there is no principally polarized abelian variety $A/K$ of dimension $g$ with full level- $m$ structure. To this end, we develop a version of Vojta's conjecture for Deligne–Mumford stacks, which we deduce from Vojta's conjecture for schemes.


AbstractA new method is presented to quantify the uncertainty in early-stage assessment of surface structure damage caused by tunneling-induced ground movements. The method employs the Monte Carlo ...


Near Powassan, Ontario, between 1959 and 1961, neutralizing antibody to Powassan virus has been detected in sera from four of 30 squirrels, six of which were infested with Ixodes sp. ticks. Sera from six of 29 chipmunks neutralized Powassan virus, but ticks were not found on any animal. No antibody was detected in sera from 20 snowshoe hares, three groundhogs, four field mice, 21 domestic mammals or 16 birds. On Manitoulin Island, neutralizing antibody to Powassan virus has been detected on three of 56 squirrels, two of 18 chipmunks and five of 178 snowshoe hares captured during 1960, and in two of 19 squirrels but not in 13 chipmunks captured in 1961. Complementfixing antibody to Silverwater virus has been detected in nine of 98 snowshoe hare sera, and this virus has been isolated from two pools of H.L.P. ticks. Detection of neutralizing antibody in sera from five of 194 human residents of the Powassan.-North Bay area and five of 157 humans living on Manitoulin Island, but in only one of 657 residents of other districts of northern Ontario, suggests that human infection with Powassan virus occurs principally in the first two regions. Evidence has been presented in favour of the existence of natural cycles of infection involving ticks and small mammals in both regions.


The estimated metabolisable energy (ME) concentration of pasture has a significant influence on the profit of farm systems that rely on pasture as a dietary component. However, breeders of pasture plants have traditionally focussed on improving herbage yield over nutritive characteristics or ultimately feeding value. Pasture intake from two contrasting dairy farm experiments in temperate Australia over multiple years was used to estimate the potential economic benefit of changes in the ME concentration of pasture consumed by lactating dairy cows. Barley prices were used to calculate the worth or 'replacement cost' of the ME within perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne L.). The economic values for changes in ME concentration of pasture in each year of the experiments were estimated using a deterministic model. Then Monte Carlo (stochastic) simulation was conducted, incorporating distributions of changes in pasture intake, ME concentration and replacement cost of ME to derive a distribution of the economic benefits of an increase in ME concentration of pasture. The mean stochastic results of a one unit increase in ME concentration across the year for perennial ryegrass were AU$191/ha (Terang- 'medium rainfall' in Victoria) and AU$459/ha (Elliott-'high rainfall' in Tasmania). In both farm experiments the largest seasonal contribution to the annual economic value was in the spring. In comparison, when economic values were estimated using changes in ME concentration achieved in experiments (1.74 MJ/kg DM higher in spring and 1.44 MJ/kg DM higher in summer), the economic values were AU$141/ha in spring and AU$74/ha in summer for Terang and AU$266/ha in spring and AU$187/ha in summer for Elliott. The economic values for changes in ME concentration of pasture provide an indication of potential feed cost savings for these farms. The savings estimated using Monte Carlo simulation for Terang was 9% of total variable costs for a one unit increase in ME concentration and 20% of total variable costs for Elliott. The magnitude of the economic benefits that genetic improvement in the ME concentration of pasture plants could have on Australian dairy farms warrants consideration by plant breeders developing breeding programmes.


The Black-Scholes option pricing model is introduced in this paper.By adjusting the hypotheses of Black-Scholes option pricing model,setting the risk-free and the volatility of the underlying asset price as the functions of time,this paper deduces option pricing model,two-factor option pricing model and multi-factor option pricing model.


The ZoN~Co 1 cruise (1993), carried out onboard the IFREMER R.V L'Atalante equipped with the multibeam echosounder EM12 Dual, has surveyed the southern prolongation of New Caledonia and Loyalty Islands. The swath bathymetry and imagery data focuses primilarly on the mapping of areas with seamounts, the summits of wich are less than 1500 m-deep. This zone was selected because it was previously exploited by a bottom longline fishery with Alfonsino (Beryx splendens) as target species. In addition, geological dredgings have shown that this zone is likely to possess mineral resources. The swath mapping data show that: 1/ the NorfolkRidge is composed of a 1000 m-depth plateau deepening to 2,000-m to the south, with seamountsculminatingat 200 m-depth in the north and at 800 m in the south; 21 the Loyalty Ridge is made of elongated and tabular structures or «guyots» culminating at 1,000 m-depth. Imagery data allow differenciation of hard substratum from muddybottom.The superimposition of imagery and bathyrnetry data shows that seamounts observed in this zone are possible trawling areas. In 1996. the NIWA R.V Tangaroa has beenchartered to carry out the Halipro2 deep-sea trawlingcruise between800 and 1500m-depth. A total of 94 trawIingswere completedrespectivelyover 21 seamounts located on the Norfolk Ridge and 6 on the southern prolongation of the Loyalty Ridge. The results of Halipro 2 cruise show that trawling is difficult on the slopes of the seamounts whilst it appearseasier on the flat summits. Further exploratory fishing surveys are planned in areas where detailed maps of the seafloor are available to further swath mappingZoN~Co cruises.


Reticence is a common problem faced by college English teachers in classrooms.This paper tried to report that the reticence in college English classrooms is caused by the influence of traditional culture,learners' personalities and gender differences,and teaching mode.The data were collected through questionnaires,interviews,and observations.Based on the findings,implications are discussed and some suggestive advice is put forward


In the theoretical framework of teachers' professionalization,this paper takes the educational reform in Huanggang Normal University as an investigation case to work out the teachers' education model in local universities which aims to reconstruct the knowledge system of teachers' education,to strengthen the reflective practices,to promote the interaction between higher education and fundamental education,and to develop the co-operation between pre-service education and post-service education.


A subset of patients who present to optometrists for vision care have mental and emotional disturbance. This literature review seeks to gain a better understanding of the relationship between aspects of vision and ocular health and a person's mental wellbeing. Traditional management strategies have addressed ocular health and acuity symptoms related to the effects of pharmacological substances, whilst visual perceptual deficits are often overlooked. Various treatment modalities are explored further to allow optometrists more confidence in managing patients with mental and emotional disturbance.


Objective: To observe the curative effect of Sanbi Tang Jiawei(STJ) combined with bee - needling (BN) for puerperal arthralgia(PA). Methods: 42 cases of PA with negative BN test were treated with STJ and BN. Results: Among them, 34 cases were cured, 6 cases effective and 2 cases ineffective, the total effective rate being 95. 2%. Conclusion: STJ combined with BN can markedly alleviate the clinical symptoms. The treatment is convenient and is worthy for popularzation.


COVID -19 has wedged all the major economies across the globe significantly. The World Health Organisation (WHO) first declared COVID-19 as a world health emergency in January 2020. The virus originated in Wuhan, China, but has been detected in over 200 countries. Amid the Coronavirus Pandemic, several countries worldwide resorted to lockdown to control infection. Due to lockdown, the production and distribution chains have been disrupted across the lands. All the segments of the economy have been impacted in different magnitude, and this has a direct impact on GDP, unemployment ratio, and tax collection. Goods and Services Tax (GST) is a harmonized tax of different indirect taxes in India. The GST collection reflects the volume of economic activities in India. Thus, in this paper, an attempt has been made to assess the impact of Covid-19 on the Indian economy concerning the quantum of Goods and Service collection in Indian during the lockdown period. For this study, secondary data relating to GST collection have been pooled from the official websites of the GST Council of India for the last three years, i.e., 2018 to 2020, and pair t-test have been run for testing statistical significance of the impact of COVID-19 on the quantum of the collection of Goods and Service Tax in India before and after lockdown announcement after adjusting the inflation factor. The results indicate no significant difference in the quantum of Goods and Services Tax Collection in India before and after the lockdown announcement due to the COVID-19 outbreak but a loss of Rs. 1,41,837 crore owing to the low collection of GST from March 2020 to August 2020 gives us a clear message that we should undoubtedly rethink the plans in more structural and more viable ways to reach a position to absorb any kinds of uncertain threats from the external environment.


Innovation has been the underpinning of American medicine for decades. However, as we move deeper into the 21st century, it is important to assess whether we are providing an environment where a culture of innovation can thrive.


Temperature dependences of heat capacities of p-dioxanone and poly(p-dioxanone) in the temperature interval from 5 to 450 K were investigated using adiabatic and dynamic calorimetry. The temperatures and enthalpies of transitions between different physical states were determined. Temperature regions corresponding to various physical states of the monomer and the polymer were found. Combustion energies were measured using an isothermal calorimeter equipped with a calorimetric bomb. The results of the measurements were used to determine a number of thermodynamic characteristics of the compounds under investigation. These include parameters of melting, parameters of glass transition and of the glassy state of the polymer formed, thermodynamic functions over the temperature interval from 0 to 450 K, and standard combustion enthalpies and thermodynamic parameters of formation for both compounds. Experimental data, combined with the results of theoretical analysis, were used to find other thermodynamic parameters of bulk polymerization of p-dioxanone to poly(p-dioxanone) at 0-450 K: enthalpies, entropies, and Gibbs functions. The effect of physical states of the reagents and polymerization temperature on the thermodynamic properties of the monomer and polymer and on the parameters of the polymerization reaction at standard pressure were analyzed. Thermodynamic parameters characterizing polymerization-depolymerization equilibrium and equilibrium concentrations of the monomer in monomer ⇇ polymer reaction mixture were determined for several different temperatures. It was established that the upper limiting temperature for the polymerization of p-dioxanone is higher than the temperature at which thermal destruction of the reagents begins


William Whewell hailed Francis Bacon as 'the supreme Legislator of the modern republic of Science'; A. Koyre stigmatized as a mauvaise plaisanterie any attempt to link the Lord Chancellor's figure to anything remotely resembling modern science. Though less sweepingly expressed, contemporary polarizations in the history and philosophy of science turn around these two extremes. It has been only since the appearance of Paolo Rossi's seminal Francesco Bacone: dalla magia alia scienza in 1957 that some scholars have tried to establish a new ground of debate which somehow bypasses the time-honoured dispute about Bacon's significance for modern science: understanding the Baconian oeuvre would now mean to place it in the history of the 'arts of discourse', i.e. the techniques of communication and rhetoric, sometimes linked to Hermetic doctrines. This


EDITOR,--Michael Rawlins seeks to defend the Committee on Safety of medicines' recent advice on third generation oral contraceptives.1 Prescribers should be aware that the committee's published advice may not have been arrived at lawfully because of questions regarding process and whether the advice was disproportionate and beyond the committee's authority.

Consideration of the issue seems to have been hasty and not based on all relevant data. Spitzer et al's analysis was made available on 9 October and Jick et al's manuscript on 11 October, and members of the …


Although prior research with adolescents and adults has demonstrated that self-explanation benefits learning (Chi et al., 1994), little is known about the effect of self-explanation on learning in young children (but see Crowley & Siegler, 1999). The objective of the present study is to investigate the relationship between explanation and learning, and most importantly, to measure learning more directly by comparing self-explanation to other potential learning mechanisms such as exploration and attention. Does constructing a causal explanation benefit learning more than exploration or simple observation?


In conditional affine factor models, estimated risk prices should satisfy certain unconditional constraints. Specifically, a cross-sectional estimate of the unconditional slope associated with a risk factor should equal the average price of risk of the factor. The estimated slope associated with the product of a risk factor and an instrument should be equal to the covariance of the factor risk premium with the instrument. We show that the constraints only apply to the conditional models with time-varying betas. We identify an unconditional constraint on unconditional betas for time-varying beta models and incorporate it into model tests. We show that imposing this unconditional constraint changes estimates of unconditional betas and risk prices significantly.


This paper discusses the idea of racism in Arabic literature. It mainly focuses on the subjective representation of black people as early as the pre-Islamic era until the modern ages. We trace the subjective representation of black people in poetry, the novel and folklore. In this paper, we do not intend we defend the Arabic culture or Arabic literature, nor do we aim to beautify the biased representation of people of color in Arabic writings. Rather, we will try to study this phenomenon in an objective and balanced way. In this regard, we would like also to reiterate the fact that the image of black people in Western literature is not in any way brighter than their depiction in Arabic literature.


This article aims to examine the structure of knowledge in the field of entrepreneurial intentions through social knowledge network analysis (authors and res...


The paper argues that Ukraine should change conventional concept of economic development, based on extensive consumption of natural resources and a large impact on the environment. The authors present how the concept of sustainable development might function to secure ecologically focused (continuous, crisis-free) industrial development. The main prerequisites to sustainable development are innovations, as well as ecologically loyal institutional rules of business. But these innovations have to be ecologically focused on nature and for mitigating eco-destructive impact. The authors pay attention to the analysis of ecological problems in development of Ukrainian industrial production during the recession period and propose methodological basis for a concept of ecologically focused anti-recessionary management of industrial production development.


Part 1: Introduction. An Introduction to Health Psychology. Psychophysiology, Health and Illness. Stress and Coping. Part 2: Patient Behaviour and the Management of Illness. The Medical Consultation. The Experience of Treatment. Pain: Psychological Aspects. Part 3: Health Issues. Social Drugs: Effects upon Health. The Primary Prevention of AIDS. Decision Making for Contraception and Abortion. Essential Hypertension. Coronary Heart Disease. Diabetes. Nutrition, Exercise and Health. Cancer. Part 4: Wider Social Issues. Child Health, Illness and Family Influences. Social Circumstances, Inequalities and Health.


Reading English in Iran is regarded as a very important skill in academic world, where English is learned as a foreign language (EFL).  Therefore, the main purpose of this study was to examine the influence of Advance Organizers (AO) on enhancing reading comprehension of students of English as a foreign language to check if there is any correspondence between activating background knowledge and listening- while- reading tasks as two AOs for enhancing reading comprehension.To carry out this study, three intact classes consisting of 58 intermediate students studying English in Atiehsazan English Institute in Dehaghan, Isfahan, Iran were selected. Each intact class was randomly divided into two experimental groups including (1) background knowledge questioning; (2) listening-while-reading; and one control group. Background knowledge activation strategy was taught, based on CALLA instructional model, developed by Chamot & O'Malley (1994). Results showed an increase in students' performance in reading comprehension due to the effect of background knowledge activation strategy and listening-while-reading task. In addition, the results also indicated that activating the students' background knowledge about the topic they are reading can significantly better enhance the learners' reading comprehension than forcing students to listen while they are reading simultaneously.These findings have a profound implication for instructional design, particularly because this research study targeted English language learners who have not mastered the English language fully, therefore, instructing them in the use and monitoring of reading strategies is an effective practice.


Cognitive impairment (CI) is a highly complex central nervous system disorder commonly associated with aging. This condition is characterized by a progressive reduction of cognitive function. Modern synthetic drugs have been granted clinical approval for the treatment of CI. However, most of these drugs show insufficient efficacy and undesired side effects in clinical practice. Alternative drugs for CI are required to overcome these problems. Medicinal plants and their bioactive molecules remain the main sources for new drug discovery, and they have the potential to be developed as novel drugs for CI. Many reports have demonstrated the activity of other medicinal plants and their active metabolites for CI in various experiments. In this article, we summarize the potency of plant natural compounds for CI, focusing on cognitive-enhancing activity in amnesic-animal experimental models. We also discuss the pathophysiological basis of CI and propose potential therapeutic targets of CI using plant natural compounds. Additionally, we highlight promising natural compounds for CI and discuss their possible mechanisms of action. This review provides insight into the effort of discovery and development of pharmaceutical agents derived from medicinal plants to combat CI.


This article argues that performance legitimacy, an aspect of state legitimacy neglected by Weber in his original formulation of the theory of domination, played a particularly important role in the history of China and has shaped not only the patterns of Chinese history but also today's Chinese politics. Yet, performance legitimacy is intrinsically unstable because it carries concrete promises and therefore will trigger immediate political crisis when the promises are unfulfilled. This problem is especially profound for a modern state once its power is based primarily on performance because modern states tend to be development rather than maintenance oriented and promise too much. Therefore, although the current government expends much effort to heighten its legitimacy by improving its performance, it will face a major crisis when the Chinese economy cools off unless it establishes legal-electoral legitimacy.


Obesity in domestic horse populations is becoming more prevalent, manifesting in increased occurrences of metabolic issues. Currently, obesity in horses is determined by subjective visual assessment, which is not reliably standardized. Circulating leptin levels directly correlate with adipose tissue mass; therefore, leptin levels could potentially be used as an objective measure of obesity in horses. To determine the relationship between body mass, as defined by morphometric measurements, and plasma leptin levels, blood was collected via jugular vein from horses (n=35) from four different breeds with known varying risks of obesity and obesity‐related conditions (Saddlebreds, n = 7, draft/draft crosses, n=7, stock horses, n=11, and Welsh ponies, n=10), in southern Wisconsin and northern Illinois every 60 days for one year. Morphometric measurements included neck circumference, height, and girth. These measurements were used to calculate neck circumference to height ratio (NCHR) and girth to height ratio (G:H). For both NCHR and G:H calculations, a greater value indicates increased obesity. Plasma leptin levels (repeated measures MANOVA, F3,29=5.65, p=0.004), NCHR (repeated measures MANOVA, F3,31=26.64, p<0.0001), and G:H (repeated measures MANOVA, F3,31=23.00, p<0.0001) varied significantly among breeds. In addition, the relationship between leptin levels and NCHR (repeated measures MANOVA, F3,29=6.44, p=0.002) and leptin levels and G:H (repeated measures MANOVA, F3,29= 6.55, p=0.002) varied significantly among breeds. Among these results, post hoc analysis revealed Saddlebreds had the highest leptin levels (pairwise contrast, F1,29=10.51, p=0.003), lowest NCHR (pairwise contrast, F1,31=52.87, p<0.0001), and lowest G:H (pairwise contrast, F1,31=60.93, p<0.0001) compared to all other breeds. This suggests Saddlebreds have a different relationship between obesity and leptin levels compared to other breeds. Saddlebreds are known to have various metabolic issues, such as an increased risk of insulin resistance, even when visual inspection and exercise regimen would suggest normal insulin sensitivity. Therefore, unique relationships between leptin levels and obesity in some horse breeds may be associated with varying risks of obesity‐related conditions.


We theoretically investigate a single-molecule magnet (SMM) grafted to a quantum dot in contact with metallic leads and interacting with a resonant electromagnetic radiation. We explore both the explicit time-dependent behavior and the steady-state current-voltage characteristics of the device when the source lead is ferromagnetic. At zero-bias voltage, a net current is pumped through the device with the source spin current being reversed and amplified in the drain lead; this effect also persists for nonzero bias. We explain this effect in terms of spin transitions in the nanomagnet induced by the resonant radiation followed by their subsequent relaxation via spin-asymmetric charge-transfer processes. We demonstrate that the same effects are recovered in the time-averaged current when the device interacts with pulsed resonant radiation. Moreover, within the pulsed irradiation regime, appropriate choices of pulse length and wait times are shown here to allow the detection of coherent Rabi oscillations of the SMM spin states, via time-averaged spin current measurements.


The paramagnetic resonance spectra of irradiated synthetic films of poly- gamma -methyl-L-glutamate with both alpha -helix and disarranged forms of polypeptide chain, and of various proteins were studied. ln a vacuum, undenatured proteins and films having the alpha -helix form gave a doublet APR signal, which in air became transformed into a singlet. In proteins denatured by heat, and in disordered polypeptide films, after irradiation in vacuum, a doublet paramagnetic resonance spectrum is formed, which does not change in air. The results can be explained by the existence in the proteins and in the films of a regular system of peptide-hydrogen bonds, in the undenatured substances, and by the destruction of this system by denaturation. (auth)


Zick et al.1 advance our nascent understanding of the physiological benefits of community gardens by establishing that both women and men community gardeners had significantly lower body mass indexes relative to nongardeners living in their neighborhood. The authors identify a need for more rigorous quantitative investigations of community garden benefits. Although certainly a laudable goal, future efforts to measure and promote the benefits of community gardens should not be limited to biometric assessment of participants. Indeed, community gardens provide important biopsychosocial benefits that can be most effectively explored through a variety of research methods.


The binary relationship model is used to explain the principles of schema object types (SOTs). A SOT is a modularization concept for conventional conceptual data models, based on decomposition and abstraction from context. A SOT is at one level a single object type, but at a lower level it is described by a conceptual schema itself. The issue of subtyping, inheritance, and overriding for SOTs are discussed. The relevance of SOTs for object-oriented models is indicated.<<ETX>>


The escalating destruction of the climate has caused children and young people around the world to react. Greta Thunberg is a symbol of a rising activism for the climate. To support this process and especially the teachers' work in the school, we explore how a reformulation of the critical-pedagogical tradition can mobilize students in the school so that they can implement realistic and responsible climate action. To this end, we have developed a model for analysis. The model is theoretical and normative and is designed with inspiration from national and international research projects in order to support a political formation process and the development of social competences across the school disciplines.


Results: All the physiological parameters measured presented statistically significant changes. For the eccentric exercise: no significant modification in cardiac (NT-proBNP, hs-TNT) and inflammation (hsCRP) biomarkers.  significant increase for CK (T3), MYO (T2), MPO (T1), POXL (T1), GSSG (T3) and ratio GSH/GSSG (T2-T3). For the concentric exercise:  significant increases for the CK (T1-T2T3), MYO (T1-T2), GSH/GSSG (T1). Evolutionary trends were also observed for the following biomarkers: NT-proBNP (T1T2-T3), MPO (T2), and GSSG (T4).


Objective: In 2002, New South Wales (NSW) Health introduced an updated policy for occupational screening and vaccination against infectious diseases. This study describes healthcare worker (HCW) immunity to hepatitis B, measles, mumps, rubella (MMR) and varicella based on serological screening, following introduction of this policy.


Data from the MErcury Surface, Space ENvironment, GEochemistry, and Ranging (MESSENGER) Neutron Spectrometer (NS) have been used to identify energetic neutrons (0.5–8 MeV energy) associated with solar events that occurred on 4 June 2011. Multiple lines of evidence, including measurements from the NS and the MESSENGER Gamma‐Ray Spectrometer, indicate that the detected neutrons have a solar origin. This evidence includes a lack of time‐coincident, energetic (>45 MeV) charged particles that could otherwise create local neutrons from nearby spacecraft material and a lack of proton‐induced gamma rays that should be seen if energetic protons were present. NS data cannot rule out the presence of lower‐energy ions (<30 MeV) that can produce local neutrons. However, the ion spectral shape required to produce the measured neutron count rate locally is softer than any known ion spectral shape. The neutron energy spectrum shows a relative enhancement in the energy range 0.8–3 MeV compared with cosmic‐ray‐generated neutrons from the spacecraft or Mercury. The spectral shape of the measured neutron fluence spectrum is consistent with a previously modeled fluence spectrum of neutrons that originate at the Sun and are propagated through the MESSENGER spacecraft to the NS. These measurements provide strong evidence for a solar origin of the detected neutrons and suggest that a large number of low‐energy threshold ion evaporation reactions were taking place on the Sun during the neutron event.


The present invention is hydrolysis of livestock waste water bacteria, acid mixed with producing bacteria and a culture of acid producing bacteria of water and primary biodegradation, by contacting the primary decomposition supernatant waste water formed in the photosynthesis bacteria fixed biofilm sikimyeo biodegradable secondary, photosynthesis the formed secondary decomposing waste water It relates to bacteria and its method of symbiotic bacteria are mixed with the mixed activated sludge treatment of liquid livestock waste water characterized by a biodegradable tertiary Sikkim and mechanical systems to implement them.


Absolute intensity of continuum from the BRV source is estimated in the 30-60-nm spectral range. The detector is an ion chamber filled with argon, and the window is an evaporated film of aluminum. The values of the radiated power show that this simple and inexpensive vacuum uv source can be compared with synchrotron radiation for a number of applications.


A new biradical di(4-(1′-oxyl-3′-oxido-4′,4′,5′,5′-tetramethyl-4′,5′-dihydro-1′H-imidazol-2′-yl)phenyl) ether (1) and its copper complex 2 were synthesized and characterized structurally. The X-ray structure determination revealed that, the complex is in the triclinic P-1 space group and displays a ladder-like structure. Each copper atom is surrounded by four oxygen atoms from hexafluoroacetylacetone and two oxygen atoms from biradical. The magnetic measurements show that biradical 1 exhibits a weak intramolecular nitroxide-nitroxide antiferromagnetic coupling and copper complex 2 possesses weak ferromagnetic coupling (J=5.09 cm−1) between CuII and radical, which attributed to interaction between copper spin and the axially coordinated nitronyl nitroxide spin.


Bessel process is defined as the radial part of the Brownian motion (BM) in the $D$-dimensional space, and is considered as a one-parameter family of one-dimensional diffusion processes indexed by $D$, BES$^{(D)}$. It is well-known that $D_{\rm c}=2$ is the critical dimension. Bessel flow is a notion such that we regard BES$^{(D)}$ with a fixed $D$ as a one-parameter family of initial value. There is another critical dimension $\bar{D}_{\rm c}=3/2$ and, in the intermediate values of $D$, $\bar{D}_{\rm c} < D < D_{\rm c}$, behavior of Bessel flow is highly nontrivial. The dimension D=3 is special, since in addition to the aspect that BES$^{(3)}$ is a radial part of the three-dimensional BM, it has another aspect as a conditional BM to stay positive. Two topics in probability theory and statistical mechanics, the Schramm-Loewner evolution (SLE) and the Dyson model (Dyson's BM model with parameter $\beta=2$), are discussed. The SLE$^{(D)}$ is introduced as a 'complexification' of Bessel flow on the upper-half complex-plane. The Dyson model is introduced as a multivariate extension of BES$^{(3)}$. We explain the 'parenthood' of BES$^{(D)}$ and SLE$^{(D)}$, and that of BES$^{(3)}$ and the Dyson model. It is shown that complex analysis is effectively applied to study stochastic processes and statistical mechanics models in equilibrium and nonequilibrium states.